Several researchers are trying to piece together the Cook(e) families that lived in Clay County and surrounding counties as early as 1840. If you have a Cook(e) ancestor on your family tree, please contact me. We will be glad to share what we have and will try to answer any questions. Thanks! Nancy delphenich@aol.com 15 March 1998

I am looking for any information on : James Emmett born 1844 in TN Nancy E. Wife born 1853 TN Church born 1878 Susan born 1880 All these are in Xenia Twp Clay County IL -- Regards Shirley Brewer Kooskia Idaho USA http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/r/e/Shirley-Brewer/index.html

Hi : I am doing some family research and I would like to know if any one had any information on the following: Jeremiah Alexander born 1815 in Boyle Co KY, He was in the 1860 census in Xenia Twp Alexander Jeremiah V. 39 KY Ann 37 TN George 11 TN Nancy 11 TN ( I think this should be 9) -- Regards Shirley Brewer Kooskia Idaho USA http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/r/e/Shirley-Brewer/index.html

Searching: AUSTIN BEESON BESS/BEST BLACKBURN BOLTON BRENNAN BURKETT/BURKITT BURKHEAD/BIRKHEAD COOK/KOOK CORNSTUBLE/CONSTABLE CORNWELL CURRY DRAPER FORTH/FOURTH/FIRTH GLOVER HARDEN/HARDIN HICKMAN/HICKMOND HICKS JONES KAISER KINNAMON LANE LEATHERS MANRING MARKS MARTIN MASSEY MATTOX/MATTOCK/MADDOCKS MCCORMACK/MCCORMICK MELTON MILLER MOATS MONGAL/MONTGAL/MONICAL NICHOL PENNINGTON PURDEU/PREDUE/PERDUE/PERDEW RAPP RICHARDS RUNYON SCOTT SESSIONS SHARP SINCLAIR SMITH STOGSDILL TATE TRINKLE VAN CAMP/VANCAMP VEST WAUGH WILLIAMS WOLFE Thank You, Beverly Himes BARGER in New Mexico grvtrain@wizrealm.com

Ted's map posting's are great. I have so many Clay Co surnames so I went through the whole thing. A few times the server it is on would not let me access (maybe overwhelmed by the rest of you looking at the same time), but I just came back to it 5-10 minutes later and it was fine. Clay Co Surnames: THOMPSON, MATTINGLY, ALLEN, GILLEY, KRUTSINGER, PORTER, AND PHELPS Melissa Thompson Alexander Donald A. Alexander mada@cmc.net www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/l/e/Melissa-T-Alexander/

I am researching the above names. George W. Brewer born around 1850 in Tn Married Nancy Marshall Pennington? If any of these names are in your records please Email... -- Regards Shirley Brewer Kooskia Idaho USA http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/r/e/Shirley-Brewer/index.html

Thanks Linda, I love those new maps from Ted Cash. I found where Thomas Carrell lived, in 1865, over by Crooked Creek, in Sec 10 E1/2 SW1/4 of NW1/4 Don't you love genealogy of the 90's? Thanks again. Mary

Ray and C3 People :-), The 1881 map has a more detailed layout of each of the towns -- I just got lazy. If there's sufficient interest, I'll scan those in and figure out a way to link to them. There is also a list of "sponsers" and when they came to the county. Time, time, time... I had one report (verified) that there was a problem with the links in Bible Grove township, but that has been fixed. Any other problems, please let me know. Ted Researching BREMER, CASH, CORNELIUS, DRANGMEISTER, GROENEWOLD, HARTWIG, HELM, JAMES, JENNINGS, JOHNSON, MANNING, MAXEY, MORTENSEN, PIEPHO, SEEGERS See these and more at: http://www.mindspring.com/~casht Clay Co, IL Coordinator for USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclay Clay Co, IL Genealogy Mailing list - mailto:ILCLAY-L@rootsweb.com

To All C3 * People, * That still stands for Clay County Connected The map addition is an outstanding addition to the website and is quite an example of the power of the computer to link us to the past. I have not seen any other GenWeb county site that has anything like this. It is a more detailed map than the one I copied from the St. Louis City Library, dated 5 years earlier at 1876. That map covered the county with a little more of a birds-eye view, with each section of 640 acres clearly delineated but not with the detail of properties/owners within each section. A few names are placed in some of the sections, and wooded areas are shown on the older map. On the 1881 map , I was able to see the location of one of my ancestors, Wm. White's, farm and acreage east of Hoosier Prairie, including his home. The White Cemetary is shown on both maps. One nice feature of the earlier map is a detailed street plat of Louisville. Seems like it was bigger 125 years ago than now! Flora is also shown in detail. Ray Oliver in Missouri

Ted, Congratulations are to be extended to you and the Genealogical Society!! That 1881 map is just outstanding! Thank you all for all the hard work of making it easy for the rest of us! Tom McKnelly tommck@maqs.net

> Subject: Turners in Clay County, ca 1840-ca 1860 > Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 06:21:46 -0600 > From: Kelly and Sherri Nix <sooner1@mci2000.com> > To: ILCLAY-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello Clay County Searchers, > > I'm looking for info on Turner family ancestors/descendants who were > in Clay during the 1840s through 1860... Samuel born in VA, died aft 1850, > Joseph, born in KY, died? Samuel, fought in CW in 40th IL. Anything sound > familiar? > > Thanks > K Nix > Norman, OK > sooner1@mci2000.com Dear K, I also have TURNERS in Clay County (2 lines in fact). I have a Nancy S. TURNER born 1823 and married to John JONES. My other TURNER line is Eliza Jane TURNER married to John D. MULLINS. She was born in 1827 in Kentucky. Her parents were Allen TURNER and Martha CULLON. Is there a link? J Britton ejbritton@worldnet.att.net

Greetings Fellow Rooters: Just want to take this opportunity to announce a new mailing list for Marshall Co., IL. To subscribe, send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to ilmarsha-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or ilmarsha-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode)." To post queries, send to: ilmarsha-l@rootsweb.com. Hope to have you sign on soon! Denise Hall Brown

Looking or information on children of Robert Riley Logan born 25 Dec 1830 Fleming Co. KY, died 9 July 1913 Clay Co. IL, married 17 March 1857 Lewis Co. KY to Mary Ann Mayfield born about 1837 VA. Robert Riley Logan married 2nd 13 March 1874 Clay Co. IL to Matilda Baity born 17 May 1852, died 24 August 1900 Clay Co. IL. Thank you, Carol Logan mailto:CL5639@prodigy.net

I have received from the Clay County Genealogical Society a copy of the pages from an 1881 Atlas of Clay County Illinois. It was then scanned in; broken into 1 mile squares (472 of them); and placed under the first page of the "Maps" option of the Clay Co website (see address below). Just click on the section of interest. The map shows who lives on each farm and the size of the property; the location of schools, towns, and cemeteries and some churches. Currently the index is NOT online. Maybe later. If you find any links that are bad, please let me know. I've tried to test most of them, but there are over 1800. Ted Researching BREMER, CASH, CORNELIUS, DRANGMEISTER, GROENEWOLD, HARTWIG, HELM, JAMES, JENNINGS, JOHNSON, MANNING, MAXEY, MORTENSEN, PIEPHO, SEEGERS See these and more at: http://www.mindspring.com/~casht Clay Co, IL Coordinator for USGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclay Clay Co, IL Genealogy Mailing list - mailto:ILCLAY-L@rootsweb.com

Hello Clay County Searchers, I'm looking for info on Turner family ancestors/descendants who were in Clay during the 1840s through 1860... Samuel born in VA, died aft 1850, Joseph, born in KY, died? Samuel, fought in CW in 40th IL. Anything sound familiar? Thanks K Nix Norman, OK sooner1@mci2000.com

Please check out my newly posted Genealogy of my Thompson and Phelps folks, Clay Co Homesteaders. Melissa Thompson Alexander www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/l/e/Melissa-T-Alexander/

Hello again! I have conflicting information here and was hoping one of you could help me out. I have a daughter of Samuel Colclasure and Elizabeth Baity down as MARY G. "MOLLY" COLCLASURE. I HAD her birthdate down as 2/9/1868 and death date down as 6/9/1922, but now someone gives me a book and it has Molly's death date down as 1954!!! I know she is buried in the Campground Cemetery in Xenia, IL. If someone has access to these Cemetery records and wouldn't mind looking this up for me I'd be eternally greatful! THANKS! Tricia

Hello, I was wondering if someone would do a obit lookup for me. I am looking for Harry Williams he died in Nov. 1971. I am wanting to find out if it mentions his parents names to make sure it is the correct one. His parents names are J. Frank Williams and Mary Lydia Gale Williams. Please email me at Starlene@cross-roads1.com Thank you Starlene

The date this message was sent to me is correct. Wanda