Charles S. Compton 466 Roberts Circle Lincoln, Al., 35096 -----Original Message----- From: Charles Compton [mailto:ccompton@coosavalley.net] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 6:23 AM To: HOUK DON (CBD) Subject: RE: Micajah Compton>Laurens Co.,SC>1820,1830 Don: Thanks for your reply. You might like to add to your notes that the Micajah I am looking for, which may well be the same Micajah son of John and Elizabeth, suddenly shows up in the Laurens Co., SC census of 1820 with a wife and five small children. I am almost positive that his wife's name is Nancy, proven or implied by later developments. This Micajah would have been born 1780 to 1790 (census based). Is the John and Elizabeth you are writing about the John married to Elizabeth Board ? (I wonder this since I saw Doris Canon's inquiry). I thought this Elizabeth Board was born about 1778. What's troubling me is the mention of John's 1783 will. Help me out with this, I can't make dates fit; where am I going wrong ? Charlie Charles S. Compton 466 Roberts Circle Lincoln, Al., 35096 > -----Original Message----- > From: HOUK DON (CBD) [mailto:DGHOUK@email.kline.co.jp] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 9:22 PM > To: COMPTON-L@rootsweb.com; 'Charles Compton' > Subject: RE: Micajah Compton>Laurens Co.,SC>1820,1830 > > > Regarding your reference to Micajah COMPTON, there is a Micajah named in a > 1786 Amelia Co,VA Land Document transferring title to property > left to heirs > of John COMPTON who left Will dated 3 Dec 1783 named wife > Elizabeth COMPTON, > son Caleb COMPTON and son-in-law John WHITE (h/o John & Elizabeth's dau > Elizabeth) as executors. John's 10 children not named in Will but named in > subsequent documents in the transfer of John's land to his > children: Caleb; > Elizabeth (md John White); Meredith (md Sarah Board); Joshua; Micajah; > Archibald (md Sarah Cavender---this is my line); Reuben; Joel (md Nancy > Chapman); Jeremiah (md Elizabeth Cavender, sister of Sarah Cavender); Jane > (md Richard White, assume he is brother of John White). > > I have nothing further on Micajah than that shown above & welcome > contacts > with others researching any member of this family. > Don Houk > E-mail: dghouk@email.kline.co.jp > >

Thanks Doris for your query---- I have assumed John & Elizabeth's son Meredith is same Meredith who married Sarah Board 11 Dec 1795 Bedford Co,VA with William Board being shown on marriage document as f/o Sara or Sarah. My records show names of 4 children for Meredith & Sarah: Cena who md James DICKINSON; Patsy who md John MOSLEY/MOTLEY; Isaiah & John. I have nothing further on children's families but believe I have copies of some other Bedford Co. documents related to Meredith & Sarah but they're not in notes in my computer records so I would have to search a little for them before I could make any further reply. Let me know if you want me to do so. Would be interested to know what you have on this family & if your records agree with mine. Don Houk E-mail: dghouk@email.kline.co.jp ---------- From: max[SMTP:max@hoopeston.com] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 11:46 AM To: HOUK DON (CBD) Subject: Re: Micajah Compton>Laurens Co.,SC>1820,1830 Do You have anything else on Meredith m Sarah Board?? Doris Cannon http://www.angelfire.com/il/found max@hoopeston.com 'A Tree Withers if No One Tends to its Roots' ----- Original Message ----- From: HOUK DON (CBD) <DGHOUK@email.kline.co.jp> To: <COMPTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 9:22 PM Subject: RE: Micajah Compton>Laurens Co.,SC>1820,1830 > Regarding your reference to Micajah COMPTON, there is a Micajah named in a > 1786 Amelia Co,VA Land Document transferring title to property left to heirs > of John COMPTON who left Will dated 3 Dec 1783 named wife Elizabeth COMPTON, > son Caleb COMPTON and son-in-law John WHITE (h/o John & Elizabeth's dau > Elizabeth) as executors. John's 10 children not named in Will but named in > subsequent documents in the transfer of John's land to his children: Caleb; > Elizabeth (md John White); Meredith (md Sarah Board); Joshua; Micajah; > Archibald (md Sarah Cavender---this is my line); Reuben; Joel (md Nancy > Chapman); Jeremiah (md Elizabeth Cavender, sister of Sarah Cavender); Jane > (md Richard White, assume he is brother of John White). > > I have nothing further on Micajah than that shown above & welcome contacts > with others researching any member of this family. > Don Houk > E-mail: dghouk@email.kline.co.jp > > > ---------- > From: Charles Compton[SMTP:ccompton@coosavalley.net] > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 9:16 PM > To: COMPTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Micajah Compton>Laurens Co.,SC>1820,1830 > > I've made mistake of getting so involved in research of my own > family I've forgot who is working some other lines which I > have now discovered might touch my own so here goes: > > I'd like to re-establish contact with those with whom I traded info > in the past, reference family of above subject, Micajah Compton-also anyone > researching/ descended from Daniel T. Compton ca1850; Wesley W. Compton > ca1840; Alfred Compton > ca1840 & Jessee Compton ca1840 ALL of Laurens Co,SC-like update on > connections (lineage) of these people & also I've new info from SC Dept of > Archives and History on Micajah & some others as well. With whom can I work > on this line or lines ? > Charlie > > Charles S. Compton > 466 Roberts Circle > Lincoln, Al., 35096 > >

Regarding your reference to Micajah COMPTON, there is a Micajah named in a 1786 Amelia Co,VA Land Document transferring title to property left to heirs of John COMPTON who left Will dated 3 Dec 1783 named wife Elizabeth COMPTON, son Caleb COMPTON and son-in-law John WHITE (h/o John & Elizabeth's dau Elizabeth) as executors. John's 10 children not named in Will but named in subsequent documents in the transfer of John's land to his children: Caleb; Elizabeth (md John White); Meredith (md Sarah Board); Joshua; Micajah; Archibald (md Sarah Cavender---this is my line); Reuben; Joel (md Nancy Chapman); Jeremiah (md Elizabeth Cavender, sister of Sarah Cavender); Jane (md Richard White, assume he is brother of John White). I have nothing further on Micajah than that shown above & welcome contacts with others researching any member of this family. Don Houk E-mail: dghouk@email.kline.co.jp ---------- From: Charles Compton[SMTP:ccompton@coosavalley.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 9:16 PM To: COMPTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Micajah Compton>Laurens Co.,SC>1820,1830 I've made mistake of getting so involved in research of my own family I've forgot who is working some other lines which I have now discovered might touch my own so here goes: I'd like to re-establish contact with those with whom I traded info in the past, reference family of above subject, Micajah Compton-also anyone researching/ descended from Daniel T. Compton ca1850; Wesley W. Compton ca1840; Alfred Compton ca1840 & Jessee Compton ca1840 ALL of Laurens Co,SC-like update on connections (lineage) of these people & also I've new info from SC Dept of Archives and History on Micajah & some others as well. With whom can I work on this line or lines ? Charlie Charles S. Compton 466 Roberts Circle Lincoln, Al., 35096

Charles, This is a wonderful idea. As we look at the Daniel T., Java, family and Micajah as well as Thomas and Rachel, and John and A. Duvall Comptons, we will, i'm sure discover who the parents was of our James M. We all need to help in this effort. We support you. Thank you Barbara in Albuquerque

I have made the mistake of getting "so involved" in the research of my own family, until I have now forgotten who is working some other lines which I have now discovered might touch my own...so here goes: I would like to re-establish contact with the persons with whom I traded information in the past, reference the family of the above subject, Micajah Compton. This also includes anyone who is researching or descended from Daniel T. Compton ca. 1850; Wesley W. Compton ca. 1840; Alfred Compton ca.1840 and Jessee Compton ca 1840, ALL of Laurens County, SC. Specifically, I would like an update on the connections (lineage) of these people and also, I have new information coming from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History on Micajah and some others as well. With whom can I work on this line or lines ? Charlie Charles S. Compton 466 Roberts Circle Lincoln, Al., 35096

In a message dated 09/02/1999 9:47:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, COMPTON-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << o: COMPTON-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <37CD7C3D.F26@indy.net> Subject: Compton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Compton researchers, Does any one have any additions or connection to my Compton line. Any information may help. Thanks, Tim Mattingly This is what I have: Ebenezer Turrell Compton was born Sep. 3.1772, in VA? and married Ailecy Hopper on May 6,1794 in Henry Co.,VA. Before? 1811, they moved to Adair/Russell Co.,KY area. Ebenezer and Ailecy had 8 children, some in Henry Co.,VA, and the others in Adair/Russell Co.,KY. Ebenezer died Sep.19,1850, in Russell Co.,KY, and Ailecy near the same time. >> Tim, This is what I have on Ebenezer Compton: I forwarded this info to the Compton list some time ago but it must not have gone through. Sharon Ebenezer was born Sept. 3, 1772 in New York City, NY and died September 19, 1850 in Russell County, Ky. He married Ailcey Hopper May 6, 1794 in Henry County, Va. the daughter of Thomas Hopper and Myma (Unknown last name). She was born Abt. 1771 in Henry County, Va. and died aft. 1850 in Russell County. Ky. Ebenezer was baptized in First Presby. Church, New York City, N.Y. Ebenezer and his mother lived for a time in Rockingham County, N.C. He was in the 1790 Census there-in 1794 he married Ailcey in Henry County, VA. just across the state line from where he lived in N.C. Had at least two children born in N.C. In 1810 census he was in N.Y. City. Children of Ebenezer Compton and Ailcey Hopper are: 1. Nancy Compton, b. Abt 1800, N.C.; d. April 20, 1877, Adair Co., KY; m. William Barnes, Jr. November 27, Adair Co., Ky. 2. Mary Compton, b. Abt 1802, N.C.;m. Jacob Pettijohn, December 21, 1818, Adair Co., Ky. 3. Bethel Compton, b. December 29, 1804; d. Aft. 1882, Adair Co., Ky; m (1) Juley A. Roach, January 11, 1829, Russell Co., Ky; b. March 1809 d. Bef. 1867; m. (2) Ruth Melody Warenor, December 26, 1867, Adair Co., Ky. 4. Martha Compton, b. Abt. 1808, Adair Co., Ky. 5. James R. Compton (my ancestor), b. Abt. 1814 Adair Co., Ky. d. Abt. 1894, Metcalfe Co., Ky. 6. Eleanor Compton b. unknown 7. Jordan Compton b. unknown Ebenezer's father was Mathias Compton. He was born in Monmouth County, N.J. He married Catherine Green in New York City, N.Y. Mathias' father was William Compton. He married Jane (Jean) Brown in Monmouth County, N.J. She was born in Staten Island, N.Y. William's father was Cornelious Compton, unknown where he was born. He married Elizabeth Applegate. Cornelious' father was William Compton born in Long Island, N.Y. He married Mary Bowne, daughter of William Bowne. William's father was William Compton born abt. 1622. William was at Gravesend, Long Island, N.Y. in 1645 in Lady Deborah Moody's Colony.

In looking at the 1880 Census for McLennon County Texas I found Comptons that do not fit into any family information that I have. If you have information as to Father/Mother , siblings of these folks I would appreciate it. My line starts with Jesse C. Compton and Jane N. Stone found in the 1860 Census of Louisiana. I have been trying to work the family both ways. I think but need to verify that Jesse C. Comptons father was James Compton of North Carolina , Mother Elizabeth Cooper of North Carolina. Found in 1880 McLennon County Texas that need info on. R. D. Compton Aged 44 born in Kentucky Wife S. M. aged 32 born in Alabama Son R. D. Aged 7 born in Texas Son Howard Aged 5 born in Tx Son Wheeler aged 3 born in Tx Son William aged 1 born in Tx Sister or Son in law E. J. Wilkerson aged 24 born in Texas Found in 1900 Census McLennon County Texas need info for. Francis N. Compton Aug 1871, born Illinois Wife Ida M. Feb 1876, born Illinois Son Charles R. Sept 1899 born Illinois Frank Compton Feb 1875 born in Texas Wife Clayton Aug 1879 born in Alabama Son Dewey Jan 1899 born in Texas Rufe B. Compton Nov 1871 born Louisiana Living alone. Tobias Compton June 1860 born in Louisiana Wife Victoria Mar 1864 b: Texas Son Phillip Jan 1890 b: Texas Daughter Lillian Nov 1891 b:Texas Daughter Mary May 1897 b:Texas William J Compton Nov 1872 born in Louisiana Wife Lou July 1877 b:Texas Son Elliot Aug 1898 b:Texas Jesse C. Compton/Jane N. Stone are my great great grandparents. Looking for family connections. Any help is greatly appreciated Arland Phelps

Compton researchers, Does any one have any additions or connection to my Compton line. Any information may help. Thanks, Tim Mattingly This is what I have: Ebenezer Turrell Compton was born Sep.3,1772, in VA?, and married Ailecy Hopper on May 6,1794 in Henry Co.,VA. Before? 1811, they moved to Adair/Russell Co.,KY area. Ebenezer and Ailecy had 8 children, some in Henry Co.,VA, and the others in Adair/Russell Co.,KY. Ebenezer died Sep.19,1850, in Russell Co.,KY, and Ailecy near the same time.

Hi List! I'm looking for info on my great grandfather Charles Stephen COMPTON. What I know is that he came to NY around 1904 from Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland. He married Mary Agnes MORRISSEY in St. Paul the Apostle R.C. Church (59th St. & Columbus Ave.) in 1907. They had three children Josephine b. August 4, 1908, (my grandmother), Helen b. December 13, 1909, and Charles b. November 3, 1912. The family lived in the Fordham area of the Bronx. Charles Stephen COMPTON worked as a motorman on the trolley cars for The Third Avenue Railroad Company. He was struck and killed by a hit and run driver in April 1927. He had a sister named Ellen who lived in Chicago and married Andrew Lee GWINN. Ellen and Andrew had at least one child, Byron Charles, who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. Does anyone know of this family and the family left behind in Ireland? Any info at all would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance, Mary

Hi. I'm looking for info on my ggrandfather, Fredrick Eugene Compton. His parents were William (F?) and Jennie Compton. He was born Aug. 1, 1876 in Harbor Springs, Michigan. His family moved to Crossville, Tennesse while he was young. His mother had a sister, a Mrs. Benedict who also lived in Crossville. By the time of Fred's death in Feb 1910. Apparently his father was already dead, and Jennie lived in Herrin, Illinois. Fred has two brothers that I know of Will and Benedict. Any one with any information on this family, please contact me. Thanks, Rollene Compton Ricci

For years I have been trying to locate the family of Henry Compton's wife Mary Horner. Henry was son of Stephen, grandson of Samuel, born Oct. 21 1798 in South Carolina, died Nov. 20, 1880 in Greene Co. OH. his family was part of the group of Quakers who moved from the Bush River area of South Carolina to the Miami Valley of Ohio in the early 1800's. He and Mary were married August 20, 1818, in Greene County, and she died 10 years later after the birth of her 3rd son, Martin. All I know about Mary's background is that she was a Methodist and came from "a pioneer family of Greene County." Henry was a Quaker and was disowned for marrying contrary to discipline. After Mary died he married Katherine Mock. If anyone can give me information on Mary Horner's family I shall be most appreciative. Bill Compton

I am looking for information on Charity Compton. She lived in Pike Co. KY around 1900. She was married to Campbell Hurst, and was the mother of Thurston Hurst....oral history says that she was possibly of Native American blood....and also that she had quite a few children....any info on her, her parents, Campbell Hurst, or any of the children is appreciated..... Thanks Judi MIniard.

I was wondering if any of you could tell me who the paretns were of a James (Jim ) Compton b. 9/24/1875 & d. 4/3/1919 apparently in McDowell Co, WV that married Rhoda Keen. He and most of his family are buried in the Vance Cemetery in Paynesville, McDowell Co, WV. He had the following children: Miles L. Compton b. 1/1/1916 d. 12/2/1983 (m) Bessie ??? Jessie J. Compton b. 1898 d. 1977 (m) Sarah Margaret Horn Gilmore Compton (no dates) Dewey Compton (no dates) Billy Compton (no dates) Alice Compton (no dates) Bessy Compton died of TB no data. The children with no dates died during the Flu Epidemic. Margureitte in WV

I am looking for information on a Martha Compton born March 1, 1782 in Va. She married a James Durham. They were married April 23, 1801 in Green Co. Ky. Martha is the daughter of Merideth Compton. Alice Durham-Van Wey

--part1_df0a4470.24eea9b6_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/20/1999 3:36:51 AM Central Daylight Time, CASHEL3776@aol.com writes: > I received about a dozen e-mails this morning all asking the same question > so I know that I was not clear in my post yesterday. If you forwarded my > message about the WWI draft cards being at the GA NARA branch will you > please also forward this message? > > The original draft card applications (registrations) for every state (the > entire US) are at East Pointe. According to the Archive Staff there are no > plans to split these cards and move any of them to any other NARA location > since East Pointe has been charged with the "custody" of these records. > > It is only the original cards that are in state / county / alpha order. > > Someone posted a message to one of the lists that NARA was planning on > re-filming the cards since they are now in state / county / alpha order. If > such a thing is underway it is unknown to the East Pointe archive staff and > they should know if such a thing was in the works. > > If you request a copy of your ancestor's draft card from any NARA branch > other than this one they will be searching the LDS microfilm and you will > have to know the state and draft board for them to make a copy. It is only > at the East Pointe location that you can request a copy by state and then > county and the copy will be made from the ORIGINAL card. > > If I'm still unclear please let me know. > > > --part1_df0a4470.24eea9b6_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <GOODWIN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (rly-zb01.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.1]) by air-zb03.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 04:36:51 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (v60.25) with ESMTP; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 04:36:27 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA05581; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 01:34:18 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 01:34:18 -0700 (PDT) From: CASHEL3776@aol.com Message-ID: <3dffa320.24ee6cec@aol.com> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 04:33:48 EDT Subject: WWI Draft Cards - clarification Old-To: OConnor-L@rootsweb.com, GOLDMAN-L@rootsweb.com, GOODWIN-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 14 Resent-Message-ID: <bGARBB.A.1WB.KMRv3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: GOODWIN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GOODWIN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GOODWIN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/970 X-Loop: GOODWIN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GOODWIN-L-request@rootsweb.com I received about a dozen e-mails this morning all asking the same question so I know that I was not clear in my post yesterday. If you forwarded my message about the WWI draft cards being at the GA NARA branch will you please also forward this message? The original draft card applications (registrations) for every state (the entire US) are at East Pointe. According to the Archive Staff there are no plans to split these cards and move any of them to any other NARA location since East Pointe has been charged with the "custody" of these records. It is only the original cards that are in state / county / alpha order. Someone posted a message to one of the lists that NARA was planning on re-filming the cards since they are now in state / county / alpha order. If such a thing is underway it is unknown to the East Pointe archive staff and they should know if such a thing was in the works. If you request a copy of your ancestor's draft card from any NARA branch other than this one they will be searching the LDS microfilm and you will have to know the state and draft board for them to make a copy. It is only at the East Pointe location that you can request a copy by state and then county and the copy will be made from the ORIGINAL card. If I'm still unclear please let me know. --part1_df0a4470.24eea9b6_boundary--

