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I believe thatThomas Alexander,son of John Alexander and Elizabeth Tapp was the grandson of Nannie Waugh and John Tapp. Nannie was daughtwer of Thompson Waugh,son of Samuel. Thompson was my gggrandfather, Charlie Dixon Elizabeth had brothers Wall,Pete and Oscar. Had a sister Lillie

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Thanks... I need Margaret... Which Lockhart are you tracing... That is one of my lines... Also, Jones. -----Original Message----- From: Monte C. Sellers [mailto:arlsigns@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 1:49 PM To: KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KYNICHOL] Margaret SPHAR Responding to Dick Carter: I have a couple of Sphar's in my database: Eliza Jane Sphar, (b.1816) who married Fielding Conyers March 4, 1840. Rachel Sphar, (b. unknown) who married William Mann March 18, 1830. I believe there was a Sphar family in the 1850 Nicholas County census that may list the above. Monte Sellers SELLERS, LOCKHART, MANN, CONYERS, BLAKE, FEEBACK, EARLYWINE, JONES, VAUGHN

Responding to Dick Carter: I have a couple of Sphar's in my database: Eliza Jane Sphar, (b.1816) who married Fielding Conyers March 4, 1840. Rachel Sphar, (b. unknown) who married William Mann March 18, 1830. I believe there was a Sphar family in the 1850 Nicholas County census that may list the above. Monte Sellers SELLERS, LOCKHART, MANN, CONYERS, BLAKE, FEEBACK, EARLYWINE, JONES, VAUGHN

I'm trying to locate any information on my great granduncle, James H POTTS of Nicholas Co, KY who was a member of Co C of subject unit. __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Looking for info on ALEXANDER P BRADSHAW born 1-13-1807 in KY. He married ELIZABETH ALLISON 11-1-1832 in Nicholas county KY. There are 2 Bradshaw names listed in the 1810 and 1820 Nicholas county Census. A William and a David and either one could have been the father. I am searching for any information to point me in the direction of the correct one. Debra Carter tara37@comsys.net

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-----Original Message----- From: t c [mailto:haybaby_haybaby@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 10:10 PM To: Jean Dalryple Subject: Nixon Coveys Dau. Jean, Hi. I would like you to pass this message on to Joann for me as I do not have her E-Mail address and I do not know who she is. Maybe you could give her my address and she might get in touch with me Anyway here we go. I got the message fwd. to me that she sent you talking about Harmon Barnett who married Eleanor and had a child named Nixon . Yes, This is Nixon and Susans first child. She was born in Montgomery, Co. on Aug. 2, 1830. She married Harmon Barnett on Sept. 18, 1845 in Breathett, Co. Ky. She Died on Dec. 3, 1872. Where ? I am not sure at this time, By the way her name was-is Minerva Jane Ellen Covey. This information came from Nixons diary. Thank you very much, your friend. Leon Covey - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.

Seeking any information on a Margaret SPHAR, died 1843, who might have married a Thomas BALDWIN/BALDON/BOLDEN/BOLDON, in mid to late 1700s. I have had other inquiries on this same person, but, with a diferent spelling. I just became aware of this spelling Dick Carter rcar37@prodigy.net

