To the list and for WYOEAGLE..... There is a book "Land purchased in Southwest Ohio 1800-1840" , by Ellen T. Berry & David A. Berry pub. Baltimore by Genealogical Pub. in 1986.....there are only a few listings for the name of Samuel Smith..... NAME Date Purch. Residence Land located SURVEY SMITH: Samuel Aug. 4, 1803 he was listed as from Kentucky...purchased in R02 T05 S04 (A) Samuel Oct. 07, 1812 listed from Greene Co. OH " " R08 T03 S11 (C) Samuel Dec. 02, 1817 " " Greene Co. OH " " R08 T03 S11 (C) Samuel Dec. 08, 1813 " " Preble Co. OH " " R13 T17 S10 (E) Samuel Feb. 10, 1818 " " Clinton Co. OH " " R14 T18 S07 (E) Here is your clue.....the letters indicating A, C, E....at the end indicate: A-Miami River Survey..........more the area of Montgomery, Miami Co's in Ohio C-Between the Miamis Survey ...more closely postioned to the Miami Co., etc. area. E-East and North of the 2nd. Princiiple Meridian Survey=(which are lands of the "GORE" area of Indiana just west of the Ohio state line...which puts that into the Randolph Co. area) I believe your Samuel Smith has to be one of the above listed men, and the most likely one is the one who came from the "E" ;and purchases...if you check into the lands where you KNOW they lived....it might be proven to you by finding the R/T/S of his land purchases and where they lived in Randolph Co. You gotta get a view of a plat map to check that out. I sent the person asking these questions on Smith & Calhoun and a marriage...the record from the LDS site which indicated Virginia & W. VA locations for birth and marriage..... Quite possibly the family moved from VA to S/W Ohio and then to Indiana early on....not everyone came with families in those early years when the migrations began...young men came to area to fight the Indians..then went home to get their brides and other family members. Migrating was a group & family move....so there would be more hands to help settle new lands and open up the new place. Cheers, Diane G. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hi Diane: I have been looking for the location of Thomas & Mary Welch between 1800-1816. He was in Bellbrook, Ohio, in about 1830 and then in 1837 was in Randolph County. Found deeds for both of these times. Since I am far from any source that would have the book you mentioned, could you do me a favor and see if there are any records for Thomas Welch by himself or Thomas & Mary Welch in this book. Believe she may have been Mary Clawson born in Montgomery or Shelby County. They had a son William born near Dayton, Ohio, in 1816. Many thanks for your help. Karen Welch ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:15 AM Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Look UP (Census 1800) Samuel Smith clues > > To the list and for WYOEAGLE..... > > There is a book "Land purchased in Southwest Ohio 1800-1840" , by Ellen T. > Berry & David A. Berry > pub. Baltimore by Genealogical Pub. in 1986.....there are only a few > listings for the name of > Samuel Smith..... > > > NAME Date Purch. Residence > Land > located SURVEY > SMITH: > Samuel Aug. 4, 1803 he was listed as from Kentucky...purchased in R02 > T05 S04 (A) > Samuel Oct. 07, 1812 listed from Greene Co. OH " " > R08 T03 S11 (C) > Samuel Dec. 02, 1817 " " Greene Co. OH " > " > R08 T03 S11 (C) > Samuel Dec. 08, 1813 " " Preble Co. OH " > " R13 T17 S10 (E) > Samuel Feb. 10, 1818 " " Clinton Co. OH " > " R14 T18 S07 (E) > > Here is your clue.....the letters indicating A, C, E....at the end > indicate: > A-Miami River Survey..........more the area of Montgomery, Miami Co's in > Ohio > C-Between the Miamis Survey ...more closely postioned to the Miami Co., > etc. area. > E-East and North of the 2nd. Princiiple Meridian Survey=(which are lands > of > the "GORE" area > of Indiana just west of the Ohio state line...which puts that into the > Randolph Co. area) > > I believe your Samuel Smith has to be one of the above listed men, and the > most likely one > is the one who came from the "E" ;and purchases...if you check into the > lands where you > KNOW they lived....it might be proven to you by finding the R/T/S of his > land purchases and > where they lived in Randolph Co. You gotta get a view of a plat map to > check that out. > > I sent the person asking these questions on Smith & Calhoun and a > marriage...the record from > the LDS site which indicated Virginia & W. VA locations for birth and > marriage..... > Quite possibly the family moved from VA to S/W Ohio and then to Indiana > early on....not everyone > came with families in those early years when the migrations began...young > men came to area > to fight the Indians..then went home to get their brides and other family > members. > Migrating was a group & family move....so there would be more hands to > help > settle new lands > and open up the new place. > > Cheers, Diane G. > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > ******************************** > Please Visit The Randolph County INGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.23/924 - Release Date: 7/28/2007 > 3:50 PM > >

Karen, did you get my e-mail about that INDY cemetery. I took pictures of it on Friday July 19. I was stuck in traffic right by it and took two quick snaps of it. It is really close to the road. Let me know if you want them. Andrea