---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- From: John Robertson <jr@jrshelby.com> To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-REV] Rewards for solving brick-walls? Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 07:29:05 -0400 The Eastman Genealogy Newsletter [http://www.rootsforum.com/newsletter] reported a new online service that sounds interesting: Gensolver http://www.genfindit.com/emp/ provides a place where you can post your brickwalls online with a reward offered for their being solved (to be paid only if solved). Eastman expects that this will attract the attention of genealogists with sufficient skills and access to appropriate records. The service is located in Australia but the service is global. This is a piece of new-think that will be interesting to watch. In about a week, you'll be able to read this newsletter at http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/eastman/eastman.asp ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Hello everyone. Hope you all are doing well in your life and in your research. The stats for this mailing lists are in and posted at the following site Stats for Qtr ending June 30, 2001 http://www.geocities.com/marieclassof86/mlqtr.html Mailing Lists Guidelines http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rmbeckman/guide.html If you need to reach me concerning your subscription or any other questions you might have about the lists, you can email me at LISTNAME-admin@rootsweb.com(substitute this list's name for the word LISTNAME) Happy Researching Marie Beckman http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rmbeckman/index.html

A new and different kind of E-mail list has just been formed, a complete new concept, it will to be an open, interactive list, with all members participating freely, and sharing everything. It is a private E-mail list, certain common sense rules will apply. This same form of E-mail list is currently functioning with great success in another county. It is very helpful to understand how the early families in a county interconnected, it helps locate those females that are so hard to locate. It gives insight on what was going on in the county at different time. We have a full searchable archive, files to share your ancestors pictures in, and many other features. You must have ancestors in Towns Co. GA to be eligible to join. We will have three managers to help you will problems! To join please contact me at <wylenel@aol.com> request to join the TownsCoGenList, and I will send you an application letter. Best Regards, Wylene Alston

Suzanne, I know Kathryn will agonize for hours over what the URL of her website actually is, and then she will call me up to see if I can help her find it. So I will tell you that it is: http://www.mindspring.com/~kdownes/ Sylvia Caldwell Rankin (Kathryn's cousin)

In a message dated 6/21/2001 9:01:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, GAGILMER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > X-Message: #1 > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 08:27:48 -0400 > From: "Kathryn McArthur Downes" <kdownes@mindspring.com> > To: GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <000a01c0fa4d$abd71800$c72645cf@oemcomputer> > Subject: Re: [GAGILMER] Suzanne Forte's Gilmer Co Deeds 1847-1914 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi Toni: > I forgot about Clyde McArthur's research that is on my web page. If you > go to the web page and click on Clyde McArthur you can get pages and pages > of his research. > Kathryn, What is the address for your web page. Suzanne

Hi Toni: I forgot about Clyde McArthur's research that is on my web page. If you go to the web page and click on Clyde McArthur you can get pages and pages of his research. ----- Original Message ----- From: Toni McArthur <ToniMcArthur@jam.rr.com> To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:21 PM Subject: [GAGILMER] Suzanne Forte's Gilmer Co Deeds 1847-1914 > Suzanne - I found one of the limbs of my husband's tree on your website - > Eleazer Morgan McArthur. He was the brother of my husband's > great-great-grandfather. Thanks for posting this info. Toni McArthur > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marie Beckman <rmbeckman@mindspring.com> > To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 9:37 AM > Subject: [GAGILMER] Gilmer Co Deeds 1847-1914 > > > > Peggy > > Try http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Suzanne-S-Forte/ > > and look under the related files categories... > > FTM is bad about moving the sites around ....actually changing the url > with > > no redirects > > Hope you are feeling much better now. > > Marie C. Beckman > > GAGILMER List Admin. > > > > >-- > > > > > >Did they move the deeds list hat you posted? Sorry that I am just now > been > > able to look over it, been sick. Thanks Peggy > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: <Sforte3@cs.com> > > >To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:48 AM > > >Subject: [GAGILMER] Gilmer Co Deeds 1847-1914 > > > > > > > > >> I have posted a number of deeds that I transcribed from microfilm > "Gilmer > > County Superior Court Deeds". They contain many Gilmer names. Please take > a > > look: > > <A > > > HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/o/r/Suzanne-S-Forte/index.html" > > >my home page</A> > > >> Suzanne Forte > > > > > > ==== GAGILMER Mailing List ==== > > Gilmer Co. GAGenWeb Page > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6370/gilmer.html > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > ==== GAGILMER Mailing List ==== > Mailing List Guidelines > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rmbeckman/guide.html > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

In a message dated 6/20/2001 10:01:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, GAGILMER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Did they move the deeds list hat you posted? Sorry that I am just now been > able to look over it, been sick. Thanks Peggy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Sforte3@cs.com> > To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:48 AM > Subject: [GAGILMER] Gilmer Co Deeds 1847-1914 > > > > I have posted a number of deeds that I transcribed from microfilm "Gilmer > > County Superior Court Deeds". They contain many Gilmer names. > > Please take a look: <A > HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/o/r/Suzanne-S-Forte/index.html" > >my home page > > Suzanne Forte > No, they should still be on my FTM home page at this link: <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/o/r/Suzanne-S-Forte/index.html">Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: SUZANNE SMITH FORTE'S ANCE</A> Suzanne

Suzanne - I found one of the limbs of my husband's tree on your website - Eleazer Morgan McArthur. He was the brother of my husband's great-great-grandfather. Thanks for posting this info. Toni McArthur ----- Original Message ----- From: Marie Beckman <rmbeckman@mindspring.com> To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 9:37 AM Subject: [GAGILMER] Gilmer Co Deeds 1847-1914 > Peggy > Try http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Suzanne-S-Forte/ > and look under the related files categories... > FTM is bad about moving the sites around ....actually changing the url with > no redirects > Hope you are feeling much better now. > Marie C. Beckman > GAGILMER List Admin. > > >-- > > > >Did they move the deeds list hat you posted? Sorry that I am just now been > able to look over it, been sick. Thanks Peggy > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <Sforte3@cs.com> > >To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:48 AM > >Subject: [GAGILMER] Gilmer Co Deeds 1847-1914 > > > > > >> I have posted a number of deeds that I transcribed from microfilm "Gilmer > County Superior Court Deeds". They contain many Gilmer names. Please take a > look: > <A > HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/o/r/Suzanne-S-Forte/index.html" > >my home page</A> > >> Suzanne Forte > > > ==== GAGILMER Mailing List ==== > Gilmer Co. GAGenWeb Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6370/gilmer.html > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Peggy Try http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Suzanne-S-Forte/ and look under the related files categories... FTM is bad about moving the sites around ....actually changing the url with no redirects Hope you are feeling much better now. Marie C. Beckman GAGILMER List Admin. >-- > >Did they move the deeds list hat you posted? Sorry that I am just now been able to look over it, been sick. Thanks Peggy >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Sforte3@cs.com> >To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:48 AM >Subject: [GAGILMER] Gilmer Co Deeds 1847-1914 > > >> I have posted a number of deeds that I transcribed from microfilm "Gilmer County Superior Court Deeds". They contain many Gilmer names. Please take a look: <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/o/r/Suzanne-S-Forte/index.html" >my home page</A> >> Suzanne Forte

Did they move the deeds list hat you posted? Sorry that I am just now been able to look over it, been sick. Thanks Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sforte3@cs.com> To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 8:48 AM Subject: [GAGILMER] Gilmer Co Deeds 1847-1914 > I have posted a number of deeds that I transcribed from microfilm "Gilmer > County Superior Court Deeds". They contain many Gilmer names. > Please take a look: <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/o/r/Suzanne-S-Forte/index.html" >my home page</A> > Suzanne Forte > > > ==== GAGILMER Mailing List ==== > Get the Most out of your Post--Who? When? Where? > Please put the topic of your post in the subject line. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

Sandy, When was your John Thomas Strickland in that area? What were his siblings names? What area, specifically, were they from? My John Robert Strickland was born 1878/9. His parents are buried at Turniptown Bapt. Ch. Cem. in unmarked graves. It is their identity that I am trying to prove. Thanx, Steve Strickland

My husband had some folks from that area. I don't know much. His grandfather was John Thomas Strickland - married to --- Sosebee. They had 12 children and adopted one. I have the children's names but haven't really done much on that side of the family yet but there might be a connection. Sandy

Hello List, Thanks for the warning about segenealogy.com. I had added them to my favorites before checking them out. I have deleted them from my favorites without checking them out also. I am still looking for any STRICKLAND, DAVENPORT, CRONAN info from the Gilmer county area. Is there any body out there? (Pink Floyd voice) Thanks, Steve Strickland

regarding the warning - thanks!! "The segenealogy.com site is a for-profit site. These maps are not free. And this site has been making money (or trying to make money) by offering the resources of others for sale."

Please note: This email message has been hitting MANY lists. The segenealogy.com site is a for-profit site. These maps are not free. And this site has been making money (or trying to make money) by offering the resources of others for sale. As manager of the Pickens County GAGenWeb site (and listowner), I have had countless numbers of email requests from them to "post" my data to their site. A very sore subject... Sylvia Caldwell Rankin

These are really good sites for Census avalibility maps http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03.htm http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03_ga.htm Brent

Gilmer County Marriage Records 1836-1852 Cynthia James married Joseph Williams on 03 January 1844 Gilmer Land Records Book "K" p. 301 Sharud James Sr sells 160 Acres with improvements (12/2) LL 157 to "Synthy A. Williams" for $500. Witnessed by John S. James, E[lijah] P. Watson, Sharrod Caldwell, Rachel Caldwell, and Davis Collins, JP. Note that in this document, it mentions "Cynthia A" and "Synthy A". p. 442 John S. James sells 160 Acres (12/2) LL 169 and 80 Acres on the east side of (12/2) LL 168 to John P. Cobb. (and what connection this is to Cynthia and Ellison Cobb, I do not know!) Additionally, I have "Early Members of Antioch Baptist Church" (near York and Blacksburg and Kings Mountain, SC) by Laurence K. Wells. Joseph Whisonant donated land for this church in 1816, and the deed was made to deacons "Shirad James" ...and others. There are many member listings for James, Earles, Whisonants, etc., and also Elizabeth Cobb. Sylvia Caldwell Rankin

Since I have family Bible pages listing the children of Sherod James and Leodocia (called Dicey) Sandlin, I might disagree that Joel and Cynthia were issues of this marriage. Follow the links to Archives at www.studiosr.com/research/ to see the scanned pages of the Bible online. I have never seen a Joel James in any of the research I have done about the James family in York or Union, SC>Gilmer/Pickens County, GA. The Joe Hart Collection in the McKelvey History Center in York has been the best source of information about the James and Sandlin families in York. And I thought I had sifted through every piece of paper in the court houses of Cherokee, Gilmer and Pickens Counties that mentioned James and Sandlin! Two Cynthia James?? "Cynthia James" is mentioned in the Joe Hart Collection as possibly living with the household of Sherod and Dicey at one time. And I have encountered researchers who believe that she is a child of Sherod and Dicey. Because of the Bible pages and what I have found in Fulton family manuscripts in Garland County, AR (Gilly James was married to Horatio Sparburn Fulton) and certain pieces of evidence picked up in Poor School Records, etc, in Gilmer/Pickens County---I believe that Cynthia James (born 1821 SC) was daughter of Edmund (and Betsy) James who was a sibling of Sherod's. (See 1840 Gilmer census.) I have found a marriage record in Gilmer County for the marriage of Cynthia James to Joseph Williams. And they are in the 1860 census of Pickens County (HH 124) with a 14 year old daughter, Amanda E. Williams. Amanda married John H. Tough on 27 Nov 1876 in Pickens County (Book A, page 498). "Cynthia James" witnessed a land transaction of Sherod James's in Gilmer County, as did Edmund and Betsy. And when Sherod's estate is auctioned after his death, both Cynthia Williams and Joseph Williams are listed in the probate records. Additionally, Cynthia and Joseph purchased the grist mill on Talking Rock Creek shoals from Sherod's estate, I believe. The 1860 Pickens County census shows Ellison Cobb and Cynthia Cobb (both age 65 and born in SC) in HH 202 and Williams families in HH 204, 205, and 206. There are Moss families in HH 197, 198 and 208. For mention of the Moss families in letters that Selina James Reid wrote to her family in Arkansas, see my online archives also. While this Cynthia may certainly have been a James, I have never personally seen evidence of it. Since she must have been married about 1815, she was no doubt married while still in SC? I seem to recall the Joe Hart Collection mentioning this marriage. The James families belonged to Antioch Church in York District, and many family marriages are mentioned in their records---so this might be a good resource. also. I have tracked down all of the children of Sherod and Dicy, I believe. Listed in order of birth: --------Elizabeth James married William Caldwell in SC and came to Gilmer/Pickens with her family in late 1835. William Caldwell was in the militia who rounded up the Cherokee for removal, and probably joined Federal troops for the Trail of Tears. He never returned, but Betsy stayed in Pickens County until her death in 1873. Her children (married to Baileys, Mullins, Fulton, etc) scattered to Alabama, Arkansas and Texas. --------Daniel James married Arabella Clement Fulton in Yorkville, SC. He died in 1845 and his family never migrated to Georgia. His son Albert Allison James was an Episcopalian minister of some renown in SC. --------Abigail (Gilly) James married Horatio Sparburn Fulton, brother of Arabella. They came to Gilmer briefly in the 1830s before moving on to Alabama. They returned to Gilmer County briefly after the death of Dicy and Sherod, but then moved with all of their family to Arkansas. There is much about this family in Garland County, AR. --------Mary James was married first to Joseph Reed, and they came to Georgia with Sherod and Dicy. Mary was married second to Jeremiah Meek and she died while living in the household of Allison Caldwell, son of Betsy and William. There were apparently no children born to Mary. --------Sarah James married Baylis Earles and stayed in the vicinity of Blacksburg, SC. --------Sharud James, Jr, married Doria Maria "Dunken" (according to a Bible inscription), and was probably married at least twice after her death. This family is most likely to be found in Walker County, GA after 1850. --------John Shelton James, who was executor of old Sherod's estate, was married to Martha Harriet Henry in SC. After her death, he married Mary Anne Street (a widow). John died in Texarkana, AR. His son was a Baptist minister of some renown in Birmingham, AL. --------Nancy Elizabeth James married John Calhoun Smith and their family lived in Cherokee County, SC. --------Selina James married first Johnson Alberty, son of a wealthy Cherokee planter family living in the vicinity of Talking Rock, GA. When he left on Trail of Tears, she remained behind with her baby, who came to be called William Washington James. Later Selina married Hiram Reid and had more children. She stayed in Talking Rock until her death in 1905. Part of Selina's legacy are several newsy letters that she wrote to her niece, Rachel Caldwell, in Arkansas in the late 1800s. They are transcribed online in my Archives. I would love to find out more about Cynthia and Ellison Cobb, if Norm or Donna would like to share!! Sylvia Caldwell Rankin www.studiosr.com/research Marietta, GA

