My friends - Requests for the Fulton County Yellow Fever File from yesterday's data post(to the JP and Hickman Lists) have reached a total of 97 with requests still coming in. That's not yet a record, but its getting close. That item caused a good deal of interest. Today, we return to the more "normal" type of data posts, with resumption of our review of the Marshall County Vital Statistics birth records in the 1852-1859 time frame. In prior posts, we had worked our way up to the year 1855, and we will continue with that year today. If you see a name in which you have an interest, and would like to receive the full dataset for that person(which includes the sex of the child, if not obvious, the date of birth and the name of the father and maiden name of the mother), please let me know, and I'll forward that information to you. Please do not resend this entire message back to me with your request. Later this week, I'll be posting some more newspaper snippets from the Graves/Calloway area. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marshall County Vital Statistics Records - 1852-1859 - Births - Part 18 M=Male F=Female Cross, M.L.J. (F) Mathis, E.C. (F) Spriggs, ------ (F) Jones, H.J. (F) Ross, Wm M. Johnson, ------ (M) Nanny, L.W. (M) McLard, Fancy F. Lamb, V.C. (F) Lamb, Mary R. Fookes, A.E. (F) Malone, M.E. (F) Sirls, Josephus Cooper, ------ (M) Winfrey, A.J. (F) Johnson, Benjamin H[arrison] Petway, Nancy J. Miller, M.R. (F) Noel, Martha Oliver, M.A.C. (F) Grubbs, F.J. (F) Gowen, S. (M) Harper, F. (M) Story, H.A. (M) Swangraves, Thomas Casey, Jesse T. Crenshaw, ------ (M) Smedley, F.M. (F) Dycus, C.A. (F) Cox, ------ (F) Smith, W.D. (M) Mullens, W.C. (M) Burnham, Augusta E. Lamb, George W. ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Would anyone know if there's any reference to other counties around the JP having the same YF epidemic ? Reason i ask is that my great grandmother SULLIVAN's death data (from Graves Co) only says that she died Oct. 1878. We know it wasn't in childbirth, but she was only 34 and had 5 healthy children by that time. Of course, it could be something other than YF, but since the epidemic was probably NOT confined just to that area, YFcould be a possible factor. ANyone got another "educated guess" ? Thanks, Terry

Bill, Please send the 1878 yellow fever epedemic text file. Thanks Janet Morgan Brown

Please send YELLOW FEVER FILE. thanks for all of your help. Rose

Hi Bill: I would like the 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic in text file. Thank you Doris

My friends - Today's data post is something different from anything that I have offered previously. In the August to November time frame in 1878, Fulton County, and the town of Hickman in particular, suffered a terrible outbreak of Yellow Fever, which resulted in the deaths of over 100 individuals in that several month period. On November 8, 1878, the Hickman Courier published a story about the epidemic and gave the names and dates of death for these inidivduals, including African American deaths(although there was no death date given for those deaths). The fine folks at The Kentucky Explorer magazine recently published this article, and I have extracted the names of those who died from this disease, along with the dates of their deaths, and have it available in a file in plain text format. Listed below are the surnames that are listed in the article. In a number of cases, it is tragic to watch, day after day, as whole families are literally wiped out by a disease that is, today, virtually unknown to us in this country. Several of the fine physicians of the area also succumbed to the disease over this several month period. If your families were in this area in 1878 and some of them disappeared, this could be the cause. If you see a surname below in which you have an interest, and would like a copy of the file, let me know that you would like the *Yellow Fever File*. I will send it as a plain text attachment to an e-mail message, unless you specify that you need it as *straight e-mail*. As always, your help in not resending this entire message back to me with your request is greatly appreciated. Given the number of names in this collection, I can't extract individual names from the list, so you will receive the complete file, from which you can cull the names you need. -B ============================================================ Fulton County: Deaths in 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic - Surnames Hendricks Mangel Witting Young Davis Heatherly Hancock Buckner Gibbs Bleeson Sagrist Coffee Harnes Reasoner Wooten Packett Simones Funk Gardner Kingman Dunevant McCain Meyer Holeman Bright Miller Ashworth Millet Fortune Sohm Hertwick Young Blanton Samse Amber Barnes Nelson Smith Bayliss Halyburton Karcher Parham Dozier Holt Reid Brevard Stoner Catlett Shoemaker Whal Eckert Balzer Monroe Prather Bearger Buncho Thomas Frenz Neal Jones Whitting Muse Scharfe Lacy Amberg O'Neal Metheny McConnell Luttrell Faris Person Bondurant Stephens Lane Cook Roulac Buck Glaser Sames Cobbs Pollard Sherron Corbett Overton Barry Flaser Kesterson Stoner Wilburn Greenup(from Frankfort) Black Anderson Cole Alexander Vandever Overton African Americans: Pullum Bennet Yancy Upshaw Adkins Dodds Bennett Redick Watson Matison Woodson Devine Landrum Titus Maddox Freeman Cross ~End of File~

Bill, I would like the YELLOW FEVER FILE , PLEASE . Thank You, Jeannette in Fl.

