Pat O'Conner has e-mailed me another idea for the website and I will throw it out for opinions. Here is what she said... I wonder if you have considered a page for Franklin Co. wills? I have a couple of them that I would be glad to post if so. Well, how many would be interested or possibly be able to add to such a website page. I am more than willing to put it together on OUR website.... Randy Klemme Franklin County Genealogy Coordinator

Does anyone have information of John BROWN who married Margaret SHEPHERD 1 Jan 1818 in Franklin Co., IN? I'm looking for a John and Margaret Brown who may have had the following children: John C. Brown, Caroline, and Salome Harriet, plus other children. This particular Brown family may have been from either PA or VT. A Margaret Brown is shown in the 1840 Census in Crosby Twp., Hamilton Co., OH with a family of older children. I am also interested in the COIL family shown in the 1850 Census, Franklin Co. IN: James COIL in Metamora Twp., p. 265 and Ellen COIL, Brookville Twp, p. 305. Thanks in advance for any thoughts, Carol Williams

-- Hi Randy et al: Please place these names on the Franklin website John McCullough, Mary Ann Harvey, and Bennett. Thanks, Mary Butler Sartori, Crestview Hills, KY. <psartori@optimun.net> MZ

Hi Everyone! Last week I got into a conversation on the Virginia Roots list about the circuit-riding preacher, Lorenzo Dow. Lots of us have a Lorenzo Dow 'Somebody' in our data. Since I have a lot of information about the 'original' Lorenzo Dow, they asked if I would post a web page about him. He was born in 1777 in Coventry, CT. Well, I ran home from work and put up the Lorenzo Dow page after supper! I hope you find it interesting. He was something! I can just see him jumping out of a church window onto a horse and riding away shouting that he would be back one year from the day! He did, too! The site is: http://www.acun.com/dentons The link to the article about Lorenzo Dow is about half way down the first page. I hope you enjoy the stories! Blessings! Sue Montgomery-Cook

Simon Peavey was bn abt 1788 NH and married a Mary Ann Varney Thier daughter Hulda was married to Absalom Webb, and lived in Franklin Co IN at one time. I am trying to find out anythin I can about Hulda and Absalom Webb and whether Simon and Mary Ann followed them to Indiana. Does anyone have any information? Patricia Kantzer mkdoc@nemr.net

Randy The primary surnames I am interested in are: SELLMEYER (owned Tannery and Wool Mill in Oldenburg 1840-1880) DAHMUS/Damhus/Lükedamhus (Oldenburg 1840-1880) WAECHTER (Oldenburg 1840-1998) All three families originated in Oldenburg, Germany we believe. Secondary names associated with the primary names (spouses/spouses of children) are: Brugenschmidt Enneking Ortman Studer Hooverkamp Kranzlor Blemmeyer Krumplebeck Luechte Piepet Thanks for adding my names to the Franklin County list. Maybe someone will see the and help in my search. Randy, I am very interested in the Citizenship postings! Phil Di Matteo happy di@aol.com Santa Barbara, CA

Hello, I'm new to the list, and looking for any info or suggestions on how to find more on: JAMES ROSS (b.March 3, 1786 - d. Nov. 26, 1836 Brookville, Franklin Co., IN. Married October 13, 1799 to ELIZABETH WINSHIP (b. March 19, 1785, New London, CT - d. 1869 Nobelsville, Franklin CO., IN). Elizabeth was the daughter of Jabez Lathrop Winship and Hannah Forsythe, and that family is pretty well known. James Ross, is a total mystery man. They had two sons, Samuel Ross and Jabez Winship Ross. Samuel Ross married CANDACE MAKER on 7/3/1826. Anybody know these early settlers? Thanks, Susan

subscribe Thanks, Peggy pegpowel@netins.net Bahr, Bartz, Lechelt, and Thiel (Posen Prussian) Campbell and Curel from Hawick Scotland before 1819 Craig, Boone, Van Bibber Kearnes/Kerns, Lee, Daniels Leedom, Dimond, Morgan, Thorn Mayberry, Chambers, Crockford, Hesser, Peasley, Winter(s) Bolte, Kahler and Ranniger Powell, Elam, Black, Sheppard, Schweissberger/Sweisberger

I just wanted to tell the list that I requested a copy of my ggg grandparents marriage license 7 days ago. It only cost $1.00 and I received the copy today. Such terrific service from the County Clerk's office! Carrie

Someone wrote to me the other day and asked about John MATSON. This is what I came up with from the Brookville Library. Sorry I didn't save the original e-mail so I could respond directly Randy Klemme Franklin County Genealogy Coordinator ------------------ >Hi Randy: > >Sorry, but I found nothing to confirm that John Matson was a state >senator between 1841 and 1849. The only reference to him was in a >biograhical sketch about his son Courtland C. Matson, who also made an >unsuccessful run for the Governorship of Indiana. > >Check the Indiana Magazine of History...One of our index volumes is >missing, so I could not do a thorough search. > >Winnie, Genealogy >

Here's my Franklin Co names Hackleman, Sailors, Pee, Pea, Pogue, Perkins, Osborn(e), Ward,Clore, Lines, Zorn, Zornes, Lollar, Cutchin, Kitchen, Clevenger, Tucker. Some of these move on to Rush & Fayette Co's. Mildred (Pease) Thomas miltho@msn.com

