Dear Gentry searchers, After much mucking around on the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) at <A HREF="www.familysearch.org"> www.familysearch.org</A>, I found the *probable* film number for the Rev War pension record for Meshack Gentry. (Do you think it is cataloged under Revolutionary War pensions? Wrong!) I say *probable* film number because Gentry's name, if he did get a pension, falls between the surnames of Geesler (John) and Geohegan (Anthony). The film number you want for Gentry is *probably* 971061. It will cost you in the neighborhood of about $3.00 plus some probable shipping charges, etc. to borrow the film from Salt Lake City for about three weeks through your LDS center--and a few public libraries which have agreements with Salt Lake City. It takes weeks for some of these films to get to your LDS center, but the wait is probably cheaper than ordering a costly pension record from NARA (National Archives). You may still want to order the record from NARA, but do a preview first. Be mindful that there are nearly 3,000 reels of film pertaining to the Rev War pension records of servicemen and their widows, an act passed by Congress ca 1832. There were other pension acts, but I assume the pension you are referring to for Gentry is under the act of 1832. Now--if you are near an LDS center, telephone and found out the days and hours of opening. Call the church on a Sunday, when someone is probably around to answer the phone, if you don't get an answer on a weekday. If it is a widow's pension, there is LOTS of genealogical information in the pension record. And you will want to acquire the pension in that case. If you want to view the online FHL catalog for these pension records, use this topic: United States, Veterans Administration And be patient--the list is long for nearly 3,000 reels of film. (Don't print out the list, unless you have a ream of paper.) For those of you near large libraries, city or county or State or University, try to find an online catalog for any or all those libraries, and call up the author Virgil D. White. Mr. White loves to compile indexes of all kinds of US military pensions, and if you see his books on shelves at your library, you certainly want to take a look. I had a missing German ancestor, whom, rumor had it, was in the US Army and floated around the country, apparently abandoning wife and four children. I picked up one of Virgil D. White's indexes of Old War pension claims, and found two men by that surname. At that time, the photocopies from NARA were less expensive, and I ordered both of the pensions. Lo, and behold, one of them was my missing ancestor, who had joined the US Army ca 1852 in New Orleans (Army register on film). And the pension file was full of information--divorce from first wife, death certificate for first wife, affidavit of second husband of first wife, etc. A gold mine!!! But, there are NO guarantees in genealogy. You may not be so lucky! Happy hunting! E.W.Wallace interested in the Gentrys and Harrises of Albemarle Co., VA & Madison Co., KY

Hi Jennifer! Meshack is my ancestor, too. He's my 4th great grandfather. I don't have his pension record, but have seen references to it. I would be interested if you find a copy. How do you descend from Meshack? Meg Gentry Bookout BOOTSYBUD@aol.com wrote: > Meshack Gentry is my 5th great grandfather. Is there anyone who has a copy of > his pension file. He was in Monroe. Co. Tn in 1836 and listed his age as 88 > yrs. on his record. Thanks for any help given. > > Jennifer > > > ==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== > Genforum Gentry forum: > http://genforum.genealogy.com/gentry/ > >

Meshack Gentry is my 5th great grandfather. Is there anyone who has a copy of his pension file. He was in Monroe. Co. Tn in 1836 and listed his age as 88 yrs. on his record. Thanks for any help given. Jennifer

Hi List: I'm trying to find Edward Vernon Gentry. Or any of his family. They are from Knoxville, TN. I think that Edward would be around 72-80 years of age now he has a brother named William (Bill) and Edwards wife was named Georgia. They had a daughter. Also live at times in FL. If this rings a bell with any one out there PLEASE let me know as it is very important to me.

Good Morning! I received the following message. If anyone can help, send to the address below. Norma I am searching for any decendents of Arthur Gentry, married to Willie Mae Syke. Arthur believed to have died between 1 August 1921 and 7 May 1922. Believed to have lived in Stone County, Mississippi. Any information is greatly appreciated. --- MackCain --- <mailto:mackcain@earthlink.net>mackcain@earthlink.net --- Thought for the day: Be the first to say "Hello".

My Gentry's are from Salem, Cumberland, & Gloucester Co's, NJ. And, so far, are NOT related to the southern families,(NC,SC,VA etc)or any other Gentry line. I've tried for years to connect to the 1909 book without luck. William & Thomas Gentry of NJ were mentioned, but not connected. I (at this time) think that my (NJ) Gentry's are German not English. I read that William (below)had brothers Moses, Ebenezer, 2 others & some sisters. I haven't found anything out about Moses, Ebenezer or the other siblings so I check all leads. As of 11/20/02, Moses Gentry, of Cumberland Co., NJ, Letters of administration granted by Joseph Moore, Surrogate, on 6 Dec 1854, to William Gentry. There is also mention of a Moses Gentry serving in the war of 1812. WILLIAM GENTRY & MARGARET HECTOR were married in Salem Co., NJ, 8 Dec 1803. William c1768-c1855 & Margaret c1780-19 Aug 1856 Bridgeton, Cumberland Co., NJ... William m/ 2nd ? unknown & m/3rd a widow Mrs. Rachel DUNHAM CHILDREN: 1) MARGARET 1790-1879 m/ George KELLY from Phili, PA 2) MARY ?-c1878 m/ James KELLY 20 Mar 1824 (bro of George?) 3) SARAH 4) NAOMI 3 Apr 1810-5 Nov 1837, Bridgeton, m/ Dayton B. WHITEKAR 25 Nov 1835 5) a stillborn child 6) CASPER H. Aug 1817- 10 Dec 1898 Williamstown, Gloucester Co., NJ, m/ Ann HARTMAN c1828- d/o Daniel & Ann (SHAVER) HARTMAN 7) JOHN 10 Aug 1806 Centerton, Salem Co., NJ- 3 Oct 1875 Upper Pitsgrove Twp., Salem Co., NJ 8) HENRY M/ Ann Elizabeth HUSTED d/o Reuben & Keziah (MOORE) HUSTED 9) JANE 10) HANNAH (from 2nd wife of William) m/ William VANLEER Would appreciate anything that you may be able to add to this line. Thanks for your time. Dave

----- Original Message ----- From: barbara smith To: LEE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 3:40 PM Subject: Lee William /Polly Underwood Need any help on these lines. Thank you Libby for your help! Yes that is my mess. And the DEES is right. Mary "Polly" had 2 sons but can't find a birth on either or a marriege on Polly to say who the father was.And on James that married Martha no Sutton family has him in their family line so don't know who he belongs to. Mary "Polly" is my gggrandmother I am from her son James Sutton. Is there anything I can scan and send to help you since you are helping me so much. I do really want to thank you for helping me. My Wlliam Leach gggrandfather was liveing with Jonathan Dees at 8 can't find his family either. Barbara FROM LIBBY, .I found info where William Lee was born 1796 in Knox Co Tn.... 1---I have found where his daughter Martha married twice once to Levi Gentry and first marriage to James Sutton ...in one of the census she is living with Levi Gentry along with some of the Sutton Children..in the homes was Martah A Lee married to Levi Gentry both his parents listed as from SC he was age 70 she was 49 with parents born in Tn...children living with them were James Sutton a grandson age 15 born in Mo and Aggie Sutton grandaughter 25 born Mo and Marth M Sutton grand-daughter 7 born in Mo 2---In the next few households there was a Johnathan Gentry and wife Martha and another shows William Dees age 25 ( wonder if this one is a Lee instead of Dee) 3--The Children of Martha Lee Sutton were Wiliam 1845 Mary Polly 1846 Aggie 1848 Mevina 1849 Louis 1852 4--Mary Polly d/o Martha and James died in 1882 Iron Co Mo her child James Walter Sutton born 1865 Mo married a Tryphenia Leach ( children are Saphonia , Lillie, James, Roy , Leo) her child Lewis Patrick died April 1943 in Ok married Ammetha Carr born 1874 Tx they married ind Ark and had 12 children 5--Martha death record states she died in Ky 6--In 1850 census of Wayne CO Mo James is age 66 and Martha 7--In 1840 showed James Sutton living alone with two males 20-25 8--Martha Died Jan 24 1918 9-There was a ELijah Underwood whose will was probated 1813 Knox Co these descendants went on to Mo 10--The Lee family of Knox Co were located in Seven Island James Sutton had two sons by another marriage named Sylavanie married Malvina Catron she was born in Mo 1822 (children were Margaret, Manerva, Euphann? Sarah J ,, Mary j, George Washington, Alfred , Jane) 11-There was a Martha Lee Polly daughter of William Jackson Lee and Mary this line comes don from the Ky Lees 12--found one bit of info says Jonas (James) Sutton born 1824 married Martha Jane Lee the daughter of David Lee this line comes from Richard Lee family These are just some notes I have taken down today..........let me know if you see a hint in these notes that I am overlooking......am getting very curious about this line of Lees .......Libby ----- Original Message ----- From: barbara smith To: bhdotson Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 3:54 PM Subject: Re: knxmrl-l....marriage records of Lee William /Polly Underwood Hi, Thank you so very much for helping me. The 1889 is mine. Yes that is mine where is the marrige records from? Barbara eor@saber.net ----- Original Message ----- From: bhdotson To: barbara smith Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 2:30 PM Subject: knxmrl-l....marriage records of Lee William /Polly Underwood Barbara ....scroll down to the Lees ......Libby

I cannot locate your Gentry-Dollar (or vice versa) family. However, recently I was told about the search engine <A HREF="www.google.com">www.google.com</A> as a useful tool for genealogy. Put the name "James Dollar" or whatever name in quotation marks, and perhaps you will find a genealogy-linked URL to help you find some fellow (or girl) searchers. Sometimes you strike out--I put in the name of a person I was searching and found a like-named person was on Death Row. And you will find several living persons by that name, perhaps. However, by quickly searching not only the headline but also the URL, you can determine whether it is genealogy-linked. James Dollar brought up ten screens of hits. Needless to say, I did not scan them all. I have too much uncompleted genealogy myself. How about a search for Lumpkin Dollar? E.W.Wallace

I have reached a brick wall that is reinforced with solid steel. I would appreciate anyone with Gentry family from SC to please take pity on a poor old worked myself cross eyed fellow genealogy nut! Our early life started with Margaret Gentry she came from SC in 1840 to Forsyth county GA. According to Forsyth census she had a sister named Tempy that was married to a James Dollar. In the 1880 census she is listed as head of household with her son Lumpkin, and her sister Tempy Dollar, and another sister Elisabeth Smith, all three are listed as widowed, and they are all in one household. Poor Lumpkin who is listed as 19 years old and also living in that household!! If any of you have a Margaret Gentry born around 1840 in SC with a sister Tempy born around 1830 and another younger sister named Elisabeth PLEASE HELP ME!!! Thank you, Jane and David Gentry

Hi, Here's the link to the Gentry Archives if anyone wants to do some searching. They go back to Dec. 1997 when the list started. http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GENTRY Norma from - Middletown, Ohio Family Page: http://www.angelfire.com/oh/myfamilygenes Gentry Records Page: http://members.tripod.com/~nanny_4/index.html

My father, Eldred Gentry, Sr., served in the Navy in WWI. He was an Aviation Machinist Mate, 1st Class, stationed at Pensacola, FL. He was orphaned at one year of age, but later learned his family was from Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana. There are also many Gentrys from a neighbouring county, Spencer County. I don't see many references to the Indiana Gentrys in the messages at this address. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has any knowledge about them. I have a small amount of information, but I am new at genealogy. Eldred Gentry, Jr.

I have had a lot of soldiers and sailors in my family. My grandson Patrick is serving right now in the navy. My youngest son served for 5 years in the navy. My husband was communications officer aboard the USS Spangler from 1953-1956. My uncle who raised me, his mother was a Gentry, served in the army engineer corp. He helped build the Burma Road in 1945-46. My husbands uncle served in the army during W.W.II. He was in the Intelligence end of it. He received the Metal of Merit for his efforts. My grandfather Warren and his brother were in the Civil War. And we had men serving in the Revolutionary War, the French and Indian War and the War of 1812. Thank you for letting me ramble. GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS henri

I am not sure about the Gentry's but my husband was in the Air Force 1961-1964 and his brother served honorably in the Korean War, in fact he was in MacArthur's Honor Guard in Tokyo, Japan, too. SBarkley Descendent of the Gentrys from Madison/Buncombe County NC,

No "Gentry" Vets from my Gentry's from Southern New Jersey... but I'm David C. Allegretti, USN, Uss Ticonderoga CVA-14, Viet Nam, 1967-70

In loving memory of David Nolen Gentry born July 4, 1922, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, to Zeb and Gertrude Butner Gentry died April 29, 1944, Minturno, Italy [This is an uncle I never knew. When he was born on July 4, the doctor prophetically said, "This is Uncle Sam's baby.] Sara Binkley Tarpley

My father (Ernest Clifton Shelton) is not a Gentry, my mother is, but I am so proud of him and wanted to share. He served in WWll as an engineer after working in the CCC for a few years. He was in England for two years, then joined the Normandy invasion on D-4. He marched through Paris and on to Liege, Belgium where he joined Patton's third army. He took pictures the entire length of his service and we have a wonderful pictorial documentation of the European phase of the war from protecting England, the Normandy invasion, marching through Germany and even a picture of Patton telling the men that the war was over. I have managed to document the date and place of that because it was the one time that Patton did not wear his pearl handled pistols according to Pattons own diary. The last picture my father took was on the ship looking over the men's heads as they looked toward the Statue of Liberty, it still makes me cry. On this day in 1944 my Granny Shelton was praying that my Dad, another son General, a prisoner of Bataan, and another son Louis, in the Pacific on a ship, would all be home for Thanksgiving. They made it. Thanks for letting me share. Debra Lisenbee daughter of Alice Gentry Shelton, daughter of George Franklin Gentry, son of John William Gentry, son of William Gentry who died in the Civil War (also stepson of Bate Barry a great war hero of Texas) grandson of Raleigh (Rolly) of Mason County Texas.

In memory of Harold Paul Gentry, born 19 June 1908 in Ssherman, Grayson Co., TX; died 16 Dec. 1967 in Denison, Grayson Co., TX. Harold was a son of Herbert Lee Gentry and Lula Richard. Harold served in New Guinea, during World War II as a labrratory technician and at Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver CO. Emma Gene Gentry EmmaGene@GentrySoft.com

I have a Phoby Lee on the 1860 Wayne Co. Mo. census she is in the home of David Gentry and Martha Sutton. Need any help you can give. Barbara eor@saber.net

God Bless America and my Veteran is my husband, J.C. Gentry-USNS/LST 836, Seaman 1st Class and Honor Guard in Tokyo, Japan, 1951-55. Thank you to all Veterans! T. Gentry _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Meg Gentry Bookout You have a family of historical value, my hat is off to you, I myself am a Veteran, I served 20 years in the Navy, one tour on a Minesweeper so I know what that is, I was a Medical Corpsman and the Marines have none so I was sent to serve with the Marines twice in Vietnam, I am now retired and am on 100% disability because of service connected disabilities. My GGG Grandmother was Tabithia Gentry d/o Watson Gentry of Surry County NC, she married William Hodges of Surry County, NC Coy Hodge Sr. HM1/USN/Retired Thomasville, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bookout" <bookout@qnet.com> To: <GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [Gentry] Veteran's Day > My 4th g-grandfather Meshack Gentry served in the Revolutionary War, > with DAR records that are unverified. One battle he fought was the > Battle of Eutaw Springs. His grandson Pinkney Burton Gentry (my > gg-grandfather) fought for both the Blue and the Grey in the Civil War > (known in my Tennessee family as "the late unpleasantness") and he did > not want to acknowledge his service-he never applied for his pension or > even talked about the war. My father Dale Gentry served in the Korean > War-he taught at the minesweeping school at Norfolk, VA (where he met my > mother, and I was born!) My brother Michael Gentry served in the Navy in > the Vietnam War. Those are the family members who served in the military > in my Gentry family (that I can think of off the top of my head). > Meg Gentry Bookout > > Norma Adams wrote: > > > Good Morning, > > Today is Veteran's Day, Nov. 11, 2002. If anyone wants to post the > > name of their Gentry veterans, please feel free to do so. > > > > To the veterans on our list, THANK YOU! > > > > Norma > > > > > > from - Middletown, Ohio > > Family Page: http://www.angelfire.com/oh/myfamilygenes > > Gentry Records Page: http://members.tripod.com/~nanny_4/index.html > > > > > > ==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== > > The Gentry List has 195 List mode subscribers and 58 Digest > > subscribers. Please resubmit your queries often. > > > > > > > ==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== > Gentry List Threaded Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENTRY >