Hey, Billie, Got an url web site address you'd like to give us with that? :) CindyHMB At 06:39 PM 1/23/2002, Billie Walsh wrote: >I just found a great site for historic maps. They have 6480 maps online >dating from late 1700's to recent, that's right 6480 and more coming. I >haven't had time to check out all the features but what I saw was >incredible. They are even adding 3-D to some with a "flythrough" feature. >WAY COOL!!!!! > > >(o:]>*Huggles*<[:o) >Billie and Tracie Walsh >The three best words in the English Language: >"I LOVE YOU!" >Pass them on. > > >==== HADLEY Mailing List ==== >Visit the Hadley Society Website at: >http://www.HadleySociety.org > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I just found a great site for historic maps. They have 6480 maps online dating from late 1700's to recent, that's right 6480 and more coming. I haven't had time to check out all the features but what I saw was incredible. They are even adding 3-D to some with a "flythrough" feature. WAY COOL!!!!! (o:]>*Huggles*<[:o) Billie and Tracie Walsh The three best words in the English Language: "I LOVE YOU!" Pass them on.

I am posting this for Laura Malelu - she is interested in contacts with other HADLEY researchers who tie into the CLARK line which marries into the Hadley line several times. John CLARK who married Ann PRICE is the grandson of John CLARK whose daughter Sarah married William HADLEY at Cane Creek. They went on to Ohio to what is now Clarksville. She has a lot of information she would love to share. Please contact her directly: Laura Malelu malelu@alltel.net

Found these hunting someone else. http://www.interment.net/data/us/ar/pulaski/littlenat/littlerock_griham.htm Little Rock National Cemetery Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas Hadley, Billy W, b. 04/26/1934, d. 02/09/1969, CPL ARMY, Plot: 14 1861, bur. 02/14/1969, * Hadley, Eloise, b. 10/28/1927, d. 12/22/1972, Plot: 16 228, bur. 12/28/1972, * Hadley, Granval C, b. 10/08/1951, d. 05/31/1999, US Navy, YN, Res: Little Rock, AR, Plot: 22 0 51, bur. 06/17/1999 Hadley, Otha Lee, b. 05/11/1915, d. 12/23/1968, SGT US ARMY, Plot: 14 649, bur. 12/30/1968, *

I was sent some info today that contained Dorothy Sargent b. 12 Sep 1740 d/o Philip Sargent and Martha Hadley. They have her married: abt 1760 to Amos Hadley b. 12 Oct 1739 30 Jul 1795 to Hazadiah Woodbury b. 11 Sep 1740 Salem, NH Amos is the son of Samuel Hadley and Sarah Whittaker It was also mentioned that Amos Hadley's will was administrated by son Abel and wife Dolly. Does anyone have anything on the will. Can anyone verify the marriage between this Amos Hadley and Dorothy Sargent??? Ronald Colby rmcolby@micro-net.com Salt Lake City, Utah I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart. Home page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam List Administrator for: COLBY-L@rootsweb.com UTSEVIER-L@rootsweb.com

Her parents were Simon Hadley and Mary Spencer. JoanCase@deseretmail.com http://members.tripod.com/JoanCase http://members.tripod.com/perryman_2 ----- Original Message ----- From: <NStan22287@aol.com> To: <HADLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 11:46 PM Subject: [HADLEY] Abigail Hadley > I'm still looking for the parents of my Abigail Hadley and hope somebody > may have come across some information. > Abigail was born 14 September 1789 In Surry County, NC (no verification). > She was married to Jacob Brown, Jr., on 17 October 1814 - I do have a record > of this - and shortly thereafter they moved to Preble County, Ohio. Her > probate records are dated in February 1864 in Preble County. > Thanks for any help you can give me. > > Norma Standard >

I'm still looking for the parents of my Abigail Hadley and hope somebody may have come across some information. Abigail was born 14 September 1789 In Surry County, NC (no verification). She was married to Jacob Brown, Jr., on 17 October 1814 - I do have a record of this - and shortly thereafter they moved to Preble County, Ohio. Her probate records are dated in February 1864 in Preble County. Thanks for any help you can give me. Norma Standard

Hello and happy New Year, Every now and then you finally find a missing piece of the puzzle. This piece was sent to me by our friend, cousin, and fellow researcher, John Dean of Alabama. We had been told that my great, great grandfather, John Hadley, was in the Civil War. Fighting for the South of course!! But I have searched for years and never have found a scrap of evidence. Below is the article sent to me by John Dean. You will notice that John Hadley is listed as a private in the very last section. I know this is my John Hadley as this battle was fought only a few miles from where they lived and many of the other names in the list are neighbors and other relatives. I hope to find more info about his activities, now that we have a firm place to commence. A big THANK YOU to John Dean. I hope you enjoy the story. John Hadley PS Although very grateful, I will not kiss John Dean as he is not my type. John; Don't try and kiss me next Thanksgiving, a mere handshake will do. I think you will find what you have been looking for a long time in the text below. Not only that, they were fighting near the area they lived. John B. Engish's Independent Co of Mounted Inf Posted By: Robert McMillan Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001, at 10:28 a.m. ***Tri State News Section of The Mobile Register***** SURVIVOR OF FINAL CIVIL WAR BATTLES TELLS OF HEROISM OF CONFEDERATE MEN CH Driesbach, of Baldwin County. One of the Few Veterans Left, Relates how Flag Bearer, Although Mortally Wounded, Held His Banner Aloft and Tried to Give Famous Rebel Yell, Gives Graphic Description of Closing Combats In Alabama Special to the Register: Bay Minette, Ala., Jan 27- With his form as erect as the day when he first donned the uniform of Gray to fight for a cause he believed was right, but with father time gradually lessening the virile resistance that once characterized this Son of the South, CH Driesbach, of Baldwin County, and one of the few survivors that marked the closing of the Civil War, graphically relates events leading up to what was said to be the last battle in this section. History relates to the generation that followed the war descriptions of the decisive battles, but as Mr. Driesbach says, little is said about some of the closing combats that proved vital to the South and where many Alabama Heroes 'went west', whose names are cherished by those who survived, but whose identity has been lost in the cataclysm that followed. It was on April 11, 1865, according to Mr. Driesbach that one of the last battles of the Civil War was fought near here and although strongly outnumbered by the federal troops, a strong resistance was put up. It was in this battle he recalls, that Harry Davis, the flag bearer of the Confederate Soldiers, although mortally wounded propped himself up against a tree and held his flag aloft and vainly tried to give the 'Rebel Yell'. The Battle occurred in Monroe County when what was estimated 3000 federal troops under the command of Lucus clashed with the 15th Cavalry commanded by LT Col Myers and a company of Mounted Infantry, commanded by Capt TC English. Captain English was a brother to General McClelland, It was English' company Mr. Driesbach was a member of and one of the few survivors after the engagement. "Our Company was guarding a bridge on Little River, between Baldwin and Monroe counties", Mr. Driesbach says, "while the 15th Cavalry, or rather part of it was at Claiborne, Monroe County. On the morning of April 11, 1865. General Lucus and his men were coming up the Highway from Stockton. The Confederate Troops came together at what is now known as Eliska. The federals numbered about 3000 and the Confederates had something like 200. Arrangements had been madebetween Captain Barlow and Colonel Myers that Capt Barlows company should make a detour and reach the rear of the enemy and advance in echelon formation. The strength of the enemy was not known at the time. Colonel Myers decided to wait and attack the enemy in front." "Shortly after Barlow left on his mission, Arrington's company of the 15thCav, used as an advance Guard met the enemy and it was plainly seen they were outnumbered. Col Myers then gave the command to charge and at the same time the 'rebel yell' went up. We drove the advance guard back to about 1/4 of a mile when we came in contact with the enemy consisting of about 3000 men.The fighting was fierce, continued for about 20 minutes, when we were forced to retire. Harry Davis the flag bearer was shot in about 20 feet of where I was at, and getting off his horse, sat down by a pine tree and was last seen holding the flag aloft". Several were killed "Besides several being killed about 50 of our men were captured.. In the retreat William HH Greenwood and myself accompanied the few of the REGT, which was left to a rendezvous near Claiborne, Al. About April 20 all troops in south Al were ordered to Gainesville to be paroled. Davis the Flag bearer was buried on what is now known as the home of Capt CA Marriot." "My experience during the war, like many another rebel, has been sometimes dark and sometimes bright. I sometimes hear the boys who have gone before tapping on my chamber door calling 'Come o're, Come o're' Following is the official muster roll of Capt English's company that participated in the final battles: Oct 3 1864 TC English, Capt: TP Atkinson, 1st LT: Jonathon English, 2nd LT: Joseph Booth 3rd LT: JF Boyles, 1st SGT: Joel Bullard, 2nd SGT: H McKenzie, 3rd SGT: TJ Booth, 4th SGT: John H Fry 5th Sgt.: James Earle. 1st CPL: James Singleton, 2nd Cpl.: Charles Engish, 3rd Cpl: TR Dean 4th Cpl. Privates: WW Adams. M Boyles, William Barr, WJ Bayles. JB Belt, AW Bryant, John R Coone, HT Crapps, TJ Carter, H Conway, Joeseph Daniels, M Deas, JM Dudley, WM Deas, J Daily, CH Driesbach, F Earle, A Feast, H Fort, M Ford, WBF Green, W Gibson, JA Griffen, John Greenwood Jr, J Grisett, BH Harrison, CH Henderson, HJ Hunt, John Hadley, BF Hardie. H Jones, W Kyle, TH Kraus, DR King, S Lo?max, JJ Lock, Richard McGee, , WA Mathison, S Moniac, T McCarthy, MC Middleton, RH Moon, ET Moseley, John A Norwood, JN Powell, S Rodgers, RJ Richardson, John W Shomo, JB Steadham, SH Spencer, JW Stiggins, Joseph Stapleton, John Stapleton, R Talbert, E Thompson, C Weatherford, A McG Weatherford, EG Wiggins, John L White, John D Weatherford, A Boheman, OP Hall, Reuben Stapleton, YM Dannelly

Does anyone also have these names in their surname list? PYLE, HUNT, SAWYER? I found several old photos in an antique shop in CO. They are all related. I'd like to find "family" for these photos.

My Headley/Hadley family was living in New Jersey before 1800. I've not had time to research this family back to their immigration. However, your message is going into my Hadley file as a possible clue should I live long enough to do that. Maggie Kitts ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn" <lynn.nug@sympatico.ca> To: <HADLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 7:53 AM Subject: [HADLEY] Margaret 1829-1908 England > Dear Listers, > > HAPPY NEW YEAR. > > Are any of you researching the HADLEY name in England? Specifically from > Gillingham, Kent. My g.g.grandmother was Margaret HADLEY born there in 1829. > She married Charles Arthur PACKER and lived in Sittingbourne, Kent until her > death on 29 May 1908. > > I don't know anything else about her and can find no record of her in the > IGI at the Latter Day Saints Site other than her marriage. > > Any information greatly appreciated. > Best Wishes, > Lynn in Montreal > Interests: > NUGENT,MCHUGH/McCUE,HARRISON in Ireland and Lanark,Scotland > NUGENT,STONEHOUSE/STONAS, CARR,CUTHBERT,PRATT,NOBLE in Yorkshire and > Co.Durham > DITCHBURN,TAYLOR,EVANS,WATSON,WALTON,SMITH,TIPLADY in Co.Durham > MOORE,TAYLOR,COPPING in Norfolk > PACKER,PREBBLE,SMEED,HADLEY,LUCAS,TERRY,SEATH,SEALT,MORIS,VINCER,NOBLE,BURCH > ,LILLY,GIBBON,HORNE,ALLEN,COPPIN in Kent > > > ==== HADLEY Mailing List ==== > Look over posts on the GenForum Hadley pages. Go to > http://genforum.genealogy.com/hadley/ > to get started. Lots of other forums to check out, as well! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Dear Listers, HAPPY NEW YEAR. Are any of you researching the HADLEY name in England? Specifically from Gillingham, Kent. My g.g.grandmother was Margaret HADLEY born there in 1829. She married Charles Arthur PACKER and lived in Sittingbourne, Kent until her death on 29 May 1908. I don't know anything else about her and can find no record of her in the IGI at the Latter Day Saints Site other than her marriage. Any information greatly appreciated. Best Wishes, Lynn in Montreal Interests: NUGENT,MCHUGH/McCUE,HARRISON in Ireland and Lanark,Scotland NUGENT,STONEHOUSE/STONAS, CARR,CUTHBERT,PRATT,NOBLE in Yorkshire and Co.Durham DITCHBURN,TAYLOR,EVANS,WATSON,WALTON,SMITH,TIPLADY in Co.Durham MOORE,TAYLOR,COPPING in Norfolk PACKER,PREBBLE,SMEED,HADLEY,LUCAS,TERRY,SEATH,SEALT,MORIS,VINCER,NOBLE,BURCH ,LILLY,GIBBON,HORNE,ALLEN,COPPIN in Kent

Hi! Does anyone know if the HADLEY reunions in Tyler Co., WV are still being held? Thanks! Mary __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com

Hello, John Dean sent me this listing from the 1850 Wilcox county Alabama census. I have no idea who these Hadleys were, but the names Simon, John and William are tempting. Could these be related to the Royce Culpepper line? Just when I thought I was out........they drug me back in. Happy New Year everyone John Hadley John; How about these Hadley's. Another line? Is there an ancestor chart on this line that you know about? John B. No. Line 798 25 HADLEY Amelia P. 12 AL pg00798.txt 798 21 HADLEY Barbara 25 AL pg00798.txt 798 18 HADLEY Basil 52 SC pg00798.txt 798 20 HADLEY Catherine 27 AL pg00798.txt 798 19 HADLEY Eleanor 49 SC pg00798.txt 798 22 HADLEY Elizabeth 20 AL pg00798.txt 798 26 HADLEY John 8 AL pg00798.txt 798 24 HADLEY Simon B. 14 AL pg00798.txt 798 23 HADLEY William 17 AL pg00798.txt

http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+289336545001+ F CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Cemetery on Philippi Church Road ==================================================================== From An Article Appearing in the Fayetteville Observer, June 9, 2001 - ....The church is on Philippi Church Road in Eastern Hoke County. Beyond the tree line to the southeast of the church lie graves from the early 20th century, most markers are lost or unreadable. A few markers exist and are legible it was a black graveyard. Tom Hadley, who was a farmer, died of an accidental gunshot wound in 1923. Maggie Hadley was a midwife and died in 1921 at the age of 70. Her grave is next to Tom's. Two other Hadleys are buried there including an infant who died in 1921 seven days after its birth. Neill Bandy's headstone is standing, a railroad worker died of pneumonia in 1923. The Rev. F. D. Bandy who died in 1927 is also there. No one know who owns the land, the county said a survey will be done.

CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Joseph John Alston, 30 Sep 1839 http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+201327948112+ F JOSEPH JOHN ALSTON WILL (He was know as "Chatham Jack Alston" Will Bk. C, pg. 120 Chatham Co., N.C. Probated Aug. term, 1841. C.022.80001, page 525-526 (120,121,122,123,124). I Joseph John Alston of the County of Chatham & State of North Carolina, being of sound & disposing mind and memory, revoking all wills by me heretofore made do make, ordain, publish & declare this to be my last Will & Testament in manner and form following viz. First - I give & devise unto my beloved wife Martha all the lands I bought of Joshua Hadley, Levi Johnson & Thomas McCarryl during the term of her natural life. Also as many of my negroes as she may think proper to take out of all those of which I shall die possessed and at her death it is my will that said negroes with their increase be divided equally among all my sons. Also all my Household and kitchen furniture and the stock that belongs to the Home plantations and the plantations known by the name of Hadley's place or Charly's to be entirely at her own disposal - Then I give and devise to my son John Jones Alston & his heirs all the land I bought of Samuel Lindley & Thomas Lindley lying on Cane Creek also one other tract of three hundred acres lying on Harlan's Creek including the house in which he lives on the condition following: that is to say that the said John Jones Alston shall never in any manner whatsoever claim or contend for the property or any part thereof which was willed to him by John Jones of Warren County of which property I have heretofore disposed & if he shall claim or contend for said property then & in that case it is my will that the lands herein devised to him shall be equally divided among my other sons - Item, I give & devise to my son George Washington Alston & his heirs all the lands I bought of Gideon Seawell & Asa Jernagan lying in Moore County. If the lands herein devised to John Jones Alston & George Washington Alston shall be considered more valuable than the land hereinafter given to my other sons, then it is my will that they shall pay over to their brothers as much as shall make all their shares to be of equal value - Item, I give and devise to my son Nathaniel Macon Alston & his heirs all the lands I bought of John Headen & as much more as shall make his part equal in value to the parts of his other brothers - Item, I give & devise to my son Gideon Alston & his heirs all the lands I bought of William Duffy, the Goodwins, the lands my father bought of Dowd & as much more as shall make his part equal in value to the parts of my other sons. Item, I give & devise to Robert Palmer Alston & his heirs the land I bought of Samuel Jackson on Haw River also the lands I bought of my son John Jones Alston on Haw River & as much more as shall make his part equal in value to the parts of my other sons - Item - I give & devise to my son Philip Kearney Alston & his heirs all the lands I bought of James Mebane & McKenzie & as much more as will take in his dwelling house & the spring he uses then down the various courses of said Spring Branch until it intersects the line of land I bought of [Tomkins?] then East with said line & [?] for couplement - Item - I give & devise to my son Joseph John Alston & his heirs all the lands my father bought Tyrrell also all the lands I bought of Jenkins - Item - I give & devise the balance of my lands to all my sons & their heirs in such manner that all their shares shall be of equal value.- It is my will that the lands herein devised to my sons respectively shall be of the same identical value & that each one of my sons older & younger shall pay over to his brothers or receive from his brothers as the case may be so much as shall make all their respective shares of equal value. Item - I give & bequeath to my eldest daughter Elizabeth Kinchen Jackson & her heirs all the negroes which I put into her possession after she was married & the increase of said negroes since that time and in addition to these Twenty four negroes more.- Item I give & bequeath to my Executors hereinafter named & then the survivors or the survivor of them & then the Executor of Administrator of the last survivor the negroes I put into the possession of my daughter Margaret Cotton after she was married & the increase of said negroes since that time and in addition to these Twenty negroes more in special trust & confidence nevertheless for the sole and separate use & benefit of my daughter Margaret & of such children as she now has or may hereafter have exclusive of the jur mariti of her present or any future husband with full power & authority after the death of my said daughter Margaret to divide & allot the same among & between the children of my said daughter, living at the time of her death and the children of any children of my said daughter dying in her lifetime in shares given to each child of my said daughter & to the child or children of my deceased child of my said daughter an equal portion of the said Estate as the parent of said child or children would have been entitled to if he or she had been living at the time of my said daughter's death which division & allottment shall be by deed made by my Executors or any one of them or by the survivors or the survivor of them or their Executors & shall vest the estate so alloted in said child or children or Grandchildren of my said daughter & their heirs absolutely - Item . I give & bequeath to my daughter Emeline Hamlin & her heirs all the negroes I put in her possession after she was married and the increase of said negroes since that time and in addition to them ten negroes more: also, I give & bequeath to my Executors hereinafter named to the survivors or survivor of them & to the Executor of the last survivor Ten negroes in special trust & confidence nevertheless for the sole & separate use & benefit of my said daughter Emeline & of such children as she now has, or may hereafter have, exclusive of the jur mariti of her present or any future husband with full power & authority after the death of my said daughter Emeline to divide & allot the same with their increase among & between the children of my said daughter living at her death & the children of any child who may have died during her life-time in equal shares the children of such child so dying in the life-time of my said daughter representing the parent which devise and allotment shall be by deed executed by any Executors of the survivors or survivor of them or the Executor of the last Survivor & shall vest the property so allotted in the children or grandchildren of my said daughter Emeline & their heirs absolutely. Item I give & bequeath to my Grandsons & namesakes Joseph John Jackson, Joseph John Alston, Joseph John Cotton & Joseph John Hamlin one negro girl each which said negroes shall be of equal value. Item I give & bequeath to my Grandson John Jones Alston one negro - Item - It is my will that the ten negroes I have given to my daughter Emeline over & above those now in her possession and the ten negroes herein given to my executors in trust for the sole use & separate benefit exclusive of the marital right of her present or any future husband making Twenty negroes in number & likewise the twenty negroes given to my Executors in trust for the sole use & separate benefit of my daughter Margaret Cotton exclusive of the marital right of her present or any future husband be of equal value with the twenty negroes given to my daughter Elizabeth Kinchen Jackson & that the remaining four given to my daughter Elizabeth K. Jackson shall be equal in value to any four negroes in either of the three lots given to my said daughters. I wish it known to my family & to the world that I have given my daughter Elizabeth four negroes more than either of her sisters on account of the conduct of her husband Samuel S. Jackson in relation to my Law suit [?]. Item - I give & bequeath to my son John Jones Alston & his heirs all the negroes of mine which he has in his possession also Milly & Nanny (given to me by John Jones of Warren County) & their increase and should they not be equal in number to the lots of his other brothers it is my will that they be made equal - Item I give & bequeath the balance of my negroes not herein otherwise bequeathed to my other sons equally to be divided between them and when a division shall be made each one shall say what number he began with the interest that all of them shall have the same number.- Lastly - I do hereby nominate & appoint my beloved friends Oroon Alston, Edwards Rives, Samuel S. Jackson, Robert Marsh, Dr. John Hawkins, Alfred Marsh ,Daniel Marsh, William A. Rives & all my sons Executors of this my last Will and Testament - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 30th day of September A. D. 1839. Jos. Jn. Alston [SEAL] Signed sealed published & declared by the Testator in our presence to be his last Will & Testament & at his request & in his presence & in presence of each other we did subscribe the same as witnesses thereto. Test. John M. Hill Frederick A. Hill Chatham County August Session 1841 This certifies that the foregoing last Will & testament of Joseph John Alston dec'd was proved in open court by the oath of Frederick A. Hill a subscribing witness thereto & ordered to be recorded. Whereupon John Jones Alston & Samuel S. Jackson two of the Executors therein named appeared in open court & were duly qualified as such - The following persons therein named as Executors having renounced their right to qualify, to wit Oroon Alston, Wm. A. Rives, Robert Marsh, Robert P. Alston & Phillip K. Alston at this Term and A.H. Marsh & Dr. John Hawkins at Nov. Term 1841. Test. N. A. Stedman [?] C.C.C.

CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Mary McCann, 20 April 1824 http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/nc+index+192127641432+ F Mary McCann B 1824, D unkn Mary McCann’s Will; "Be it known that I Mary McCann of Chatham County and State of North Carolina being sick and weak in body but of sound mind and memory, knowing the uncertainty of time, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following, first I order that all my just debts together with my funeral charges be paid; I give and bequeath unto my Aunt Ruth Newlin my bed and furniture left to me by my grand Father Wood; I give and bequeath the remainder of my household furniture and wearing apparel to be equally divided amongst my Cousins, Namely, Rachel Woody, Ealenor Woody, Hannah Woody, Mary Woody, Sarah Andrew, Mary Andrew, Sarah Hadley, Rachel Hadley, Ruth Woody and Rannah Woody; I give and bequeath all my Cash and Cash Notes to my Grand Mother Mary Woody, and unto my Uncle Hugh Woody I give and bequeath one herfer; - and lastly I nominate, constitute and appoint my trusty friend Hugh Woody and John Allen Executors to this my Last will and testament. In witness whereof all I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentyth day of the 4th Month, in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and twenty four.-- Signed and sealed and declared by the said Mary McCann to be her last will and testament in the presence of James Woody (Wit) Joseph Dixon Mary McCann Mary Stuart (Signature) (Seal) Chatham County May Session 1824 The execution of the within Last Will and Testament was duly proved in open Court by James Woody one of the subscribing witnesses, and ordered to be recorded and was recorded in Book B pages 78 and 79 Hugh Woody one of the Executors therin named appeared in open Court and was duly qualified. Clerk Tho. Ragland C.C.C.

Dear Listers, My gg grandmother was Margaret HADLEY born 1829 in Gillingham, Kent. England. She married Charles Arthur PACKER on 28 Nov. 1854 and died in Sittingbourne, Kent 29 May 1908 Does anyone have a connection? Best Wishes, Lynn in Montreal Researching: NUGENT, MCCUE/MCHUGH in Ireland, STONEHOUSE/STONAS, CARR,CUTHBERT in Yorkshire & Durham Lanark, & Co.Durham BARTHOLOMEUS, BEUN,HOSDEZ,TERRYN, DENTURCK,DETURCK,BLOOTACKER,DUFLOO,BOURGEOUS in Belgium DITCHBURN,TAYLOR,EVANS,WATSON,WALTON,SMITH,TIPLADY,PRATT, NOBLE in Durham MOORE, TAYLOR,COPPING, in Norfolk PACKER, PREBBLE,HADLEY,LUCAS,TERRY,SEATH,MORIS,VINCER,NOBLE,BURCH,LILLY,GIBBON,HORNE ,ALLEN in Kent

I just returned from a trip to Alabama to visit my mother and kinfolks for Thanksgiving. I did some genealogical digging and will write a few things down to share with you. This all relates to the southern Hadley line from Benjamin Hadley, son of Thomas and Mary Thompson Hadley. First, the day after Thanksgiving, I met with John Dean, his grandson, Nip Hadley, and Bob Hadley with his nephew. We all went to the old Hadley graveyard at Seven Miles Springs. We had "found" this site 2 years ago and promised to return and clean it up. We all brought tools and cut out small trees, cleaned out brush and weeds and paid respects to our ancestors. None of the graves are marked, but we know it to be the resting place of Ben and Betty Hadley, as well as my great grand father John Benjamin Hadley. After we had driven the vehicles back to the road, (it is rather deep in the back woods), John Dean pulled out some maps and we looked over a lot of the work he has been doing, regarding the placement of the old town of Hadley and some of the lands owned and sold by our ancestors. John has located the long defunct town of Hadley, which he and I have been working on for some months. We have also been trying to identify a parcel named in Ben's will of 1830 called Hadley's Improvement. John Dean had found an application by Jesse Hadley in 1831 for a tract of land on the Alabama River, not too far from the Seven Miles Springs cemetery. We have an old Navy survey from 1819 in which they travel the Alabama River and have an interview with Ben Hadley. The final piece of the puzzle was a document found by John Dean that completely identifies the section, range and township of this parcel. It was then owned by Mary Weatherford. What pulls this together was that Mary Weatherford was the daughter of Ben Hadley's eldest daughter Jane Hadley who married Alexander McGillivrey Weatherford, nephew of the Creek Indian chief, Red Eagle. John Dean has promised to send all of the details, maps, and documents when he is finished studying all of these recent finds, and they will be added to our photo gallery and database. The next day, I drove to Orange Beach AL with my sister Carol and my mother Polly Hadley. My aunt Duck Hadley had died 2 months earlier and the lady who inherited their beach home invited us there to look through all of the old photos and documents. I was hoping to find a photo of my great grandmother, Sarah Cruit Hadley, the only great grand parent for whom I do not have a photograph. No luck there. There used to be one in an old trunk but much had already disappeared. One good piece of fortune was that my only Hadley first cousin Joseph Hadley was there with his wife Pat. They own the beach house next door, but are rarely there. I did find an old box with about 100 or more photos in it. We sat around on the porch looking through all of these photos and talking about the family and old times. Two photos of importance were found. One of my grandfather, Joseph William Hadley, as a youth, and one of my grandmother (Joe's wife), Pauline Elizabeth Simmons Hadley, as a teen-ager with her two sisters. We did not have any photos of these Hadley grandparents except as adults. Many other photos were identified that would mean a lot to other non-Hadley cousins and we made sure family members got these photos before I left. Two days later we drove to Pensacola Florida and met Earlene Porter. Her husband is a Hadley descendent and she has done some excellent work on the family history. Of particular interest were some applications for Indian monies from applications made in 1906-7. We have the applications of 5 of Simon and Caroline Stewart Hadley's children. All of these were denied by the government because our family has Creek Indian ancestors, not Cherokee. There is much work yet to be done before we can clarify the meaning of these documents, but the bottom line is that the Hadley Indian genetics come via the Stewart girls. This is very significant in that three Hadley sons of Ben and Betty Hadley married three Stewart girls. Simon Hadley married Caroline Stewart, William Hadley married Sallie Stewart, and James M Hadley married Elizabeth (Betty) Stewart. All of these Hadley lines have ancestors in our research group today. They all have stories about Indian blood in the lineage, but no one has really been able to pin it down. Well, now we are a lot closer. All of Caroline Stewart's children listed their mother as the Indian connection. Interestingly, they all gave her maiden name as Hollinger. These were all what was then called "half-blood" families. The reason the name was Hollinger, not Stewart, was that the Creek Indians were matrilineal and often used their mother's name when dealing with other Indians, but used their father's name when dealing with the whites. When Caroline Hollinger Stewart married Simon Hadley, she used the name Caroline Stewart, not Hollinger. Earlene Porter also provided copies of the marriage certificate, and many other documents as well. It will take some time to go through all of this material and add it to our database but it is certainly a break through for those in our family who have been working to prove their Indian heritage. We owe John Dean and Earlene Porter a great big THANK YOU and a few attaboys for the fine work. As we get all of this better organized and figured out, it will be added to the HS database. As the Christmas season nears, many of us will travel to visit our families. Please remember to talk to the elder members of your family and ask them to talk about the ancestors that are now gone that only they would remember. Get some stories about their lives. Ask if there are any old photos that may exist. Write down the stories, scan the photos and send these in to the HS so we can add these to the database and photo gallery. We have been making some real progress with these. A special thanks to Terry McLean and Jean Hadley, and especially to Sherri Hadley Rice who has done a super job on the photo gallery and as web master. While you are with your loved ones this holiday season, I would ask you to think about one other thing. If there are any youngsters in the family who show interest in our ancestors, take some special time with them to culture and develop this interest. We need a next generation of family researchers to carry on the work we are doing today. It's also a lot of fun and a good way to get everyone in the family involved. But most of all have a great time and make it lots of fun for the kids. Have a Merry Christmas and God bless you. John Hadley President, Hadley Society

In message <007a01c14dfe$73201980$059abc3e@oemcomputer>, Julian SHEPHERD <julian.shepherd@ukgateway.net> writes >Greetings from England! Greeting back from England. Probably connected but to far away to trace - my family hail from Worcestershire, which of course is not to far away in the days of the travelling farm workers etc. which is what they used to be. I have a tree on my web site at www.hadley.org.uk, but as I said you will probably not find a link. Regards Nigel > >I joined this list nearly a month ago in the hope of making some contacts, but >it seems to be the quietest list on the Net !! > >My paternal grandmother was a Hadley, and I am therefore researching the Hadley >ancestors. Mostly they lived in the County of Gloucestershire, England and >also >London, England. I have quite a bit of information on them already, but am >looking to extend it further. I am in contact with a branch that moved to New >Zealand 100 years ago, but have not been able to make contact with any "pure" >living Hadleys in England - yet. > >If there are any Hadleys on this list who think they may have any connection to >my Hadleys, I would be very pleased to hear from them. > >Finally, my Hadley grandfather was Charles Harman Hadley. He was born in the >village of Frocester in Gloucestershire, England, in 1844 but "disappeared" >around 1880 and I have been unable to trace any further reference to him. If >his name means anything to anyone, I would be grateful for any information. He >is not listed in the English 1881 Census, so I assume he had either died by >then, or he had gone abroad. > >Best Wishes to All > >Julian F.H. Shepherd >Coventry, England > > >==== HADLEY Mailing List ==== >Been too busy at Rootsweb sites? Forgotten what you did, or passwords you >signed >up for? Go to Password central, and they'll help you out. >http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > Nigel S Hadley Nigel@Hadley.org.uk Tel:+44 (0)20 8892 9610 Mobile Nos:+44 (0)783188 4224 http://www.hadley.org.uk

John and all, I'm trying to put together some family info for Christmas and was wondering if there is any new information on Simon Hadley's English origins. Thanks...Janet (Baugh) Hunter