July 1857 Su 5 I went to Ohio County to let them know that Marthy was not comeing home for 2 weeks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 6 I cradled wheet for R. Mcdaniel John hoed and thined corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 7 I cut wheet for Allen and Gatewood John thined corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 8 I cut wheet for George Husk John finished thinning corn and plowed and hoed tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 9 I cut wheet for G. Husk John plowed corn and tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 10 I cut wheet for G. Husk John plowed corn and tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 11 I cut wheet for G. Husk John hoed tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Marthy was Martha Black his spinster sister-in-law. She was probably helping her sister with the new baby. Samuel Allen, Reason McDaniel, Griffin Gatewood and George Husk were all neighbors.

Some time ago I came across "William Smothers Maternal Ancestors" in the Daviess County-Owensboro Library. I need the author's name of that manuscript. Can anyone help? Thank you very much, M. J. Moore _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

----- Original Message ----- From: KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 3:15 AM To: KYDAVIES-D@rootsweb.com Subject: KYDAVIES-D Digest V01 #82 Content-Type: text/plain KYDAVIES-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 82 Today's Topics: #1 Re: [KYDAVIES-L] Davis Douthitt's ["Patrick Hays" <gsdownr@geocities.] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from KYDAVIES-D, send a message to KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________

Menifee Roberts was a son of Henry M. (Harry) Roberts and his first wife, Ann Duncan, a daughter of George Duncan and his first wife Elizabeth Redmon. Menifee Roberts was married to Polly Ann Muffett, daughter of Benjamin Muffett and Elizabeth B. Duncan (coincidentally she was the second wife of Henry M. Roberts), and they were the parents of 8 children before she died in 1866. menifee Roberts was still living in 1870. Does anybody have any additional information about when he died, what happened to his children (I have some, but not near all), and who the parents of Henry M. Roberts were??? I have suspicions about his father (no clue about his mother), but can't even come close to proving it. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnny Arrington" <MasterSgt@worldnet.att.net> To: <KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 2:26 PM Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Davis Douthitt's Journal - June - July 1857 > June - July 1857 > Sun 28 > I went to Robert Barnetts after a girl > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------------------------------------------------- > Mo 29 > I ploughed corn until 5 oclock and went after Meniphe Roberts to work for me > John hoed and thinned corn > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------------------------------------------------- > Tues 30 > We ploughed corn Meniphe and Sam Crow hoed and thined corn. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------------------------------------------------- > July the 1st 1857 > We 1 > We plowed corn Meniphe hoed corn > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------------------------------------------------- > Thu 2 > John plowed corn 7283ph2 h42d c478 I went to hawesville to get a sythe > and cradle > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------------------------------------------------- > Fri 3 > We plowed corn until we got over Meniphe hoed corn and I ploughed tobacco > the boys hoed tobacco > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------------------------------------------------- > Sat 4 > I plowed tobacco and the boys hoed we finished our tobacco about 2 oclock > and went a fishing > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________________ > > Sun 28 Robert Barnett - there are 2 Robert Barnetts in the neighborhood in > 1860. R. M (34) & wife Catherine 21 and Robert 27 & wife Polina 26. I am > guessing that Davis was looking for a girl to help his wife who was still > not well after having the new baby > Mon 29 in the 1850 Daviess Co census Menifee Roberts is a 35 year old man > living in the neighborhood > Tues 30 The only Sam Crow I can identify from the census was only 9 years > old in 1860. > > > ==== KYDAVIES Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe to this list in mail mode, send a message to > KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > Turn off signature file for all commands > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

June - July 1857 Sun 28 I went to Robert Barnetts after a girl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 29 I ploughed corn until 5 oclock and went after Meniphe Roberts to work for me John hoed and thinned corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tues 30 We ploughed corn Meniphe and Sam Crow hoed and thined corn. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- July the 1st 1857 We 1 We plowed corn Meniphe hoed corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 2 John plowed corn 7283ph2 h42d c478 I went to hawesville to get a sythe and cradle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 3 We plowed corn until we got over Meniphe hoed corn and I ploughed tobacco the boys hoed tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 4 I plowed tobacco and the boys hoed we finished our tobacco about 2 oclock and went a fishing ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________ Sun 28 Robert Barnett - there are 2 Robert Barnetts in the neighborhood in 1860. R. M (34) & wife Catherine 21 and Robert 27 & wife Polina 26. I am guessing that Davis was looking for a girl to help his wife who was still not well after having the new baby Mon 29 in the 1850 Daviess Co census Menifee Roberts is a 35 year old man living in the neighborhood Tues 30 The only Sam Crow I can identify from the census was only 9 years old in 1860.

