You are right...A lot of the Gieger's who descend from Abraham are bald in later life...but I'm not...however, all that I know about him is what Chubb wrote...no one else has ever printed anything about him, other than his name and birthyear...YOU can research him and be famous...<G> >From: <bzb@houston.rr.com> >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] James Geiger >Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:41:44 -0600 > >Scalped? Oh sure, leave it to a man to say that... it was probably just >baldness. No, seriously, he was still in Nassau Co. during the 1870 >census. >So if he was scalped, he would have been very old and it wouldn't have been >much of a trophy. :-) > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gerald Gieger" <giegerg@hotmail.com> >To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 2:13 PM >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] James Geiger > > > > The Jacob who was living in Nassau County is likely Cornelius' son who > > married Marjory Simmons ca1845...Their son Henry J. (b ca1826FL) was >married > > to a Martha. As far as I know, Cornelius had no son named James, however >our > > Abraham and Mercy did, and he was born in 1808...He is the one Chubb >says > > was scalpped...He had older brothers in that part of FL...John, Abraham, > > Jr., Joshua, and several cousins from the Martin side and Felix Sr's. > > descendants. > > > > I know that some of the Pacifist in SC ran over to the Caribbean Is. >when > > the War started, so some might have come back from Bermuda...but they >lost > > all their lands if they did... > > > > > > > > >From: <bzb@houston.rr.com> > > >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] James Geiger > > >Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 12:41:35 -0600 > > > > > >Hey, Gerry, I just saw something interesting: there's a J. Geiger >living > > >in > > >Baldwin Co, GA in 1860. He was born in 1834 Bermuda. I wonder if >that's > > >where we can find some of the clan who has escaped detection all these > > >years. > > > > > >I found that James GIEger (b. 1808 GA) who married Martha Harris: He >was > > >living in Nassau Co, FL in 1860. Jacob GIEger (b. 1797 GA) was also >living > > >in that county. I have this Jacob as the son of Cornelius so I'm >guessing > > >that James might be a brother. > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Gerald Gieger" <giegerg@hotmail.com> > > >To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:14 AM > > >Subject: RE: [GEIGER] James Geiger > > > > > > > > > > Several years ago, a lady contacted me about a James Samuel Geiger >who > > >was > > > > supposed to be her progenitor, but he was not of the same age as >mine. >I > > > > have changed hard-drives since then, and can't recall her name, but > > >seems > > > > like she was in the Nassau County FL area. The name Martha Harris >seems > > > > familiar also, but it might be due to some other connection... > > > > > > > > The Shuman Family Book by Earlene Shuman Geiger, includes Abraham >and > > > > Mercy's son James (b1808), but lists no info. Chubb Geiger's book >says > > >he > > > > was scalped by Indians. Since Glynn County is South of Bryan County >and > > > > along the route to FL, it is possible that he married during >migration > > >to > > > > FL, to join his older brothers and cousins...There are many Geiger > > > > descendants in the St Mary's Bend area of GA and FL...Perhaps some >of > > >them > > > > will be able to identify this James... > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: <bzb@houston.rr.com> > > > > >Reply-To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > > > > >To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > > > > >Subject: [GEIGER] James Geiger > > > > >Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 19:07:50 -0600 > > > > > > > > > >James Geiger married Martha Harris on 11/30/1837 in Glynn Co., GA. >Who > > > > >were his parents? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > One-click access to Hotmail from any Web page - download MSN Toolbar > > >now! > > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > > > > Check out our GEIGER homepage at: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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