I'm brand new to this mailing list, and wonder if there are any Truitt descendants who subscribe to this list? I also belong to the mailing list for Knox County, Illinois, and posted the following message there last month. I would love to connect with anyone who may have access to the Truitt family research which was compiled by Mrs. Ada Reganos, a former member of the Fulton and Knox County Genealogical Societies. Would be happy to pay for copies of Mrs. Reganos research, if the work is on file somewhere with the Fulton County Genealogical Society. Thanks Sincerely, Lottie Hendricks Mesa, Arizona leehendricks@earthlink.net The following article was sent to me, Lottie Hendricks, via a FAX from the Galesburg Public Library; Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. The source was cited in the Ancestry.com site as follows: --"Jarman Truitt Record, Sussex Co., Delaware; Knox County Genealogical Society Quarterly; Volume 9, Issue 1; March 1981." The article appears on page 2. Lottie Hendricks has transcribed an exact copy of the article below. The name of the contributor was worn almost completely off in the original copy of the Quarterly, which is housed in the Galesburg Public Library. A volunteer "genie" identified the author of the article as a "Mrs. Ada Reganos." According to the "genie," Mrs. Reganos is now deceased. The article was entitled "Truitt Family." The Truitt Families of Knox and Fulton Counties, Illinois are descendants of Jarman Truitt of Sussex Co., Delaware. Jarman Truitt is listed in the Reconstructed 1790 census of Delaware as living in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex Co. He died after the 8th of October, 1823, the date on which he signed his will. The will names the following children: Elijah, Littleton, Sarah Lewis, Nancy Littleton, William, and Jarman, and his son-in-law Nehemiah Jones. Rev. Elijah Truitt of Ross County, Ohio was a son of Jarman Truitt. He died in Concord Township, Ross County, Ohio on the 7th of May, 1853, aged 88 years, 2 months, and 9 days. He is said to have married (1st) Tabitha Jiles (or Giles) , daughter of William Jiles of Delaware. He married (2nd) Elizabeth Bowdle, daughter of Henry Bowdle, of Union Township, Ross County, Ohio. Both are buried in the Bowdle Graveyard, Union Township. (***SEE NOTE BELOW) Elijah Truitt was in Ohio by 1812 as he is listed in the 1812 Tax List of Ross County, Twin Township. Solomon Truitt, who may be his son, was married in Ross County in 1812. The Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church has very little information on the ministry of Rev. Elijah Truitt. He may have become what was called a "local preacher" and did not have a circuit or charge. He did, however, perform marriages in Ross County from 1819 until at least 1828. He is listed in the 1850 U.S. Census of Ohio in Union Township, Ross county; and his age is given as 77 and place of birth Delaware. Gilead Truitt, a son of Elijah and Tabitha, was born April 29, 1793 in Delaware. He married (1st) Nancy David on Jan. 12, 1828. After her death he was married to Angeline Bowen on Oct. 7, 1828 by his father, Rev. Elijah Truitt. Gilead Truitt served in the war of 1812 from Ohio under Capt. David Elliott and Col. John McDowell. He and Angeline were buried in the Lattaville Cemetery, Concord Township. A deed in the settlement of Gilead Truitt's estate in Ross County names the following heirs: Elijah Truitt and wife Eliza of Knox, Co., Ill.; Angeline Truitt; John Truitt and wife Phoebe Ann; William Truitt; John Wilkins and wife Jemima Wilkins; Nancy Rose; Sarah E. Truitt; and Dorothy A. Truitt. Elijah Truitt, son of Gilead and Nancy David Truitt, was born Oct. 14, 1817. He married Eliza Jane Taylor Nov. 4, 1841 in Ohio. They moved to Knox Co., Ill. about 1855 and located in Elba Township. He died July 2, 1898 at Yates City. Jemima Truitt, a daughter of Gilead and Angeline Bowen Truitt was born Aug. 1, 1834 and died March 4, 1904, Miltonville, Kansas. She married John Wilkins Feb. 24, 1853. A daughter, Sally Estelle Wilkins, married Joseph Ulm. They lived in Fulton Co., Ill., and were both buried in East Midway Cemetery, Young Hickory Township. References: --Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records 1680-1800, by Leon DeValinger, Jr. --Reconstructed 1790 Census of Delaware, by Leon DeValinger, Jr. , 1954. --1800 Census of Delaware, by Gerald and Doris Ollar Maddux, 1964. --Standard History of Ross County, Ohio, Ed. by Lyle S. Evans, Chicago. Lewis Pub. Co., 1917. Vol. 2, p. 791. --Early Vital Records of Ohio. Comp. by NSDAR. Tombstone Records of Ross County, Ohio. Persons born in 1800 or earlier. Pages 16, 74. --Ross County, Ohio Marriage Records. Vols. 1 & 2. --Ross County, Ohio. Deed Book 77, pp. 303 - 305, July 29, 1872. --Bounty Land application from National Archives. Blwt 9761-160-55. --History of Knox county, Ill. by Chas. C. Chapman. 1878, Page 731. (perhaps the page reference should be 731.) Contributed by : ------------------- illegible. As noted previously, a volunteer "genie" at the Galesburg Public Library identified the author of this article as "Mrs. Ada Reganos." According to the genie, Mrs. Reganos is now deceased. ***NOTE: Other sources indicate that this Elijah Truitt was actually married 3 times. The name of the 2nd spouse is omitted from this record.