At 06:47 AM 6/19/1999 -0500, you wrote: > > > Has anyone ever compiled a complete (as possible) listing of all the Lewis Co. >residents who participated in the Civil War? Or, as my relatives prefer to say, >The War Between The States? I know that Lewis County tended to be mostly Union, >but my ancesters preferred the other side. One of my grandmother's uncles was >killed early in the War by the Home Guard, another (James Thurston Voiers) rode >with Morgan. Other than those two, I don't know of any other relatives that >were involved. A good indexed list would be quite interesting to read. > I'm going to Frankfort for three days this next week. I'll be working on >obtaining land records from the William VEIRS family from Maryland and Robert >VIERS from Virginia. I'm hoping to trace connections between these two families >since there are just too many coincidences in the lines. > > >Sue Bishop > > >Yes Sue, there is a list of men in Co C Ky rifles, which I assume you are looking for. I have it and will look for your man. That was the company of JH Morgan. My Great great Uncle was also part of that unit but didn't ride with Morgan. That was Lt. George W. Seaman. I'll get back to you after my first cup of coffee this morning. Marilyn > > ---- Let us then be up and doing With a will for any fate. Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor, and to wait. ---- It's by Longfellow. He must have been a genealogist.

Has anyone ever compiled a complete (as possible) listing of all the Lewis Co. residents who participated in the Civil War? Or, as my relatives prefer to say, The War Between The States? I know that Lewis County tended to be mostly Union, but my ancesters preferred the other side. One of my grandmother's uncles was killed early in the War by the Home Guard, another (James Thurston Voiers) rode with Morgan. Other than those two, I don't know of any other relatives that were involved. A good indexed list would be quite interesting to read. I'm going to Frankfort for three days this next week. I'll be working on obtaining land records from the William VEIRS family from Maryland and Robert VIERS from Virginia. I'm hoping to trace connections between these two families since there are just too many coincidences in the lines. Sue Bishop

There is a Kentucky Civil War Genealogy Forum at the address below: It might be helpful, Bob <A HREF="http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/CivilWar">Click here: Kentucky Civil War Query Forum Message Index </A> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/CivilWar

Are you related to the Coopers who were part of the Swearingen/Gifford/Stevenson group? Spirit

Dear Researchers of the Lewis County, Kentucky Mailing List, Small communities sometimes have one main industry that is the lifeblood of the village. This could have been the case with Quincy's stone quarry, which was probably worked by the Ohio River Sand and Marble Company. This company was in existence in the 1850's, but I do not know when or exactly where the operation began, or when it ended, although a Dec 1881 Vanceburg newspaper article mentioned the stone quarries at Quincy. The article stated that the Southwestern Railroad was purchasing great quantities of the stone for constructing railroad bridges. Benjamin WOODWORTH was the owner of the land on which the stone quarries were principally located. There was also a steamboat landing at Quincy, called, appropriately enough, Quincy Landing. If you can add any details to this description of the quarries at Quincy, or of the Ohio River Sand and Marble Company, please help! I am renewing my efforts to write a history of the small community of Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky, motivated by the fact that my third-great grandfather William COOPER lived in Quincy from about 1852 to about 1859, and again from 1865 to about 1876. Thanks! Randal W. Cooper <[email protected]> Lorain, Ohio

