My friends - I now have another group of JP land grants available, as we continue to add to the Grants West of the Tennessee River series. This group contains some of the "K" surnames, which include: Knight, Kirby/Kirbey, Kimble, Killingsworth, Kinkaid, Kinsey, Kirk, Kimell, King, Killough, Kidd, Kitt, Kiger, Kirkland, Kirksey, Kibler, Knonx and Kuykendall. If you would like a copy of this plain text file, let me know and I will send it to you as an attachment to an e-mail message, unless you specify that you need it in straight e-mail format(which tends to skew the columnar alignments). When you request the file, you will receive the entire text - time constraints won't allow me to go in and pull out individual surnames. The file is not that large, and should download within 30 seconds, even on a slow modem, much faster on a 28.8 or higher machine. The JP land grants text files which are now available are: Smith Jones Brown Adams & Adair Allbritton Carter Copeland Farmer Helm Lovelace Parker Adkins - Alexander Alderson - Andrews Staton & Misc."S" Surnames(Part - see original post) "G" Surnames(Part) - see original post for exact surnames "C" Surnames (Part), including Cochran, Cocke, Cook and Cooper "P" Surnames (part) "L" Surnames (part) - 2 files (see original post for names) "R" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames. "C" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "H" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "F" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames contained in the file "M" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "N" Surnames (Complete) "H" Surnames (part) - see original post for exact surnames "K" Surnames (part) - shown above -B ============================================================

My friends - Tonight, we will return to our review of Marshall County early marriages. In earlier posts on this subject, we had worked our way up to 1849 and we will finish out that year tonight, and move into early 1850. If you see a marriage of interest to you, and you would like the complete data set for that marriage(which will include such items as the date of the marriage and who performed the ceremony, and may include consents, sureties and other types of miscellaneous data), let me know and I will get that to you. As always, your assistance in not resending this entire posting back to me with your request is greatly appreciated. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marshall County - Early Marriages - Part 4 Draffen, John M Edwards, Sarah Hathcock, Wm J. Griffith, Nancy Ellis, William H. Morris, Sarah Minerva Pember, Lucius Travis, Elizabeth Ann Slaughter, Thomas D. Rowland, Mary A. Brown, William Tinnen, Eliza M. Bowerman, Abishai Hill, Nancy Coats, Kinsey Edmons, Elizabeth Reed, Milas Owens, Elizabeth Ann Lawrence, Thomas N. Feezor, Mary T. Sample, John L. Jenkins, Sarah A.E. Peel, John Bourland, Alpha Chesney Mullins, Joel Duncan, Mary Park, Noah Reed, Margaret Washburn, John Radford, Margaret Ann Estes, Albert T. Wyatt, Catherine Johnson, Alexander Washam, Elizabeth Tipper, Wiley King, Louise Matilda Miller, C.E. Mullins, Ann H. Davidson, Thomas C. Miller, Frances Adeline Booth, William T. McManus, Ann Lawrence, William M. Crowell, Eliza A. Darnall, Henry Brewer, Esper Ann Reeder, Pemberton Swinney, Nancy Staton, Young H. Williams, Parthena Crutchfield, William Washam, Mary Jane Powell, Thomas Williams, Eliza Ann Gilbert, Washington M. Brittain, Susan A. Clark, S.J. Williams, Catherine Loflin, Daniel Peay, Leaner ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

My friends - Many of you have sent me messages indicating that when access is finally made to the new LDS family search site, it is asking for a login and password, or just a password. I have no idea what is going on with that site. When I accessed it this morning, I was able to get through and get data(after retrying about 20 times when I would receive the "Server too busy" message) without any login or password. They have either instituted a login/password program since this morning(perhaps because of the huge number of hits the site is undoubtedly taking), or, for whatever reason, the server and/or its associated software programs have gone wonky on us. I'll continue to monitor it, and try to find out what is going on, and will report back as soon as I can get some more information. -B ============================================================

