Hi Folks, Seeking info on... ARNOLD SNYDER b. 15 Oct 1846 d. 30 Mar 1924 (murdered) s/o: James Snider & Mary Cooley Arnold m.: 1st- 7 Sept 1864 - Greenup Co.KY to : Louisa England. ( Louisa aka: Eliza Jane & her father listed as: John Fields ??? Louisa being only 14 years old when she married, she was either from common law married parents or an illegimate child ???) Arnold m.: 2nd- 23 May 1922 Carter Co.,KY. to: Ollie Burton (d/o: John & Martha Burton) children: Nancy "Annie; George; Sarah; Charity; Louisa; Mary; James; & Benjamin . Arnold Snyder lived in Lewis Co., KY, but close to Carter City, Carter Co., KY. ...just across county lines. Arnold & 2nd wife, Ollie and several children are buried in the Oakland Christian Church Cemetery outside of Carter City, Carter Co., KY. I actually need more info on Arnold Snyder's parents...James Snider & Mary Cooley who married on 13 Mar 1841 in Lewis Co.,KY. I'd appreciate any info on the family line. Thanks! Jim James F. Carver 610 Gay Street, Box 214 Portsmouth, Ohio 45662-0214 e-mail: heritage@zoomnet.net

Betty I have tried to e-mail you and get it bounced back. Please contact me. thanks Pat Kratz

Each May, Carter Co. pays tribute to it's past with a week of celebration known as "Memory Days". If you have some free time Memorial Day week come and celebrate with us. The dates this year are May 22-30 with most of the events clustered between May 27-29. The big parade is set for May 29 at 1:00 p.m. The Art Show is held that morning in the park and the horse show that night and again on Sunday at the fair grounds. Miss Memory Days will be selected on May 22 and the golf tournament will be held on May 22-23. Numerous other events are planned. Window decortions and parade floats will be judged and awards given. We will have live music both Thursday and Friday nights. The theme selected by the Committee this year is "Celebrating a Century of Memories." The permanent theme is "Come to Grayson to Remember and Be Remembered." Oscar Haight, the oldest living former Mayor of Grayson has been selected as Grand Marshall of the Parade. As in recent years everyone is invited to participate in Memory Days in as many ways as you can. There will be special tie-in sales and advertising, sidewalk sales, marquee signs, posters, distribution of calendars of events, decorated store windows with historical displays and employees and residents dressed up. This is also the best time to visit the many cemeteries. Nearly every cemetery will be mowed and looking their best and many of the families hold annual get-togethers to decorate the cemeteries. Y'All Come.

I am a grandson of Wm. Henry Kitchen and Hulda Sexton. I need some info on Haskel Sexton, who married Ann Biggs. I am adding what little I have. Jim married Samantha Alexander. Their children were Mason, Eunice, Amos, Cora, Sarah Ann. Martha Sexton married Charles Montgomery. They had John, who died in 1918 with the flu, Charlie Montgomery and Mary Ann Montgomery. Someone, please, help me with who Marian Robinson was. High, Lillie, and Rushie are connected somewhere. Then, there is a Lihue Kitchen with Lizzie, Leonard and Stella. I know about Hulda, my grandmother. She married Wm. Henry Kitchen with 8 children, Bertha, Lewis, Golda, Hattie, Haley, Moses, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses Kitchen is my dad. He was a preacher and built and pastored the First Church of God in Grayson until his death in 1984. Connected to Jess is and Ernest, Roy, Grace, Elsie, and Garnet. I would appreciate any contribution. Surely some of these people ring a bell. Robert Kitchen Box 122 Hermitage, Tn. 37076

Recently, Several subscribers described their first time viewing of the Hollywood made film of the life of Kentucky's Sgt. Alvin York, awarded our most prestigious honor of the United States of America, "The Congressional Medal of Honor" for feats in World War I. Kentuckians should be very proud to have had Three (3) such Kentucky men who made North America proud Americans. In Leslie County on Thursday, February 11, 1999, The Leslie County News published an article by Cousin Owen Morgan, who reported the Death of Belvia Roberts Sandlin at age 96, and whom was living with one of her daughters in St. Matthews a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. The article explained that Belvia had reburied husband Willie Sandlin from Leslie County to the National Cemetery where President Zachary Taylor was buried and that Belvia Roberts Sandlin had requested to be buried next to her husband, and that she was laid to rest as requested by her living children. The article explained that Belvia was 47 years age when Willie Sandlin died. She never married again. Their love and respect had lasted their lifetime on this earth. For those present owners of the Book, BOLLING-BOWLING-USA-ROOTS TREE-POCAHONTAS, they will receive a personal email containing a page of photos. ON Sunday, March 11, 1928, "The Kalamazoo Gazette", featured a story by George Bidinger", a reporter. That article is presented here for those not familiar with this great Kentuckian. The headlines read: "ONE OF U.S. GREATEST WAR HEROES...." First, here are the facts: Willie Sandlin, born January 1, 1890, at Jackson, KY Died May 29, 1949, and buried at Hurricane Cemetery, Hyden, Leslie Co.,KY Reburied: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, at (E-10A)(mH), Louisville,KY On August 9, 1990. Rank in World War I : Sergeant, 33rd Division, Company 'A', 132nd Infantry. Service: U. S. ARMY "The Kalamazoo Gazette", Willie Sandlin moved his family up from Big Creek recently to his wife's folks, at the mouth of Owl's Nest Creek, a half-mile from here. (Hyden). Willie had to give up his rented farm on Big Creek because his health is getting worse. His wife helped him all she could on the farm last year, but her three babies took much of her time. Willie and his family aren't living in their old two room cabin anymore. Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, founder of the "Moonlight Schools" said it was a "disgrace to Kentucky" that the Sandlin family should be living in a place like that. Willie Sandlin has a three little daughters. Senator Hiram Brock, who represents Leslie County where Sandlins live, introduced a bill in the Legislature to buy Willie Sandlin a $10,000 farm. The bill has been reported favorably by the Senate committee and the Senator thinks it has a good chance of being passed. (year 1928). The House Committee hasn't given a report on it yet. (Caption): TOOK OFFICER'S PISTOL He doesn't mind showing you the Lugar, pistol that he took from a German Officer, But he is rather reticent about the other trinkets, and unless you ask Mrs. Sandlin they may not be brought out of an old trunk. Here is a list of the "souvenirs" that Willie Sandlin brought home in his pockets when he came riding home over the Leslie County hills, back in 1919: "The Congressional Medal of Honor"; "Croix de Guerra (with palm)"; "Medal Militaire of France"; "Italian War Cross" and "Montenegrin War Cross". (Caption): KILLS GUN NEST CREW "Sergeant Willie Sandlin showed conspicuous gallantry in action at Bois de Forges, France, 26 September 1918, by advancing alone directly on a machine gun nest which was holding up the line with its fire. He killed the crew with a grenade and enabled the line to advance. Later in the day he attacked alone and put out of action two other machine gun nests, setting a splendid example of bravery and coolness to his men." There are more details. In the first nest he killed three men single-handed, after which the platoon he was commanding was able to move forward. Half an hour later at the second nest when the line was again halted and the men ordered to lie down, he killed four men single-handed and the line went on again. His total for the day was 24 enemy killed. The citation bears the signature of "General John J. Pershing.." (Describing Willie)"He coughs and wheezes a great deal, (in 1928), "I'm not one-third the man I used to be before the War" he says laconically. "If I take 25 steps up the hill, I'm done for." "My winds gone." His health has been getting worse the past two years.....(paragraph skip)...... (Caption): GASSED TWICE IN WAR Willie has spent time in hospitals in Chillicothe, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, and other places. He was gassed twice in the war. He also was wounded by shrapnel in the leg and in the face and there is little bits of metal embedded in his face to this day. But he believes it is the gas, that makes him cough and wheeze and keeps him in bed half the time. (Paragraph skip) (Paragraph skip) (Caption): GETS $10 PENSION For about a year after the war the government paid him $40 a month. Then it was reduced and finally abolished. His Congressional Medal entitles him to $10 a month, he gets nothing else. Life after the war has been just one examination after another for Willie. Three months ago, he was examined at Cincinnati and given a 69 percent disability rating, which would have entitled him to a fair compensation. But the Louisville Veterans Bureau, under whose jurisdiction Sandlin comes, has appealed at Chicago and that bureau has placed the case before the Veteran's Bureau at Washington. Laws operate in queer ways sometimes, and although the bureau always has been sympathetic toward Willie Sandlins case, technicalities have blocked compensation for him. Special action by Congress may be necessary. (Caption): WILLIE STILL WAITING Willie is still waiting. It soon will be nine years since they mustered out Sergeant Sandlin. (END OF ARTICLE QUOTES - SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1928) - - - - - - - - - - - - FACT: Former Five Medal Awardee Sergeant Willie Sandlin died MAY 29, 1949 WILLIE SANDLIN is a BOLLING-BOWLING descent of JAMES BOLLING 1756VA-1826KY, (Major) John Bolling 1700VA, (Colonel)John Bolling 1676VA-1729VA, and Robert Bolling 1646 England-1709VA who married Granddaughter of Pocahontas Rolfe.

