I would like a copy of this file, PLEASE. Send it Straight Email. Thank You in advance, Jeannette in Florida

Is there a web site in the Jackson Purchase area dedicated to the Jones' families that lived there?

My friends - Today, we are going to continue our review of early Marshall County marriages. In past installments of this series, we have worked our way up to the year 1851, and we will finish that year in this posting and begin with the year 1852. If you see a marriage in which you have an interest and would like to receive the full dataset for that marriage(which generally includes the date of marriage, name of the surety, who performed the ceremony, and the consents, if needed), please let me know and I will get that additional information out to you. And, as always, I appreciate your courtesy in not resending this entire message back to me with your request. At this time, it appears likely that there will not be a data post tomorrow. I will be working with the AOL staff for a time preparing the necessary groundwork to offer a US Land & Property Research "live" course through their on-line classroom facilities. If that preparatory work runs on as long as I think it may, there will be no time for a data posting. I will let the List know for certain about that tomorrow. Keep a good thought for those on our List who are in the path of Hurricane Floyd. I have heard from several who were either leaving their area or securing their property to ride it out. I know we all hope that things will not be as bad as it appears that they may be at this point today. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marshall County - Early Marriages - Part 9 Brown, David James, Isabel Gatlin, Granville J. McGriger[McGregor], Rebecca Caroline Lindsey, John G. Henson, D'sina C. Winters, Caleb Bailey, Eliza Fields, James W. Pace, Jalico Jane Treas, Roland Anderson, America Reeder, Daniel Harrison, Mary C. Rowland, R.W. Roberts, Rhody Lindsey, Reuben M. Gregory, Elizabeth Kingsolving, M.B.G. Dunn, Netty Chandler, Francis M. Wade, Sarah C. Mitcehll, James M. Darnall, Sarah M. Robertson, William J. Rothwell, Catherine H. Gregory, Perry A. Duncan, Nancy Filbeck, James A. Goheen, Melinda Jane Henderson, James L. Moorfield, Mary Ann Tatum, John B. Jones, Martha Jane Thompson, Isaac Rodden, Susan K Lindsey, James S. Mills, Melcina Jenkins, Lewis Gray, Matilda Pace, Thomas P. Roberts, Maleza Petway, William O. Gray, Harriet C. Dimick, M.C. Collie, Jincy E. Hester, John Stonson, Lucintha Wolfe, Jacob E. Page, Celia J. Frizzelle, James C. Stallings, Nancy Lindsey, Cornelius Dycus, Sarah J. Shaw, A.B. Lentz, Sally J. Burnham, Martin F. Pace, Louisa Redwine, Travis Harrison, Margaret Youngs, J.A. Cross, Mary Catherine ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Dear Bill-- Please send information on Luke Albritton from "Graves County - 1840 Census - Heads of Households - Part 3" posted on 9/13. Thanks for your assistance. Robert ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Dear Bill-- Please send all available information on Thomas Floyd from "Calloway County - Early Newspaper Snippets - Part 1" posted on 9/14. Thanks in advance. Robert ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Bill- Please send along the info on Judge Carter and Mrs. R. L. Marshall. Thanks much. C. Trusty

My friends - Today, I am beginning a new series for Calloway County, which will examine some of the news items contained in the few extant early newspapers which we have for that county. We will begin in the year 1879 and move forward over a period of about 20 years in this series. If you see a name in the listing below on which you would like to have the contents of the snippet, let me know and I will get that information out to you. As always, your help in not resending this entire message back to me with your request is greatly appreciated. Because of the additional time element that is required in transcribing some of these snippets, the listing below will not be a long one, but I will, from time to time, continue to offer these, since they really give some life and personality to those who are mentioned within the snippets. You may get one that is one sentence long and says nothing more than the fact that so-and-so has gone away on a vacation. Or, you may get one that has a 75 line full obituary. The last group of these which I offered, from Graves County, were very popular, and I hope that some of you will see a kinsman in the list below. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Calloway County - Early Newspaper Snippets - Part 1 Nix, Jeff Sebrae, Pomp Ely, Pete Anderson, Col. Lucien Emma Hutchens Rubene Matthewson Smoot, Maggie Holt, Ina McCain, Rebecca Ellison, T.B. Carter, Judge Irvan, Mrs. R.J. Gardner, W.N. Tyre, Jimmie Weathers, Lula Russell, Tommie Floyd, Thomas A. Marshall, Mrs. R.L. Harman, Bud Hutchens, John Fair, Macon ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My friends - Our good friend Jan Powell, who hosts the Obion County, TN List, passed the following URL along, and the narrative contained in the title of the article in the Subject line above, and written by Bettie Cummings Cook, CG, is so compelling that I want to pass it on to you. I hope you will visit this site, and read the article in its totality. It expresses my feelings, and those of many other tenured genealogists, very well. The Internet is great- as far as it goes, and Bettie spells out the good and bad about Internet genealogy very clearly. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/cook.htm I'll be back later with today's data post. -B ============================================================