--part1_d24903b1.24ed78c4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/19/1999 4:01:03 AM Central Daylight Time, CASHEL3776@aol.com writes: > Prior to the US's entry into WW1 (approx. 1917-1918) every male between the > age of 18 and 40 was required to register for the draft. The information > found on the card was provided by the individual himself. The registration > cards vary in information depending on the individual draft board. But by > and large the cards include: The full name of the person (this means first, > full middle name, any additional middle names and last name); the current > address of the man; his age; his birthdate (some include his place of > birth); whether he is a US citizen or a naturalized citizen (some ask if > his > father was a naturalized citizen and his father's race); his race; his > occupation; where he is employed (name of employer); address or location of > employment; name and address of his next of kin; some cards ask if the man > is married or single and how many people he supports. The card is signed by > the draftee. On the back of the card his physical description is noted: > Height is broken down by short, medium, tall although some cards give the > actual height in feet and inches; Build by slim, medium, stout although > some > cards list actual weight along with the build; color of eyes and hair; any > deformities or injuries are listed (such as one arm missing, blind in one > eye, etc); the name and address of the draft board and the date. > > When these original cards were transferred to the East Pointe NARA branch > the LDS spent about 3 years microfilming these cards. There are hundreds > and > hundreds of boxes and the LDS opened one box at a time and filmed them - > in > state order. However, within each state the cards were filed by draft board, > > not by county or by draftee. This makes the searching of the microfilm > difficult to say the least. > > The good news is that the Friends of the National Archives took each box > after it was filmed (and checked) and sorted all of these thousands and > thousands of cards into - state and then COUNTY order and then in > alphabetical order by surname and put then in new boxes. The Friends > deserve > all the kudos we can give them for this monstrous task. > > So ... rather than spending hours and hours searching the LDS microfilm you > can order copies of the original cards from NARA. if you know the county > your ancestor lived in between 1917-1918. > > And BTW - Ancestry.com lists WW1 Draft cards in their searchable data bases, > > however I know for a fact that there are 22 cards for the surname WHITE > found in McIntosh Co, OK and Ancestry only gave me 4 of them so don't > depend > on that site. I was told yesterday that some reps from Ancestry had visited > the archives a couple of weeks ago to talk about filming the cards, took > one > look at the hundreds and hundreds of boxes and simply left. > > For copies: Send a letter requesting copy(s) to: > NARA > Southeast Region > 1557 St. Joseph Ave > East Point, GA 30344 > > In your letter be sure to say you want copy(s) of the WWI Draft application > Cards. Include the name of your ancestor and his race, the state and the > county. If you want copies of ALL of the cards with a given surname, ask > them the cost of the copies and send a SASE for them to let you know the > copying cost. In your letter be sure and say you want a copy of the FRONT > and BACK of the card. Be sure to send a SASE for the return of you copies. > > The cost for the copy is 50 cents - 25 cents for the back and 25 cents for > the front. If you only want one copy send a buck and say the difference is > to be given to the Friends of the Archives, because after all they did all > this wonderful hard work for you <VBG> > > And feel free to pass this on to any of the lists you are on. > > --part1_d24903b1.24ed78c4_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <GOODWIN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yh01.mx.aol.com (rly-yh01.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.33]) by air-yh04.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 05:01:03 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yh01.mx.aol.com (v60.25) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 05:00:57 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA05609; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 01:59:32 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 01:59:32 -0700 (PDT) From: CASHEL3776@aol.com Message-ID: <dd230a07.24ed214c@aol.com> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 04:58:52 EDT Subject: WWI Draft Applications Update Old-To: OConnor-L@rootsweb.com, GOODWIN-L@rootsweb.com, GOLDMAN-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 14 Resent-Message-ID: <xzGew.A.1WB.yd8u3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: GOODWIN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GOODWIN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GOODWIN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/967 X-Loop: GOODWIN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GOODWIN-L-request@rootsweb.com Prior to the US's entry into WW1 (approx. 1917-1918) every male between the age of 18 and 40 was required to register for the draft. The information found on the card was provided by the individual himself. The registration cards vary in information depending on the individual draft board. But by and large the cards include: The full name of the person (this means first, full middle name, any additional middle names and last name); the current address of the man; his age; his birthdate (some include his place of birth); whether he is a US citizen or a naturalized citizen (some ask if his father was a naturalized citizen and his father's race); his race; his occupation; where he is employed (name of employer); address or location of employment; name and address of his next of kin; some cards ask if the man is married or single and how many people he supports. The card is signed by the draftee. On the back of the card his physical description is noted: Height is broken down by short, medium, tall although some cards give the actual height in feet and inches; Build by slim, medium, stout although some cards list actual weight along with the build; color of eyes and hair; any deformities or injuries are listed (such as one arm missing, blind in one eye, etc); the name and address of the draft board and the date. When these original cards were transferred to the East Pointe NARA branch the LDS spent about 3 years microfilming these cards. There are hundreds and hundreds of boxes and the LDS opened one box at a time and filmed them - in state order. However, within each state the cards were filed by draft board, not by county or by draftee. This makes the searching of the microfilm difficult to say the least. The good news is that the Friends of the National Archives took each box after it was filmed (and checked) and sorted all of these thousands and thousands of cards into - state and then COUNTY order and then in alphabetical order by surname and put then in new boxes. The Friends deserve all the kudos we can give them for this monstrous task. So ... rather than spending hours and hours searching the LDS microfilm you can order copies of the original cards from NARA. if you know the county your ancestor lived in between 1917-1918. And BTW - Ancestry.com lists WW1 Draft cards in their searchable data bases, however I know for a fact that there are 22 cards for the surname WHITE found in McIntosh Co, OK and Ancestry only gave me 4 of them so don't depend on that site. I was told yesterday that some reps from Ancestry had visited the archives a couple of weeks ago to talk about filming the cards, took one look at the hundreds and hundreds of boxes and simply left. For copies: Send a letter requesting copy(s) to: NARA Southeast Region 1557 St. Joseph Ave East Point, GA 30344 In your letter be sure to say you want copy(s) of the WWI Draft application Cards. Include the name of your ancestor and his race, the state and the county. If you want copies of ALL of the cards with a given surname, ask them the cost of the copies and send a SASE for them to let you know the copying cost. In your letter be sure and say you want a copy of the FRONT and BACK of the card. Be sure to send a SASE for the return of you copies. The cost for the copy is 50 cents - 25 cents for the back and 25 cents for the front. If you only want one copy send a buck and say the difference is to be given to the Friends of the Archives, because after all they did all this wonderful hard work for you <VBG> And feel free to pass this on to any of the lists you are on. --part1_d24903b1.24ed78c4_boundary--

