This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hlT.2ACEB/2691.1.2.2 Message Board Post: My husband's family is of Cherokee-Irish decent. There were many who walked the "Trail of Tears" per accounts of many older family members. I am only just beginning to do research on the family, however. They settled in Oklahoma and then on to areas of Texas. Oscar Dunn was my husband's grandfather... Any information pertaining to him or ancestors would be appreciated.

Hi Kathy, curious about your Porter-Dunn connection. We have a Rachel Porter who m. John Dunn(his second marriage-don't know the first wife) after the Dunns migrated from Pa. They came from Ireland prior to the RW and lived in Pa most of the time before migrating to Ky. in the late 1700's. We believe Rachel is the daughter of Jame Porter-don't know if they came with the group from that area. They m. in 1811 in Henry Co. Ky. The Dunns lived in Northampton Pa and spent some time in Va. also before leaving for Ky. James Dunn was the father of the clan who migrated with his wife Martha Long before he war to Rockingham Va and Northampton Pa along wih sons Samuel, John, James Jr. and Nathaniel-younger children were Margaret, Alxander, Jane and Jean. Roslyn

I have added another Dunn genealogy report to my Harrison Roots & Branches website. This covers 5 generations on the descendants of Elizabeth DUNN and John RUNYON. Elizabeth was a daughter of Hugh DUNN & Elizabeth DRAKE, of the Piscataway, NJ Colony. Names associated with this line are: RUNYON, FREEMAN, MARTIN, DUNHAM, VANMETER, BUKEY, TWEEDY, DODDRIDGE, DONOVAN, PATTERSON MCCOLLOCH, CALDWELL, MCMAHON, HEDGES, GREATHOUSE, SWEARINGEN, PORTER, BRIDWELL, TOMLINSON ROLAND, STONE, GORE, ESTEP, WELDAY, MILLS, GOODWIN and several others. I would like to point out that I am not a descendant of this line, but that my Harrison family lines have more than one tie to the Dunn lines and I wanted to provide this data to those searching for information on their Dunn ancestry. More will be added as soon as time permits. Please let me know if this information was helpful to you in any way. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/elizdunn_jrunyon.html">Elizabeth Dunn & John Runyon Descendants - Piscataway Dunn Families</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/elizdunn_jrunyon.html Take care ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html">Lancaster County, NE</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html">HARRISON ROOTS & BRANCHES INDEX</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of: Rootsweb mail lists : NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, BRICE-L, BLUNT-L, WEITZEL-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L

Hello all, Out of 30 votes, 25 said yes, keep it open and 5 said to close it. So, the majority rules to keep the gateways open. A few of the comments are included below with names removed to protect privacy: My personal opinon on the poll is that subscription is voluntary, as is unsubscribing. Grinches need to learn to use their delete key or unsubscribe. The rest of us are trying to research & appreciate all possible clues. I vote to leave postings as they are. Once in a while I see one that interests me and that makes it worthwile. Listowner's comment: As for using the boards, the rule of thumb is simply, if you want to respond to any message that comes through with the words: "This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list." You MUST respond directly to the board, by clicking on the URL in the message (or copying and pasting if clicking doesn't work with your program) and then filling in the reply portion on the website. Your reply WILL be copied to the mailing list as well, just as the original message was... Thanks for voting! Christi A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor Visit our homepage: http://christi.is.dreaming.org Visit our genealogy pages: http://genealogy.webhop.org

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//hlT.2ACEB/1794.1.1.1 Message Board Post: While I do not have any info on Emma Dunn, I thought I might suggest to you to explore the possibility that your ancestors could have been Quakers, as were my Dunn ancestors. There was a large number of Quakers who settled in the New Jersey area. The Quakers formed communities and when they held community meetings, they kept rather detailed notes, many of which can still be located in genealogy libraries. My ancestor Benjamin Dunn who came over from Ireland in the late 1700's with his family is recorded in the minutes of the Quaker community. A major center of Quaker life in N.J. was Piscataway. Hope this might be a useful clue in your search. Hang in there,,,I did not think I would ever hear from someone with data on my Dunn ancestors a few months ago. Then out of the blue, two Dun cousins I never knew existed replied with a whole history of my family. Good luck in your search.' Beverly

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hlT.2ACEB/2710.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: BARBARA- MY GREAT AUNT LIZZIE WAS MARRIED TO A EUGENE HOLLY. THIS WAS HER ONLY MARRIAGE. SORRY THAT I COULD BE OF ANY HELP. GOOD LUCK!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hlT.2ACEB/2691.1.2.1 Message Board Post: thank you for your fyi! i will keep this in mind. at least it is a start, for i have no clue on where to start. thank you,

----- Original Message ----- From: <ecanus80@hotmail.com> To: <DUNN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:38 PM Subject: [DUNN] Re: dunn ancestry Tell me more about your information re: Illinois. Our Dunn line is from there and there are still some Dunn relatives in Central IL. Not much luck tracing them so far.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hlT.2ACEB/1811.1968 Message Board Post: I have some history from ILL.

In a message dated 10/17/2001 12:20:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, christib@satx.rr.com writes: > http://jadis.dyndns.org:8080/genealogy/dunn/poll.html > > It doesn't work.

Hi, I vote to leave postings as they are. Once in a while I see one that interests me and that makes it worthwile. Thanks for all you do. Laura Murphy By the way, what happened to Dunn newsletter?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hlT.2ACEB/2719 Message Board Post: Quite by accident I have found reference to my gg uncle, William Wallace Robert Dunn having been married, which was a surprise to all the family. Uncle Wally was born in Ballarat Victoria, and died on 4th July 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux, Somme in WW1. On his Commonwealth War records their is a reference to him being the husband of S.Dunn, 203 Crow Rd, Broom Hill, Glasgow, Scotland. Can anybody help, I would love to know what happened to this poor woman, and was their any children? Thank you, Freda

Hi What I have done with my lists is made it such that the board posts bounce to me and then I can either forward them on to the lists or delete the "Thanks very much" ones. Could not the Dunn list perhaps operate the same way, then no 'connection' posts would be lost? Lesley Bayston searching Dunn in Staffordshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christi Calvert Brogan" <christib@satx.rr.com> To: <DUNN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 5:17 PM Subject: [DUNN] From the listowner: A Poll - PLEASE READ : Hello all, : : Due to the number of folks that seem to dislike the copies of the web board : posts that appear on our mailing list and the number of folks who don't seem : to understand how to respond properly to them, I am considering asking that : the gateway which allows these copies to come through be closed. If the : majority of the list would like the copies to continue, I will leave things : as they are (with the reminder that in order to post a reply to these : messages, you will need to post it directly to the board address listed in : the email, NOT to the mailing list). BUT, if the majority of folks want the : messages stopped, I will have the gateway closed and we will no longer get : copies of the web postings. So that I can get a fair and equitable : accounting of the consensus of the majority, I have created a "web poll" for : voting. Please visit it and cast your vote either "yes" for continuing to : allow the copies, or "no" for closing the gateway and stopping the copies. : I will leave the poll up until midnight CST on Friday so you will have two : days to get there and vote. I do not want to start a discussion on this : "on-list" but will be more than happy to take your comments and concerns : into account if you include them with your vote. After the voting is closed : I will tally the votes and review the comments and will post to the list to : let you know the results. The address for the poll is : http://jadis.dyndns.org:8080/genealogy/dunn/poll.html : : Just a few points to consider before voting... : : 1) If the gateway is closed, we lose a potential source of "connections" via : the list and each member would have to be responsible for checking the web : boards occasionally on their own if they so choose. : : 2) Most people know how to delete and can just delete the extraneous : messages if they choose whereas if the gateway is closed, they don't have : the choice. : : 3) The web boards allow for an additional outlet/inlet for researchers : looking for their ancestors. When the gateway is closed, that potential is : lost. : : Now, I personally don't care one way or the other. I have to monitor the : boards anyway as part of my "job", so either way is fine with me. Just want : to do what the majority decides... : : THanks! : : : Christi : How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE?? : Visit our homepage: http://christi.is.dreaming.org : Visit our genealogy pages: http://genealogy.webhop.org : : : ==== DUNN Mailing List ==== : To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send email to: : dunn-l-request@rootsweb.com (for list mail) or dunn-d-request@rootsweb (for digest mail) : with the body message of : UNSUBSCRIBE : :

What is the dates for your John Dunn & when did he move to White Co., TN? My g-g-grandfather, James/John Allen Dunn, born about 1802 VA, apparently moved to KY and married Katherine Lafever. Their first two children, Mary & John Riley was born in KY before they moved to White Co., TN & the other seven children were born in White Co. They arrived in White Co. sometime in the 1830's after Katherine's parents, Andrew Lafever & Nancy Ard, moved to White Co., TN (from KY) in the 1820's. Allen died between 1850 & 1860 & Katherine died after 1870 in the White or Putnam Co., TN area. I don't know anything about Allen's parents. Hoping that your John Dunn might connect to my Allen Dunn. Geraldine At 03:18 PM 10/17/01 -0600, you wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Dunn >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hlT.2ACEB/2691.1.2 > >Message Board Post: > >Not connected;but interesting.My Dunns(John Dunn & fam.)began in >Va;married in SC;had 4 children there;then moved to White Co.Tenn.;had 3 >more children.moved to Hardin.Co,Ky,Grayson Co.Ky & finally Breckinridge >Co.Ky.The Dunns were said to be "Irish-Indian" .photos of some and >descriptions in Civil War pension papers,show very tall slender men,and >women,with coal black hair and blue eyes.. The blue eyes has come down in >several different families,as has the black hair.I think maybe the SC >woman he married was Cherokee.He's in Pendleton Dist 1810 census..and that >was bordering the Cherokee Indian Lands at the time. fyi. > > >==== DUNN Mailing List ==== >Please do not send spam warnings, chain letters, attachments and/or html >or rich text formatted email to the list. If in questions, please address >the listowner at dunn-admin@rootsweb.com

Christi, I coulnd't get this sent either. Kathy

In a message dated 10/17/2001 11:20:41 AM Central Daylight Time, christib@satx.rr.com writes: > http://jadis.dyndns.org:8080/genealogy/dunn/poll.html

Laurie, I'm afraid he isn't my guy. My George was born after 1800 and his father was Robert; his mother Hannah Booth. Thank you very much for the reply. It's the first nibble I've had on my George posting. Dwain At 01:59 PM 10/17/01 -0700, you wrote: >I have George W. Dun, b. February 3, 1786 Kilsyth Stirling Scotland, m. >Lousia, had as children: Helen, Jean, John, George, James, and Elizabeth. >I have more info on George's family: parents, siblings, 6 gen of ancestors > >Let me hear from you! laurie > >1] Dun-Graham Genealogy, by Ann Holman (Dun) Boone, 1979, pp 3, 13: >"George William Dun, born February 3, 1786... >"This record shows the first six children born at Kilsyth, and the last >five, starting June 25, 1794, at Glasgow." > >!2] Ibid., pg 15: >"Geo. William Dun, the third brother, came over in 1818 (or earlier) and >with the assistance of the uncle, John Graham, set himself up in business in >Philadelphia as an importer of goods from Scotland. It appears he had made >his fortune by the time he moved to Chillicothe, and this was probably >before Walter died in 1838, as he was named one of the executors. He is >listed in the Philadelphia city directories for the years 1819 to 1837, most >of the time as `Geo. W. Dun & Co.' and part of the time with a carpet store >at one address and importing business at another nearby address. The >directories do not disclose the identity of the `Co.,' and this style was >not not used until after John >Graham's death in 1820. In the 1840's he had a town home at 94 So. Point >Street, Chillicothe, a 2 story stone, still used (1955) as a residence, and >giving evidence of wealth for the mid-1800 period. Later he built `Oak HIll' >a country estate west on what is now Route 50, and finally another large >country home on the western edge of Chillicothe which still stands and is >known as `Dun Glen'; remained in the Dun family 60 or 70 years; for about 25 >years has been used as a tea room, party house, racquet club and more >recently, as a tourist home." > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dwain W. Smith" <dwain@vdot.net> >To: <DUNN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:55 PM >Subject: [DUNN] George Dunn > > >> It's been a while since I inquired about my gggrandfather George >Dunn. >> It appears there are new users of the Dunn site, so I'll make another >appeal >> for info. Here's what I know....George Dunn temporarily left his wife, >> Margaret, and their children, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1862. He had >been >> engaged by the Confederacy to ply his engraver's trade in the service of >the >> CSA in making plates for currency and bonds. After a couple of run-ins >with >> the Union blockade of the American South, he reached Richmond, VA, where >he >> set up a printing/engraving business, Geo. Dunn & Company. >> I've found numerous examples of his work on the internet. This >> includes banknotes, bond issues, and many editions of sheet music that was >> written by, and for, southerners in 1863/64. >> I know that, at some point after the Civil War, George Dunn >relocated >> in the North, probably in the NY metropolitan area, and worked in the >printing >> trade again. But I don't know exactly where he lived or worked. He died >> on July 18, 1883, but I don't know where he was buried. >> Although the above information is sketchy, I hope someone will be >able >> to identify with it and help to fill in the wide gaps in my knowledge of >> George Dunn. >> My fingers remain crossed. >> Dwain Smith in NY >> >> >> ==== DUNN Mailing List ==== >> Please visit the surname mailing list homepage at: >http://jadis.darktech.org/genealogy/dunn for information on this list, it's >member's pages, queries and other helpful genealogy pages. >> >> > > >==== DUNN Mailing List ==== >Have you written a Dunn book or other Dunn publication? Do you have a Dunn-related item for sale? Please contact the listowner for instructions on posting! > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hlT.2ACEB/2691.1.2 Message Board Post: Not connected;but interesting.My Dunns(John Dunn & fam.)began in Va;married in SC;had 4 children there;then moved to White Co.Tenn.;had 3 more children.moved to Hardin.Co,Ky,Grayson Co.Ky & finally Breckinridge Co.Ky.The Dunns were said to be "Irish-Indian" .photos of some and descriptions in Civil War pension papers,show very tall slender men,and women,with coal black hair and blue eyes.. The blue eyes has come down in several different families,as has the black hair.I think maybe the SC woman he married was Cherokee.He's in Pendleton Dist 1810 census..and that was bordering the Cherokee Indian Lands at the time. fyi.

I have George W. Dun, b. February 3, 1786 Kilsyth Stirling Scotland, m. Lousia, had as children: Helen, Jean, John, George, James, and Elizabeth. I have more info on George's family: parents, siblings, 6 gen of ancestors Let me hear from you! laurie 1] Dun-Graham Genealogy, by Ann Holman (Dun) Boone, 1979, pp 3, 13: "George William Dun, born February 3, 1786... "This record shows the first six children born at Kilsyth, and the last five, starting June 25, 1794, at Glasgow." !2] Ibid., pg 15: "Geo. William Dun, the third brother, came over in 1818 (or earlier) and with the assistance of the uncle, John Graham, set himself up in business in Philadelphia as an importer of goods from Scotland. It appears he had made his fortune by the time he moved to Chillicothe, and this was probably before Walter died in 1838, as he was named one of the executors. He is listed in the Philadelphia city directories for the years 1819 to 1837, most of the time as `Geo. W. Dun & Co.' and part of the time with a carpet store at one address and importing business at another nearby address. The directories do not disclose the identity of the `Co.,' and this style was not not used until after John Graham's death in 1820. In the 1840's he had a town home at 94 So. Point Street, Chillicothe, a 2 story stone, still used (1955) as a residence, and giving evidence of wealth for the mid-1800 period. Later he built `Oak HIll' a country estate west on what is now Route 50, and finally another large country home on the western edge of Chillicothe which still stands and is known as `Dun Glen'; remained in the Dun family 60 or 70 years; for about 25 years has been used as a tea room, party house, racquet club and more recently, as a tourist home." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwain W. Smith" <dwain@vdot.net> To: <DUNN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:55 PM Subject: [DUNN] George Dunn > It's been a while since I inquired about my gggrandfather George Dunn. > It appears there are new users of the Dunn site, so I'll make another appeal > for info. Here's what I know....George Dunn temporarily left his wife, > Margaret, and their children, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1862. He had been > engaged by the Confederacy to ply his engraver's trade in the service of the > CSA in making plates for currency and bonds. After a couple of run-ins with > the Union blockade of the American South, he reached Richmond, VA, where he > set up a printing/engraving business, Geo. Dunn & Company. > I've found numerous examples of his work on the internet. This > includes banknotes, bond issues, and many editions of sheet music that was > written by, and for, southerners in 1863/64. > I know that, at some point after the Civil War, George Dunn relocated > in the North, probably in the NY metropolitan area, and worked in the printing > trade again. But I don't know exactly where he lived or worked. He died > on July 18, 1883, but I don't know where he was buried. > Although the above information is sketchy, I hope someone will be able > to identify with it and help to fill in the wide gaps in my knowledge of > George Dunn. > My fingers remain crossed. > Dwain Smith in NY > > > ==== DUNN Mailing List ==== > Please visit the surname mailing list homepage at: http://jadis.darktech.org/genealogy/dunn for information on this list, it's member's pages, queries and other helpful genealogy pages. > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hlT.2ACEB/1794.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, and thanks for your reply. I never thought that I'd hear from anyone with a "Mayston" connection! I do know that my Maystons are from England, but unfortunately, that is all that I know about them. I have no living relatives that have any further knowledge of that line. Walter (?) Mayston married my g-grandmother Elizabeth Farrell (Irish); they came to the U.S., settled in/near Hoboken, NJ and had three children. Elizabeth died in childbirth with fourth; child died, too. Walter left NJ and left my grandmother, great aunt and great uncle (his three children) with Elizabeth's brother and sister (his bro- and sis-in-law). As far as we know, went back to England and was never heard from again. Anything ringing any bells? Grace McNamara