My friends - We set a new record on requests for a dataset - I have received 112 requests so far for the New Concord Cemetery file. That roundly defeats the earlier record of 87. And the requests are still coming in. Today, we are returning to our review of the 1840 census of Graves County. We have had two prior installments in this series, with is proving to be a popular one, as are most of those associated with Graves County. If you see a name of interest, and would like the complete age enumeration for that household, please let me know and I will get that information out to you. As always, you help in not resending this entire message back to me with your request is appreciated. I have shown the enumerations for the two Copeland men in the list, as I know that there is great interest in the Copeland family. We are continuing our early planning for the JP Homecoming 2000 event to be held next year. I will be posting a report on the results of the vote on exactly which set of dates on which to hold the event within a day or two(it will go to the mail group who have indicated that they wish to try to attend the event). At some point within the next couple of months, I hope to establish an informal web page on which the details of the event will be placed as plans are made. -B ============================================================ Graves County - 1840 Census - Heads of Households - Part 3 Campbell, Wilson Brown, John M. Brown, Thomas B. Brown, Sarah Dublin, Jacob Howard, Benj McGuire, M.L.J. McGuire, E. McGuire, E.W. Thompson, J.T. Lee, Joseph Lee, Gersham Simpson, Wm Kindall, Peter Kindall, James L. Foy, James Breedlove, Wm Taylor, James Foy, Wm Cargil, Adam Tibbs, Josiah Wearin, John Foy, Simon McNatt, Wm Johnson, Willis C[S]isson, Wm C[S]isson, Robert Craddock, Richard Barnet, Joseph Wade, Joseph Cargle, John P. Wellington, L.F. Morse, M.O. Jones, Bennett Board, John A. Patterson, Samuel Conner, John Wilson, M.C. Stafford, John Story, Samuel S. Bush, John P. Byrd, John L. Happy, James B. Crump, George Lynn, Henry Gough, Wm R. Miller, Frederick Lawrence, Henry G. Tucker, Elijah Stephens, Harvey Gough, Jesse Gregory, Hardy Casey, Flemming Lockridge, R.D. Lee, John Reid, James Doudy, Joseph Tucker, Samuel Anderson, Erwin Pryor, Jeremiah Albritton, Luke Copeland, Thomas 0021101 211001 Copeland, Abel 210001 110001 Miller, John ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hi - I'm hoping that someone will know where I might find Eunice Cook Stanley's 2 sons - Herman and Jesse or their families - this is what I copied from the KY Vital Records web site: EUNICE C STANLEY Date 580814 Age 042 Place MCCRK Residence GRAVES Volume 041 Cert 20155 Deathvol 58 She was the daughter of David ILEY Cook .. Graves County Pat Ray Scheele http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4375/cookmain.html http://www.co.saunders.ne.us/mead.htm Come surf with us!

Hi - Less than a year ago, myself and another researcher, Carla, tryed to start a web site dedicated to the many Cook Families that lived in the Jackson Purchase Area - that page has grown from JP and now includes all of KY and TN .. A complete listing of our census - marriage and misc information is at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4375/cookcens.html for all of these miscellaneous counties. Our main Cook page is at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4375/cookmain.html My motivation for building these pages was to help others as well as myself find GREAT GREAT GRANDPA Jefferson Davis Cook - well - I still haven't broken down that brick wall - So I thought maybe someone else might see something I'm missing. What I know about Jefferson is that he went by several names - some called him "Dave" and sometimes he is listed as JD Cook - his wife was Mary Emma Roach Cook - they had 5 children but only 3 lived to adulthood - Willim O; David Iley and Jasper Marvin. David ILEY Cook was a farmer in GRAVES County and his family still lives in that area - but I am stuck as to where some of his desendants are currently - specifically - Milton Cook family moved to NOVI Michgan and I can't find them - Eunice Cook Stanley had 2 sons Jesse and Herman and I can't find them but suspect that they may still be in KENTUCKY. Jasper is my direct line and everyone has been contacted in this side .. Willim O. Cook died in St. Louis in the late 40's .. don't know much else about him - Back to Jefferson: Husband: JEFFERSON DAVIS COOK Birth: 5 Nov 1860 Place: CALLOWAY, County Kentucky, USA or was it Tennessee? Death: 23 Sep 1916 Place: Ballard County, Kentucky Burial: Sep 1916 Place: Bethleham Cem, Ballard County, Kentucky, USA Father: Newton Cook (but which Newton?) Mother: ????? -------------------------------------------------- Marriage: 1 Jan 1882 Place: WICKLIFFE, Ballard County, Kentucky, USA Wife: MARY EMMA MATILDA ROACH Birth: Jul 1865 Place: Kentucky, USA Father: JOSEPH H ROACH (1832-) Mother: SUSAN LOUISE (1832-) Children... I did find this census entry that might be good ole' g'pa - can anyone help? BALLARD CO, KENTUCKY 1880 Census #1864-218 COOK, Andrew, 26, head, laborer, Ky, Ky, Ky Janey, 29, sis, Ky, Ky, Ky Jeff P., 18, bro, Ky, Ky, Ky is this Jefferson Davis Cook? I haven't a clue where this family came from ] Notes: Jefferson Davis Cook was a widow when he died in 1916. I have a copy of his death certificate in which Iley Cook is the informant. Little information is available on "David" Cook but a photo exists of him which was probably taken about 1896-1900 with his wife, "Emma" and boys Willie, Iley and Jasper Marvin. He was a farmer by trade. Wife's Notes... A photo taken about 1900 notes her name as Emma Matilda O'Roche. O'Rache. However, I belive that the notation was made many years after the photo. Census information for "Emma" Cook identifies her as the head of the household, a widow, born in Kentucky, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Tennessee with children: Willie, Jasper, and Ollie. (Census record for 1900). I have not found a census record for her in 1910 or beyond. By 1900 she had had 5 children total, only 3 living. She was enumerated in Carlisle County. * * * * * * * * * * Jefferson Davis Cook's death certificate stated that he was a widow when he died: Sep 23, 1916 in Ballard Co, Kentucky. It further states that he was born in Calloway Co, Ky on Nov 5, 1860 to Newton Cook. By trade he was a farmer. Iley Cook is the informant on the death certificate. Burial took place at Bethlehem Cemetery, Wickliffe, Kentucky. I believe that the Bethleham Church had a fire and lost church records from this era. I did not find a stone for Mary Emma Roach Cook when I visited the Bethleham Cemetary a few years ago. And while I have not found a death certificate for (Mary) Emma Roach Cook, my great great grandmother, I have found this census information. BALLARD CO, KENTUCKY 1880 Census #1864-218 COOK, Andrew, 26, head, laborer, Ky, Ky, Ky Do you know anything about this family? pscheele@navix.net Janey, 29, sis, Ky, Ky, Ky Jeff P., 18, bro, Ky, Ky, Ky is this Jefferson Davis Cook? CARLISLE CO, KENTUCKY 1900 CENSUS Cook, Emma, head, white female, July 1865, 35 widowed, 5 children / 3 living, KY, TN, TN ** great great grandmother (Mary Emma Roach) Enumerated: West Bardwell Willie, son, white, male, August 1887, 12, single, KY, KY, KY Jasper, son, white, November 1893, 6, single, KY, KY, KY Ollie, son, white, male, February 1886, 14, single, KY, KY, KY Hart, Martha, May 1840, 60, widow, 2 children, 1 living, TN, Ireland, England - boarder Boutwell, Lewis, March 1880, 20, laborer - boarder, IL, IL, IL Holloway, William, June 1865, 34, farm- laborer, TN, TN, TN 1910 Ballard Co, Kentucky Census Ballard Co. Iley L Cook, head of household, white, 24, is married to Marvis G. Ballard Co. Jasper M. Cook , white, 16, enumerated with William J. Gardner Ballard Co. Will O Cook , white, 22 enumerated with Charlie McChristain What happened??? The death certificate for Jefferson Davis Cook is 1916. But the 1900 census shows Mary (Emma) already a widow in 1900. I could not find a census record for either Mary Emma Roach Cook or Jefferson Davis Cook in 1910. My guess is that Jefferson Davis Cook may not have been home at the time of the census taker's visit in 1900 and the information was recorded incorrectly. >From Don Simmons Publication "Graves Co, Ky Gen Abstracts", on Feb 22, 1882 an infant of J. D. Cook died and was buried at Antioch. These dates do not line up very well with the marriage date for Jefferson Davis Cook and Mary Emma Roach Cook. Another researcher, John Roach was kind to find the marriage record for Mary E Roach & J D Cook, married 1 Jan 1882 in Wickliffe, Ky. I believe that Mary Emma Roach could be the daughter of Joseph H Roach born 1832 Graves Co, Ky and Susan Louise born 1832 in Tennessee. More information about the Roach family follows later. I did say that Jasper was one of 5 children, 2 died and their names are unknown to me. It should be noted that Ollie on the census of 1900 is really DAVID ILEY COOK, brother of Jasper Cook. I have death certificates for Jefferson Davis Cook, David Iley Cook and Jasper Cook to "prove" this information. Pat Ray Scheele http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4375/cookmain.html http://www.co.saunders.ne.us/mead.htm Come surf with us!

In a message dated 09/13/1999 2:03:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, KYJacksonPurchase-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Graves County - 1840 Census - Heads of Households - Part 3 > Bill: Will you send the file on Bennett Jones, please? TIA Jesse

HI, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THE MISSISSIPPI CEMETERY IS AT OR BARDWELL, KY.? ALSO THE PICKETT CEMETERY NEAR BARDWELL,KY.? ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL &APPRECIATED. THANKS LYDA grannye@centuryinter.net

Looking for relatives of Cate and Lizzy Denny who in 1861 attended the Oak Grove Chuch near Wadesboro or Murray, KY. and noted in the Calloway Co., KY area again in 1862 and 1863. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Barbara Denny George **FUN ONLINE CLASSES for ALL AGES** http://www.bdgonline.com/corselst.htm What is Genealogy Online Course begins Sept. 24, 1999 Buzz...Buzz...Bees begins Oct. 5, 1999 When Pigs Surf begins Oct. 8, 1999

Would like to have a copy of the New Concord Cemetery records, please. Doris

My friends - I want to stop by and give you the solution to the latest Skills Puzzler before this day is gone completely. Before I launch into the explanation of the solution, I think that I should point out that these Puzzlers are aimed at trying to help us hone our skills a bit and to find ways to perform research more efficiently. As a result, when I present the narratives for these puzzlers, some parts of the background information are not given, simply to make the narrative as short as possible. On this puzzler, about 6 folks asked how I knew that the Cornelius Knothead, shown as the head of household in the 1840 census, was the male listed as 50-60, since the head of the household could be a son of an older man living in that household, and the 1840 census does not connect the name of the head of household with any male in any age bracket. In this case, there was a male aged 5-10 and one aged 50-60. It was obvious that the male aged 5-10 was not the head of the household, so I did not present anything about the breakdown of the ages of the males in the 1840 census, just to save some words in the narrative. I am always heartened, however, by such questions, as they show that we have very sharp people with analytical minds with us on the JP List. The nub of the whole purpose of this Puzzler was to see if we could take a tax roll series which indicated that Knothead was there for several years and then suddenly disappeared, and couple that fact with what few records which were extant and try to determine what our next move should be. There is no question that we would all want to check those surviving marriage records, in the event that Knothead might have given a consent or appeared in some fashion therein. The same is true for checking the 1850 census records for other Knothead families(could Cornelius be living with a daughter or son's family, etc.). But can we shortcut the process a little and save some time? We can do so in some cases by being aware of what state laws may provide insofar as tax relief is concerned. In this case, the key time frame is the 1844-45 period. Reading the court minutes page by page, we found that on 22 May 1845, Cornelius Knothead appeared before the court and requested to be made exempt from paying taxes, as he had "...attained the age of 55 years on April 14th last...". In the state in question, men 55 and over were exempt from paying taxes. From that, we learned both his age and his birth date. He does not himself again appear in the court minutes that exist. However, again reading page by page, in 1848, there is a brief mention in the court minutes for the October term, in which three commissioners are appointed to "...lay off the dower lands for the widow Knothead, relict of Cornelius Knothead, deceased". From that, we learned that he had died sometime probably in 1848. Cornelius does not appear in any part of the existing marriage records. Anytime that someone suddenly disappears from a tax roll, especially if we know them to be in the 50-60 age group, we should make the court minutes our next stop, since men had to petition the court to be made exempt from paying taxes, and very few of them ever missed doing that(times do not change much, do they?)right at the very time that they turned 55, or whatever the age may have been that would cause them to become exempt. Court minutes are usually among the last records that most of us consult, because they are almost always unindexed. In this case, they should be our next stop, after the tax rolls, given what we know about the age of Cornelius. Does this mean that *every* person who reached the age at which he could claim an exemption actually did so? No, but we cannot assume that someone, for whatever reason(lack of proof of age, did not know his own age, lack of knowledge of the law, etc.), did not come forward and request the exemption. And we have to remember, too, that state laws governing who could be exempted(clerymen, public officials, etc.) from taxes changed regularly over the years, so we need to be aware of those laws and what they directed for each year taxes. Knowing the various possibilities which might cause a man to drop from a tax roll can be useful in pointing us in the direction we should follow in our next research step. -B ============================================================

Bill, Please forward a copy of the New Concord Cemetery file. Thanks. Judy Carlson,Grandview, Mo. Researching; Gray, Ogden, Rose & Trevathan e-mail:normcarlson@sprintmail.com

I am looking for my Smith ancestors in this area. Would you be so kind as to forward the cemetery file. Thanks, Donna Petkus

Here is some additional input on the nickname Jincey/Jency, etc. Just spoke with my mother who was born and raised in Mayfield, Graves County. Her best friend, also from Mayfield, goes by "Jency" as the diminuative of her given name, Jeanette. I assume Jeanette is the French form of Jane. Greg Barbara Nutty wrote: > Hi all: A heartfelt thank you to all that responded to my posting > regarding the name "Jincy". I guess, it wasn't very uncommon > after all. > > Three said it was a nickname for Jane, one said Jeane, and one > said Virginia. Two indicated French orgins, although born in Virginia. > > This Jackson Purchase mail list is best----everyone ready to respond > and share information. I am overwhelmed with the number of responses, > Thank you, one and all. Barbara > > > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== > Interested in learning more about US Land & Property Research? Go to: > http://users.arn.net/~billco/uslpr.htm to see the free on-line course in this subject > authored by the KYJP Listowner.

Hello folks, "Kirkin' of the Tartans" was celebrated at First Presbyterian Church today in conjunction with the Scots Festival held this weekend in Paducah. Several visitors to Paducah were present and we were glad for their being in our worship service. This was an experience that will not be forgotten ... quite a special occasion. Highlights of the service ... the prelude and recessional were accompanied by the piper, Ed Merritt; and "The Calling of the Clans" was made by Bob Valentine (of the Clan Gordon). Thanks for a wonderful experience. Ann Jackson -- ________________________________________________________________________ Anna O. Jackson Ann: MailTo:jsjackson@apex.net 3570 Lovelaceville Road Amateur Radio Station KA4GFU Paducah, KY 42001-5857 Sam: MailTo:jsam@apex.net (270) 554-5927 Amateur Radio Station W4THY Personal Page: http://www.apex.net/users/jsjackson