There are some Gentrys mentioned in this post from the NCNR list. Norma >From: [email protected] >Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:18:59 -0500 (EST) >X-Sender: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: NCNR: New to the list >Sender: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >Amy, I too am researching the Duvalls and Plummers. Mrs. Elizabeth Caulder >is also a Plummer researcher. It is my belief that SAMUEL DUVALL born >1770-80 was the father of: John born ca 1800 m. 1. Mary Plummer, 2. Nellie >Cooper; Mary m. Samuel Plummer in 1819; Thomas born ca 1805 m. 1. Rachel >Gentry, 2. Lucretia Plummer; James born ca 1806 m. 1. Ala ?, 2. Tamsey >Barker; Jarrett born ca 1809 m. Elizabeth "Betsy" Gentry; and Elizabeth born >ca 1815 m. Rev.James Wagg. The 1880 Ashe Co census seems to indicate that >these Duvalls may have come from Maryland; the 1880 census shows that the >parents of John and Jarrett Duvall were both born in Maryland. To me, this >strongly suggests a connection to the progenitor of the Maryland >Duvalls--Marine/Mareen Duvall. There is also some suggestion that they may >have come Randolph or Davie Co NC. An Ashe Co NC Heritage book article on >Rev. James Wagg states that the early Samuel Duvall came to Ashe Co from >DAVIE Co NC (I don't know source of this infor in this article, but a search >of the Davie/Randolph/Rowan Co NC records would help--I haven't done this in >much depth). The Plummers likewise appear to have come from Maryland, but >I'll have to look up that info as I don't have it right in front of me. I >descend from: Samuel Duvall, his son John Duvall who m. Mary Plummer, their >son James Duvall born ca 1823 (I have not absolutely proved this) who >married Elizabeth Baker Young, their son Calvin Duvall (his name was changed >to Young after his parents were divorced) who married Mary Marintha Kilby, >their daughter Lelia Denton Young who married Wade Hampton Jones Sr., their >son Wade H. Jones Jr. who married Della Yates, their daughter Mary Leona >Jones who is my mother. I have a good deal of information on the Duvalls >and would be happy to share it with you. Sincerely, Danny Miller > >At 11:00 AM 10/28/98 PST, you wrote: >>Hi everyone, >> >>Just subscribed to this list and wanted to introduce myself. I'm >>researching DUVALL and PLUMMER in Ashe County. Would love to hear from >>anyone with connections. >> >>I'm trying to find where my Duvalls were before 1840, when Samuel >>(father), Thomas and James (sons) appeared in the Ashe County census. >>Can anyone give me some migration info--maybe a common path many Ashe >>County residents followed to get there? >> >>Thanks, >>Amy Hatcher Ryan >>[email protected] >> >>______________________________________________________ >>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> > > > My Eastern Kentucky Surnames http://www.angelfire.com/oh/myfamilygenes/ Adams/Baker/Bivens/Brashears/Cornett/Dotson/ Gentry/Lykins/Stamper And Werner of Franklin Co., Indiana