Rick, the names really seem to flow along with the COLSONs I am working on, however nothing fits exactly. I am forwarding this to Eleanor COLSON who is hosting two mailing lists that might have something on the families you are seeking. Thanks for the information on CREECH, OLIFF, etc. Diana [email protected] My Genealogy site updated 2/8/2000: http://www.my-ged.com/davis/ ANY SURNAME: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Add your data to WorldConnect now ( Don't wait 'til it is 'done'!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 6:25 PM Subject: Colsons, et al > Diana, > > I am helping a friend of mine with his Anderson/Brannen connections. > His maternal great-grandmother was Mary Coleson. Nearly all families the > Andersons intermarried into or associated with came from locations in > Virginia from what I can tell. I just found the Colson page and saw your > extensive pages on Colsons. Can you assist me in attaching his Mary Coleson > to your diagrams? > Regarding the Benjamin Martin Colson, Jr. and wife Mary Ann/Miranda > Daniel--many married names found in my friend's family--Sapp, Jones, > Barrow, and Lewis--they trace again two grandmothers earlier as Elizabeth > Lewis. Your Benjamin M. and Mary Ann/Miranda (Daniel) Colson seemed > to have children marry into many of these same families. My friend's mother's > families had lived near Register and knew families at Nevil and south > toward Claxton. > While looking in Bertie Co., NC for connections to Andersons, a man > named Paul sent this to me--I knew it had to be significant, but did not know > how: > An Ann (Anne, Annah) McDaniel married first Martin Anderson. Ann was > born about 1716, probably in Bertie Precint, North Carolina and second married > George Martin (of Maryland). George Martin's Bertie Precint will is dated 10/6/1734. Bertie County deed G 60 dated 7/9/1747 shows Ann Martin married third to Joseph Anderson and the two of them were "Sole executors of George Martin, Esq." The > deed for 1000 acres is from Joseph and Ann Anderson to John Hull and his wife > Ann, daughter of George Martin. George Martin's daughter could have married > Fulford later. Ann McDaniel Anderson Martin Anderson died in Chowan County and > her will was signed 9/17/1783 and proved in 12/1788 Court. > Paul [email protected] > > This is my friend's Anderson-Coleson family in Bulloch Co., Georgia: > > John Goldwire Anderson - B. 7/31/1853, D. 1/25/31, > married (1) Mary E. Roe in l874; > married (2) ****Mary Coleson on 4/8/1874, daughter of Joshua and Sara (Sapp) Coleson > some of her family reportedly died in a smallpox epidemic > married (3) Mary A. Ennis in 4/27/l5 > > John Goldwire Anderson's sister also married a Jones and a Barrow. > > On a completely different note, Creech families trace back to Norfolk > Co., VA--I know a Thomas, Henry, and Jeremiah Creech were found in Norfolk > Co., VA Order Book, 1753-1762, pages 25, 32, 46, 49, 59, and 60. Henry > was noted in Norfolk Co., VA Wills, 1710-1753, by C.F. McIntosh, c. 1922. > There was also a George Oliff noted in Westmoreland Co., VA Orders, 1739- > 1743--many would get their headright at Westmoreland, sell it, and migrate > to the Norfolk area before looking westwared or southwestward for open > land. There were Oliffs in Bulloch Co., GA where my friend's Andersons > were. > Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Records by Crozier--Deed Book A, page 109: > "December 2, 1729--John Thompson of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., VA, > planter, sells to Benjamin Cottman of Stepeney Parish, Somerset Co., Province > of Maryland--for 9 pounds 10 shillings--100 acres of land in St. George Parish, > Spotsylvania Co., VA, patented by one James Cannon and conveyed to said > Thomson. Witnesses: Lewis Davis Yancey, G. Home. Recorded: 2 Dec 1729." > At least one Sharpe, like the Martins, came down from Maryland through Virginia and NC to Georgia. > Some Shepherds started very close to Annapolis--would either be in > Anne Arundel or Prince George's County, MD records--one branch went out > to start Sheperdstown, Virginia (since 1850 in West Virginia). It would not > be unusual for branches to reconverge onto each other. In my friend's > Anderson line, I found that branches of Andersons and Callaways had gone > to Ohio and Wisconsin--another branch went to Georgia. > > Rick Thomas > Alexandria, Virginia > [email protected] > > >