Okay I try this one I have A Minerva Collins who is part of My Black sheep problem, She lived with a Jim Andrews and was killed but have no proof yet I am still looking for her spouse and family Thanks Paula COLLINS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > COLLINS-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 230 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Mission Impossible - Minerva Colli [IDAMADISON@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from COLLINS-D, send a message to > > COLLINS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Mission Impossible - Minerva Collins > Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 11:08:18 EST > From: IDAMADISON@aol.com > To: COLLINS-L@rootsweb.com > > This mission, should you choose to be a part, is to find the family of Minerva > Collins. She was born about 1824 in NC, possibly Caswell Co. She married > George Washington Ward (who doesn't have at least 3 of these in their tree!) > about 1836 probably in NC, or possibly in Fayette Co., TN. > Thanks to a wonderful census taker I have state AND COUNTY of birth for their > children. They were: > William W/N Ward b.c 1837 Fayette Co.,TN > m. Louisiana Compton 6 Dec 1869 Rhea Co., > TN > John Henry Ward b. 22 Mar 1840 Rockingham Co., > NC > m. Lydia Knox and died Rhea Co., TN > Iverson M. Ward b. c 1847 Rockingham Co., NC > Emily/Emilie J Ward b. c 1850 Guilford Co., NC > Alvis Green Ward b. c 1852 Guilford Co., NC > m. Martha (Mattie) Duncan > Clorinda Ward b. c 1858 prob. Rhea Co., NC > m. Samuel Miller 1877 Rhea Co., NC > George died after 1880 and the family story says that Minerva left her > children in TN and went back to NC to live with her parents and care for them. > > Doesn't anyone have a Minerva WARD living with their COLLINS ancestors, a > mysterious woman in the household you have been unable to identify, the person > who inherited the family farm, or the spinning wheel? > > I'm sure this message will self-destruct after the appointed amount of time. > In the meantime I will surely appreciate your help. > > Ida