Terri, Where did you find the Kentucky Death Index? Judith in CA [email protected]

Darrell Warner, or anybody else who has access to old Bath Co newspapers: Do you have any obit record for an Amos G. Pettit who died in 1929 or his wife Anna Mae (Reed) Pettit who died in 1973? They are buried in the New Alfrey Cemetery in Rowan County, with only the years on their stones. In 1910 they were living in Hoggtown (Elliottville) in Rowan County, but their last five children were born in Bath County between 1911 and 1923. Neither of them is listed in the Kentucky Death Index, so I am thinking they may have died in another state, perhaps while residing with one of their children, and been returned to Kentucky for burial. Amos G. Pettit is one of my "mystery Pettits". I first find him in the 1900 census, age 16, as a boarder with the family of J. D. Cogswell. Since the 1890 census was destroyed, I have no record of who his parents were. The marriage record says that he was born in Morgan County, but does not mention his parents. I am hoping that his death certificate or obituary will give their names, but have been unable to locate either. For further details, see http://www.best.com/~tpettit/family/pettit/FG03/FG03_101.htm Teri Pettit

At 11:52 AM -0800 1/3/00, J.S. wrote: >Was or is Polksville, Kentucky in Morgan, Menifee, or Bath county, Kentucky >?? Can't find it on the road maps anymore. >It was the Williams clan from around Menifee counties... > >Thanks for the help !! Johnny, Polksville is in Bath County, along US-60, about 2 miles west of Salt Lick. It is still there, and is still on detailed maps, but it is a very small community, so would not be on maps that only show real towns. There is a Polksville Cemetery there, where some Williams and Pettits are buried. E.g., see this page: http://www.best.com/~tpettit/family/pettit/FG04/FG04_129.htm Teri Pettit

The Bath County Query page for November has a query for November 26, 1999, from David Harter Bailey. I have been unsuccessful in trying to e-mail David using the e-mail address listed (>[email protected]<). David, are you out there or does anyone know him that could give me a good address? Pete Bailey [email protected]

Coyle or Coil, Burns or Byrnes, Rodgers, Gregory Any Help With These Families Would Be Greatly Appreciated. Paul Skinner

I rec'd this on the Adams Co OH list.... May be of interest to a lot of you. Jeannie <>< -----Original Message----- From: Jan Gillespie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 3:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OHADAMS] Gretna Green Links and misc items as published in the Maysville Eagle 1881 and 1888 Hello list, I do not think that I sent this to the Oh Adams Co list - for the next few weeks I will be sending to Lewis Co what I can find regarding the Gretna Green marriages. <>< Articles typed as published in the Maysville Eagle - 11/8/1888 Gretna Green Links Squire Beasley, of Aberdeen, married the following couples between October 9th and November 1st: Henry King and Hattie Gardner, of Fleming County. George McCarter and Lucinda Saunders, of Fleming County. G. W. Adams and Susan Bruce, of Greenup County. Charles Piles and Eliza F. Carey, of Mason County. Turner Anderson and Lillie Day, of Bath County. Samuel Snedaker and Callie Horstman, of Bath County. Dillard C. Haggard and Tona M. Twyman, of Clark County. Robert Whitten and Bettie Gray, of Bath County. ______________ Letters remaining in the Post Office at Aberdeen, O., for the month ending October 31, 1888. Brown, Miss Bean, Nannie Brookover, Mary M. Campbell, Andrew (2) Covell, Mrs. George F. Caldwell, E. F. Chriswell, Miss Annie Dixon, John Dameron, Mrs. Jennie Eppenstiner, Frank Fee, J. A. harden, Jas. D. Hagerty., F. H. Hirien, Mrs. Adlaid Hardin, Frank (2) Kinner, S. King. Miss Cinda McCurdy, Cyrus M. McBride, Leslie M. Richardson, J. Rule, M. F. Swengle, D. F., D. D. S. Stroupe, Mrs. M. P. Sear, Jessie Shelton, George W. Turner, Rev. W. J. ================================== 9-20-1888 Gretna Green Links Squire Beasley, of Aberdeen, has married the following couples since September 8th: Charles Finch and Anna Moore, of Boyle County. John Wells and Anna Whaley, of Mason County. W. O. Fisher and Nannie R. Butler, of Bourbon County. Frank Ammermon and Fannie Riggs, of Harrison County. Ambrose Scott and Lucy Jacobs, of Brown County., Ohio. John S. Craig and Anna Lowery, of Bath County. Jefferson White and Isadore Christian, of Fleming county. Forrest Pope and Lizzie Clarke, of Bracken County. Charles C. Dinger and Lizzie B. Bradford, of Mason County. ============================ October 27, 1887 Old Gold Still Ahead Mrs. Jacob Metz, of dover, took the premium at the Germantown fair on the best yeast bread which was made of "Old Gold." This is the second time she has gotten the hioghest premium on brad made of this brand of flour. The cake that took the first at the Latonia fair at Covington was made of "Old Gold." ========================== 12/21/1881 ==== Janice L. Gillespie Still living in East Central Illinois, wanting to be in Adams Co., OH or Lewis Co., KY Coordinator Ky/Lewis Co. Obits, Deeds, Pensions Coordinator Ky/Lewis County Newspaper List Researching OSBORNE,SOWERS and a few others __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com ==== OHADAMS Mailing List === Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html or contact Betty at: [email protected] Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams Adams Co., OH at USGenWeb: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/OHAdams/ Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Jim & Judy Gray

Hello Fellow Bathers, If anyone out there happens to have a copy of any of the following periodicals that they would be willing to share please email me at the address below (the last one is a real long shot!) East Kentuckian, Vol 23, Issue 1, June 1987 Kentucky Ancestors, Vol 7, Issue 1, July 1972 & Vol 8, Issue 1, July 1975 Lexington Observer and Reporter newspaper (obituaries), 3 and 4 July 1833 Thanks in advance and have a safe and wonderful new millennium! Rebecca Powers [email protected]

Hello all and hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Sorry I haven't sent the jokes out lately, but I am in hopes to get back in the swing of things after the New Year. I will be off line from midnight Dec 31st till midnight Jan 2nd. I wish all of you a very Happy New Year and a SAFE one as well. I hope I see you all back here after Jan 2nd. Make sure you all update your virus .dat files and if all else fails, do what I'm doing, just stay off line until the 2nd. I will also be cleaning out all my email address' in my address book just in case I do get something, I won't pass it on through my address book. But I do have copies of all you address' so I will be able to get in touch with you. Please be very careful out there if you the partying kind. Take care and hope to see you all in the New Millennium. Your Friend and Family Phyllis Boone

Thanks for the info Paula. The individuals envolved are June Culbertson and Denny Sorrell. I suspect they were from Pomeroyton in Menifee County. Jim Sorrell -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 01:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [KYBATH] Town name variants Living across the river in West Virginia, I am a little familiar with Pomeroy, Ohio. Check your map. It is on the Ohio River and I'm thinking above Gallipolis, Ohio. Don't know if this helps or not. Paula West Virginia

Been checking marriages at the Montgomery County (Ohio) courthouse. Is "Pomery" a variation of "Pomeroyton" in Menifee County? Jim Sorrell 753 Anthony Lane Mason, Warren, Ohio 45040-1145 (513) 398-6800 [email protected]

To Noland family searchers - this article from Madison County KY newsletter also has a lot of history regarding the beginning of churches in KY and ministers sanctioned to perform marriages. Note among the list Thomas Shelton - who practiced in Bath County KY also, and later performed marriages at Aberdeen Ohio - where couples were not required to post a marriage bond. Russell Noland and Zarelda Harper of Bath County KY were married by Squire Thomas Shelton in 1846 .Records indicate he operated a riverboat on the Ohio River, where he performed marriages. Noland marriage is recorded in Brown County Ohio records, at Univ. Ohio. Margaret (Noland) Rodland ([email protected]) ---- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 1999 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [MADKY-L] Harris of Madison Co. > In a message dated 12/18/1999 2:34:12 PM Hawaiian Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << I wonder if Christopher's son Christopher Harris could be the one who > married > Elizabeth Berry b. 1800 in Mad. Co. KY? >> > > Good Christmas morning from the Hawaiian Islands. Mele Kalikimaka. > > Jeannie Smith and others interested: > > The Christopher Harris mentioned in the original message from Evelyn W. > Wallace had two wives. His first wife was Mary Dabney (with quite a history). > His second wife was the Agnes McCord mentioned. The list of children shown in > the will included children from both wives. Christopher Harris had a total of > about 18 children from his two wives. > > The son, Christopher Harris, Jr. from the marriage of Mary Dabney, married > Elizabeth Grubbs, daughter of Thomas (not William) Grubbs and Susan Ahearne > (not Hearne). > > The Elizabeth Berry you inquired about as possibly marrying Christopher > Harris, did marry a Chistopher. However, the Christopher Harris that > Elizabeth married was not Christopher Harris, Jr. Elizabeth married > Christopher Harris, son of John Harris, (1765-1809) and Margaret Maupin > (1767-1858). John Harris was a step-brother to Christopher Harris Jr. John's > mother was Agnes McCord. > > This Harris family and the association with the Boones, Berrys, Grubbs and > others is a facinating and confusing mix of Roberts, Johns, Christophers etc. > My line is the family of Robert Harris and wife Nancy Grubbs, son of > Christopher Harris and wife Mary Dabney. > > Here is a little history on Christopher Harris, Jr., son of Christopher > Harris and wife Mary Dabney. All references below are to Christopher Harris > Jr., not his father. > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- > - ----------------------------------------- > Christopher Harris Jr. was a regularly ordained minister of the Primitive > Baptist Church. The following entry appears on the County Court Records in > Madison Co., Ky. > > "Oct. 2, 1792. Ordered that Rev. John Manion Fedrigill Adams, Thomas Shelton, > Christopher Harris, Andrew Tribble, Charles Kavanaugh, Thomas Chilton and > Alexander McKay, be authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage." > > It appears from the record that Christopher Harris solemnized marital rites > in Madison County, Ky. > > Excerpt from A. C. Quisenberry's History: > > "Whilst on the move from Virginia to Kentucky, in Dec. 1780, at Holston, > Virginia in the re-organization there of the old Providence Church of > Primitive Baptists (Separatists) Mary Harris was one of the re-organizers, > and then and there Elder Robert Elkin was chosen pastor of the flock. (The > Mary Harris named, was not the wife of Rev. Christopher's father, for his > first wife had been dead a long while). > She is perhaps the Mary Harris who became the wife of William Woods.. > > On account of intelligence of various Indian incursions and molestations of > the infant settlements of the interior of Kentucky and especially of > Boonsborough, the destination of most of the company, this organization > rested at Holston until 1783, where they in the time raised three crops of > corn, then in a body moved on to Craig's Station on Gilbert's Creek, in > Lincoln County, Ky. where they remained until Nov. 12, 1785, when a minor > part of the church departed for Southwestern Kentucky, and the Major portion > moved on to the waters of Lower Howard's Creek, in what is > Clark County, Ky. not very far from Boonsborough, where new church officers > were elected and the organization named Howard's Creek Church, afterwards > Providence. In 1787, they constructed of logs a house of worship, probably > the first house of worship built by white settlers on Kentucky soil. > > Shortly after the arrival at Lower Howard's Creek, a great spiritual revival > in the church commenced, lasting something like two years, and many were > baptized into the fellowship of the saints, including the names, Christopher > Harris, Squire Boone, Junior, (Nephew of the great pioneer Colonel Daniel > Boone.) The preaching brethern were Elders James Quisenberry, Andrew Tribble, > Robert Elkin etc." > > Christopher Harris placed his membership in Dreaming Creek Church, (Mt. Nebo) > located in Madison County, about one or two miles North east of the city of > Richmond, on the farm now owned by Irvine Miller Hume, and George Larkin > Hume, on Dreaming Creek, prong of Otter Creek. > > The Primitive Baptist Church, at Viney Fork, in Madison County, Ky. was > organized March 25, 1797, the first preliminary steps were taken Jan. 22, > preceding, with the help of Elders Peter Woods and Christopher Harris from > Dreaming Creek, and Andrew Tribble and Isaac Newland from Tates Creek, and on > the second Saturday of Aug. 1797, Elder Christopher Harris was called as > pastor, which call he accepted and faithfully ministered to the flock, until > the second Saturday of Nov. 1813. > > Further Excerpt from History: > > "In May 1796, Christopher Harris was chosen moderator of the Tates Creek > Association serving for ten years as such, when, about 1816, he moved to the > Green River Country, and united with Mt. Zion Church, in Warren County, and > the next year was elected moderator of Gasper River association, and was > continued as such until 1820, when he and his churches entered into the > constitution of Drakes Creek association, of which he was chosen Moderator > for five successive years, his career > being closed by a call to appear before the Courts above, in about the year > 1826, thus ending his labor below. > > The Christopher Harris mentioned in Evelyn Wallace's original message was the > son of Major Robert Harris and Mourning Glenn of Va. Major Robert Harris's > father was Colonel William Harris and wife Temperance Overton. Colonel > William Harris's father was Major Robert Harris and wife Mary Claiborne Rice. > At this point however even more confusion exists and this Major Robert Harris > cannot be absolutely traced back further but Major Robert Harris was > connected with the original settlement in Va. Any futher ancestors were from > England. It can be said however that the descendants of this Major Robert > Harris spread up the York River watershed into the Shenandoah Valley and over > the mountains into Kentucky. These are the midwest Harrises. > > ALOHA, Don Douglas, Kailua Hawaii > > ______________________________

I have found an ancestor of mine, Dr. Joshua Barnes (cir 1806 - 1894), in a list of having held the office as State Respresentative from Bath County. Does anyone know of a site on the web that might lists State Respresentatives and the years they served? Thanks in advance, T

Were Ben and Nancy Snelling of the Tolliver Snelling relation? Have found a Tolliver Snelling married to Elizabeth Noland - perhaps same family? The Noland family were from Madison Co KY and Russell Noland lived in Bath County until he moved to Indiana around 1859. Margaret ([email protected]) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 12:47 PM Subject: KYBATH-D Digest V99 #264

Thanks Barbara. -----Original Message----- From: Barbara W. Ingram [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 07:26 PM To: Jim Sorrell Subject: Re: [KYBATH] Bath Co. Perrys Jim Sorrell wrote: > > Vinita, my records show Green Perry Walton possibly dead before 1870 and > Lucinda died after 1870 according to the 1870 Menifee County census. It is > also possible that "Green Perry" is Greenberry". > > Jim In THE HISTORY OF MENIFEE COUNTY "Jonathan Saylor Walton was the son of Green Perry Walton (buried in Ginter Cem-died at age 40), and Loucinda Manier Walton."-I do ot know if this means Green Perry Walton died at age 40 or if Jonathan saylor Walton died at age 40. Hope this helps............Barbara

Margaret, The Toliver Snelling you refer to, that married Elizabeth "Polly" Neiland/Noland, was the son of Rev. Benjamin Snelling (b 1771 Fauquier Co, VA; d. 25 Sep 1856 Bath Co, KY) and Mary "Polly" Sinclair (b. 12 Sep 1777; d. 1 Dec 1856 Bath Co, KY) Benjamin and Polly Snelling had 10 children: Lucinda m. William Mathis II Nancy m. William Young Hannah m. Benjamin Jones Benjamin m. Rachel Fothergill Elizabeth m. Absalom Perry Jilson m. Minerva Atchinson Jane m. Robert Bailey Franklin m. Martha Cline Thornton Toliver m. Polly Neiland I hope this is of some help. Audrae Turner Mathis << Were Ben and Nancy Snelling of the Tolliver Snelling relation? Have found a Tolliver Snelling married to Elizabeth Noland - perhaps same family? The Noland family were from Madison Co KY and Russell Noland lived in Bath County until he moved to Indiana around 1859. Margaret ([email protected]) >>

I don't know if this will help. Maybe coming from another angle, but I have a copy of a death certificate of Sarah G. Perry with the informant listed as Green Perry. Easy to read. She died 26 Jan 1929 and was listed as married. Maybe you could trace backwards on this line to find the original Green Perry. The county was Carter, Pleasant Valley. Green Perry listed his address as Olive Hill. What I don't understand is what the "G" is for in Sarah G Perry when her parents are listed as John Robbins and Polly Dyer. Maybe she was married to a Green then remarried a Perry? K

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 02:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: 1870 KY Postoffices.....thought it might be useful?? <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/sources/1870KyPostOffice.html">187 0 Ky Post Offices</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/sources/1870KyPostOffice.html HI Jim, I found this on the Kenton Co. KY Web Page and thought it might be some help to our researchers too. Happy Holidays!! Vivian

Vinita, my records show Green Perry Walton possibly dead before 1870 and Lucinda died after 1870 according to the 1870 Menifee County census. It is also possible that "Green Perry" is Greenberry". Jim

My ggg-gandparents were Elijah Perry and Nancy Snelling Perry of Bath Co. Elijah's father was Lewis of Woodford Co. I have a marriage bond and a permission slip signed by Lewis Perry and Ben Snelling (Nancy's father) for Absalom Perry to marry Elizabeth Snelling. Can anyone tell me the relationship of Absalom Perry to Elijah Perry? Permisson slip dated 5 Jan 1824, bond dated 7 Jan 1824. Thanks