I think I've found another variation in the spelling of the Compton/Cumpton/Crumpton/Crompton name. The Rogers Arkansas Morning News, dated Sunday 8/15/99 listed the marriage announcement of Scott Compston of Rogers, AR. The announcement interested me because I'd never seen that spelling before and I'm one who had two of the variations in the same family. If anyone out there is interested in this spelling, let me know and I'll post the entire announcement. Ruby Price

Pat, Charles Compton over in Lincoln Co., AL. knows more about James Compton/Nancy Poole than I do, so I am sending copy of this to Compton List; I believe you will be hearing from Charles Compton on this, as he is head over heals on that couple, and as of this date, I believe the father of this James Compton is unknown to us. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Pat Bowden Crumpton <pacone@txk.net> To: CRUMPTON-L@rootsweb.com <CRUMPTON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 2:38 PM Subject: Fw: [SCSPARTA] Compton/Crumpton/Compten are these yours? > > > > > >Dan, this was just sent to me and I thought you might know something about >the family. I don't know how my friend ended up with it as he has no >connection whatsoever to the Crumpton line. Anyway, I know the sender will >appreciate anything you can do. > >Keep up the good work. >_Pat___________________________________________________________ >From: "David Reid" <mad@pine-net.com> >>To: "Pat Bowden" <pacone@txk.net> >>Subject: Fw: [SCSPARTA] Compton/Crumpton/Compten are these yours? >>Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 12:39:59 -0500 >>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 >>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >> >>Pat, >>I am forwarding this to you because I thought There might be a connection. >>David >>--------------------------------------------------------------- >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Karen Wofford <is4roots@bellsouth.net> >>To: SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com <SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 11:01 AM >>Subject: [SCSPARTA] Compton/Crumpton/Compten are these yours? >> >> >>>Hi Folks, >>>I hope you are doing well and going strong on those Gore's etc. >>>We are doing well. I am working the Family History Library (LDS) here in >>>Spartanburg on Fridays from 10a-5p. We don't have a lot of records >>>(local) yet. >>>I need some help. I'm absolutely stumped on one of my hubby's lines: >>>There is a James M. Compton born 1810 @ possibly Laurens,SC but not >>>sure. He married in 1833 Nancy Poole (b. 1810 @ ? d. 24 Dec 1890@ >>>laurens, sc and buried at Langston Baptist Churchyard in Laurens, SC.) >>> My hubby's ancestor James goes to Arkansas and dies at Doyle, Arkansas >>>in 1896 and is buried in Binger, Arkansas. My big problem is I can't >>>find out who Jame's parents were. >>>Could they be Thomas Compton married Rachel Smith? or Bazel Crumpton, or >>>the 4-5 James Compton's listed in the census indexs of SC? This has got >>>me stumped.. >>>James M Compton and Nancy Poole had the following children: >>>Andrew Poinsdexter Compton: b. 17 Sep 1834 at Laurens d.20 Apr 1835 >>>2.*Robert James Compton b. 30 Jan 1837 @ Laurens d. 17 Oct 1883 @ >>>Laurens, buried Oct 1883 at Langston Baptist Churchyard in Laurens. >>>3. Thomas Henry Compton b. 27 Dec 1838 @ Laurens, SC >>>4. Cornelia Evaline Compton b. 22 Jan 1842 @ Laurens, SC marries William >>>Templeton. >>>5.William Berry Compton b. 27 Feb 1846 @ Laurens, SC. marries a Alice >>>Day. >>>6. Eliza Jane Compton b. 17 Jan 1849 marries William Wilford Godwin on >>>20 Dec 1877 >>>7.Marcus Milton Compton b. 24 Aug 1852 @ laurens, SC died 4 Aug 1923, >>>marries Saria Elizabeth Epton. >>>8. Charles Orr Compton b. 13 Jul 1854 @ Spartanburg, SC died 30 May 1932 >>>at Binger, Caddo, Oklahoma married Nancy Epton born 30 Nov 1876 at >>>Laurens,SC. >>> >>>I don't know if these guys go back to Bazel Crumpton of Spartanburg, are >>>all Crumptons or Comptons. It's a walk on the wild side.... >>>Anyone who can help me please reply, Thanks Karen >>> >>> >>>==== SCSPARTA Mailing List ==== >>>Visit Genealogy Resources On The Internet at >>http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/internet.html. >>> >> >> >PATS PLACE > >

I'm looking for information on Jacob Compton, born about 1805 in NJ, died 1867 in Muscatine,IA, and his wife Mirium Conkright born about 1809 in NY and died 1875 in Chicago, IL They are both buried in Muscatine, IA. They lived in Michigan in the 1840-50s Their childrens names were Henry s, William, Elinor, Lucinda, Zantha and John. Any info would be greatly appreciared. Maggie Steele

Tim: Do you have any information on the ancestors of Ebenezer that you have listed (Mathias, William, Cornelius, William, William) or on Ebenezer's siblings, if any? Nancy