As of today, we have 118 list members total: 108 on regular list 10 on digest We lost 1 list member this month. Visit the BRANSON Most Wanted Web Site at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Visit the Thomas BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY family family at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM -- Yvonne Bowers (Looking for Liner BRANSON b. 1790 KY) Listmom-Webmom BRANSON Mailing List BRANSON Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Thomas L. BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY Family File: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRANSON and HERRINGTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kdF.2ACIB/344 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Mary BRANSON, maried to Thomas HERRINGTON in the late 1700s.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5519/kdF.2ACIB/121.136 Message Board Post: I am the grandaughter of "Stoney" Stonewall Jackson Branson, eldest Daughter of Marvin James Branson. I have been trying to get more information about my grandmother Clara Stratford and her ancestry.

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/kdF.2ACIB/282.2.6.2 Message Board Post: do you have any names of the children, if so was their a Margaret Adaline? HELP

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/kdF.2ACIB/282.2.2.2 Message Board Post: Looking for a Levi Branson B.5 Jan 1833 Tenn. can you help?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kdF.2ACIB/343 Message Board Post: Need help placing the Henry Branson's in Stokes Co NC and if or how related to Zachariah, John & Wm. Branson in Stokes by 1789. In the late 1700- & early 1800's Leonard, Brisco & Henry (son of Leonard ?) were in Stokes. Henry, last to leave, sold property 1808 moved to KY? Another Henry Branson, who could not have been a son of Zachariah, Wm. or John, listed on 1810 & 1820 Census, Stokes Co b 1775-1874 place unknown. No property deeds located for this Henry but may have lived on property of Zachariah. On deed from Zachariah to his child mentioned improvements made by Henry Branson & others. He was gone before 1830. Henly Branson placed in Stokes in 1820 (court records) married Nancy Holbrook 1822 moved to Shelby Co. Indiana. He b 1800-1801 MARYLAND d 1870 Shelby Co. Was he the son of Henry above? In the Branson family cemetery in Shelby Co a Zachariah Branson listed 1815-1842. Leonard, Brisco, both Henry's and Henly all lived in the same area as Zachariah, John & Wm as near a 3 houses apart. Any help appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Branson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kdF.2ACIB/342 Message Board Post: My Grandfater was George Branson b. 7/29/29 in KY, d. 3/84 Dayton, OH. His parents were Leonard & Barbara Branson, and his Grandparents were Chandler & Rebecca Branson, beyond that I am not sure. Any help would be appreciated.

As of today, we have 119 list members total: 109 on regular list 10 on digest We gained 1 list member this month. Visit the BRANSON Most Wanted Web Site at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Visit the Thomas BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY family family at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM -- Yvonne Bowers (Looking for Liner BRANSON b. 1790 KY) Listmom-Webmom BRANSON Mailing List BRANSON Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Thomas L. BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY Family File: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM

Family of Artist Lloyd Branson by Retha Shiplet, taken from Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 10 #1 April 1994, pg. 24 Editor's Notes: Lloyd Branson (1854-1925), an internationally known artist, was a native of Union County, Tennessee. As a young man, he was "discovered" and encouraged by Dr. John M. Boyd of Knoxville. Branson moved to Knoxville and studied at the University Of Tennessee, the National Academy of Design in New York, and several European art centers. His paintings now hang in such diverse places as the McClung Historical Collection, the University of Tennessee, the Tennessee State Museum, Government buildings in Washington, D. C. and private homes. Mollie Wilson Branson, who died near Knoxville in 1957, has been incorrectly identified as Lloyd's widow. Mollie's husband was William Lloyd Branson; the artist Lloyd Branson never married. A memorial with a pictures of him has been placed on <A HREF="www.findagrave.com">www.findagrave.com</A> for anyone that wants to place a Virtual Flower and/or leave a message. He is listed under famous New Listings on the left side. Taken from Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 10 #1 April 1994, pg. 25 Family of Artist Lloyd Branson In 1882, Samuel David (S.D.) Branson, son of David and Susannah Bolton Branson, wrote a history of his Branson/Bolton family. He wrote the Absolom Branson was born in American. He stated that Absolom married Jemima Lorton at Marlborough in the state of Maryland, then went to Old Virginia, then to Buncom Co., NC, there is where Absolom died. Then Jemima Lorton Branson moved to Tennessee where S.D. was born, which was six miles northwest of Rutledge, Grainger Co., TN, in what is known as, Cracker's Neck Valley, three miles west of where he lives now (Puncheon Camp). He says that his grandparents on his mother side were Thomas and Jemima Hammack Bolton. They were English. Jemima was from Virginia. In 1800, they moved to Claiborne Co., TN, settling on Long Bottom on the Clinch River. They later moved to Grainger Co., TN, on Hog Skin Creek in Raccoon Valley, where Thomas died. Jemima Bolton later moved to Union Co., TN, where she died after the 1840 Census. She is buried at the Miller's Chapel Cemetery in Union Co., TN. In 1929, Charles Branson, grandson of S.D., wrote the Absolom, who was born about 1740 and came to American when he was 16 years old. Benjamin Branson, also a grandson of Absolom (son of Nathaniel Branson), gave a history of the Bransons and noted that Absolom married a Jemima Pruitt. He also related that Absolom was an orphan whose parents died when he was quite young. He said that he was born in Wales but lived with an Uncle in England. When he was about 16 years of age, he ran away from home and arranged to come to America. The Uncle tried to catch the runaway boy but came to the dock just as the ship was leaving. Since he could not capture his nephew, the Uncle took out his purse and tossed it to the boy as a good-bye. S.D. said that this boy was actually the father of Absolom (name unknown). Absolom and Jemima Lorton Branson had nine known children: Michael, who married Mollie Hammock; Hezekiah, who married Aggie Pritty; Lemuel, who married Jane Watson; John; Jonathan, who married Betsie Hammock; James; Rebecca, who married Abraham Privitt; David, who married Susannah Bolton; and Nathaniel, who married Mary Dalton. Absolom and Jemima Lorton Branson's son, David, married Thomas and Jemima Hammock Bolton's daughter, Susannah, September 22, 1806, in Grainger Co., TN. David was born November 4, 1781, in North Carolina. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He died of Lung disease May 28, 1830, and was buried in the Carr Cemetery at Maynardville, Tennessee. Susannah Bolton was born October 10, 1779, in Virginia. She died of erysipelas February 1, 1860, and was buried Millers Chapel Cemetery in Union Co., TN. She was buried next to her mother, Jemima Bolton, and her son, Soloman Branson. David and Susannah Bolton Branson had eight children: 1. Soloman Branson born-c1807 Married-Mary Salling died-December 17, 1848, Knox Co., TN Buried-Millers Chapel Cemetery, Union Co., TN. Charles Branson says that Soloman owned the land that the Cemetery is on. 2. Rebecca Branson died when she was about three years old of smoke inhalation, when her clothes caught on fire. 3. Elizabeth Branson born-September 12, 1812 Tennessee, married Henry Salling October 22, 1828, died-August 7, 1829, Union Co., TN, buried-Carr Cemetery, Maynardville, TN. 4. Samuel David (S.D.) Branson, born c1814, Granger Co., TN, married-Lucinda Moser August 17, 1836, Anderson Co., TN died-August 19, 1890 Puncheon Camp, Grainger Co., TN, buried-Kitts Cemetery, Grainger Co., TN. Lucinda Moser (February 25, 1813-July 23, 1887) was the daughter of John Moser, Sr.,1787-1850) and Susan Stephens (March 1, 1812-?) 5. Thomas Lorton Branson, born-February 24, 1816, Tennessee, married-Esther/Easter, February 7, 1842, Grainger Co., TN, died-December 5, 1899, Union Co., TN, buried-Carr Cemetery, Maynardville, Tennessee 6. Susannah "Susan" J. Branson, born-February 1, 1818, Tennessee, married-Anderson Armstrong Baker, March 28, 1841, Knox Co., TN. Anderson A. Baker (August 21, 1813-April 24, 1891) was the son of Christopher Columbus Baker and Sarah Kelly. 7. Jemima Branson, born-?, married Hayman Condra, settled in Jackson Co., MO 8. Enoch Branson, born-c1821, married-Altamirah Gentry, April 24, 1842, Knox Co., TN, died-?, buried-possibly old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co., TN. Altamirah Gentry, daughter of Isaac (1799-1866) and Elizabeth Lewis Gentry )1799-1880), was born c1824. Next to son Lloyd's tombstone in old Gray Cemetery is a stone engraved "Mira Branson," with no dates. Helen L. Smith Hoke (I chase dead people) Researching Smith, Dossett, Kincaid, Carey/Cary, Jordan, Wheeler, Wiggins, Hicks, Daniel, Jones, Morse/Moss, Royster, McHenry, Alexander, Hill, Koger, Cain, Deakins, Hollingsworth, Stinnett from Campbell/Claiborne, TN, Marion Co., TN, Granville/Warren/Vance Co., NC, and Hanover Co., VA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kdF.2ACIB/341 Message Board Post: Looking for parents of Benjamin Franklin Branson b. 1807. He married Elvira Catherine Vestal b. 1814 on 22 Aug 1829. Lived in Chatham Co., NC. Thanks. Nina

