Joyce, Sorry to say but there is no connection to the Gossetts. Shame there isn't! I descend from a line that comes from South Carolina -> Union County, NC -> Sevier County, TN -> Muhlenberg County, KY. Nearly all my Gossetts stayed in or around Graham. William and Sarah Lucinda Goswick/Gossett (cousins and there was a name change with them) being my 4th g-grandparents, Noah M. & Sarah ______Rollins Gossett 3rd g-grandparents, Noah Abraham & Valera Grant Harrelson 2nd g-grandparents, Lela Gossett & Alexander "Sandy" Lorrison g-grandparents. I can actually trace the line to Germany in 1653. The name had many changes. By any chance do you know if Elijah fought in the Civil War? If he did, and he filed, or his wife filed for a pension, it may give information to help you. I know they have helped me. Good luck to you in finding more on Elijah, and I will keep him in mind when doing research. Rachel GOSSETT, LORRISON, HARRELSON, HITE, CAYCE, ARNETT, STONE, WOODALL, ETC. > [Original Message] > From: <JycMThomas@aol.com> > To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/12/2006 6:21:30 AM > Subject: Re: [KYMUHLEN] GOSSETT, CISNEY, SULLIVAN, DUNNING, HOWARD > > Rachel, > > I'm interested in your GOSSETT connections to Muhlenberg County. I am at a > brick wall with my husband's great grandfather, Elijah GOSSETT who was born in > Robertson Co TN somewhere between 1822 and 1840. He is not the Elijah whose > family ended up in Texas. This Elijah was married to Mary Elizabeth CISNEY > daughter of Robert A. CISNEY and Nancy J. SULLIVAN who were from Virginia. > > Our Elijah married in Muhlenberg Co in 1870 and stayed there until his death > (sometime before 1924). My husband (who was born in Belton) descends from > their son, John William Edward GOSSETT and Willie Alice DUNNING HOWARD. DUNNING > was her birth name, HOWARD was her step father's name that she also used. > > If this fits anywhere in your line, please contact me at jycmthomas@aol.com > > Thanks to all on this terrific list! > Joyce Thomas Gossett > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/306 - Release Date: 4/9/2006