Hello Everyone, I'm looking for the following Owen Co KY families. 1. Jacob, Edward, Martin, William Riley and John H. STIVERS. I believe these men to be brothers and the son's of William and Betsy Bromley/Barnett? Stivers. They were all in Owen Co during the Civil War, with the exception of William and Betsy, they married in Owen Co in 1824, but I've lost track of them after 1824. 2. Harrison W. Miller married Hannah Beach in 1849 in Gallatin Co and moved to Owen Co abt Sept 1887. 3. Nathan Jarvis Hawkins and Lucinda Adkins. Married in Owen Co in 1852. 4. William Gibson and Temperance May, married in Owen Co in 1830. William's father was Nathan Gibson. 5. George Lusby and Mildred Riner. They were in Owen Co during the Civil War. 6. George See and Matha Ann Seay in Owen Co in the 1870's. 7. Also the LUSBY, CULL, and LEAKE families all iin Owen Co mid to late 1800's. Anyone with info on any of the above families please contact me. I can provide more info on each of these families. Any help will be greatly welcomed! Thanks! Alinda M. Miller

Can anyone help this lady, she is not a member of our list but wanted to post her message just to see if anyone was researching this family. Last time I did this found a connection and we have a new list member and cousin connection :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Just read over your extensive web page and wanted to ask a question please. I am searching for an ? great grandfather by the name of ROBERT BOYER who was possibly born around 1750. What I know for sure is that he married ANNE ?? (possibly SMITH) and they had a daughter named MARGARET BOYER who was possibly born about 1775. Margaret married PETER BOWMAN before 1799 for in that year they had a daughter while living in the newly created District of Columbia. The daughter's name was ANNE SMITH BOWMAN (1799-1882). Years later in the census, Anne Smith (Bowman) Turner said her parents were from PA. Whether this is correct I do not know. Can you by any chance identify the above ROBERT BOYER? Thanks, Pam Sulzer

I have the following (not original) land sales does anyone have information that would help place the location of this land/or information on these families. (I am doing the Clifton research) 1815 - Pendleton Co. Land Records (later Grant Co.) Purchased 92 acres on Eagle Creek for $65.00 from Daniel and Polly Eppes. Witness by Clement Clifton and John Cocks, John L May was the acting attorney for the Eppes family. 1816 - Pendleton Co. (later Grant Co.) Edmund Clifton and Daniel (his son) attended and made purchases at an Evans family sale on December 16th. 1825 - Grant County land records, John Scott as agent for John L. May and Mary Eppes, sold to Edmund Clifton - 93 acres on Eagle Creek below the land sold to John Osburn bordering on Minus Ratliff's land for $1.00 dated November 7, 1825. Witness by Moses Barker Sr. Barbara

I receive a genealogy newsletter and this was posted today. I am posting it to the list as we have a lot of "new" researchers and the following will help them find their way around the net and it does contain some good information for the "seasoned" genealogy "net surfer" enjoy and have a nice weekend Barbara ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- GEORGE G. MORGAN: "ALONG THOSE LINES . . ." "EXPANDING OUR GENEALOGICAL CONTACT HORIZONS" <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>> ======================================================= Genealogists are good at networking. They make contact with one another in ways that other people would never think possible. They will offer to make photocopies, take photographs, print pedigree charts and family group sheets, and mail packets to one another, even though they have never met face to face, or talked on the telephone. Why is this? This week in "Along Those Lines . . .", let's discuss some of the motivations for these unselfish acts and how you can expand your genealogical contacts. ~ Nice People Do Nice Things Time and again, I am struck by how nice genealogists are. Most are friendly, gregarious people who are interested in other people. They like to talk, they like to share information, and they enjoy the feeling of belonging. If they didn't, they'd probably never have become interested in tracing their family history. They are interested in their family, in their family's place in history, and their place in the family. Each new branch, each associated line, and each collateral line adds another layer of interest to the family tree. A newly discovered cousin is reason for a major celebration. I cannot count the number of times I've exchanged information with another genealogist who just might possibly be related, no matter how remotely. Many of these "swap-fests" have been in vain, but a good many have resulted in "cousin connections" or information that extended my research back one or more generations beyond where I was the day before. In these cases, every expenditure of effort was repaid many times over. How do you make connections with these people? Let's look at some of the best ways to do so. ~ Making Connections There are dozens of ways to connect with other genealogists researching your lines. Earlier this year in this column, I discussed the benefits of joining genealogical societies in the areas in which your ancestors lived. Usually these organizations publish a newsletter, journal or magazine in which you may place a query. There are also commercial publications, such as "Everton's Genealogical Helper," in which you may place a written query for a small fee. But let's talk about some other methods. One of the most popular means of connecting with others researching your surnames is through E-mail mailing lists. Also known as listservs, mailing lists allow people sharing the same interest to send messages and postings to the entire group at once and receive a copy of every message sent to the entire list. This is similar to subscribing to a magazine devoted to a specific topic. There are literally hundreds of surname mailing lists. The best place to learn about mailing lists is at John Fuller's Web site, at: http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html which will also provide a current listing of available surname mailing lists. (A single contact through the SWORDS mailing list earlier this year furthered my research four generations!) GEDCOM databases provide an excellent resource for making contacts. GEDCOM files, you'll remember, contain genealogical information extracted from people's personal research databases and written in a standard computerized format. These files can then be imported into your own genealogy database program. There are some excellent sites on the Internet where GEDCOM files contributed by genealogists are stored online and made available for free for your perusal. The best of these is at the Ancestry, Inc., Web site, located at http://www.ancestry.com. Here, you can type in your ancestor's name and search the free database. Once you've found an ancestor, you can traverse hyperlinks to marriages, spouses, and children, provided the original submitter had such information. You can download the full GEDCOM file, or you can obtain the submitter's E-mail address and send him or her a message. (I've personally made contact with dozens of other researchers this way and subsequently exchanged computer files, photocopies and other documents with them.) Please note that Ancestry, Inc., also maintains one of the largest online subscription-based research database repositories for your reference. Their GEDCOM database and several others are always free, however. If you are a member of America Online, the Genealogy Forum (Keyword: roots) provides a handsome array of reference resources through which you may make contact with other researchers. The Surname Center is a well-organized focal point of the forum, containing links to GEDCOM files stored in file libraries, links to a number of surname Web pages, and links to surname-specific message boards. The Message Board Center is a busy hub of activity. AOL members researching their family history may post messages or queries by surname, and other people may post replies and/or respond individually via private E-mail. (I have met several cousins through the message board facility. I've also exchanged E-mail, files, documents and numerous letters with contacts made via the Message Boards. It is a great connection facility.) NOTE: The Genealogy Forum sites mentioned above are available only to AOL members. Another AOL feature that can be useful to the genealogist is the Member Search facility. Using it, you can enter the surname you are researching, followed by the word 'genealogy,' and press the Search button. Reading members' profiles, AOL can provide you with a list of members whose personal profile information contains the surname and the word 'genealogy.' You can then read each one and see if there may be a match. If so, you can send a polite E-mail inquiry. If you're working on the World Wide Web, you should make a point of using some of the Internet search engines to search for your surname. Among the best of these are Alta Vista (http://www.altavista.digital.com) and Hotbot (http://www.hotbot.com). Simply open one of them in your Web browser, type in your surname (in lower case to maximize the number of matches), and go search. I suggest you type the following, substituting your surname where xxxxxxxx appears: xxxxxxxx + genealogy This should yield you a list of Web pages containing genealogical information, and maybe some of these will be a match. If a Web page looks like a good possibility or an exact match to your pedigree, and it also contains a hyperlink to the Webmaster's E-mail address, send an inquiry to him or her. You may make a valuable connection. (I recently made a contact with a third cousin once removed, and just received a package of documents from him the beginning of this week!) ~ Making an Inquiry Once you've discovered a possible connection, the next order of business is to make contact. This usually will take the form of a short, polite, concise E-mail. In the E-mail, introduce yourself and explain where you got the information that induced you to make contact. Explain carefully and succinctly what person(s) you are researching, and ask if there is a connection. Offer to exchange information, and provide contact information. I usually provide an E-mail address and a mailing address. A telephone number exchange can follow later if you have found a connection. Occasionally, I'll receive an excited E-mail in return and an envelope in a few days. Most times, however, first information is exchanged via E-mail. ~ More = More My experience is that the more attempts you make to contact others, the more opportunities there are for connections. You cannot sit in a cave and expect the party to come to you. Use the electronic resources that are available to you to expand your genealogical horizons. Let people know you are there, that you have information, and that you are ready to share. Get out there and network like the great genealogist you are! Happy hunting! George

Dear Fellow Owen Countians, I am also a member of the Scott Co Genealogical Society and found this in the query section of the quarterly news letter: Direct quote. Charles H. Mason married Mary Jane Hill in Scott Co in 1838. His father was Nimrod Mason. Is there a connection between Nimrod and Bartlett Mason. Bartlett seems to be from Stafford Co., Va. Bartlett married Elizabeth Sinclair. Their children are: Lucy, Sophia, Theresa, William Sanderson, Mahala, Lavinia, Lewis, Elizabeth, and James Bosen Mason. James named one of his children Nimrod and another Charles H. I am hoping to catch the attention of someone who may have more information on the Mason line in Owen and Scott Co. and can tie Nimrod into Bartlet's line, or if they are not related, into another line. Signed: R. Neil Zinn, 4310 American River Drive, Sacramento, Ca 95864-6004 RNZINN@aol.com Thought this might be of interest to some of my fellow cousins. Judy Lawrence

Nelson Kirk Yarbrough, son of John Mason and Sallie (Sarah)Rice Yarbrough married Eliza F. Rice daughter of Alfred Grayson Rice and Malinda Richards Their children were: 1. James Nelson Yarbrough, b. 8/06/1870 Harmony, KY, d. 4/01/1913, in Harmony - 2. Sarah Melinda Yarbrough 3. Mary Adelaide Yarbrough 4. Elizabeth Marcus (Betty Mark) Yarbrough 5. America Alfred Yarbrough 6. Nancy Ann Yarbrough 7. Lydia Yarbrough Some of the information I'm passing along came from a descendant of another son of John Mason and Sallie - Parthena Jones - she spent many years doing research primarily in Washington and was kind enough to pass it along to me and others many years ago - Part of her work is in the book Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern KY, by William Kursee (sp.?) issued by his widow in 1961 - found in many libraries it's a valuable resource for KY families - next time more of the Yarbrough descendants - Cay Yarbrough Mann

I am posting this for Carol Mann (cay@cyberstreet.com) she is a member of our list but was having a problem posting to the list wanted to share her information with everyone. Barbara ----------------------------------------------------------------- My known family line was in Indiana during the 1850 census and returned to Owen Co after that - Reverend John Mason Yarbrough b. 1797 Ky, d. 2/5/1855 on farm outside of Harmony, Owen County, KY - married Sarah (Sallie Rice 12/21/1822 in Bath County, KY Children of John and Sallie 1. John B. Yarbrough b. 1/6/1824 KY d. 1/10/1895 Indiana married Parthena Morris (I have some of this line down) 2. James Wesley Yarbrough b. 1825, KY 3. Elizabeth Yarbrough b. 1827 (?) 4. Milton Yarbrough (died young) 5. Nelson Kirk Yarbrough b.2/28/1831 - New Albany, Ind. d. September 22,1907 - buried on family farm outside of Harmony 6. Fleming Rice Yarbrough b. 1834, Ind. d. January 4, 1905 Owensboro, Daviess County, KY. 7. Spencer Yarbrough b. 1836 8. Holman Yarbrough b. 1838 9. Sarah A. Yarbrough b. 1840 10. Rachel Yarbrough 11. Mary Adeline Yarbrough Barbara - hope I did this correctly - if so next installment would be children of Nelson Kirk - (my direct line)

IT IS SO NICE TO READ A MESSAGE THAT HAS SOME CONNECTION!!!!!!!!!!! QUESTION: Who were the Lusby daughters of Samuel and Sarah?? I have a Sally (Sarah?) and a Rachel? Who were the others?? The above Sarah must be the one I have from the census records. QUESTION; Is J. S. Lusby the son of Younger's son James? My husband is descended thru Younger Lusby b. 1834 Scott Co KY, and Mary Catherine Quisenberry, b. 1843 KY. Younger died during 1870's in a logging accident. Their dau, Sarah Francis, b. 1866 m Elzy Thomas Shelton. I have Samuel Lusby, b. TN/VA, as died 7 October 1859, gallstones. Age 74. Phyllis ----- in Cincy

Steven, This might clear things up a bit, Thomas William Morgan son of Thomas and Martha Ligon Morgan was born Jan 9 1830. So the William that married Catherine Ivy could not possibly be their son and like the marriage certificate stated, was the son of John. Hope this helps. Alinda M. Miller In a message dated 98-11-03 12:21:55 EST, you write: << Thanks, this is what I suspected. Okay, answer this one for me...John's brother Thomas William, married Martha Hale Ligon, information that I have says that their son Thomas William Jr. married Cathernie Ivy. This is my conflict, I found "William" and Catherine's marriage certificate and it says that John is the father of "William" I'm sure the marriage certificate is correct, so....who did Thomas William Jr. marry? This is very confusing to me because I have connections to both of these families. Any ideas??? >>

Hi and thank you for offering your information. To post it to the page start with the "oldest" family member and give a general history of dates location, who they married children, etc. I would do one family at a time it keeps the information easier to follow for other researchers. I would love to post it on he 1850 census project. Do you have any family members that you know the page numbers on? I have the "original" 50 census on CD but no index. If I can answer any other question let me know, and thanks again, Barbara

I may have posted some of this before but I do have quite a bit of info on Yarbroughs of Owen County (farmers outside of Harmony) how do I post this to the page to help other people (and possibly myself)? The Yarbroughs intermarried with the Rices, Sparks, Kelly, Lewis, etc. please advise - Cay Yarbrough Mann

Thanks, this is what I suspected. Okay, answer this one for me...John's brother Thomas William, married Martha Hale Ligon, information that I have says that their son Thomas William Jr. married Cathernie Ivy. This is my conflict, I found "William" and Catherine's marriage certificate and it says that John is the father of "William" I'm sure the marriage certificate is correct, so....who did Thomas William Jr. marry? This is very confusing to me because I have connections to both of these families. Any ideas??? From: SBMKHB@aol.com Date sent: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 09:19:03 EST To: steven.cull@pcs-inet.com Subject: Re: [KYOWEN-L] John Morgan > > > Hello! > > John Morgan, son of WIlliam "Preacher" Morgan and Elizabeth, was born @1784-90 > in Virginia. He married Sarah Ligon, daughter of William and Ann (Davenport) > Ligon, 18 Sept in Gallatin Co., KY. John died 1849 Owen County. > Their children: > > 1. William born 9 April 1822 married Catherine Ivey 10 March 1840, he died > 26 Oct 1862 buried in Salem Cemetery. > 2. Milton married Sarah Ann Kelso 4 Jan 1848. He died 1853. > 3. John > 4. Berryman (B.G.) born 1823 married Sarah Copher. > 5. Bird (B.B.) born 4 May 1832, married Elizabeth Swiggert 11 July, 1850 > 6. Martha > 7. Mary > > > This was given to me by Marilyn Wall. She has done a lot of research > regarding this family. This is not my Morgan line so I do not know if it is > correct or not. Marilyn is not online but we write back and forth. You can > reach her at 7134 N. Caldwell Road Lebanon, IN 46052. If you have any other > questions feel free to email me! I have other information if you would like > it! > Sincerely, > > Melanie Bishop > Steven E. Cull steven.cull@pcs-inet.com http://www.pcs-inet.com/blueelf/index.htm Family History CULL: Moscoe,Breeden,Crawford,Ball,Morgan,Cockrell GADDIE: Duffer,Nelson,Skaggs,Sherron

Well, I have been updating again, had a little extra time to work on my projects and want to get things posted before the holidays set in. I have entered a lot of new family information, Lusby, Quisenberry Osborne and Mason with connecting family information. We now have about 150 families that's just a small dent considering there are over 700 families listed in Owen Co. but its a start and considering the history that goes along with most of these posting, I have found some connections I did not know I had. I want to say a special THANK YOU to Lee Osborne for providing most of the new material. I have some more families I will be adding soon and please if you know your family history or want to add additional information to what has been posted please let me know. Thanks Barbara

I've come across some conflicting information and was wondering if anyone had the children of John Morgan, the son of Preacher Morgan. I'd like documentation if possible, such as a census record or something. Steven E. Cull steven.cull@pcs-inet.com http://www.pcs-inet.com/blueelf/index.htm Family History CULL: Moscoe,Breeden,Crawford,Ball,Morgan,Cockrell GADDIE: Duffer,Nelson,Skaggs,Sherron

I received this by Email for Bary Lusby he is not on our mailing list yet, but I wanted to share what he sent me in regard to a question I had on one of his family members, here is what he wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- Reply: Nice to meet you, even if it is only electronically. Say hello to Sollie, Glenna, and Gene for me. I miss Owen County. I used to live there until 1994. Sarah E. Lusby in my line, was the daughter of John Lusby (Son of Samuel and Sarah) and Nancy Ann Ransdell. Nancy Ann Ransdell (born ca1817, and John (born ca1811) were married about 1832. Nancy Ransdell died Nov 9, 1852, in Owen County. They lived in Lusby's Mill, and he was listed as a farmer. He remarried on May 16, 1853, to Permillia Cobb. I have Sarah E. Lusby's birthdate listed as ca1839. Could this be the same one? John Lusby was the brother of my GG Grandfather, Rev. Garland L. Lusby, who is buried across from the South Fork Baptist Church. Could the son of Samuel and Sally be the Samuel Lusby (born ca1785) and married to Sarah ca1807. Samuel died in 1860 in Owen County. They had 13 children, 9 of which were boys. (George W., John, Garland, Benjamin, Edwin,Daniel, Greenberry, Richard, and Younger) By the way, Younger was J.S. Lusby's (New Liberty)grandfather. Please let me know what else I can do.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_909855203_boundary Content-ID: <0_909855203@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_909855203_boundary Content-ID: <0_909855203@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: RookieShop@aol.com Return-path: <RookieShop@aol.com> To: RootLines@aol.com Subject: Re: [KYOWEN-L] 1850 census update Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:57:32 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Barbara, I have been keeping my family tree, (Hammon and part of the Wheeler side). I can give what information that I have starting from Levi Woodson Hammon & Ida Belle Prather. It gets rather involved, (as if the information on the web site didn't)! I know that there is alot of information that I don't have, but maybe I can find out more. I want to thank my cousin Anita Hammon for passing on the web site information to me, and thank you all at Rootlines for all the information that you do have! Let me know if you would like me to pass on the information to you, as current as I have it. Shelly McClusky (Hammon) --part0_909855203_boundary--

I found a connection to LUSBY/CLIFTON John and Ann Lusby's daughter Sarah E. b 1841 married Joseph Levin Clifton 1859 in Owen Co. If you have any information on this Lusby line would love to here from you Thanks Barbara

I found a connection to MASON/CLIFTON Elizabeth Mason daughter of Sanderson (sp?) and Louisa married George Clifton 12/15/1851 if you have any information on this Mason line would love to here from you Thanks Barbara

Had some time this past week and I have been updating the 50 census page, and a BIG THANK YOU to all of you who have provided additional family information. As I post the new family I am including the neighbors that lived next door, so some of the pages from the census are almost complete. Again if you find a family that your connect to and have additional family history please let me know so I can add this to the page or any corrections, spelling of names, etc. Have a nice weekend Barbara

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