From the Illinois Public Land Records database at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/landsrch.html There were this many James Stanleys - the earliest record in this list is 1832. You might want to check this out? STANLEY JAMES SWSW 07 26N 12W 2 03/21/1857 IROQUOIS STANLEY JAMES NWFRISL 01 17S 02W 3 08/17/1846 ALEXANDER STANLEY JAMES E2NE 19 13S 05E 3 09/03/1853 POPE STANLEY JAMES W2NW 20 13S 05E 3 09/03/1853 POPE STANLEY JAMES E2NE 08 03S 09E 3 06/27/1836 WAYNE STANLEY JAMES NESW 04 03S 09E 3 06/27/1836 WAYNE STANLEY JAMES W2NW 09 03S 09E 3 10/03/1832 WAYNE STANLEY JAMES LOT3BL1 16 05S 06W 4 05/03/1836 PIKE STANLEY JAMES LOT1BL10 16 05S 06W 4 05/03/1836 PIKE STANLEY JAMES LOT2BL11 16 05S 06W 4 05/03/1836 PIKE STANLEY JAMES LOT3BL6 16 05S 06W 4 05/03/1836 PIKE STANLEY JAMES SWSE 06 11S 02E 3 12/07/1885 JOHNSON STANLEY JAMES SESW 06 11S 02E 3 11/09/1880 JOHNSON -- Cassie ----------------- On May 11, 2006, at 10:33 AM, Mary Rosenwinkel wrote: James Stanley was b. abt. 1777 in MD. He married Mary Jane Ranney (his 2nd wife) before 1812 but neither appears in any MD marriage records I've found so far. His grandson says James left Baltimore about 1823 with a 500 folks heading for the west. Anyone have any info about a group this size having been formed? I've found a lot of Stanleys in the Baltimore and MD records but no indication of who was related to whom. Any help would be appreciated. Mary
Cassie, thanks for your suggestion. I have that info and other records for James Stanley in IL since I lived there for years. My brick wall is MD. Thanks again, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cassie Kilroy Thompson" <cassiekt@earthlink.net> To: <BALTGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [BALTGEN-L] STANLEY & RANNEY families > From the Illinois Public Land Records database at > http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/landsrch.html > There were this many James Stanleys - the earliest record in this list is > 1832. You might want to check this out? > > STANLEY JAMES SWSW 07 26N 12W 2 03/21/1857 > IROQUOIS > STANLEY JAMES NWFRISL 01 17S 02W 3 08/17/1846 > ALEXANDER > STANLEY JAMES E2NE 19 13S 05E 3 09/03/1853 > POPE > STANLEY JAMES W2NW 20 13S 05E 3 09/03/1853 > POPE > STANLEY JAMES E2NE 08 03S 09E 3 06/27/1836 > WAYNE > STANLEY JAMES NESW 04 03S 09E 3 06/27/1836 > WAYNE > STANLEY JAMES W2NW 09 03S 09E 3 10/03/1832 > WAYNE > STANLEY JAMES LOT3BL1 16 05S 06W 4 05/03/1836 > PIKE > STANLEY JAMES LOT1BL10 16 05S 06W 4 05/03/1836 > PIKE > STANLEY JAMES LOT2BL11 16 05S 06W 4 05/03/1836 > PIKE > STANLEY JAMES LOT3BL6 16 05S 06W 4 05/03/1836 > PIKE > STANLEY JAMES SWSE 06 11S 02E 3 12/07/1885 > JOHNSON > STANLEY JAMES SESW 06 11S 02E 3 11/09/1880 > JOHNSON > > -- > Cassie > ----------------- > > > On May 11, 2006, at 10:33 AM, Mary Rosenwinkel wrote: > > James Stanley was b. abt. 1777 in MD. He married Mary Jane Ranney (his > 2nd wife) before 1812 but neither appears in any MD marriage records I've > found so far. > His grandson says James left Baltimore about 1823 with a 500 folks > heading for the west. Anyone have any info about a group this size having > been formed? I've found a lot of Stanleys in the Baltimore and MD records > but no indication of who was related to whom. Any help would be > appreciated. > Mary > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb site for Carroll Co. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdcarrol > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb site for Howard Co.http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdhoward > >