Hopefully by this weekend, I can start loading wills, etc. onto my "Twigs" website. I'm not going to promise it, however, because I am knee deep (still) in house remodeling. I also want to add more pictures, including the ones I took this summer while we were in Jasper County and the Inman photos I took in Marble Rock, Floyd County, Iowa several years ago. About Thursday of next week, I plan to go to the library. I have some material to look up for someone and I also want to look into the Hull/Hohl situation. Barbara ===== Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D.--Prof. Writer/Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page and for access to website: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

There is an old myth floating around in my family that Elizabeth Inman Spence (daughter of Samuel Inman and wife of Samuel Spence) was of German extraction. Since "Inman" is an English name and not German, I discarded the theory. I speculate in my online journal at rootsweb that Meshach Inman's wife was possibly German--and I still think that is a great possibility. But now I discovered something else and I plan to pursue it next week (when I go to the library). Samuel and Elizabeth Spence's youngest daughter was Sarah Elizabeth. Her husband (first husband), was John Hull. I had thought the "Hull" name was really "Hall", but it wasn't. The name was originally "Hohl" and it was German. I found John's family. His parents were Daniel E. Hull, Jr. and Mary Anna Elizabeth Beard, and they were married in AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA in 1832. (Same stomping ground for the Spencers, Bunches, etc.) John was born in 1842. His family moved from VA to Wright County Missouri. I don't know whether he met Sarah Spence in Missouri or after they all fled to Grayson County, TX after the Civil War. I do have a feeling or a hunch that this Hull line may have intermarried with the Inman line somewhere in VA, or wherever else they may have lived. Anyway, the researcher who sent me the Inman-German theory is mainly concerned with the Newton Jasper Spence family--Newton Jasper was Sarah's brother who served time in Ft. Delaware Prison during the Civil War. This researcher is more familiar with the Spences who took the Southern Side in the Civil War--and that Hull connection fits in with that side. Since "Hull" is German and if the Hulls intermarried with the Inmans--the Inman-German theory may have originated in that connection. This researcher knew nothing about Meshach or his two brothers. Anyway, I am on another hunt. If anyone knows anything about Inman/Hull or Hohl marriages, I am definitely interested. Barbara ===== Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D.--Prof. Writer/Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page and for access to website: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

I am really excited about your find. I descend from Samuel Inman, son of Meshach, who eventually settled in Perry County, TN. Samuel was born ca. 1767. Your Ezekiel (if this is the right Ezekiel) may have been Samuel's son. Or, your Ezekiel may have been the son of Samuel's brother, Lazarus Inman. Samuel and Lazarus' grandfather was named Ezekiel. That name has been an argument for some time now. Some researchers claim the name was Ezekiel; some claim that it was John; some claim that it was Ezekiel John. I favor the Ezekiel argument since both lines contain the name "Ezekiel". On the other hand, the name "John" is also prevalent. There is also an argument as to where the three brothers (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Inman) originated. Some claim England; others claim that they were born in Maryland. Abednego appears on a ship passenger list from England in 1765. I am beginning to favor the Maryland argument and I am scouring the area around Frederick. The boys may have been sent to England for their education. Shadrach and Abednego were wealthy men. Meshach (from whom I descend), was killed by Indians while on a hunting expedition. The Harding name in your find is very interesting because the mother of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego was Hannah Harding or Hannah Hardin. It is conceivable that the Harding in this deed entry may have have been a cousin of the Inmans. I invite other list members to comment on this. Barbara --- Ben Holt <bcholt@pop3.brazosport.cc.tx.us> wrote: > Hello All, > > An anyone help with the idenity of EZEKIEL INMAN and > his connection to the > heirs? > > page 322, DAVIDSON CO TN DEED BOOK M. This is a > land deed registered 19 > Aug 1818 for the sale of 10 acres of land on the > western side of Richland > Creek, Davidson Co TN. GILES HARDING paid the HEIRS > OF EZEKIEL INMAN one > dollar for the said land of EZEKIEL INMAN, deceased. > Since EZEKIEL was > deceased, the HEIRS OF EZEKIEL signed this land > deed. The heirs of EZEKIEL > INMAN were: JOHN DONLEY & his wife, BETSEY, THOMAS > JAMES & his wife > PRESCILLA, SAMUEL INMAN, PETER CONNELLY & his wife > POLLY, & SALLY INMAN. > > JOHN DONLEY, THOMAS JAMES, SAMUEL INMAN & PETER > CONNELLY signed their names. > BETSEY DONLEY, PRESCILLA JAMES, POLLY CONNELLY & > SALLY INMAN signed by mark. > > Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > John Donley and his > wife Betsy (INMAN) are my 3GGrand parents. > > Ben Holt > > ===== Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D.--Prof. Writer/Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page and for access to website: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

>I just noticed that my return address was wrong on the previous message. The local Jr. College that I use is changing address today so the new address is supposed to be bcholt@brazosport.cc.tx.us. I may never get another E-Mail. Sorry about that. >Hello All, > >An anyone help with the idenity of EZEKIEL INMAN and his connection to the heirs? > > page 322, DAVIDSON CO TN DEED BOOK M. This is a land deed registered 19 Aug 1818 for the sale of 10 acres of land on the western side of Richland Creek, Davidson Co TN. GILES HARDING paid the HEIRS OF EZEKIEL INMAN one dollar for the said land of EZEKIEL INMAN, deceased. Since EZEKIEL was deceased, the HEIRS OF EZEKIEL signed this land deed. The heirs of EZEKIEL INMAN were: JOHN DONLEY & his wife, BETSEY, THOMAS JAMES & his wife PRESCILLA, SAMUEL INMAN, PETER CONNELLY & his wife POLLY, & SALLY INMAN. > >JOHN DONLEY, THOMAS JAMES, SAMUEL INMAN & PETER CONNELLY signed their names. >BETSEY DONLEY, PRESCILLA JAMES, POLLY CONNELLY & SALLY INMAN signed by mark. > >Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. John Donley and his wife Betsy (INMAN) are my 3GGrand parents. > >Ben Holt >

In the past week I have received two messages forwarded from all over the US regarding a postal tax on Internet email. I have located my congressman's web site and am enclosing his web address and text of his message on the subject. I am sending this message for two reasons. 1) Most of the stuff that is sent to you, like this, is a hoax. Someone gets a burr up their saddle and wants to see how long it will take for such a rumor to get around. It is malicious even if they thought it would be funny. You should NOT forward messages like this unless you research them and find them to be true. I went to the House and Senate web sites and searched all of the bills pending in Congress and finally found this on Cong. Edward's web site. And you shouldn't forward messages because 2) there are viruses being concocted that are attached to email. Surely you heard about Malissa last year. If you forward an email that has a virus then you spread it to everyone on your mailing list. If you choose to resend something that is sent to you, PLEASE use the Copy/Paste feature in your email reader. a) Click and drag your mouse over the text you want to resend. b) Go to EDIT|Copy in the Menu Bar (CTRL+C). c) Open a new message window. d) In the body of the message use EDIT|Paste from the Menu Bar (CTRL+V). This will copy the text from the first message to the new message without any virus. It also cuts out all of the constant repetition of all of the times the message has been forwared. And while I am mentioning email problems, every once in a while I am sent an email with an EXE file attached. With the online post cards becoming a big thing you might get one from a friend. Be very careful about opening email attachments with an EXE extension. Generally post cards can be retrieved from a web site, not your email. If you get an email eith Happy99.exe attached - DO NOT OPEN IT! That is a virus that will erase many necessary files on your computer. Should it happen, I have found a site that gives the remedy. But it is very difficult to correct. It is easier to reformat your hard drive and start over. Please do not send your friends EXE files. This note is just a note of service. No response is necessary. If you have a question, please feel free to write. ============================================================ The Congressional Web Site and message of my Congressman. http://www.house.gov/edwards/pr990723webchrg.html Edwards says keep Internet open and free It is a testament to the power of the Internet that two persistent rumors keep popping up in the e-mail boxes of Central Texans. One e-mail warns recipients that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is planning to impose long distance usage charges on consumer access to the Internet. I have contacted the FCC and have been assured they have no intention of making any changes in the way consumers obtain and pay for access to the Internet. A fact sheet and FAQ on the Internet charge issue is available at the Federal Communications Commission web site. I am also a cosponsor H.R. 1291, the Internet Access Charge Prohibition Act of 1999 that amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the FCC from imposing any access charge that is based on a measure of the time that telecommunications services are used for Internet usage. In other words, Internet users will not be charged as if they made a long distance call everytime they surf the Web. The other rumor concerns non-existent legislation that claims a “Congressman Schnell” has recently introduced “Bill 602P.” Supposedly, this bogus bill would allow the federal government to impose a 5-cent surcharge on all e-mail messages. The surcharge would be collected by the United States Postal Service (USPS). This rumor is FALSE. There is no Congressman Schnell and there is no Bill 602P. The USPS has also stated they would not contemplate having the legislation introduced, nor would they support it if it was proposed. As far as I'm concerned any attempt to charge for e-mail would be a dead link. Cong. Chet Edwards, 11th Cong. Dist, TX --- This email is going to Jim's email list and to the Rootsweb List which is why you might get two copies. Please email inman@surnameweb.org if you wish to be removed from this list.

My msn address is working again. Let's get some discussion going! Barbara ===== Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D.--Prof. Writer/Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page and for access to website: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

In case you sent me a message at my msn address, I haven't been able to access that mail for several days (house remodeling). However, last night I was able to get my computer back together, up and running. I still haven't accessed the msn email, but will do so some time this weekend. I won't be adding anything new to the "Twigs" website until next week. One of my big projects next week will be to get my genealogy charts online. I'm using Family Tree Maker for that project. Will let you know when it is up and running. And, I have more pictures to scan into the website--another project for next week! Barbara ===== Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D.--Prof. Writer/Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page and for access to website: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

If you have tried to sen me a message in the last 24 hours and if you sent it to my msn address, it won't be read and responed to for several days. Both comuters are dismantled and probably won't be up and running again until Sunday. Meanwhile, use this address if you need to get ahold of me. Barbara ===== Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D.--Prof. Writer/Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page and for access to website: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

No, I haven't fallen into a hole. My husband and I are currently remodeling our house and everything is a mess. Tomorrow, the Salvation Army is coming for some pieces we decided to donate. Our son is coming for our piano and living room desk. On Thursday, the carpet layer is going to put down new carpet in the living room and bedroom. On Friday, we have to go shopping for a new entertainment center so we can reassemble our TV and VCR (have to tape my soap opera). Then, on Saturday, if I am still alive, I have to go to a State DAR meeting in Fort Collins. Plus, 75 papers need grading and the "students are getting restless". So--my hands are going to be tied for several days. If you don't hear from me before next week, you will know what is going on. I want to start posting wills on my "Twigs" website, but that is going to have to wait until this weekend or sometime next week (before the next avalanche of papers decides to bury me!). I have some complete wills and will abstracts I want to include. I have more pictures I need to scan and add to the site. I HOPE to get back to work on my Family Tree before much longer because I'm going to upload that as well when it is finished. I have a major portion of it completed, but I need to include all the brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, inlaws and outlaws, and then I will be satisfied! So... Barbara ===== Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D.--Prof. Writer/Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page and for access to website: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

HI Deadend on this Inman. Hardy b. abt 1760's Married to Charity ? Had Child: Joann Inman b. abt. 1780-1790 Married Samuel Stone of Robeson Co. N.C. Cant find reference to him at all, please respond if anyone has info dayle noble biba

I spent the weekend loading my website with tons of pictures. I am really happy that someone else added some Spencer pictures to the site! Thank you so very much. I invite others to do so. Among the latest goodies: 1. Thomas Sharpe Spencer (a sketch) 2. John of Gaunt--main photo and a profile distinguishing his nose 3. Tons of Spence Cemetery stuff from Jasper County, MO 4. Abednego Inman's gravesite, the cemetery where he is buried, and his house, which still stands beside the cemetery. The house was built in 1820, so he lived there the last ten years of his life. 5. Jane Spencer's tombstone from Moss Springs Cemetery. She was the wife of William Spencer. She died in 1870. William (a direct descendant of Joseph Spencer of Lee Valley, VA), married the widow of John David Jones, son of Lewis Jones and Milly Catherine Spence (daughter of Elisha Spence and Susannah Spencer). The second marriage did not last; John Davey's widow then moved to Kansas, married an Ady, and return to "play havoc" with William Spencer's life (per the court case on file at the website). William Spencer is buried to his first wife (Jane) in Moss Springs, but when I was there in 1995, I could only find Jane Spencer's tombstone. Barbara Dr. Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D, BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Lancaster-Wormiston Press P.O. Box 173 Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page and for Access to Website: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall

I've decided to use my Ancestry.com e-mail address strictly for "Twigs" matters--journal and database, and the msn and yahoo addresses for these lists. So I changed the e-mail address on the Twigs journal to match the e-mail address at the end. That way, I can keep track of what is going on while I am away and unable to access my msn account. Now--that's enough talking for one night. I'm supposed to wake up to snow in the morning. Glad I don't have to go anywhere. Barbara Dr. Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D, BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Lancaster-Wormiston Press P.O. Box 173 Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page and for Access to Website: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall

John of Gaunt, legendary ancestor of the Inmans, is now gracing the first page of my website. If you would like to take a look at the old varmint and if you have access rights, be sure to look at the nose. If you would like to have access to see his nose, click on the home page url below and send a request to my e-mail. It would be great if we knew all of the ancestors between the earliest Inman of record and John of Gaunt. But only the nose knows! Barbara ===== Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D.--Prof. Writer/Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com,BIBeall@ancestry.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

I was over at the "Twigs" website tonight at MyFamily.Com--adding a new subscriber--and discovered that the host changed the format of the page between the time I left it this afternoon (at 3:00) and now (8:10 P.M.). I think it's easier to navigate. If you are looking for those Jasper County Murder articles I posted, click on View Special Memories (what a caption for a murder story!) and they will all come up on the screen. The pictures are all listed--you don't have to hunt for them. I think that the page will load faster too. I know that some people were having problems with it timing out. Since they have done some reformatting, it seems to work better. Barbara ===== Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D.--Prof. Writer/Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com,BIBeall@ancestry.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

I am writing this to the members of my VA and TN mailing lists and to the Rootsweb list. I have received a family history on William (1798-1898) and Elizabeth Bainbridge (1798-1891) Inman. William is said to be the son of Shadrach and Mary McP(h)eters. The cities mentioned are: Trimdon Colliery, Co. Durham Thornaby Stockton on Tees Middlesbrough Newcastle Kent Norton on Tees Darlington and Alloa, Scotland The problem is that I have never heard of this William and am hesitant to add him without some further confirmation. (I am still having a little trouble with one of their ancestors.) There is a space in Shadrach's family where this child belongs, but it sounds like he is living in England not VA or TN. So if any one can shed some additional light on this pair, I would sure appreciate it. Their family is as follows: William Inman - Elizabeth Bainbridge 1. John - Elizabeth Thompson a. William Mann Inman - b. John Mann c. Walter d. Joseph - Mabel Ester Pearson e. Harry Sixtus f. Elizabeth g. Mary h. Vashti h. Ernest Septimus i. George j. Catherine k. Florence Ada l. Lillian This data is coming from the Family Tree Maker CD Rom, so please don't refer me back to them. Ha, Ha. Any input is appreciated. -- Jim Williams - Please update your bookmarks to the links below. --> Shortcuts to The Inman Compendium <-- Main page - http://inman.surnameweb.org/index.htm Submit a Bio - http://inman.surnameweb.org/guest/biopage.htm Database - http://inman.surnameweb.org/database.htm Photo Album - http://inman.surnameweb.org/contact.htm

I just revised my homepage at http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall although I have one or two more links to add. This new revision makes it easier to read, I think. Take a look at it. Then if you are interested in access to the MyCom website, send me an e-mail via the address on the homepage! Barbara ===== Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D.--Prof. Writer/Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com,BIBeall@ancestry.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

While loading all of my genealogical files into Family Tree Maker, I made an interesting discovery: Some of those New England Puritan families I descend from on my father's side came from the same area in England (Suffolk) as some of those Virginia Anti-Puritan families I descend from on my mother's side--and they were all residing there at the same time! Perhaps I am getting closer to making that Virginia/New England connection between some of these people I've been hoping to find for a long, long time! I'm hoping.... Dr. Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D, BIBeall@email.msn.com, BIBeall@ancestry.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Lancaster-Wormiston Press P.O. Box 173 Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall

You have so much wonderful information here, I decided to post a copy of it to the Inman and Spence lists because I think that you connect with a bunch of people here. I am currently looking into that Hezekiah Inman business and how it ties in with my Samuel Inman. You also mentioned something that caught my eye that might make some sort of connection with my Spence line: Obion County, TN. I have a Garrett family I am looking for there. In 1842, James Garrett of Williamson County, TN married Jane Spence, the daughter of Elisha Spence and his second wife, Jane Bell. The Garretts moved to Haywood County, and Jane's younger brother, Joseph, also lived there, where they all appear on the 1850 or 1860 Census. I don't know what happened to the Garretts, but I think they went to Obion County. You mentioned your Methodist connections. Well, James Garrett may have been a Methodist minister. His father was a circuit rider, at any rate. Your Harris connection interests me. A huge family of Harrises settled in Augusta County, VA where they intermarried with the Andersons (I descend from a line of Andersons), the Robertsons, the Turks, and the Kerrs. I don't know all of their "ins" and "outs" as yet--but I am looking at them. Thank you for your message. Barbara Dr. Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D, BIBeall@email.msn.com, BIBeall@ancestry.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Lancaster-Wormiston Press P.O. Box 173 Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall -----Original Message----- From: WILLIAM W. HARRIS <wwharris@juno.com> To: BIBeall@email.msn.com <BIBeall@email.msn.com> Date: Saturday, October 09, 1999 10:15 PM Subject: GRANDMOTHER was an INMAN >Barbara, > >My name is BILL HARRIS and I live in Cheyenne, Wyoming, coming here in >1963 from Oklahoma and New Mexico. My maternal grandmother was an INMAN >from Obion County, Tennessee. Within the past 2 years I have become very >interested in researching my ancestry, but have not been able to connect >my INMAN line with other INMAN's even though my grandmother always said >"If you ever meet an INMAN from Tennessee, you are related." I take that >with a grain of salt, but there was probably more truth in it a century >ago when she heard it from HER father and there were fewer Inmans in >Tennessee! > >I ran across your "INMAN INNINGS" in the Denver Public Library some time >ago and found them most interesting, and I now read what you publish on >the Internet and send out on e-mail. However, I can not make a >connection to my family. > >Until recently, the only INMAN ancestry I knew came from notes my >grandmother left, and names and dates from a family Bible. My >gr-gr-grandfather was ABRAHAM INMAN, who was probably born about 1805 in >Maury County, Tennessee (however, Maury County wasn't even formed until >1807). ABRAHAM married MALISSA BRANCH, b. 7 Jan 1810 in Maury County. >They had 9 children including my gr-great grandfather, THOMAS REEDUS >INMAN, b. 22 Jul 1839 (I also have names and dates of the other 8 >children). The family moved to Marshall County, Mississippi, after 1840, >and from there to Obion County, Tennessee, in 1846, where they and their >children lived for the rest of their lives. > >THOMAS INMAN married R. AMANDA BOONE, and they had five children (I have >names and dates), before AMANDA died in 1875. In 1877 THOMAS married the >twice widowed ELIZA EMMALINE HOOVER COX CULP who already had a young son >by each of her two previous marriages and a son of her second husband and >HIS first wife!! THOMAS and ELIZA had only one child, NORA INMAN >FREEMAN, who was my grandmother. I have no idea how I am related to all >the descendants of her half and step brothers and sisters! > >But back to ABRAHAM: Not long ago I posted my data to the INMAN >COMPENDIUM, and received an inquiry from SUSAN INNMON NELSON (I believe >she has corresponded with you) who thought ABRAHAM might be a brother of >her ancestor, ANTHONY INMAN. The more we discussed it, the more >convinced we both were that this was true, although we have no conclusive >facts to tie them together. > >According to SUSAN, ANTHONY (and ABRAHAM'S ?) father was HEZEKIAH INMAN >of Williamson County, Tennessee, who abandoned his first wife, CHRISTIANA >and their five children in 1807, lived in adultery with a Nancy Divine >(fathering several unknown children by her) until 1814 when CHRISTIANA >sued him for divorce. In 1824 he married a younger woman, ELIZA BRANCH, >b. 1803 in Williamson County, Tennessee. In 1826 he purchased land in >Wayne County, Tennessee, where they lived through 1838, and were >neighbors of TIMOTHY CULP. Both families later moved to Marshall County, >Mississippi, where TIMOTHY's wife died in 1840 and he married none other >than ELIZABETH BRANCH b. 1807, a younger sister of HEZEKIAH's wife ELIZA! > (bear with me--all these pieces do fit together eventually!!) > >Remember that my gr-gr-grandfather, ABRAHAM INMAN, also lived in Marshall >County, Mississippi at that time, and was married to MALISSA BRANCH, b. >1810. Could it be that she was also a younger sister of ELIZA and >ELIZABETH BRANCH? That's what we're trying to find out; she came from >the same county and fit the age group of an unidentified sister on the >census. But she was never listed in any of the BRANCH family genealogies >researched by DONNA CLARK, with whom I have also been corresponding. But >there's more--as I said previously my gr-grandfather, THOMAS REEDUS INMAN >(son of ABRAHAM and MALISSA), married ELIZA EMMALINE HOOVER COX CULP. >The HOOVER's and COX's were also from the Marshall County area, and >ELIZA's second husband, THOMAS JEFFERSON CULP, was a son of TIMOTHY CULP >and ELIZABETH BRANCH!!! > >My CULP half-cousin and I have often wondered how our gr-grandmother, >ELIZA EMMALINE HOOVER COX CULP, from Marshall County, Mississippi, ever >met and married THOMAS REEDUS INMAN from Obion County, Tennessee. Now we >know--their families had been friends, neighbors and related by marriages >for at least 20 years!! > >If you can make any connection between my INMAN's and yours, or any other >INMAN lines you are aware of, I would be thrilled! I would be happy to >send you my complete ABRAHAM INMAN descendancy file if you can use >it--GEDCOM or Family Tree Maker 6.0 format, or try to answer any >questions you may have regarding my family. > >I know I've written way too much already, but I do want to tell you how >much my wife and I enjoy your writings. We found your "About the >Author..." most interesting, although we're somewhat intimidated by your >credentials! There are many similarities in our families: My wife's >name is also Barbara, she was born and grew up in Clarion, Iowa, attended >Drake University, and worked as a legal secretary in Des Moines before we >were married. She graduated from high school in 1960, we have two >children born in 1969 and 1971, and my father was a United Methodist >minister in Oklahoma and New Mexico! I have a degree in Architecture and >retired three years ago after 33 years in Federal Civil Service; Barb >retired last year after 25 years with GMAC. Now we're busier than ever >with genealogy research, traveling and multiple crafts and hobbies. > >Thanks for reading these ramblings; I know your time is limited, but I'd >love to hear from you. Hope you can shed some light on my INMAN's. > >William W. (Bill) Harris >

I'm just wondering about the old tree. When I was there in 1960 with a high school class, our guide pointed out a tree to us and told us that it was standing there when the first supply arrived. When we were there in 1994, I asked about the old tree, and no one knew anything about it. In fact, one of the park service employees said, "Oh, we have lots of old trees around here." Fortunately, I took a picture of that tree in 1960 and I put it in the VA Spencer portion of my Twigs journal. Barbara Dr. Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D, BIBeall@email.msn.com, BIBeall@ancestry.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Lancaster-Wormiston Press P.O. Box 173 Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall -----Original Message----- From: DSPEN47@aol.com <DSPEN47@aol.com> To: bibeall@email.msn.com <bibeall@email.msn.com> Date: Saturday, October 09, 1999 5:41 PM Subject: Re: The Website is finished for the moment >Barbara, >Will look forward to looking at your info. >If you haven't been to Jamestown in a while you would be surprised at what is >going on at the old church. There was an archalogical "dig" going on in >1994, and they were uncovering "stuff" that they had though was washed away >long ago by erosion of the shore line. >Dick

I worked quite late last night setting up picture albums and putting pictures in them on the new "Twigs of Inman & Spence" website I've established at MyCom. That's all I have into it to date. I am currently setting up all my genealogy files in Family Tree Maker--that will take some time. As soon as all of that is ready, I will load it onto the site. Other written material will later be added (as I have time). If you would like to have access to the site, send an e-mail and let me know. One person was not able to gain access. MyCom autotomatically generates the access names and passwords, so if you have a problem, let me know and I'll yell at them. Barbara Dr. Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D, BIBeall@email.msn.com, BIBeall@ancestry.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Lancaster-Wormiston Press P.O. Box 173 Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Home Page: http://mail.ancestry.com/ancestry/users/bibeall