----- Original Message ----- From: <Wdd72@aol.com> To: <flpolk@egroups.com> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 12:20 PM Subject: [flpolk] Re: Turners > In a message dated 10/16/1999 4:48:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > sjoberg1@sprintmail.com writes: > > << Amazing I too am related to Hiram Sears... Which one is yours? son of > Harrison? ...the one married to Rachel? b. 1837 I don't show any Marthas > for any of the Sears family...maybe I am missing one. >> > Yes, I descend from Hiram Sears who married Rachel Redding (Reddish?). So > far, I have nothing on Rachel's lineage. She and Hiram were listed in the > 1860 Clinch Co census living with his older brother John Sears and his > family. Hiram and Rachel were listed at the end of the family, after all the > children. Rachel is listed with her last name as above, not clear as to > spelling since the writing is not entirely legible. Hiram migrated to Plant > City area around 1878 according to his homestead records. He applied for > Confederate pension in 1905 but was turned down since the War dept records > listed him as AWOL at the close of the war. > He had six children (five girls and one boy who died in 1899 in Tampa at > about age 23). > I descend from his daughter Martha Sears. Do you have any info on these > Sears? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Power, 3D graphics, and fun! Experience for yourself why Sega Dreamcast > is the most talked about video game system of the year. Order yours > today! Visit KBkids.com at: http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/1179 > > > > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/flpolk > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications > > > > >