Hazel: Thanks for responding. We were happy to "have you along with us on our trip." Maybe next time we can do more in Tennessee than just drive through. Bud

Susan: So glad you enjoyed my report. And it is not unlikely that the Coffeys and Craigs are related to yours. I'm sure I've read that some of the Craigs left eastern KY and went to Owensboro and to Mt. Vernon, Indiana, which is right across the river from Henderson County. And I know the Coffeys also spread out a lot. Thanks for responding. Bud

Dear Mrs. Craig, (and all, if interested) I am related to some Craig's from Benton County TN and was just wondering if you might be related to the same Craig's. My gr gr grandfather was Thomas Craig born abt. 1806 TN. He is on the 1850 Benton County TN census along with his 2nd wife, Sara Allen. Daughters by his 1st wife are: Martha age 11 and M. Elizabeth age 9. His daughters by Sara Allen are Charlotte age 1 and Angeline age 6. M. Elizabeth is my gr grandmother and she married Thomas A. Watson in 1863. Are you familiar with any of these folks? I recently received some information that hasn't been verified yet that Thomas Craig had brothers: Charles Freeman Craig, Asa Craig, and Eli Green Craig. It also said that James Craig was their father. If you might have any information that might help me it would be most appreciated. Thank you for your time and am looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Penny Wilson

Hello Bud: Loved the whole trip, really enjoyed it as if there. You missed me, (Camden, TN.) by about 20 miles. Am on Hwy#641, off Exit 126, Interstate # 40. Rest up and have another one soon. Hazel..

Thanks, Bud, for that letter. The way you wrote the message makes all the difference; eg, names of towns, states, cemeteries, people and their relationship to you. Those are identifications that other people can possibly connect to. A couple surnames caught my eye --CRAIG and COFFEY-- but I am sure those particular ones were not related. Mine are from the Henderson, KY, area. Susan Spurgeon

Please delete me name from your e-mail list. Thanks

Speaking of Craig / Nichols(Nickel/Nickells) Connnection ... do these ring a bell with anyone ... gary Descendants of Mary J. Craig - 4 Jun 2000 FIRST GENERATION 1. Mary J. Craig was born in 1839 in Anderson County, Kentucky. She was married to William Southerland (Sutherland/Southern) on 28 Dec 1858 in Anderson County, Kentucky. The surety was signed by her father, Lindsey Craig. Will Southerland's name was spelled SOUTHERN on the document. Mary J. Craig and William Southerland (Sutherland/Southern) had the following children: +2 i. Margaret (Maggie) J. Southerland. +3 ii. David Lindsey Southerland. SECOND GENERATION 2. Margaret (Maggie) J. Southerland was born on 11 Oct 1859 in Anderson County, Kentucky. She died on 13 Aug 1920 in Mercer County, Kentucky. See Death Certificate Information for Margaret Nichols. Certificate # 20-25572 She was married to Bill (Matt) (William Mathew) Nichols. Margaret (Maggie) J. Southerland and Bill (Matt) (William Mathew) Nichols had the following children: 4 i. Beulah Nichols. 5 ii. Emma Jett Nichols. 6 iii. Clara Alice Nichols. 7 iv. Matt (Mathew) Nichols. 8 v. Mollie Belle Nichols. 9 vi. Maggie Nichols. 10 vii. Annie Nichols. 11 viii. Owen B. (O.B.) Nichols. 12 ix. Goebel Nichols. 13 x. Unknown (ref: Obit of Marg.) Nichols. 14 xi. Unknown Nichols. 15 xii. Unknown Nichols. 16 xiii. Unknown Nichols. 3. David Lindsey Southerland was born in 1861 in Anderson County, Kentucky. In an 1880 Mercer County Census record David (19 years of age) was living with his grandmother Mary Craig along with her 2 youngers sons, born after 1850, George W. (25) and Frank M. (24) Craig. He was married to Florida Duke. Descendants of Ike (Isaiah) O'nan - 4 Jun 2000 FIRST GENERATION 1. Ike (Isaiah) O'nan was born on 26 May 1862 in Henry County, KY. He died on 7 Jan 1950 in Woodford County, Kentucky. He died at the home of Wallace Freeman of advanced old age. He was buried on 9 Jan 1950 in Versailles Cemetery, Woodford County, Kentucky. He was married to Annie (Nannie) Francis Craig (daughter of David Henry (Papaw) Craig and Sarah Elizabeth (Lizie) Galloway) in Anderson County, Kentucky. Annie (Nannie) Francis Craig was born on 18 Mar 1870 in Mercer County, Kentucky. She died on 7 Aug 1928 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky at St. Joseph Hospital. She was buried on 9 Aug 1928 in Versailles Cemetery, Woodford County, Kentucky. Ike (Isaiah) O'nan and Annie (Nannie) Francis Craig had the following children: +2 i. Myrtle O'nan. 3 ii. Mable O'nan. 4 iii. Clara O'nan. +5 iv. Gene (Eugene) O'nan. 6 v. Joe O'nan. SECOND GENERATION 2. Myrtle O'nan. Married a Nichols and is Louise Nichols mother She was married to Huntley Nichols. Myrtle O'nan and Huntley Nichols had the following children: 7 i. Hamilton Nichols. 8 ii. Louise Nichols. 5. Gene (Eugene) O'nan was born on 6 Apr 1891 in Woodford County, Kentucky. He died in Dec 1892 in Wayne, Michigan. He died in Michigan of pneumonia and was returned to Versailles for burial. He was buried on 18 Dec 1952 in Versailles Cemetery, Woodford County, Kentucky. He was married to Clara Reed. Gene (Eugene) O'nan and Clara Reed had the following children: 9 i. Samuel O'nan was born on 4 Jun 1918 in Woodford County, Kentucky. He died on 30 May 1938 in Versailles, Kentucky. Died of pulmonary TB at his home in Versailles. He was single. He was buried on 31 May 1938 in Versailles Cemetery, Kentucky. 10 ii. Anna Mae O'nan was born on 3 Aug 1922 in Woodford County, Kentucky. She died on 6 Jun 1938 in Woodford County, Kentucky. She died at home of pulmonary TB. She only 15. She was buried on 8 Jun 1938 in Versailles Cemetery, Kentucky. 11 iii. Mary Elizabeth O'nan was born on 17 Sep 1941 in Versailles, Kentucky. She died on 17 Sep 1941 in Versailles Cemetery, Kentucky. She was buried on 18 Sep 1941 in Versailles Cemetery, Kentucky. Their baby daughter died at birth. Gary D. Craig garygdc@worldnet.att.net

Deane of Las Vegas, Nevada: Thanks for responding. Since you are a Nickell descendant, you are related to probably more than half of Eastern Kentucky. I didn't know a soul there either until 1985. Had been able to contact a great uncle in Ironton, Ohio. Went to visit him and met half of northeastern Kentucky, all relatives. Someday you'll make it, too. It's absolutely wonderful. Bud Caudle

Bud, Thanks for sharing your vacation with us. Your letter was very informative. My hubby is not interested in genealogy, so trips like yours is only a dream for me. I enjoyed every place you visited. You are lucky to have a wife that loves family history as much as you do. Bud,just thinking here, Maybe you can organise a tour bus and trip for us to go on next year. Thanks again, Alice (Del City,Ok)

Judy. Glad I was able to make you jealous, but if you haven't already done so, I hope you can do the same soon. Bud

If you want to read strict genealogy, punch the delete button now. In years past, I called this a trip report. Some folks enjoyed reading it, and some complained that it has no right or reason to be on a genealogy mailing list. I was told that since my trips do have some genealogical and historical reasoning, it is welcome on the lists. So here goes. My wife Elizabeth and I left Guthrie, Oklahoma early morning Saturday, May 20. Stopped overnight in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Didn't make it to West Liberty, Kentucky until late Sunday afternoon. We always spend our time there with my dad's cousin Ruie Nickell. She has very few written records, but she is a walking, talking genealogy library. On Monday the 21st, we spent much of the day at the library in West Liberty. Found a lot of marriage dates I had wanted for ages, mostly on my Jones and Nickell families and one of the Lemaster marriages I had wanted. Also copied some very interesting information from "Selections From Morgan County History." That book contains a lot of stuff I had never heard about. Fascinating book!!! I got Xerox copies of quite a few of the marriage records at the courthouse after I finished at the library. Tuesday evening in Cannonsburg, we attended the viewing for Tara Potter, 42 year old daughter of my cousin Billie Jean McGuire Stephens. Billie Jean has been in very bad health for more than a year, and this death was very hard for her. Wednesday afternoon, we drove to Huntington, West Virginia and visited with Leroy and Dee Caudill. Surprisingly, Dee and my wife are more closely related than Leroy and I are. Liz and Dee are descended from Chloe Flynn Ballard whom Daniel Boone had rescued from an Indian camp. We had a great visit, and Dee served a delicious dinner. Wednesday evening after we got home, I got to meet another cousin I'd never met before. Bruce McLin, who now lives at Lacy Creek, came to Ruie's to meet us and visit a while. Bruce's grandmother and my grand father were brother and sister. His grandmother was Carrie Caudle Howard. Bruce sure reminded me of my grand dad. Later that evening I talked on the phone with Joyce Blackburn Nickell. Joyce is an antebellum historian and really studies the Civil War. We talked quite a lot about John DeSha and Priscilla Jones Nickell and of Joseph DeSha and Freelove Jones Nickell - brothers married sisters. These Jones women were sisters to my great great grandfather Uriah Jones whose wife Matilda Jane Nickell was sister to John and Joseph. Jane and Uriah are buried in Oklahoma. John and Priscilla are buried in the Canada Nickell Cemetery at Matthew. I wouldn't find Joseph and Freelove's graves until the next day. The wonderful wife of another wonderful cousin there gave me a copy of the Morgan County Cemetery Listings. Wish I had a free full year to find some of those cemeteries. I definitely wanted to find the one in which Joseph and Freelove Jones Nickell were buried. I had obtained a county map at the court house and was sure I could find it if I didn't get permanently lost. I figured ( and I did it) I could drive down Jones Creek road to see the area in which old Ambrose and Martha Craig Jones had settled and come out a little south of the South Fork Church near Index. That worked out great. I really enjoyed the drive through there. It's all such beautiful country. We went south to Walnut Grove Church and turned off on state road 844. I went to two cemeteries before I realized that somplace we missed the one we wanted. I finally did what men are not well know for doing. I stopped and asked directions. A very nice lady with some of the most beautiful flower beds I've ever seen came to the door before I even got near enough to knock. I asked if she could tell me where the Nickell cemetery was. She said "which one?" I told her I was looking for the graves of Joseph DeSha and Freelove Nickell. She told me she thought she knew where it was but wanted to call her mother first to make sure. Didn't take long, and she gave us directions. We had just not seen the road. Drove right past it again, but didn't go far. The road was very steep and wet, so I walked up. Wasn't very far though. This old "smoker" only had to stop once for breath. The cemetery was well cared for and absolutely beautiful. And, surprisingly, not my usual luck, but Joseph and Freelove's stone was the first one inside the gate. Joseph DeSha Nickell, April 15, 1831 - August 23, 1913. Freelove J. Nickell, August 17, 1830 - September 23, 1878. I don't know if the J. stood for Jones or if it was her middle initial. Some one had told me her name was Patience Freelove. Does anyone out there know for sure? That evening after getting back to Ruie's, Joyce Lewis Lemaster came to visit. Wonderful lady!!! She writes the Lacy Creek news for the Licking Valley Courier. Not long after she left, I talked again on the phone with Joyce Nickell about Joseph and Freelove's grave. she wants to go see it, too. Friday evening we went to the Canada Nickell cemetery at Matthew. I got some pictures of Big Joe and Matilda Lindel Nickell's graves and of John and Priscilla Jones Nickell's graves. We put up a new flag at the grave of Thomas Nickell, Ruie's husband. When we got back to the house, there was a message that Ruie's brother Paul B. Gullett had been taken to Morehead to the hospital. Paul B. has been undergoing cancer treatments. His white blood count had gotten too low and they were going to keep him over the weekend. I haven't heard yet, but I sure am praying that he's doing okay. Saturday was the Wesley Caudle family reunion. We usually hold the reunion at the top of Trace Fork at the old home place, but this year the rains had made the trail too muddy. We had our dinner at the Lacy Creek Church pavilion, then went to Elk Fork Church for a baby shower. The new baby will be Ruie's first great grandchild. Of course, it wasn't really a baby shower. It was a surprise (Really was, too) 80th birthday celebration for Ruie. I'm sure there were at least 100 people there to help her celebrate. We all had a really great time. Quite a few people came to Ruie's house that evening for more visiting. Early Sunday morning, Georgia Lindon came by and showed me her genealogy and family history albums. Sure wish I was so organized. I hear from Georgia fairly often by e-mail as she researches quite a few of my family lines, including the McGuires. We left Ruie's about 9:15 a.m. Sunday morning to head for home with delays in several places in Kentucky for sight seeing. We drove through Beattieville, Ravenna, and Irvine just to see that part of the state where my great great great grandparents Ambrose Jones and Martha Newton were married and lived. If I had planned that part of the trip ahead of time, there were some good folks I would have contacted ahead of time so I could perhaps have met them - at least Joretta Newton Estes. Sorry I couldn't remember her last name, so I couldn't even call her. Would love to have met some of the Newton family. We had lunch at Hardee's in Irvine. Couldn't find a regular restaurant. Joretta and her sister Pat Newton Brown had told me about the pottery factory at Bybee. Their description made me decide I wanted to go see that place - family business since 1809, hand thrown pottery!!!! It was Sunday, so we stopped long enough for me to take some pictures, then went on into Richmond for the night. Monday morning we went back to the Bybee pottery store and stood in line in the rain for about 15 minutes before the doors opened. And just like Pat and Joretta had explained, I believe the shelves were emptied in about 15 or 20 minutes. We did manage to grab up 4 nice small pieces without getting our arms broken. I've never seen anything like it other than in the movies when women during world war II fought over silk stockings when the store got them in. In fact, I saw it happen in Stillwater, Oklahoma. I watched through the big store window. Had breakfast back in Richmond, then walked some on Main Street taking pictures. Being a holiday, everything was closed. After a few pictures, we drove out to see what we thought was a cabin in which Kit Carson was born. What we found was just a sign marking that he was born in that area. Then we went to Fort Boonesboro. Very interesting place. I was happy to get some good pictures of the memorial marker showing my ancestral names of Ambrose and Jesse Coffey and one of the Hammonds family. After Boonesboro, we went to Harrodsburg and old For Harrod. That was another very interesting piece of Kentucky and American history. From there we went to Bardstown for the night. Naturally, we stayed at the "My Old Kentucky Home" Motel. I think Bardstown owes its very life to Stephen Foster. We ate breakfast at "My Old Kentucky Home" restaurant. We did a lot of site seeing on Stephen Foster Drive. Took a lot of pictures. The Mason County Courthouse and Saint Joseph's Proto-Cathedral!! Toured "My Old Kentucky Home" where Stephen Foster wrote the song of that same name. It's a beautiful home and was a very interesting tour. From there, we went to the best Civil War Museum I've ever seen. We then drove down to New Hampton and toured the Kentucky Railroad Museum. Liz's father was a railroad man, so it was especially interesting for her. Of course, I enjoyed it, too. After that, we went on to Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home, then to his birthplace. Both were really interesting. It's hard to believe that someone who had lived like that would ever become president. That ended our site seeing. Had to head for home then. Made it as far as Goodlettsville, TN again for the night. On Wednesday 31, we didn't do any site seeing either except for the middle of the interstate. Over nighted at Russellville, Arkansas. Came on home Thursday, arriving about 2:30 p.m. after driving a total of 2701 miles. It was a great vacation, lots of wonderful visiting, lots of genealogy and history finds, lots of good site seeing, and lots of fun. I'm almost ready to go again, but would miss my computer and e-mail too much to go this soon. LOL. I hope I haven't bored any one too much. I love to tell about my trips and would like for others to tell about theirs, too. Bud Caudle Guthrie, Oklahoma

I loved reading about your trip......thank you!!! :-)) ......Jealous Judy *********************************************************** cato@primary.net ***********************************************************

To Bud Caudle of Guthrie, Oklahoma & List: Loved you Ky trip story! I particularly like this part: "I figured ( and I did it) I could drive down Jones Creek road to see the area in which old Ambrose and Martha Craig Jones had settled and come out a little south of the South Fork Church near Index. That worked out great. I really enjoyed the drive through there. It's all such beautiful country." I have been itching for years to get back there and do some looking around and researching. However, I don't know a soul, though many are related to me distantly. My direct descendant CRAIG~NICKELL connection is my: Robert Craig, b. 19 Jan. 1781 mar. 24 Jan. 1804, Union, Monroe, VA(now WVA) Elizabeth Nickell, b. 1784 (daughter of Isaac Nickell, Amer.Rev.War. soldier) [Robert & Elizabeth later removed to Morgan County, KY--Floyd--Montgomery(Mt.Sterling)>then Clark & Edgar counties, Illinois in 1828] Sincerely, Deane Oliver Craig, Sr. Las Vegas, Nevada

I lived in Pennsylvania for five years and made regular trips to the Jersey shore - I have to agree that the house has a lot of similarities to some I remember seeing while I was in that part of the country. However, I could also place some of the architecture to areas of the midwest, specifically around older sections of St. Louis. The one thing that is not familiar to me, though, is that circular walkway up to the front. Obviously, that was not put in when the house was built but it would be interesting to find out if that is a common feature in any other parts of this country. Isn't a circular drive or circular pathway at the entrance to a house common in Europe in more rural and/or affluent areas? Also it appears in southern states here as well. Could also just mean the owner had visited another part of the country and wanted a circular walkway so it could mean nothing. To James, I'll carry the picture with me in my car while I'm living and driving in Wisconsin - ya never know. Barbara

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2EE3F4391905CD1CCB50859E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree - I have friends just outside Pittsburgh who said there are whole neighborhoods that look just like that. I sent James the information . . . yes, the shingles remind me of the type that were on an old house I used to live in. They aren't totally uncommon in Indiana, although they're seen more from Ohio east. cato wrote: > Gary...I think the house is older than the curbing.....take a look at the > shrubbery. The bushes next to the house are mature. > > The trees by the curb were probably planted new when the city put recent > curbing in. The tree in the backyard is huge. > > The house architectural style looks past the heavy Victorian > era....1900-1910. Does it look like it is covered with shake shingles to > anyone else? > > If so, the house is probably not Midwestern, but more than likely Eastern > States. Maybe as far west as PN. > > What do some of the rest of you think?....Judy > *********************************************************** > cato@primary.net > *********************************************************** > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > CRAIG Genealogy WEB Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi --------------2EE3F4391905CD1CCB50859E Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="darthur.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Dale K. Arthur Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="darthur.vcf" begin:vcard n:Arthur;Dale & Donna x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:darthur@iquest.net fn:Dale & Donna Arthur end:vcard --------------2EE3F4391905CD1CCB50859E--

At Ancestry.com there is a free database of marriages that took place between 1851 to 1900 in Henderson, Hopkins, and Pulaski, KY. Those counties are in western KY. The web address is < http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4428.htm >. There are 50 hits for the CRAIG surname. I don't know why, but when you do a look-up, Hopkins Co is listed as Hopkinton Co. Someone must have goofed. There is no Hopkinton Co. http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4428.htm

On 3/24/97 someone with the X-listname CRAIG@rmgate.pop.indiana.edu posted a family tree traced back to Andrew Craig, Sr. who came to Westfield, N.J. from Scotland in time for his son, Andrew Craig, Jr. to be born in Elizabeth, N.J. in 1694 and subsequently to die in Westfield in 1758. I was born and raised in Westfield (at one time known as the west fields of Elizabeth) as was my father, and I have in my possession several original documents that he collected there and which have been in my family for 70 years or so, among which is Andrew Craig Jr.'s commission as a Lieutenant of foot militia. It is not for sale, but if anyone is interested and Emails me, I will post a digital photo of it to my web site that he or she may download. Some parts of the original are difficult to read, the jpeg is worse, but it says, in part: By His Excellency Lewis Morris, Esq; Captain General and Commander in Chief of the Province of Nova-Caesarea or New-Jersey, and Territories thereon depending in America, and Vice-Admiral in the same, etc, To: Andrew Craig Gent........... ...appoint you the said Andrew Craig Lieutenant of the (Company?) for Westfield commanded by (Gen Sender?) Esq in the regiment of foot militia for the County of Essex... The question marks indicate hand written words difficult for me to make out. The document was signed by Lewis Morris on May 13, 1740. I hope this will provide a little additional information for someone. Jim Seiler jim@whittlefolk.com

There are Wilcoxins in here....Wilcoxins married into Taliaferro Craig family in KY. -----Original Message----- From: MaryFloy Katzman <maryfloy@MKATZMAN.TIAC.NET> To: KYROOTS@LSV.UKY.EDU <KYROOTS@LSV.UKY.EDU> Date: Saturday, May 27, 2000 9:24 PM Subject: Jesse Greer Notebook > >Hi Everyone, > >The Jesse Greer Notebook is finally online. Just about all the Greer >families of NW North Carolina, NE Tennessee, SW Virginia and many counties >in Kentucky are descendants of Benjamin and Nancy Wilcoxsen Greer or his >brothers. In addition to names, births, etc. there is a very interesting >story about Jesse Greer, Sr. Included are links to Wills & Estate Records, >Photographs, etc. with more to be added. Also included are some of my >findings and theories - these are in italics. > >To get there, please go to: > >http://jctcuzins.com > >In the Table of Contents, click on "Bible and Notebook Transcriptions", >then click on "Jesse Greer Notebook". You can't miss it. > >Best wishes, >MaryFloy Katzman > >The Original Johnson County, TN Page >Home of the JCTCuzins >http://jctcuzins.com >

Hi Everyone, I wish you all a wonderful and safe Memorial Day Weekend! Enjoy!! My best, John

I have been away from computer for days now and don't remember what URL it was or if I've tried it yet I print things out like that but don't try them for a long time sometimes Just when I have time If I forwarded it to you then it wasn't a copy mistake so I don't know but tell me it's name again and I'll go back through my mail to try it. Kathy