In a message dated 8/12/00 8:28:51 AM Central Daylight Time, grvtrain@twrol.com writes: << Nicholas KIRK b.1788 d. 1 Aug 1845 Motgomery Co, IL married abt 1809 KY Elizabeth ?___ b. 2 January 1780 SC d. 12 January 1859 Montgomery Co, IL >> I think this Elizabeth was Elizabeth Browning, b. Jan. 2, 1780, Union Co., SC, d. Jan. 12, 1859, Montgomery Co., IL, m. Dec. 26, 1808, Barren Co., KY, Nicholas Kirk. She was the daughter of William Browning, Jr. (1742-1807) and Elizabeth Thompson. Jerry Blaylock

Lynn, Kirk is not my line but have a little on KIRK. My great-grandfather's Henry BESS's sister Ruth Ann BESS married 1879 Fayette Co, IL Sebastian Jefferson KIRK. This is what I have collected in among my BESS files on Nicholas KIRK. I have NOT had time to prove them out since they are not my surname line.. Sebastian was a descendant of Nicholas KIRK. His parents were Joseph B. KIRK & Cynthia SEARS. His grandparents were Nicholas KIRK b.1788 d. 1 Aug 1845 Motgomery Co, IL married abt 1809 KY Elizabeth ?___ b. 2 January 1780 SC d. 12 January 1859 Montgomery Co, IL both buried OLD Hurricane/Wright Cemetery Children 1. Rebecca b. 25 Dec 1810 KY d. 8 April 1877 Montgomery Co, IL married 25 Oct 1838 Fayette Co,IL Joseph W. WRIGHT; 2. Robert b. 1812 KY d.23 May 1879 Fayette Co, IL buried Kirk Cemetery married __ Fayette Co, IL Elizabeth SCOTT; 3. James b. 4 July 1813 KY d. 3 April 1900 Montgomery Co, IL buried Whitten/Hurricane Cemetery married 20 July 1843 Fayette Co, IL # 1 Martha CASEY, married 5 Feb 1845 # 2 Margaret Howard RENFRO, married 21 January 1861 # 3 Fannie PRATER; 4. Benjamin b. 1814 KY d. 8 March 1862 Fayette Co, IL buried Pope/Kirk Cemetery married 10 July 1845 Fayette Co, IL Cynthia SEARS; 5. Elizabeth b. 1817 KY d. 14 January 1885 Fayette Co, IL married 3 Dec 1840 Fayette Co, IL Thomas A. WHITTEN; 6. Joseph B. b. 9 Sept 1818 KY d. 31 July 1887 Fayette Co, IL buried South HILL Cemetery Vandalia, IL married 10 April 1845 Fayette Co, IL Cynthia SEARS; 7. Mary Polly b. 1821 TN(probably should be KY I don't know) d. 16 May 1875 Montgomery Co, IL buried Green Hill Cemetery married 5 April Fayette Co, IL Henry CASEY; 8. Tabitha Jane b. 1825 KY d.? ?IL married 24 October 1843 Fayette Co, IL Green CASEY; Does this help any? My own direct ancestry line is in the HIMES line link of our homepage. I was raised west of Vandalia, IL and went to the old Browning one room school and Bethel Baptist Church. My paternal grandmother was Morna Evalene BESS daughter of Henry BESS & Sarah Elizabeth (ELMORE). http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Beverly Jane (HIMES) BARGER in NM

Lynne check below I answered what I do know and may find more. Tim Casey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Evans" <evans6@coastalnet.com> To: <ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 10:23 AM Subject: [ILFAYETT-L] Kirk line > Is anyone working on the Kirk line in Fayette County? Was Nicholas the > first Kirk in the County? Nicholas was on the 1830 census on page 5. > I found Nicholas Kirk (pg 147)and R. J. Kirk (pg > 148)on the 1840 census. > No Nicholas on the 1850 census. > > An Elizabeth Kirk was on the 1850 census living with Joseph B. Kirk. She is > 69 and born in SC. Possible widow of Nicholas? > Robert and Benjamin are living next door to each other on the 1850 census. > Both were born in KY. > James is also in the 1850 census. He was born in TN though. > > These are possible children I have identified for Nicholas or R. J. > 1. Rebecca born 12/25/1810 KY d. 4/26/1877. Married Joseph Wright > 10/25/1838 FC > 2.Robert b. c. 1812 KY m. Elizabeth _________ > 3.James b. 7/4/1813 TN d. 4/3/1900 m. Martha Casey 7/20/1843 Margaret > Howard Dont know ??? > Renfro 2/5/1845 and Frances Prater 1/21/1861 > 4. Elizabeth b. c. 1816 KY d. 1/14/1884 m. Thomas A. Whitten 12/3/1840 FC I will have to check the Whitten lines I have. Elizabeth Whitten Casey my ggg grndmother. > 5. Joseph B. b. c. 1818 KY m. 4/10/1845 Cynthia Sears FC > 6. Mary "Polly" b. c 1820 TN m. Henry Casey 4/5/1842 FC Henry Casey son of John Casey and Drucilla Hill (my ggg grndfather John Casey Jr. brother) Henry and Polly had a son John Jefferson Casey m. Rebecca Kirk ( I have this in my file) John Jefferson b. 1847 > 7. Benjamin b. c. 1825 KY m. Caroline Sears 7/10/1845 FC > 8. Tabitha Jane b. c. 1825 KY m. Green Casey 10/24/1843 FC I have info maybe came from you Lynne or I have it somewhere. Is Green the son of Aaron Casey > > James and Mary "Polly" were not born in KY as were the rest of this > generation. Different parents, maybe the R. J. Kirk that was only on the > 1840 census? > > There was also an Alexander and Grandison who married over in Montgomery > County. > Any relation to the Fayette County Kirks? > > Thanks for any help. > Lynne >

Is anyone working on the Kirk line in Fayette County? Was Nicholas the first Kirk in the County? Nicholas was on the 1830 census on page 5. I found Nicholas Kirk (pg 147)and R. J. Kirk (pg 148)on the 1840 census. No Nicholas on the 1850 census. An Elizabeth Kirk was on the 1850 census living with Joseph B. Kirk. She is 69 and born in SC. Possible widow of Nicholas? Robert and Benjamin are living next door to each other on the 1850 census. Both were born in KY. James is also in the 1850 census. He was born in TN though. These are possible children I have identified for Nicholas or R. J. 1. Rebecca born 12/25/1810 KY d. 4/26/1877. Married Joseph Wright 10/25/1838 FC 2.Robert b. c. 1812 KY m. Elizabeth _________ 3.James b. 7/4/1813 TN d. 4/3/1900 m. Martha Casey 7/20/1843 Margaret Howard Renfro 2/5/1845 and Frances Prater 1/21/1861 4. Elizabeth b. c. 1816 KY d. 1/14/1884 m. Thomas A. Whitten 12/3/1840 FC 5. Joseph B. b. c. 1818 KY m. 4/10/1845 Cynthia Sears FC 6. Mary "Polly" b. c 1820 TN m. Henry Casey 4/5/1842 FC 7. Benjamin b. c. 1825 KY m. Caroline Sears 7/10/1845 FC 8. Tabitha Jane b. c. 1825 KY m. Green Casey 10/24/1843 FC James and Mary "Polly" were not born in KY as were the rest of this generation. Different parents, maybe the R. J. Kirk that was only on the 1840 census? There was also an Alexander and Grandison who married over in Montgomery County. Any relation to the Fayette County Kirks? Thanks for any help. Lynne

----- Original Message ----- From: "Blondee" <blondee@ldd.net> To: <13rupertr@xmission.com> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [ILFAYETT-L] WATSON > Hello List & Bob > I found a Jonathan Watson in the Jistory of Fayette County, IL 1878...I > believe him to be a brother to my great,great grand mother Mary Jane Watson > who married Jacob Metcalf in Indiana and they had a family and moved them to > IL All this book said about Jonathan Watson was "Later on amougst the names > of old settlers we find the inevitable > (and after about 20th person they name Jonathan) > Jonathan Watson, and others" > This one time is only time he is mentioned in this book...but from > researcher in IL from census look-ups he was found and thought to be Mary > Jane Watson's brother and that one other brother unnamed came with them > possibly when they came from Indiana., as the Watson men came from Indiana > the same time, or so they showed up on the census same time.. > I would like to know if you find out anything on this Jonathan and will let > you know if I find any more information on him.. I hope this might be a > help to you...and don't give up so quick on someone answering back to > you...people have wrote as long as a year back to me, maybe they saved my > question or printed it out and had my for when they needed it later...and > this is the time of year alot of people are on vacation also. > >

Several CRAIGS left Fayette co IL for Wilson Co KS in the late 1850's. I would like to identify others that were in the party with Windsor CRAIG. They settled along the Verdigris river near what became Coyville Kansas. Sandy Heinrich slwh40@aol.com CHECK OUT MY GENEALOGY SITE http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/e/i/Sandra-L-Heinrich/index.html

Hi Bob, I was born in Buffalo Co, NE, so all of my ancestral lines finally ended up there. But a couple lines were in Fayette Co., IL from about 1864 - 1885 or so before they moved west. I can leave your surname entry on the Buffalo Co site, so that if someone else comes along looking for your lines there, they can contact you. But if you have an up-dated query, do send it! SLC -- I guess that's Salt Lake City, not Saint Louis County. :-) I'm in the next county south of St. Louis, so that was my first interpretation of the letters. ..LOL Good luck! Mona On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 15:22:46 -0700 Bob Drennan <13rupert@xmission.com> writes: > Mona > > What are you doing in Fayette County? > > I do not know if I told you or not, but I live in SLC so I have > access to a > lot of material. I am very much impressed with what the Society > publishes. > > Unfortunately I am looking for some obituaries so I need someone > from there. > I found a family with 5 deaths on the same date in 1942. I suspect > a car > accident but I would like to know. It is a touchy subject so I > would prefer > not to address it over the site. > > While I am sending this to you, I would like to just let you know > that it is > OK to delete my 2 Buffalo county queries. I have not received any > replies so > I suspect that I am the only one interested in those lines. Perhaps > I will > re-query, especially now that I know more information. I look back > at those > queries and I am amazed at my ignorance at the time. Maybe a year > from now I > will be amazed at this ignorance too. :) > > I am curious though as to your interest in Fayette county. > > What a pleasant surprise to hear from you. > > Bob Drennan > > mona_houser@juno.com wrote: > > > Hi Bob, > > > > Imagine meeting you in Fayette Co., IL! > > > > You might try the Fayette Co. Gen. Soc. They have a wonderful > collection > > of compiled data.. > > > > Fayette Co. Genealogical Society > > Box 177 > > Vandalia, IL 62471 > > > > Good luck! > > Mona > > Mona_Houser@juno.com > > List Mom - DEU-Nahausen-L@rootsweb.com > > Host - Buffalo Co., NEGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal > > Our Family - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=monahouser > > > > On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 07:53:35 -0700 Bob Drennan > <13rupert@xmission.com> > > writes: > > > Can anyone recommend a researcher in the Fayette county area? > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > Bob Drennan > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hi Bob, Imagine meeting you in Fayette Co., IL! You might try the Fayette Co. Gen. Soc. They have a wonderful collection of compiled data.. Fayette Co. Genealogical Society Box 177 Vandalia, IL 62471 Good luck! Mona Mona_Houser@juno.com List Mom - DEU-Nahausen-L@rootsweb.com Host - Buffalo Co., NEGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal Our Family - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=monahouser On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 07:53:35 -0700 Bob Drennan <13rupert@xmission.com> writes: > Can anyone recommend a researcher in the Fayette county area? > > Thank you > > Bob Drennan > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

In a back issue of Fayette Facts, reference is made to :The family of Jothan [sic] Watson was covered in the Loudon Township quarterly..." Can someone tell me if the Loudon Township quarterly is a publication or just a special edition of Fayette Facts. If Fayette Facts, does someone know the issue? If a seperate publication, can someone tell me how to obtain a copy of it? Thank you Bob Drennan

Mona What are you doing in Fayette County? I do not know if I told you or not, but I live in SLC so I have access to a lot of material. I am very much impressed with what the Society publishes. Unfortunately I am looking for some obituaries so I need someone from there. I found a family with 5 deaths on the same date in 1942. I suspect a car accident but I would like to know. It is a touchy subject so I would prefer not to address it over the site. While I am sending this to you, I would like to just let you know that it is OK to delete my 2 Buffalo county queries. I have not received any replies so I suspect that I am the only one interested in those lines. Perhaps I will re-query, especially now that I know more information. I look back at those queries and I am amazed at my ignorance at the time. Maybe a year from now I will be amazed at this ignorance too. :) I am curious though as to your interest in Fayette county. What a pleasant surprise to hear from you. Bob Drennan mona_houser@juno.com wrote: > Hi Bob, > > Imagine meeting you in Fayette Co., IL! > > You might try the Fayette Co. Gen. Soc. They have a wonderful collection > of compiled data.. > > Fayette Co. Genealogical Society > Box 177 > Vandalia, IL 62471 > > Good luck! > Mona > Mona_Houser@juno.com > List Mom - DEU-Nahausen-L@rootsweb.com > Host - Buffalo Co., NEGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal > Our Family - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=monahouser > > On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 07:53:35 -0700 Bob Drennan <13rupert@xmission.com> > writes: > > Can anyone recommend a researcher in the Fayette county area? > > > > Thank you > > > > Bob Drennan > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Bob, I believe Doris ELAM of the Fayette Co Genealogy Society still does work. She and her husband Lyle ELAM are in the phone book in Vandalia, IL. They were visiting and recording tombstones of Fayette Co to do a new Cemetery book. They are very thorough researchers, very nice people and kin thru my dad's ELAM ancestors. http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Beverly (HIMES) BARGER in NM ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Drennan <13rupert@xmission.com> To: <ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 8:53 AM Subject: [ILFAYETT-L] Looking for a researcher > Can anyone recommend a researcher in the Fayette county area? > > Thank you > > Bob Drennan >

Can anyone recommend a researcher in the Fayette county area? Thank you Bob Drennan

Jerry Just a follow-up on your question about Nancy. In 1846 a Nancy Harris married Henry Miller in Fayette county, Illinois. I believe that this is the same lady who married Jotham Watson in 1851. One of these days I might have time to look a cemetery records to see if I can find a Henry Miller who died prior to 1851 in order to prove this, or disprove it. This is my thinking on this and I have no proof yet. Thanks again for your response. Please keep in touch. Bob Drennan Jerryblay@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/5/00 4:48:41 PM Central Daylight Time, > 13rupert@xmission.com writes: > > << Jotahm Amorine Wastson born 28 November 1815 in Knox Co., Ohio. Moved > to Fayette county, Illinois about 1840. Married [1] Mary Clow, 19 Feb > 1837 in Holmes Co., Ohio. [2] Nancy Harris, 20 Feb 1851 in Fayette > County. [3] Rachel Miller 16 Jan 1855 in Fayette. Jotham died 21 > April, 1900. >> > > According to the marriage record, his second wife was Nancy Miller. She > could have been previously married. Do you know which is her maiden name, > Harris or Miller? Who were her parents? > > Do you know if Jotahm/Jotham had a sister named Mary Jane Watson who married > Jacob Metcalf? > > Jerry Blaylock

In a message dated 8/5/00 4:48:41 PM Central Daylight Time, 13rupert@xmission.com writes: << Jotahm Amorine Wastson born 28 November 1815 in Knox Co., Ohio. Moved to Fayette county, Illinois about 1840. Married [1] Mary Clow, 19 Feb 1837 in Holmes Co., Ohio. [2] Nancy Harris, 20 Feb 1851 in Fayette County. [3] Rachel Miller 16 Jan 1855 in Fayette. Jotham died 21 April, 1900. >> According to the marriage record, his second wife was Nancy Miller. She could have been previously married. Do you know which is her maiden name, Harris or Miller? Who were her parents? Do you know if Jotahm/Jotham had a sister named Mary Jane Watson who married Jacob Metcalf? Jerry Blaylock

Jotahm Amorine Wastson born 28 November 1815 in Knox Co., Ohio. Moved to Fayette county, Illinois about 1840. Married [1] Mary Clow, 19 Feb 1837 in Holmes Co., Ohio. [2] Nancy Harris, 20 Feb 1851 in Fayette County. [3] Rachel Miller 16 Jan 1855 in Fayette. Jotham died 21 April, 1900. I am a descendant of his first daughter, Ruth Hannah Watson and Andrew Jackson Drennan. Glad to share what information and pictures that I have. I am looking for others interested in the Watson line. Thanks Bob Drennan

Hi, There's a new website pertaining to descendants from Nahausen, a village in Kreis Koenigsberg, Neumark, Brandenburg, about 5 miles north of Koenigsberg. A number of famlies left Nahausen in the 1840's and settled in Dodge Co, WI. Others came later and joined the relatives who had moved from WI to Fayette Co. IL. The main surnames include SASSE, FELLWOCK, and OERTWIG. Most of them lived in Wilberton and Kaskasia Townships, on the southern edge of Fayette Co. If you have a website that pertains to any near-by village, we'll like to add a link to your site. Today is it's first day up, and we hope to grow. Come check us out! Nahausen: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/nahausen/ Attn: Terry Davis -- I can't email to you. Both your regular address and ILFAYETT-L-admin@rootsweb.com bounced back. Mona Mona_Houser@juno.com List Mom - DEU-Nahausen-L@rootsweb.com Host - Buffalo Co., NEGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal Our Family - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=monahouser ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Ray, I am the great-granddaughter of Osceola Hamilton nee Mahon. She was a sister to Rollin Wilson Mahon. I might have a few odds and ends for you. First of all, I have a picture of Rollin's grave up on my homepage. Looks like I have a couple of other Hoovers there, also. Go to http://www.advancenet.net/~conure/geneindex.htm Scroll down. There is a spot called GRAVESTONE INDEX If you click there it will take you to a (somewhat) alphabetical listing of individuals. After the name of the person it will tell you where they are. Go back to the main page, find the cemetery, and click. You will be taken to Photopoint where the pictures are. Sorry it's a bit confusing. I couldn't get to Photopoint at 06:26 a.m. this morning (Friday). They must be down for maintenance. Old Loogootee Cemetery is one that you might really want to check out the most. Rollin was a school teacher, the postmaster and also ran a store with Vernie R. Hamilton in St. James, IL. Busy guy, huh? I would be interested to know if you have any other info on Mary Almeda? I have that she remarried an Ed Smith, but no reference for this or any thing else. Where did she die, where is she buried, etc. I would appreciate any help. I've lost poor Mary! If I can be of any other help, just e-mail. sherry smith-stanford conure@advancenet.net

Hi List Thank everyone for answering my query about the location of Loogootee, Il. I appreciate all of your help. Ray

Hi Ray, Loogootee is still a little settlement. Don't think it is big enough to call a town. Doesn't have a store or post office. A couple of miles outside of St. Peter on 185. Which makes it not far from I57. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAtki54168@aol.com> To: <ILFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 7:33 PM Subject: [ILFAYETT-L] Fwd: Help > > --part1_7a.82a9e69.26b0f987_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > --part1_7a.82a9e69.26b0f987_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-path: <RAtki54168@aol.com> > From: RAtki54168@aol.com > Full-name: RAtki54168 > Message-ID: <c0.6cff49d.26ad22a5@aol.com> > Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 00:40:05 EDT > Subject: Help > To: ILFAYETTE-L@rootsweb.com > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 107 > > Hi List, Can anyone tell me where Loogootee, Ill is located? Is this still a > town or has it been renamed, and what county is it in? Appreciate any help. > Thanks, Ray > > --part1_7a.82a9e69.26b0f987_boundary-- >

Hello, Loogootee is still a town on the map but am not sure how many live there. It is in Fayette County. I have a Hoover in my family. Rachel Hoover b. 1825 married William Pryor b. 1823 from Fayette co. I have not done any research on the Hoover line yet. Any relation? Thanks, Kim Robinett