On June 27th I received an email from Steve Stratton which read: -----Original Message----- From: Steve Stratton [mailto:stevecth@setel.com] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 3:50 PM To: dudpa@runnelsfork.com Subject: W. J. Amburgey Ms. Goelz, I do property research for an oil and gas company here in eastern kentucky. I came across the name of w. j. amburgey, who was married to an ida may. This was around 1945. I saw your listing on rootsweb concerning a w. j. amburgey but he was married to a Nancy Hunnicut (first marriage??). Any information you have concerning w. j. and his heirs would be greatly appreciated. Steven Stratton Since then Marilyn contacted him, and several emails have flown back and forth. The bottom line is that if you are a descendant of Wiley J. Amburgey who married Nancy Honeycutt and Ida Mae Vance - you should contact Steve Stratton, as you may be eligible for part of the estate involving oil and gas rights to Wiley J.' s property. The numerous emails were as follows, and I apologize if you receive this more than once since I am posting it to multiple lists. Phyllis Hi Dot, Thanks for the Information!!! I do have a Scanner, but DO NOT HAVE THE BOOK! Wish I did! Anyway I re-did the list and below is the response from Steve, also he has given me permission to post his search. Hopefully the Heirs will contact him and get what is thiers! Glad to be a small part in it all! Is not Technology just wonderful!! Thanks again, Dot!!! Yours in Kinship & Friendship, Marilyn From: "Steve Stratton" <stevecth@setel.com> Date: 2005/08/02 Tue AM 07:59:45 EDT To: <marileaf@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: Fw: [Fwd: Re: W. J. Amburgey] That is exactly what I was looking for, Thank You Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: <marileaf@bellsouth.net> To: <dotgriff@juno.com>; <stevecth@setel.com>; <dudpa@runnelsfork.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 7:52 AM Subject: Re: Fw: [Fwd: Re: W. J. Amburgey] > Hi Steve, > I believe this is the way the list would like like, THANKS to: Dot, for supplying the missing information! > I do hope that this will help you, and that Dot, making contact with some of the heirs will help you find all the ones that you are seeking to find. And it looks as though there are alot of living Heirs! I do hope that they will get what is thiers, and that everyone will be contacted and make contact with you. > Sincerely, > Marilyn Harris > > Wiley J. Amburgey & Wife #1: Nancy (Honeycutt) Amburgey: Child > #1:Lester Amburgey (1899-1967) m Beatrice Haywood, > Children of: Lester Amburgey & Beatrice (Haywood) Amburgey: > 1.Douglas, (B.1922) > 2.Eugene, (B.1923) > 3.infant (B.1927); m Ruth Beverly (B.1931) > 4. Charlnez (B.1936) > Child #2 Lottie Amburgey (1910- ) m Estill Martin, had 5 children > Child #3 Vinta Amburgey (1913- ) m Sidney Adams 1940, 3 children Child > #4 Delta Amburgey (1903-1944) unm Child #5 Gorman Amburgey (1903-1949) > Child #6 Gertie Amburgey (1903) unm > Child #7 Norris Amburgey (1907-1982) no wife > Child #8 Ola Amburgey > Child #9 Lola Amburgey (1919-1919) > Child #10 Maynard Amburgey (B.1915-D.1970) m Frances Lee; > Children of: Maynard Amburgey & Frances (Lee) Amburgey: > 1. Donald J (B.1937) m Janet Thorpe, > 2. Larry L (B.1936) m Shelby J Hays > Children of: Larry L. & Shelby J. (Hays) Amburgey: > 1.Sammy Lee (B.1959) > 2.Valerie J. (B.1961) > 3. Angie (B.1963) > 3.Sheila E (B.1942), m Orville Weeker, had 2 sons > 4. Sharon A (B. 1944) m#1 William Payne, m#2 Gary Pace, m#3 Tom > Vivian; > had 1 child by each husband > 5. Barbara (B.1946-D.1946) > Child #11: Vernon (B.1926) > > Wiley J. Amburgey & #2 Wife: Ida Mae (Vance/Wallen) Amburgey: Child > #12: Dulcie (B.1927-D.1976) m#1 Charles Wilson, m#2 Fred Caudill > > > > From: dotgriff@juno.com > Date: 2005/08/01 Mon PM 11:21:38 EDT > To: stevecth@setel.com, marileaf@bellsouth.net, dudpa@runnelsfork.com > Subject: Fw: [Fwd: Re: W. J. Amburgey] > > MARILYN, PHYLISS > I'm hoping one of you lovely ladies has a scanner and volume 2 of Amburgey (Amberger) Ancestors and will scan pages 109, 110 & 111 and send to Steve. Most of what he seeks is listed there. (I've recently bought a scanner but have yet to learn to use it. Let me know if you can't do it and I'll do some fast studying.) I'll be happy to learn our subjects are rewarded; they can thank Vinta Adams for contributing this info; And the book for preserving it. Dorothy Amburgey Griffith > > STEVE: see the notes I have typed alongside the list of names you > sent. Good luck! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > -------------------------------- > --------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <marileaf@bellsouth.net> > To: <dudpa@runnelsfork.com>,<dotgriff@juno.com> > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:28:34 -0400 > Subject: [Fwd: Re: W. J. Amburgey] > Message-ID: > <20050801152834.FMUQ9746.ibm58aec.bellsouth.net@mail.bellsouth.net> > > Hi Dottie, & Phyliss > I wrote this Steve Stratton about all of this, for I found it all very interesting, and this is a response to it all. If you all know of any the the Heirs of W. J. Amburgey that are still living from his Children, and thier Children, they need to be notified to make contact with this person so that they can recieve what is rightfully thiers. Very important. I did know that W. J. Amburgey owned all of: Wolfpen, Rockhouse-Letcher Co. KY, but was not aware of this property. The Heirs need to make contact so that they can get what is due them. > Thanks, > Marilyn Harris marileaf@bellsouth.net > > > From: "Steve Stratton" <stevecth@setel.com> > Date: 2005/08/01 Mon AM 09:45:34 EDT > To: "Marilyn Harris" <marileaf@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: W. J. Amburgey > > Ms. Harris, > > First of all, I work for Cut Through Hydrocarbon, a small company that drills oil and gas wells here in eastern Kentucky. We have operations in Knott, Floyd, Pike, Perry, Johnson & Magoffin Counties. We operate approximately 75 wells. As for who and how the W. J. Amburgey heirs came about this property. In 1934 W. J. Amburgey bought a tract of approximately 60 acres on Ashlog Hollow of Owen Branch, just north of Hindman, Kentucky. In 1945, he and his wife (Ida May) sold the surface only to Thomas Hays. They retained the oil and gas rights under this property. From sources on rootsweb.com, I have found a list of his children, namely: Dulcie Amburgey (see last) Lester Amburgey (1899-1967) m Beatrice Haywood, had Douglas 1922, Eugene 1923, & infant 1927; m Ruth Beverly 1931, had Charlnez 1936 Lottie Amburgey (1910- ) m Estill Martin, had 5 children Vinta Amburgey (1913- ) m Sidney Adams 1940, 3 children Delta Amburgey (1903-1944) unm Gorman Amburgey (1903-1949) Gertie Amburgey (1903) unm Norris Amburgey (1907-1982) no wife Ola Amburgey Lola Amburgey (1919-1919) Maynard Amburgey (1915-1970) m Frances Lee; had Donald J (1937) m Janet Thorpe, Larry L (1936) m Shelby J Hays & had Sammy Lee 1959, Valerie J. 1961, Angie 1963 Sheila E (1942, m Orville Weeker, had 2 sons Sharon A (1944) m#1 William Payne, m#2 Gary Pace, m#3 Tom Vivian; had 1 child by each husband Barbara (1946-1946) Vernon (1926) Dulcie (1927-1976) m#1 Charles Wilson, m#2 Fred Caudill Now, W. J. had a will when he died and he left a Lottie Martin as executor and Gerta & Norris were to receive the royalty from the oil & gas that was at that time under lease to another gas company. This other company did not drill on the property in question, so that lease is now invalid. Also, since W. J. did not make a dispostion of the oil and gas property in his will, it fell to his children. (Now if Ida May died after W. J., her children, if any others than those listed above, may own an interest also in this oil and gas property). The present ownership of this property should be the children of W. J. or their children since I'm sure some if not all of those listed above are deceased. Actual ownership interest will depend on whether his children had wills or died without issue. > > In order to make this easier for me to unravel, I would like to have a list that shows a contact person & phone number for each child of W. J.. That way I could hoepfully keep everyone straight. Any more questions, just drop me an email. > > Thanks > Steve > 606-433-0107, ext. 59 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marilyn Harris > To: stevecth@setel.com > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:32 AM > Subject: W. J. Amburgey > > > Hi Mr. Stratton, > I am not sure exactly what you are needing here in response to the below email, but I do find this all very interesting since most everybody in the Eastern part of Kentucky are related to all of the below mentioned names you mention in your email below, and also seems that everybody is seeking out Properties/Royalities from Mineral Rights lost, or either stolen from Descendendants of these names also in one way or the other...Ours supposidly is from the "Harris" side, or "Vance" side, or: Honeycutt side??? Or the "Thomas" side. O maybe it is from the "Honeycutt/Hunnicuit/Hunnicut"?? Anyway, Let me just show you just how everyone is related if I can...It will drive you crazy trying to sort all this out! My Husband is: Woodrow Harris "Woody" and he is the Son of: Henry Harris & #2 Wife: Alafair Newsome/Harris Henry Harris was previously Married to: #1 Wife: Flora Thornsberry. > Lets start with: Wifes #1 & #2 of Wiley J. Amburgey: Wife #1 Nancy > Hunnicut/Honeycutt & Wife #2 Ida Mae Vance, were 2nd., Cousins! > And Both Wifes were Cousins to Husband: Wiley J. Amburgery: > #1 Wife: Nancy Honeycutt/Hunnicuit/Hunnicut, was: 2nd Cousin to Husband: Wiley J. Amburgey. > #2 Wife: Ida Mae Vance, was: 3rd., Cousin to Husband: Wiley J. Amburgey. > Now how my Husband is related to: Wiley J. Amburgey, as well as to both of his Wifes: > My Husbands Father: Henry Harris, was Married Twice: > #1 Wife: Flora Thornsberry > #2 Wife: Alafair Newsome ( My Husbands Mother) > and they were all Cousins to one another as well: > #1 Wife: Flora Thornsberry, was 2nd Cousin to Husband: Henry Harris, and was- > 3rd Cousin to Wife #2: Alafair Newsome, who was a 4th Cousin to Husband: Henry Harris. > Wiley J. Amburgey was a: 1st Cousin to: Henry Harris ( My Husbands Father) 2nd Cousin to: Flora Thornsberry (#1 wife of: Henry Harris) 3rd Cousin to: Alafair Newsome (#2 wife of: Henry Harris, my Husbands Parents) Nancy Honeycutt/Hunnicuit/Hunnicut (#1 Wife of Wiley J. Amburgey) 1/2 Aunt of: Henry Harris (My Husbands Father) 2nd Cousin to: Alafair Newsome (#2 Wife of: Henry Harris, My Husbands Parents) Ida Mae Vance (#2 Wife of: Wiley J. Amburgey) 1st Cousin to: Henry Harris ( My Husbands Father) 3rd Cousin to: Alafair Newsome (#2 Wife of: Henry Harris, My Husbands Parents) ** So you can see that they are all more Cousins that we can count to one another and also to my Husband!! What exactly are you looking for, and what for??? And which Heirs exactly?? And who are you doing the Property/Mineral Search for?? Which Gas & Oil Company?? I find this all very interesting! Cannot wait to hear from you! Sincerely yours, Marilyn Harris marileaf@bellsouth.net LaFollette, Tenn. 37766 Phone: I deleted for privacy reasons. If you want her phone number, please contact me privately PR -----Original Message----- From: Steve Stratton [mailto:stevecth@setel.com] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 3:50 PM To: dudpa@runnelsfork.com Subject: W. J. Amburgey Ms. Goelz, I do property research for an oil and gas company here in eastern kentucky. I came across the name of w. j. amburgey, who was married to an ida may. This was around 1945. I saw your listing on rootsweb concerning a w. j. amburgey but he was married to a Nancy Hunnicut (first marriage??). Any information you have concerning w. j. and his heirs would be greatly appreciated. Steven Stratton **** 11125231 WILEY J AMBURGEY, b 6/17/1877 Letcher Co KY., m#1 NANCY HONEYCUTT 8/4/1898 Knott Co KY (b 1876, d 1924); m#2 IDA MAE VANCE WALLEN on 6/4/1924 Knott Co KY. Obituary of Ida Mae Vance Wallen, dau of Richard Vance & Sarah Pigman, b 3/30/1885, died 8/17/1959; m#1 WOOTS WALLEN, had daus MONNIE & ONA WALLEN; m#2 WILEY AMBURGEY 6/20/1924; survived by Wiley and daus MONA WALLEN & DULCIE AMBURGEY. Joined Old Regular Baptist Church 1940. (Ref: SOME OLD REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH OBITUARIES FROM CHURCH NEWSLETTERS & MEETINGS, at Family History Library, Sale Lake City in 1996. Written by Wiley J. Amburgey Amburgey (Amberger) Ancestors & Desc., 1997, page 109 Amburgey Ancestry in America, 1972, page 156-158 It appears Wiley J. died in 1970. There are descendants of his line. Dot Griffith