Norm, I have found a reference or two to Cynthia James being married to my Ellison Cobb (ggg-grandfather). Cynthia was the daughter of Sherrod and Leodicia Sandlin James. There is also reason to think that Ellison was married to Cynthia Hutchins. Maybe both? Anyway, I believe Sharrod & Leodicia were in Pickens County prior to or after Gilmer. And I believe, that Sylvia Caldwell Rankin (Pickens list owner?) is researching the James. If you don't already have this information let me know and I'll dig thru my papers to get more specific dates, etc. And if you find evidence that Cynthia James was married to Ellison Cobb please let me know. We know he married a Cynthia, just not sure which one. Donna Warlick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman H. Ricker, Jr." <normhr@ij.net> To: <GAGILMER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: [GAGILMER] Sherrod James>Joel James>Daniel James > I have a theory that Joel James, born 26 Mar 1796, Augusta County VA, is a > son of Sherrod James, born about 1776, and wife Leodicia Sandlin; that > Daniel A James, born about 1830, is a son of Joel James. Can anyone provide > information that refutes or substantiates that theory? > > I know that Mary Ann James, born 14 Mar 1845, Marshall IN, is a dau of Joel > James; that Mary Agnes James, born 1 Oct 1857, New Orleans LA, is a dau of > Daniel A James; that Sherrod/Sharod/Sharud/Sherwood James was a resident in > 1840 of Gilmer County GA, living next to several Moss families that also > resided next to Sherrod James in York County SC, before they moved to > Gilmer County GA; that Patrick Jackson Moss married Mary Ann James in IN, > and lived in Habersham County GA (near Gilmer County); that Mary Agnes > James raised the orphaned niece and nephews of Patrick Jackson Moss. > > If anyone has already identified any of these families found in the 1850 > Federal Census of Gilmer County GA, I will appreciate your findings. > > JAMES 379B-380A-383A-388A-421B-428B > LANCE 441A > LILES 403B > LYLE 365A-375A-375B > MOSS 368A-378B-379A-387A-423B-429B-430A > WISSENHUNT 413A-416A-416B (Whisenant) > > Norm Ricker > normhr@ij.net > > > ==== GAGILMER Mailing List ==== > Protect your Computer System & Files > Use Anti-virus software and update it often > Free Version available at http://www.grisoft.com > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

I have a theory that Joel James, born 26 Mar 1796, Augusta County VA, is a son of Sherrod James, born about 1776, and wife Leodicia Sandlin; that Daniel A James, born about 1830, is a son of Joel James. Can anyone provide information that refutes or substantiates that theory? I know that Mary Ann James, born 14 Mar 1845, Marshall IN, is a dau of Joel James; that Mary Agnes James, born 1 Oct 1857, New Orleans LA, is a dau of Daniel A James; that Sherrod/Sharod/Sharud/Sherwood James was a resident in 1840 of Gilmer County GA, living next to several Moss families that also resided next to Sherrod James in York County SC, before they moved to Gilmer County GA; that Patrick Jackson Moss married Mary Ann James in IN, and lived in Habersham County GA (near Gilmer County); that Mary Agnes James raised the orphaned niece and nephews of Patrick Jackson Moss. If anyone has already identified any of these families found in the 1850 Federal Census of Gilmer County GA, I will appreciate your findings. JAMES 379B-380A-383A-388A-421B-428B LANCE 441A LILES 403B LYLE 365A-375A-375B MOSS 368A-378B-379A-387A-423B-429B-430A WISSENHUNT 413A-416A-416B (Whisenant) Norm Ricker normhr@ij.net