I am a direct descendant of John M. Blackston through his daughter Icy Snow, who married Nathan Fowler. If there is any interest, I will be glad to send a GEDCOM of my line to you or Harvey. That is, if you have a program to receove it. Millie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lila C. Eubanks" <lilaceub@burgoyne.com> To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > Dear Millie--Thank you so very much for the reply. Maybe, just maybe, > something will turn up as we keep trying as it did recently for Samuel > Branch Burnett. We were really stuck with his father--just couldn't find > what happened to the family between Samuel's birth in Dinwiddie County and > his presence in Crawford Co. We are really delighted. I had kept some > correspondence of a year ago on the Jordan family, which has given us two > more generations of Jordans because it includes Branch Jordan. Samuel Branch > Burnett's mother, Elizabeth Jordan was the daughter of Samuel Jordan and > Annis____. (We know that because Branch Jordan, mentioned in the > autobiography as Samuel B. Burnett's uncle, was a son of Samuel Jordan and > even though so far Elizabeth has not turned up in records, she had to have > the same father as her brother, of course. Samuel Jordan was the son of > Edward Jordan, born about 1727 in Prince George County, VA. He married an > Elizabeth_____. It is interesting to note that one of Samuel Branch > Burnett's daughters carried Annis as a middle name. We think it is likely > that Annis was a Branch. We are going to the university library this > afternoon and will look into the Jordans further. I wish I had more time to > spend on it, but I am writing a history of my grandparents and their > ancestors, emigrants from England, and don't really have much time, but I'm > still trying to help Harvey on his. He researches also, so he can do the > bulk of it. I am just so interested it is hard for me to leave it alone. He > doesn't use the computer, so I have to be involved. > Concerning the Mt. Paran church--a few years ago we found some records from > it at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. If you have not seen > them, you could order the films on loan from the LDS Family History Center > and go there to view them. I could not find it listed this morning on the > Family Search Online Library Catalog, but at the Family History Center they > could check it for you on fiche. It should be there, I know we saw it and > made a few notes about the beginnings of the church. I thought I had seen > Apselia's name there, but don't see it now unless I have misplaced a page of > notes. I shall look. > We do not know, however, how (or even if) you are related, but assume > so, since you have worked on Apselia. Would you mind enlightening us of your > connection. In case you don't know, Harvey is related through: > Charity Ann Frances Burnett (Samuel's daughter) who married Samuel Hunter > Causey. Their daughter Patience Elizabeth Causey married William Kinchen > Eubanks who is Harvey's great grandfather. > Apselia's record on one of the Crawford Co. census (can't remember off > hand which) noted that she was born in South Carolina. We found that the > 1820 Census of York County, South Carolina shows a Benjamin Morris and a > Cilla Morris. We think the "Cilla" may refer to Apselia. We have not found > anything further, but need to work at it more. We appreciate your > suggestions. Thank you very much. > We sent an e-mail to Charlotte Thrasher yesterday afternoon to inform > her of the Jordan "finds". Hope she is doing ok. We are very sorry to hear > that she is having problems. She was not really well when a few years back > she heard of us and immediately went to the cemetery and took some wonderful > photographs and then told us that they were a gift. We really appreciate and > love her, though we have never met face-to-face. > I apologize for the length of this message, knowing how busy you are. We > do appreciate all your work. Harvey & Lila > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Millie C. Stewart <millie1@accucomm.net> > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: April 25, 2001 5:19 AM > Subject: Re: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > > > > Lila, > > I had contact with Mrs. Thrasher, who.worked on that line for years. She > > must be a close relative of yours. She suddenly lost her hearing, and I > > haven't seen her since. We never could put our finger on Apselia. I don't > > think that she was a sister of John, but perhaps a daughter of Argyle, who > > gave bond for John, when he married Catherine Harvey. This Blackstone > family > > has been the hardest line I have. Winifred Payne, John's mother, left a > Will > > in Crawford and only mentioned John as her heir. > > > > As for Mt. Paran, the land was donated by John Glover and a man named > > Tharpe. It was given with the stipulation that it always be a church. I > > think it was suppose to be a Baptist Church, or the land was to go back to > > the family. If it had been contested, when they gave it to this > > denomination, we would have all owned a bucket full of dirt, after this > long > > time. They keep the cemetery nice, and that is all that matters to the > > heirs. > > > > I really don't know how to go about looking for Apselia. She is so early > to > > have good records. Columbia County may hold the clues, since they all > seemed > > be there in the early years. I have search Warren, to no avail. > > > > I wish I could offer something concrete, but alas, she has proved to be a > > dead end street. > > > > Millie > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lila C. Eubanks" <lilaceub@burgoyne.com> > > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > > > > > > > Millie--It was suggested that I ask you about Mr. Paron Primitive > Baptist > > > Church. Anything you can tell me would be greatly appreciated. I'm > > > especially interested in the Morris, Burnett, Jordan and Branch > families. > > We > > > were given Blackstone as Apselia (various spellings) surname, but Bob > > Stokes > > > once told us he was sure it wasn't, but I think he could have been > > mistaken. > > > If there are ever any clues that would help us in finding her surname > for > > > sure, we'd be very interested. Thank you for all you do. Lila > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Millie C. Stewart <millie1@accucomm.net> > > > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: April 12, 2001 6:49 AM > > > Subject: Fw: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Margie Daniels" <margie@majorinternet.net> > > > > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 12:23 AM > > > > Subject: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > > > > > > > > > > > > > You may want to check Putnam county. > > > > > > > > > > There are records there and I believe that he was there at one time. > > > > > > > > > > I do know that he had ties to the Glover family, either from > > friendship > > > or > > > > > being related. > > > > > > > > > > For more on the Mt Paron Church send a message to Millie Stewart. > > > > > > > > > > John Glover was one of two men that donated land for the church. He > > and > > > > > other Glover family members are buried there. > > > > > > > > > > Margie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: <EveYarbrough@aol.com> > > > > > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 7:10 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [GACRAWFO] Ancestors: Hatcher, Perry, Burnett > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jackie, > > > > > > Thank you. I had the dates for Rev. Samuel Branch Burnett, but I > did > > > not > > > > > know > > > > > > about the burial at Mt. Paron Church Cemetery. I have more > ancestors > > > > > buried > > > > > > there also. Evidently, when the Hatchers migrated to Crawford Co. > > and > > > > > etc., > > > > > > they became active members of Mt. Paron Baptist Church. > > > > > > I will be interested to know what more you have on the Burnetts > but > > I > > > > can > > > > > > wait. This seems to be a continual project and most of it is dead > > ends > > > > and > > > > > > seemingly nothing followed by an avalanche of data when I break > > > through > > > > a > > > > > > wall (usually, thanks to many distant and not-so-distant cousins > and > > > > other > > > > > > very helpful souls) > > > > > > I will look forward to hearing from you again and if I have > anything > > > you > > > > > > would be interested in, of course, I will be most happy to share. > > > > > > Thanks again, Eve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > > > > > ".... people will forget what you said ... .... people will forget > > > what > > > > > > you did ... .... but people will never forget how you made them > feel > > > > > > ..." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > > > > "Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by > ambition > > or > > > g > > > > oaded by necessity; but in simple obedience to duty as they understood > > it; > > > > these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, - and died." > > > > > --Rev. Dr. Randolph McKim (inscription on Confederate soldiers > > monument, > > > > Arlington National Cemetery) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > > > ".... people will forget what you said ... .... people will forget > what > > > > you did ... .... but people will never forget how you made them feel > > > > ..." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > > "Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or > > goaded by necessity; but in simple obedience to duty as they understood > it; > > these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, - and died." > > > --Rev. Dr. Randolph McKim (inscription on Confederate soldiers monument, > > Arlington National Cemetery) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > I am a Southern Woman with revolutionary blood in my veins. Freedom of > speech and of thought are my birthright. Rose O'Neal Greenhow Heroine of > the Confederacy > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > 750,000 men from the South faced 2 million men from the North . 2 million men could not defeat 750,000 Southern troops what did defeat them was disease, hunger, lack of money and supplies. > > >

