This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: k_courts Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kemp/1770.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Patrick, Last night I was on the internet until two am researching the Kemp family, and I found some more information that may help you locate my Kemp family. I know that I am descended from Daniel L. Kemp, who was born in 1801 in Virginia, at this time county unknown, and I know that my DAniel Kemp worked as a wagonmaker, and my Daniel L. Kemp was married on the date of August 29, 1825 to Letticia Roach in Fauquier County, Virginia, these are the children that I found besides my great great grandmother, my g g grandmother, Sarah Letticia Kemp, born January 1, 1834 in Virginia, but she could have been born in Ohio, then I found that Mary Viriginia Kemp, born in the year of 1836 in Muskingum County, Ohio and Mary was married to Abram Samuels, then there was Daniel L. Kemp and Thomas B. Kemp, and both, Thomas and Daniel L. Kemp, fought in the Civil War from Jackson County, Virginia. Now, more to help you find if I am the missing link, I have found in my grandmother's papers a reference made that said the Fitzhugh - Kemp family that moved to Louisiana. One time when I was in high school and had to write a paper on the Civil War for American history in talking about President Lincoln, my grandmother told me that "that she did not like Prsident Lincoln as he had made all her family in Virginia go to war." NOw in thinking about it, they must have lost all their property and everything and the Fitzhugh brothers came to Louisiana for a new start. I will go over to St. Martinville and New IBeria and round up all the legal information on my Fitzhugh Kemp land ownership etc. for you. I can tell you that there are only three descendants of both, GEorge Nicholas and his brother, Theodrick Bland Fitzhugh, and they are Virginia Murray Rolston, who is deceased, Sallie Beth Koeing, who is living in Denton, Texas, and Me, Kitty Courts. Virginia Murray Rolston had two daughters, Virginia, who was called Ginger, and she is about 50 yeras old, and Kathy Rolston, who is an attorney in Houston, Texas, and I know that Kathy Rolston from her first marriage to Mr. Crump in Baton Rouge, La. had two sons, John and Ben Crump and those two boys may be still living in Baton Rouge. I know that her younger daughter, Virginia, "Ginger" Rolston, was first married to Keith Hodgeson, and then she is remarried but I do not know the name of the name but I know that they are living in Gonzales, La. GEorge Nicholas FItzhugh married Sarah Lettica KEmp and after the close of the Civil War, they moved to Louisiana, first to St. Martinville, La. and then on to New IBeria, La. where George N. and his brother, Theodrick Bland, Fitzhugh lived across the street from each other. Geoprge Nicholas Fitzhugh and Sarah Letticia Kemp Fitzhugh had one daughter, Katherine, who was called Kate, and she was born on December 1, 1853 in Ravenswood, Virginia and Kate Fitzhugh was married to Joseph Pearce Russell, a ntaive of LIverpool, England, in the year of 1877 at New Iberia, La. and they had two children, Fanny Fitzhugh Russell who was born in 1878 and died as an infant, then years later they had my grandmother, Heneritta Sarah Russell, who was born on the date of October 21, 1891, she was married on the date of November 26, 1913/14 to Dr Frank Field Courts, and she died on March 9, 1993 at New Iberia, La. and she is buried in Rosehill Cemetery in New IBeria, La. and Heneritte Russell Courts had two children, Katherine Sarah Courts, born March 13, 1915, married to Clarenc D. Ferrero on September 4, 1937, and died July 13, 1974, and Frank Russell Courts, born September 16, 1919, married January 21, 1950 Ruby G. Deslatte, and Frank Russell Courts has one daughter, Katherine Ruby Courts, and I have two daughters, Jacqueline Christine Johnson, born March 29, 1979, married August 12, 2006 Thomas A. Marsh, and Jennifer Lynn Johson, born June 1, 1982. I will send you the Theodrick Bland Fitzhugh line in Louisiana after I go dig it out of the file. Hope this helps you connect your missing links I am so glad to have found someone to work with on these lines. Thank you so very much, kitty Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.