That is probably the case...did you know that in the 1840's in Wabash County...east of Edwards that there were flatboats and barges up and down the Wabash to New Orleans, and that at one time there were as many as 40 barges stopped at Rochester Mills about 7 miles south of Mt. Carmel...on any given day? I descend from Elias Clark,M.D. of Wabash County...some of his Children resided in Edwards Co., in Bone Gap and Browns...and Albion. Pettiford is not necessarily an indication of African ancestry...some Welsh and even French have also been known to have darker complexions and dark eyes...Pettiford can certainly be French (or French Creole ),creole....a better indication of her supposed status would be a copy of a document with her signature...large C by her signature would indicate French Creole...small c indicates, in that era, a person of mixed blood sometimes a slave, sometimes not. Whatever, her heritage, she is certainly pleased that someone...is interested in finding out about her...good luck in your search! Let me know if you run across my elusive Elias Clark! Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa R. Ellis" <lellis@npc.net> To: <CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [CLARKE] [Fwd: merger:alexander clark] > i call them rumours, because they came from my family... "i heard..." they > told me my daddy's grandma was creole, on my grandpa's side. however, i found > out that she was a slave yes, and an indian yet, but the spanish/french > connection is not there--but on my dad's mom's side.. "pettiford"--they say > that she is the creole, but i am at a brick wall. i have researched > extensively, and the roots must go back further than what the family thought > if it is really there... > > Sara wrote: > > > Where, at least did your rumours originate from? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lisa R. Ellis" <lellis@npc.net> > > To: <CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 2:40 PM > > Subject: [CLARKE] [Fwd: merger:alexander clark] > > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > --------------06765FBC5C502A9EAA3BA9BE > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------06765FBC5C502A9EAA3BA9BE > > > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > > > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > > Message-ID: <3B4DF7D3.E54E72AE@npc.net> > > > Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:17:40 -0400 > > > From: Lisa Ellis <lellis@npc.net> > > > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) > > > X-Accept-Language: en > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > To: clarke-l@npc.net > > > Subject: merger:alexander clark > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > because of this "merger" i am putting this inquiry out to the board: > > > > > > i will start w/william r clark, who was married to, among other people, > > > mayme pettiford. he came from edwards county illinois. he was raised and > > > married there. william r clark was the son of alexander clark jr. > > > alexander clark jr was a methodist minister in the small town of browns > > > illinois, again, in edwards county. alexander jr is the son of alexander > > > clark, and from there, i have no other information. i only have rumours, > > > that the clarks were mixed native and african descent... > > > > > > william r and mayme moved to jeffersonville indiana. when mayme died, > > > william r remarried, and moved to columbus oh or someonwhere around > > > there... > > > > > > > > > --------------06765FBC5C502A9EAA3BA9BE-- > > > > > > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > > > CLARKE Archives & List search > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/clarke > > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CLARKE > > > > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > > Boards > Surnames > Clark ~ posts default to the CLARKE-L > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clark > > Bible, Bio, B, Cem, Cen, D, Deed, Imm, Lkup, Mar, Mil, Obit, Pen, Will > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > Boards > Surnames > Clarke ~ posts default to the CLARKE-L > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clarke > Bible, Bio, B, Cem, Cen, D, Deed, Imm, Lkup, Mar, Mil, Obit, Pen, Will >

humorously, the only indication i have that pettiford is of black ancestry, is because she was an african american. i know the name is french. i just have yet to track where in my lineage they imported from france.... thank you thank you thank you for the small c large C education.... i didn't realize there would be a difference... Sara wrote: > That is probably the case...did you know that in the 1840's in Wabash > County...east of Edwards that there were flatboats and barges up and down > the Wabash to New Orleans, and that at one time there were as many as 40 > barges stopped at Rochester Mills about 7 miles south of Mt. Carmel...on any > given day? > I descend from Elias Clark,M.D. of Wabash County...some of his Children > resided in Edwards Co., in Bone Gap and Browns...and Albion. Pettiford is > not necessarily an indication of African ancestry...some Welsh and even > French have also been known to have darker complexions and dark > eyes...Pettiford can certainly be French (or French Creole ),creole....a > better indication of her supposed status would be a copy of a document with > her signature...large C by her signature would indicate French > Creole...small c indicates, in that era, a person of mixed blood sometimes a > slave, sometimes not. Whatever, her heritage, she is certainly pleased that > someone...is interested in finding out about her...good luck in your search! > Let me know if you run across my elusive Elias Clark! > Sara > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa R. Ellis" <lellis@npc.net> > To: <CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 9:39 PM > Subject: Re: [CLARKE] [Fwd: merger:alexander clark] > > > i call them rumours, because they came from my family... "i heard..." > they > > told me my daddy's grandma was creole, on my grandpa's side. however, i > found > > out that she was a slave yes, and an indian yet, but the spanish/french > > connection is not there--but on my dad's mom's side.. "pettiford"--they > say > > that she is the creole, but i am at a brick wall. i have researched > > extensively, and the roots must go back further than what the family > thought > > if it is really there... > > > > Sara wrote: > > > > > Where, at least did your rumours originate from? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Lisa R. Ellis" <lellis@npc.net> > > > To: <CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 2:40 PM > > > Subject: [CLARKE] [Fwd: merger:alexander clark] > > > > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > > --------------06765FBC5C502A9EAA3BA9BE > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------06765FBC5C502A9EAA3BA9BE > > > > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > > > > > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > > > Message-ID: <3B4DF7D3.E54E72AE@npc.net> > > > > Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:17:40 -0400 > > > > From: Lisa Ellis <lellis@npc.net> > > > > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) > > > > X-Accept-Language: en > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > To: clarke-l@npc.net > > > > Subject: merger:alexander clark > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > > > because of this "merger" i am putting this inquiry out to the board: > > > > > > > > i will start w/william r clark, who was married to, among other > people, > > > > mayme pettiford. he came from edwards county illinois. he was raised > and > > > > married there. william r clark was the son of alexander clark jr. > > > > alexander clark jr was a methodist minister in the small town of > browns > > > > illinois, again, in edwards county. alexander jr is the son of > alexander > > > > clark, and from there, i have no other information. i only have > rumours, > > > > that the clarks were mixed native and african descent... > > > > > > > > william r and mayme moved to jeffersonville indiana. when mayme died, > > > > william r remarried, and moved to columbus oh or someonwhere around > > > > there... > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------06765FBC5C502A9EAA3BA9BE-- > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > > > > CLARKE Archives & List search > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/clarke > > > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CLARKE > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > > > Boards > Surnames > Clark ~ posts default to the CLARKE-L > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clark > > > Bible, Bio, B, Cem, Cen, D, Deed, Imm, Lkup, Mar, Mil, Obit, Pen, Will > > > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > > Boards > Surnames > Clarke ~ posts default to the CLARKE-L > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clarke > > Bible, Bio, B, Cem, Cen, D, Deed, Imm, Lkup, Mar, Mil, Obit, Pen, Will > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > Boards > Surnames > Clarke ~ posts default to the CLARKE-L > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clarke > Bible, Bio, B, Cem, Cen, D, Deed, Imm, Lkup, Mar, Mil, Obit, Pen, Will