I would like to thank the ones who sent me the name Melugeon that I was asking about. Also a note on 1880 census transcribed by LDS church.They are wonderful but have found one error.They said Indiana for place of birth and when I looked on original it was Iowa. For most part though they are correct.Never hurts to double check. Good luck to all on your searches and good nite! Tamara

>From the Hanbook of Texas on line. Bill Felknor billf2k@yahoo.com ----------------------- ANCOCK, JOSEPH CURTIS (1872-1957). Curtis Hancock, lawyer and first chairman of the Texas State Highway Commission, was born on August 12, 1872, at Pine Hill, Rusk County, Texas, the son of Tyre and Caroline (Hillin) Hancock. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Texas in 1897 and was elected city attorney of Oak Cliff, near Dallas, in 1898. He later became assistant county attorney. In 1903 he entered the Texas legislature as the youngest member ever seated in the Dallas delegation up to that time. He served two terms, then practiced law in Dallas County. In 1917 Governor James E. Fergusonqv appointed Hancock the first chairman of the State Highway Commission, which was established that year. Hancock was reappointed to the same post by Governor William P. Hobby.qv He served as manager of the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce in Stephens County in the 1920s and promoted the Breckenridge oil boom. He worked for the improvement of Texas highways throughout his life and for the development of Big Bend National Park,qv where the Curtis Hancock Highway was subsequently named for him. Hancock married Ada Rike on February 10, 1898, and they had three children. Hancock was a member of the Dallas County Bar Association, the Knights of Pythias, the Dallas County Road Association, the Big Bend Trail Association, and the Oak Cliff Methodist Church. He died in Dallas on January 8, 1957, and was buried in Laurel Land Cemetery near Dallas. BIBLIOGRAPHY: John D. Huddleston, Good Roads for Texas: A History of the Texas Highway Department, 1917 to 1947 (Ph.D. dissertation, Texas A&M University, 1981). Richard Morehead, Dewitt C. Greer (Austin: Eakin Press, 1984). Frank M. Stewart, Highway Administration in Texas (University of Texas Bulletin 3423,1934). Texas Bar Journal, March 1957. Texas State Highway Commission, Biennial Report. William B. Alderman

This information is from "The Handbook of Texas", on line, using search for Hancock. Bill Felknor billf2k@yahoo.com -------------------------------- HANCOCK, JOHN (1824-1893). John Hancock, congressman and judge, son of John Allen Hancock, was born near Bellefonte, Alabama, on October 24, 1824. After attending the University of East Tennessee at Knoxville, he worked on his father's Alabama farm before he began to study law at Winchester, Tennessee. He was admitted to the Alabama bar in 1846, then moved to Austin, Texas, in January 1847 and began a lucrative law practice. In 1851 he was elected district judge of the Second Judicial District for a term of six years; he resigned at the end of four years to resume his law practice and engage in planting and stock raising. He earned a high reputation for soundness of legal opinion and promptness in dispatch of business. Hancock was elected to the Texas legislature as a Unionist in 1860. During the Civil Warqv he was an avowed Union man but took no part in active hostilities. In March 1861 as a member of the legislature he declined to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States and was expelled from the legislature. He practiced in the state courts but refused to conduct any legal business in the Confederate courts or in any way to recognize their validity or constitutionality. In 1864 he left Texas for Mexico, where he remained for several months. He was in New Orleans at the time of Robert E. Lee'sqv surrender, whereupon he returned to Texas. Hancock was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1866 and was conspicuous in that body for his efforts in favor of reconciliation and the restoration of the Southern states to the Union. He declined nomination to Congress in 1870 but subsequently ran on the Democratic ticket and was elected to the Forty-first Congress; he served from! 1871 to 1877. He returned in the Forty-eighth Congress, 1883-85. He supported the Indian peace policy of the Grant administration, which called for placing Indians on reservations under government supervision. Hancock married Susan E. Richardson in November 1855. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. He died on July 19, 1893, in Austin, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Biographical Directory of the American Congress. James D. Lynch, The Bench and Bar of Texas (St. Louis, 1885). Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. Anne W. Hooker

I am tring to find out anything on Elias Hancock of Franklin co.Ms. He was born about 1819 in South Carolina according to the 1850 census.(Franklin co.) He married Susan Melton, daughter of John and Elizabeth Melton. They had the following children, Joseph R. Hancock born 1842 married 14 Feb. 1866 to Cynthia Holmes, Frances A. Hancock born 1844 married James M Arnold, Hariet A Hancock born 1845 married Jasper Newton Holmes . Any information would be appreciated greatly! Ramona Dillon

My apologies - did not mean to send these messages to everyone - Paula

Alicia, My Hancock line is from Bradford County, Pa., but I do not recognize the name George Washington Hancock, Jr. or Sr. Do you have any other names in this line from Bradford County, Pa..? Paula Hancock Roberts ----- Original Message ----- From: Hochman's <masonhoc@pacbell.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 3:01 AM Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Re: [Geo Wash Hancock > Re Hancocks in OH & MO- I have Wm G. Hancock 1872 in Barry Co. MO. - Geo > Wash Hancock Jr. 1845 in Bradford Co. PA. - Geo Wash Hancock Sr. 1812 in > N.Y. Anyone following this line? Betty > -----Original Message----- > From: alicia d frank <alicia.df1@juno.com> > To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, June 24, 2001 12:30 PM > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] John Hancock of OH book info > > > >Ardath: > > > >I wonder where I could see the info of book about John Hancock of OH -- > > could be the brother of my SADONA hancock..or did that line remain in > >OH?.. > > > >I have the DAR app of a Miss Katherine Elizabeth Hancock (b. in St > >Louis, MO > >dau of John G. Hancock and Emiline M (Monette?) Parham. > >Anything on Missouri Hancocks out there? > > > >This Katherine Elizabeth Mattingly and my grandmother, Angie Monette > >Butcher joined DAR in 1907 and 1905 , respectively. > >Also, coincidentally, Katherine mattingly named her daughter Katherine > >MONETTE Mattingly .... > >They all three joined DAR . > > > >Katherine's father , John Hancock and my 2 gggm SADONA HANCOCK - I > >belielve are siblings -- the same parents: Francis and Elizabeth Poore > >Hancock. of KY. > >Anything out there? > >Alicia in FL > > > >______________________________ > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Feel free to post the data you find on HANCOCK > in your research. Census, bible, wills, marriages, > deaths, cemetery, deeds, tax lists, and other > useful data. You might help a cousin who needs it. > >

Charlotte, You stated that your grandfather was William Marcus Hancock. Do you know if the name Marcus was a "family" name? My grandfather's name was Mark, but the census records from 1880 in Bradford County, Pa. shows his name to be Marcus (age 7). No one in our family knew him by that name - we all thought his name was Mark. We do not know if it was a "family" name or not. His family moved to Pa. from Springfield, Mass. Do you connect to any Hancocks from Mass? Paula Hancock Roberts ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlotte Terbot <turbobutterfly@hotmail.com> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Re: [Geo Wash Hancock > > I have a G-Grandfather John William Hancock who was in Dover, MO in 1990. > He had a small left hand(possibly webbed fingers) and had lost it as a young > man in a farm accident. He had six children, one who was my Grandfather > William Marcus Hancock. Most of the children of John William had settled in > AR. Unfortunately, Grandfather John William told nothing of his childhood > or parents. We can not trace anyone back past him. > > Butterfly > > >From: "Hochman's" <masonhoc@pacbell.net> > >Reply-To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com > >To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Re: [Geo Wash Hancock > >Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 00:01:17 -0700 > > > >Re Hancocks in OH & MO- I have Wm G. Hancock 1872 in Barry Co. MO. - Geo > >Wash Hancock Jr. 1845 in Bradford Co. PA. - Geo Wash Hancock Sr. 1812 in > >N.Y. Anyone following this line? Betty > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Where to send messages to the list..... > HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com > >

---------- Lea and Arvil, According to the Minutes of the Wilson County Quarterly Court in Sept. 1838, Etheldred Clemmons gave William Baird a power of attorney to claim a "legacy to him in right of his wife by death of John Hancock late of Montgomery County North Carolina" from James L. Gains or his agent. There are no page numbers for the Quarterly Court Minutes from this period. I had looked at several families as possibles for Etheldred's first wife including Hancock, Harris, Bell and to some extent Hearne. The Clemmons family has ties to these families, at least as neighbors, as far back as the Bute and Franklin County period. Etheldred's father served under West Harris in the revolution and I think under one of the Bells. Given the deeds and Samuel Hancock's will, it appeared that their was a strong link that predated the marriage to Milly Hancock Edwards. My supposition is that Etheldred's first wife is named Jane because his line is the only one where Jane appears as a name repeatedly and there is a Jane Clemmons who buys items at Samuel Thompson Clemmons estate sale in 1837 who cannot be accounted for unless she is somebody's wife and Etheldred is the most likely since the other wives in the family are known. In 1830, the oldest woman in Etheldred's household is between 40 and 50. Etheldred is between 50-60. According to family sources, he was born in 1784 which should make him 56. I think she may have been about four years younger but no more. They married about 1804-05, no later than sometime in 1806 when their first child was born. If she were the female in John's household in the 1800 census, if he is the right John, that would fit (especially given the inaccuracies we find in censuses). That is about it. Anne

Ann Sloan, send me your email address, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Sloan" <asloan7@earthlink.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 1:24 PM Subject: [HANCOCK-L] John Hancock, Montgomery Co., NC > Have been reading Hancock-L archives. Think I may know one of John > Hancock's (1758-1835) Montgomery Co., NC children a girl, probably named > Jane. She married Etheldred Clemmons son of Samuel Thompson Clemmons, in > Montgomery Co., maybe as late as 1804. The family moved to Wilson Co., TN > along with all of Thompson Clemmons children and I think some of the > Hancocks. Etheldred shows up as a witness for a Handcock will in either > 1813 or 1818 in Wilson Co. About 1838 he gives a power of attorney to > claim his wife's portion of John Hancock's estate in Montgomery Co. By 1841 > his wife has died and he marries Milly Hancock Edwards in Wilson Co. Milly > was the widow of Eli Hancock. Hope Hancock was her brother. > > Anne Sloan > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Thank you for your support of The HANCOCK Family Discussion List. Please post your HANCOCK folks periodically so we will all know who you are looking for. >

I have a G-Grandfather John William Hancock who was in Dover, MO in 1990. He had a small left hand(possibly webbed fingers) and had lost it as a young man in a farm accident. He had six children, one who was my Grandfather William Marcus Hancock. Most of the children of John William had settled in AR. Unfortunately, Grandfather John William told nothing of his childhood or parents. We can not trace anyone back past him. Butterfly >From: "Hochman's" <masonhoc@pacbell.net> >Reply-To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com >To: HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Re: [Geo Wash Hancock >Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 00:01:17 -0700 > >Re Hancocks in OH & MO- I have Wm G. Hancock 1872 in Barry Co. MO. - Geo >Wash Hancock Jr. 1845 in Bradford Co. PA. - Geo Wash Hancock Sr. 1812 in >N.Y. Anyone following this line? Betty _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Alicia, I don't know much about the Missouri Project really. I found it one day while surfing the net. It seems that it has been done by individuals unknown but there are E-mail addresses in some cases. I can give you the URL, but I must caution you, this seems to be information posted by many people on certain Hancock lines ( and other names). It is becoming obvious, that some of it is in error. I doubt that it would have been done deliberately, but there has been some confusion and I really hate to suggest that anyone use the info without actually screening it. I am thinking of copying and pasting some of it onto the Hancock list, and letting everyone have a go at it. Maybe it would get corrected, and those with the "real" facts would put in their 2 bits. I would especially like to see Helen Pockrus and Bob Hopkins look at it, and then we could get corrections made right on this list, so that we have a choice. It really does need to be made clear. If you really want that URL, please E-mail me at bqueen@compusmart.ab.ca Ardath ----- Original Message ----- From: "alicia d frank" <alicia.df1@juno.com> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] MO Project ? > Ardath > Sorry to make so many messages, I only had 146 to ans today! Can you > believe,? > > Re / relatives -cousins of my grandmother and her great uncle: > > John Hancock- Emeline M Parham of St Louis, MO. > > I just realized you mentioned the ":Missouri Project" What is that? > Alicia in FL > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Feel free to post the data you find on HANCOCK > in your research. Census, bible, wills, marriages, > deaths, cemetery, deeds, tax lists, and other > useful data. You might help a cousin who needs it. >

In a message dated 06/22/2001 2:54:41 PM Central Daylight Time, CaseyMc@pianet.org writes: > There is a way to solve this. The Lee Society of Virginia is an official > membership organization who's applicants must prove lineage to Richard Henry > Lee, or a proven link to a previously approved application. All > applications MUST contain authoritative documentation. This is analogous to > the same approach of the Daughters of the American Revolution. > > I realize that this sounds like a snobby, expensive, and very laborious way > of maintaining a family tree, but since everything for the Lee's has been > 'proven' for over 370 odd years of family history, it is perhaps the most > I don't think it is snobbish at all, and it is a very good idea. Providing proof of each generation is the only way to be certain of a line, and it is for that reason that I have joined the Society of Daughters of Colonial Dames XVII Century and Society of Daughters of American Colonists based on my Hancock line. They both approved the line, based on my documentation, and my documentation will forever be available on microfilm for all researchers, as well as enabling any others of my line to join these Societies. It would be possible to form a Hancock Society, but it would be necessary to have a staff, and office, etc., and someone who is an experienced genealogist, who is not a member of the Hancock family and can be completely objective in examining the data submitted for proof. That would be quite an undertaking, and a full time job to say the least. Julia

Hello, this sounds very interesting, I live in Montgomery co NC, I have done a lot of research on him, when was this jane born? John was born in 1762 or there abouts will have to double check, and died in 1835. According to the census, John had up to 15 children and a possiable three wives. So she could have been his child, Eli was he a child of John's also? Let me hear more from you. Soon lea morris

There was three bothers born in Tennessee. The first one that I know of is James Clayton HANCOCK b 9 Jan 1829. The second is Clark William HANCOCK b 15 Oct 1932. And the third is Joseph Henry HANCOCK b 27 Jan 1837. It is pretty sure that they were all born in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Does anyone know anything about any other siblings? Also does any know anything about who their parents may have been? Thanks Jerry P. Hancock, g-grand son of James C. Hancock

Anne: John Hancock (10 Jul 1760-10 Jun 1835) of Montgomery, NC was a first cousin of Martin Hancock who was the father of Milly who was first married to Eli Edwards 17 Jun 1817 in Wilson, TN and was second married to Etheldred Clemmons 21 Nov 1841. The evidence would certainly support your theory that Etheldred's first wife was a daughter of John Hancock of Montgomery, NC but we haven't been able to prove it. John Hancock married Priscella Bell and had a large family. I have 10 children for them and I have the spouses for all. There may have been others. I don't have a Jane. I'd be interested to know what evidence you have to support your theory that Etheldred's first wife was a Jane, daughter of John Hancock. Arvil Hancock P.S. My gg grandfather, another John Hancock, sold his plantation of 338 acres on Pond Lick to Etheldred Clemmons 10 Apr 1815 and on 13 Feb 1819 he sold his 640 acres on the So. side of Cumberland River to John Clemmons.

Hi Folks, This is an addition to some URLs I got from one of my lists. These URLs are very interesting. Apparently the page is from the Old Buncombe, NC Genealogical Society but there are a bunch of interesting articles here that fit any research---and not just beginners either. Jean in TX OLD BUNCOMBE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Buncombe County, North Carolina http://www.obcgs.com/ffob.htm Tips for Beginners but oldsters can use too---Be sure and check out "Land of Rebels" and "WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU COME TO A DEADEND" on the first page. http://www.obcgs.com/research.htm#BEGINNERS Zelma Smith's AIDS TO RESEARCH (this is a very interesting page---check it out) http://www.obcgs.com/zelma.htm#umlauts

Ardath Sorry to make so many messages, I only had 146 to ans today! Can you believe,? Re / relatives -cousins of my grandmother and her great uncle: John Hancock- Emeline M Parham of St Louis, MO. I just realized you mentioned the ":Missouri Project" What is that? Alicia in FL

Ardath: I wonder where I could see the info of book about John Hancock of OH -- could be the brother of my SADONA hancock..or did that line remain in OH?.. I have the DAR app of a Miss Katherine Elizabeth Hancock (b. in St Louis, MO dau of John G. Hancock and Emiline M (Monette?) Parham. Anything on Missouri Hancocks out there? This Katherine Elizabeth Mattingly and my grandmother, Angie Monette Butcher joined DAR in 1907 and 1905 , respectively. Also, coincidentally, Katherine mattingly named her daughter Katherine MONETTE Mattingly .... They all three joined DAR . Katherine's father , John Hancock and my 2 gggm SADONA HANCOCK - I belielve are siblings -- the same parents: Francis and Elizabeth Poore Hancock. of KY. Anything out there? Alicia in FL

Bob ' n All: I have just had a tidbit from Tamara that my line of Hancocks ouot of MASS ended up in KY before going into IN...She found the wedding date: 9 Mar 1807 for FRANCIS and ELIZABETH HANCOCK in GERRARD Co KY. I know of two children: My 2 great granma, SADONA HANCOCK BUTCHER (ba 1809 - d-Sep 1895 Kokomo Howard Co, IN ) and BROTHER, John Hancock m Emeline M. Parham Does anyone have any family with these names who came to KY? I don't know siblings, etc. any other kids ...Francis's parents are John G. Hancock m Anis/ Avis TURPIN.. I think perhaps that Francis was named for Avis's dad, Francis Turpin, in RW too. Father is William Hancock (1757-1826) and Mom Elizabeth...(1764-1841). Rev War PVT WILLIAM HANCOCK m Elizabeth.....of Stoughton, Buxton MASS RW service. Thanks ALICIA in Jacksonville, FL

The website for Melungeon is: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mtnties/melungeon.html Hope this helps. Cathie Langdale ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara Powell" <homelite@theremc.com> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Help! > thank you very much > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "malinda" <mthiesse@swbell.net> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:49 PM > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Help! > > > > Melungeon > > > > > > > > Tamara Powell wrote: > > > > > anyone out there who can help me with my problem.there is a race , > starts with an M, something like Mulogian , they were from appalachia area > mostly.The theory is that some people came from the meditteranean area long > ago and crossed with Indians.They spoke their own language had reddish hair > and beards but lived like the Indians.Does anyone know what I'm talking > about? I have a person wanting to know about this race of people but I just > can't remember how to spell it. > > > Thank you > > > Tamara at homelite@theremc.com > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > > Feel free to post the data you find on HANCOCK > > > in your research. Census, bible, wills, marriages, > > > deaths, cemetery, deeds, tax lists, and other > > > useful data. You might help a cousin who needs it. > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > If you would like to submit HANCOCK Census records, Wills > or other documents to be posted on our Project Page, > contact: JuliaFWood@aol.com >