Was Sarah A Legal Heir? Yes

From The American probate reports: containing recent cases of general value ...

....Sarah's mother, Ann Settles, was a slave, her father, James Scott, a free person of color.......

This case has a Facebook page.  Further infomation: James Scott was the grandson of Mary Hemings of Monticello.

"Thomas and Mary Bell's free daughter, Sally Jefferson Bell, married Jesse Scott, an accomplished musician. Scott and his sons played for dances and entertainments all over Virginia." [Source]

Wilson's Creek Connection To The Iron Brigade

Jim's Photo Taken At Wilson's Creek Battlefield

From the History of the Twenty-Fourth Michigan of the Iron Brigade:

September 1, 1862

Alexandria - Fort Lyon

Marching a couple of miles beyond this city, we climbed to the top of a high hill crowned by Fort Lyon, named in honor of the hero of Wilson's Creek.  Its ponderous guns frowned down upon the secesh city below.  It was now past sunset, and scarcely had the crest been reached when angry, dark clouds hovered low over our heads, soon bursting into one of Virginia's severest rain storms, which lasted till morning.  The men had neither tents nor shelter, and they suffered greatly from the cold storm--a most severe initiation into the hardships of soldier life.  And such was our first night at the front.  Colonel Morrow and a few of the men found shelter in a house where General Joseph Hooker was stopping for the night.  The latter had just arrived from the battlefields near by, and the two formed an acquaintanceship which continued through later experiences in army life.

There's a discussion of the Michigan 24th on Facebook.

SWEM Index

From the Library of Virginia:

"One of the most important research guides for Virginia historical and genealogical researchers is the Virginia Historical Index compiled under the direction of Dr. Earl Gregg Swem (1870-1965). It is a comprehensive index to several publications concerning Virginia history and genealogy."

"The Virginia Historical Index is published in four volumes, and entries are alphabetically arranged. Abbreviations for publications indexed in Swem are:"

C Calendar of State Papers

H Hening's Statutes at Large

N Lower Norfolk County Antiquary

R Virginia Historical Register

T Tyler's Quarterly Magazine

V Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

W(1) William and Mary Quarterly, 1st series

W(2) William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd series

The Swem Index is identified as Tip #996 here on an Ancestry message board courtesy of the Fort Wayne/Allen County Library's Genealogy Gems newsletter.

The National Genealogical Society's blog weighed in on the Swem Library at William and Mary in Virginia.

Chew And Relf In The National Archives

The National Archives at Fort Worth's Facebook page invited people to "take a gander" at files that were scanned and indexed "During one of our Citizen Archivist programs last year... ".  Below is one of the documents I viewed:

Bond of [Unknown] Cheu, [Unknown] Relf, and Lewis Murice, 04/27/1805  Records of the U.S. Customs Service, 1745 - 1997

Source

I recognized the firm Chew & Relf from the famous Myra Clark saga. Myra was the daughter of the wealthy Daniel Clark, a native of Ireland who lived in Louisiana.


From "A full report of the great Gaines case : in the suit of Myra Gaines vs. Chew, Relf & Others, for the recovery of the property of the late Daniel Clark ...":

...the claim filed by Chew and Relf, administrators, of the debts duo and other property, of Daniel Clark, of the value of $323,188.  "...appointing Richard Relf and Beverly Chew as his executors."

A Museum In Knoxville

University of Tennessee's McClung Museum has an Exhibition Archives; one item in the archives is an online exhibit of The Cherokee Indians: Tennessee's First Citizens.

The McClung Museum also has a Facebook page.

Scenery North Of Knoxville, Tennessee

Henry Ford Museum's Online Collection

Henry Ford Museum's online collection here.  The museum is also on Facebook.