Here's my Franklin Co names Hackleman, Sailors, Pee, Pea, Pogue, Perkins, Osborn(e), Ward,Clore, Lines, Zorn, Zornes, Lollar, Cutchin, Kitchen, Clevenger, Tucker. Some of these move on to Rush & Fayette Co's. Mildred (Pease) Thomas miltho@msn.com

Just ran across a Bradburn Cemetery in Brookville. NE 1/4 Sec 28 T 9N R2W. Does anyone know anything about this or know where I can find out about it? Thanks for any help Dinah

FOLMSBEE THAYER BROWN SHEPARD PRICE HASTINGS Thanks! Carol Williams

Nel Hatcher and Jack Litmer posted surnames to the list indicating they were researching the COOKs. I may also be related to the COOK family. This possibility is based on the following reasoning, so bear with me while I lead you down the path. My gg grandmother was Sarah PATTY b. 1816 IN. She married Joseph WOOD in 1835 in Liberty, IN (Union County - part was Franklin County in 1820). I believe her father to be James PATTY f.c. 1830 Union Co. (p 226), f.c. 1820 Franklin Co. (p 214). I further believe James is related to the South Carolina PATTYs; however, I haven't made a connection. I have eliminated all but Charles PATTY b. 1753 as his father. I do think James migrated to Indiana from South Carolina with the COOKs sometime before 1820. In 1820, this James PATTY lived very close (same census page) to several COOKs, Including Isaac (Liberty Twp., also p 214). There were quite a number of COOKs that lived in this immediate area. They were: another Isaac (p 213), James (p 287), Joseph (p 211), Thomas (p 213), Wright (p 205) and Zimre (p 213). I believe that all came in the early 1800's Quaker migration from South Carolina. They are recorded in the monthly meeting notes of that faith (Union Co. SC). In trying to identify the possible spouse of James PATTY, I look to the women of the COOK family as prime candidates; because of proximity, same faith and common birthplace (SC). Eliminating those that are married or with a large age difference leaves Phoebe COOK as a likely candidate. Phoebe b. 1789 SC was the daughter of Eli COOK and the sister of Isaac COOK (same f.c 1820 page as James Patty). To date I have not been able to find Phoebe's spouse or link her to James PATTY. I have explored the Quaker archives at Earlham University as well as many documents at both Brookville and Liberty. I have also searched sources available at the Indiana State Library, South Carolina Archives, and the various pertinent counties in South Carolina, Indiana and Ohio. Does anyone have any information regarding these persons and their relationships that I have supposed? Any suggestions? Thank You Don

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C271F35296FEB7B3C5034E4D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------C271F35296FEB7B3C5034E4D Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from fp-1.rootsweb.com ([207.113.233.233]) by relay1.mailsrvcs.net (InterMail v03.02.04 118 119) with ESMTP id <19981002053330.XKQC809@fp-1.rootsweb.com> for <sherrils@gte.net>; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 00:33:30 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA06870; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 22:30:45 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 22:30:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3614666B.5EDDB4C6@gte.net> Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 22:36:43 -0700 From: sherri sears <sherrils@gte.net> Reply-To: sherrils@gte.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02 [en]C-DIAL (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: "INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com" <INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [INFRANKLI-L] Franklin Co. Surnames Resent-Message-ID: <"aM9stD.A.GrB.FUGF2"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> To: INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/407 X-Loop: INFRANKLI-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: INFRANKLI-L-request@rootsweb.com Looking for information regarding James Wright (DOB 04/05/1827, New York). He married Lucinda Hall Briggs (DOB 02/14/1828, Kentucky - daughter of Andrew W. Briggs and Martha Farrow). James died on 09/16/1902 in Brookville, Franklin Co, IN. and is buried at Duck Creek Chapel (later renamed Stone Chapel), near Metamora, IN. Lucinda died 10/31/1903 in Blooming Grove, Franklin Co., IN and is also buried at Stone Chapel. They had 7 children - Maria, Ida Jane(Curry), William Thoenton (DOB 1/1852 Indiana), Jotham (DOB 10/02/1857 Franklin Co, Indiana), and Jesse (DOB 8/1867, Fayette Co, Indiana) and two that died in infancy. Does anyone have information about James or his family? --------------C271F35296FEB7B3C5034E4D--

My surnames for Franklin Co. IN are Scotten Manring/Mannering Steel Thanks for doing this Randy. Sharlene Bumgarner

A couple of quick updates.....I am almost caught up on the new surname/researcher list. I believe I still have 2 or 3 to post and I will be caught up so if you DO NOT see your name or a surname is missing please let me know. From the response to that page already, it was a great idea by Janet in Florida... Second of all, in our continuing efforts to bring you want you want....I was asked to re-do the Faces of History page to create thumbnail pictures of those on that page to make it easier to load. I am just about completed with that and it should load much easier. I am always open to suggestions on making the website better... Randy Klemme Franklin County Genealogy Coordinator

While looking for my Campbell names, I came across this CAMPBELL family in Franklin Co IN. 1860 Franklin Co IN Census David CAMPBELL 26 Cooper born Ohio Nancy 32 IN Joana 10 ? IN John 11 IN Henson 7 IN Catharine 5 IN Isadora 4 IN Jacob 10/12 IN

Randy, The new list of surnames and researchers looks great. Thanks! Jane in AZ