Hi all, The name Sara Runnels caught my eye, as there were some times when McReynolds was spelled McRunnels or it might be in this case Reynolds. Just a bit of info. Karin McReynolds Buhle

To elaborate on and clarify the Rappite presence in Posey Co: The Rappites were celibate, so you will find none of their descendants with German names in Posey Co. They arrived circa 1816 and departed (what was left of them) back to Butler Co. PA in 1825. Marrs Twp was settled primarily by German Catholics, and there were other German immigrants as late as the 1880's--but Posey was settled primarily by English and Scotch-Irish, many of whom came through KY and spent a generation or two there. The really restless (like the Lincoln family of Spencer Co IN) moved on to Illinois. But back to the Rappites. My GGG grandfather, William Hunter, and my GGGG grandfather, Jesse Nash, knew Father Rapp back in Butler Co PA and visited Posey Co in 1816 at his suggestion. They liked what they saw (although they were not Rappites) and later in 1816 packed their extended families and possessions on a flatboat and went down the Ohio River from Butler co PA to Posey Co IN. Later, in 1824, when Father Rapp decided to give it up, they bought their farmland from him and I have the record of those transactions. This land was still in my family until about 30 years ago when my father retired and moved to Florida. The history of Father Rapp's movement, including all of his papers, are included in a three-volume history of the Harmonist Movement, available in the Indiana State Library and through the Indiana Historical Society. Jean Hunter Lasher Evansville, IN Gene Keusch wrote: > Hi, > Mt. Vernon is in Black Twp and New Harmony is in Harmony Twp. I don't > know how the twps were aligned in 1850. Are these names mostly German > surnames or English? About 1814, if my history memory isn't zapped, > George Rapp brought a group of settlers (Rappites) to the area where New > Harmony is today. They built many of the buildings still there today. > The society was an offshoot a group of Mennonites (I think) in Germany and > came to PA before IN. The group practiced communal living and preached > against marrying since they felt the coming of Christ was imminent. The > Rappites called their community "Harmony" and about 1825 sold the entire > community to Robert Owen and he renamed it "New Harmony". Robert brought > many intelligent people to New Harmony and set up what was suppose to be a > Utopian Society. Many descendants today can trace their lineage back to > Owen and do live in the area. You can find out lots more on New Harmony > by linking onto an Indiana History website. > I wouldn't know why there would be so many per dwelling in 1850 as the > Rappites had all gone and they did live in dorms built separately for men > and women, similar to the Shakers. Helen Zuber Keusch > Snooping in the ZUBER, GOODART, LAND, EDWARDS, > CRABTREE, BENNETT, GOODWIN, CHAPMAN, EAKINS, > FORD, SANDEFUR, MELTON, WALCUP, HANDLEY, > EZELL, and THOMASSON family lines > -----Original Message----- > From: John R Jackson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, April 08, 2000 6:11 PM > Subject: [INPOSEY] 40 Surnames per dwelling? > > >Harriette, > > > >Could this be in the New Harmony area? I have a vague recollection about > some kind of > >communal living or large school/ religious institution in that area. I am > >having trouble recalling the discussion. Can somone jump in here and > provide > >a little background on the history of New Harmony? Perhaps it is related to > >this question of 40 surnames per dwelling. Just guessing on > this..........Perhaps I read this on a web site ... > > > > > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Harriette Jensen" <[email protected]> > >>To: <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 7:21 PM > >>Subject: [INPOSEY] Another Census Question > >> > >> > >>> Hi, All. > >>> > >>> I was looking for family members in the transcription of the 1850 census > >>of > >>> Black Township and was struck by the fact that there were so many people > >>> living in each of the dwellings listed, sometimes more than 40, with > many > >>> surnames listed per dwelling. > >>> > >>> I thought at first that they might be hotels, but then realized that > some > >>> family members listed had been in Posey County for years and were known > >>to > >>> be farmers. > >>> > >>> Does anyone have a clue as to what kinds of buildings, institutions, > etc., > >>> they might be? > >>> > >>> Harriette > >>> > >>> > > > > > >==== INPOSEY Mailing List ==== > >This INPOSEY list is currently available for adoption! > >Interested in becoming the list manager? 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Hi, Mt. Vernon is in Black Twp and New Harmony is in Harmony Twp. I don't know how the twps were aligned in 1850. Are these names mostly German surnames or English? About 1814, if my history memory isn't zapped, George Rapp brought a group of settlers (Rappites) to the area where New Harmony is today. They built many of the buildings still there today. The society was an offshoot a group of Mennonites (I think) in Germany and came to PA before IN. The group practiced communal living and preached against marrying since they felt the coming of Christ was imminent. The Rappites called their community "Harmony" and about 1825 sold the entire community to Robert Owen and he renamed it "New Harmony". Robert brought many intelligent people to New Harmony and set up what was suppose to be a Utopian Society. Many descendants today can trace their lineage back to Owen and do live in the area. You can find out lots more on New Harmony by linking onto an Indiana History website. I wouldn't know why there would be so many per dwelling in 1850 as the Rappites had all gone and they did live in dorms built separately for men and women, similar to the Shakers. Helen Zuber Keusch Snooping in the ZUBER, GOODART, LAND, EDWARDS, CRABTREE, BENNETT, GOODWIN, CHAPMAN, EAKINS, FORD, SANDEFUR, MELTON, WALCUP, HANDLEY, EZELL, and THOMASSON family lines -----Original Message----- From: John R Jackson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, April 08, 2000 6:11 PM Subject: [INPOSEY] 40 Surnames per dwelling? >Harriette, > >Could this be in the New Harmony area? I have a vague recollection about some kind of >communal living or large school/ religious institution in that area. I am >having trouble recalling the discussion. Can somone jump in here and provide >a little background on the history of New Harmony? Perhaps it is related to >this question of 40 surnames per dwelling. Just guessing on this..........Perhaps I read this on a web site ... > > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Harriette Jensen" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 7:21 PM >>Subject: [INPOSEY] Another Census Question >> >> >>> Hi, All. >>> >>> I was looking for family members in the transcription of the 1850 census >>of >>> Black Township and was struck by the fact that there were so many people >>> living in each of the dwellings listed, sometimes more than 40, with many >>> surnames listed per dwelling. >>> >>> I thought at first that they might be hotels, but then realized that some >>> family members listed had been in Posey County for years and were known >>to >>> be farmers. >>> >>> Does anyone have a clue as to what kinds of buildings, institutions, etc., >>> they might be? >>> >>> Harriette >>> >>> > > >==== INPOSEY Mailing List ==== >This INPOSEY list is currently available for adoption! >Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/clusters/adoptcounty.html > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Harriette, Could this be in the New Harmony area? I have a vague recollection about some kind of communal living or large school/ religious institution in that area. I am having trouble recalling the discussion. Can somone jump in here and provide a little background on the history of New Harmony? Perhaps it is related to this question of 40 surnames per dwelling. Just guessing on this..........Perhaps I read this on a web site ... >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Harriette Jensen" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 7:21 PM >Subject: [INPOSEY] Another Census Question > > >> Hi, All. >> >> I was looking for family members in the transcription of the 1850 census >of >> Black Township and was struck by the fact that there were so many people >> living in each of the dwellings listed, sometimes more than 40, with many >> surnames listed per dwelling. >> >> I thought at first that they might be hotels, but then realized that some >> family members listed had been in Posey County for years and were known >to >> be farmers. >> >> Does anyone have a clue as to what kinds of buildings, institutions, etc., >> they might be? >> >> Harriette >> >>

