Katie...thanks for the reply...I think this came from Larry Clayton another researcher JJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katie Johnston" <kjohnston@elmore.rr.com> To: <almarion@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [ALMARION] James Henry & his son Alexander W. UNDERWOOD > This is on the web and shows Abel was a descendant from the Scotland > Johnston (e) family. I will see what else I can find: > > In 1836 William Clarke Leech acquired 40 acres immediately west of his > father's farm. John Leech had died perhaps a few months before. The estate > papers of John Leech in Lawrence Co. give us a good picture of the size > and > shape of his family at his death. Administrators were William Clarke Leech > and William Ash. > > 1835 July term of Orphans court: Re the estate of John Leech Wm C. Leitch > and William Ash appointed admins on bond of Abel Johnson and Samuel > Henderson. (There was a Samuel Henderson, son of Nathaniel Henderson and > his > first wife Esther in York Co. Nathan died in 1794 ad Esther in 1789 and > both > had wills.) > > 1835 Appraisors were appointed for John Leech's estate: David Martin, > William Johnson, William Moore, William Davis, Josiah Davis. > > The final settlement in 1838 names John Leech's wife and children: > Following > heirs to share an equal part of his estate: > David Leetch > William Ash, in right of his wife Sarah, formerly Leetch. > Abel Johnston, in right of his wife Jane, formerly Leetch. > John D. Blair, in right of his wife Clarissa F., formerly Leetch. > William C. Leetch (In another document the C appears as Clarke) > Eleanor Leetch, widow of the deceased. > > The Ash, Johnston/Johnson, and Blair families were all neighbors of John > Leech in sw York Co. SC, although Abel Johnston was said to have been born > in KY (A number of upstate SC Scotch-Irish settlers went to western KY > about > 1800 to claim bounty lands there.) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Johnston" <jerry@ttha.com> > To: <almarion@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 7:57 AM > Subject: Re: [ALMARION] James Henry & his son Alexander W. UNDERWOOD > > >> Katie ..I am Jerry Johnston descendant of Abel Johnston who married Jane >> Leech in Lawrence Co Alabama, Aug 07 1824 they moved to Marion Co where >> she >> died in 1844.we are not sure where she is buried....I noticed that you >> are >> Johnston also, I am woundering if you know of any one that has researched >> our line of Johnston..just a shot in the dark >> JJ >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Katie Johnston" <kjohnston@elmore.rr.com> >> To: <almarion@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:14 PM >> Subject: Re: [ALMARION] James Henry & his son Alexander W. UNDERWOOD >> >> >>> Sorry, I don't have a Washington Underwood in my family tree. >>> k >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Robert Alexander" <robbalex1963@yahoo.com> >>> To: <almarion@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 10:31 AM >>> Subject: Re: [ALMARION] James Henry & his son Alexander W. UNDERWOOD >>> >>> >>>>I have a question -- >>>> Is Doctor Washington "Wash" Underwood of Pontotoc, Mississippi any >>>> relation to these other Underwoods from Marion County? >>>> >>>> 1880: US Census of Pontotoc County, Mississippi (District 3) >>>> Wash UNDERWOOD Self M Male W 35 MS Physician --- --- >>>> Emiline UNDERWOOD Wife M Female W 30 MS At Home AL MS >>>> Robert UNDERWOOD Son S Male W 10 MS At Home AL MS >>>> Minnie UNDERWOOD Dau S Female W 7 MS At Home AL MS >>>> Addie UNDERWOOD Dau S Female W 5 MS At Home AL MS >>>> Olena UNDERWOOD Dau S Female W 2 MS At Home AL MS >>>> Henry UNDERWOOD Son S Male W 4M --- At Home --- --- >>>> >>>> I have an Alexander relative who married Addie J Underwood. >>>> >>>> Katie Johnston <kjohnston@elmore.rr.com> wrote: >>>> It was the son James Underwood b. 1812 that died in the civil war. >>>> Henry was b. abt. 1770 in Chester Co. Pa. married Rachel Wells b. abt. >>>> 1771-1772 in Orange Co., N.C. >>>> They married Oct. 3, 1975 in Orange Co., N.C. >>>> The children were: >>>> Alexander Underwood b. abt. 1795 in Orange Co., N.C. d. in Marion Co., >>>> Ala. >>>> bet. 1865-1870 >>>> Mary E. Underwood b. 1806 N.C. D. 1880 Marion Co., Al. >>>> James Underwood b. 1812 in N.C. d. 1840's >>>> Jesse Underwood b. 1814, N.C. d. 1898 Marion Co., Alabama >>>> >>>> Alexander married abt. 1820 to Lavina 'Vinny' Prewitt (sometimes >>>> spelled >>>> Pruitt) >>>> They had a son William Prewitt Underwood that married my Gr-Gr- Aunt >>>> Charlotte F. Pickard. This family went to Texas after 1880. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: >>>> To: >>>> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 5:25 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [ALMARION] James Henry & his son Alexander W. UNDERWOOD >>>> >>>> >>>>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >>>>> >>>>> Classification: Query >>>>> >>>>> Message Board URL: >>>>> >>>>> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADE/120.116.119.1.1.1.1.1.2 >>>>> >>>>> Message Board Post: >>>>> >>>>> I do not have that info. I am trying to get more info and will send >>>>> any >>>>> i >>>>> get. THANK YOU for what you sent it does confirm so of what I do >>>>> remember >>>>> from what i read in the past. 1 of the underwoods was killed at a >>>>> major >>>>> battle year i dont know and i never knew what side they fought on. >>>>> some >>>>> info that i found at the local library listed Underwoods as slave >>>>> holders. >>>>> but i dont know how to tye it to the family, any ideas? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> ALMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ALMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Robert Alexander >>>> "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ALMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ALMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message