John Carpenter of Graves/Marshall County, Ky was my ggggran. He had a daughter named Nancy born 1812. She married Nathan Egner. John's brother Owen went to Mississippi. any kin here? I believe John was in Lincoln County before he went to Graves/Marshall County. On Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at 10:55 AM, may221935@yahoo.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Spraggins, Crews, Carpenter > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wS.2ADIAE/374.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Fran, Thank you for the information. have you seen this ? > History of Crawford and Clark Counties, Illinois, > > W. J. Crews > > Farmer, P. 0. Palestine. This worthy gentleman first beheld the light > of this world on the 7th day of August, 1802 , in Halifax County, Va. > His father, John Crews, was born October 7, 1868, in Virginia. He was > married to Elizabeth Samson, born January 6, 1778, in Virginia. She > was the mother of seven children, three of whom are now1iving. Mr. J. > Crews was one of the first settlers in this county, having come here > with his family in 1817, and entered 160 acres of land in what is now > called Montgomery Township, where his son, the subject of this sketch, > was brought up, and on June 18, 1829, he was joined in matrimony to > Miss Amelia Spraggins, born July 9, 1810, in Lincoln County, Ky. She > is the daughter of Nathaniel and Christiana (Carpenter) Spraggins, who > came to this county in 1815. Mrs. Crews is the mother of nine children > -Christiana A., born April 15, 1830, she was married June 13, 1850; > Mary E., born September 29, 1831, married February 29, 1848; Martha > A., born November 22, 1834, married February 19, 1852; William J., > born November 27, 1836, he died October 8, 1858; John H., born April > 23, 1841, married February 13, 1866; Angeline, born September 1, 1844, > married September 1, 1863; Sarah A., born October 25, 1846, married > February 28, 1867; and Eliza J., born July 28, 1849, married December > 30, 1869. Mr. Crews has given all his children a good start in life, > and has also given! > them that home training which has made of them excellent members of > their respective communities; altogether his life has been a success, > and we feel assured that he can look back with the greatest pleasure > to the days that are long > since passed. He is a Republican, and with his excellent wife and > children belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. > [ > > > > ==== KY-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, > flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >