Hello Cristal, I am not real sure how I can help yet but I just wanted you to know that I live here in Todd County and I am doing my best to help. I am posting the transciptions of Pleasant Hill cemetery at the moment. Do you have an area of Todd Co listed? Guthrie, Clifty, Trenton, etc.? Graveyard name? Church Name that I could look up the names of the ancestors you're seeking? Let me know who, what, when and I'll try to help. Good to meet you, Laura Porter -----Original Message----- From: C.R.Simmons <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 8:40 PM Subject: [KYTODD-L] Hello List >Hello, > >I am Cristal SImmons living in Chicago. My great-grandfather Charles >Kennedy Jr. was born In Elkton around 1898. His parents were Charles >Kennedy Sr. and Martha Ella McCoy Kennedy. Charles Sr's parents were Minor >and Fannie Kennedy. Martha was the daughter of Underwood and Millie Jackson >McCoy. > >So I am researching the Kennedy, McCoy families in Todd County. Since I am >black my ancestors are too. :) The Kennedy's were slaves and the McCoys >were free people of color. I am VERY interested in the free people of color >who lived in Todd and Logan counties and am researching another family of >free black Bristows. They were freed in Clark County by John Bristow who >sent them to live in Todd Co with his family there, the prominent Bristows >of that area. > >It is very difficult researching African Americans especially enslaved >ones. I appreciate the possibility of talking with people who, like myself >have been researching this county for a long time and those who are new to >Todd Co research. One of the things about researching black folks is that I >have to collect information on a lot of white families. Just wanted to >introduce myself. > >Looking forward to sharing info! > >Cristal Simmons > > > > > >==== KYTODD Mailing List ==== >If you would like to have a Biography or Will of you ancestors added to the Todd County KYGenWeb Page >please send it to [email protected] > >