Hello Ripley County Group I'm searching for any information regarding my grgr grandparents who were in Ripley County during the early 1800's. Samuel JONES was born probably 1770/1790 somewhere in Md. He married Catherine (Kitty) VanPelt 8/18/1808 in Fayette County, Ky. They came to Ripley County sometime in the 1820's & lived near Cross Plains in Ripley County. From court records they had the following children: 1. Samuel 2. Eliza 3. Joseph 4. Henrietta 5. Henry Crown Henry C. was my gr grandfather & was born 5/2/1830 in Ripley County. From Court records there was an estate settlement for Samuel which has that he died 11/4/1834 in Ripley County. The records also state that Eliza who was married to James WILSON took the children except for Samuel Jr. & went to Ky. There is no mention of Kitty in Samuel's will or estate so I suspect that she died before Samuel. After abount 20 years of research I have not been able to find any cemetery records for either Samuel or Kitty. It seems that Henry C. had a guardian being T.W. CRIDLAND. I have not been able to find any records regarding this person. Was T.W. CRIDLAND a man or woman & were they related to this JONES family? A man who lives at Cross Plains went with me to the Bear Creek Cemetery (no road to this place) a few years ago but most grave stones can no longer be read. I tried to find a list of those in the cemetery but no luck doing it at the Ripley County Historical Society. I would like very much to trace my Jones line back to the immigrant person or family. Thanks in advance for any help in my search. Ed Jones New Palestine, In.