[email protected]'s anscestor,and my own many great upcle, Charles Caroll BROWN was a US Mail sorter on steamboats running between Cincinnati and Portmouth Od during this period. JOHN ROBINSON'S circus winter quarters was the ne Cincinnati suburb of TERRACE PARK. CC Brown m Nan Power,dau of JAMES AMPBELL POWER,river Captain,AND SOMETIMES OWNER OF THE STEAM FERRY BETWEEN ABERDEEN,OH AND MAYSVILLE,KY. On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 11:42:28 -0700 Randal W Cooper <[email protected]> writes: >Dear Members of the Lewis County, Kentucky Mailing List, > >Vanceburg, Kentucky was home to the steamboat "W.P. Thompson" for >part >of her life on the Ohio River. > >The "W.P. Thompson" was a wooden-hull, sternwheel packet built at >Harmar, Washington County, Ohio in 1876, at the Knox Boatyard. Harmar >is >located at the mouth of the Muskingum River, on the opposite bank of >the >Muskingum from Marietta, Ohio. She was first owned by the J.N. Camden >and Company, an oil-producing company of Parkersburg, West Virginia. >J.N. CAMDEN was one of the company's directors. > >One of the first missions of the "W.P. Thompson" was running the >Pittsburgh to Cincinnati route in the spring of 1877, replacing the >"Emma Graham" while the new vessel of the same name was being built. >During this period, E.B. COOPER was Captain and Nat EARHART was >Clerk, >with Captain J.N. WILLIAMSON part owner. > >She then took the Cincinnati to Charleston run, under Captain John >THORNBURG. Following that, she again plied the Pittsburgh to >Cincinnati >route, in 1878 and 1879, Captained by Hod KNOWLES, with Nat EARHART >again as Clerk. At this time, the craft was owned by the Parkersburg >and >Ohio River Transportation Company, whose president was Captain E.P. >CHANCELLOR, with J.N. WILLIAMSON as Superintendant. > >Captain Ellis MACE recalled that the "W.P. Thompson" once ran between >Cincinnati, Ohio and Vanceburg, Kentucky. > >In the fall of 1883, the steam packet headed for the sultry South and >began handling cotton bales out of the Yazoo River, a tributary of >the >Mississippi, north of Vicksburg. > >Civil War Note: This was the site of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, >Mississippi, 29 Dec 1862, in which the Federal troops were repulsed >in >their first drive to conquer Vicksburg. A sizable number of Lewis >County, Kentucky soldiers of the Twenty-second Regiment were killed >or >wounded in this battle. Captain Alexander BRUCE of Company E was >wounded >in the foot. > >Now back to Steamboating: In the winter, the "W.P. Thompson" went >South >with John ROBINSON's Circus, but was sunk 7 Dec 1884 in a collision, >sixty miles downriver from Vicksburg. The other vessel was said to be >the "Captain Miller".* > >Randal W. Cooper <[email protected]> >Lorain, Ohio > >*The source for most of this posting, except the Civil War trivia, is >~Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994~, compiled by Frederick Way, Jr. > > >==== KYLEWIS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: >http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty Lou at: [email protected] >Arch: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=KYLewis >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ___________________________________________________________________ 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 Members of the Lewis County, Kentucky Mailing List, Vanceburg, Kentucky was home to the steamboat "W.P. Thompson" for part of her life on the Ohio River. The "W.P. Thompson" was a wooden-hull, sternwheel packet built at Harmar, Washington County, Ohio in 1876, at the Knox Boatyard. Harmar is located at the mouth of the Muskingum River, on the opposite bank of the Muskingum from Marietta, Ohio. She was first owned by the J.N. Camden and Company, an oil-producing company of Parkersburg, West Virginia. J.N. CAMDEN was one of the company's directors. One of the first missions of the "W.P. Thompson" was running the Pittsburgh to Cincinnati route in the spring of 1877, replacing the "Emma Graham" while the new vessel of the same name was being built. During this period, E.B. COOPER was Captain and Nat EARHART was Clerk, with Captain J.N. WILLIAMSON part owner. She then took the Cincinnati to Charleston run, under Captain John THORNBURG. Following that, she again plied the Pittsburgh to Cincinnati route, in 1878 and 1879, Captained by Hod KNOWLES, with Nat EARHART again as Clerk. At this time, the craft was owned by the Parkersburg and Ohio River Transportation Company, whose president was Captain E.P. CHANCELLOR, with J.N. WILLIAMSON as Superintendant. Captain Ellis MACE recalled that the "W.P. Thompson" once ran between Cincinnati, Ohio and Vanceburg, Kentucky. In the fall of 1883, the steam packet headed for the sultry South and began handling cotton bales out of the Yazoo River, a tributary of the Mississippi, north of Vicksburg. Civil War Note: This was the site of the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi, 29 Dec 1862, in which the Federal troops were repulsed in their first drive to conquer Vicksburg. A sizable number of Lewis County, Kentucky soldiers of the Twenty-second Regiment were killed or wounded in this battle. Captain Alexander BRUCE of Company E was wounded in the foot. Now back to Steamboating: In the winter, the "W.P. Thompson" went South with John ROBINSON's Circus, but was sunk 7 Dec 1884 in a collision, sixty miles downriver from Vicksburg. The other vessel was said to be the "Captain Miller".* Randal W. Cooper <[email protected]> Lorain, Ohio *The source for most of this posting, except the Civil War trivia, is ~Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994~, compiled by Frederick Way, Jr.

My expertise is with the general store at ST PAUL,and DOUG Newell's "Delicious Fruits" apple orchard up it's hollow. Any study of Quincy''s quarrey should include reading about the big Quarry just across the river,on the Adams-Scioto Co Oh line in Evans and Stiver's "HISTORY OF ADAMS CO,OH. We are talking the RR bridges at Cincinnati. There are genealogists on-line whose anscestors floated that rock down-river. Likely a Scioto Co history would also recount the Quaries. Leonard Sly,aka ROY ROGERS,spent part of his boyhood very poor up a hollow on the Ohio side.

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Many names I know in this one. My colony lived with the GREATHOUSE'S at Weirton,WV. "The Frontiersman" gives an account of Greathouse's death. One of the ELROD'S settled within 2-3 miles of me here at Bethel,Oh. I've always thought that the Indians knew some of the people killed. One or more of the GREATHOUSE'S had been at the 1774 massacre of the Mingo Logan's family. A prevoius account of Capt Spencer Records mentions being led up-river to Portsmouth by a cautious leader. That would seem to be REV WAR Gen Charles Scott. The Elrod'S and the MUSE families were ntermarried.Capt MUSE served at FT NECESSITY in 1754. CHARLES RECORDS may be the father of Capt SPENCER and LABAN RECORDS. On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:08:18 -0600 "Faith Keahey" <[email protected]> writes: >On the 15th of Apr 1790, I was married to Elizabeth Ellred, daughter >of John >Peter Ellred and Mary his wife. I settled on my own land 6 miles west >of >Washington, where I had previously built a log cabin 16 ft sq, and >cleared >some ground. At that time it was the outside cabin west. > >I will now give you a discription of my log cabin, and the way it was >built. >After raising it the necessary Height, a large log was laid across >the >middle, and overlaid with split logs. Two of the pieces at one corner >were >cut out, to make a hole to go up above, then build up, so as to gave >room to >load and shoot, with port holes above and below. The door was made >of >strong puncheons, pinned with a two-inch pin, and barred with a strong >bar, >so that it could not possibly be forced open. > >Abrham Gardner and Rudolph Fuso took leases of me and lived in the >same >cabin with us, as they had no time to build cabins for themselves. >They >were both Dutch men and not used to guns, so that I could not have >depended >on them, only that they would make a show if Indians came in sight; >and if >we should be fired on, they might be shot instead of me. > >This summer my brother Laban and my brother in law John Hughey were >employed >to spy on the Ohio River. On the second day of August, on a big lick >on >Locust creek, 4 miles from the Ohio, they saw the beds of 22 Indians, >who >had been watching the lick. They sent word as soon as possible to >Col >Rankin, who gave orders to me to draught ten men from my company, and >to >meet in the morning at my father's where I would be met by 15 men from >Capt >John Kenton's company, and from there to go in search of them. > >I raised my men, and met according to orders, but found only 6 of >Kenton's >men. However, we set off, 19 in number, and when we came to the lick, >we >saw that a number of horses had just gone down the creek. They had >been up >on Stoner, the south fork of Licking, and had stolen 20 horses. > >We pursued them rapidly to the Ohio; they had all got over but 4; at >that >place it was >20 yds from the bank to the water, and growing thick with grass. >About 50 >yds above, the water came to the bank, with a thicket of willows >growing. >An Indian was standing sentinel close to the bank; we saw him the >instant he >did us. Some jumped down the bank after them; some ran up the bank to >keep >them down; on made his escape by swimming and diving; two ran into >the >willows, and we could not find them. My brother Laban killed one that >had >squatted in the grass. The one in the river had many guns fired at >him, but >to no purpose, as he was most of the time under the water. The other >Indians halloed and shot at us, but to no purpose, as the river was >too >wide. Only one ball reached the shore, by skipping some distance on >the >water. We took the scalp off the one that was killed, got his gun, >and four >horses which they had not got over the river and returned home. > >About the 1st of March 1791, the Indians stole horses near Washington >just >before daylight. The horses were soon missed, and they were pursued. >Snow >beginning to fall, and cover the ground, they were obliged to leave >the >horses, disperse, and run to make their escape. > >John Gardner set out that evening from my house to hunt, and saw the >track >of one of them, who had come near my fence before he saw it, and then >turned >short to the left, to go round the field. It was a fine thing for him >that >I did not know of his coming there. Had I known it, I would have >went out, >met the gentleman, and given him a salute. > >Sometime in March Capt Hubbell was descending the Ohio. Below the >mouth of >Scioto, he was attacked by a large party of Indians, who came out in >their >canoes, and fired on the boat, wounding four of five of his men and >killing >two, by the names of Kilpatrick and Tucker. They soon gave up >pursuing >Hubbell, and turned their attention to Greathouse's boat which was >then in >sight, and as soon as the boat came in reach, attacked it. This boat >being >weakly manned, suurendered without much assistance. They took this >boat to >shore, killing Greathouse and a man called Black. How many they took >prisoners, I have no recollection at this time. > >I went up to help bury the dead, and on our way wemet a boy about 15 >yrs of >age, who had been taken prisoner, but he had made his escape. He >turned >back and went with us. When we came back to the boat, Black was >laying in >it, tomahawked and scalped. The boy said, "There lies my poor old >father." >Greathouse lay on the bank, tomahawked and scalped. There was a large >sack >of flour, some hogs, and some other property in the boat, which they >had not >taken off. After burying the dead, we took the boat down to >Limestone. >cont > > ___________________________________________________________________ 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.

Sorry I sent some of them back to you, but was forwarding to someone else and forgot to erase your name. Spirit

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Sophia Weaver Lewis was born 1849, her husband was Thomas Orcutt. Other than that, I have no Orcutt information, however, I do have quite a bit on the Lewis family. I'm connected to the Lewis line through my gggrandmother, Jemima Lewis. Sue Bishop

Hello, Sue; Thanks so much for the input on the ORCUTT family connection. Is Sophia Weaver Lewis the daughter of Fielding Lewis? My uncle's HOWARD family descends from Enoch Howard, through Sanford Dillon (S.D.) Howard. Appreciate your input. Ann Bergelt Florida

This is not a hoax! This is something that I think all subscribers should be aware of ! By now you may be aware of the latest virus going aroundf the world via email, but for those need to know, I am sending this warning! There is a very destructive virus going around called ExploreZip.worm. It is distributed via Email, it will look like it is from someone you know (familiar) and the message looks like this: "I received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP. Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs. " Under no circumstances open the ZIP file. The attached file is not a Zip file, it just looks like it. It is zipped_files.exe which will destroy files with extensions .c, .cpp, .h, .asm, .doc, .xls, or .ppt For more info on this virus see: http://www.avertlabs.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/va10185.asp It's on CNN today Betty Lou Riley In Southern OH, USA List Owner for: OHAdams-L, KYLewis-L, and McGovney-L Instructions at: <http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html> CCA:KY Lewis Co. Boards Admin.for Adams Co.,OH

Didn't Geo Washington have a bro-in-law,Feilding Lewis at Fredricksburg,Va-partner of STRODE,OF Strode's Station [were 2] Ky,and they went broke providing Va with munitions. Likely paid with Ky lands. There were Bagby's in very ne Lewis Co east of Vanceburg,-likely along the river,ans also on the river at Chilo,Clermont Co Oh [and felicity]

Hello; I formerly subscribed to this list and received much help and information regarding my search for HOWARD relatives. I now have another possible connection and would appreciate your input. I recently began to research for an elderly aunt, her BAGBY family background. James BAGBY, born somewhere in KY, was born about 1880. I have no further information on him, other than that he married Ethel ORCUTT, they had two daughters and she died in Cincinnati in 1917. James became an infrequent, then non-existent part of the daughters' lives. So far, however, I have found that Ethel Orcutt was born about 1887, also in KY. Her parents were Charles Orcutt, born VT, and Elizabeth Hill, born MA. In my previous HOWARD family research, I ran across a connection with the LEWISes and have a copy of the 1880 Lewis County census for that family: 1880, ED#58, page #63B, line #35 LEWIS, Fielding " Sophia " John R. ORCUTT, (first name illegible, probably begins with an "M") BURNS, Henry BIRCHARD, james Henry Burns was the brother in law of the family head. James Birchard was listed only as a laborer. The female Orcutt was a daughter, aged 25, apparently widowed. Does anyone have any information regarding who her husband was, and if there's any further Orcutt family information from Lewis County I might hook up with?? Thanks again for your past help and for any assistance in this mystery. Ann Bergelt Florida

HI!!! I am looking for information on ALLEN PEARSON born in KY. abt 1804 His wife SARAH (CASE?) born in KY. abt 1809 and their daughter MARY PEARSON born in KY. in 1827. Were they born in LEWIS CO? JOHN PEARSON SR. and his wife CELIA ALLEN may be Allen's parents or his grandparents Any one with information on this family or working this genealogy line would be great! La Raine Kingsbury-Pearson

> >From: Mildred Kent <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] > >Sue, is there any reference to my names - Thurston, Plummer, Roland? >Thanks, >Mildred > >[email protected] wrote: >> >> I recently found a listing of a THOMAS cemetery across the River in Scioto >> Co. It' interesting because it has several stones of people born during >> the 1700s and the rest of the graves are of the family of those people. >> >> Sue >> No, Mildred. As I've told you before, all those names are found in the Michael THOMAS line and your Thurston almost HAS to be either a son or grandson of his. Roland THOMAS married a Jane THURSTON in Orange Co. Va in 1757, Plummer THOMAS (listed in many accounts as a son of Michael's, was born in 1771, Plummer had a son named Roland AND a son named Thurston, either of which could have been born as early as 1790 since we have no date for Plummer's marriage. All the info I have found on those first names: Plummer, Thurston, Roland, is in Lewis/Mason Co. Ky. The theory that the Michael THOMAS line is English is almost certainly bogus since the extensive Germanna records have repeated references to Michael. The supposed English connection dates from some erroneous conclusions in earlier and unverified research that ignored the Germanna information. Sue

Sue, is there any reference to my names - Thurston, Plummer, Roland? Thanks, Mildred [email protected] wrote: > > I recently found a listing of a THOMAS cemetery across the River in Scioto > Co. It' interesting because it has several stones of people born during > the 1700s and the rest of the graves are of the family of those people. > > Sue > > > ==== KYLEWIS Mailing List ==== > Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html > or contact Betty Lou at: [email protected] > Arch: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=KYLewis > Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! > Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/