Did William b abt 1801 m Nancy Colwell? -----Original Message----- From: Jim Wiley (by way of Betty Lou Riley <chipmunk@zoomnet.net>) <jewiley@megsinet.net> To: KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com <KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 6:36 PM Subject: [KYGREENU-L] Help finding lineage back to William Floyd > >My name is Jim Wiley. I am married to Sandy (Kilgore) Wiley, daughter of >Roger and Mary Kilgore, and granddaughter of Roscoe Stephens (former >Greenup Co. Schools Superintendent). Nellie Stephens, Roscoe's wife handed >down a geneology of the family tracing back to William Floyd, one of the >signers of the Declaration of Independence. Unfortunately, the two of her >children she gave it to cannot find it. > >The reason I need this information is that my daughter can get a >scholarship of up to $2,000 simply for being a descendant of a signer of >the Declaration of Independence. > >Here is the information I have so far.... > >Roscoe's mother was Ottie May (Floyd) Stephens, married to Ed Stephens of >Lost Creek. She died in about 1928, when Roscoe was 11 years old. Her >father was William O. Floyd. William O. Floyd was the son of David Floyd, a >slave owner, probably in Virginia. Then there is a gap in the lineage until >we get to Nicoll Floyd II, only son of William Floyd. > >I guess at this point I need to verify that this information is first of >all, correct, and then have some kind of proof (i.e. death records, >marriage records, etc.) and have no clue where to go from here. Could you >offer some help/advice? > >Any help is appreciated. >Thanks! > >Jim Wiley > > > >==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible. >RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 >Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=KYGreenu >