You should contact AOL for Info before you leave and also look into Great Barrier Reef.com if you can't get AOL in NZ. >From: Loveyken@aol.com >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] geiger archieves >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:07:27 EST > >Yep still here packing like a squirrel getting ready for the hard times of >winter. Have my sister and niece here to help we are booked to leave this >wonderful part of the world on the 6th of January? Will miss the Internet >access >to Genealogy I don;t know if we can get into all these sites from there >but I >can promise you one thing I am going to try cause I have ancestors that >want >to be found. Like my elusive Mary T Coates who seemed to have just >appeared >out of no where managed to have a large family three marriages all without >any parents we have a recored that she was born did all these things even >died but can't find who birthed her. I have just learnt how to access the >Gieger home pages and the archieves thanks to everyone. Got to go now >will talk >to you before we sign off here before I leave. > > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing >lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To subscribe, >start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Yep still here packing like a squirrel getting ready for the hard times of winter. Have my sister and niece here to help we are booked to leave this wonderful part of the world on the 6th of January? Will miss the Internet access to Genealogy I don;t know if we can get into all these sites from there but I can promise you one thing I am going to try cause I have ancestors that want to be found. Like my elusive Mary T Coates who seemed to have just appeared out of no where managed to have a large family three marriages all without any parents we have a recored that she was born did all these things even died but can't find who birthed her. I have just learnt how to access the Gieger home pages and the archieves thanks to everyone. Got to go now will talk to you before we sign off here before I leave.

Stephen (Not Samuel) Riggs was the husband of Rachel Martin, daughter of John A. Martin. Allen Bethel who married Abigail Riggs was the son of Felix Jr, (not Sr.) Felix Sr. married Mary Martin daughter of John A. Martin of Bulloch/Bryan/Effingham Counties of GA. Felix Sr. was born in SC, not GA...The 1767 Royal Land Grant on the Great Ogeechee which Ulrich received contained a statement that he had four children when he migrated from SC. These are supposed to be Abraham, Felix (Sr.), John, and Mary as they are listed as Heirs when the property was sold in 1814. Cornelius was also listed as an heir, but the Ebenezer Record Book lists his birth year as 1774... >From: Maryp5243@aol.com >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GEIGER] Samuel Riggs...and daughter Abigail Riggs >Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 08:32:30 EST > >Your message on Samuel Riggs is very timely - as I just received this >message >(below) on the Riggs list. I wonder if it is the same Riggs family. He >could be father of the Samuel below: > >Samuel Riggs and Rachel Martin's daughter, Abigail Riggs, married Allen >(Bethel) Geiger from whom I descend. > >Felix Geiger (Sr.) b. 3 Sept 1763 Bryan Co, GA md. Mary Margaret Martin >about >1790. Felix died 17 Feb 1827 in Wayne Co, GA. > >Felix's son - Allen Bethel Geiger b. 26 Oct 1802 md. (1) Abigail Riggs 17 >June 1826 in Wayne Co, GA, d. 7 June 1873. Abigail was b. 12 Sept 1803 d. >4 July >1840. > >Message from Riggs List: > >I read this pay voucher Number 1092 as saying the following: >=========================================================================== >STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 1092 > >The Auditors of the County of Washington and Sullivan do certify that >Samuel >RIGGS is allowed Six Pounds Nineteen Shillings & Six Pence as per/pay? >Voucher 12th June? 1783. > >6.19.6 (I read this as: 6 Pounds, 19 Shillings, 6 Pence) > 2.9 >7.2.5 Total Pay???? > >? CARTERET >? WILLIAMS >======================================================================= >I do not know why Edward RIGGS (father of Samuel) would have to co-sign >this >Pay Voucher with Samuel since Samuel was age 23 in 1783; having been born >on >04 June 1760........... > >If someone has a conversion chart which will convert 6 Pounds, 19 >Shillings, >6 Pence from 1783 NC Currency to 2004 DOLLARS, would you please inform >this >Forum how much Samuel was paid in Voucher No. 1092 in todays US Currency. > >Bobby G. Carwile > > >==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== >*************************RIGGS ARCHIVE SEARCH************************** >To search the archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >Mary W Phillips > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

OOPs!!! was supposed to go to Lovey direct...Sorry everyone... >From: "Gerald Gieger" <giegerg@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [GEIGER] geiger archieves >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 02:11:25 +0000 > >R U still in God's Country or down under??? > >>From: Loveyken@aol.com >>Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >>To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [GEIGER] geiger archieves >>Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:00:11 EST >> >>can someone tell me how to access this please >> >> >>==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >>Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ >> >>============================== >>Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >>New content added every business day. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Visit the GEIGER mailing list archives: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GEIGER/ > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

R U still in God's Country or down under??? >From: Loveyken@aol.com >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GEIGER] geiger archieves >Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:00:11 EST > >can someone tell me how to access this please > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

Mary knows that, Gerry. She meant to say Stephen. Good idea to reaffirm it, though. However, Allen (Bethel) GEIGER was a son of Felix, SR. and Mary MARTIN. Felix, JR., was his next younger brother. I have the sibs as: Jacob S. (c. 1797), John Martin (1798 - my ancester), Rachel (c. 1800), Allen Bethel (26 Oct 1802 - Mary's ancester), Felix, Jr. (6 Feb. 1804), Mary (1 July 1806), and perhaps Margaret (betw. 1814 and 1816). I don't have proof that Margaret belongs in this family. My too-brief notes only say: < From Dot Miller: "Archibald H. JOHNS, born May 12, 1810, married 1. Margaret PREVATT; 2. Margaret GEIGER; 3. Addie ROBERTS. Margaret Geiger and Archibald had six children." The 1850 Florida census, Columbia Co. (29 October), shows on page 60-A, line 12, family 198: "Archibald H. JOHNS, 40 M, farmer, $1,000, b. GA; Margaret Johns, 36 F, b. GA; Jacob Johns, 15 M, b. FL, John H. Johns, 9 M, b. FL, Irvin Johns, 8 M, b. FL, Jeremiah Johns, 6 M, b. FL, Mary M. Johns, 4 F, b. FL, Laura P. Johns, 1 F, b. FL." Note: If this is the Margaret GEIGER who is the daughter of Felix GEIGER, SR., she seems a bit young for her sibs, who were born from 1798 to 1806. > I'm not sure we agree on the order of birth of Ulrich's first 4 ch., but anyhow, don't forget No. 5, Rachel, b. 1769 (Ebenezer Record Book), d. perhaps before 1815 settlement of her father's estate. Her older brother Felix, Sr., gave a daughter that name in abt. 1800. Cornelius was No. 6. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Gieger" <giegerg@hotmail.com> To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 9:35 PM Subject: RE: [GEIGER] Samuel Riggs...and daughter Abigail Riggs > Stephen (Not Samuel) Riggs was the husband of Rachel Martin, daughter of > John A. Martin. > > Allen Bethel who married Abigail Riggs was the son of Felix Jr, (not Sr.) > Felix Sr. married Mary Martin daughter of John A. Martin of > Bulloch/Bryan/Effingham Counties of GA. > > Felix Sr. was born in SC, not GA...The 1767 Royal Land Grant on the Great > Ogeechee which Ulrich received contained a statement that he had four > children when he migrated from SC. These are supposed to be Abraham, > Felix (Sr.), John, and Mary as they are listed as Heirs when the property > was sold in 1814. Cornelius was also listed as an heir, but the Ebenezer > Record Book lists his birth year as 1774... > >>From: Maryp5243@aol.com >>Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >>To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [GEIGER] Samuel Riggs...and daughter Abigail Riggs >>Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 08:32:30 EST >> >>Your message on Samuel Riggs is very timely - as I just received this >>message >>(below) on the Riggs list. I wonder if it is the same Riggs family. He >>could be father of the Samuel below: >> >>Samuel Riggs and Rachel Martin's daughter, Abigail Riggs, married Allen >>(Bethel) Geiger from whom I descend. >> >>Felix Geiger (Sr.) b. 3 Sept 1763 Bryan Co, GA md. Mary Margaret Martin >>about >>1790. Felix died 17 Feb 1827 in Wayne Co, GA. >> >>Felix's son - Allen Bethel Geiger b. 26 Oct 1802 md. (1) Abigail Riggs 17 >>June 1826 in Wayne Co, GA, d. 7 June 1873. Abigail was b. 12 Sept 1803 d. >>4 July >>1840. >> >>Message from Riggs List: >> >>I read this pay voucher Number 1092 as saying the following: >>=========================================================================== >>STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 1092 >> >>The Auditors of the County of Washington and Sullivan do certify that >>Samuel >>RIGGS is allowed Six Pounds Nineteen Shillings & Six Pence as per/pay? >>Voucher 12th June? 1783. >> >>6.19.6 (I read this as: 6 Pounds, 19 Shillings, 6 Pence) >> 2.9 >>7.2.5 Total Pay???? >> >>? CARTERET >>? WILLIAMS >>======================================================================= >>I do not know why Edward RIGGS (father of Samuel) would have to co-sign >>this >>Pay Voucher with Samuel since Samuel was age 23 in 1783; having been born >>on >>04 June 1760........... >> >>If someone has a conversion chart which will convert 6 Pounds, 19 >>Shillings, >>6 Pence from 1783 NC Currency to 2004 DOLLARS, would you please inform >>this >>Forum how much Samuel was paid in Voucher No. 1092 in todays US Currency. >> >>Bobby G. Carwile >> >> >>==== RIGGS Mailing List ====

The American colonies based their currency systems on the British one (12 pence to the shilling, 20 shillings to the pound), but the rates-of-exchange differed a great deal from year to year and across provinces. The common denominator was the British pound sterling, although the coin actually used in most New World transactions was the Spanish peso/piece-of-eight. By 1774, the rate of exchange was 1.75 North Carolina pounds per British pound (also equal to 7 South Carolina pounds). So Riggs received roughly £4 sterling. There's no good way to convert that to 21st-century purchasing-power, since money didn't have the same meanings in an 18th-century agricultural economy. The Quit Rent (property) tax rate in SC was 3 or 4 shillings per 100 acres. Some people felt that was so high that they never got around to paying them. The estimate of £4 sterling happens to be the usual cost of a one-way transatlantic passage for an adult in the 1700's, although people who took the £6 voyages had a better chance of getting enough food and water en route. The cost of passage was equal to two month's salary for a manual laborer in Europe. In the US in 2000-2004, that would be around $4000-$5000. So the 6.19.6 in NC money that Riggs got as payment for militia services would have been a lot of money, but not enough to retire on. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Maryp5243@aol.com> To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 8:32 AM Subject: [GEIGER] Samuel Riggs...and daughter Abigail Riggs > Your message on Samuel Riggs is very timely - as I just received this message (below) on the Riggs list. I wonder if it is the same Riggs family. He could be father of the Samuel below: > > Samuel Riggs and Rachel Martin's daughter, Abigail Riggs, married Allen (Bethel) Geiger from whom I descend. > > Felix Geiger (Sr.) b. 3 Sept 1763 Bryan Co, GA md. Mary Margaret Martin about 1790. Felix died 17 Feb 1827 in Wayne Co, GA. > > Felix's son - Allen Bethel Geiger b. 26 Oct 1802 md. (1) Abigail Riggs 17 June 1826 in Wayne Co, GA, d. 7 June 1873. Abigail was b. 12 Sept 1803 d. 4 July 1840. > > Message from Riggs List: > > I read this pay voucher Number 1092 as saying the following: > =========================================================================== > STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 1092 > > The Auditors of the County of Washington and Sullivan do certify that Samuel RIGGS is allowed Six Pounds Nineteen Shillings & Six Pence as per/pay? > Voucher 12th June? 1783. > > 6.19.6 (I read this as: 6 Pounds, 19 Shillings, 6 Pence) > 2.9 > 7.2.5 Total Pay???? I do not know why Edward RIGGS (father of Samuel) would have to co-sign this Pay Voucher with Samuel since Samuel was age 23 in 1783; having been born on 04 June 1760........... If someone has a conversion chart which will convert 6 Pounds, 19 Shillings, 6 Pence from 1783 NC Currency to 2004 DOLLARS, would you please inform this Forum how much Samuel was paid in Voucher No. 1092 in todays US Currency. > > Bobby G. Carwile Mary W Phillips

Your message on Samuel Riggs is very timely - as I just received this message (below) on the Riggs list. I wonder if it is the same Riggs family. He could be father of the Samuel below: Samuel Riggs and Rachel Martin's daughter, Abigail Riggs, married Allen (Bethel) Geiger from whom I descend. Felix Geiger (Sr.) b. 3 Sept 1763 Bryan Co, GA md. Mary Margaret Martin about 1790. Felix died 17 Feb 1827 in Wayne Co, GA. Felix's son - Allen Bethel Geiger b. 26 Oct 1802 md. (1) Abigail Riggs 17 June 1826 in Wayne Co, GA, d. 7 June 1873. Abigail was b. 12 Sept 1803 d. 4 July 1840. Message from Riggs List: I read this pay voucher Number 1092 as saying the following: =========================================================================== STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 1092 The Auditors of the County of Washington and Sullivan do certify that Samuel RIGGS is allowed Six Pounds Nineteen Shillings & Six Pence as per/pay? Voucher 12th June? 1783. 6.19.6 (I read this as: 6 Pounds, 19 Shillings, 6 Pence) 2.9 7.2.5 Total Pay???? ? CARTERET ? WILLIAMS ======================================================================= I do not know why Edward RIGGS (father of Samuel) would have to co-sign this Pay Voucher with Samuel since Samuel was age 23 in 1783; having been born on 04 June 1760........... If someone has a conversion chart which will convert 6 Pounds, 19 Shillings, 6 Pence from 1783 NC Currency to 2004 DOLLARS, would you please inform this Forum how much Samuel was paid in Voucher No. 1092 in todays US Currency. Bobby G. Carwile ==== RIGGS Mailing List ==== *************************RIGGS ARCHIVE SEARCH************************** To search the archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Mary W Phillips

In a message dated 12/25/2004 11:00:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, Loveyken@aol.com writes: can someone tell me how to access this please The threaded archives (browseable) is located here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GEIGER/ The searchable archives can be accessed from this page: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Type in GEIGER as the list you wish to search. Joan

can someone tell me how to access this please

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JOY.2ACEB/845.1.1 Message Board Post: 1870 Census confirms your Joseph Geiger family with 5 children. 1860 Census lists your Jos. Giger Jr., Mary J. & Mary C. as well as Jos. Geiger, 62, VA; Mary, 52, MD and 8 children at Blacklick. Can provide details if you're still looking.

It seems conclusive that Mercy is the daughter of John A. Martin of Bulloch/Bryan County GA because of the Deed for Lot 58 in Baldwin (now Randolph) County which was sold in 1810 following his death. The Deed for that Lot 58 is signed by his sons Elijah and James Martin, Abraham Geiger, Felix Geiger, and Stephen Riggs. See: <http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.geiger&m=638.1> It is known that Stephen Riggs was the husband of John's daughter Rachel (Martin) Riggs, and that Felix Geiger was the husband of John's daughter Mary (Martin) Geiger; therefore there was absolutely no reason for Abraham to have signed except that his wife Mercy was also the daughter of John A. Martin... What is unclear at this point is who their mother was...It appears that she may have been the Elizabeth Martin who is listed as his wife in Deeds during the late 1790's, and apparently she died before John gave the POA for Lot 58 to James Martin in 1809. Nothing else is recorded for her at this point, at least that has been discovered; however, the records of the areas of PA, from which the German Baptist Brethren Martin's came, have not been fully explored...I started this last year when I filed my Supplemental SAR Applications, and need to take it up again, as I let it lie while they were reviewing my applications...(I now have some Questions to respond to.) See:<http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.martin&m=8782> Seems like a lot of this discussion is being posted to the Geiger Family Query Board when it actually should be placed on the Gieger-L Mailing List because responses to gatewayed board messages never get to the originator. Gerry >From: nhiggons@problemshavesolutions.com >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GEIGER] Geiger/Bennett/Martin/Sheffield >Date: 20 Dec 2004 13:21:22 -0700 > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Geiger/Bennett/Martin/Sheffield >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JOY.2ACEB/917 > >Message Board Post: > >Dear Anne, > >Thanks so much for your information - If I could only find out who Mary >"Mercy" Martin's parents were and where they were from, then I would have >more of the puzzle - She married a Geiger and I think her father may have >been The Reverend John A. Martin - maybe a Revolutionary War Soldier... > >Best Wishes, >Nancy > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

In a message dated 12/24/2004 10:03:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, giegerg@hotmail.com writes: Seems like a lot of this discussion is being posted to the Geiger Family Query Board when it actually should be placed on the Gieger-L Mailing List because responses to gatewayed board messages never get to the originator. ---- When lists and boards are gatewayed like the GEIGER list and board are--if someone posts a message on the message board the best way to reply is to reply ON the board and let the reply then be gatewayed/copied onto the list. That ensures that the original poster sees the reply--as well as anyone who reads the list or board. Joan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JOY.2ACEB/920 Message Board Post: Hi everyone, I am just starting my Geiger research and already I have a huge brick wall. I have been successful at tracing my Geiger line back to a Michael Geiger who appears in the 1860 and 1870 census. In 1860 he is in Marlborough, Montgomery, Pennsylvania and in 1870 he shows up in Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. The census images show he had atleast six children with wife Sarah. Elizabeth - b. abt. 1843 Emeline - b. abt. 1845 Henry - b abt. May 1849 Magdalena - b. abt. 1851 Etta - b. abt. 1854 Jesse - b. abt. Sep 1858 Because the images also show that all the children and wife Sarah were born in Pennsylvania I expected to find Michael in the 1850 census, but needless to say, I could not find in anywhere, nor could I find him in surrounding states. The 1880 census also, I can not even track down Henry or Jesse in Pennsylvania or surrounding states. Jesse and Henry later make appearances in the 1900 and 1910 census' back in Montgomery County. Also, so far I have not been able to locate them in any local churches for these areas of Montgomery County. So, the images indicated that Michael was born in Wurttemburg, so currently I am doing reearch on all the Geiger's said to have been born in Wurttemburg who were living in Pennsylvania in 1860. My hope is that I can find a brother or sister to Michael, but no luck so far. If anyone has run across this family, or has any suggestions, please contact me. my email is jaevanson@yahoo.com Thank you very much, James Austin Evanson

I will be out of the office starting 12/23/2004 and will not return until 01/04/2005. I will respond to your message when I return.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Geiger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JOY.2ACEB/796.1.1.1 Message Board Post: No, I do not believe so.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Geiger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JOY.2ACEB/796.1.1 Message Board Post: Was your Charles married to a Madeline Miller??

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JOY.2ACEB/917.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Glad we could help. Merry Christmas and welcome to the group! Anne

Nancy, Look at Wayne County GA gen web site for the Bennett geneaology back to Isle of Wight, VA --- Original Message ----- From: <nhiggons@problemshavesolutions.com> To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:16 AM Subject: [GEIGER] Re: Geiger/Bennett/Martin/Sheffield > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Geiger/Martin/Bennett/Clanton > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JOY.2ACEB/917.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Dear Anne, > > Thanks so much for all your correspondence - Ironically, Vinie or Lavivia Geiger Clanton (1830-1910) and the daughter of Lucy Bennett before she died very young - some suggest in childbirth??? and the wife of Charles W. Clanton, were my gg grandparents. My g grandmother was Lucy Corneilia Clanton, who married Dr. J.J. Kennedy of Tatnall County and my grandfather was Donald Bennett Kennedy and my mother is his daughter, That is my relation to the Geigers. > > Any thing else you care to write my way, would be greatly appreciated - all this is very interesting. I knew that Lucinda "Lucy" Bennett Geiger's husband re-married once, but apparently twice and I had no idea that some of the younger boys of the approximately 15!!!! children he had - were Civil War casualties!!! > > Thanks again for everything! > > Have a great Holiday and New Year - > -Nancy > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Geiger/Martin/Bennett/Clanton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JOY.2ACEB/917.2.1 Message Board Post: Dear Anne, Thanks so much for all your correspondence - Ironically, Vinie or Lavivia Geiger Clanton (1830-1910) and the daughter of Lucy Bennett before she died very young - some suggest in childbirth??? and the wife of Charles W. Clanton, were my gg grandparents. My g grandmother was Lucy Corneilia Clanton, who married Dr. J.J. Kennedy of Tatnall County and my grandfather was Donald Bennett Kennedy and my mother is his daughter, That is my relation to the Geigers. Any thing else you care to write my way, would be greatly appreciated - all this is very interesting. I knew that Lucinda "Lucy" Bennett Geiger's husband re-married once, but apparently twice and I had no idea that some of the younger boys of the approximately 15!!!! children he had - were Civil War casualties!!! Thanks again for everything! Have a great Holiday and New Year - -Nancy