My friends - Pursuant to my pledge to notify everyone in our neck of the woods when the LDS data base web site came on-line, I can tell this morning that it is there, but only until 28 March, at which time it will be taken down and evaluated. The URL is: http://eval.familysearch.com/default.asp I suspect that you will have a hard time getting into the site - I had to try 16 times before I got in - it shows a "Server Too Busy" message. Perhaps they will enlarge the server capacity - if they wish to really get a sampling of how much use it will get, access will have to be available to people trying to get into the site. I was not overly impressed with what is there in this initial attempt, but there is great potential and I hope they will decide to leave it up and enlarge it as time goes on. -B ============================================================

Greetings, I have transcribed and posted the initial Roll and Comments for Company G, 1st Kentucky Cavary at the suggestion of Brenda Jerome and with the permission of Sam McDowell, copyright owner of the book I used. This group was formed in late 1861 at Hopkinsville, KY and included men from all over western KY especially the Caldwell and Lyon County area. The original is known to contain errors, and I may well have introduced other in transcription. Pat Oliver (Willis P. Oliver) woliver@hiwaay.net *************************************************** * * * Try these Western KYGENWEB Pages: * * * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/crittenden.html * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/hickman.html * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/livingston.html * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html * * http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/marshall.html * * * ***************************************************

My friends - I am stopping by today to let you know that I now have another text file ready in the series I am putting together on JP Land Grants. This covers a part of the "H" surnames, and includes Husband(s), Hughes, Hundley, Hurt, Humphrey, Hudson, Hunsaker, Hunsucker, Hubbard, Huey/Huie, Hubert, Huffman, Huss, Hubbs, Hunt and Hughlett. I should point out that only a portion of the Husband(s) grants are included in this text file - there were a large number of them, and the others will be included in a later posting on more of the "H" surnames. If you would like a copy of this text file, let me now and I will get it to you. I will send it by e-mail attachment unless you specify that you need in a straight e-mail message(which tends to skew the columnar alignments). When you request the file, you will receive it in its entirety - time constraints won't permit me to go in and extract individual surnames from the file. The following surnames are now available in these land grants text files: Smith Jones Brown Adams & Adair Allbritton Carter Copeland Farmer Helm Lovelace Parker Adkins - Alexander Alderson - Andrews Staton & Misc."S" Surnames(Part - see original post) "G" Surnames(Part) - see original post for exact surnames "C" Surnames (Part), including Cochran, Cocke, Cook and Cooper "P" Surnames (part) "L" Surnames (part) - 2 files (see original post for names) "R" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames. "C" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "H" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "F" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames contained in the file "M" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "N" Surnames (Complete) "H" Surnames (part) - shown above -B ============================================================

My friends - Today, we will return to our review of Vital Statistics Birth Records for Marshall County. We have worked our way up to 1854, and we will continue with that year. If you see a name of interest, and would like the full dataset on that individual(which includes the date of birth and the name of the father and maiden name of the mother), let me know and I will get that information to you. Yesterday's Graves County census posting resulted in 77 requests for data - a large response, although it did not break the record for a single day. We welcome a couple of new subscribers to this List tonight. We invite them to post their surnames and a resume of their lines to the List, so that we can try to assist them in their research. I also invite them to visit the JP Images web site and the JP FAQ Page. Both URL's were contained in the Welcome Message. The JP List searchable archives is also available for their use. It contains nearly 2800 messages that have passed through this List in our 16 months of existence, as well as my 280+ data posts. The Archives can be found here: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=KYJacksonPurchase-L Again, welcome. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Marshall County Vital Statistics Records - Births 1852 - 1859 - Part 12 Winters, Nathan M. Green, Corana Wolf, Elizabeth Bridges, mary M. Travis, Jane T.E. Winters, C.E. (M) Innman, B. (M) Cross, George A. Ellis, W.A. (M) Ogdon, Mary E. Washburn, Susan E. Hamilton, -- M. (F) Culp, W.G. | Culp, W.W. | male twins Henson, H.J. (M) Page, Victor (F) Johnson, Mary A. Leonard, ------ (M) Vickers, Thos W. Henson, C. (F) Graddy, Mary E. Gregory, Julian (F) Collie, Phoeba Chambers, Enos A. McGrew, Margaret Dinch, Mary -- Henson, Henry Minter, D.S. (M) Elliott, ------ (F) Egner, Henry R. Culp, Henry Cornwell, Lucinda H. Ross, ------ (M) Mathis, John N. Jones, P.J. | Jones, Catherine M | female twins Byars, Wm McLeod, Nancy M. Lamb, Joseph S. Brook, J.M. (M) Goheen, Alvirada Chandler, Julius Morgan, Victoria V. ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I'm looking for information on the VANNERSON family in McCracken and/or Marshall County. Apologies for cross-posting. Elizabeth Elam VANNERSON settled in the area in 1865 with three of her children, John Henry VANNERSON, Robert Elam VANNERSON, Mary Catherine VANNERSON. They are all buried in "the old Vannerson burial ground" in Calvert City. In and before 1950, John VANNERSON was sheriff of McCracken County. Kate Lykins