Millie: I would love to have the Gedcom. I will be glad to send you anything further that I discover concerning this family. Thanks, Pat asqdncr@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Millie C. Stewart" <millie1@accucomm.net> To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > I am a direct descendant of John M. Blackston through his daughter Icy Snow, > who married Nathan Fowler. If there is any interest, I will be glad to send > a GEDCOM of my line to you or Harvey. That is, if you have a program to > receove it. > > Millie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lila C. Eubanks" <lilaceub@burgoyne.com> > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:06 PM > Subject: Re: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > > > > Dear Millie--Thank you so very much for the reply. Maybe, just maybe, > > something will turn up as we keep trying as it did recently for Samuel > > Branch Burnett. We were really stuck with his father--just couldn't find > > what happened to the family between Samuel's birth in Dinwiddie County and > > his presence in Crawford Co. We are really delighted. I had kept some > > correspondence of a year ago on the Jordan family, which has given us two > > more generations of Jordans because it includes Branch Jordan. Samuel > Branch > > Burnett's mother, Elizabeth Jordan was the daughter of Samuel Jordan and > > Annis____. (We know that because Branch Jordan, mentioned in the > > autobiography as Samuel B. Burnett's uncle, was a son of Samuel Jordan and > > even though so far Elizabeth has not turned up in records, she had to have > > the same father as her brother, of course. Samuel Jordan was the son of > > Edward Jordan, born about 1727 in Prince George County, VA. He married an > > Elizabeth_____. It is interesting to note that one of Samuel Branch > > Burnett's daughters carried Annis as a middle name. We think it is likely > > that Annis was a Branch. We are going to the university library this > > afternoon and will look into the Jordans further. I wish I had more time > to > > spend on it, but I am writing a history of my grandparents and their > > ancestors, emigrants from England, and don't really have much time, but > I'm > > still trying to help Harvey on his. He researches also, so he can do the > > bulk of it. I am just so interested it is hard for me to leave it alone. > He > > doesn't use the computer, so I have to be involved. > > Concerning the Mt. Paran church--a few years ago we found some records > from > > it at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. If you have not seen > > them, you could order the films on loan from the LDS Family History Center > > and go there to view them. I could not find it listed this morning on the > > Family Search Online Library Catalog, but at the Family History Center > they > > could check it for you on fiche. It should be there, I know we saw it and > > made a few notes about the beginnings of the church. I thought I had seen > > Apselia's name there, but don't see it now unless I have misplaced a page > of > > notes. I shall look. > > We do not know, however, how (or even if) you are related, but assume > > so, since you have worked on Apselia. Would you mind enlightening us of > your > > connection. In case you don't know, Harvey is related through: > > Charity Ann Frances Burnett (Samuel's daughter) who married Samuel Hunter > > Causey. Their daughter Patience Elizabeth Causey married William Kinchen > > Eubanks who is Harvey's great grandfather. > > Apselia's record on one of the Crawford Co. census (can't remember off > > hand which) noted that she was born in South Carolina. We found that the > > 1820 Census of York County, South Carolina shows a Benjamin Morris and a > > Cilla Morris. We think the "Cilla" may refer to Apselia. We have not found > > anything further, but need to work at it more. We appreciate your > > suggestions. Thank you very much. > > We sent an e-mail to Charlotte Thrasher yesterday afternoon to inform > > her of the Jordan "finds". Hope she is doing ok. We are very sorry to hear > > that she is having problems. She was not really well when a few years back > > she heard of us and immediately went to the cemetery and took some > wonderful > > photographs and then told us that they were a gift. We really appreciate > and > > love her, though we have never met face-to-face. > > I apologize for the length of this message, knowing how busy you are. > We > > do appreciate all your work. Harvey & Lila > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Millie C. Stewart <millie1@accucomm.net> > > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: April 25, 2001 5:19 AM > > Subject: Re: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > > > > > > > Lila, > > > I had contact with Mrs. Thrasher, who.worked on that line for years. > She > > > must be a close relative of yours. She suddenly lost her hearing, and I > > > haven't seen her since. We never could put our finger on Apselia. I > don't > > > think that she was a sister of John, but perhaps a daughter of Argyle, > who > > > gave bond for John, when he married Catherine Harvey. This Blackstone > > family > > > has been the hardest line I have. Winifred Payne, John's mother, left a > > Will > > > in Crawford and only mentioned John as her heir. > > > > > > As for Mt. Paran, the land was donated by John Glover and a man named > > > Tharpe. It was given with the stipulation that it always be a church. I > > > think it was suppose to be a Baptist Church, or the land was to go back > to > > > the family. If it had been contested, when they gave it to this > > > denomination, we would have all owned a bucket full of dirt, after this > > long > > > time. They keep the cemetery nice, and that is all that matters to the > > > heirs. > > > > > > I really don't know how to go about looking for Apselia. She is so early > > to > > > have good records. Columbia County may hold the clues, since they all > > seemed > > > be there