Correction: William Weir did live with, and was intimately connected with, the Groves, Gates, Seviers, and Shutts, but he did not marry into any of these families. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dwayne Wrightsman Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 12:32 PM To: [email protected]; 'Merle C Rummel' Subject: [BRE] The Weirs of Muhlenberg Elements of the Weir family of Muhlenberg County, KY, are written in Rolland F. Flory's Volume III (1976), pp. 138-139, based on his reading of the diary of James Weir. Flory says that the Weirs were "possibly" Brethren given where they lived, who they married, and their associations. James Weir was listed as Brethren by Austin Cooper, the list being included in Flory's book (p. 139). James Weir's biography and that of his family takes up all of Chapter 6 in Rothert's 1913 book HISTORY OF MUHLENBERG COUNTY. >From the Family Group Sheets posted in www.muhlenberg.genealogenie.net, the head of the Weir family was William Sr., whose will was written in 1786 in Chester County, South Carolina. The will named his widow, Susannah Miller, and his surviving children--William Jr., Elizabeth, Samuel, Elizabeth, James, Susanna, Agnes, Margaret, Jane, and Ann--all of whom migrated with their mother to Muhlenberg County. Jane [Weir] Poag married Joseph Poag as is mentioned both in Flory's book and in the will of her brother James. James was the youngest son (and the most famous of the family). The oldest surviving son was William Weir who lived on Long Creek in the southwestern corner of Muhlenberg. He lived with, married into, and was intimately connected with the Gates, Groves, Seviers, and Shutt families on Long Creek. A little background: The Long Creek Brethren congregation was officially constituted by Elder Joseph Roland in 1826. Roland ordained Isham Gibson as first elder in charge at Long Creek even though, unofficially, Elder John Dick had already led the Long Creek Brethren in 1815-1817 when he lived on Clifty Creek (located in the southern part of Muhlenberg County, the Clifty Creek headwaters being immediately east of the headwaters of Long Creek). John Dick's brother Peter Dick lived with the Long Creek Brethren from 1804, and his brother Conrad/Coonrod Dick, from 1809. All three brothers lived in the Drakes Creek community in Simpson County in 1820. I have yet to go through the Muhlenberg tax records from 1820-1829 to see who returned when. Dwayne Wrightsman ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message