My friends - The good people at the National Genealogical Society have published some standards relative to how electronic media should be used in genealogical research. They are right on-point, and I want to share them with you here. -B ============================================================ Standards For Use Of Technology In Genealogical Research Recommended by the National Genealogical Society Mindful that computers are tools, genealogists take full responsibility for their work, and therefore they— - learn the capabilities and limits of their equipment and software, and use them only when they are the most appropriate tools for a purpose. -refuse to let computer software automatically embellish their work. treat compiled information from on-line sources or digital data bases like that from other published sources, useful primarily as a guide to locating original records, but not as evidence for a conclusion or assertion. -accept digital images or enhancements of an original record as a satisfactory substitute for the original only when there is reasonable assurance that the image accurately reproduces the unaltered original. -cite sources for data obtained on-line or from digital media with the same care that is appropriate for sources on paper and other traditional media, and enter data into a digital database only when its source can remain associated with it. -always cite the sources for information or data posted on-line or sent to others, naming the author of a digital file as its immediate source, while crediting original sources cited within the file. -preserve the integrity of their own data bases by evaluating the reliability of downloaded data before incorporating it into their own files. -provide, whenever they alter data received in digital form, a description of the change that will accompany the altered data whenever it is shared with others. -actively oppose the proliferation of error, rumor and fraud by personally verifying or correcting information, or noting it as unverified, before passing it on to others. -treat people on-line as courteously and civilly as they would treat them face-to- face, not separated by networks and anonymity. -accept that technology has not changed the principles of genealogical research, only some of the procedures. ~~~~~~~ ©1997 by National Genealogical Society. Permission is granted to copy or publish this material provided it is reproduced in its entirety, including this notice.

I need help! - I can not find my "great grandfather" - Does any of the following ring a bell? My grandfather was: 1. John Calvin Jones, B. 9 Dec 1866, Marshall Co. KY (His mother was Nancy D. ?,, b. 19 Jun 1844, TN.). 2. John Calvin Jones married Laura Monroe Chandler, 27 Jan 1897, Marshall Co. KY 3. They had four children: a. Ruth D., b. 14 Jan 1898, Marshall Co. KY, Married - Marcus Lander Spann b. Texie C., b. 14 Apr 1899, Marshall Co. KY, Married - James Hardie Spann (brother) c. John Carl. (My Father) b. 24 Apr 1906, McCracken Co, KY, Married - Sarah Loretta Landman d. Nancy Juanita., b. 8 Jun 1908, McCracken Co. KY, Married - Solomon Hanna Sr. 4. If anyone recognizes the above please contact me I have additional information on all of the descendents. I want to share!. Thanks - Jack Jones (John R. Jones)

