I have a photocopy of that booklet, and it raises many questions, as well as provides some accurate answers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne Bowers" <ybowers@comcast.net> To: <BRANSON@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:43 AM Subject: [BRANSON] Amos BRANSON & Hannah TIMMONS - Hopkins Co., KY. - Add'lInfo > These are my 5ggp (I descend through their son Liner Willis). I'm > still looking for something concrete to say Armistead BRANSON and/or > Baylos/Bayliss/Balos BRANSON are 1) brothers and/or 2) sons of Amos & > Hannah (and if not, who are their parents?). Armistead has been > listed with Hannah. Baylis m. Anne TIMMONS - sister of Liner's wife > Sarah "Sally" TIMMONS (both daughters of George TIMMONS & Rose > ASHBY). The TIMMONS have been very well documented through Frank > Corum's book "Capt. George Timmons Fact & Fiction" 1990. Frank does > not list either Baylos or Armistead as children of Amos & Hannah. > Armistead is listed in the 1850 Hopkins Co., Census with wife Mary > and children. He states was b. KY. abt. 1798 so he's connected to > our BRANSONS somehow. > > Any clues? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Further to this, I have a copy of a pamphlet called "Genealogy of > Branson Families in America" Written and Compiled by George Branson > of Brazil, IN. and John W. Branson of Wheatcroft, KY. 1936. This was > evidently something written for a reunion if I recall. > > Anyway, it proposes that Baylos was a brother to Joab BRANSON b. VA. > abt. 1790 who went to Jackson Twp. Parke Co., IN. in 1831. Joab is > thought to be a son of Hezekiah BRANSON who d. near TAzwell, TN. > (Claiborne Co.) in 1829. These BRANSONS came from Scotland. Baylos > (b. 1801) went to Webster Co., KY. abt 1832 (although we show he m. > Anne TIMMONS in 1825 Hopkins Co. So, I guess unless we can connect > Hezekiah & Joab BRANSON to Thomas BRANSON & Elizabeth DAY, Baylos > must be a different line. > > The pamphlet also lists Armstead as coming to KY. from VA. about 1830 > (which isn't correct because Armstead appears in the 1820 census). > Of course, there could be two of them. :-) This information was > provided by Gilbert Branson (b. 1893) who was a great-grandson of > Armstead (Armstead->George->Samuel->Gilbert). > > As they all came from VA. how do they connect? > -- > Yvonne Bowers, BRANSON Listmom/Boardmom > Message Board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.branson > 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 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRANSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jack, I assume you mean the pamphlet not the Frank Corum book and I agree. I think it was largely "memory" back in the 30's for that particular reunion which was probably in IN. Y. At 9:11 AM -0500 11/12/06, Jack Branson wrote: >I have a photocopy of that booklet, and it raises many questions, as well as >provides some accurate answers. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Yvonne Bowers" <ybowers@comcast.net> >To: <BRANSON@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:43 AM >Subject: [BRANSON] Amos BRANSON & Hannah TIMMONS - Hopkins Co., KY. - >Add'lInfo > > >> These are my 5ggp (I descend through their son Liner Willis). I'm >> still looking for something concrete to say Armistead BRANSON and/or >> Baylos/Bayliss/Balos BRANSON are 1) brothers and/or 2) sons of Amos & >> Hannah (and if not, who are their parents?). Armistead has been >> listed with Hannah. Baylis m. Anne TIMMONS - sister of Liner's wife >> Sarah "Sally" TIMMONS (both daughters of George TIMMONS & Rose >> ASHBY). The TIMMONS have been very well documented through Frank >> Corum's book "Capt. George Timmons Fact & Fiction" 1990. Frank does >> not list either Baylos or Armistead as children of Amos & Hannah. >> Armistead is listed in the 1850 Hopkins Co., Census with wife Mary >> and children. He states was b. KY. abt. 1798 so he's connected to >> our BRANSONS somehow. >> >> Any clues? >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Further to this, I have a copy of a pamphlet called "Genealogy of >> Branson Families in America" Written and Compiled by George Branson >> of Brazil, IN. and John W. Branson of Wheatcroft, KY. 1936. This was >> evidently something written for a reunion if I recall. >> >> Anyway, it proposes that Baylos was a brother to Joab BRANSON b. VA. >> abt. 1790 who went to Jackson Twp. Parke Co., IN. in 1831. Joab is >> thought to be a son of Hezekiah BRANSON who d. near TAzwell, TN. >> (Claiborne Co.) in 1829. These BRANSONS came from Scotland. Baylos >> (b. 1801) went to Webster Co., KY. abt 1832 (although we show he m. >> Anne TIMMONS in 1825 Hopkins Co. So, I guess unless we can connect >> Hezekiah & Joab BRANSON to Thomas BRANSON & Elizabeth DAY, Baylos >> must be a different line. >> >> The pamphlet also lists Armstead as coming to KY. from VA. about 1830 >> (which isn't correct because Armstead appears in the 1820 census). >> Of course, there could be two of them. :-) This information was >> provided by Gilbert Branson (b. 1893) who was a great-grandson of >> Armstead (Armstead->George->Samuel->Gilbert). >> >> As they all came from VA. how do they connect? >> -- >> Yvonne Bowers, BRANSON Listmom/Boardmom >> Message Board >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.branson >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRANSON-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 >BRANSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Yvonne Bowers, BRANSON Listmom/Boardmom Message Board http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.branson 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