Bill, Please send me the "yellow fever file" Thanks for all you do!

Again, Bill and JP Friends, please excuse my use of your space to direct this note to David Ray. Essentially, my computer server and his computer server seem not to be speaking to each other! Everything I've tried to David comes back with an undeliverable mail message. I don't have this problem with any other address. Dave, everything I have is on paper, so I have no files to send anyway. With the list's indulgence, I'll send what I have on Abner Galloway's immediate family. Parents: John Wesley Galloway,b.April 28, 1834-Calloway Co. Ky.;d.June 23, 1914,Calloway Co. Ky; m. Clarinda Jones Galloway (widow) on Feb. 28, 1866 in Comal Co., TX Children:Mary Malinda, b. 7 Jan. 1867, d.13 May 1953; Melissa Frances, b.1 Jan 1870, d.6 July1957; Maranda Viola b. 31 July 1872, d. 22 Aug. 1933; Hannah Clark b. 1876, d. 1919; Scudder, b. 18 Apr. 1878, d. 29 Jan 1954; Abner b. 1881, d. 1940; Asher, b. 25 Feb 1883, d. 1977. Malinda, Melissa, and Maranda were born in Texas; Hannah, Scudder, Abner, and Asher in Calloway Co., Ky. Naturally, I would also welcome any information anyone out there has on this family. Malinda

Searching to see if a family story is true. I've been told that my gggrandfather was killed in Clinton. The story is that he and another man were arguing politics on the court house grounds. The other man shot him from his horse. His name was William Riley Bryant/Obryant. This most likely happened in or around 1862. I would like to hear from anyone that has any information. I'm searching Vinson/Vincent, Evans, Scott, Britt, Bryant/Obryant, Clark. Bill Vinson namerican@att.net

Goodmorning Bill, Could you send me the information on Jesse Henson Sr. Thanks ! Don Howell Arlington KY

Hello, Please send me File LG 830. Thank you very much. Claudine bes@arkansas.net

Looking for Johnathan Coleman who married Susan E. Hardy 12 Oct 1851. Susan, daughter of Joseph Hardy and Lucinda Morris, was b. abt. 1835 in Rutherford Co. Tennessee. Does anyone have the father and mother of Johnathan and his siblings. Also looking for the children of Johnathan and Susan. Joseph Hardy was b. abt 1790 in Virginia(?). Lucinda Morris, daughter of Samuel Coleman Morris and Susuannah Wade Morris, b. abt. 1789 in Virginia married Joseph Hardy in Patrick Co. Virginia 30 Dec. 1821. Other children of Joseph and Lucinda Hardy are Joseph H., William W. Samuel M. and Elvira D. Hardy.

Bill, is it possible to find an old map of Hardin county in the 1890 era? kamama3@aol.com

Dear JP Rooters, First of all, I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to Bill for posting the funeral picture tonight for me. While visiting my parents near Piggott, Arkansas, over Thanksgiving, I made a trip to Bardwell to visit a great aunt who is in a nursing home there. I hadn't visited that area for at least 45 years, and I had forgotten how beautiful the area is! While visiting with my parents, my mother who is 80, got out a box of old pictures that belonged to my grandfather, THOMAS FRANKLIN SNOW, and his father, SYLVESTER FRANKLIN SNOW, who were born and raised in that area. At the turn of the century, both Thomas and Sylvester moved to Northeast Arkansas where they lived until their deaths. In that old collection of pictures, there are at least 100 pictures - many of them unidentified and they were made in the JP region. We do think that the older gentleman with the white beard on the far right is probably Sylvester Franklin Snow and that the gentleman on the near left with the dark hat on and black mustache is my grandfather, Thomas Franklin Snow. Please take a good hard look and see if you recognize anyone. Thanks. Janis SNOW Mundy Reno, Nevada

My friends - In my haste earlier to post the availability of the newest JP Land Grants file, I failed to mention that our good friend Janis Mundy has contributed a very interesting photograph to the JP Images web site. This is a funeral gathering, apparently for someone in the SNOW family, around the turn of the century, somewhere in the JP region. The minister with his Bible can be seen on the right of the photograph, and the ornate casket(for that era) is in the center of the picture. it is a very clear photo, and one slightly away from the norm, and you may wish to drop by the web site (www.rootsweb.com/~kygraves/temp/JPL.htm) and give it a look, as Gomer used to say. Janis has asked that anyone who views this photo and recognizes anyone in it, or the house by which the group is standing, to please contact her. There is a mailto link right on the Images page, in the photo description, so if you see something familiar, Janis would like to hear from you. On behalf of the Lists, thanks to Janis for sharing this interesting item with us. -B ============================================================

Bill, would you please send me JP Land Grants text file LG830. Thank you so much for all your help. Lois Haile <heartbar@proaxis.com>

My friends - I have slipped away from my job of putting up Christmas trees(yes, I said "trees")long enough to get another JP land grants text file ready for distribution to the subscribers of the JP, and Marshall and Hickman county lists. This file covers more of the "H" surnames - specifically, Howard, Hobbs, Holt, Houser, Hopkins, Holeman, Holloway, Hood and Housman. Subscribers who would like a copy of this file, please send a message to me and request *File LG830*. I will send it as a plain text attachment to an e-mail message, unless you state that you need to receive it as "straight e-mail" (which tends to skew the columnar alignments). I will send the complete file. Unfortunately, time constraints will not permit me to go into the file and extract the data for individual surnames. The other JP land grants files which are available to the subscribers of the lists I host are on the JP Land Grants web page. Back to the Christmas trees........... -B ============================================================

Dear Bill, Would appreciate information about Joseph Dunn, Revolutionary War Vet in Calloway Co. Thanks. Jim Dunn

My friends - We will wrap up this week's data posts with a continuation of Tip # 41 - Legal Terminology from the 18th and 19th centuries. Before proceeding with that, however, I have a couple of comments. One of our very sharp subscribers pointed out to me(as a result of my recent "Administratavia" message) that RootsWeb has institued its PML service for contributors of a certain level and above, which is a system that looks at just about every message that crosses the RootsWeb system and, if a match is found with a registered name that the contributor has specified, a copy of the message is sent to the contributor. I was using that service myself, but did not realize that the PML system is examining all of my data posts, and if a name matches a request from someone - anywhere - my data post gets sent to that person, r egardless of whether they are a subscriber to this List or not. So that is a part of what is causing the upsurge in requests from non-subscribers. I am formulating a plan to deal with the situation, however, and I'll be mentioning it when I have it fine tuned. On another matter, I occasionally have to remind all of us that as our subscribership grows, we need to remain focused and on-topic. Our mission remains the study of the history and genealogy of the 8 counties in the Jackson Purchase region of KY. We do not deal with other counties in KY, or with TN counties, except in passing when the families have a background in a JP county. It is generally better, too, not to post long family histories to the List - the best way to share that information is to let the List subscribers know what is available, and they can then request the bulk data group from the subscriber who is offering it, by private e-mail. This helps us all keep our in-boxes a little less cluttered. As is customary, there will be no data post per se over the weekend, but, if time permits(and my wife tells me that I have "Christmas Tree Duty" this weekend<g>), I will drop by with another JP land grants file or other miscellaneous item. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 18th & 19th Century Legal Terminology - Continued P.A. - Power of Attorney pace tua - by your leave (sometimes seen in early colonial documents) Par. - sometimes used as an abbreviation for "Parish" paraments - occasionally seen in estate settlements - it refers to drapes and furniture, etc. parcel - generally referes to a land tract with defined boundries peeler - occasionally seen in colonial documents - policeman pavage - a toll or fee charged to allow passage over private property pchd. - purchased peager - a toll collector peculium - private holdings in property or possessions petit - small - usually refers to a court or jury perch - measurement equalling 16.5 feet(usually called a "rod" or a "pole") per stirpes - "by the steps" - distribution of property to grandchildren by pooling the family sharesm resulting in a division of the parents' shares to their children(the grandchildren of the testator). The more commonly seen appraoch is the "per capita". pigeon pair - twins plaintiff - an individual who initiates a legal proceeding against another plea rolls - lists of cases in different law courts poll - a list of taxable individuals ppa. - per power-of-attorney presents - "by these presents" - by virtue of the document at hand ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++