Good afternoon, This writer suggested that I direct my questions to another forum. So I have joined this e-mail group. I will edit out what is not necessary. FRED L. STRICKLAND > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis L. Anderson [SMTP:DandPanderson@email.msn.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 1999 6:07 AM > To: Strickland, Fred (HQ CAP/DOKF) > Subject: Re: FIELDS in Letcher County KY and Pike County KY > > Dear Fred, > > I don't know any more than is already stated in these records. You > may want > to try posting on the Pike County Query Forum, maybe someone can help > you > there. > > Pam > > -----Original Message----- > From: Strickland, Fred (HQ CAP/DOKF) <fstrickland@cap.af.mil> > To: 'claetsch@provide.net' <claetsch@provide.net>; > 'DandPanderson@email.msn.com' <DandPanderson@email.msn.com> > Cc: 'SEEKER41@webtv.net' <SEEKER41@webtv.net>; 'gmill@ix.netcom.com' > <gmill@ix.netcom.com>; 'bcaudill@metrolink.net' > <bcaudill@metrolink.net>; > 'CatMom1' <CatMom1@aol.com> > Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 1:54 PM > Subject: FIELDS in Letcher County KY and Pike County KY > > > >Good afternoon, > > > >I must have been asleep or I didn't look in the right place, but > thanks > >to this exchange between Gloria and Cheryl I am discovering some > things. > >Permit me to introduce myself. My name is Fred Lon STRICKLAND. My > >mother's maiden name is FIELDS. Her parents are Ervin/Irvin/Irvine > E. > >FIELDS and Bessie L. (BELT) FIELDS. The parents of my grandfather > are > >Charles ?. FIELDS of Pike County, Kentucky and Clementine ?. PHIPP > (or > >FIP) of Pike County, Kentucky. Letcher County figures into the > picture, > >because that is where grandfather FIELDS raised his family. Thanks > to > >research efforts of CatMom1 [CatMom1@aol.com], I have learned about > >Millstone, Letcher County, KY. Grandfather FIELDS died and was > buried > >in Letcher County. > > > > Died: 1 September 1937 in: Millstone, Letcher County, Kentucky > > Buried: 2 September 1937 in: Neon, Letcher County, > >Kentucky > > > >I wrote a letter to the post office of Millstone. I asked for my > letter > >to be passed to the "oldest person" in Millstone. So far I have not > >received anything. I took a shot-in-the-dark to write a person with > the > >same name as my grandfather, but again I have not received anything. > > > >Now I am looking at the information on both the Letcher County and > Pike > >County web sites. Maybe I can uncover something. > > > > [Strickland, Fred (HQ CAP/DOKF)] [SNIP] . My uncle Charles > >C. FIELDS (the oldest child of my grandfather FIELDS) once told me > that > >his father had some siblings (Brothers: William and James. Sisters: > >Ova and Pearl.). Since grandfather FIELDS was born in the 1800s > (Born: > >5 May 1897 in: Pike County, Kentucky), I would expect the siblings > >to be born about plus or minus ten years (1887 to 1907). Are you > able > >to tie any of these FIELDS to those resting in Dotson Cemetery? > > > > Fields, Mary Emma > > 1898 > > 1959 > > > > (B. Mar 1898) > > (D. 5 Jul 1959) > > (D/O Joseph and Arminda Baker Daugherty) > > (W/O 1) Mahlon Daugherty 2) Carmel Fields) > > > > Fields, Carmel > > 16 Nov 1909 > > 6 Apr 1979 > > > >Or in Unknown Name Cemetery, Jamboree, Pike Co. Kentucky? > > Fields, Harrison > > 1876 > > 2 Feb 1965 > > on same stone as Tizy or Lizy Fields > > H/O Tizy or Lizy Fields > > > > Fields, Tizy or Lizy > > 6 Jul 1880 > > 23 May 1943 > > on same stone as Harrison Fields > > W/O Harrison Fields > > > > Fields, Macie E. > > 22 Sep 1918 > > 27 Mar 1984 > > > > (D/O Harrison and Sadie Blankenship Dotson) > > (W/O 1) Columbus Browning 2) Fonso Fields) > > > >Or Old Elijah S. Wolford Cemetery, Phelps, Pike Co. Kentucky > > > > Fields, Abe > > 4 Feb 1907 > > 10 Sep 1979 > > on same stone as Alpha Fields > > H/O Alpha Fields > > > > (S/O Aaron and Melda Taylor Fields) > > > > Fields, Alpha > > 4 Nov 1905 > > still living as of Apr 1993 > > on same stone as Abe Fields > > W/O Abe Fields > > > > (D/O McClellan and Mandy "Amanda" Wolford Wolford) > > > > Fields, Bobby > > 1932 > > 1979 > > (S/O Abe and Alpha Wolford Fields) > > > > Fields, Brian Kendall > > 3 Aug 1980 > > 1 Mar 1981 > > > > Fields, Jimmy Donald > > 2 Aug 1934 > > 9 Jul 1992 > > > > (S/O Abe and Alpha Wolford Fields) > > > > Fields, Marry > > 30 unreadable > > 12 Sep 1943 > > > > (D/O Abe and Alpha Wolford Fields) > > > > Fields, Nellie > > 4 Sep 1923 > > 13 Oct 1932 > > > > > > > >Please forgive this rambling e-mail message. The FIELDS line has > been > >tough. My mother died when I was very young and her oldest bother > >(Charles C. FIELDS) didn't know much about his father. I was told > that > >grandfather FIELDS was a Cherokee Indian, but I haven't been able to > >confirm that one way or another. CatMom1 has tried to help me, but > she > >didn't see any matches in what she could find in Louisville area > >library. With a new year and with a growing database on the > internet, I > >am hoping that someone can share something with me. > > > >Thank you, > > > > > >FRED L. STRICKLAND > >. > > [Strickland, Fred (HQ CAP/DOKF)] [SNIP]