Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/11043 Surname: Berfield, Kightlinger, Gates ------------------------- Hi Lisa! Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Thanks so much for the info on Jacob Kighlinger and Maria Berfield. Actually, I do not descend from the Gates line, but from the Berfield line. I am working on whole family genealogy, so all lines are of interest to me. My mother was a Berfield (spelled Burfield later), but I saw your Kightlinger (that's how I have it on my data) and Gates surnames and it rang bells too. I did show Jacob and Maria's children, but not much else in that particular line, so at least I have more on Sarah Elizabeth now! Do you have any information on the rest of their children? (Jacob and Maria's..) I am happy to share whatever I may have with you, just ask. Don't know what you are looking for. Let me know, OK? Again, thanks so much!! Karen

Karen: I don't have the names of Maria Berfield & Jacob Kightlinger's other children. Can you send me whatever information on their children you have (names, date of birth, marriage info, date of death, etc.). I also don't have any names or other info (date of birth, marriage info, date of death, etc.) on either of their parents/ancestry. If you have the names of their parents or anything else, I would love to get that. I did get some information from a very kind gentleman who read our queries. He looked up Kightlinger in an 1870 Atlas because he recognized the name as one given to a hill in the area. Here's what he found out: Jacob Keightlinger settled Elba Twsp. Sec 27 in 1837 officiated first marriage in Twsp. first Justice of Peace. comm. 1839 he built first schoolhouse in Twsp. 1842 he discovered first coal in Twsp. in 1847 J. Keightlinger came to Illinois from Penn. There was also a T.J. Keightlinger and a A.B. Keightlinger living in Sect. 22 of Elba Twsp. T.J. came to County in 1840. Besides there being a Keightlinger Hill, there is a small cemetery called Keightlinger. Are you interested in information re the Ennis'? I got some biographical info from a different kind soul at Knox County. Please let me know if you have any more info on Maria or Jacob's children and ancestry. Thanks, Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Wischhusen" <kwischhusen@peoplepc.com> To: <ILKNOX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:28 AM Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Berfield/Kightlinger > Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/11043 > > Surname: Berfield, Kightlinger, Gates > ------------------------- > > Hi Lisa! > Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Thanks so much for the info > on Jacob Kighlinger and Maria Berfield. Actually, I do not descend from > the Gates line, but from the Berfield line. I am working on whole family > genealogy, so all lines are of interest to me. My mother was a Berfield > (spelled Burfield later), but I saw your Kightlinger (that's how I have > it on my data) and Gates surnames and it rang bells too. I did show Jacob > and Maria's children, but not much else in that particular line, so at > least I have more on Sarah Elizabeth now! Do you have any information on > the rest of their children? (Jacob and Maria's..) I am happy to share whatever > I may have with you, just ask. Don't know what you are looking for. Let > me know, OK? Again, thanks so much!! > > Karen >