Is there anything on the net abt. VA's slave traders, if so may we have the add.? I have read somethings abt. it, some Kings in VA. were in on bringing slaves into the USA, Norfolk, VA. I think it was, Thanks Jan. HERMON B FAGLEY wrote: > > www.ancestry.com added "Slave Narratives' to their databases. Free for > all a > few days. This is the 1st hit I got for UNDERGROUND > Ancestry.com - Slave NarrativesMember Login | Guest Registry | Why Join? > > > Search > Record Type > Slave Narratives > Search ResultsFebruary > 11, > 2000 > (Verbatim interview with Arnold Gragston, 97-year-old ex-slave whose > early > life was spent helping slaves to freedom across the Ohio River, > while he, > himself, remained in bondage. As he puts it, he guesses he could be > called > a 'conductor' on the underground railway, only we didn't call it > that > then. I don't know as we called it anything -- we just knew there > was a > lot of slaves always a-wantin' to get free, and I had to help > 'em.") > > "Most of the slaves didn't know when they was born, but I did. You > see, I > was born on a Christmas mornin' -- it was in 1840; I was a full > grown man > when I finally lot my freedom." > > "Before I got it, though, I helped a lot of others get theirs. Lawd > only > knows how many; might have been as much as two-three hundred. It > was 'way > wore than a hundred, I know. > > "But that all came after I was a young man -- 'grown' enough to > know a > pretty girl when I saw one, and to go chasing after her, too. I was > born > on a plantation that b'longed to Mr. Jack Tabb in Mason County, > just > across the river in Kentucky." > > "Mr. Tabb was a pretty good man. He used to beat us, sure; but not > nearly > so much as others did, some of his own kin people, even. But he was > kinda > funny sometimes; he used to have a special slave who didn't have > nothin' > to do but teach the rest of us -- we had about ten on the > plantation, and > a lot on the > > (-50-) > > other plantations near us -- how to read and write and figger. Mr. > Tabb > liked us to know how to figger. But sometimes when he would send > for us > and we would be a long time comin', he would ask us where we had > been. If > we told him we had been learnin' to read, he would near beat the > daylights > out of us -- after gettin' somebody to teach us; I think he did > some of > that so that the other owners wouldn't say he was spoilin' his > slaves." > > "He was funny about us marryin', too. He would let us go a-courtin' > on the > other plantations near anytime we liked, if we were good, and if we > found > somebody we wanted to marry, and she was on a plantation that > b'longed to > one of his kin folks or a friend, he would swap a slave so that the > > husband and wife could be together. Sometimes, when he couldn't do > this, > he would let a slave work all day on his plantation, and live with > his > wife at night on her plantation. Some of the other owners was > always > talking about his spoilin' us." > > "He wasn't a Dimmacrat like the rest of 'em in the county; he > belonged to > the 'know-nothin' party' and he was a real leader in it. He used to > always > be makin' speeches, and sometimes his best friends wouldn't be > speaking to > him for days at a time." > > "Mr. Tabb was always specially good to me. He used to let me go all > about > -- I guess he had to; couldn't get too much work out of me even > when he > kept me right under his eyes. I learned fast, too, and I think he > kinda > liked that. He used to call Sandy Davis, the slave who taught me, > 'the > smartest Nigger er > > Copyright 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. Terms & > Conditions > | Privacy Statement | Y2K| Contact Us > > Ancestry.com - Slave NarrativesMember Login | Guest Registry | Why Join? > > Advanced Search | Search by Locality | Search by Record > Type | > Search Help > > Database: Full Context of Slave Narratives > > in Kentucky.' > > "It was 'cause he used to let me go around in the day and night so > much > that I came to be the one who carried the runnin' away slaves over > the > river. It was funny the way I started it, too." > > "I didn't have no idea of ever gettin' mixed up in any sort of > business > like that until one special night. I hadn't even thought of rowing > across > the river myself." > > "But one night I had gone on another plantation 'courtin,' and the > old > woman whose house I went to told me she had a real pretty girl > there who > wanted to go across the river and would I take her? I was seared > and > backed out in a hurry. But then I saw the girl, and she was such a > pretty > little thing, brownskinned and kinda rosy, and looking as scared as > I was > feelin', so it wasn't long before I was listenin' to the old woman > tell we > when to take her and where to leave her on the other side." > > "I didn't have nerve enough to do it that night, though, and I told > them > to wait for me until tomorrow night. All the next day I kept seeing > Mister > Tabb laying a rawhide across my back, or shootin' me, and kept > seeing that > seared little brown girl back at the house, looking at me with her > big > eyes and askin me if I wouldn't just row her across to Ripley. Me > and Mr. > Tabb lost, and soon as dust settled that night, I was at the old > lady's > house." > > "I don't now how I ever rowed the boat across the > > (-52-) > > river the current was strong and I was trembling. I couldn't see a > thing > there in the dark, but I felt that girl's eyes. We didn't dare to > whisper, > so I couldn't tell her how sure I was that Mr. Tabb or some of the > others > owners would 'tear me up' when they found out what I had done. I > just knew > they would find out." > > "I was worried, too, about where to put her out of the boat. I > couldn't > ride her across the river all night, and I didn't know a thing > about the > other side. I had heard a lot a out it from other slaves but I > thought it > was just about like Mason County, with slaves and masters, > overseers and > rawhides; and so, I just knew that if I pulled the boat up and went > to > asking people where to take her I would get a beating or get > killed." > > Copyright 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. Terms & > Conditions > | Privacy Statement | Y2K| Contact Us > > Ancestry.com - Slave NarrativesMember Login | Guest Registry | Why Join? > > Previous Page Next Page > "I don't know whether it seemed like a long time or a short time, > now - > it's so long ago; I know it was a long time rowing there in the > cold and > worryin'. But it was short, too, 'cause as soon as I did get on the > other > side the big-eyed, brown-skin girl would be gone. Well, pretty soon > I saw > a tall light and I remembered what the old lady had told me about > looking > for that light and rowing to it. I did; and when I got up to it, > two men > reached town and grabbed her; I started tremblin' all over again, > and > prayin'. Then, are of the men took my arm and I just felt down > inside of > me that the Lord had got ready for me. 'You hungry, Soy?' is what > he asked > me, and if he hadn't been holdin' me I think I would have fell > > (-53-) > > backward into the river." > > "That was my first trip; it took me a long time to get over my > seared > feelin', but I finally did, and I soon found myself goin back > across the > river, with two and three people, and sometimes a whole boatload. I > got so > I used to make three and four trips a month. > > "What did my passengers look like? I can't tell you any more about > it than > you can, and you wasn't there. After that first girl -- no, I never > did > see her again -- I never saw my passengers. I would have to be the > 'black > nights' of the moon when I would carry them, and I would meet 'em > out in > the open or in a house without a single light. The only way I knew > who > they were was to ask them; "What you say?" And they would answer, > "Menare." I don't know what that word meant -- it came from the > Bible. I > only know that that was the password I used, and all of them that I > took > over told it to me before I took them. > > "I guess you wonder what I did with them after I got them over the > river. > Well, there in Ripley was a man named Mr. Bank us; I think the rest > of his > name was John. He had a regular station there on his place for > escaping > slaves. You see, Ohio was a free state and once they got over the > river > from Kentucky or Virginia, Mr. Rankins could strut them all around > town, > and nobody would bother 'em. The only reason we used to land 'em > quietly > at night was so that whoever brought 'em could go back for more, > and > because we had to be careful that none of the > > (-54-) > > owners had followed us. Every once in a while they would follow a > boat and > catch their slaves back. Sometimes they would shoot at whoever was > trying > to save the poor devils. > > "Mr. Rankins had a regular 'station' for the slaves. He had a big > lighthouse in his yard, about thirty feet high and he kept it > burnin' all > night. It always meant freedom for slave if he could get to this > light. > > "Sometimes Mr. Rankins would have twenty or thirty slaves that had > run > away on his place at the time. It must have cost him a, whole lots > to keep > them and feed 'em, but I think some of his friends helped him. > > Copyright 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. Terms & > Conditions > | Privacy Statement | Y2K| Contact Us > > Ancestry.com - Slave NarrativesMember Login | Guest Registry | Why Join? > > Search > Record Type > Slave Narratives > Search ResultsFebruary > 11, > 2000 > Search Results > Database: Full Context of Slave Narratives > Combined Matches: > Previous Page Next Page > "I almost ran the business in the ground after I had been carrying > the > slaves across for nearly four years. It was in 1963, and one night > I > carried across about twelve on the same night. Somebody must have > seen us, > because they set out after me as soon as I stepped out of the boat > back on > the Kentucky side; from that time on they were after me. Sometimes > they > would almost catch me; I had to run away from Mr. Tabb's plantation > and > live in the fields and in the woods. I didn't know what a bed was > from one > week to another. I would sleep in a cornfield tonight, up in the > branches > of a tree tomorrow sight, and buried in a hay pile the next night; > the > River, where I had carried so many across myself, was no good to > me; it > was watched too close. > > "Finally, I saw that I could never do any more good in Mason > County, so I > decided to take my freedom, too. I had a wife by this time, and one > night > we quietly slipped across and headed for Mr. Rankin's bell and > light. It > looked like we had > > (-57-) > > to go almost to Chinn to get across that river; I could hear the > bell and > see the light on Mr. Rankin's place, but the harder I rowed, the > farther > away it Cot, and I knew if I didn't make it I'd get killed. But > finally. I > pulled up by the light-house, and went on to my freedom -- just a > few > months before all of the slaves got their's. I didn't stay in > Rinley, > though; I wasn't taking no chances. I went on to Detroit and still > live > there with wout of 10 children and 31 grandchildren. > > "We bigger ones don't care so much about hearin' it now, but the > little > once never ot tired of hearin' how their grandpa brought > Emancipation to > loads of slaves he could touch and fool, but never could see." > > (-58-, FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT, American Guide (Negro Writers' > Unit), > Jacksonville, Florida, Martin Richardson, Slave Interview, Arnold > Gragston, REFERENCES) > > 1. Interview with subject, Arnold Gragston, present address, Robert > > Hungerford Colle a Campus, Eatonville (F. O. Maitland) Florida. > > (Subject is relative of President of Hangerford College and stays > several > months in Eatonville at frequent intervals. His home is Detroit, > Michigan). > > (FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT, American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit), > Jacksonville, Florida, Pearl Randolph, Field Worker, Complete, > 1,601 > Words, 8 Pages, Slave Interview, 18 Dec 1936, Harriett Gresham) > > Gresham, Harriett > > Copyright 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries. Terms & > Conditions > | Privacy Statement | Y2K| Contact Us > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. -- - --------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/

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Sorry I hadn't had time to look at, I going try to in the morning. I have to go to the archives to look. Audrey

Audery, I wrote you a while back about a lookup in Fleming County, KY and Nicholas County, KY. Still looking for the Harrison Gray family. Jim

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Hello Nicholas County Researchers, I'm seeking data regarding the Ralph ADAMS who married Eliza Ann KIMES 3/6/1842 in Nicholas Cty. I'm most interested in knowing if this Ralph ADAMS might have been the son of Ralph ADAMS who is on the 1800 tax & census records for Nicholas Cty. Interested in any data regarding the wife & family of Ralph 1800. I think this Ralph was the guardian for Thomas ADAMS abt. 1790. Thanks in advance for your help, Ed Jones

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