Hello, Lynn; It all arrived just fine. Pasted into Corel and so far, it is 21 pages, Whew. It will take some time to absorbe it all, but thank you. Have you received any of your data from Tony WOODS? Previous to your message, I received 10 pages from him. Unreal, just a few weeks ago, all I had was two LAWS in my files. BTW, in my files, I am calling all of them to keep down confusion. Sandra in Sacramento ******************** At 08:09 PM 3/14/98 EST, you wrote: >Sandra,' >Every time I try to send GedCom every one gets gobble goop!!!!!. I am going to >sent you descend's outline I have put together over the last couple of years. >Because the file is so large I will have to sent by children. The first will >be 3 generations, then starting with the 4th, 5 sets of familes.... >Couple of questions on the generations your sent, please... >you sent >THIRD Generation: >4. William Lawes/Lawes/Law was born in 1677 in immigrated Westover VA. He was >born about 1690 in...England? How was he born 1677 and 1690? are we talking >about 2 Williams here? He was married to Mary Lawes in 1693 charles City co., >Va. which would make him 4 if he was born 1690 England. >I am not trying to be cute, just don't want to sent inaccurate information out >when some one contacts me. >Since my family stories, passed 5 generations of grandfathers, back to Daniel >Law, b: 1762 we started looking to Scotland when we couldn't find any more >information on William Law/Lawes?Laws. >I found on Microfilm, Scotland Parish and Vital Records list a William Law, b: >1689, Kemnay, Aberdeen Scotland, son of James Law....then throught this list, >several people have emailed and said that the date and place is correct but >heis father was Shepard Law..... >I have a niece going to Kemnay Scotland in August and she is going to research >the records there. >I really appreciate all the help and information every one sends and hope I >can get "MY TREE" documented before I register with the "CLAN MacLauren" in >Moultrie Ga. > >You should receive my info in 5 different emails.....don't shoot me. >Please email back to me any corrections I can make.....Thanks Lynn > > >==== LAWS Mailing List ==== >Reminder: If you change e-mail addresses, unsubscribe from the old one and subscribe again with the new one. > > Sandra Eleanor (T.YLER) D.UNCAN purplevw @ sl.net http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3577 Please go !NOW! Support Rootsweb www.rootsweb.com Please be aware, I am having to learn WIN95 because my WIN 3.1 went AWOL and is incommunicato...I am not ignoring you, I am lost so please resend until I find you. &^}

Dear Lynn, I received your chart on the descendants of Jesse Law just fine. Thank you so very much. Look forward to talking with you soon. Marilyn

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Sandra,' Every time I try to send GedCom every one gets gobble goop!!!!!. I am going to sent you descend's outline I have put together over the last couple of years. Because the file is so large I will have to sent by children. The first will be 3 generations, then starting with the 4th, 5 sets of familes.... Couple of questions on the generations your sent, please... you sent THIRD Generation: 4. William Lawes/Lawes/Law was born in 1677 in immigrated Westover VA. He was born about 1690 in...England? How was he born 1677 and 1690? are we talking about 2 Williams here? He was married to Mary Lawes in 1693 charles City co., Va. which would make him 4 if he was born 1690 England. I am not trying to be cute, just don't want to sent inaccurate information out when some one contacts me. Since my family stories, passed 5 generations of grandfathers, back to Daniel Law, b: 1762 we started looking to Scotland when we couldn't find any more information on William Law/Lawes?Laws. I found on Microfilm, Scotland Parish and Vital Records list a William Law, b: 1689, Kemnay, Aberdeen Scotland, son of James Law....then throught this list, several people have emailed and said that the date and place is correct but heis father was Shepard Law..... I have a niece going to Kemnay Scotland in August and she is going to research the records there. I really appreciate all the help and information every one sends and hope I can get "MY TREE" documented before I register with the "CLAN MacLauren" in Moultrie Ga. You should receive my info in 5 different emails.....don't shoot me. Please email back to me any corrections I can make.....Thanks Lynn