in the early years. I have search Warren, to no avail. > > > > > > I wish I could offer something concrete, but alas, she has proved to be > a > > > dead end street. > > > > > > Millie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Lila C. Eubanks" <lilaceub@burgoyne.com> > > > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:08 AM > > > Subject: Re: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > > > > > > > > > > Millie--It was suggested that I ask you about Mr. Paron Primitive > > Baptist > > > > Church. Anything you can tell me would be greatly appreciated. I'm > > > > especially interested in the Morris, Burnett, Jordan and Branch > > families. > > > We > > > > were given Blackstone as Apselia (various spellings) surname, but Bob > > > Stokes > > > > once told us he was sure it wasn't, but I think he could have been > > > mistaken. > > > > If there are ever any clues that would help us in finding her surname > > for > > > > sure, we'd be very interested. Thank you for all you do. Lila > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Millie C. Stewart <millie1@accucomm.net> > > > > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: April 12, 2001 6:49 AM > > > > Subject: Fw: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Margie Daniels" <margie@majorinternet.net> > > > > > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 12:23 AM > > > > > Subject: [GACRAWFO] Burnett/ Start in Putnam County > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You may want to check Putnam county. > > > > > > > > > > > > There are records there and I believe that he was there at one > time. > > > > > > > > > > > > I do know that he had ties to the Glover family, either from > > > friendship > > > > or > > > > > > being related. > > > > > > > > > > > > For more on the Mt Paron Church send a message to Millie Stewart. > > > > > > > > > > > > John Glover was one of two men that donated land for the church. > He > > > and > > > > > > other Glover family members are buried there. > > > > > > > > > > > > Margie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: <EveYarbrough@aol.com> > > > > > > To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 7:10 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: [GACRAWFO] Ancestors: Hatcher, Perry, Burnett > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jackie, > > > > > > > Thank you. I had the dates for Rev. Samuel Branch Burnett, but I > > did > > > > not > > > > > > know > > > > > > > about the burial at Mt. Paron Church Cemetery. I have more > > ancestors > > > > > > buried > > > > > > > there also. Evidently, when the Hatchers migrated to Crawford > Co. > > > and > > > > > > etc., > > > > > > > they became active members of Mt. Paron Baptist Church. > > > > > > > I will be interested to know what more you have on the Burnetts > > but > > > I > > > > > can > > > > > > > wait. This seems to be a continual project and most of it is > dead > > > ends > > > > > and > > > > > > > seemingly nothing followed by an avalanche of data when I break > > > > through > > > > > a > > > > > > > wall (usually, thanks to many distant and not-so-distant cousins > > and > > > > > other > > > > > > > very helpful souls) > > > > > > > I will look forward to hearing from you again and if I have > > anything > > > > you > > > > > > > would be interested in, of course, I will be most happy to > share. > > > > > > > Thanks again, Eve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > ".... people will forget what you said ... .... people will > forget > > > > what > > > > > > > you did ... .... but people will never forget how you made them > > feel > > > > > > > ..." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > > > > > "Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by > > ambition > > > or > > > > g > > > > > oaded by necessity; but in simple obedience to duty as they > understood > > > it; > > > > > these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, - and died." > > > > > > --Rev. Dr. Randolph McKim (inscription on Confederate soldiers > > > monument, > > > > > Arlington National Cemetery) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > > > > ".... people will forget what you said ... .... people will forget > > what > > > > > you did ... .... but people will never forget how you made them feel > > > > > ..." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > > > "Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition > or > > > goaded by necessity; but in simple obedience to duty as they understood > > it; > > > these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, - and died." > > > > --Rev. Dr. Randolph McKim (inscription on Confederate soldiers > monument, > > > Arlington National Cemetery) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > > I am a Southern Woman with revolutionary blood in my veins. Freedom of > > speech and of thought are my birthright. Rose O'Neal Greenhow Heroine > of > > the Confederacy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > > 750,000 men from the South faced 2 million men from the North . 2 > million men could not defeat 750,000 Southern troops what did defeat them > was disease, hunger, lack of money and supplies. > > > > > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > I am a Southern Woman with revolutionary blood in my veins. Freedom of speech and of thought are my birthright. Rose O'Neal Greenhow Heroine of the Confederacy > >