Please read my remark (question) at end. _________________ >This is important enough to all genealogical researchers to >warrent the forward. From: <PGreatho01@aol.com> To: <GREATHOUSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 1999 1:05 PM Subject: [GA] 1890 United States Census ..destroyed by fire Date: 99-05-02 08:49:03 EDT From: kee46@email.msn.com (Adrianne) To: GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com Hello, As you might or might not know 99% of the 1890 United States Census was destroyed by fire. So a book of ALL living United States residents of 1890 is being compiled from descendants like you. If you would like to contribute your ancestor's to this vital history book, please email (ChinaDoll2@netscape.net) or snail mail (Angela Foster P.O. Box 2551 Waterville, Maine 04903) the following information on your ancestor's. Submitting your information is free. HEAD of Household full name (first-middle-last): " " " age: " " " date born (month-day-year): " " " place born (town-county-state or country): " " " residence (town-county-state): SPOUSE's full name (maiden surname in ( )'s if available): " age: " date born (month-day-year): " place born (town-county-state or country): {please note * list all children and their data seperatly from one another} ALL Children's full names (first-middle-last): " age's: " date born (month-day-year): " place born (town-county-state or country): Please fill in as much information as you can. If you are not sure of any of the information, please fill in your best estimate and follow it with a ? mark. Thank you for your contribution to this vital genealogy book. P.S. Please forward this to everyone who might be interested in contributing. Thank you. Yours Truly, Angela M. Foster __________________ Ken's comment: While I agree that this is a great idea, (wish I'd thought of it) I notice the comment that submitting data is free. Question: Am I submitting to a commercial venture? Am I going to be charges to see the final product? I have contributed to projects where end product was provided on a CD-Rom, available for less than $10. That's fine. But I'm not willing to contribute to a commercial venture that's going to "use' the work of hundreds (or thousands) of volunteers, and then be asked to 'contribute' $39.95 .

The following article below is of interest to many "newbie's" and "oldies" of the Internet, at this site. It is forwarded for those who have recently subscribed to this great site in Kentucky. The information may help many learn about their ancestor(s). People must understand that commercial CD's for sale by another company of FTM files are not always true fact, as submitted by certain family members. About 75% of those CD's contain errors of descents and ancestors. The same holds true for Computer entries at the LDS. Therefore, spend your money wisely. John in CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------ 1870 CENSUS CDs. Heritage Quest publishes the acclaimed Family Quest Archives, and if you are searching for your American ancestors in the restless period of great migration after the Civil War, the 1870 census is usually critical to your success in finding them. Using the Family Quest Archives 1870 Indexes, you can specify surname, given name, age, sex, race, birthplace, county, and locality. This allows you to narrow your search possibilities and provides faster search results. This new software is flexible. It gives you the option to include specific age ranges or perform a wildcard search to include all spelling variations of a name. Once you complete a search you can sort the data in ascending or descending order, copy a record to the Windows Clipboard, print the findings or make a text file of the results of your search. Currently the following nine 1870 census indexes are available from Heritage Quest, P.O. Box 329, Bountiful, UT 84011-0329; 1-800-760-2455; <http://www.heritagequest.com/> o Illinois (ACD-0013), $39.95 o Ohio (ACD-0014), $39.95 o Virginia and West Virginia (ACD-0015), $29.95 o Maryland and DC (ACD-0016), $29.95 o Georgia (ACD-0021), $29.95 o Pennsylvania (ACD-0028), $39.95 o North and South Carolina (ACD-0029), $39.95 o Delaware and New Jersey (ACD-0033), $29.95 o Tennessee (ACD-0034), $29.95 These prices include postage and handling. The entire series of 1870 census indexes will be available by the end of the year, according to a Heritage Quest spokesperson. * * * * * PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) a copy of this notice appears at the end of the article: Written by <author's name, e-mail address, and URL, if given>. Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists, Vol. 4, No. 18, 30 April 1999. Please visit the MISSING LINKS Web page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mlnews/index.htm>. Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case Co-Editor-to-Blame: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG ===========================================================

In a message dated 4/11/1999 10:06:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, gitarzan@mindless.com writes: << Gee's and anything that looks like it ties into a Delmer Waggoner, who lived in the 1st half of this century. Thanks, >> Dave, Are you on the Carter County list? I don't have DELMER WAGGONER, there is another Waggoner researcher on the list, tho. Will the Waggoner researcher please e-mail Dave? Thanks Betty

I descend from George M. MASTERS, b: 1 Sep 1852, Nobel Co., Ohio, m: Miriam HAMM, abt. 1871, Carter Co., KY. thru their daughter Mary (Mollie) MASTERS, b: 1 Jan 1875, m: David Warren REEDER, b: 29 Nov 1867, abt 1890, Carter Co., KY. Check out: MASTERS-L@rootsweb.com ________________________ Marshall Hamilton wrote: I've been remiss in reading my email, but I want to get my surnames out. In Carter County, I'm researching HAMILTON and MASTERS from 1865 forward. Marshall Hamilton

I've been remiss in reading my email, but I want to get my surnames out. In Carter County, I'm researching HAMILTON and MASTERS from 1865 forward. Marshall Hamilton

The Carter County Photo Album will be put on autopilot for 3 weeks while I am traveling on business. I hope this doesn't cause anyone undo inconvenience. I thank everyone for their patience until my return. You do not have to stop sending in photos, but I will not be updating the page with new submissions until my return. Kindest regards, Brian

If anybody out there is interested, I use ICQ, and I thought it might be helpful if you all knew my number. Just another way of contacting me. ICQ number 221210 Feel free to contact me anytime, either via email or ICQ. John Rucker Carter Co. KYGenWeb coordinator

-------Phoenix-Boundary-07081998- Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable Does anyone know of any maps available online that show the magisterial districts for Carter Co. for the 1900 - 1920 censuses, or does anyone know the district lines so I can locate them on a map=3F John Parsons Columbus OH -------Phoenix-Boundary-07081998---

A while back, someone (that I hope is subscribed to this list) emailed me to ask me for information on two (or three) Rucker brothers who married Lawson sisters. At the time I wasn't sure if there was a connection, so I messaged you back to say that I would hang on to your message in case I turned something up. Well, I DID turn something up tonight & I need to get in touch with you. Unfortunately, when I installed the new Netscape Communicator, I accidentally nuked all the messages that I had saved while using Navigator. In other words, I don't have your message, therefore I don't know how to contact you. If you read this, please get in touch with me - it seems that Seriah (Syria, among other spellings) was the son of Elzaphan. John Rucker Carter Co KYGenWeb coordinator & Rucker treeclimber

I am searching for RICES, particularly James Faris RICE and his ancestors. He was born about 1850-55 in Carter County, married in 1880 in Fleming County. The 1880 census says his parents also came from Carter County. Gail in Texas

Hello everybody: I was wondering if anyone was researching a Jesse Johnson of the Smokey Valley area of Carter county? My cousin is looking for the parents of his ancestor, Emma Johnson who married Walter Fultz. Their son Chester A. Fultz (1894-1994) married my great aunt Effie Jane Dummitt. Emma was the daughter of a Jesse Johnson, dates unknown. All my cousin knows is that Jesse had several children: along with Emma, Mace (Mason?), Belinda, Sib, and Sarah. I was able to find a Jesse Johnson in the 1870 Carter county census. Born ca 1840, he is listed with wife Eliza (nee Ramey?) and several children including a Sarah and a Lebinda (Belinda?). Does anyone know anything about this family? Or could someone point me in the right direction? I must admit I have yet to check the 1880 Carter county census - that is my next check point. Thank you, Patrick Worthington Lexington, KY

Greetings all. I am asking for your help. I am trying to put together a book on the descendants of Elzaphan Rucker. I already have a good bit of data, but there are many lines about which I know absolutely nothing. Please check my GedPage page: http://www.iwaynet.net/~mican/elzaphan/surnames.htm If you can make any connections please let me know. Thanks again, John Rucker Carter County KYGenWeb coordinator

I now have all my copies of death certificates transcribed and also an actual copy of the death certificate posted at http://members.xoom.com/warnertree/deathpage.htm I will be happy to add more if you have some you want posted. Thanks, Darrell -- Warner Graveyard located in rural Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky posted at http://members.xoom.com/warnertree/wargrave.html Inventory, Sale Bill, Slave and Land Division from the Estate of Jacob Warner posted at http://members.xoom.com/warnertree/estate.htm See the Death Certificates Page at http://members.xoom.com/warnertree/deathpage.htm Most everyone there has Kentucky connections.

Well, folks, I did it again. I think I have completed a major renovation of the Carter County site. I kept the table menu, but I divided it into slightly more logical (at least to me...vbg) sections. I believe it will make things easier to find and the overall site more navigable. Please check it out & let me know what you think. Also, if you had pages within the site bookmarked, you might want to verify those links - I did change some of the directory structures around and some file names. As always, your comments are encouraged. Thanks, John Rucker Carter County KyGenWeb coordinator

hi all i checked my email on my server (world wide development)from the home page because i was on a friends computer the emails where supposed to stay on the server but when i got home today to down load them to my computer they where all gone i had about 30 emails on it when i called them there excuse was "we've been having some wierd things going on" sounds like real good support advice to me HA! HA! but my reason for this email one of the ones i received was from a Loretta Johnson that was on the same line as mine Jesse,Lytle,Wiley and others my gt.gt grandfather was William"dittybill" Johnson married to a Louisa Green there are some of us trying to get together next month in May at the Ashland,Ky library and was wondering if her or any others would like to attend i think it is going to be on a friday after 11:00 am so i hope Loretta or any other's interested see's this thanks so much for your time george johnson my Carter & Elliott co lines are Johnson,Green,Messer,Stewart