Listers, I have conflicting info on the Andrew J. BRANSON (b. 1807) who m. Charlotte TERRELL. One source on the Rootsweb Message Board posted by Juanita Koch states his parents as Thomas BRANSON and Susan Ann MCGOWAN. On Ancestry.com his parents are listed as John Jefferson BRANSON and Sarah DILLARD posted by David Branson. Which is correct? TIA! -- Yvonne Bowers (Looking for Liner BRANSON), Listmom-Webmom New email addy 3/1/03 mailto:ybowers@comcast.net BRANSON Mailing List BRANSON Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Thomas L. BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY Family File: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM

The Thomas L. BRANSON & Elizabeth DAY family family website has been updated. There are 966 entries. Please remember, it's a work-in-progress meant for leads and clues and all information must be further verified and documented. We are still looking for additional info on Thomas->Lionel "Lindell"->Lionel->Amos. Please visit: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM As always, any comments or corrections are most welcome mailto:yvonne@sonic.net -- Yvonne Bowers Listmom-Webmom BRANSON Mailing List BRANSON Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Thomas L. BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY Family File: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM

The BRANSON MOST WANTED page has been updated. There is 1 new name - (52 total) and an update to Benjamin BRANSOM. Please visit: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html and see if your elusive BRANSON is there! You will also find links to the Rootsweb Message Board - BRANSON and Surname Resource Helper. Also visit our Thomas BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY family file: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM Visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/ to see other surname Most Wanted web sites. -- Yvonne Bowers (Looking for Liner BRANSON) Listmom-Webmom mailto:ybowers@comcast.net BRANSON Mailing List BRANSON Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Thomas Day BRANSON Family File http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Branson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kdF.2ACIB/340 Message Board Post: Blaine Allen Branson, passed away on 12-26-97 in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 57. No relatives located.

My mother in law passed on recently and we were in Petersburg. A family friend there was asking if I was related to Judge Branson. Does anyone know anything about this gentleman? anne HON. Nathaniel . W. BRANSON, attorney, Petersburg; one of the most prominent of the Menard Co., bar; was born at Jacksonville May 20, 1827; his parents were natives of Kentucky; his boyhood and youth were distinguished by the same energy and attention to study that have marked his subsequent life and contributed so much to his success, after a preparatory course of study, he entered Illinois College, where he graduated in 1857, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts; his taste led him to choose the legal profession, and at the conclusion of his college course he began the study of law in the office of David A. Smith, of Jacksonville; he was admitted in to the bar in January, 1860, and began the practice of his profession at Petersburg the same year; here his knowledge of the law, his ready adaptation to business and his habits of close application rapidly gained for him a high professional standing at the bar and wide influence in the community; in 1867, he was appointed by Chief Justice Chase Register in Bankruptcy for the Ninth Congressional District of Illinois, which position he held for a number of years. In his political convictions, Mr. Branson has always been identified with the Republican party, and ever since its organization he has been an enthusiastic supporter of its principles; in 1872, he received the Republican nomination for Representative in the Legislature and was elected to that office; upon taking his seat, he became an active member of the body, and served two sessions as Chairman of the Committee on State Institutions, contributing much by his energy to the furtherance of action on subjects which came under the attention of his committee as well as to the general course of legislative proceedings; his course in the Legislature gave him increased popularity, and he was again elected in 1874; in 1876, he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Branson was married Feb. 21, 1861, to Fanny D., daughter of Dr. Francis and Ann S. (Goldsmith) Regnier, of Petersburg. As a lawyer of ability and integrity, a citizen of usefulness and honor, all classes of the community united in giving him their confidence.

As of today, we have 118 list members total: 108 on regular list 10 on digest There was no change in list membership this month. Visit the BRANSON Most Wanted Web Site at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Visit the Thomas BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY family family at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM -- Yvonne Bowers (Looking for Liner BRANSON), Listmom-Webmom New email addy 3/1/03 mailto:ybowers@comcast.net BRANSON Mailing List BRANSON Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Thomas L. BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY Family File: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM

Does anyone out there have any BRANSONs who were in Alabama ca 1830? I've been at a deadend longer than I care to think about on this family. Frances

Good Morning, I just joined your list. I have my 2nd great grandfather, John Branson Fields, whom I have found much information. But I am looking for the ancester to him that is a Branson. John's mother was Sarah B. Brown and I am thinking that the "B" could very well be Branson. John was born Jul 1834 in Randolph Co., N.C. to Isaiah Field and Sarah B. Brown. John married Cythna Elizabeth Holderfield in 1857 in Grayson Co., Va. In my research, I have found many female children who are given the middle name of their mother's maiden name. Is there anyone who might be able to help me. I have a picture of John and Cyntha. John looks very tall and has very high cheek bones. I have already received one letter from your list. Would you please check your files and see if you might have a Branson from Randolph or surrounding counties in NC that might give me a lead?????? Thank you ahead of time for your help Billie White

At 9:00 AM -0800 2/17/03, Yvonne Oliver Bowers wrote: >At 11:12 PM -0500 2/16/03, Ted L. Hughes wrote: >>Here is another branch to the Branson family connecting at the >>point of the X >> >>Thomas L. Branson and Elizabeth Day >> >>John Day Branson and Isabella Unknown >> >>Thomas L. Branson and Jeane (Jane) Painter >> >>Robert Branson and Beulah Painter >>X (Robert A. Branson - below) >> >>Descendants of Robert A. Branson >> >>1 Robert A. Branson b: March 25, 1802 in VA d: January 01, 1854 in >>Delaware Co., IN >>.. +Elizabeth Hodgson b: January 26, 1796 in Guilford County, North >>Carolina ... ...... .................. ......d: February 26, 1857in >>Delaware County, Indiana - buried at Nottingham Harrison >>Cemetery... ..... m: July 22, 1824 in Fairfield Meeting, Highland >>County, Ohio ><snip> > >Thank you so much for this information. I've updated the file and >will (hopefully) upload it later today. >-- Also, wondering if you have additional info on the Robert s/o Thomas who m. Beulah PAINTER? -- Yvonne Bowers (Looking for Liner BRANSON) Listmom-Webmom BRANSON Mailing List BRANSON Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Thomas L. BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY Family File: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM

At 11:12 PM -0500 2/16/03, Ted L. Hughes wrote: >Here is another branch to the Branson family connecting at the point of the X > >Thomas L. Branson and Elizabeth Day > >John Day Branson and Isabella Unknown > >Thomas L. Branson and Jeane (Jane) Painter > >Robert Branson and Beulah Painter > >X (Robert A. Branson - below) > >Descendants of Robert A. Branson > >1 Robert A. Branson b: March 25, 1802 in VA d: January 01, 1854 in >Delaware Co., IN >.. +Elizabeth Hodgson b: January 26, 1796 in Guilford County, North >Carolina ... ...... .................. ......d: February 26, 1857in >Delaware County, Indiana - buried at Nottingham Harrison Cemetery... >..... m: July 22, 1824 in Fairfield Meeting, Highland County, Ohio <snip> Thank you so much for this information. I've updated the file and will (hopefully) upload it later today. -- Yvonne Bowers (Looking for Liner BRANSON) Listmom-Webmom BRANSON Mailing List BRANSON Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson.html Thomas L. BRANSON/Elizabeth DAY Family File: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.HTM