It's possible that I may be kin to you. My 2x grand grandfather John. J. Beard was married to Sarah W. Gentry. He was from NC and she was orig. from SC. His brother Oran Blufford Beard was married to her cousin, Sarah E. "Callie" Gentry. One of John J.'s son, William Wilson Beard was married to Callie's sister, Gilly Ann Gentry. They all left GA in mid 1870's and settled at Lytton Springs in Caldwell Co. and Garfield in Bastrop Co. (later was changed to Travis Co.) many of them are buried at Haynies Chapel Cemetery in Garfield. Another one of John J.'s sons was, John Hezekiah Beard. He was named after his gr. grandfather Hezekiah Gentry. Does any of this ring a bell. Shirley of Corpus Christi, Tx. -----Original Message----- From: Mary A. Old <maold@direct.ca> To: GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com <GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [Gentry] Ann Gentry/NC >Hi Mary Ann, > Hope you will contact me if you find any Gentry's in Edgecombe. I >am trying to >get all my misc. Gentry data collated, and then I plan to send it to the >list in case there >is something to help someone else. Good luck in your search. They were >also in AL, where? and in Bastrop and then >Karnes Co. TX. >Mary > >At 09:36 PM 4/17/03 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Mary Ann, I certainly will contact you if I come across anything abt. >>Gentrys in Edgecombe. I think Bill may be correct and my Ann(a) Gentry was >>from VA. I do know she was in Edgecombe but prob. abt. the time of her >>marriage. This has been a very frustrating family to research for me. I >>have decided to go all the way back and review all my old paper files and >>see if I can find anything new or something I have missed. >>Good hunting to you. >>Sharron >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Mary A. Old <maold@direct.ca> >>To: <GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 7:47 PM >>Subject: Re: [Gentry] Ann Gentry/NC >> >> >> > Bill and Sharron, >> > I too am searching for Gentry's purported to have been from >> > Edgecombe,NC. If you get any good hints for searching this area, please >> > pass them on. You will find my query was posted about a week ago. Thank >> > you for sharing and good luck in your research. >> > Mary >> > >> > At 07:32 PM 3/30/03 -0800, you wrote: >> > >Bill, Thank you for responding to my post, I have been looking in >> > >Edgecombe for Ann's birth because we found a tiny slip of paper in an old >> > >ledger of my great grandfather's that said this family probably came from >> > >Edgecombe, NC. No wonder I couldn't find anything about her, except her >> > >connection to the Bakers. >> > >Would you have any suggestions re: where to search? I have found a >> > >zillion Ann Gentrys, seems everyone has one !! >> > >Again, I am appreciative of you taking the time to respond. >> > >Sharron >> > > >> > > >> > >==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== >> > >List Administrator >> > >Norma Adams Questions should be sent to njadams@cinci.rr.com >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== 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 > > > >==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== >SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBING: The only thing that should be in the message body is the single word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE. Don't even put your name. Send mail to: Gentry-L-Request@Rootsweb.com > >

Sure sounds like there is a connection. Can you send a descendancy chart from Hezekiah. I have always thought that was the connection, but could not proove it. The Beard name is not familiar, but I need a birthdate and data for Callie and Gilly Ann as my Andrew/Aaron Jones who supposedly m. two Gentry sisters: Ellen Elizabeth and ?. Had a daughter he named Gilly Ann. Just too much coincidence. Very anxious to hear from you. If you think it will be worth it, I could call you. Please include your address and phone in your next note. Also any family stories you may have heard. I just checked the 1880 census and the families of the Gentry's and Beards are about five houses apart. I am very excited. Please write back soon. I have always thought they might be related to Hezekiah. My phone # is (250) (499-2065 ext. 117). We live in an RV park, so you must put in the extension to transfer from the office to our fifth wheel. We have been to Corpus Christie and hope to get back to TX either this year (winter) or next. Mary At 11:30 AM 4/22/03 -0500, you wrote: >It's possible that I may be kin to you. My 2x grand grandfather John. J. >Beard was married to Sarah W. Gentry. He was from NC and she was orig. from >SC. His brother Oran Blufford Beard was married to her cousin, Sarah E. >"Callie" Gentry. One of John J.'s son, William Wilson Beard was married to >Callie's sister, Gilly Ann Gentry. They all left GA in mid 1870's and >settled at Lytton Springs in Caldwell Co. and Garfield in Bastrop Co. (later >was changed to Travis Co.) many of them are buried at Haynies Chapel >Cemetery in Garfield. Another one of John J.'s sons was, John Hezekiah >Beard. He was named after his gr. grandfather Hezekiah Gentry. Does any of >this ring a bell. Shirley of Corpus Christi, Tx. >-----Original Message----- >From: Mary A. Old <maold@direct.ca> >To: GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com <GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 8:37 AM >Subject: Re: [Gentry] Ann Gentry/NC > > > >Hi Mary Ann, > > Hope you will contact me if you find any Gentry's in Edgecombe. I > >am trying to > >get all my misc. Gentry data collated, and then I plan to send it to the > >list in case there > >is something to help someone else. Good luck in your search. They were > >also in AL, where? and in Bastrop and then > >Karnes Co. TX. > >Mary > > > >At 09:36 PM 4/17/03 -0700, you wrote: > >>Hi Mary Ann, I certainly will contact you if I come across anything abt. > >>Gentrys in Edgecombe. I think Bill may be correct and my Ann(a) Gentry >was > >>from VA. I do know she was in Edgecombe but prob. abt. the time of her > >>marriage. This has been a very frustrating family to research for me. I > >>have decided to go all the way back and review all my old paper files and > >>see if I can find anything new or something I have missed. > >>Good hunting to you. > >>Sharron > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: Mary A. Old <maold@direct.ca> > >>To: <GENTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > >>Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 7:47 PM > >>Subject: Re: [Gentry] Ann Gentry/NC > >> > >> > >> > Bill and Sharron, > >> > I too am searching for Gentry's purported to have been from > >> > Edgecombe,NC. If you get any good hints for searching this area, >please > >> > pass them on. You will find my query was posted about a week ago. >Thank > >> > you for sharing and good luck in your research. > >> > Mary > >> > > >> > At 07:32 PM 3/30/03 -0800, you wrote: > >> > >Bill, Thank you for responding to my post, I have been looking in > >> > >Edgecombe for Ann's birth because we found a tiny slip of paper in an >old > >> > >ledger of my great grandfather's that said this family probably came >from > >> > >Edgecombe, NC. No wonder I couldn't find anything about her, except >her > >> > >connection to the Bakers. > >> > >Would you have any suggestions re: where to search? I have found a > >> > >zillion Ann Gentrys, seems everyone has one !! > >> > >Again, I am appreciative of you taking the time to respond. > >> > >Sharron > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== > >> > >List Administrator > >> > >Norma Adams Questions should be sent to njadams@cinci.rr.com > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== 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 > > > > > > > >==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== > >SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBING: The only thing that should be in the message >body is the single word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE. Don't even put your name. >Send mail to: Gentry-L-Request@Rootsweb.com > > > > > > >==== GENTRY Mailing List ==== >Ancestry's Gentry Message Board: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.gentry