the Harrison Downing in Pike Co. below was the son of William Downing & Malinda Barton, wound up in Vernon Co, Wisc. The Finley article cited in the National Genealogy Soc Qtrly is an excellent documented article on that family in comparison to the James Downing, brother of Timothy,John & Robert of Washington Co,Pa, & Mason Co,KY. joe >>Did someone look that up for you Linda? It's pp. 297-304 in the first >>version of Gregath's book. It doesn't really match your information though >>-- wrong place for the most part, wrong dates [by many years], no Hunley, >>Hundley, Henley. Still, there is a Lincoln Co., MO, connection. >> >>The only Ezekiel I noted close to your dates was born 3/31/1834 but died >>3/3/1835. That appears to have happened in Indiana. >> >>There is an Ezekiel b. 8/25/1795 in KY, d. 1-22-1849 in Lincoln Co., MO. m. >>Margaret Markle. They had an Ezekiel b. 12/1/1839, d. 6/10/1909. m. Mildred >>Davis. There are other Ezekiels born later. >> >> >>Cheryl Rothwell >>clrothwell@mindspring.com >>Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm >>Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >>Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com >> >> >>==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >>Do you know of Downing web pages? Post the URL here. >> >Re: Ezekiel and Harrison Downings: >Ohio Records and Pioneer Families #17, Muskingum Co OH, Adams Mills Cemetery, >Ezekiel Downing d. 1831 55y. > > >Pike County, OH Marriage Records: >Harrison Downing - Margaret Miller, Vol 1 p 317 8-18-1839 > > >Very Tentatively! from Gregath and Bedford Co VA wills, Louella Vaughn Small >(dec), Nell Downing Norton (1970s?), Carmen Finley's query in 1981 Ridge >Runner regarding Downing's Station, Garrard Co KY: Ezekiel Downing b 21 >September 1754 VA or Ireland; d 1817 in St. Charles Co MO or Grayson Co KY; >lived Bedford Co VA where he married first 1778 Rachel Brown who died 1825; >to Grayson Co KY; tentatively his children: James, Mary, Elizabeth, Nancy, >John, Margaret, Ezekiel b 25 August 1795 KY and died 22 January 1849 Lincoln >Co MO, Andrew and maybe Jemima. Use for clues only. Finley published a >Downing record in Nat Gen Soc Quarterly September 1989. > >Not my lines, but I save every scrap of Downing material, and have it >organized by earliest known state of residence. Sherry > > > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > >