I have set up the list to send an automatic reply to the list as a whole. For the time-being while we are building our subscriber base I will leave it that way. If the traffic should become too heavy I can always change this so that the automatic "reply to" goes to the individual instead of to the list. Of course if at any time you intend your reply to go privately to the individual please be aware that you will need to adjust the "to" address of your reply to direct it to the individual only. I think for now we would all like to be included in any genealogical discussions back and forth. However, "thank yous" and other "chat" should be directed privately to the individual. Thanks! Joan

I am working on the McKinley clan of Fairfield County Ohio and found a Fairfield County Marriage for a Margaret R. Kiger to Ivan I. Crist on 16 October 1872, and wondering who her parents may be and applicable dates and their children if any. I had thoughts that maybe she was a daughter of Margaret McKinley and W.W. Kiger.

To get us started on our new list I thought I would forward this message I just received from Rebecca Huddle in Ohio. This concerns the Kiger family of Amanda Township, Fairfield County, Ohio. Polly Kiger was the wife of Henry Kiger, son of George the progenitor of the Amanda Township Kigers. Henry was from Berkeley County, VA. Joan

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That would have been Kim Powers at: ninalee@tecinfo.com Kim is looking for a mutual ancestor, Martha Geiger b. 1794, who she believes married Benjamin Dykes (b. 1781) in SC. If this proves true, it would mean that I have 2 different Geiger lines in my past. However, I did find a James and John Martin receiving land in Burke Co. GA in 1767 stating that they had been in the counrty a few years and were from Ireland. Beverly Geiger Burton -----Original Message----- From: Richard Bullock <reb1@home.com> To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 6:42 PM Subject: [GEIGER-L] who sent I am curious who sent the information about the Martin FTM information and a Irish connection. I remember the name Kimberly, I only got a quick look at it before Netscape went deep six. I was wondering if she was on the Martins L mailing list also. Rick -- RIFF† ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== Support the people who support you. Join Rootsweb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html/ RootsWeb supports our Geiger research by hosting our mailing list, our GenConnect Boards, and our Geiger Webpage! Do you support RootsWeb?

Abraham Geiger was living in SC in 1787 were he was listed as a petit juror in Saxe-Gotha. This is also the same year he received remuneration for supplying SC troops with cattle. He was listed in the Lexington Co. 1790 census. I believe that his son Jesse (b.1793) listed his birthplace as GA in the 1850 census. So that would seem that Abraham and possibly his new bride would have moved to GA between 1790 and 1793. I found something else regarding the Weberite heresy written by a friend of Rev. John Nicholas Martin's son-in-law: He described the sect as "numbers of both sexes went about uncovered and naked, and practiced the most abominable wantoness." After the execution of the sect's founder (1761) "the sect spread to North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia." This suggests to me that it wasn't the GA Geigers who were involved.

Ok, fellow researchers, we have some new info that is really confusing and I hope y'all can help. "Listing of German Immigrants who petitioned for Bounty Grants as listed in Journal of Minutes of Colonial Council for the Province of South Carolina, Council Journal No. 21, Nov. 1752 thru April 1753, and who stated that they had arrived on the Ship Elizabeth." Hans Ulrich Keyser - wife and 4 children: Conrad Fredrick 15, Christian 12, Elizabeth 10, Mary 5. Does this sound familiar to the Hans Ulrich Kegar that applied for land in GA in 1766 saying he had been living in SC for some years with his wife and 4 children?

Rev. Martin's will was proved in Charleston, SC 8-3-1798. His children were: Mary Elizabeth (1747-1807) m. Daniel Strobel John Leonard m. Catherine Lazenby in March 1801 John Christian (1753-1799) m. Ester Johns, Elizabeth Miller Johanna Magdeline Elizabeth m. Maj. Albert A. Muller on 2-17-1778 John Peter (1760-1832) m. Isabella Innes John Jacob (1763-1851) m. Eliz. Bower, Rebecca Murray Salzer John Thomas m. Charlotte Ogier on 9-21-1786

I found this today: Emanuel Butler Martin, son of Israel and Grace Martin, was born Oct. 14, 1805 in Edgefield Co., SC; moved to Carrol Co., GA and settled his home place in 1832. He married twice: (1) Mary Blanchard, (2) Ruth Ann Perry Curtiss. _____ Israel Martin, born 1783 in SC. Married Grace Warren (b. 1787). Died in Pike Co., GA ____ Elijah Martin born in PN in 1751. Married March 1774 to Mary von Denberg (b. 1753 PN). They moved to Edgefield Co., SC about 1774 and later moved to GA. His will is filed in the courthouse in Gray, GA and named sons Israel, Elijah, Shadrach and Levi. Widow Mary died in Pike Co., GA in 1835 If this is your line, please let me know and I can fax you some more info. Beverly -----Original Message----- From: Richard Bullock <reb1@home.com> To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 2:56 PM Subject: [GEIGER-L] Martins in Florida I believe all the Martins of Emanuel Martin are accounted for in Florida, and there is no Marvin Martin in the family. I did run across other Martins, one with the middle name of Marvin who were not related to my family. There was some in Sumter county who were not related. Rick Bullock -- RIFF† ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== Remember to use a specific and complete subject line in your requests to enable others to assist you. See our Webpage for information on how to post an effective query to our list: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/

Yes, but the more I started researching those lines, the more I wasn't so convinced. I can't remember why right now. I could go crazy speculating the different spellings, so I just decided that until I can get to the original document, my time would be better spent on my other lines. -----Original Message----- From: R. and A. Connell <rconn@magicnet.net> To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER-L] geiger spellings >Bev, you wrote: >>>I have found instances where well-meaning people have made transcription >errors in >>abstracts that were never challenged and have caused many >subsequent errors >>when other researchers base their work on these things. > >I agree! That's my point, re the one "Mary Martin" signature that seems to >say "Mary Marg." Maybe she is "Mary Margaret", but to my eyes, she wrote a >very firm "Mary" in the middle of that prepared space. > >You wrote: >>>For instance, it has been proven that many entries for Keiffer were >>>actually Reisers. Even without seeing the original handwriting, this is >easy to >>>understand since the letters "ff" back then was really the letter "s". >And >>>a faded "R" would bear a striking resemblance to a "K". > > >Re the name "KEIFFER": awhile back, you mentioned having found evidence in >the Jerusalem Church Records that after the death of Hs. Ulrich GEIGER of >Eff./Bulloch Co., GA (12 Jun 1777), Apollonia GEIGER might have remarried to >a BIDDENBACH. In my copy of "Ebenezer Record Book, 1754 - 1781", by Jones & >Exley, on p. 104, it says: "Matthaeus BIDDENBACH and Apelonia (sic) KIEFER >were both united in Christian marriage July 28, 1778. Text: Ephesians >5:25-33." This is not listed in the Index under GEIGER, but is >cross-indexed under BIDDENBACH and KIEFER, which are both quite large >families. Is this the reference you were referring to? > >Anne C. > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >To contact the list moderator--Joan M. Young: send a message to JYoung6180@aol.com Check out our Webpage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > >

Sorry, Anne, I have been looking for those notes for a couple of weeks now and will get back with you when I find them. I'm in the process of switching to a new puter and things are a mess. Bev -----Original Message----- From: R. and A. Connell <rconn@magicnet.net> To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER-L] Re: GEIGER-D Digest V99 #22 >Bev, is your 1560 date for a GEIGER? In my Swiss church records, the first >child of my earliest, Hans GYGER and Anna ZUST (mit umlaut) of Haslach, was >born in 1603, but I don't have birth dates for his parents. > >Anne C. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Beverly&Brynne <bbb@pdq.net> > > >>Luckily there is no question as to my Geiger lineage back to 1560, but I >was >>trying to be of help to others who haven't been so lucky. >> > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Looking for information on the Valentine Geiger family? Try: http://members.aol.com/PeggyLoos/Geiger1.htm > >

Ok, so it's been established that there is no factual basis in stating that Abraham's wife's maiden name was Martin. I think it does us all a disservice to keep stating that she was a Martin unless there is PROOF. All this does is perpetuate a rumor when we should actually be encouraging researchers to find hard evidence -- one way or the other. Um, Gerry, the Geigers were in the midst of people who spoke their own language in Saxe-Gotha so that theory is sort of hard to go with. In fact, if you read the history of Glynn Co., GA where a James and John Martin received land during the 1760s, they actually prided themselves on the fact that they were a melting pot of every nationality including Sephardic Jews. Having said that, I know first hand of the intolerance of my own Geiger family members: I lived for a couple of years with my aunt and uncle who were Methodist ministers. They absolutely forbade me to attend Baptist Bible study with friends. So anything could be possible. As for the contention that these early emigrants were a stationary: there was a war going on and many people -- especially men -- were moving around considerably. As a perfect example, I site our Abraham Geiger's warrant claim which he signed for while he was in Charleston in 1787. Mary/March would have been 16 then -- certainly of marriagable age. What's to say he didn't meet her on his travels? There were no Martins in Effingham (aside from the John Nicholas). It wasn't until after the war that Abraham, as an adult, shows up in Bryan Co. Something else: there were land grants to GA men with what was called a "refugee" status. These people were not soldiers -- they were families who were living in GA during the war and relocated to other areas when the British confiscated their farms. When the Americans came into power, the Georgians moved back. And these people had to travel quite a bit within their areas -- hence their demand for new counties. They sited the problems of traveling so far to attend monthly meeting in the courts. Even so, we might consider it a strain to walk a few blocks, but the emigrants hadn't been spoiled by autos. If you study the history of the area, you'll see that people traveled by boat through the waterways quite a bit. It was only a short boat ride down the Savannah River from Ebenezer to Savannah. Not only that, but in the case of John Nicholas Martin (NO relation to us), the church clearly documents his routine travels as a preacher between NC, SC and GA. And what about that David Martin who came to SC from PN as a Dunker preacher? There is a book out called The Restless People describing the mass migrations that took place right after the Rev War. People were very much on the move becasue the Loyalists were having their land confiscated and needed to find more; the Patriots were being granted new land in payment for their services. It was even fashionable for large plantaion owners in VA to have secondary plantaions in GA. I don't mean to go on and on, I just think that we should keep an open mind and not stop researching until we find hard PROOF of our ancestors -- from wherever they may have come. Beverly -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Gieger <giegerg@hotmail.com> To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [GEIGER-L] Martins/Geigers >Knowing what I do about ethnic groups, I find it hard to envision that >Irish or French MARTINs would be living together in the middle of a >Germanic settlement. It wasn't like today. People of the same ethnic >background tended to clump together in settlements. They certainly >didn't marry off their children to other nationalities. I mean no >offense in this, and don't want to incite a flame, but that is the way >it was. Also, we must not lose sight of the fact that vast territory lay >between settlements, and NC is a long way from GA separated by >mountains, especially walking in Winter. It would have been necessary >for these Irishmen or Frenchmen to be fluent in Deutsch. > >I think that is the reason that the emigrant Abraham and his family left >Saxe-Gotha and migrated to GA. Blame it on fleeing the stigma of the >Weberite heresy if you want, but I think that the desire to be around >folks who spoke their native tongue and were familiar with the >conditions in Europe from which they had escaped, to be stronger than >any other force. In other words they wanted to be among "their own kind >of people." Many folks don't understand that the British Colonists >resented these European Nationals entering "their New World and taking >all the choice land" but the Crown wanted to expand its influence by >adding subjects, and this was an easy way to get them. Didn't realize >they were going to rebel. > > >>From: "Beverly&Brynne" <bbb@pdq.net> >>Subject: Re: [GEIGER-L] Martins/Geigers >>Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 06:53:29 -0600 >>To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >>Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >> >>And don't forget the John and James Martin who received land together >just >>up the river in Burke Co. in 1767 -- they were from Ireland. > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >To subscribe or unsubscribe send your message to: GEIGER-L-request@rootsweb.com or GEIGER-D-request@rootsweb.com (L for mail mode and D for digest) >See our Webpage for details: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > >

And don't forget the John and James Martin who received land together just up the river in Burke Co. in 1767 -- they were from Ireland. When you do check on that Martin book, please be sure to include the original documents that they quote as their sources of info. Unless they can site verifiable deeds, wills, church records, etc., it's just another researcher's speculation. Good luck, I'd love to put this to rest. -----Original Message----- From: R. and A. Connell <rconn@magicnet.net> To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 1:37 AM Subject: Re: [GEIGER-L] Martins/Geigers >Folks, it's 2:30 a.m. and I have a meeting in the morning. However, for >those in FL, the FL State Archives Library has a copy of the Martin book. I >have some pages from it - will look at them when I get a chance. I also >have a typescript about a German MARTIN from the north of Germany to VA. >And one about a MARTIN line that originated in ENG. All got wiped out with >my hard drive, but will look for the paper copies. > >Anne C. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Richard Bullock <reb1@home.com> >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 11:06 PM >Subject: [GEIGER-L] Martins/Geigers > > >>I must confess I really am in a snowblizaard when it comes to debate. I >>lost the Geiger material I had in my harddrive and only have a few notes >>on the Geiger clan related to the Martins, and my information on >>pre-Emanuel is somewhat limited except to his father and g and >>grandfathers and that is very limited also. So when I said I was only >>quoting the book, I really have no information Martins before Emanuel, >>except what little is in the book. >> Rick Bullock >> >> >>==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >>Looking for information on the Valentine Geiger family? Try: >http://members.aol.com/PeggyLoos/Geiger1.htm >> > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Looking for information on the Valentine Geiger family? Try: http://members.aol.com/PeggyLoos/Geiger1.htm > >

John A. Martin appoints James Martin of Bryan Co. to sell 202 1/2 acres in the 12th Dist., Baldwin Co. #58 granted 1808. Wit: Abraham (X) Geiger Georgia Land Owners Memorials 1758-1776: John Martin, 1000 acres St. Philips Parish 2/100, 5-1-1769. On purchase, bounded on NW by James Martin, other side vacant. Granted to self 2-7-1769. Signed by James Martin for John Martin. I think it is obvious that this could not have been out James as he could not have owned land when he was 14 years old. This, however, may have been the John Martin who married Elizabeth Donnom. Or it could have been the John Martin who was the mayor of Purrysburg (across the river from Ebenezer) who married Mary Elizabeth Menglesdorff in 1765. If so, our James (b. 1756) may be the son of this James and he nephew of one of these John Martins. AND more stuff which may or may not help: There was a Tabitha Martin in Savannah who had a child out of wedlock and moved to Illinios in 1809. The Colonial Clergy of SC: David Martin, b. Conestoga, PA 10-8-1737; came to SC 1754; ordained Beaver Creek, SC 9-28-1770. Settled Beaver Creek 1759-1775. Dunker Baptist. John Martin, A.M., missionary to the Cherokee indians, 1757-1759; settled Wappetaw, SC; Congregational Church at Wando Neck, 6-9-1757-1772; settled Cainhoy, SC 1760-1770; settled Wilton (Colleton) SC 1772-1774. Died Wilton, SC June 1774. Presbyterian And to further complicate things, there was a Tabitha Martin (b. 1790) in Savannah who had a child out of wedlock and loved to Illinios in 1810.

Would somebody PLEASE tell me where the Abraham's wife's maiden name was Martin???

Well this certainly doesn't add up: 1) there has been absolutely nothing that states that Abraham's (b. 1761) wife's maiden name was Martin. 2) The church register lists John Martin and Elizabeth Donnom as having one daughter named Sarah. 3) John Martin and Elizabeth Donnom weren't married until 1760 and couldn't be the parents of our James (b. 1756). -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Gieger <giegerg@hotmail.com> To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER-L] James, John Martins >Okay boys and girls, let's sort this out: > >The wife of Abraham(b1761) was Mercy Martin >The wife of Felix(b1763) was Mary Martin > >They were the daughters of John Martin (b circa 1738-Ulrich's age) >and Elizabeth Donnom. >They had a brother, James Martin (b1756) He married a Mary (?)b1766 >This James and Mary Martin were the parents of Tobitha(b1793), Sabra who >married a Welch, and Emanuel Henry Martin? > >Getting blured. More tomorrow. Depending on the weather. > > >>From: "Beverly&Brynne" <bbb@pdq.net> >>Subject: Re: [GEIGER-L] James, John Martins >>Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 20:02:47 -0600 >>To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >>Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >> >>You know, I think we're getting the Martins families confused here. I >refer >>to the James Martin (b. 1756) that was the father of Tobitha (b. 1793 >GA) >>who married Jesse Geiger. I know that Felix Geiger (b. 1763) married >Mary >>Martin and I presume that's who y'all are discussing. >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Richard Bullock <reb1@home.com> >>To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 4:43 PM >>Subject: [GEIGER-L] James, John Martins >> >> >>>Joan; >>> From my Martin book by Elam Martin , Dayton Beach. >>> James Martin(thought to be ggrandfather of Enanuel) of Bartholomew's >>>Parish in Colleton county, S.C. died about 1746(will of James Martin >>>1746). His wife's name was Sara____(misc. papers from Talfair >>>Collection, family, Gibbons and Martin).The children of James Martin >and >>>is wife Sarah. >>>1. Sarah Martin , named in Barak Martin's will of 1748(will of Barak >>>Martin, records of wills, S.C. vol 7,1752-1756--will of Barak Martin >>>9/16/1748) >>>2. Barak Martin bequeathed his brothers John and Ezra "two tracts of >>>land in Pon Pon and my part of one of Saltcatches all given me by my >>>father Mr. James Martin lately deceased...lands to be equally divided >>>when said John and Ezra shall arrive at age 21 >>>3. Hannan Martin married Joseph Gibbons >>>4.Ezra Martin(not 21 in 1746) >>> Ezra is nams in his father's will and named in the will of brother >>>Barak >>>5.John Martin (alleged father of Emanuel) was born 6/11/1738 and died >>>about 1800. On 12/6/1760 he married Elizabeth M. Donnom, daughter of >>>James and Mary Donnon >>> (marriage notices....The S.C. Gazette, 1732-1801 by Salley, page >122) >>>Children of John Martin and his wife Elizabeth: >>> a. John James Martin , born Aug. 4.1763 died 1766 (register; Midway >>>Congregational Church 1754-1788 volume 1, Ga) >>> b. Barak Gibbons Martin, born 3/24/1765 (same register as above) >>> c. Sarah Hannah Martin, baptized 1//4/67, died 1767 >>> d. James Donnom Martin, born 6.28/1769(record of wills vol 6 1747 >>>Charleston >>> >>> >>> Rick Bullock >>> >>> >>>==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >>>Looking for information on the Valentine Geiger family? Try: >>http://members.aol.com/PeggyLoos/Geiger1.htm >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >>To subscribe or unsubscribe send your message to: >GEIGER-L-request@rootsweb.com or GEIGER-D-request@rootsweb.com (L for >mail mode and D for digest) >>See our Webpage for details: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ >> >> > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Looking for information on the Christian Geiger family? Try: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/y/g/Russell-A-Kyger/ and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3251/ > >

According to the Lutheren Colonial Clergy of GA: John Nicholas Martin b. Zweibrucken, Lorraine FRANCE. Ordained by the Salzburgers at Ebenezer GA. Settled Waxhaw (Union Co.) NC 1750-1763; Amelia, SC 1750-1763; Fork of Saluda and Broad Rivers, SC; Zion Church and St. Michael's Church 1750-1760 and 1767-1774. Savannah, GA 1759-1760; St. John's Church Charleston, SC 1763-1767, 1774-1778, 1786-1787. Died in Charleston, SC July 27, 1795.

You know, I think we're getting the Martins families confused here. I refer to the James Martin (b. 1756) that was the father of Tobitha (b. 1793 GA) who married Jesse Geiger. I know that Felix Geiger (b. 1763) married Mary Martin and I presume that's who y'all are discussing. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Bullock <reb1@home.com> To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 4:43 PM Subject: [GEIGER-L] James, John Martins >Joan; > From my Martin book by Elam Martin , Dayton Beach. > James Martin(thought to be ggrandfather of Enanuel) of Bartholomew's >Parish in Colleton county, S.C. died about 1746(will of James Martin >1746). His wife's name was Sara____(misc. papers from Talfair >Collection, family, Gibbons and Martin).The children of James Martin and >is wife Sarah. >1. Sarah Martin , named in Barak Martin's will of 1748(will of Barak >Martin, records of wills, S.C. vol 7,1752-1756--will of Barak Martin >9/16/1748) >2. Barak Martin bequeathed his brothers John and Ezra "two tracts of >land in Pon Pon and my part of one of Saltcatches all given me by my >father Mr. James Martin lately deceased...lands to be equally divided >when said John and Ezra shall arrive at age 21 >3. Hannan Martin married Joseph Gibbons >4.Ezra Martin(not 21 in 1746) > Ezra is nams in his father's will and named in the will of brother >Barak >5.John Martin (alleged father of Emanuel) was born 6/11/1738 and died >about 1800. On 12/6/1760 he married Elizabeth M. Donnom, daughter of >James and Mary Donnon > (marriage notices....The S.C. Gazette, 1732-1801 by Salley, page 122) >Children of John Martin and his wife Elizabeth: > a. John James Martin , born Aug. 4.1763 died 1766 (register; Midway >Congregational Church 1754-1788 volume 1, Ga) > b. Barak Gibbons Martin, born 3/24/1765 (same register as above) > c. Sarah Hannah Martin, baptized 1//4/67, died 1767 > d. James Donnom Martin, born 6.28/1769(record of wills vol 6 1747 >Charleston > > > Rick Bullock > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Looking for information on the Valentine Geiger family? Try: http://members.aol.com/PeggyLoos/Geiger1.htm > >

FYI -- The wife of Joshua Geiger which you mentioned below was Marianne Lewis who was the daughter of Josiah Lewis. Another one of their children was Alexander Paul Geiger. If this is your line you may want to contact Mr. Bates. The last email address I have for him is: GBates1015@aol.com >Tom, sounds like you've been reading "Florida's Frontier - the Way Hit Wuz" >by Mary Ida BASS BARBER SHEARHART of Kissimmee, FL. She called the girls >sisters, but now agrees that their fathers were first cousins. Harriet, who >marr. Isaac BARBER, is in her children's line and is definitely a dau. of >Joshua GEIGER (s. of Abe and Mercy) and Marianne ____ of Bradford Co. And >Josh may well be the person mentioned in Chubb GEIGER'S book as "working in >Jacksonville in 1849". > >Martha GEIGER, who married Arch BARBER (Isaac's brother), was the oldest >dau. of John Martin GEIGER (s. of Felix GEIGER and Mary MARTIN) and Emily >(Emma, Amy) JOYNER (d. of Charles JOYNER and Elizabeth MUNDEN) of Alachua >Co. (from Wayne Co., GA). Martin was a co. commish and he, the Gov. and two >or three others led the successful fight in 1853 to move the co. seat from >Newnansville to the proposed town of Gainesville. > >Martha was born in Wayne Co., GA, between 1831 and 1835 (gravestone says >April, 1835; censuses say otherwise). From Alachua Co. Marriage Bk. 2 - >1851-1855, p. 33: "Archibald A. BARBER and Martha GEIGER. Lic. June 9, >1854, in Clerk's office at Newnansville; md. June 15, 1854, by Wm. >Hollingsworth, M.G. Robert Youngblood, Clk. Cir. Ct." Their ch. from 1860, >1870 Cens. (Starke, Bradford Co.) were: Elizabeth B.; Margarett E.; MARTIN; >Charles; Archie; EMMA NORA; and Nathan. Martha died 6 March 1894. She and >Arch are buried in the old ROBINSON/BARBER Cemetery near Cross City, Dixie >Co., FL. My notes say: "The land is now leased by a hunting club whose >members don't seem to know the difference between a deer and a gravestone." > >Arch was born 29 July 1833 (gravestone) and died 31 Dec 1903 (g.s.). His >father was Moses BARBER and his mother was Maria Leah ALVAREZ, b. St. >Augustine. >If you haven't read the book - it tells a lot about the family. It is a >rough, mostly factual, story, about Mose and his rise to being the richest >cattleman around, and the bloody BARBER/MIZELLE feud which ended it all. I >can give you her address. > >My great grandfather was Anson GEIGER, brother of Martha BARBER. His wife >was Martha Jane ROBINSON, much older sister of John J. ROBINSON. When >Martha BARBER's dau. Emma Nora grew up, she married John, who was only five >years her senior. They both are buried in the ROBINSON/BARBER Cem., which >is actually two separate, fenced enclosures. > >Hope this helps. Let me know where you fit in. And tell me about those >graves at High Springs. Anne Connell in FL. > >-----Original Message----- > > >> I'm looking for the parents of Martha B. Geiger who married Archibald A. >>Barber 1833 in baker Co. fl.and Harriet C. Geiger Who married Archibald's >>brother Isaac J. Barber 1835 also backer co.Fl. >> Martha was my grgrgrgrandmother. I belive that they came from S.C. to Ga. >to Fl. >> There are old Geiger graves at High Springs Fl. Just south of Lake City. >> >>Thomas H. Lindsay >>Tlind44@aol.com > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Looking for information on the Valentine Geiger family? Try: http://members.aol.com/PeggyLoos/Geiger1.htm > >

This line of discussion started with me asking about the Geiger/Griger hypothesis stemming from early GA records -- the Ebenezer Church book in particular. The fact that the same spelling mishaps occured 1,000 miles away at the same time gives credence to Gary's explanation of the translation errors. Beverly >Gary, It wasn't a German Will and we have a copy of the original from the Will >Book. The handwriting is pretty good. I just think the person writing the >name wrote Griger. But there is a scan of the original document on Russ >Kyger's Webpage at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3251/ > >Let us know what you think. > >Joan > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Support the people who support you. Join Rootsweb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html/ RootsWeb supports our Geiger research by hosting our mailing list, our GenConnect Boards, and our Geiger Webpage! Do you support RootsWeb? > >