Hi All, I meant to do this with my earlier post, but forgot. The Owen County surnames I am researching are: Family 1: EDMONDSON HENDERSON LOCKE KEMPER PENN GREER Family 2: NOEL WAINSCOTT MASON PRATHER BALDWIN HOLBROOK JACKSON I can send more specific details if these names match anyone elses. Jackie Couture Jackie Couture Mailto:libcoutu@acs.eku.edu Http://www.library.eku.edu/direct/couture Kids, Cows, Horses and Genealogy Couture Jerseys P. O. Box 439 Waco, Kentucky 40385

Jackie, I am a HOLBROOK descendant - gggg granddaughter of Zachariah HOLBROOK and Sarah MORGAN. I am in touch with other cousins. Would love to know of your connection to the HOLBROOK line. My great grand aunt Elizabeth CLIFTON married Silas E. PRATHER in Randolph Co MO. Elizabeth is the daughter of David CLIFTON Jr. and Frances "Frankie" COBB - my gg grandparents. I am also in touch with cousins that have WAINSCOTT in their family. My other main surnames from Owen Co are COBB, CLIFTON, and MORGAN. These and my HOLBROOKs intermarried with a variety of Owen Co surnames. Isn't it great to have this mailing list to make more contacts? Sheryl McNeely Shaw Crosby, TX SJMcS@aol.com

Hi, My name is Jackie Couture and I am the archivist for Owen County. I've just updated the Owen County page and added some new records. If you have any files that you would like to have placed here, just let me know and I'll post them. It has been a busy summer, but I'm about caught up now. I have a couple other files to complete and hopefully I can get them uploaded soon. Maybe the next time I get to Owen County I can get some more material to add. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/owen/toc.html Thanks, Jackie Couture

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------419BBEB3E6725F2EA3297507 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Barbara - Would you send me your e-mail address? Thanks very much, Betty Babitzke > Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:23:04 -0400 > From: Betty Babitzke <bbabitz@peganet.com> > Reply-To: bbabitz@peganet.com > Thanks Barbara for the Serchy marriages.I will file these in my Searcy folder. > They may come in handy one day. > I'm just gonna have to go up to Owen County sometime next year and search the > Deed > Books, Tax Records and also check and see if there is a will. I'm not > sure, where it came from but I have a note stating that John Searcy died in > Owen County in > 1837. And, supposedly there were 2 John Searcys in Owen County at the > same time. I"m interested in the John that was from Granville County, NC. The > other John was from VA. > > Thanks for your interest and help. Its greatly appreciated. > --------------419BBEB3E6725F2EA3297507 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="nsmailPU.TMP" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="nsmailPU.TMP" Received: from mb08.mail.aol.com (mb08.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.57]) by mercury.peganet.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA11203 for <bbabitz@peganet.com>; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:02:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (rly-zd04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.228]) by mb08.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-2.0.0) with ESMTP id VAA10015 for <bbabitz@peganet.com>; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:43:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost) by rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with internal id VAC18545; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:41:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:41:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@aol.com> Message-Id: <199809210141.VAC18545@rly-zd04.mx.aol.com> To: <bbabitz@peganet.com> Subject: Returned mail: User unknown Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) The original message was received at Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:31:49 -0400 (EDT) from peganet.com [206.102.200.11] *** ATTENTION *** Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its delivery. The AOL address which was undeliverable is listed in the section labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----". The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----". The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a general translation for other e-mail servers. Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail administrator. --AOL Postmaster ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <rootsline@aol.com> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to air-zd04.mail.aol.com.: >>> RCPT To:<rootsline@aol.com> <<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND 550 <rootsline@aol.com>... User unknown ----- Original message follows ----- Return-Path: <bbabitz@peganet.com> Received: from mercury.peganet.net (peganet.com [206.102.200.11]) by rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id VAA27230 for <rootsline@aol.com>; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:31:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peganet.com (peg7-ts12.peganet.com [206.102.214.21]) by mercury.peganet.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA16130 for <rootsline@aol.com>; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:31:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3605AA78.98BD0689@peganet.com> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:23:04 -0400 From: Betty Babitzke <bbabitz@peganet.com> Reply-To: bbabitz@peganet.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rootsline@AOL.com Subject: Serchy marriages Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Barbara, I will file these in my Searcy folder. They may come in handy one day. I'm just gonna have to get up to Owen County and search some of the Deed Books, Tax Records and also check and see if there is a will. I'm not sure, but I have a note stating that John Searcy died in Owen County in 1837. And, supposedly there were 2 John Searcys in Owen County at the same time. My John was from Granville County, NC and other was from VA. Thanks for your interest and help. Its greatly appreciated. Betty Babitzke Punta Gorda, FL. --------------419BBEB3E6725F2EA3297507--

Would like to exchange info with anyone researching the CLAXON (sometimes CLAXTON) family of Owen Co KY, hoping to fill in a few blanks, expecially on the early family in Virginia and England. My gg-grandfather was James CLAXON (1805-1843), son of Cassius CLAXON (1782-1872). Cassius was sheriff of Owen County for a while. I particularly need information on the parents of Cassius' wife, Nancy ROE (1782-1858), who was apparently an orphan raised by William Bassett and his wife, Margaret McQuiddy. Were Nancy's parents killed in an Indian raid in the 1780s? Merritt

Just so I can be one of the first on the new list, and Howdy to all my cousins in Owen Co. So far, all I have is this, my ggrandfather: SMITH, James C., b 31 Jan 1836, Owen Co., KY; d 4 Mar 1899, Arbela, Scotland Co., MO; m(1) 20 Dec 1860, HOLDER, Lucinda, Scotland Co., MO; she died 15 Jan 1870; m(2) 30 May 1870, Scotland Co., MO, YEAGER, Cordelia Mary. I'm still rooting around in MO and IA; hope to uncover more there about Owen Co. links. Of course, if someone here has a lead, I'd be most grateful. Floyd E. Turner mailto:floydt@erinet.com

Hello - I am researching John Searcy, Revolutionary War Vet, who made declaration for pension on October 1 1832 in Owen County, KY. Two of the gentlemen signing an affidavit stating they were well acquainted with John Searcy were John Garnett and Tobias Willhoite. They were also forebearers of mine. Does anyone have information regarding John's spouse(s), children? I know that a John Searcy signed a marriage bond for a daughter, Elizabeth Searcy, who married Obediah Willhoite (Tobias' son) in Owen County in 1830; and was a brother to my Israel Willhoite who married Jane Scearce in 1822 in Woodford County, KY. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Betty Babitzke bbabitz@peganet.com

In a message dated 9/20/98 1:29:51 PM Central Daylight Time, bbabitz@peganet.com writes:<< Does anyone have information regarding John's spouse(s), children? I know that a John Searcy signed a marriage bond for a daughter, Elizabeth Searcy, who married Obediah Willhoite >> I found your record in my marriage book I am sure you have this information but to play it safe the record I have reads Bond: John Marson Consent from father John Searcy, father of bride. Test James Crowler. I found the followin Serchy marriages: B F to Matilda Perry 12/29/1840 Francis to Betsey Stafford 12/8/1826 Nathaniel to Mary Ann Wood 7/12/1836 Sorry could not help with John Barbar

Well, welcome to all the new Owen Co. reachers that have joined the list. I just checked and we have 17 members and the list is only a day old, so I just wanted to say welcome. Don't be shy ask some question give some history on your families, remember not everyone on the list knows each other we will have a lot of new people to get acquainted with. I just wanted to pass on an Email I just received from Melanie (she is a Hammon/Morgan researcher) she and cousin Elizabeth went to Owenton this weekend on a research mission, first time to visit the area and look what she found............... You are not going to believe what I found! I went to a flea market over the weekend after I had gone through the Owen County courthouse. I was walking by this outdoor booth and I saw this signature quilt and it caught my eye because of the age. It was or looked like it would have been made in the 1880's. (For your information I collect and make quilts so that is why I was able to tell the age of it.) It was really pretty and it had all these names on it. Guess what names it had on it? Hammond, Morgan and several other Owen County names on it. It was done in the late 1880's and it is a family quilt. Can you believe it? I almost died when I started reading all of the names. What a great find. I was looking for something that may have been made around the 1800's in Owen that I could just have. It probably sounds funny but at the time it didn't matter if it was made by my family or not but I cant believe I found this. One of the names is John Morgan and his wife. Another is Grandma Hammond. It doesn't have her first name on it though. Melanie ------------------------------------------------- I always wish I could find the family bible, etc., but to find a quilt made by your family!!!! She was so excited she did not even tell me what they found at the court house. Barbara