Thank you Fay, But actually I was inspired by the invaluable research you have accomplished bringing forth the inhabitants of Randolph and Guilford County, North Carolina inhabitants to Otter and Beaver Creek in Wayne County. I have loved walking down the paths and lanes in the evening when the lamps are lite, peeking into the cabin doors to see who all lived there. For those of you who have not visited Fay Clarks website, you may be pleasantly surprised, as I was, to find your ancestor there. She is an A1+ researcher. The Clarks of Otter Creek and Related Families <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gmcflc&I 11.x=15&I11.y=7> _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
June, That was beautifully written. You have expressed very eloquently the tie that binds our families together. These words should be in the preface of every Otter and Beaver Creek family book published. Thank you. Fay Clark The Clarks of Otter Creek and Related Families <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gmcflc&I11.x=15&I11.y=7> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "June Bork" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 11:44:42 -0700 >Otter and Beaver Creek Settlers > > There is a powerful thread which ties together the Otter and Beaver >Creek families. They were bound up in a union or clan related families, >shaped by blood and by marriage. > The migrations from North Carolina demonstrates the cohesion of these >groups as no other act could do, and a study of the families contributes to >a piecing together of their backgrounds. > Finding the same groups living side by side in a static community does not >give the impression of closeness that is to be found when the same families >are to be found together after a move of several hundred miles. The most >valuable possession a man had in those days was his kinsmen and neighbors. >In many cases they were the same. They lived together in a society which >operated with no cash and they existed in alien and strange places which >shaped their behavior and outlook, and they did so because of long standing >relationships. They were of the same stock, if not of common blood. They >were nevertheless a body cut out of common background and molded from the >clay of a common origin. > What was important to them was the knowledge that it was only the >people around them that offered dependability. Such a condition shaped >their view on marriage. Romantic love may have existed and probably did, >but mention of it is rarely found in colonial literature. What mattered was >the conservation of capital and the maintenance of status. > Marriage was an avenue to accomplish these goals. Both men and women were >aware of this and community influence had more meaning to them than >romanticism. They just could not afford to be alone with no claim on the >community and marriages were contracted on this basis. Migrations were >community projects and they were kinsmen oriented. > The need to preserve wealth and concentrate it in friendly hands may >explain why marriages were common among cousins and why there were frequent >cases where two brothers married two sisters, and thus brought about the >complex social structure which is evident in southern society. > People from North Carolina and Tennessee were some of the first >settlers of the area Kentucky that became Wayne County in 1801. Evidence >points to a gathering together of a number of the families members >immediately after they left the Carolinas. It underscores the family-groups >moving together into Otter and Beaver Creek. > I can visualize the caravans as they gathered, ready to start the trek from >North Carolina to Kentucky. They bid their friends and relatives goodbye, >hardly expecting ever to see them again. And for this reason the parting >was a very solemn one. Parents were leaving their children behind and >children were leaving their parents and friends and relatives were being >separated. > It wasnt long before some of those who were left behind, also came to >Kentucky in another migrational group. And it wasnt long before the >kinsmen who had stayed in Virginia while members of their families lived in >the Carolinas, also joined the migration to Wayne County, Kentucky. We >often wonder if the two or three groups of the same family name were related >. . . more often than not, they were. Many stayed while others moved on to >settle other territories. > > "there is no one that wanders, but what he wants to wander farther" > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent Via Ethixs Online Mail-Clean Internet Access www.ethixs.com
Some readers have inquired about the Tennessee counties which grew from the Watauga settlement. One was Greene County, first in North Carolina, then briefly in State of Franklin, and then finally Tennesee in 1786. There are wonderful historical maps on-line that help in visualizing how the Tennessee counties were formed-- and descriptions in books also help. I quote from one source: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. Greene County, Tennessee Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas 1783-1795, compiled by Goldene Fillers Burgner, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1982. The introduction to this book states: "Greene County, Tennessee, was taken from Washington District of North Carolina as the settlers swarmed into its area seeking fertile soil and taking advantage of the land bought with military pay for service in the American Revolution. The date was 1783 near the Big Spring in the heart of what was to become Greeneville, the County Seat; men hereinafter recorded set about to form a government and tame a new land. It was roughly the territory west of Wilkes County, North Carolina, between Wilkes and the Virginia line, which had been allowed three representatives in the General Assembly of North Carolina in 1776. Sullivan (now Tennessee) was formed in 1779 from Washington County. Part of Washington (Tennessee) was annexed to Wilkes County, North Carolina, in 1792." Hope this is of help. Pansylea Howard Willburn
Otter and Beaver Creek Settlers There is a powerful thread which ties together the Otter and Beaver Creek families. They were bound up in a union or clan related families, shaped by blood and by marriage. The migrations from North Carolina demonstrates the cohesion of these groups as no other act could do, and a study of the families contributes to a piecing together of their backgrounds. Finding the same groups living side by side in a static community does not give the impression of closeness that is to be found when the same families are to be found together after a move of several hundred miles. The most valuable possession a man had in those days was his kinsmen and neighbors. In many cases they were the same. They lived together in a society which operated with no cash and they existed in alien and strange places which shaped their behavior and outlook, and they did so because of long standing relationships. They were of the same stock, if not of common blood. They were nevertheless a body cut out of common background and molded from the clay of a common origin. What was important to them was the knowledge that it was only the people around them that offered dependability. Such a condition shaped their view on marriage. Romantic love may have existed and probably did, but mention of it is rarely found in colonial literature. What mattered was the conservation of capital and the maintenance of status. Marriage was an avenue to accomplish these goals. Both men and women were aware of this and community influence had more meaning to them than romanticism. They just could not afford to be alone with no claim on the community and marriages were contracted on this basis. Migrations were community projects and they were kinsmen oriented. The need to preserve wealth and concentrate it in friendly hands may explain why marriages were common among cousins and why there were frequent cases where two brothers married two sisters, and thus brought about the complex social structure which is evident in southern society. People from North Carolina and Tennessee were some of the first settlers of the area Kentucky that became Wayne County in 1801. Evidence points to a gathering together of a number of the families members immediately after they left the Carolinas. It underscores the family-groups moving together into Otter and Beaver Creek. I can visualize the caravans as they gathered, ready to start the trek from North Carolina to Kentucky. They bid their friends and relatives goodbye, hardly expecting ever to see them again. And for this reason the parting was a very solemn one. Parents were leaving their children behind and children were leaving their parents and friends and relatives were being separated. It wasnt long before some of those who were left behind, also came to Kentucky in another migrational group. And it wasnt long before the kinsmen who had stayed in Virginia while members of their families lived in the Carolinas, also joined the migration to Wayne County, Kentucky. We often wonder if the two or three groups of the same family name were related . . . more often than not, they were. Many stayed while others moved on to settle other territories. "there is no one that wanders, but what he wants to wander farther" _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
A message forwarded from and by permission of Pansylea Willburn. Subject : Re: [KYWAYNE] FIRST INHABITANTS of WATAUGA "I also research extensively (lines other than my Wayne Co., KY ones) in the area you describe below, some of which became, first, Greene Co., North Carolina, and then Greene Co., Tennessee, and during the time when there was a State of Franklin, records are there for many of these people. My family the Casey/Kersey family went to the Watauga area, Greene County in 1785 and settled on Lick Creek. Court records, often in the same record, use the two spellings interchangeably. It should be Kersey, but most descendants used Casey. The Kersey family was fleeing from the Indian wars/burnings in Washington Co., PA, land which was originally the old Yohagania County, VA. Some of the settlers on Lick Creek in the early to mid 1780s made this same migrational trek. Others came directly from VA or NC. Some of the names below I know well because of their marriages, etc. into my family. These people were frontier people, not weak of heart, used to fighting and surviving. I think the Lew Bowyer below is the attorney Luke Bowyer who practiced in Greene Co..and was a bondsman at one or two of my Casey/Kersey marriages in the State of Franklin (Greene Co.) in 1786. The Buller mentioned is Bullard in most records and at an early date (1786) one of them also married into my Casey/Kersey family. Many Bullard families for over a 100 years named a son Bowyer Bullard (see Missoui records, etc.) and some named sons Casey Bullard. In using this list, please remember that spelling was not standardized! Many of the readers of your list below will recognize historically important names in early Tennessee history. It is interesting to me that young Andrew Jackson also registered with the Greene County court to practice law, when I think he was just in his late teens or early twenties. I have written all of this to suggest that, if any reader, wants to pursue some of the names on this list that they contact the Greene County, TN Genealogical and Historical Society and get back issues of their quarterlies which published the yearly early tax lists for Greene County. Also, there are two wonderfully detailed and entertaining volumes of the early Greene County Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas (compiled by Goldene Burgner), which show many of these hardy people and their descendants going about their business of serving on juries, suing each other, occasionally breaking the law, establishing infrastructure for their communities, buying and selling land, and paying their yearly taxes. If I can find time, perhaps I can post one of the early tax lists for Greene Co. I wrote a short article a few years ago on spelling variations, and it was printed in the Greene Co., TN Historical Journal. One of the major difficulties with research for beginners is that they often assume that if a name isn't spelled in an old record just as it is today it isn't their family. I also wrote an article for them about the entertaining stories that emerge from the actual records in the 1780s in the Greene County court of common pleas. I don't have either of these in the computer I am using now, or I would cut and paste and send them to you. I am always interested in paths of migration. Some of these Watauga settlers and/or their descendants moved on to be pioneers elsewhere. A good example is David Lindsey/Lindsay who married one of my Kerseys. He was a Rev War soldier, as were many of these settlers, and he moved on to Shelby, AL where the local DAR chapter is named for him. My direct line of Kerseys moved to Grainger/Claibourne counties, TN by the late 1790's and to the area of Rhea, Hamilton McMinn Counties, TN around 1823 and on to Webster/Wright County, Missouri in 1842. They seemed to prefer new land on opening frontiers. I am struck by how many of the Watauga settlers' names I see in these "new" places, along with my Kersey family. They often traveled in groups. Best regards, Pansylea Howard Willburn >>>FIRST INHABITANTS of WATAUGA' >>>(From Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee) >>> >>>This document is without date. The original, now in the state archives >>>at Raleigh, North Carolina, has endorsed upon it, "Received August 22, >>>1776." >>>It was possibly drawn up in the early part of that year. >>> >>>John Carter, Chn. >>>John Sevier >>>John Jones >>>Charles Robertson >>>Jas. Smith >>>George Russell >>>James Robertson >>>Jacob Brown >>>Jacob Womack >>>Zach.[Zachariah] Isbell >>>Wm. Been >>>Robert Lucas >>> >>>The above signers are the Members in Committee assembled. >>>/s/ William Tatham, Clerk, P.T. >>> >>>Jacob Womack >>>Joseph Dunham >>>Rice Durroon >>>Edward Hopson >>>Lew. Bowyer, D. Atty >>>Joseph Buller >>>Andw. Greer >>>Joab X Mitchell >>>Gideon Morris >>>Shadrack Morris >>>William Crocket >>>Thos. Dedmon >>>David Hickey >>>Mark Mitchell >>>Hugh Blair >>>Elias Pebeer >>>Jos. Brown >>>John Neave >>>John Robinson >>>Christopher Cunningham >>>Jas Easeley >>>Ambrose Hodge >>>Dan'l Morris >>>Wm Cox >>>James Easley >>>John Haile >>>Elijah Robertson >>>William Clark >>>John (X) Dunham >>>Wm. Overall >>>Matt. Hawkins >>>John Brown >>>Jos. Brown >>>Job Bumper >>>Isaac Wilson >>>Richard Norton >>>George Hutson >>>Thomas Simpson ...< {see SHERRILL] >>>Valentine Sevier >>>Jonathan Tipton >>>Robert Sevier >>>Drury Goodan >>>Richard Fletcher >>>Ellexander Greear >>>Jos. Greear >>>Andrew Greear, jun. >>>Teeler Nave >>>Lewis Jones >>>John I. Cox >>>John Cox Jr >>>Abraham Cox >>>Emanuel Shote >>>Tho. Houghton >>>Jos. Luske >>>Wm. Reeves >>>David Hughes >>>Landon Carter >>>John McCormick >>>David Crocket >>>Edw'd Cox >>>Tho's Hughes >>>William Roberson >>>Henry Siler >>>Frederick Calvit >>>John Moore >>>William Newberry >>>Adam Sherrell >>>Samuel Sherrell, junr. >>>Samuel Sherrell, senr. ....{SEE SIMPSON] >>>Ossa Rose >>>Henry Bates, junr. >>>Jos. Grimes >>>Christopher Cunningham, senr. >>>Joshua Barten, sen >>>Joud. Bostin, sen >>>Henry Bates, jun >>>Will'm Dod >>>Groves Morris >>>Wm. Bates >>>Rob't Mosely >>>Ge. Hartt >>>Isaac Wilson >>>Jno. Waddell >>>Jarret Williams >>>Oldham Hightower >>>Abednago Hix >>>Charles McCartney >>>Frederick Vaughn >>>Jos. McCartney >>>Mark Robertson >>>Joseph Calvit >>>Joshua Hughton >>>John Chukinbeard >>>James Cooper >>>William Brokees >>>Julius Robertson >>>John King >>>Michael Hider >>>John Davis >>>John Barley >>> >>>Nothing has been found after the most careful examination, to show what >>>action was taken by the Provincial Council in reference to the petition. >>>It is probable, however, that in the exercise of its now omnipotent and >>>unrestricted authority, the Council advised the settlers to send forward >>>their representatives to the Provincial Congress at Halifax, as it is >>>known they did as delegates from 'Washington District, Watauga >>>Settlement.'" _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
I just received this message. I think you would be able to answer this to the group better than I. Thanks for your help to all who need your expertise on this subject. June >From : John Carter <[email protected]> To : 'June Bork' <[email protected]> Subject : RE: FIRST INHABITANTS of WATAUGA Date : Sun, 8 Sep 2002 23:54:16 -0400 June, What part of what will become Tennessee, does this include? John Carter >From: Pansylea Willburn <[email protected]> >To: June Bork <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [KYWAYNE] FIRST INHABITANTS of WATAUGA >Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 10:57:31 -0700 > >June, thank you so much for all of your work in sharing and publishing >records through the years! You have made my Wayne Co., KY research on my >West, Bland, and Rabourn families so much easier with your published >marriage records! > >Now, about this list. I also research extensively (lines other than my >Wayne Co., KY ones) in the area you describe below, some of which became, >first, Greene Co., North Carolina, and then Greene Co., Tennessee, and >during the time when there was a State of Franklin, records are there for >many of these people. > >My family the Casey/Kersey family went to the Watauga area, Greene County >in 1785 and settled on Lick Creek. Court records, often in the same >record, >use the two spellings interchangeably. It should be Kersey, but most >descendants used Casey. The Kersey family was fleeing from the Indian >wars/burnings in Washington Co., PA, land which was originally the old >Yohagania County, VA. Some of the settlers on Lick Creek in the early to >mid 1780s made this same migrational trek. Others came directly from VA >or >NC. Some of the names below I know well because of their marriages, etc. >into my family. These people were frontier people, not weak of heart, used >to fighting and surviving. > >I think the Lew Bowyer below is the attorney Luke Bowyer who practiced in >Greene Co..and was a bondsman at one or two of my Casey/Kersey marriages in >the State of Franklin (Greene Co.) in 1786. > >The Buller mentioned is Bullard in most records and at an early date (1786) >one of them also married into my Casey/Kersey family. Many Bullard >families for over a 100 years named a son Bowyer Bullard (see Missoui >records, etc.) and some named sons Casey Bullard. > >In using this list, please remember that spelling was not standardized! > >Many of the readers of your list below will recognize historically >important >names in early Tennessee history. It is interesting to me that young >Andrew Jackson also registered with the Greene County court to practice >law, >when I think he was just in his late teens or early twenties. > >I have written all of this to suggest that, if any reader, wants to pursue >some of the names on this list that they contact the Greene County, TN >Genealogical and Historical Society and get back issues of their >quarterlies >which published the yearly early tax lists for Greene County. > >Also, there are two wonderfully detailed and entertaining volumes of the >early Greene County Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas (compiled by >Goldene Burgner), which show many of these hardy people and their >descendants going about their business of serving on juries, suing each >other, occasionally breaking the law, establishing infrastructure for their >communities, buying and selling land, and paying their yearly taxes. > >Best regards, Pansylea Howard Willburn > > > From: "June Bork" <[email protected]> > > Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 05:23:26 -0700 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [KYWAYNE] FIRST INHABITANTS of WATAUGA > > Resent-From: [email protected] > > Resent-Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 06:23:29 -0600 > > > > FIRST INHABITANTS of WATAUGA' > > (From Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee) > > > > This document is without date. The original, now in the state archives >at > > Raleigh, North Carolina, has endorsed upon it, "Received August 22, >1776." > > It was possibly drawn up in the early part of that year. > > > > John Carter, Chn. > > John Sevier > > John Jones > > Charles Robertson > > Jas. Smith > > George Russell > > James Robertson > > Jacob Brown > > Jacob Womack > > Zach.[Zachariah] Isbell > > Wm. Been > > Robert Lucas > > > > The above signers are the Members in Committee assembled. > > /s/ William Tatham, Clerk, P.T. > > > > Jacob Womack > > Joseph Dunham > > Rice Durroon > > Edward Hopson > > Lew. Bowyer, D. Atty > > Joseph Buller > > Andw. Greer > > Joab X Mitchell > > Gideon Morris > > Shadrack Morris > > William Crocket > > Thos. Dedmon > > David Hickey > > Mark Mitchell > > Hugh Blair > > Elias Pebeer > > Jos. Brown > > John Neave > > John Robinson > > Christopher Cunningham > > Jas Easeley > > Ambrose Hodge > > Dan'l Morris > > Wm Cox > > James Easley > > John Haile > > Elijah Robertson > > William Clark > > John (X) Dunham > > Wm. Overall > > Matt. Hawkins > > John Brown > > Jos. Brown > > Job Bumper > > Isaac Wilson > > Richard Norton > > George Hutson > > Thomas Simpson > > Valentine Sevier > > Jonathan Tipton > > Robert Sevier > > Drury Goodan > > Richard Fletcher > > Ellexander Greear > > Jos. Greear > > Andrew Greear, jun. > > Teeler Nave > > Lewis Jones > > John I. Cox > > John Cox Jr > > Abraham Cox > > Emanuel Shote > > Tho. Houghton > > Jos. Luske > > Wm. Reeves > > David Hughes > > Landon Carter > > John McCormick > > David Crocket > > Edw'd Cox > > Tho's Hughes > > William Roberson > > Henry Siler > > Frederick Calvit > > John Moore > > William Newberry > > Adam Sherrell > > Samuel