This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CBB.2ACE/5842.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I did some research for you this morning but first you need to know that I am NOT directly related to you in any way I know of. This is public information from sources I own or have access to. Even after I give you this information, you need to confirm it for yourself by hopefully contacting other "cousins" or by ordering the birth, death or marriage records I might cite. I believe that over the years because of lack of good records that Mellie/Melia HAMILTON was NOT born in 1879. Here is the 1880 Knox Co., KY Fed. Census and as you can see, she has not yet been born. 1880 Knox Co. Dwelling 297-305 HAMILTON, Frank, 28, farms, head, b. kY; parents b. KY . .Elizibth, 18, wife, b. KY; parents b. KY . .William W., 2, son, b. KY Next dwelling which I believe to be the parents of Elizabeth GOLDEN: Dwelling 298-306 GOLDEN, Joshua, 50, farms, head, b. kY; parents b. KY . .Teletha, 45, wife, b. KY; parents b. KY . .Hily, 21, at home, dau, b. KY . .Millia, 16, at home, dau, b. KY . .John, 14, farms, son, b. KY .Mecca, 12, at home, dau, b. KY . .Pirce, 10, dau, b. KY . Elizibeth, 5, "granddau", b. KY; parents b. KY Taking Joshua back to 1870, he is NOT in Knox Co. but in Whitley Co.: Dwelling 110 - 1870 Whitley Co., KY GOLDEN, Joshua, 35, b. kY . .Delitha, 33, b. KY (pross. a transcribing error) . .Nancy, 17, b. KY . .Jane, 15, b. KY . . Delila, 11, b. KY . .Elizabeth, 9, b. KY * * . .Hila, 7, b. KY . .John, 5, b. KY . .James, 2, b. KY Now taking Frank HAMILTON and moving forward to the 1900 Knox Co.: Voting Prec. #11 Dwelling 224-232 HAMILTON, Benjamin F., head, b. 9-1851, 48, mar. 24 yrs, b. TN; parents b. TN - farmer . .Bettie, wife, b. 1-1859, 41, mar. 24 yrs, 10 born; 7 living, b. KY; parents b. KY . Martha, dau, b. 5-1880, 20, dau, b. KY . .Mellie, dau, b. 4-1882, 18, b. KY * * * . .John, son, b. 9-1884, 15, b. KY . .Joshua, son, b. 4-1889, 11, b. KY . .Steven, son, b. 8-1892, 7, b. KY . .Nannie M., dau, b. 5-1897, 3, b. KY COX, Julia, grandau, b. 1-1899, 1, b. KY MARRIAGES - - - Knox Co. Marriage Book BB and C January 15, 1879 HAMELTON, R. F. to GOLDEN, Elizabeth By: W. F. BRAY AT: Joshua GOLDEN's Wit: Andrew McLEE and James TROSPER NOTE: Misspellings are common. Transcription errors do occur. Prob. the name is B. J. for Benjamin Franklin/Frank. I will give you this marriage too since it "could" be an earlier marriage for this same or a different Franklin/Frank HAMILTON: October 12, 1876 HAMILTON, Franklin to MARSEE, Barbary By: Rev. John DAVIS AT: John DAVIS Wit: John JOHNSON and James JOHNSON MARRIAGE - Dec. 25, 1901 HAMILTON, Melia to McCULLY, D., Book J-55 first marriage at bride's fathers McCULLEY, D., age 30, to Melia, age 19, b. Knox Co.; dau. of Frank and Bettie HAMILTON NOTE: The marriage record is absolutely blank with regard to family information for D. McCULLY/McCULLEY. Name appears one way in one place and the other spelling in another place. 1910 Knox Co. - Popular Creek ED116 Dwelling 179 McCULLEY, Dee, 38,head, b. TN; parents b. TN - farm laborer . .Nellie, 20, wife, b. KY (very clearly says Nellie on microfilm so prob. was just not heard right by the census enumerator .Richard, 8, son, b. KY . .James I., 6, b. KY . Starl C., son, 2, b. KY . .William C., 1 yr +, b. KY, son I tried several ways to locate this Dee McCULLY/McCULLEY anywhere in the US on the 1880. I found this which you might wish to keep for the future. I have no way to know if it is or is not your Dee McCULLY (who for whatever reason gave NO family information on his marriage record. Sometimes this is because they did not know their parent/s, they simply omitted the information or they were hiding something.) 1880 Campbell Co., TN - Glenn Dwelling 189-193 McCULLY, Catherine, 22, MU (Mulatto), sister, b. TN; parents b. TN . Louis, 19, brother, MU, b. TN . .Love, 17, sister, MU, b. TN . .Dee, 12, brother, MU, b. TN * * . Thomas, 10, brother, MU, b. TN . .Luster, 3, nice (prob. niece), MU, b. TN If this is the same Louis as of the 1900 in Campbell Co., TN, now he is listed as White: Dwelling 74-77 McCULLEY, Lewis, 38, head, mar. 6 yrs, b. May 1862, b. TN; parents b. TN . .Liddia, b. 7-1862, wife, 2 born; 2 living, b. TN; parents b. TN . .Mary L., b. 2-1895, 5, dau, b. TN . .William, son, 2, b. 11-1897, b. TN I found these BIRTHS on the KBI: Melda HAMILTON, maiden name gave birth to: . McCULLEY, Bertha b. 7-23-1918 in Knox Co., Vol. 67, Cert 33284 . McCULLEY, Grace b. 1-21-1914 in Knox Co., Vol. 8, Cert 3539 born to Mellie HAMILTON . McCULLEY, Bessie b. 5-13-1915 in Knox Co., Vol. 72, Cert 35764 born to Mellie HAMILTON Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA