I am looking for the family of George W. Faris. He probably was born about 1848-51. He married Emily BELLVILLE, born 8/4/1852 on 2/29/1868 in Spencer Co, IN. Child Cora Ruth Faris, born 10/12/1869. Emily and infant were enumerated with her parents in the 1870 census so I think he must have died sometime after February, 1869. Emily remarried in 1875 and again in 1878. I could not find any Faris families on the 1860 and 1870 censuses for Spencer County. If anyone can place this Faris, I would appreciate it.

Hi - I'm looking for the ancestors of James Alexander Downing b1822 in SC m Rachel Elizabeth Boyd - from the Chester SC/Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church area. Believe Leander Downing to be James' father but have no ancestors info or country of origin. It has been suggested that a Margaret Faris married a Downing and that they are possible ancestors. Can anyone help???????? Please e-mail: MHPDECO@aol.com Thanks - M Price

I have a Johnson relative who was supposedly married in Hagerstown. Arthur Johnson married Elizabeth Harrison. Their son Benjamin married Charity Faris. No record of the marriage has been found so far. Since you seem to have availability I wonder if you might have such a record? Reba -----Original Message----- From: Larry D. Hamilton Coats <larcoa@aspermont.esc14.net> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [FARRIS-L] Faris of Hagerstown, MD and Maury Co. TN >Hi Marlene, >With a name like Faris/Farris, which is a name variant to Ferguson, you >certainly can't be surprised that Joseph came from Ireland(assuming that >he is the same as the man you found in Philadelphia). And Presbyterian >to boot! I would tend to agree with you about him being one of those >"squatters" as the Scots-Irish were notorious in PA for taking up the >first bit of unoccupied land that they happened to take a liking >to(regardless of who might have had true title)! > >While I can't help much with MD, I do have a lot of misc. notes >regarding Faris families in Maury Co. TN. I don't know how they did it >yet, but I am virtually convinced that Wm Faris of Hagerstown(with wife, >Jane Ross)eventually wound up in Maury Co. TN as I find a slew of them >residing there in the 1830s and 40s(if memory serves me correctly). But >since Mary Faris married James White Neely in Maury in 1838, it would >seem that they got there by a different route than the Neelys, who were >settled in Chester co. SC before their move to TN c. 1804 or so. > >I noted that the 1790 MD census shows a John Faris with only one male >under age 16 and with 5 or 6 females. I have hoped that I could prove >that my Wm was son to the John that you have so much info on, but I >guess that would be a long shot. > >You mentioned John Faris as a RW veteran; any details? > >And before I forget, I also have other Frederick Co. MD roots other than >these Farises...here are those names: Payne(Flayle Payne)and Harper(from >a Robert Harper, nephew to the Robert Harper who founded Harper's >Ferry)and also have an Owings, but my info in that line is somewhat >limited. > >I had also hoped to locate the parents of Jane Ross, who married Wm >Faris in Hagerstown, but have had no luck so far; have speculated that >her father was a John Ross, formerly of Lancaster Co. PA, who may well >have been the son of a Major Wm Ross, who originally came to PA with the >77th Highland Regiment during the French and Indian War(as a private >soldier) and who stayed on after his enlistment(later served, according >to a biog.sketch, as an officer in the RW). But it seems like Rosses are >as hard to find in MD as Farises are. > >Will stay in touch and let you know if I run across anything of >substance. Best regards, > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Larry D. Hamilton Coats >P.O. Box 823 >Aspermont, TX 79502 >(940)989-3489 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >You may search the Farris-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >In the surname field, type in Farris > >

Hi Reba, Regarding Charity Faris, I don't have anyone in my notes or charts with that name. Then again, I got most of my Faris info indirectly from a researcher who is dead now and her family apparently could care less about it, so I can't really elaborate on what I have. Sorry, wish I could be more enlightening, but will make a note to keep my eyes open for that name. Regards, - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry D. Hamilton Coats P.O. Box 823 Aspermont, TX 79502 (940)989-3489 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

For Sylvia Rhodes: No, my Harpers never made it into SC; they made a move from VA straight to Alabama. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry D. Hamilton Coats P.O. Box 823 Aspermont, TX 79502 (940)989-3489 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Sandy, Thank you for the suggestion. Will contact Gwen Haynes. Chaplain Ferris' work is being continued by his namesake, Jim Ferris, of Alabama jgferris@aol.com . Not sure of the relation between the deceased chaplain and this Jim, but there is one. Jim has much of the chaplain's work (believe four of the five volumes) computerized and makes periodic updates based on his research and correspondence. Have not seen any of the actual books; there were only five original five volume sets, distributed to major genealogical libraries as you said. Some months back, Jim sent me most of the "John" line (Jeffrey, John,...) as a zip file. Other cousins and I have been trying to connect with the Jeffrey Ferris line for many years now. Regards, Rick Ferris -----Original Message----- From: SandyMc620@aol.com <SandyMc620@aol.com> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [FARRIS-L] FARRIS-L Caleb Ferris >Rick, > Excuse the last message. My fingers tripped! Anyway, it is too bad >that the Mid-Continent Library doesn't have Capt. Ferris's books on Jeffery's >line, or have you seen them? I guess only a few copies were made and given >to "select" libraries. If you are interested here is Capt. Ferris's >daughters' address, I don't know if she has continued the research or not >since her father's death. > >Gwen Ferris Haynes >P.O. Box 376 >Olympia, WA 98507 > >Sandy > > >==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >Submit your "Most Wanted Farris" to me and I will place your query on the "FARRIS MOST WANTED" web site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/FMW.html > >

Yes, William and Agnes Cowan Faries had sons, John and James, who were most likely in Clark Co., IN in 1820. John died near Charlestown, IN on December 31, 1833. Charlestown is in Clark Co. if I'm not mistaken. James died in the next county up and over, Washington Co., on July 30, 1855. James married Grizzelle Reid in 1816 in Clark Co., IN and Sarah Barton in 1832 in Washington Co., IN. John married Rebecca Work in 1814 in Clark Co., IN. I've lost the original message, so I don't know what was being asked about these people. If the person who wrote it wants more info, please e-mail me. Julie -----Original Message----- From: RWBRIAN@aol.com [mailto:RWBRIAN@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 12:27 AM To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FARRIS-L] FARRIS 1820 IN In a message dated 99-08-24 22:18:31 EDT, you write: << Anyone have John and/or James FARRIS in Clark Co. IN in 1820? Charmaine Riley Holley arkivemom@aol.com >> I am a descendant of James Finley Ferris whose parents were John Ferris and Jane Tullis. James lived most of his life in Jay County IN, but all I know on John Ferris is that he was born somewhere in Indiana. Also the surname spelling varies from Ferris to Farris to Faris depending on the source. Let me know if this info is of any help to you. ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

At 08:42 AM 8/30/99 EDT, you wrote: >Hi Marlene, >I'm afraid that this will be an unequal exchange; I have virtually >nothing on Joseph except for some published references to certain >properties that Joseph owned in the 1760s in MD, which, I am sure, you >already have. But I guess I have to assume at this point that my Wm(b. 5 >Sep 1785)is either the son of John or Thomas? I have nothing on Wms >parents, so you have the advantage of me here. Any idea as to where Wm >fits? > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Larry D. Hamilton Coats >P.O. Box 823 >Aspermont, TX 79502 >(940)989-3489 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >You may search the Farris-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >In the surname field, type in Farris > Hi Larry, I have been collecting everything I can find about the Faris, etc. name in MD and know that the name is NOT common there. I have a bio sketch about a Wm. Faris who later settled in Annapolis and was quite a renowned silversmith. I have other references to a William and will go through my notes and post you same later this evening. Joseph was one of the Marsh Creek Settlers who came about 1739 to the area whicn now is Gettysburg, and slid down across the line into the now Emmitsburg area in northern-most MD; the Mason Dixon line had not been established, so he was really buying land in MD. Wm. Penn refused to give any land grants to these settlers, viewing them as squatters. I am working like crazy to see if he is the Joseph Faris/Phares who has children bapt. in the 1st Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, and whose father came from Ireland and was named John. Most of the Marsh Creek settlers WERE from Philadelphia - so I hope to prove he was from there, too. He may indeed have had a son, William - perhaps living out of the area when Joseph died - thus just Thomas and John were chosen to Administer their father's estate. However, there is no mention of any other sons in the Will of Joseph's wife a little later on. The time frame certainly fits into your Faris family for Joseph to be a grandfather. I would love it if we can discover that you belong to the same Faris family as I do! You must certainly know that Washington Co. was taken from Frederick Co at the time of the American Revolution - so many Frederick Co residents suddenly found themselves residing in Washington Co. without moving. Later, Marlene , . Marlene DiGiovanni MarleneDiGi@prodigy.net

Did you Robert Harper marry a Polk in York, SC? Sylvia Rhodes

Hi Marlene, With a name like Faris/Farris, which is a name variant to Ferguson, you certainly can't be surprised that Joseph came from Ireland(assuming that he is the same as the man you found in Philadelphia). And Presbyterian to boot! I would tend to agree with you about him being one of those "squatters" as the Scots-Irish were notorious in PA for taking up the first bit of unoccupied land that they happened to take a liking to(regardless of who might have had true title)! While I can't help much with MD, I do have a lot of misc. notes regarding Faris families in Maury Co. TN. I don't know how they did it yet, but I am virtually convinced that Wm Faris of Hagerstown(with wife, Jane Ross)eventually wound up in Maury Co. TN as I find a slew of them residing there in the 1830s and 40s(if memory serves me correctly). But since Mary Faris married James White Neely in Maury in 1838, it would seem that they got there by a different route than the Neelys, who were settled in Chester co. SC before their move to TN c. 1804 or so. I noted that the 1790 MD census shows a John Faris with only one male under age 16 and with 5 or 6 females. I have hoped that I could prove that my Wm was son to the John that you have so much info on, but I guess that would be a long shot. You mentioned John Faris as a RW veteran; any details? And before I forget, I also have other Frederick Co. MD roots other than these Farises...here are those names: Payne(Flayle Payne)and Harper(from a Robert Harper, nephew to the Robert Harper who founded Harper's Ferry)and also have an Owings, but my info in that line is somewhat limited. I had also hoped to locate the parents of Jane Ross, who married Wm Faris in Hagerstown, but have had no luck so far; have speculated that her father was a John Ross, formerly of Lancaster Co. PA, who may well have been the son of a Major Wm Ross, who originally came to PA with the 77th Highland Regiment during the French and Indian War(as a private soldier) and who stayed on after his enlistment(later served, according to a biog.sketch, as an officer in the RW). But it seems like Rosses are as hard to find in MD as Farises are. Will stay in touch and let you know if I run across anything of substance. Best regards, - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry D. Hamilton Coats P.O. Box 823 Aspermont, TX 79502 (940)989-3489 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Charmaine, Whoops! I think I made a mistake. I misread the location of the Clark Co. in your e-mail. Then got carried away thinking you were asking about Clark Co. Illinois, unaware that there is also a Clark Co. IN. Sorry.

Hello, Yes, I have a James and a John in Clark County, but not in 1820. The ones I have information for are in the 1850 census and are sons of Sylvester (Samuel) and Mary Farris. James was born in 1847 and John was born in 1844. In fact, I believe that Mr. Crabtree sent you the same info which I have. In the census info I have for 1820 in Illinois there are no James nor Johns Farris/Faris/Ferris listed for Clark County. In 1830 there is a Thomas mentioned in Clark Co., but no James nor John, although there is a James listed in Edgar Co. which is immediately adjacent North of Clark Co. And in the 1840 Census, Isaac, Silvester, and William are mentioned in Clark Co. Isaac's family and Sylvester's family members are listed in the 1850 census.

I got the following off the message board on AOL. Thought someone might be interested. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subject: FERRIS Bible Found Date: Thu, 26 August 1999 09:05 PM EDT From: <A HREF="aol://3548:VWLADDYBUG">VWLADDYBUG</A> Message-id: <19990826210537.25386.00000327@ng-fz1.aol.com> << Subject: have family bibles From: RAYNY2E@aol.com UPDATED Date: 8/25/1999 7:32:03 PM CST Date: Fri, 1 Nov 96 20:10:11 EST I've made many long distance phone calls, etc. to no avail. I'm trying to locate family members so that i may get the two bibles i have back into the families where they belong. one is dated 1829,the other 1855. some of the surnames are as follows: blie, small, peabody, wells, patrick, landrus, morton, berndsen, rogan, FERRIS, jensen, lentz. i have records of birth, marraige, divorce, etc for most of the people named here. you will need to provide substantial proof for me to give up these two beautiful books. i did pay quite a bit of money for them but i will give them to their rightful families upon proof. i have no geographic region to work with,only many dates and records i can compare for validation. e-mail me at RAYNY2E@AOL.COM >>

If I am not mistaken the John and James of Clark Co. IN in 1820 were the sons of William and Agnes Farris/Faries, etc. of York Co. SC and IN. But then, one of William's brothers also came to Indiana from SC and I can't find my copies of David Faris's books at the moment to tell you exactly which family they belonged to. By the way, David Faris's books (there are two) are available through interlibrary loan from Mid-Continent Library (www.mcpl.lib.mo.us) if anyone is interested. Sandy

Rick, Excuse the last message. My fingers tripped! Anyway, it is too bad that the Mid-Continent Library doesn't have Capt. Ferris's books on Jeffery's line, or have you seen them? I guess only a few copies were made and given to "select" libraries. If you are interested here is Capt. Ferris's daughters' address, I don't know if she has continued the research or not since her father's death. Gwen Ferris Haynes P.O. Box 376 Olympia, WA 98507 Sandy

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Hi Marlene, I'm afraid that this will be an unequal exchange; I have virtually nothing on Joseph except for some published references to certain properties that Joseph owned in the 1760s in MD, which, I am sure, you already have. But I guess I have to assume at this point that my Wm(b. 5 Sep 1785)is either the son of John or Thomas? I have nothing on Wms parents, so you have the advantage of me here. Any idea as to where Wm fits? - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry D. Hamilton Coats P.O. Box 823 Aspermont, TX 79502 (940)989-3489 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------

In a message dated 99-08-24 22:18:31 EDT, you write: << Anyone have John and/or James FARRIS in Clark Co. IN in 1820? Charmaine Riley Holley arkivemom@aol.com >> I am a descendant of James Finley Ferris whose parents were John Ferris and Jane Tullis. James lived most of his life in Jay County IN, but all I know on John Ferris is that he was born somewhere in Indiana. Also the surname spelling varies from Ferris to Farris to Faris depending on the source. Let me know if this info is of any help to you.

> I think you both have Farris/Gant names in you list. Nell, I sent your note >on to both Farris and Gant people. Wanda? > > Maryellen > Hi Maryellen, Are you asking about my Gantt line? If so, the Gantt line I am researching is my husband's which goes back to John Gant, via James, Henry, Henry, Jr. There is no connection in this particular line to my Farris line (which is my paternal line). Wanda

John Gant is my ancestor also and mine does connect to Farris'! I go through Mary Gant daughter of John II who married Littleton Riggins. Littleton had a daughter and grandchildren who married Farris' in GA and AL. Some of this line also comes through SC. It originated in NC and Va. Maryellen