In the search for information on my g-g-g-grandfather Samuel Franklin KELLEMS, b. 1817 Breckinridge Co. KY d. 18 Mar 1894, Baxter Co. AR, I ran this note in Dubois Co. IN and thought I would repeat it here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- KELMS a variant? Posted by Michael Craigie <craigi19@idt.net> on Tue, 22 Sep 1998, in response to KELLAMS, KELLEMS, KELLUMS, posted by Richard Nash on Mon, 16 Feb 1998, at 5:28 a.m. Surnames: KELLAMS, KELLEMS, KELLUMS, KELMS Many KELLEMS (KELLAMS or KELLUMS) appear in Dubois and/or Perry Co. IN. In Vokel L. M. "An Index to the 1820 Federal Census of Kentucky" Vol 1 1974, searching for that name or its variants in Brecknridge Co. KY turns up nothing. Family Bible records insist KELLEMS was born there and migrated to IN. White, V. D. "Index to War of 1812 Pension Files Vol. II: J - Z" pg. 1111, lists the possible surnames for Charles KELLEMS to include KELLAMS or KELMS. Vokel (op. cit.) lists three KELMS in Breckinridge Co. KY: Hiram, Jinsey, and Wm. (William). They were all on the same census page, so they were at least neighbors. The census lists Hiram KELMS as 16-26 years old and living with two females, one less than 10 and one the 16-26. Wm KELMS was also 16-26 with two younger males, one under 10 and on under 16 and one female less than 26. Neither Hiram nor Wm listed slaves. Jinsey listed one slave less than 26. The rest of that family was: 1 male less than 10, 1 male less than 16, 1 male 16-18, 1 Male 16-26, 3 females less than 10, 1 female less than 26 and one female less than 45. I don't know if Jinsey is male or female. I hope this rings some bells. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samual m. Ida HALL in 1852 and she d. 1860 in Adyeville (Clark TWP) Perry Co. IN. The lineage may be seen at: http://idt.net/~craigi19/genealogy/mvm/welcome.htm The web site is constantly undergoing revisions and does not yet have the photos and stories that will be added as time permits. The "family tree" starts with my grandmother. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Mike