Thanks - you are right.  These are not my Stoner line. George Michael Stoner was known as Holsteiner in Lancaster Co. PA [perhaps also Berks Co., PA].  But he got a fair amount of money from his father's and brother's estates, according to probate records in PA.  He *took off*, joining with Daniel Boone somewhere along the way as he made his way,perhaps to North Carolina and then through the Cumberland Gap with Daniel Boone.  If you ever explore the microfilmed Kentucky Papers of the Draper Manuscripts, you will see frequent mention of him.  Since Stoner was mixing it up with English speakers, he (or his companions)shortened his name to Stoner, as you must admit *Holsteiner* is a whole mouth full, unless you speak German!!! Lancaster Co. [PA] deeds K-120, 27 Mar 1764:  "375a-Heidelberg tp:  No description "Orphans ct. confirmed tract to George Holsteiner, eldest son of Leonard Holsteiner, late of Heid. twp., decd., who paid share of 168 pds-11/5d to his brother George Michael Holsteiner through his gdn. Alexander Shaffer & George Michael now ack. receipt fr. his gdn. "17 Mar 1764....  2 Jul 1764" (R. Thomas Mayhill, LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DEED ABSTRACTS & REVOLUTIONARY WAR OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE [Knightstown, IN:  The Bookmark, 5th printing 1994, revised and enlarged edition], p. 127) Share this info with other KY rootsweb list, as the counties kept changing boundaries, and one will find Stoner in early records of Fayette and other counties as they divided. I do not subscribe to all KY lists. Michael Stoner died [nuncupative will] in Wayne Co., KY where according to records he was authorized to operate a ferry across the Cumberland River.  His widow Frances Tandy Tribble remarried to her daughter's father-in-law Rev. Thomas Chilton, who predeceased her.  I thik she appears in some of the later records [wills? death records?] as Frances Chetton [should be Chilton}.  Because her youngest son Andrew Stoner took care of her in her declining years, she left her estate to him.  Which seems to have created a controversy--and perhaps a court case--with other siblings.  I do not have the details of all that I am descended from Michael Stoner's grandson,Michael Lowery Stoner, son of George Washington Stoner. I surmise Michael Lowery Stoner took his wife's inheritance (she was one of younger daughters of Overton Harris of Madison Co. and his wife, Nancy Oldham, later Mrs. Anderson Chenault) and migrated to Texas.  In time for his poor wife to die ca 1859 (1860 mortality schedule for Texas), to find himself a landed widow for second wife, and to get himself involved in the Civil War and get himself imprisoned in New Orleans for a time. The Boone Family has a slightly twisted version,but old letters and--a family Bible from second wife--are now in the Texana Collection at one of the libraries at Baylor U, Waco, TX.  There is a letter or two written from New Orleans to his second wife, who had given birth to a son while he was in prison. ________________________________ From: Shirly Winkelhoch <shirl5@mindspring.com> To: 'EVELYN WALLACE' <hdanw@verizon.net>; madky@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 12:44 PM Subject: RE: [MADKY] Henry Harris I'm sure it is not your Stoner line, but I picked up a number of men, 3 I think, last name Stoner in Bedford Co. PA.  Shirey, St. Louis

I still can't find a Stoner in my direct line, but I keep thinking there may be something there to ties me to the people who DO have a Stoner - - many of my lines converged in southern Kentucky when it was first opened up by Boone et al - - Cockrell, Ellis, Logan, Vardeman, Acock, Blanchett - - came from PA, VA, and NC. On Sep 7, 2012, at 4:31 PM, EVELYN WALLACE wrote: > Thanks - you are right. These are not my Stoner line. > > George Michael Stoner was known as Holsteiner in Lancaster Co. PA [perhaps also Berks Co., PA]. But he got a fair amount of money from his father's and brother's estates, according to probate records in PA. He *took off*, joining with Daniel Boone somewhere along the way as he made his way,perhaps to North Carolina and then through the Cumberland Gap with Daniel Boone. If you ever explore the microfilmed Kentucky Papers of the Draper Manuscripts, you will see frequent mention of him. > > > Since Stoner was mixing it up with English speakers, he (or his companions)shortened his name to Stoner, as you must admit *Holsteiner* is a whole mouth full, unless you speak German!!! > > Lancaster Co. [PA] deeds K-120, 27 Mar 1764: > > "375a-Heidelberg tp: No description > "Orphans ct. confirmed tract to George Holsteiner, eldest son of Leonard Holsteiner, late of Heid. twp., decd., who paid share of 168 pds-11/5d to his brother George Michael Holsteiner through his gdn. Alexander Shaffer & George Michael now ack. receipt fr. his gdn. > "17 Mar 1764.... 2 Jul 1764" > > (R. Thomas Mayhill, LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DEED ABSTRACTS & REVOLUTIONARY WAR OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE [Knightstown, IN: The Bookmark, 5th printing 1994, revised and enlarged edition], p. 127) > > Share this info with other KY rootsweb list, as the counties kept changing boundaries, and one will find Stoner in early records of Fayette and other counties as they divided. I do not subscribe to all KY lists. > > Michael Stoner died [nuncupative will] in Wayne Co., KY where according to records he was authorized to operate a ferry across the Cumberland River. His widow Frances Tandy Tribble remarried to her daughter's father-in-law Rev. Thomas Chilton, who predeceased her. I thik she appears in some of the later records [wills? death records?] as Frances Chetton [should be Chilton}. Because her youngest son Andrew Stoner took care of her in her declining years, she left her estate to him. Which seems to have created a controversy--and perhaps a court case--with other siblings. I do not have the details of all that > > I am descended from Michael Stoner's grandson,Michael Lowery Stoner, son of George Washington Stoner. > > I surmise Michael Lowery Stoner took his wife's inheritance (she was one of younger daughters of Overton Harris of Madison Co. and his wife, Nancy Oldham, later Mrs. Anderson Chenault) and migrated to Texas. In time for his poor wife to die ca 1859 (1860 mortality schedule for Texas), to find himself a landed widow for second wife, and to get himself involved in the Civil War and get himself imprisoned in New Orleans for a time. > > The Boone Family has a slightly twisted version,but old letters and--a family Bible from second wife--are now in the Texana Collection at one of the libraries at Baylor U, Waco, TX. There is a letter or two written from New Orleans to his second wife, who had given birth to a son while he was in prison. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Shirly Winkelhoch <shirl5@mindspring.com> > To: 'EVELYN WALLACE' <hdanw@verizon.net>; madky@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 12:44 PM > Subject: RE: [MADKY] Henry Harris > > I'm sure it is not your Stoner line, but I picked up a number of men, 3 I > think, last name Stoner in > Bedford Co. PA. Shirey, St. Louis > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message