My friends - I am dropping by today to let you know that I now have another text file ready covering land grants in the KY Jackson Purchase region. This file shows *all* of the grants made to persons with surnames beginning with the letter "N". The surnames contained in this file include Naylor, Nanny, Nanncy, Nelson, Neel, Newman, New, Newsom, Newton, Nichols/Nickols, Nix, Norsworthy, Norman/Normand, Nolen/Nolin, Nowlin, Norris, Noll, Nuckolls/Nuckalls and Nutt. If you would like a copy of this file, let me know. I will send it as an attachment to an e-mail message unless you indicate you need it as a straight e-mail meesage(which tends to skew the columnar alignments). The following JP land grants text files are now available: Smith Jones Brown Adams & Adair Allbritton Carter Copeland Farmer Helm Lovelace Parker Adkins - Alexander Alderson - Andrews Staton & Misc."S" Surnames(Part - see original post) "G" Surnames(Part) - see original post for exact surnames "C" Surnames (Part), including Cochran, Cocke, Cook and Cooper "P" Surnames (part) "L" Surnames (part) - 2 files (see original post for names) "R" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames. "C" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "H" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "F" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames contained in the file "M" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "N" Surnames (Complete) - shown above ~B ============================================================

Seeking information about the marriage of John Bridges and Lucretia, married abt 1834. John Bridges believed to be the son of John Bridges and Mary Miller of Livingston County, KY. John and Lucretia had children John R. Bridges, born abt 1835, (who married Mary Jane Hood), and Martha, born abt 1838. Does anyone know Lucretia's maiden name? Census says she was born abt 1812 in NC. (One census says TN, one says NC). Thanks. Dawnene Bridges Young

My friends - I am dropping by today to let you know that I have another segment ready in the Grants West of the Tennessee River(JP region) series land grants. This text file covers the following surnames beginning with "M" : Matthew(s), Mathis, Malone/Meloan, Marberry/Marburry, Mayberry, Mallory, Manl(e)y, Maddox/Maddux, Macome, Manus/Manis, Maxey, Masters, Massie/Massey, May(e)s, Magrew, Maryman, Magners, Majors, Manuse, Magruder, Manning and Mardis. This is only a portion of the JP grants for people with "M" surnames. More will follow in later segments. Let me know if you would like a copy of the file. I will send it as an e-mail attachment unless you request it as a straight e-mail(which often tends to skew the columnar alignments). You will receive the complete file, with all of the above surnames - time constraints do not allow me to extract individual surnames from these files and send only those. Thusfar, the following text files are available for JP Land Grants: Smith Jones Brown Adams & Adair Allbritton Carter Copeland Farmer Helm Lovelace Parker Adkins - Alexander Alderson - Andrews Staton & Misc."S" Surnames(Part - see original post) "G" Surnames(Part) - see original post for exact surnames "C" Surnames (Part), including Cochran, Cocke, Cook and Cooper "P" Surnames (part) "L" Surnames (part) - 2 files (see original post for names) "R" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames. "C" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "H" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "F" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames contained in the file "M" Surnames (Part) - shown above The exact surnames for each file can be located in the searchable JP List Archives, if you are one of our new subscribers. That can be found here: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=KYJacksonPurchase-L -B ============================================================

My friends - We will close out the week with another in the "Tips" series. This one comes to us courtesy of our friend Craig Scott, a fellow Certified Genealogical Record Specialist, who works primarily with, and is an expert on, records in the National Archives. He also is the proprietor of Willow Bend Books (www.willowbend.net), where he keeps a good selection of genealogical materials(I have no interest in that venture, but he has a nice website if you care to visit and see what is there). Craig has generously given me permission to post the material you will read below. In it, he explains in a little more detail than you might find elsewhere about the War of 1812 records which are available. This would be a good item to print and keep in your reference folder, if you maintain one. As usual, there will be no data postings over the weekend, but I will be dropping by with another JP land grants file or two, and perhaps another item if time permits. -B ============================================================ Records of the War of 1812 During the War of 1812 there were two kinds of soldiers; regular Army and militia. In some cases militia units became the core of regular Army units (such as the 24th Infantry raised from Tenn. and the 35th Infantry raised from Va.). Some militia units crossed state lines (such as the Virginia units that were stationed in Baltimore). Knowing the kind of unit an ancestor belonged to is important to 1812 research. If a member of the regular Army there is no compiled military service record and a record will have to be compiled from various series of records found in Record Group 94, Records of the Adjutant General Office, including the NARA microfilm, M233, Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army. For officers the various rolls of letters sent and letters received relating to the Adjutant Generals Office should also be examined. If the soldier was in the militia, but did not cross state lines during his service, he more than likely was paid for his service by his state. Those muster rolls and pay or receipt rolls will usually be found in the State Archives. In the case of Virginia most of the muster rolls for central and southern militia units are found in the Library of Virginia. However there are no muster rolls in the Library of Virginia for northern counties such as Loudoun and Fairfax. These muster rolls and receipt rolls are found in the RG 94 in the National Archives. Both the National Archives and the State archives should be consulted. RG 217, Records of the Accounting Officers of the U.S. also contain muster rolls, receipt rolls and state claims for the war of 1812. Also included among these records are two series of records that apply to men who were killed during the war or of wounds immediately following the war. I have been abstracting final payment accounts for widows and orphans found in entry 726 and have identified about 1,700 unique individuals who died in the war, their wives and where the wife remarried her new husband and sometimes the names, ages, and dates of birth of children of the soldier. Additionally, located in entry 516, Settled Accounts of Army Paymasters (but almost impossible to use because of the way that they are arranged) are the application letters from the widows that establish her marriage to the soldier, his military service and the circumstances of this death. Two other sources in RG 94 should also be consulted. The microfilm index, M1747, Index to Records Relating to War of 1812 Prisoners of War will lead to other records. The manuscript index to the War of 1812 manuscript file will also lead to additional information. Finding an individual in books and databases should be able to lead you directly to the source of the information. One would hope that this was the case. Craig R. Scott, CGRS

My friends - I saw the following information in another location recently and thought it might be of benefit for those of you needing a ready reference telling what kinds of information is available in the various population schedules in the US Census. This would be a good item to print and keep handy. It originated with the National Archives. -B ============================================================ Contents of the U.S. Census Population Schedules - 1790 - 1920 1790 - Name of head of family; address; number of free white males of 16 years and up, including heads; free white males under 16; free white females including heads; all other free persons; number of slaves. 1800 - Name of head of family; address; number of free white males and females under 10 years of age, 10 and under 16, 16 and under 26, 26 and under 45, and 45 years and upward; all other free persons, except Indians not taxed; number of slaves. 1810 - Name of head of family; address; number of free white males and females under 10 years of age, 10 and under 16, 16 and under 26, 26 and under 45, and 45 years and upwards; all other free persons, except Indians not taxed; number of slaves. 1820 - Name of head of family; address; number of free white males and females under 10 years of age, 10 and under 16, 16 and under 26, 26 and under 45, and 45 years and upward; number of free white males between 16 and 18 years; foreigners not naturalized; male and female slaves and free colored persons under 14 years, 14 and under 26, 26 and under 45, and 45 and upward; all other free persons, except Indians not taxed; number of persons (including slaves) engaged in agriculture, commerce, and manufactures. 1830 - Name of head of family; address; number of free white males and females in 5- year age groups to 20, 10 year age groups from 20 to 100, and 100 years old and over; number of slaves and free colored persons in six broad age groups; number of deaf and dumb under 14, 14 to 24, and 25 years and upward; number of blind; foreigners not naturalized. 1840 - Name of head of family; address; number of free white males and females in 5 years age groups to 20, 10 year age groups from 20 to 100, and 100 years old and over; number of slave and free colored persons in six broad age groups; number of deaf and dumb; number of blind; number of insane and idiotic in public or private charge; number of persons in each family employed in each of seven classes of occupations; number of schools and number of scholars; number of white persons over 20 who could not read and write; number of pensioners for Revolutionary or military service. 1850 - Name; address; age; sex; color(white black or mulatto) for each person; whether deaf and dumb; blind, insane or idiotic; all free persons required to give value of real estate owned; profession, occupation, or trade for each male person over 16; place of birth whether married within the year; whether attended school within the year; whether unable to read and write for persons over 20; whether a pauper or convict. 1860 - Name; address age; sex; color (white, black, or mulatto) for each person; whether deaf and dumb; blind, insane or idiotic; all free persons required to give value of real estate and of personal estate owned, profession. occupation, or trade for each male and female over 15; place of birth (State, Territory, or country); whether married within the year, whether attended school within the year; whether unable to read and write for persons over 20; whether a pauper or convict. 1870 - Address; name; age; sex; color (including Chinese and Indian); citizenship for males over 21; professions, occupation, or trade; value of real estate; value of personal estate; place of birth; whether father and mother were foreign born; born within the year; married within the year; attended school within the year; for persons 10 years old and over whether able to read and write; whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic. 1880 - Address; name; relationship to head of family; sex; race; age; marital status; born within the year; married within the year; professions, occupation, or trade; number of months unemployed during census year; whether person is sick or temporarily disabled so as to be unable to attend to ordinary business or duties; if so, what is the sickness or disability; where blind, deaf and dumb, idiotic, insane, maimed, crippled or bedridden; attended school within the year, ability to read and write, place of birth of person, father, and mother. 1890 - (Where Available) Address; number of families in house; number of persons in house; number of persons in family; name; whether a soldier, sailor, or marine during Civil War (Union or Confederate) or widow of such person; relationship to head of family; white, black, mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, Chinese, Japanese, or Indian; sex; age; marital status; whether married during year; mother of how many children, and number now living; place of birth of person, father, and mother; if person is foreign born, number of years in the U.S. whether naturalized; whether papers have been taken out; profession, trade or occupation; months unemployed during census year; ability to read and write; ability to speak English; if not, language or dialect spoken; whether suffering from acute or chronic disease, with name of disease and length of time afflicted; whether defective in mind, sight, hearing, or speech, or whether crippled, maimed, or deformed, with name of defect; whether a prisoner, convict, homeless child, or pauper; home rented, or owned by head or member of family; if owned by head or members, is it free from mortgage; if head of family is a farmer, is farm rented or owned by him or member of his family; if owned, is it free of mortgage; if mortgaged, give post office address of owner. 1900, 1910, 1920 - Address; name; relationship to family head; sex; race; age; marital status; number of years married; for women, number of children born and number now living; birthplace of person and parents; If foreign born, year of immigration, and whether naturalized; occupation; months not employed; school attendance; literacy, ability to speak English; whether on a farm; home owned or rented; if owned, whether mortgaged. Supplemental schedules for the blind and for the deaf.

My friends - Today, we will return to our review of Marshall County births as contained in the Vital Statistics Records. We have, in previous posts, worked our way up to 1854, and we will continue with that year today. If you see a name of interest to you, and you would like the complete data set for that individual(consisting of the date of birth, and the name of the father and maiden name of the mother), let me know and I will get that information to you. I will again mention the fact that these early VS records are woefully incomplete and inaccurate, with only 40%-50% of the actual births that occurred ever finding their way into these records. So use them with caution, and if any other data corroborating - or disproving - these VS records is available, it should be given the greater weight, if the source is reliable. -B ============================================================ Marshall County Vital Statistics Records - 1852-1859 - Births - Part 11 Durard, Henrilonietta Rose, ------ (F) Banks, James W. Frizzell, ------ (F) Bond, Mary Clayton, Safany Peel, Willis Hiett, John H. Castleberry, Nathan O. Roach, James L. DeJarnet, Sarah A. Ford, Matilda J. Starks, Lucy E. Meyers, Jasper L. Hurt, John Cromwell, Mary A. Cope, Nancy J. Cope, Martha Starks, Jesse M. Pace, Mary J. Strow, ------ (F) Starks, Eliza J.C. Pace, ------(?) --------, Milley J. (dau of Sampson ------ & Nancy H. Cope) Slaughter, Maria C. Cope, Elizabeth Myers, ------ (M) Hiett, Geo. P. Pace, Lucy Jane Palmer, Edward D. Nance, Martha A. Boden, Susan Hunt, ------- (F) Pace, W.A. Clayton, Sarah E. Davis, ------ (F) Dent, T.C. Goheen, Mary P. Reddin, Esther Victor Henderson, Adaline Nanney, Sarah Jane Harrel, D.V. (F) Fulcher, Geo. W. Nanney, Sapronah Ellis Vickers, P. (F) Jones, Ellender Innman, John N. Walker, John M. Williams, ------ (F) Rudolph, Arthur D. | Twins Rudolph, Mary G. | Wyatt, ------ (F) Winters, Nathan M. Burpoe, Asbury ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hi all: I'm searching for information on the Bridges family of Livingston County, KY, with connections to Logan and Caldwell counties in KY (and possibly other southwestern counties), and Williamson County, TN. A John and Britton Bridges bought land in Livingston County, KY in 1804. Britton purchased land in Livingston County in 1806 from a Jacob Scott in Williamson county, TN. Britton was married to a Polly Scott, daughter of John and Agnes Scott. Also, Britton witnesses the transfer of a negro from himself to Britton Bridges of Logan County, KY. Britton dies before 1810, and his widow Polly lives next to John on the census in Livingston County. Her children - Rebecca, Edwin, and William,all born in TN, as was Polly, inherit from the estate of a different John Bridges, who dies abt 1816, and whose estate is administered by Jesse Williams. Jesse Williams has bought land in all the same counties as the Bridges, and may have died in Caldwell County, according to an estate record. There are so many counties here. Does anyone know how these puzzle pieces fit together?? Thanks. Dawnene Bridges Young

My friends - I now have another land grants text file available for surnames beginning with the letter "F". This is only a partial listing of the "F" surnames - others will be forthcoming in the future. The surnames contained in this file include Ferguson, French, Freeze, Fleece, French, Feezor, Fewel(l), Freeman, Feazean, Feaging, Free, Ferrell, Fleming, Feris, Fields, Fike, Frizzell, Flint, Flippo, Fitsworth, Frieze and Ford. Remember, too, that some of these same surnames may appear in a future installment on "F" surnames, depending on how the alphabatizing was done. If you need a copy of this text file, let me know and I will get it to you. I will send it as an e-mail attachment unless you request it as a straight e-mail(which tends to skew the columnar alignments). The following is a list of the current JP land grants text files which are available: Smith Jones Brown Adams & Adair Allbritton Carter Copeland Farmer Helm Lovelace Parker Adkins - Alexander Alderson - Andrews Staton & Misc."S" Surnames(Part - see original post) "G" Surnames(Part) - see original post for exact surnames "C" Surnames (Part), including Cochran, Cocke, Cook and Cooper "P" Surnames (part) "L" Surnames (part) - 2 files (see original post for names) "R" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames. "C" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "H" Surnames (Part) - see original post exact surnames "F" Surnames (Part) - shown above -B ===========================================================

My friends - In my earlier post about the new JP land grants text file, I had a typo occur when I said that the list of other JP land grants was "not" available - that should have read: "The list of JP land grants text files *now* available are as follows: " My apologies - the fingers slipped on that one...... -B ============================================================

My friends - I now have yet another land grants text file available. This one covers some of the land grants made in the JP to person whose surnames began with the letter "H". Included in this file are the surnames Howard, Hobbs, Holt, Houser, Hopkins, Holeman, Holloway, Hood and Housman. If you need a copy of this file, let me know and I will get it to you. I will send it as an e-mail attachment unless you request it as a straight e-mail message(which tends to cause the columnar alignments to skew). The list of JP land grants text files not available are as follows: Smith Jones Brown Adams & Adair Allbritton Carter Copeland Farmer Helm Lovelace Parker Adkins - Alexander Alderson - Andrews Staton & Misc."S" Surnames(Part - see original post) "G" Surnames(Part) - see original post for exact surnames "C" Surnames (Part), including Cochran, Cocke, Cook and Cooper "P" Surnames (part) "L" Surnames (part) - 2 files (see original post for names) "R" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames. "C" Surnames (Part) - see original post for exact surnames "H" Surnames (shown above) Please bear in mind that, in future text files, some of the same surnames may appear again(but for different individuals within that surname), depending on how accurate the original alphabatizing may have been. No takers at all on this week's Skills Puzzler, but it is a tough one. I'll wait until tomorrow to post the analysis, so that our Digest subscribers will have an opportunity to look at it , also. -B ============================================================