Does anyone have access to tax records for the years 1810-1830? I would like any info available on David, Alexander and John Philips/Phillips. Thank you, Wanda

Does anyone have any info on David or Alexander Phillips who were in Posey Co, IN prior to 1830? Would appreciate any clues. Wanda

>From the new Harmony circuit book of 1840, is the list of membership of Paris Methodist Church. Our community was called Paris until a post office was established in 1853, when it was renamed Stewartsville after William Stewart, who laid out the town in 1838. The list consists of Jacob, Mary, Leander, James and Issac N. Whitaker, Jane Smith,Peter and Jane Guthrie, sarah Brooks, Felix and Mary Westfall, Ananias and Mary Ramsey, Robert and Abby Stewart, Sara Wise, sara Runnels, and the Perrys,Defurs, Robbs, Calvins, Bennetts,Eatons, Brittons, Welborns,Crabtrees,Hanes, Joleys, Dunlaps, Dailys, Millers, Thompsons, and Wiggins. If you or any of your family attended our church, please feel welcome to attend as the public is invited. Hope you enjoyed this as much as i did It was in Mt Vernon Democrat Mar 29 2000. Pat

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BFA14F.CC7E97C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ---------- > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown (Name server: rootseb.com: host not found) > Date: Saturday, April 08, 2000 11:34 AM > > The original message was received at Sat, 8 Apr 2000 11:34:45 -0500 (CDT) > from cts2led3.xtraport.net [209.74.184.3] > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > <[email protected]> > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 550 <[email protected]>... Host unknown (Name server: rootseb.com: host not found) > ------=_NextPart_000_01BFA14F.CC7E97C0 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reporting-MTA: dns; mail1.i1.net Received-From-MTA: dns; cts2led3.xtraport.net Arrival-Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 11:34:45 -0500 (CDT) Final-Recipient: rfc822; [email protected] Action: failed Status: 5.1.2 Remote-MTA: dns; rootseb.com Last-Attempt-Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 11:34:46 -0500 (CDT) ------=_NextPart_000_01BFA14F.CC7E97C0 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: [email protected] Received: from default (cts2led3.xtraport.net [209.74.184.3]) by mail1.i1.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA72311 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 8 Apr 2000 11:34:45 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> From: "patty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Stewartsville United Methodist Church 1 Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 11:38:46 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thought mayb some of you might benefit from this news article sent to me by a very nice person in Circuit Clerks office in Mt Vernon, had a member of my ancestors in it, the Ramsey's. The Stewartsville United Methodist Church will celebrate their Homecoming 2000, Sunday, April 9, Sunday School begins at 9:30 a.m. with church services at 10:30 a.m. There will be a basket dinner held at noon. The afternoon program, which will begin at 1:30 p.m. will consist of special music furnished by the Jeff Greenwell family and Nick Siefert. A display of church records, membership lists and other memorabilia will be available. Thomas and Lydia Waller Robb, John and Mary Waller and Maxwell and Nancy Price Jolly came to Robb Twp in 1804. These three families. slong with Samuel Griffin, Job Calvin, and the John Wallace families, met in each other's homes whenever the circuit riders, Peter Cartwright, Amos King, and Job Baker, came through the area. Other settlers, John Walker, John Boyle, Thomas Almon, Nathan Britton, James Fritzgerald, Peter Jones, James Montgomery, Edward Norris, and James Cater, joined them. Unfortunately, our ancestors left few written records of their religious life and we have have lost records due to fires. According to :Leonard's History of Posey County", a block house was constructed in 1809 on the farm of John [Doublehead] Cox. Here,m the farmers buils the first log church in Stewartsville, on the site of our present day cemetery. After the log church burned, Lawrence Huebner donated the land in 1880,m for a frame church, built on the present site. When Mr. Huebner heard the salvaging of the steamer"juno" which samk in the Wabash River near New Harmony, he bought the steamer's bell for $50 . ------=_NextPart_000_01BFA14F.CC7E97C0--

Due to the rough and muddy roads, the bell was jostled off in transit and damaged. He engaged the local blacksmith, James Alexander, to repait it. Of course, we're all aware of that Tuesday night, June 22, 1976 when fire destroyed our church and the bell fell from the belfry into the ashes. But our pioneer spirit prevailed and we build our present brick church and erected a place for the bell. "Leffel's History of Posey County", mentions the early church in Stewartsville. T.M. Weaver wrote in the New Harmony newspaper in 1876, the first curch was organized by the Rev James Scrip, with Samuel Griffin and others as members. John Schrader, in his writings indicates a church prior to 1812. In the writingls of Robert Owen of New Harmony in the late 1820's, he mentions the strong Methodist influence here.

Would appreciate a death record/cemetery record lookup for the following: Stephen S. BEAN Juliett (HALL) BEAN The only dates I have for them is for their marriage, 27 May 1838 in Posey Co. Thanks. Kay in Colorado

Could someone do a look up for me on 1840 census not sure if it just shows heads of household or not. I am trying to find out for sure who the parents of James Madison Ramsey is. He was born 1824 but have conflicting ideas of who parents are. Thanks Pat

Posted on: Posey County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Posey?read=1064 Surname: ALBUZZI ------------------------- Seeking passenger list for Cape May sinking, Aug 2, 1854, near Mount Vernon, Posey County, IN >From Riverboats home page: http://members.tripod.com/~Write4801/riverboats/c.html#CMAY Name: CAPE MAY Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet Size: 124 tons Launched: 1850, Brownsville, PA Destroyed: 1854, Aug. 2, Mount Vernon, Ind. Snagged and lost. 18 died.

Posted on: Posey County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Posey?read=1059 Surname: MCREYNOLDS, WADE ------------------------- Thank you so much for this marvelous information. I have been looking in AR for so long, because that is where my dad was born, then I saw my great grandfather's name on a wonderful website full of McReynolds, and it listed Posey County, so I am finally on the right track. Thanks again for taking the time to reply. Listing the cemetery and the directions to Wadesville is too wonderful. Thanks Evelyn McReynolds Coulter [email protected] Link: BENDER COULTER HANKINS MCREYNOLDS OFFILL PLACKARD URL: <http://geocities.yahoo.com/heartland/6938>

Posted on: Posey County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Posey?read=1058 Surname: MCREYNOLDS, WADE ------------------------- In Darlene McConnell's book, Vol III of Posey County Burials, she has George W.1852-1932 and Nancy E. 1856-1948 MCREYNOLDS buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, out side Wadesville. (Wadesville in located on Ind Highwasy 66, between Evansville and New Harmony. Also in the same cemetery is Ezra 1879-1924 and Maude 1887-1937 and their son, Harley C. MCREYNOLDS 1910-1917.

Posted on: Posey County In. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/Posey?read=1056 Surname: MCREYNOLDS ------------------------- GEORGE MCREYNOLDS 1852 - 1932 married NANCY WADE and they lived in Posey County, IN. She was suppose to be from Wadesville, IN, which I am unable to locate. Anyway, I know they had two sons, My grandfather Ezra McReynolds and Ernest McReynolds. Ezra lived in Kensett, AR and married Maude Plackard, and had 5 sons, one my father. I want to know if George and Nancy had other children, and who their parents were. Any suggestions on how to find the answers? I believe Ernest also married a WADE and had three daughters. Any help would be appreciated. My McReynolds line is on my website: Evelyn McReynolds Coulter Link: BENDER COULTER HANKINS MCREYNOLDS OFFILL PLACKARD URL: <http://geocities.yahoo.com/heartland/6938>

The IA on the census does stand for Indiana. Several of my relatives that I know were born and lived continuously in Posey County had IA as their birthplace. Harriette ============================================================================== Hoisington Family Web Site <http://www.genweb.net/~hoisington/index.htm> Sumner Co. KS <http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/sumner/index.html> Kay Co. OK <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okkay/okkay.htm> SURNAMES: HOISINGTON (w/28 variant spellings) anywhere, HATFIELD (OH>IN>IA> KS>OK), HARDIN (MO>OK), DAVIS (Posey Co. IN), MORRIS (KS), COMBS (KY,IN,KS,OK, CA), JONES (Brown Co. OH), PERKINS (VT>IA>KS>OK>TX), LATHAM (MO)

Hi Don, Here's a hunch as to the eastward migration--perhaps they were in Posey/Gibson County in the early 1800's, left about 1840 and went to Iowa, didn't like it and came back to Posey Co. My Land relatives went to Crowley Co., KS, in the 1870's--tried homesteading, and came back to IL. In 1862 the Homestead Act was passed giving a person 160 acres of land free IF they would farm it for 5 years. That was the hard part--farming in the prairies for 5 years. This affect Kansas and Nebraska and I don't know about Iowa. Another possiblity I just thought of--IA was an earlier abbreviation of Indiana. So I bet your relative was born in Indiana. Helen Zuber Keusch Snooping in the ZUBER, GOODART, LAND, EDWARDS, CRABTREE, BENNETT, GOODWIN, CHAPMAN, EAKINS, FORD, SANDEFUR, MELTON, WALCUP, HANDLEY, EZELL, and THOMASSON family lines -----Original Message----- From: djones <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 8:47 AM Subject: [INPOSEY] Migration >I have finally located my Great Uncle, Robert Davidson in Posey on the 1860 >census. It shows his place of birth as Iowa. I also noticed the majority of >the people listed on the Census are from Iowa. >Does anyone know the reason for such a migration EAST to Posey from Iowa? > >Thank You > >Don Jones >Sandusky Mi > > > >==== INPOSEY Mailing List ==== >This INPOSEY list is currently available for adoption! >Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/clusters/adoptcounty.html > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Hi, All. I was looking for family members in the transcription of the 1850 census of Black Township and was struck by the fact that there were so many people living in each of the dwellings listed, sometimes more than 40, with many surnames listed per dwelling. I thought at first that they might be hotels, but then realized that some family members listed had been in Posey County for years and were known to be farmers. Does anyone have a clue as to what kinds of buildings, institutions, etc., they might be? Harriette ============================================================================== Hoisington Family Web Site <http://www.genweb.net/~hoisington/index.htm> Sumner Co. KS <http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/sumner/index.html> Kay Co. OK <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okkay/okkay.htm> SURNAMES: HOISINGTON (w/28 variant spellings) anywhere, HATFIELD (OH>IN>IA> KS>OK), HARDIN (MO>OK), DAVIS (Posey Co. IN), MORRIS (KS), COMBS (KY,IN,KS,OK, CA), JONES (Brown Co. OH), PERKINS (VT>IA>KS>OK>TX), LATHAM (MO)

If it is abbreviated IA, it might stand for IndianA rather than IowA. Wanda djones wrote: > I have finally located my Great Uncle, Robert Davidson in Posey on the 1860 > census. It shows his place of birth as Iowa. I also noticed the majority of > the people listed on the Census are from Iowa. > Does anyone know the reason for such a migration EAST to Posey from Iowa? > > Thank You > > Don Jones > Sandusky Mi > > ==== INPOSEY Mailing List ==== > This INPOSEY list is currently available for adoption! > Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/clusters/adoptcounty.html > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

I have finally located my Great Uncle, Robert Davidson in Posey on the 1860 census. It shows his place of birth as Iowa. I also noticed the majority of the people listed on the Census are from Iowa. Does anyone know the reason for such a migration EAST to Posey from Iowa? Thank You Don Jones Sandusky Mi