USGenWeb has absolutely NOT merged with Rootsweb. Rootsweb is a FOR-PROFIT subsidiary of MyFamily.com, which also owns Ancestry.com, among other things. USGenWeb is a NOT-FOR-PROFIT unincorporated organization dedicated to providing free online genealogy. PLEASE, please, please do not confuse the two. I am the USGenWeb (among other organizations) county coordinator for Daviess, Hancock and Jefferson Cos., KYGenWeb and Custer Co., COGenWeb; co-coordinator for Mecosta Co., MIGenWeb and Blackford Co., INGenWeb and state coordinator for INGenWeb. From my start in USGenWeb I created what I see as a very necessary website called http://www.migrations.org, which tracks movements of people across county, state and country boundaries. I am in the military so have been unable to be located in my primary reseach areas for quite a while, so my contribution is the creation of websites. I am currently stationed just outside of Washington, DC and hopefully in the near future will be able to use the resources available here in DC to improve the pages that are online. As usual, the pages are willing to add any information that is submitted by any visitors. Patrick Hays http://www.geocities.com/gsdownr_2000/daviess1.html http://www.geocities.com/gsdownr_2000/hancock1.html http://www.geocities.com/gsdownr_2000/jefferson1.html http://www.geocities.com/gsdownr_2000/custer1.html http://www.geocities.com/gsdownr_2000/mecosta1.html or http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/index.html http://users.rootsweb.com/~inblackf/ http://www.ingenweb.net or http://www.ingenweb.org http://www.migrations.org http://pw1.netcom.com/~gsdownr/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Fox" <rfox@mis.net> To: <KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 7:43 AM Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Rootsweb success stories needed > I'm a freelance writer and a genealogist. Several years ago, I sold a story > to Kentucky Living about the KyGenWeb project, which grew into USGenWeb and > has since merged with RootsWeb. It lingered in the files a while, but now > they'd like to publish it--this August, I believe. I only learned that > yesterday after returning from a two-week vacation, so I'm going to need to > submit the revisions to them by tomorrow (Monday, July 2). The only source > I haven't been able to contact was the user with a success story, so I need > to rewrite that portion of the story--and you could be the person with the > story to tell! > > If 1) you have been using resources on the Kentucky portion of Rootsweb and > have a success story to tell (about locating an ancestor or finding living > relatives you didn't know about); 2) LIVE IN KENTUCKY (rural Kentucky > preferred and an RECC customer would be great, since this is their > publication); and 3) are able to answer these questions by e-mail no later > than 7 a.m. EDT Monday, July 2, please e-mail your responses to me at > rfox@mis.net. > > 1) How long have you been using Kentucky's RootsWeb and which county pages > have you accessed? > > 2) What did you think of KyGenWeb/USGenWeb/RootsWeb when you first > discovered it? > > 3) What has been your greatest success story using Kentucky's county or > state pages at RootsWeb? > > 4) Where do you live? (City or county, whichever you prefer. If an RECC > customer, please mention that.) > > I may have follow-up questions, once I receive your response. > > Thanks in advance for all takers! I'll be sure to send you a copy of the > final article if I quote you (as long as you provide your snailmail > address). I'm on digest with this list, so please don't reply to the entire > list without copying me at my e-mail address or I might not receive your > response in time. > > Rita Fox > <rfox@mis.net> > > > ==== KYDAVIES Mailing List ==== > To Subscribe to this list in digest mode, send a message to > KYDAVIES-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word > SUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > Turn off signature file for all commands. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

I'm a freelance writer and a genealogist. Several years ago, I sold a story to Kentucky Living about the KyGenWeb project, which grew into USGenWeb and has since merged with RootsWeb. It lingered in the files a while, but now they'd like to publish it--this August, I believe. I only learned that yesterday after returning from a two-week vacation, so I'm going to need to submit the revisions to them by tomorrow (Monday, July 2). The only source I haven't been able to contact was the user with a success story, so I need to rewrite that portion of the story--and you could be the person with the story to tell! If 1) you have been using resources on the Kentucky portion of Rootsweb and have a success story to tell (about locating an ancestor or finding living relatives you didn't know about); 2) LIVE IN KENTUCKY (rural Kentucky preferred and an RECC customer would be great, since this is their publication); and 3) are able to answer these questions by e-mail no later than 7 a.m. EDT Monday, July 2, please e-mail your responses to me at rfox@mis.net. 1) How long have you been using Kentucky's RootsWeb and which county pages have you accessed? 2) What did you think of KyGenWeb/USGenWeb/RootsWeb when you first discovered it? 3) What has been your greatest success story using Kentucky's county or state pages at RootsWeb? 4) Where do you live? (City or county, whichever you prefer. If an RECC customer, please mention that.) I may have follow-up questions, once I receive your response. Thanks in advance for all takers! I'll be sure to send you a copy of the final article if I quote you (as long as you provide your snailmail address). I'm on digest with this list, so please don't reply to the entire list without copying me at my e-mail address or I might not receive your response in time. Rita Fox <rfox@mis.net>

Perhaps I should reword my earlier request. Ann (Haynes) Pursell was widower of William who she married 5 Oct 1833, I think in Davies County. She was supposed to have married a George Boone soon after William's death in 1848 due to a fall from a horse.   William was supposed to be a Doctor. My mother's records does not cover this and I think the person telling these stories is not telling the true. So hope someone on the list has a Marriage book and confirm the above for me.    Thanks. Warren Winchester "Undocumented Genealogy is only Mythology"

I received this from another list: My apologies if many of you receive this more than once I just thought I would spread the word that the fees for getting a copy of a Social Security Application are going up drastically on 1 July 2001. If you apply before then you will be charged the old amount which is now $7 if you know the number, and $16.50 if you do not. The new fees are posted at: <A HREF="http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm"> http://www.ssa.gov/foia/foia_guide.htm</A> It appears that the increases are more than substantial, they are gigantic. This means that the time for procrastination is over. The address you need to send them to is: Social Security Administration Office of Central Records Operation Attention: Freedom of Information Workgroup PO Box 17772 300 N. Greene Street Baltimore, MD 21290 Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota kbcook@cfaith.com or k.b.cook@worldnet.att.net ~ Cheri

My great grandmother was Jala Ann Purcell b. 16 Jan 1846, d. 14 Apr 1937. She married Patrick Albert Cecil 11 Dec 1865. I do not know if your William was related to her but I would be interested in any Purcell's connected to her. Thanks.............Bob Brey ----- Original Message ----- From: <Windywtw@aol.com> To: <KYDAVIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 6:45 AM Subject: [KYDAVIES-L] Ann Haynes > Ann Haynes married her second husband (so I'm told) in Davies Co. to a > George Boone. > Does anyone on the list have a Marriage book and confirm this for me. > > Ann's first husband was William Pursell/Pursley or Purcell and was supposed > to be a Doctor can anyone confirm this. William died 1848. > Thanks. > > Warren Winchester > "Undocumented Genealogy is only Mythology" > > > ==== KYDAVIES Mailing List ==== > Please CAPITALIZE all SURNAMES in your messages. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >

Ann Haynes married her second husband (so I'm told) in Davies Co. to a George Boone. Does anyone on the list have a Marriage book and confirm this for me. Ann's first husband was William Pursell/Pursley or Purcell and was supposed to be a Doctor can anyone confirm this. William died 1848. Thanks. Warren Winchester "Undocumented Genealogy is only Mythology"

June 1857 Su 21 I staid at home all day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- M 22 We plowed corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 23 I went and got a gun and tried to kill a squirrel I hunted some and ploughed corn some John plowed corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 24 We plowed corn and in the evening I went and got George Husks gun to keep awhile ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Th 25 We plowed corn and at dinner I went and looked at some land over blackford and killed a squirrel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 26 We plowed corn at 9 oclock and I went to a land sale over blackford and after I got back we plowed corn until 4 or 5 oclock and it rained ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sa 27 We ploughed corn

Buddy Thompson listed some St Lawrence marriages1859 to 1860 on Wed. Jan. 2000. I am interested in this one: November 20 1860 I married Joseph E. Cecil and Mary Isabel Payne M. M. Coghlan $5.00 Joseph b.abt. 1837 and Mary I. b. abt1841. Their children: William, Mary C., John, Francis, James, Laura, Henry, Edward, Rosa, and Alonza (or Alonzo) married Genivie Jackson in Daviess Co. Ky. Need parents for Joseph and Mary. Who did their children marry? Was their name at one time cissil or cissell??

Hello to all! I am new to the list. I am researching the following surnames from Daviess Co., KY- Daugherty, Johnson, Wedding, Lanham and all connected. Hope to hear from fellow listers researching the same surnames. Jennifer Gibson

These are really good sites for Census avalibility maps http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03.htm http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03_ky.htm http://www.segenealogy.com/kentucky/ky_censusmap.htm And County Formation Maps http://www.segenealogy.com/kentucky/ky_map.htm Brent

June 1857 Su 14 I went to Wm Husks after the buggy and got back at 10 oclock and staid at home the ballance of the day William went to take Mother Black home he started at 2 oclock ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- M 15 William got back at 12 oclock and Mary Tucker came with him we set tobacco until 10 oclock and quit until evening and halled 18 dozen oats from Williams and then we finished setting tobacco in Ephraims field ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 16 We ploughed corn until dinner and John laid off the garden for tobacco and I wrote a letter for H. H. McDaniel. It rained nearly all the evening and rained very hard the ground is very wet after the rains slacked a little we finished setting our crop of tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 17 I went to W? Crows and worked in Elis place and he went to kill a squirrel but got none and I got a gun and went a hunting myself it rained again in the evening the ground is very wet so that we cannot do any thing John sived wheat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Th 18 It is still raining some in showers I went a squirrel hunting again and in the evening I went to Mr Husks and got his waggon to go to Bruners mill tomorrow John sived wheet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fr 19 Eli Crow and myself joined teams and went to Bruners mill we got grinding John replanted tobacco ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sa 20 I went and took Mr Husks wagon home Elizabeth is worse I am not doing much work the ground is too wet to plow yet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------

Can someone familiar with Daviess County give me direction to the Thurston Cemetery located around Owensboro. I am planning a 4th of July week photo trip looking for some long lost HORN'S. John Stewart Troy, MI jwskmsare@home.com

This an article from today's Messenger-Inquirer newspaper. Nadine AG's office wants to register state's cemeteries 12 June 2001 By Joy Campbell Messenger-Inquirer Kentucky has 917 identified cemeteries. A state task force is setting out to find more, and its members are calling on the public to help. Glenn Taylor of Glenn Funeral Home is serving on the Attorney General's Task Force on the Preservation of Kentucky's Cemeteries. He is representing the Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky. "The thrust of the task force's charge is to identify cemeteries in Kentucky -- those small, rural cemeteries that no one accepts responsibility for or have been forgotten or abandoned," Taylor said. "The first step is to find them. Where are they?" Taylor is urging anyone who knows where a cemetery is located to fill out a survey the AG's office has created. The survey is available from Taylor or from the AG's web site at http://www.kyattorneygeneral.com/cemetery. "If people will get the survey to me, I'll see that it gets to the attorney general's office," Taylor said. They also may be mailed to the address on the form. The plan is for surveys to be returned by Aug. 15. Then the task force will send a report to Attorney General Ben Chandler by Sept. 30. Chandler will share the findings with the 2002 Kentucky General Assembly in the fall. The new data base is just one part of a larger issue the task force has been asked to study. The group also will study cemeteries' financial and physical condition and recommend long-term solutions for maintaining them, according to Corey Bellamy, a spokesman in the AG's office. "The group also has been asked to recommend immediate action which may be implemented to address public safety and maintenance issues," Bellamy said. "We want to identify the cemeteries across the state and determine what needs, if any, they have." Situations in Louisville and Lexington have focused recent attention on maintenance of cemeteries. The Louisville community has struggled to keep up three large and historically significant cemeteries. The company which operated those sites is bankrupt and did not have an adequate perpetual care trust fund, according to information on the AG's Web site. At Cove Haven in Lexington, staff from the AG's office and an archeologist found casket fragments and skeletal remains at a site where a new grave was dug, Bellamy said. Issues the task force may address after gathering the data could include physical conditions and solvency of cemeteries, the role of state and local government in overseeing cemeteries, and identification of federal or private funding sources for cemeteries. Taylor said there are diverse interests on the 24-member task force, including genealogists as well as people whose families owned a cemetery, but the land is now owned by someone else, and people whose families were buried in places where over-burial has occurred. Rep. Reginald Meeks, a Democrat from Louisville, chairs the task force. "There is general concern that part of history may be lost and that people need assurance that their families' resting places are preserved," Taylor said. Funeral directors have an interest in the project because they often are called upon to serve families who will be buried in these historic sites, Taylor said. "It takes us considerable time to find who is responsible for these cemeteries." Of the 917 known cemeteries, the AG's office regulates only 30 percent of them, Bellamy said. "The attorney general's office regulates cemeteries that are in the business of making a profit," Bellamy said. Family cemeteries are not regulated unless someone is profiting from operating them. The data base the task force is putting together covers all cemeteries, even those not regulated, Bellamy said.

I have Joseph Alfred Howards parents as Thomas Richard Howard d.1930 and Nancy E. Ambrose. Mary Z., (wife of Joseph) d. -( I think) in 1915 and their youngest child went to live with her uncle Charles. This family is so mixed up I need all the help I can get. I thank you for all past and for any future help. (see info below) Mary -------------- (On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 11:32:36, I sent this message to the List:) I would be happy to rec. any info. for any of these people. Here is my info. ( names and dates may be a little fuzzy.) 1. George Washington BRAY b.1810 Ky. + Ann Clark b. 18072. George Washington Bray Jr. b.1836 Daviess Co.Ky. /m. 26 March 1865/d.? + Louisa Cordelia Howard b. abt. 1839 3. Richard Bray b.18 Feb.1868 / d.5 Feb.1946 +wife # 1 Dorothy "Dee" Ambrose b.Dec.1872 + wife # 2 Isomittie Hamilton b. Abt. 1889/ d.1930 3.Cyrus Bray +Francis G. ? 2. Hillary A. Bray b. 1844 + Ann C. Howard b. 1843 ___________________ 1. William Ambrose b.Feb. 1833 + Elizabeth Sharp 2. Nancy E. Ambroes +Thomas Richard Howard 3. Joseph A. Howard b Abt1882/ d.1953 +Mary Zelma "Zeeler" Rhodes d.1915 (Zeler) 2. Francis "Fanny" Ambrose +James Hughes 2. Dorothy "Dee" Ambrose b.Dec.1872 +Richard Bray b.18 Feb.1868 / d.5 Feb.1946 __________________________ 1. ? Howard +Mary E. ? 2.Thomas R. Howard (Thomas Richard Howard) +Nancy E. Ambrose 3.Joseph A. Howard +Mary Zelma "Zeeler" Rhodes /Rhoades d.1915 (Zeler) ____________________________ 1. Richard Howard b.abt. 1789 +Louisa ? B.abt. 1804. 2Louisa Cordelia Howard b. abt. 1839 .+ George Washington Bray Jr. B.1836 2.Ann C. Howard b. 1843 +Hillary A. Bray b. 1844 ______________________________

June 1857 Sun 7 I staid at home all day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 8 I laid off some tobacco ground and a part off it the second way and made hills in the evening it rained John finished replanting corn and then he broke his potatoe patch and laid it off ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tu 9 we set out 14 hundred and 50 plants and I finished laying off my ground in the bottom and John helped Ephraim plant tobacco and after they finished we made hills ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 10 John broke a part of our tobacco I stopped the hogs out of the pasture I did not do much Elizabeth is sick in the evening it rained again and rained nearly all night ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 11 We set the ballance of our tobacco assisted by William and Ephraim ; we finished that piece at 10 oclock after dinner I went to Knottsville after some medicine and John finished breaking and harrowing our tobacco ground in Ephraims field. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 12 I laid off that patch both ways John wormed tobacco after dinner I broke and harrowed the garden for tobacco John planted his potatoes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 13 I went to Hawesville amarketing John made some hills I did not get the buggy home on account of a storm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- My great-grandfather, Charles William Douthitt, was born June 10, 1857