After getting Barbara's message, thought St. Patrick's Day may be a good time to mention the Harrison County folks I'm researching. Riley: Jesse arrived in Harrison County about 1809 and settled in Valley Springs, (W)V. He had several children--including another Jesse that married Nancy Golden. Our line follows his son, Elijah that married Sarah Carter. Any info on Jesse or Elijah's wife, Sarah, would be greatly appreciated. According to a man that wrote The Colonial Riley's the first to come over from County Cavan was Miles Riley (Ryley) in 1635. Elder: My Elder's begin with John that lived in Harrison County bef 1810. He was born in Ireland to William Elder, wife unknown. Thanks to other researchers who have shared info. I have found my line of Elders (also they make my husband and me cousins as Agnes Riley married John Elder; and Fielding Riley, son of Jesse, married Margaret Elder, daughter of John and my ggrandmother was Mary Ann Elder, daughter of John R. Elder, Jr. who was the grandson of John R. Elder, Sr. and wife, Margaret McHenry. The Elders came to America prior to 1795. I don't know where in Ireland they were from, but from the fact that it was reported that they were Scotch Irish, I would guess Northern Ireland somewhere. I'm sure there are others of Irish descent in both of our families, but these are two of the main ones. I'll be happy to share info with anyone on any of the names above or the ones listed below and Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone. Betty Betty Evans Riley Box 540, Davis, WV 26260 Researching: EVANS: Wales>Pa.>Va>(W)V (Monongalia>Tyler Counties) DENBOW Md>Ohio; ROGERS-Oh; GRAHAM: Pa. JEMISON: Scotland>Ireland>Pa>(W)V-Tyler Co. MARTIN: V>(W)V-Monongalia BROWN: Pa>(W)V-Tyler WILLIAMS: (W)V-Monongalia WHITE: Oh>(W)V-Tyler BAKER: Germany>PA>(W)V>Oh-Monroe RILEY: Ireland>Md/Va>(W)V ARNOLD: WV CARTER: Va>WV WV: KERNS; HARDMAN: Md, (W)V; SOMERVILLE; REYNOLDS; OTT: CONRAD; SHEPPARD; and more mainly in WV-counties of Monongalia; Marshall; Tyler; Harrison; Lewis; Roane; Wirt; Jackson; Kanawha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara W. Harvey" <wolfe2@citynet.net> To: <HCGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 12:51 PM Subject: RE: [HCGS] Happy St. Patrick's Day > Top o' the Morning to all > Patricia and anyone else with these hard to find Irish ancestors, > mention dates you think they may have come over and if known section of > Irish. You can always check the Irish surname book by McLaught or > something like that (think Waldomere has it) and it will tell you areas > that surname is most common and I think the meaning of the name. > Barbara > > > > > ============================== > 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 >