This is from Crawford County with Corder ancestors > [Original Message] > From: Nancy Corder Halvorson <nancy@halvorson.us> > To: <ARCRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/13/2006 8:29:55 PM > Subject: Re: [ARCRAWFORD] Old Stage Coach Route - Belmont (abandonedtown in Graphic) > > At 29-07-06 06:24 PM, you wrote: > >I am not very good about the history of the area, but I have grandparents > >buried in the Bolton Cemetery, and for a long time had no clue about why the > >census data and my mother's old 'Belmont' address were no help in dealing > >with > >them, and if it's OK with you, I'd like to stay in touch. ... > > My great grandparents were named Jones--John Speed Jones and his wife > >Mariam, who immigrated from Whitley County KY late in the 1800's, > >apparently with > >others from Whitley County, and named their township Whitley Township. > > Yes, please keep in touch. Even small clues sometimes lead to bigger > ones. There is a CORDER family that also migrated to KY from Whitley > County, KY. My Uncle John was in Whitley Twp in 1910 as was Berlin > Graham who appears to have been the father-in-law to John's sister > Margaret. Uncle John was living with Margaret and her husband in 1900 in > Lafayette Twp. A Thomas Corder hh was also in Whitley Co in 1910 and 50 hh > away from the Berlin Graham family and 88 hh away from my Uncle John > Corder's hh. Thomas was from MO and his parents were from KY, so he may > have been a descendant of a John Corder who m. Elizabeth Mahoney in > Shenandoah Co, VA. They moved to Harrison Co. KY by 1820. > > In 1900, my only ancestors left in Lafayette twp. was John Corder who was > living with his sister Margaret Graham and her husband Thomas Graham. Two > other Corder hhs were also in Lafayette Twp.--Nimrod and Wm Corder. Nimrod > (who was 22 hh away from my ancestors) and Wm Corder were from Whitley Co. > KY. Later, a Robert Corder m. in Crawford Co. He appears to have been > related to Nimrod. One of Thomas Graham's sisters believed that Robert was > a cousin to my Uncle John and Aunt Margaret. However, we have never found > any proof. Before my Aunt Margaret m. Thomas Graham, he was living living > with his father Berlin Graham in Whitley Twp. in 1900. > > > Nancy > > > >EM: _WallDuncan@AOL.COM_ (mailto:WallDuncan@AOL.COM) > > > > > > > >==== ARCRAWFO Mailing List ==== > >Come join us for discussing of all things Arkansas, from Arkansas surnames > >to Southern recipes, old stories, photos and folklore @ > >ArkansasGenChat@arkansasfamilies.net ! > > > >============================== > >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > ==== ARCRAWFO Mailing List ==== > Search for your Families at ArkansasFamilies.net http://www.ArkansasFamilies.net/! > <A HREF="http://www.ArkansasFamilies.net/">ArkansasFamilies.net</a> > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx