Interested in this Wilson family. Also, what do you have on Harmon and where were they from. WILSON, ADAMS, SKILES, SMITH, MARLIN Enfield and Carmi White Co. Illinois. Janean ----- Original Message ----- From: <KinDetective@aol.com> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 4:42 PM Subject: [ILWHITE] Re: QUERIES & WILSON > > Well, Steve, & others: > I'm not at my home desk now, but... > As for RISTER et al. families, all too numerous to remember... > (WILSON, McDANIEL, CREEK/CREIG, NASH, PARRISH, RAMSEY, JONES, FARLEY, > McCALLUM...etc..) > I'm waiting on that marriage film...hopeful it will contain more than what > we've already seen. Knock lots of family tree wood, as I'm not too optimistic > (uncharacteristic for me). > Prolly won't get to see it til week after TG. > > The big mystery combo I *was hoping to solve first was: > Why is Jacob & entire family hiding from the 1850 enumerators? > Where is Jacob's eldest daughter, Lucinda Rister WILSON (John L. b. Posey, > IN) in the 1850, when her first daughter, Margaret Wilson Withrow was to be born > 1849-1850 in IL? You would not believe the spelling creativity I've used to > try and hunt these guys down! > > I did follow up looking for that George Rister as possible father to our > suspected brothers. Nothing so far. Couldn't find one of similar age in the > usual places or surrounds. My guess is 'that' one had died prior to that dern > 1850. > > The usual suspects do pop up in the SC databases in Craven, Granville, > Berkeley & Lexington counties. > Jacob, John, Adam, Abraham, Frederick, George, Christian. > Looking at those gives you a good idea of how many spellings are recorded for > that surname -- many making extremely loose Soundex connections. > Unfortunately no will book records which point to our guys, who like the > treacherous Yankees they forbore, apparently forsook Dixie! > ;-`) > > After the marriage film comes a search for probate (film avail.) & obit on > Jacob (only available locally, if exists). Let me know if you have similar for > Harmon (sorry, my notes at home would tell me where your progress stands on > this, I think). > > I would consider Black Hawk War papers if I had recommendation from > experienced researchers that these may prove fruitful. > Whaddya think? > Di > > > ============================== > 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 > >