Pamela, and other Greenup Researchers. What a surprise your message was! I have NEVER been able to get a response to my letters to the Greenup Co. Clerk....I always send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for a reply...the LEAST they could do is answer and state that they do not have time for research....or any kind of answer at all. ;I don''t understand this.Greenup Co. is the ONLY court house that never answers a letter. I also always tell them I will pay them their fee for copies or for their time. How did you find out they discard letters requesting information? Did you visit the court house and did they tell you that? Betty, do you have any explanation for this? Do you have any ideas as to what can be done? I hope someone will reply Helen.

Hello.. I just wanted to post this Url for a woman that does look ups at the court house for Greenup,Ky and Scioto Co,Oh for a small fee... http://www.angelfire.com/oh/Lookups/index.html Denise Miller http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/i/l/Denise-Machele-Miller/ http://members.delphi.com/denut/index.html (Craycraft Web page) http://www.genforum.com/craycraft/ http://www.genforum.com/greenslate/

Bruce, My great grandfather, James Wallace, is shown in the 1870 Greenup County KY census. as follows: James Wallace 36 Collier Pennsylvania Mary Davison wife 31 Keeping house Ky Helen daughter 8 Ky. Thomas son 7 Ky Melissa (my grandmother) 3 Ky Martha daughter 1 KY I know he served in the Union army I would greatly appreciate your looking him up in the in the 1890 veterans census and sending me the data. Charles L. Urban P.O. box 5182 Sun City Center, FL 33571 P.S. i was bor and raised in Ashland, KY and my mother is buried in the Wheelersburg Cemetery. Small world isn't it?

I too, have had negative results from the Greenup Co court house. I called them just to ask a simple question about old marriage licences. All I wanted to know was if they had them. They were pretty short and rude to me. Lynda Gipson

Ed, I have the 1890 census of Greenup Co., KY, but it is a Civil War Veterans and Widows census. The regular census of 1890 of almost the entire US was destroyed by fire. Bruce Bruce E. Logan Jr. 321 Spring St. Wheelersburg, OH 45694-1806 blogan@zoomnet.net Web Page: http://www.zoomnet.net/~blogan Owner: Penland E-mail List - Penland-L-request@rootsweb.com Owner: Van Bibber E-mail List - Van_Bibber-L-request@rootsweb.com ICQ# 12054124 -----Original Message----- From: MOKYD@aol.com <MOKYD@aol.com> To: KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com <KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 5:55 AM Subject: [KYGREENU-L] 1910 Census >Happy New Year! > Does anyone out there have the 1910 Census of Greenup County? Or does >anyone know where I can get one? I am also looking for the 1890 Census of >Greenup County, The names I am looking for on the 1910 are Wesley Cooper, >Mary J. Cooper, William Cooper, Mary D. Cooper/Blevins (William and Mary >married 1910), Tom Cooper, Myrtle Penix, > In 1890 I am looking for Elizabeth Meadows, Elizabeth Blevins, or >Elizabeth Penix, Gilbert Penix, Eada Penix, Peter Blevins. > Than you, > Ed > > >==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=KYGreenu >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >

Ms. Riley, As a Greenup Co. genealogical researcher, I was shocked when I returned home this fall to find that the Greenup Co. Court House discards requested information unresearched. Now, I understand why my request for copies of death, marriage, ect. records went unanswered. What can we do? Write our congressman? State of KY? Greenup Co.? Also, I was equally disappointed there is no Greenup Co. Historical Society as listed. Well, on a positive note, I think the Greenup Co. 'page' is great and thanks. Any suggestions on the other? Pamela Holt Sayre sayre@sierra.net

Happy New Year!! I am looking for any info on The Gilbert Penix and Eada Meadows family of Greenup County, Ky. Eada and Gilbert had a daughter named Elizabeth Penix. I am looking for her birth, marriage, children and most importantly her death records. My grandmother's mother is listed as Elizabeth "Meadows" on her death certificate. I have a 1900 Census of Greenup County, KY that lists her husband (Elizabeth Meadows) as a widowed son in law of Gilbert Penix. The same Census shows my Grandmother and her brother listed as Gilbert's Grandchildren. I am trying to determine if Elizabeth Penix was in fact the Elizabeth Meadows listed as my grandmothers death certificate. My grandmother was born in 1896, Elizabeth Meadows was dead by the 1900 Census, I am leaning on the assumption that she might have died giving birth to my grandmom. Any info will be appreciated, Ed

Bruce, Can you look up a Jordan Meadows who was killed during the Civil war in 1863. I don't know which side he was on, anything you can find will be helpful. Do you know which years closest to the 1910 Census that are still intact? And if so where I can get a copy of them. I am searching foe Wesley Cooper, Mary Jane Cooper/Watkins and there children William and Tom Cooper. William married a Mary D. Cooper/Blevins in 1910. Thank you very much, Ed

Happy New Year! Does anyone out there have the 1910 Census of Greenup County? Or does anyone know where I can get one? I am also looking for the 1890 Census of Greenup County, The names I am looking for on the 1910 are Wesley Cooper, Mary J. Cooper, William Cooper, Mary D. Cooper/Blevins (William and Mary married 1910), Tom Cooper, Myrtle Penix, In 1890 I am looking for Elizabeth Meadows, Elizabeth Blevins, or Elizabeth Penix, Gilbert Penix, Eada Penix, Peter Blevins. Than you, Ed

Recently a local PBS broadcast a special about colonals from Greenup, KY. Do you know anything about this? Thanks, David Greenup

Happy New Years To All Does any one have a copy of the Daws 1896 Index? I am looking for Elizabeth Meadow Case # 2651 and case # 5525. Thank you. Ed Cooper

Hi Again, There has been some questions as to how to contribute to Rootsweb. I hope this info will help you! There is the paragraph from the Rootsweb site. "How to Contribute by Mail One way to help RootsWeb is by sending a check in U.S. dollars to: RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative P.O. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 Please make sure your name and e-mail address are on the check! Thanks! Please don't send cash, and please don't send drafts denominated in foreign currency. (American banks charge huge fees for currency conversions.) If you are outside the United States, please use a credit card so the currency adjustment is automatic and inexpensive." There is the address, if you want to read more on contributing! http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Thanks!!!! Betty Lou Riley List Owner for: OHAdams-L, KYGreenu-L, KYLewis-L, and McGovney-L Instructions at: <http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html> CC:/CCA:KY Greenup Co. CCA: KY Lewis Co. ICQ#26749649

Fran, Thanks for the info, Looking at these people at first glance it doesn't seem like mine. I will explore them further though as I may come up with something. Again thank you very much. If anyone else has any info on Eada Meadows who married Gilbert Penix in 1857 in Greenup County, KY or Elizabeth Meadows who married Peter Blevins in either Ashe County, N. C. or Greenup County, Ky. She was I believe the illegitimate daughter or of a previous marriage of Eada Meadows. Thank you, Ed

Hi, Is there anyone out there who is familiar with a story about Wyatt Carpenter migrating to Greenup County in the early 1800's. Or, anyone descended from a Wyatt Carpenter who migrated from SC/NC/maybe VA? I'm having quite a time trying to find him. Happy New Year to all!! Jean

I am looking for any info on the following people: Thomas Cooper, age 29, b. Greenup Co., KY married Myrtle Penix, age 23, b. Greenup Co., KY, 31 May 1917 in Greenup Co., KY. Myrtle Penix would have been born around 1894 Myrtle was the daughter of John Penix and Sarah E, Meadows. Thomas Cooper would have been born around 1886. Thomas was the son of Wesley Cooper and Mary Jane Watkins Thomas had a brother named William Cooper who married Myrtle Penixs Cousin Mary D. Blevins All the above Lived and died in Greenup County, KY Any help will be appreciated as I am: "stuck" big time. Thank you, Ed Cooper

HELP!! I am at a dead end!! Anybody out there that can throw me a crumb it will be greatly appreciated!! This is what I got: My grandmother (Mary D. Blevins) born 1896 her brother (Roby Blevins) born 1893 and there father (Peter Blevins) born 1857 were listed in the Gilbert Penix household as grandchildren and widowed son in law in the 1900 Greenup County, KY Census. I got my grandmothers (Mary D. Blevins) death certificate and her mothers maiden name was listed as Elizabeth Meadows!! Gilbert Penix married an Eada Meadows in 1857. His wife in the 1900 Census was listed as Polly. So I am assuming Eada had passed away between 1863 and 1900 as there Daughter Minerva Penix was born in 1863. Was Elizabeth the illegitimate daughter of Gilbert and Eada? Or just Eada? Was she from a previous marriage? Why was Peter and family listed as son in law and grandchildren? Did Elizabeth die giving birth to my grandmother? The family story is Mary D. Blevins parents died when Mary was very young and she was raised by the Meadows. What meadows? Why not the Penix family? When Mary grew up she married a William Cooper of Greenup County, Ky. Her cousin Myrtle Penix married Williams brother Tom Cooper. Myrtle's parents were John Penix born 1867 and Sarah E. Meadows. Was this the Meadows family that raised Mary? How were they related to Eada and Elizabeth? Any help on what to do or where to look will be appreciated. Thank you all for listening, Ed Cooper

Dear listmembers: Have you ever stopped to think who brings the services of Rootsweb to us. Well it's Brian Leverich and his wife Karen Isaacson. They started Rootsweb some years ago out of their home in Frazier Park CA, a mountain community nestled between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. Under CA's business laws, Rootsweb is what they call a simple "Mom and Pop" organization.....nothing really fancy about it. They solely rely on contributions from people like you to help pay for the day-to-day expenses, as well as supplementing funding out of their own pockets. The expenses are mounting daily, much more then they can afford themselves. Rootsweb is in the process of gaining non-profit status, but the legalities involved is mind boggling as well as expensive. Hopefully in the future Rootsweb will be able to obtain contributions through foundations and grant money to keep this operation going. This last year Rootsweb was lucky enough to gain a corporate sponsor to help defray some of the mounting costs. But in this world of takeovers and buy outs, Palladium Software was bought out by the Broderbund/Learning Co. conglomerate. Rootsweb is about to lose this valuable sponsor soon, and they have resorted to taking a $25,000 loan to help offset the expenses. Remember loans have to be repaid! Rootsweb needs our help badly! Please remember next time you send an email to a list like this, or place a query on one of the many Rootsweb supported USGenWeb sites (by the way, Rootsweb provides server space freely to the USGenWeb), or when you visit the USGenWeb Archives, that someone is paying for all of this so that genealogy on the internet may remain free and accessible to all researchers. Without Rootsweb, our days of visiting signup pages with our credit cards will be the common place practice. You can help support Rootsweb for as little as $12......that's only a $1 a month.....what a deal! For information on how to help fund Rootsweb's future, please visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Please let's make this a happy holiday for Brian and Karen, and especially for everyone who uses Rootsweb's services. For those of you who are already financial supporters of Rootsweb, I thank you from the bottom on my heart. I wish everyone a Happy Holiday and a prosperous New Year!!! *News letter just received from Brian Leverich and his wife Karen Isaacson!* ===================================================== Karen and I are in the hole on RootsWeb; not only have we not been paid anything, we've been paying out of our pockets for the privilege of working here night and day without weekends or holidays. (Just *today* Karen and I took out a $25,000 loan to cover the fact that the Palladium sponsorship has apparently died with their acquisition by TLC, and to pay for the hardware we're going to need to handle the new users we expect to have after Christmas.) Just so you fully understand what I've told you above, you should be aware that in terms of traffic RootsWeb is one of the *top 25* or so sites on the whole Internet. Folks who can run these sorts of facilities are absurdly rare (there are a few hundred of them in the whole world), and senior system administrators at the other "Top 25" sites generally have salary+benefits+option packages that run in the $200,000-500,000 per year and up range. ### Folks should be clear on the concept that the administration staff at RootsWeb is making a huge contribution to the genealogical community by essentially donating our time. The fact that each of us is personally donating services worth tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars a year is part of the reason we find it so depressing that only about 2-6% of our users are choosing to support RootsWeb at all, and that even among our supporters the average contribution is only one-third of what "tens of thousands of genealogists" (the Wall Street Journal) are spending at Ancestry.com. I don't think RootsWeb is going to fold anytime soon. But I'd be lying to you if I didn't tell you that the staff is seriously wondering whether the community values our efforts enough that continuing on with RootsWeb makes sense. The admin staff wants to give the genealogical community a great online genealogical library, but we can't do it if only 2-6% of our users will voluntarily choose to support us. Without more support, RootsWeb can't afford to buy the servers and bandwidth and scanners and such that we need to bring online the whole US Census and the British Birth/Marriage/Death records and all the other resources we'd like to make freely available to the entire community. Maybe Ancestry has it right. Lock up the resources and charge the users through the nose. Oh well. -B Betty Lou Riley List Owner for: OHAdams-L, KYGreenu-L, KYLewis-L, and McGovney-L Instructions at: <http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html> CC:/CCA:KY Greenup Co. CCA: KY Lewis Co.

I am looking for anyone having PRICE ancestors in Greenup Co. Kentucky between 1835-1860! Also any COOLEY ancestors in same time frame and place. Having a real hard time locating this part of my family! ANY help would be greatly appreciated! Peter pcastro@rectec.net

Neally PRICE marr. Susan COOLEY ukn. date, location, both from Va. They lived in Greenup Co. Ky. Children were: Lindsey PRICE b. 1840 Ky., Amanda PRICE b. 1841 Ky. {these 2 were sent to Missouri}, Edmond PRICE b. 1842 Greenup Co. Ky., Elizabeth PRICE b.1844 Greenup Co., Evelin PRICE b. 1846 Greenup Co., Thomas PRICE b. 1849 Greenup Co. Ky. Need info as to this family. I am GGgrandson of Lindsey PRICE. I have decendents of both Lindsey and his sister Amanda PRICE in Missouri and Okla. Will share. Thx! pcastro@rectec.net

This is the obit for Jane Holligan-Hackworth -Keyser-Reynolds. Jane m Burwell Hackworth 25 Aug 1817 in Bedford, Va--and John Keyser 10 Nov 1842. Her daughter, Jane m John's son, Thomas Jefferson Keyser. Anyone having information on the line? I'd love to hear from you. Mrs Jane Reynolds, the mother of Capt. George Hackworth, was born in Bedford, Va, March 20th, 1803, and died at the residence of Levy Hatten, in Wayne Co., on the 20th instant. Her first husband, Burwell Hackworth, died in Boyd Co, Ky (Greenup Co) in the year 1836. After the lapse of seven years she married Mr. John Keyser, a wealthy farmer residing four miles from the mouth of Big Sandy River, in Wayne Co. After spending many happy years together he was called away, leaving her a widow the second time. She was next married to James Reynolds, who resided on Mud River, near Milton (WVa) and who was killed in the celebrated battle of Barboursville in 1861, leaving her a widow for the third time. She then returned to Wayne Co. and spent the remainder of her days. She had been a member of the Baptist church for fifty two years. She was noted for industry and frugality, and these combined with her religious proclivities, secured to her a large number of friends, who are profoundly grieved by her death. The funeral oration was delivered by the Rev. Harrison Smith, from the 1st Corinthians, 15th chapter and 55th verse-"O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?" It was indeed a very able sermon. She is survived by three of her children, Mrs. Bethannah Stevenson of Decker, Indiana, her oldest daughter is now 70 years old. Mrs NAE Boley of Olney, Illinois, is her second oldest daughter, and is now 68 years old. Capt. Hackworth, of Huntington, is the youngest child, and is in his 54th year. She so lived that in old age she could reflect upon a life well spent and died in the hope of a glorious immortality. Copied from -Daily Advertiser--Huntington, WVa. Monday Evening, Sept 2, 1899 Page 2