Sherrell, junr. > > Samuel Sherrell, senr. > > Ossa Rose > > Henry Bates, junr. > > Jos. Grimes > > Christopher Cunningham, senr. > > Joshua Barten, sen > > Joud. Bostin, sen > > Henry Bates, jun > > Will'm Dod > > Groves Morris > > Wm. Bates > > Rob't Mosely > > Ge. Hartt > > Isaac Wilson > > Jno. Waddell > > Jarret Williams > > Oldham Hightower > > Abednago Hix > > Charles McCartney > > Frederick Vaughn > > Jos. McCartney > > Mark Robertson > > Joseph Calvit > > Joshua Hughton > > John Chukinbeard > > James Cooper > > William Brokees > > Julius Robertson > > John King > > Michael Hider > > John Davis > > John Barley > > > > Nothing has been found after the most careful examination, to show what > > action was taken by the Provincial Council in reference to the petition. >It > > is probable, however, that in the exercise of its now omnipotent and > > unrestricted authority, the Council advised the settlers to send forward > > their representatives to the Provincial Congress at Halifax, as it is >known > > they did as delegates from 'Washington District, Watauga Settlement.'" > > > > > > > > > > > >
Hello Charlotte, I'm looking for the Heath family in Wayne County specifically Jeremiah Heath whose parents may be James and Elizabeth.Jeremiah got married in 1862 to Talitha Foster so there is a good chance he and/or his family would be on the 1850 census. I'm really new to this genealogy stuff so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Diane --- Charlotte Burd <[email protected]> wrote: > Tina, > Here is the 1850 census on Sherrell in Wayne Co, Ky. > I tried looking it up > on Ancestry.com 1850 Wayne Co, KY online, but when I > typed in the name of > SHERRELL, it said no records to view. In my printed > edition of the 1850 > census of Southeastern KY, by Byron Sistler, it does > have this listed on > schedule page 247. > > SHERRELL, Wilson 60 > , Elizabeth 45 > , Jason R 21 > , Westley M 18 > , Nancy P 19 > , Abram T 11 > , William W 8 > , Fanny M 13 > > Charlotte Dalton Burd > Olmsted, Pulaski Co, IL > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
Tina, Here is the 1850 census on Sherrell in Wayne Co, Ky. I tried looking it up on Ancestry.com 1850 Wayne Co, KY online, but when I typed in the name of SHERRELL, it said no records to view. In my printed edition of the 1850 census of Southeastern KY, by Byron Sistler, it does have this listed on schedule page 247. SHERRELL, Wilson 60 , Elizabeth 45 , Jason R 21 , Westley M 18 , Nancy P 19 , Abram T 11 , William W 8 , Fanny M 13 Charlotte Dalton Burd Olmsted, Pulaski Co, IL
Could someone do a census lookup for me please? It is the 1850 Wayne County Census and the name & page is:SHERRELL 247B. Thank you, Tina McCarthy
FIRST INHABITANTS of WATAUGA' (From Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee) This document is without date. The original, now in the state archives at Raleigh, North Carolina, has endorsed upon it, "Received August 22, 1776." It was possibly drawn up in the early part of that year. John Carter, Chn. John Sevier John Jones Charles Robertson Jas. Smith George Russell James Robertson Jacob Brown Jacob Womack Zach.[Zachariah] Isbell Wm. Been Robert Lucas The above signers are the Members in Committee assembled. /s/ William Tatham, Clerk, P.T. Jacob Womack Joseph Dunham Rice Durroon Edward Hopson Lew. Bowyer, D. Atty Joseph Buller Andw. Greer Joab X Mitchell Gideon Morris Shadrack Morris William Crocket Thos. Dedmon David Hickey Mark Mitchell Hugh Blair Elias Pebeer Jos. Brown John Neave John Robinson Christopher Cunningham Jas Easeley Ambrose Hodge Dan'l Morris Wm Cox James Easley John Haile Elijah Robertson William Clark John (X) Dunham Wm. Overall Matt. Hawkins John Brown Jos. Brown Job Bumper Isaac Wilson Richard Norton George Hutson Thomas Simpson Valentine Sevier Jonathan Tipton Robert Sevier Drury Goodan Richard Fletcher Ellexander Greear Jos. Greear Andrew Greear, jun. Teeler Nave Lewis Jones John I. Cox John Cox Jr Abraham Cox Emanuel Shote Tho. Houghton Jos. Luske Wm. Reeves David Hughes Landon Carter John McCormick David Crocket Edw'd Cox Tho's Hughes William Roberson Henry Siler Frederick Calvit John Moore William Newberry Adam Sherrell Samuel Sherrell, junr. Samuel Sherrell, senr. Ossa Rose Henry Bates, junr. Jos. Grimes Christopher Cunningham, senr. Joshua Barten, sen Joud. Bostin, sen Henry Bates, jun Will'm Dod Groves Morris Wm. Bates Rob't Mosely Ge. Hartt Isaac Wilson Jno. Waddell Jarret Williams Oldham Hightower Abednago Hix Charles McCartney Frederick Vaughn Jos. McCartney Mark Robertson Joseph Calvit Joshua Hughton John Chukinbeard James Cooper William Brokees Julius Robertson John King Michael Hider John Davis John Barley Nothing has been found after the most careful examination, to show what action was taken by the Provincial Council in reference to the petition. It is probable, however, that in the exercise of its now omnipotent and unrestricted authority, the Council advised the settlers to send forward their representatives to the Provincial Congress at Halifax, as it is known they did as delegates from 'Washington District, Watauga Settlement.'" _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
Hello, Is anyone working on the KEETON family 1800-40 Miles Keeton born NC 1775, married Rebecca unknown maybe in Wayne Co,Ky. Sally Keeton Eichhorn
Sue, In the same neck of the woods, I have Mary Smith b. 1806 to Henry Smith and Susan Green. Mary married Thomas Neal b. 1807 White co, TN. He was a son of William Neal and Mary Ann Harmon. Thomas & Mary's daughter (Nancy) Caroline Neal b. 29 Oct 1845 applied for the Eastern Cherokee Fund on the strength of her grandmother's (Margaret Choulyn mother of George Charles "Mag the Gray Horse" or "Charlie Gray Horse" Harmon) Cherokee nationality. It is my understanding that she also applied on the strength of her mother's (Mary Smith's) Cherokee heritage. Caroline married Anderson Martin in Clinton Co about 17 Sep 1868 (date of bond). She died 11 Sep 1925 in Runnells, Polk Co, Iowa. Mary Smith had a sister Elizabeth Smith who married Levi Canada in Wayne Co on 08 Nov 1817. There is also a mystery John Bell (probably the s/o William Bell Sr. of Randolph Co, NC) who married ____________ Smith on 15 Sep 1818 in Wayne Co. Henry Smith, surety. I believe John Bell and his wife Unknown Smith, were the parents of Susannah Bell who married John Choat on 12 Jun 1859 Wayne Co. Susannah appears as "Susan" (Higginbotham) in the household (#258) of William Bell Sr. in the 1850 census. John and his wife evidently died very young. I find only hints of his existence (such as the marriage bond) and maybe only a few tax lists. Because there were so many John Bells, including one a little younger who would have been his first cousin (s/o Francis Bell, Sr.) it is virtually impossible to distinguish among them. Then we also have the problem of a John Bell in Indiana who we cannot identify, but seems to be part of the same family group. All these families have oral traditions of a Cherokee heritage. Lots of questions, few answers. <g> Fay Clark ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Sue Montgomery-Cook" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:30:19 -0400 >Hi all! > >I thought I'd throw this one out again. (I'm never too optimistic about my >Smiths!) > >My great-grandmother was Elizabeth "Betsie Jo" Smith born ca. 1827 in Wayne >CO. She married George Brummett, Jr. in 1847 in Wayne CO. I think her >father might be a George Smith. Somewhere I've collected the story that >George was at least part Cherokee. My Mom had always said that her >grandmother was part Cherokee, too, and believe me, she was NEVER wrong! >(Truly!) > >Thanks to you all! If anyone recognizes George or Betsie Jo, I'd be >delighted! > >Blessings! > >Sue > >Sue Montgomery-Cook >Denton Family Genealogy: http://www.acun.com/dentons >Admiral Jeremiah Denton's National Forum Foundation: http://www.nff.org >Arsenal Technical High School Alumni: >http://www.ATHSAlumni.org > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent Via Ethixs Online Mail-Clean Internet Access www.ethixs.com
Hi all! I thought I'd throw this one out again. (I'm never too optimistic about my Smiths!) My great-grandmother was Elizabeth "Betsie Jo" Smith born ca. 1827 in Wayne CO. She married George Brummett, Jr. in 1847 in Wayne CO. I think her father might be a George Smith. Somewhere I've collected the story that George was at least part Cherokee. My Mom had always said that her grandmother was part Cherokee, too, and believe me, she was NEVER wrong! (Truly!) Thanks to you all! If anyone recognizes George or Betsie Jo, I'd be delighted! Blessings! Sue Sue Montgomery-Cook Denton Family Genealogy: http://www.acun.com/dentons Admiral Jeremiah Denton's National Forum Foundation: http://www.nff.org Arsenal Technical High School Alumni: http://www.ATHSAlumni.org
Fay, here are a few Bedford Co, Va records I found in my database. I don't think they will solve any of your problems, but I thought the names mentioned here were interesting to say the least: 1754 - Oct Court - Bedford Co, Va - Court Order Bk 1-A:32-33 James Patton, assignee of JACOB HARMON, Plaintiff against JOHN VANCE, Defendant in debt. This day came he Plaintiff (Jacob Harmon) by his atty and the Deft came not. Therefore it is considered by the Court that the plaintiff recover against the deft and John Welch and Andrew Jones his common Bail for 40 pounds the debt in the declaration mentioned and his cost. But this judgment is to be discharged by the payment of 20 pounds and 5% interest from January 20, 1761. 1754 Oct Court - Bedford Co, Va - Court Order Bk 1-A:31 Charles McLaughlin, assignee of JOHN VANCE, Petitioner against JOHN BROWN, Deft on a petition. This day came the Plaintiff by his attorney and the Sheriff having returned the process executed, the Deft. Was called and not appearing to gainsay the justness of the petitioners demand, therefore it is considered by the Court that the Pltf. Recover against the Deft, 3 pounds 15 shillings and his costs. 1755 Jul Court - Bedford Co, Va - Court Order Bk 1-A:92 The petition of JOHN HALL against JOHN BROWN for debt therein said to be due for reasons appearing to the Court is ordered to be dismissed. 1755 Aug Court - Bedford Co, Va - Court Order Bk 1-A:106 The petition of JOHN HALL against JAMES & JESSE BROWN for a debt therein said to be due for reasons appearing to the Court is ordered to be dismissed. 1756-1762 - Virginia State Land Office Patents No.34:699 - Film 33-34 Jacob Harmon land patent in Augusta Co, Va. 1757 Jul Court - Bedford Co, Va - Court Order Bk 1-A:212 JOHN VANCE, Complainant vs John Buchanan, Gent Defendant in Chancery. The Complainant having DEPARTED THIS LIFE since the commencement of this suit, it is ordered this suit abate. 1759 July Court - Bedford Co, Va - Court Order Bk 1-B:113 Buchanan and Co. vs VANCEs Administrator - Jury called: Isaac Woodard, David Irvin, Nicholas Welch, William Scrugs, John Wood, George Grundy, John Woodard, Robert Pepper, George Harberson, Jacob Read, Edward Watts Jr, and HENRY BROWN, sworn to inquire of damages, returned verdict for the Plaintiff and judgment accordingly. 1760 Sep Court - Bedford Co, Va - Court Order Bk 1-B:137-138 Henry Brown on Jury of Harstone vs Rawlins. 1761 Jan Court - Bedford Co, Va - Court Order Bk 1-B:144 NATHANIEL CLARK appointed guardian of JACOB VANCE, orphan of JOHN VANCE, deceased, having given security, etc. 1766 Jun 17 - Bedford Co, VA - DB 2:727 - Recorded: 24 June 1766 Henery Dooly to PETER HARMON of Bedford.. 50 pounds for about 200 acres, being part of a patent of 400 acres granted unto Alexander Boyle dated 26 Sep 1760 situated in Bedford on both sides of the north fork of Otter River bounded by the south bank of said fork. /s/ Henery Dooley. Wit: Robert Ewing, Adam Beard, Charles Ewing, Thomas Dooly, William Armstrong, Michael Carn. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
I am a descendent of Caleb Harmon, born in Virginia, 1797, died 1874 and buried at Taylor Grove Cemetery in Wayne County, KY. He lived in Overton Co, TN in 1820, Fentress Co, TN in 1830 & 1850, Clinton Co, KY in 1840 & 1860, Wayne Co, KY in 1870. Caleb is my great, great, great grandfather. I have a lot of info about his children and who they married, but I'm looking for more information about who his parents might be. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Patrice Harman St. Louis, Missouri
Did I mention that William WYNNE, father of Harmon WYNN of Wayne County, had 3 wives and 27 children? Those of you who are researching Wynn(e) roots have a large tribe to work with.... Fay Clark ________________________________________________________________ Sent Via Ethixs Online Mail-Clean Internet Access www.ethixs.com
To All Harmon & Brown researchers, Below is an open letter to all of you who may have connections with the HARMONS, BROWNS, WYNNS & NEALS of Wayne Co, KY. The purpose is to get some discussion going among researchers of these different lines who may not realize that they may be connected. I am also hoping to resolve the identity of William NEAL who married Mary Ann Harmon, daughter of George Charles "Mag the Gray Horse" Harmon. It just dawned on me that there are an awful lot of Harmon Browns and Henry Browns floating around Wayne County, KY. In addition to Henry Brown who married Polly Tackett in Wayne in 1824, whose father was RWV Henry Brown, we also have Henry Brown b. ca. 1784 d. 11 Dec 1815 and his son Henry Brown Jr. who m. Ann Wilson. While I was looking at "our" Henry Brown/Sarah Southerland family, I realized their son Harmon is one of three Harmon Browns who lived not too far apart from one another. Next door to Claiburn Brown (who married Sarah Harmon) in the 1810 Wayne Co KY census was a Hezekiah Brown who I've identified in the Clinton County 1850 census. Hezekiah, age 74, was in HH # 19, apparently surrounded by his children. In HH #24 is a 60 yr old Harmon Brown, and in HH #26 is a 30 yr old Harmon Brown, presumably his son. Our Harmon Brown b. 1810 to Henry & Sarah Southerland Brown makes the third Harmon Brown within a relatively few miles of the other two. What is about to get even more interesting revolves around the identity of two William Neals who are connected with the same Harmon family. The first William Neal married Rachel Leonard and was the father of Elizabeth Neal who married Charles Harmon on 06 Oct 1785 in Bedford Co, Virginia. (Charles was the brother of Sarah Harmon who married Clayborn Brown.) The second William Neal married Charles Harmon's daughter Mary Ann. According to Ron Hatfield, the older William Neal was the biological son of Harmon Wynn b. on or before 1775. The 1830 census places Harmon Wynn's age in the 50-60 range, thus Harmon Wynn was born between 1770-1775. Since Elizabeth Neal was probably no younger than 15 in 1785, this is too young for Harmon Wynn to be the father of the older William Neal. Sharen Neal identifies the parents of the older William Neal (father of Elizabeth) as Henry Neal and Sarah Mooney of Chester Co, PA. William and other brothers, according to Sharen, were disowned by their Quaker father for fighting in the Revolutionary War, but later reconciled. I think that Ron may be thinking of the William Neal who married Mary Ann Harmon. To date, I have seen no claim to "young" William Neal's identity, other than this interesting possibility that Harmon Wynn was his father. What really gets interesting is that, while I have been chasing descendants of Hans Peter Harmon through Bedford Co VA > Greene Co TN > Wayne Co KY > Bond Co, IL; Harmon Wynn appears to be the son of William Wynn and Cynthia "Mary" Harmon of Montgomery Co, VA. "Mary" Harmon appears to be the d/o Heinrich Adam Harmon who died in Giles Co, VA. Among his children is one Hezekiah Harmon and a Stephen Harmon, who may be the same Stephen Harmon I find in early Bond Co, IL records (although now that I have looked again at my records, Henry Harmon & Fanny Neal also had a son Stephen who may have gone to Bond County with his brother Anderson). This is Ron Hatfield's website showing William Neal, father of Fannie Neal, as the biological son of Harmon Wynn. Fanny Neal b. abt. 1776 married Henry Harmon 09 June 1789 Bedford Co, VA. Henry was a brother of George Charles Harmon who married Nancy Elizabeth Neal, sister of Fanny. Henry & Fanny's son Anderson Harmon married Nancy Clark d/o James Clark of Wayne Co, KY. His sister Raney Harmon married Nancy's brother Robert Clark. They migrated to Bond Co, IL ca. 1829. My husband is a direct descendant of Samuel Clark, Sr., who I believe was first cousin to James Clark. He also is a direct descendant of Charles & Elizabeth Harmon through their daughter Mary Ann Harmon who married William Neal : Donovan Hatfield's ancestors http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1773502&id=I99758172 There are quite a few databases showing Harmon Wynn b. 06 Nov 1772 as the son of William Wynne and Cynthia Mary Harmon, but this by far seems to be the most thorough: Southern Connections & Then Some http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2000129&id=I05708 According to a couple of researchers, Cynthia Mary or Mary Cynthia Harmon was a daughter or granddaughter of Heinrich Adam Harman: TTG13's Genealogy Family Tree http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ttg13&id=I04636 Patrick and Vickie Wright Family Tree http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2052832&id=I2333 This was the biggest surprise. I had visited this database before researching my LITTRELL family lines. It contains the Heinrich Adam Harmon family lines, but also contains Asenith Wynn, who I know to be the daughter of Harmon Wynn. If William Neal who married Mary Ann Harmon was indeed the biological son of Harmon Wynn, then he is a bridge between two completely different, if not distantly related, HARMON lines. Patrick Anderson's Genealogy http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=patanderson&id=I19376 This database shows Mary Ann Harmon (b. in SC to George Charles Harmon and Nancy Elizabeth Neal) married to William Neal. Note that William Neal, father of Nancy Elizabeth Neal, was b. 1745 Chester Co, PA: Families of Sequoyah County, OK & Others http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I61950 My own database, which is continuously being updated is: The Clarks of Otter Creek and Related Families http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gmcflc&I11.x=37&I11.y=2 My direct Harmon/Neal line is: Direct Descendants of Hans Peter Harmon 1 Hans Peter HARMON b: 17 Dec 1732 Rhineland Palatinate, Germany .. +Margaret CHOULYN b: Bet. 1733 - 1737 m: Abt. 1760 in Augusta Co, VA ....... 2 George Charles "Mag the Gray Horse" HARMON b: 11 Dec 1761 Augusta Co, VA d: 1847 ........... +Elizabeth NEAL m: 06 Oct 1785 in Bedford Co, VA ................ 3 Mary Ann "Elizabeth" HARMON b: SC .................... +William NEAL .......................... 4 Moses NEAL b: 1800 TN d: in KY .............................. +Emaline VICKORY b: 1833 TN m: 12 Jan 1846 in Wayne Co, KY ................................... 5 Nancy Mahala NEAL b: 04 Apr 1858 Otter Creek, Wayne Co, KY d: 17 Nov 1928 in Wayne Co, KY ....................................... +Harrison Matthew MASSENGALE b: 05 Mar 1855 Wayne Co, KY d: 23 Mar 1931 in Wayne Co, KY ............................................ 6 Henry Leo MASSENGALE b: 01 Jun 1883 Wayne Co, KY d: 29 Jan 1967 in Wayne Co, KY ................................................ +Sarah Ann HICKS b: 29 Mar 1883 Wayne Co, KY d: 22 Sep 1935 in Wayne Co, KY ...................................................... 7 Myrta MASSENGALE b: 29 Nov 1903 Gap Creek, Wayne Co, KY d: 01 Apr 1987 in Monticello, Wayne Co, KY Fay Clark
Hi all, Thanks for your help in the past! My question today is this: Geo. Washington Wright and his wife Mary Polly Sullivan had several sons. Among them was Rueben Warren Wright who was married Fanny Wilkerson, daughter of George Wilkerson and Tiriece Allen. Can anyone tell who are the parents of George Wesley Wright's wife, Mary Adeline? Thanks and remember God loves you and so do I. Marie Wilkerson Dyess- Texas
I have spent most of this year researching Wayne County records for my many ancestors who lived there from about 1801 to 1850. I have added the results of this research for all lines referenced in the subject line, except Branscomb, to my website: http://azstrong.tripod.com/jd_letha (there is an _ between jd and letha). As to the Branscomb family, I have decided to wait until Fred Tubbs publishes a revised edition of his history of the Branscomb family, hopefully later this year, so that my source citations can reflect that edition. Anyone who looks at my Wayne County sources will see how much I owe to June Baldwin Bork and her efforts over the years in compiling Wayne County records. All of us who are interested in Wayne County owe June a debt of gratitude for her work. Robert Strong P.S. This is my third attempt to post this message to the list. If the first two efforts ever descend from cyberspace, my apologies for the multiple postings.
I have spent most of this year researching Wayne County records for my many ancestors who lived there from about 1801 to 1850. I have added the results of this research for all lines referenced in the subject line, except Branscomb, to my website: http://azstrong.tripod.com/jd_letha. As to the Branscomb family, I have decided to wait until Fred Tubbs publishes a revised edition of his history of the Branscomb family, hopefully later this year, so that my source citations can reflect that edition. Anyone who looks at my Wayne County sources will see how much I owe to June Baldwin Bork and her efforts over the years in compiling Wayne County records. All of us who are interested in Wayne County owe June a debt of gratitude for her work. Robert Strong P.S. This is a reposting. The first one didn't seem to make it. If by chance it ultimately shows up, sorry about the double posting.