This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thomasker2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.floyd/10038.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm not related to any member of this family. from findagrave.com - Elijah A Waltrip Birth: Aug. 26, 1865 Death: Apr. 3, 1930 Family links: Spouse: Adeline P Waltrip (1856 - 1926) Burial: Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery Spartanburg Spartanburg County South Carolina 1870 - Name: Elijah Waltrip Age in 1870: 5 Birth Year: abt 1865 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1870: Caldwell, Catawba, North Carolina Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Chronical Matilda Waltrip 40, NC - cannot read or write Catherine Waltrip 12, NC Elijah Waltrip 5, NC 1880 - Name: Elijah Waultrip [Elijah Waltrip] Age: 15 Birth Year: abt 1865 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1880: Scotts Creek, Jackson, North Carolina Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Occupation: Works On Farm Scott Smothers 30 Sarah Smothers 30 Emor Smothers 10 Mary Smothers 6 William Smothers 4 George Smothers 1 Matilda Waultrip 50, NC - widowed [no relationship stated] Elijah Waultrip 15, NC -works on farm 1920 - Name: Elija Waltrip Age: 56 Birth Year: abt 1864 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1920: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Adline Waltrip Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Home Owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Elija Waltrip 56, NC - laborer @ cotton mill Adline Waltrip 63, NC Obit - Elijah A. Waltrip, aged night watchman at Clifton Mills No. 3, who was shot and killed while on duty last Thursday night last. The case was still a mystery at an early hour this morning. His Death Certificate states death date as 3 April 1930 rather than 1933 as stated on grave marker. Order Elijah's death cert directly from South Carolina. Parents names should be listed. SC Vital records - SC required the filing of birth and death records beginning in 1/1/1915. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.