I sent this the other day, but never saw it on the list serv. Here it is again. Hope to contact some of the descendants of this family. Jim Windsor _____ John Laws and Sarah Windsor, of Frederick Co. Virginia and Somerest, Perry Co. Ohio. 12 Sarah 6 Windsor, (Jonathan 5, Joseph 4,3,2, Jarvis 1), the daughter of Jonathan Windsor. She was born the 11 November 1796, in Fauquier Co. Virginia, and died 9 April 1868, at Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio, of lung fever (pneumonia), aged 71. She was a housewife. Lived in Virginia and Ohio. She had seven children, at the time of her death four were living. She married Colonel John W. Law, on 10 April 1823, in Frederick Co. Virginia, (bondsman Samuel Grubbs). His parents are not known, but possibly he is a son of Isaac Law who lived in Franklin Co. Pennsylvania at the time of the 1800 census. He was born 6 November 1801, in Franklin Co. Pennsylvania, and died 24 July 1878, at Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio, aged 76. He was a farmer. John and Sarah Law divorced in 1861, in Perry Co. Ohio. THE SOMERSET ADVOCATE, 12 April 1868, obituary, "Died in Somerset, O. of Lung Fever on the 9th inst., Mrs. Sallie Law, aged 71 years 4 mo’s and 29 days. She was born in Fauquier Co. Va. Nov. 11th 1796, united in marriage with Col. John Law in Frederick Co. Va. April 20th 1823, and removed to Ohio in 1828; since which time she resided in Somerset. She was a kind and affectionate wife, mother, friend, and neighbor; truly a good woman hath gone from our midst. Three children have preceeded her to the spirit land. Four remain to grieve at her departure, sorrowing, but comforted by the assurance that God will supply all need, according to his riches in glory. For many years she was bowed down with painful bodily infirmities, but she bore her afflictions with christian patience, fortitude and resignation. Her last illness was of short duration, and was apparently without suffering. For her "to die was gain." She was ready to obey the summons, "Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." She died, as she had lived, a consistent christian, strong in faith and hope of a "blessed immortality beyond the grave." She realized the presence of the "Divine comforter" as she passed through the dark valley. The riches of free grace, and the glories of the eternal work, were evidently fore-shadowed to her. "He maketh me rich," were her dying words. "Verily, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have ye entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." THE SOMERSET PRESS, 1 August 1878, obituary, "Mr. John Law was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the 6th of November 1801. His early life was mostly spent in Warren county, Virginia, from which county he removed to Somerset, Perry county, Ohio in the last of November, 1828, where he resided until the time of his death. He quietly breathed his last at 3 o’clock on the evening of July 24th. Age 76 years, 3 months and 13 days." Children of Colonel John and Sarah 6 (Windsor) Law: i. female 7, b. about 1823, in Frederick Co. Virginia; d. young. ii. William 7 I. (J.) Law, b. 19 March 1826, in Frederick Co. Virginia; d. after 1900, probably in Bloomfield, Davis Co. Iowa. Lived in Washington, Iowa in 1882. William learned the trade of saddle making at the age of ten in his father’s saddle shop at Somerset. When he was 19 he went into the leather tanning business with his father, working in their tanning shop until he was 29. In 1855 he moved to Fairfield, Iowa where he was the proprietor of the Jefferson House. In the fall of 1857 he moved to Bloomfield, Iowa and worked at the America House until 1862. In 1864 he was elected clerk of the courts of Davis County, Iowa. He served as clerk for two years. In January 1867 he was appointed by General Weaver as chief clerk of the Internal Revenue Assessor’s office, a position which he held until it was done away with in 1872. He then went into the mercantile trade business until March 1877, when he became the cashier of Bradley’s Bank, Bloomfield. In later years William lived with his daughter Mrs. Florence Pennington, at Bloomfield. Married: Caroline C. Brunner, on 18 October 1845, in Perry Co. Ohio; daughter of George Brunner, Sr. and Anna Maria (Weaver) of Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio; b. c1828, in Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio; d. about 1895, at Bloomfield, Davis Co. Iowa. Caroline was from an old Perry Co. pioneer family. Her grandfather, Henry Brunner, came to America at the age of 22, from Wurtemburg, Germany, landing at Philadelphia. Her father George Brunner (1785-1877) came to Somerset, Ohio in 1818. At that time most of Ohio was still a vast forest. THE SOMERSET PRESS, 23 January, 1891, "William Law arrived on Monday last to visit his old friends. Time has dealt gently with him, but has frosted his hair and beard…" THE SOMERSET PRESS, 19 February 1892, "William Law has gone to Pennsylvania to visit some old friends." Six children: i. John 8 A. (d. young), ii. Florence M., iii. Clara L. (d. young), iv. infant (d. young), v. Ellie C. and vi. William J. Jr. Law. iii. John 7 Alfred Law, b. 1 November 1827, in Frederick Co. Virginia; d. 20 September 1847, at Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio, aged 19. He is buried in the Methodist Cemetery at Somerset, Ohio. i v. Margaret 7 Jane Law, b. 1 November 1829, in Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio; d. 16 September 1842, aged 12. She is buried in the Methodist Cemetery at Somerset, Ohio. v. Samuel 7 T(homas). Law, "Sam," b. September 1834, in Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio; d. 1912. He is buried in the Methodist Cemetery at Somerset, Ohio. He was a tanner. He was in the Civil War, Union Army, Co., 90th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He received a pensin for his service. 1880 census, Perry Co. has wife Rachel, 42, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Jersey. Sam Law ran for the office of Marshall of Somerset. The job of a Marshall is basically to keep the public order, make arrests, put people in jail if necessary. Sam was a popular man in Somerset, and was voted Marshall. Soon after Sam took office there was a situation that got completely out of control, with traumatic results. On the afternoon of 22 October 1891 a drunk man and woman got on the street, causing a commotion. It was actually more the sight of a drunken woman in public that made all the fuss. Marshall Law came to the scene and told them, get off of the street. But the man and woman being drunk, argued with Sam, and more people came, some of the drunk too, but soon the man and woman left and went around the corner. By this time, Jehu Dick, one of the local boys, and himself drunk, had begun to argue about the right of the Marshall to interfere in what Jehu conseider harmless fun. Sam had no interest to defend himself as Marshall, and Jehu was persisten, and an argument began which heated up. Basically Marshall said, Jehu to stay out of it, then the Marshall walked away. But Jehu was wounded by the Marshall’s attitude, and following the Marshall and with his hands began to make threatening gestures and threats. The Marshall decided to arrest Jehu. Jehu scuffled with the Marshall. The Marshall wanted to use his billy club on Jehu, but decided against it, and continued to scuffle with him while trying to get his handcuffs out of his pocket. At this point an Assistant Marshall ran to help Marshall Law. By this time Jehu had grabbed the Marshall’s billy club and was hitting the Marshall with it, knocking him about eight or ten feet into a sitting position. The deputy went in to grab Jehu but got knocked down also. Satisfied that he had put the Marshall in his place Jehu then went down the street. He met up with the drunk man and woman who incited him to have another drink and go back and teach that Marshall another lesson. All the ruckus between Jehu and the Marshall had gathered a crowd which the Marshall was dealing with when Jehu suddenly returned, threatening again. The Marshall again put Jehu under arrest, and another fight broke out. The Marshall asked bystanders for help, but several of the other drunks threatened those who tried help, so no one did. Then those drunks also began to help Jehu fight the Marshall and the Assistand Marsahll. Finally the Marshall said to Jehu, I am going to shoot you if you resist arrest and the Marshall pulled out his gun and pointed it at Jehu. Jehu then attacked the Marshall and was holding both the Marshall’s arms when the revolver went off and shot Jehu in the stomach. Even after being shot Jehu continued to fight with the Marshall and the Deputy but he was bleeding badly and growing weak and the Marshall and Assistant Marshall manged to carried Jehus toward the jail. Finally Jehu passed out from lack of blood. Dr. Hayes was called, but an artery had been damaged and Jehu bled to death in front of the jail. THE SOMERSET PRESS, 17 June 1897, "Samuel T. Law is suffering from a sprained ankle after a fall from a cherry tree on Monday." Married: 1) Martha Spencer, in 1860, in Perry Co. Ohio; d. about 1872, at Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio. Samuel and Martha had one child: i. Anna8 "Annie" Law. 2) Rachel A. Beams, on 27 December 1873, in Perry Co. Ohio; b. August 1838; d. 1931. No children. vi. Sarah 7 Elizabeth Law, "Sarah," b. 15 March 1838, in Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio; d. 24 November 1911, at Columbus, Franklin Co. Ohio, of heart disease, aged 73. She is buried at Washington Court House, Fayette Co. Ohio. Married: 1) Dr. Mortimer L. Jayne, on 23 October 1860, in Perry Co. Ohio. He died before 1869. Child of Mortimer and Sarah Jayne: i. Emma8 Jayne (d. young). 2) George Melvin, about 1869; the son of Aaron Melvin and Sally (Taylor) of Union twp., Fayette Co. Ohio; b. 10 November 1819, in Ross Co. Ohio ; d. 21 January 1895, at Washington Court House, Fayette Co. Ohio, of heart disease, aged 75. Buried at Washington Court House. Lived at Washington Court House, Fayette Co. Ohio from 1820-1896, except from 1872 to 1877 when they lived in Kansas City, Missouri. His wife lived with son George in Colubmus, Franklin Co. Ohio after 1900. Child: i. May8 (d. 1889, aged 18) and ii. George S. Melvin. George Melvin married: 1) Elizabeth -----, about 1844, probably in Fayette Co. Ohio; b. about 1820, in Massachusetts; d. c1867, in Union twp. Fayette Co. Ohio. They had a daughter, Adah A. Melvin. vii. Emily 7 L. Law, "Emma," b. 18 June 1844, in Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio; d. 11 March 1915, at Columbus, Franklin Co. Ohio, of diabetes, aged 70. She is buried in the Green Lawn Cemetery at Columbus. COLUMBUS DAILY TIMES, 11 March 1915, obituary, Mrs. Emma Caine, "Mrs. Emma L. Caine, 70, died of diabetes, Thursday at her home, 120 ½ North Grant avenue. One daughter, Miss Sarah Caine, survives. Funeral services at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Central M. E. church. Buril in Green Lawn by the Fisher company." COLUMBUS DAILY TIMES, 11 March 1915, obituary, Caine, Emma Law, widow of John W. Caine. March 11, 5 a.m., aged 70 years 8 months, at her late home, 120 ½ N. Grant Ave. Funeral services at Central M.E. church Saturday, March 13, at 2:30 p.m. Burial Green Lawn." Married: 1) George W. Guiton/Guyton, in 1868, in Perry Co. Ohio. 2) John L. Caine, son of Isaiah Caine and Caroline Cecelia (Campbell) of Somerset, Ohio; b. 14 October 1843, at Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio; d. 4 November 1886, at Columbus, Franklin Co. Ohio. Lived in Somerset, but moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1875. Lived in Pittsuburg unitl 1882, when the family moved to Columbus, Ohio. COLUMBUS DAILY TIMES, 6 November 1886, obituary, Death of John L. Caine, A Well Known Printer Crosses the River, "Mr. John L. Caine died at his home on East Spring street, at four o’clock yesterday morning, of complication of diseases, which have threatened his death for a long time. Mr. Caine was born near Somerset, in Perry county, October 14, 1843. He spent his boyhood days in that part of the State. When the war began he enlisted in July of 1861, and was assigned to the 31st O. V. I. He served honorable as a private until the close of the rebellion, when he was honorably discharged. In 1866-7 Mr. Caine published the Somerset Record, then the Republican organ of Perry county. A few years later he went to Pittsburgh, where he worked at his trade—that of printer—until 1882, when he came to this city, where he has lived ever since, and during most of which time he spent employed on the TIMES. Mr. Caine was a good printer, and a man of pleasant address. He was always ready to do his fellows a service, and his general demeanor was such as to draw to him many warm friends. No one among all the printers in Columbus was liked better than Mr. Caine, and his death is a source of profound sorrow to many. He leaves behind him a wife and one girl, aged about ten years. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at nine o’clock, from his late home on East Spring street. The services will be in charge of Columbus Typographical Union No. 5, of which the deceased was a respected member." John and Emily Caine had five children: i. to iv. d. young and v. Sara8 Melvin "Sallie" Caine. References: 1830, 1840. 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 census Perry County, Ohio. Marriage Records of Perry County, Ohio. COLUMBUS DAILY TIMES, 6 November 1886; daily newspaper published at Columbus, Franklin Co. Ohio. Nowicki, Jane; letters and telephone conversations, 1996-1997. THE SOMERSET PRESS, newspaper published at Somerset, Perry Co. Ohio, 1876-1936. . . .

Hello, Lynn; Funny, I just sent out almost the same message because I have the same questions. Did you get an answer? If so, would you mind sharing? Thanks! Sandra in Sacramento ******************** At 07:19 PM 3/11/98 EST, you wrote: >I'm getting lost in the branches again....are there "two" different William >Laws here? >If , third generation, William Law\Laws\Lawes born 1677 immigrated Westover >Va. Nov 19, 1677, then you say he was born about 1690...england. He has >reference #128 (from where?) married mary Lawes in 1693 Charles City Va. >Which is right date of birth? Is this the same William born to Shepard and >Idea / >I found William Law and Elizabeth Lawson in the "Bristol Parish Register of >Henrico, Prince George and dinwiddie Co., listing the births and baptism of >their children starting in 1716. > >I really thought I was a fairly intelligent adult until I started "looking for >dead People" > > question 2.... you have John Law ,born 1723 Henrico or Halifax Co. Va. d: >about 1805, married Elizabeth Lawson Nov. 14, 1748. > >I have John Law, born March 29, 1722, son of William and Elizabeth >lawson(Bristol Parish Restry) Married Sarah Cockerham, Wingfield marriage >bonds on Franklin co.Va, Manns supplemental Vol 48, on the exact same day that >you have John and Elizabeth marring, Nov 14, 1748....are these two different >"John's". > >I was less confused before my tree starting having fruit..... >Help ME. >Lynn > > >==== LAWS Mailing List ==== >Reminder: If you change e-mail addresses, unsubscribe from the old one and subscribe again with the new one. > > Sandra Eleanor (T.YLER) D.UNCAN purplevw @ sl.net http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3577 Please go !NOW! Support Rootsweb www.rootsweb.com Please be aware, I am having to learn WIN95 because my WIN 3.1 went AWOL and is incommunicato...I am not ignoring you, I am lost so please resend until I find you. &^}

At 10:27 PM 3/10/98 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 98-03-09 20:52:55 EST, you write: > ><< To: [email protected] > > Please help,,,,my John's are getting confusing; > >Dear Lynn, >Your note to the LAWS list was so cute! Perhaps now you know why I said in >that note 30 minutes ago that I'd send out my gedcom file again in a few weeks >when I have some things cleaned up. -------------------------snip--------------------------- First, delete the Burwell middle >name. It has not been proven to the satisfaction of the elder LAW >genealogists. Second, Sr. and Jr. were added by others generations later. >Now you have the problem of too many Johns with no distinction. Like someone >told me a while back, our ancestors were not very creative when it came time >to pass out given names. > >Ancestors of Jesse LAW - 4 Nov 1997 >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > >FIRST GENERATION > >1. Jesse LAW was born in 1757 in Halifax Co. VA. He was born on 9 Jan 1758 in Henrico County, Halifax Co, Virginia. He died on 14 Nov 1839 in Trimble County, KY. > > > >SECOND GENERATION > >2. John LAW was born in 1723 in Henrico or Halifax Co. VA. He died about 1805. He was married to Elizabeth LAWSON on 14 Nov 1748. > >3. Elizabeth LAWSON was born on 29 Sep 1733. John LAW and Elizabeth LAWSON had the following children: > > 1 i. Jesse LAW. > ii. Joell? LAW. > The GEDCOM you sent me on 6 FEB said m. Sarah (Lazinka) COCKRAN-COCKERHAM > > >THIRD GENERATION > >4. William LAWES\LAWS\LAW was born in 1677 in Immigrated Westover VA Nov 19 1677. He was born about 1690 in , , , ENGLAND ?. He has reference number 128. He was married to Mary LAWES in 1693 in Charles City County, VA (Date&Place Approx). > Your GEDCOM of 6 FEB said Elizabeth (Elishaba) LITTLEBERRY. >5. Mary LAWES. William LAWES\LAWS\LAW and Mary LAWES had the following children: > > 2 i. John LAW. > >6. John LAWSON was born in 1700 in Baltimore Co, Maryland. He died on 15 Mar 1767 in Gunpowder Manor, MD. > >7. Frances LAWSON. John LAWSON and Frances LAWSON had the following children: > > i. John 2 LAWSON was born about 1725 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He died after 1798 in Fayette County, KY. > ii. Mary LAWSON was born about 1726. > iii. Thomas LAWSON was born about 1728. He died on 20 Oct 1795 in West Virginia. > iv. Anne LAWSON was born on 9 Nov 1730. > 3 v. Elizabeth LAWSON. > vi. Moses LAWSON was born on 10 May 1736 in Baltimore Co, Maryland. He died in 1776 in Codorus Twp. York Co., PA. > > If your Feb 6 GEDCOM said this was William LAWS, it also said that his father was James LAW (abt 1669-) > >FOURTH GENERATION > >8. Shepard LAW was born on 23 Jan 1676 in ENGLAND. He died on 13 Mar 1702 in VIRGINIA. He was married to Idea LARKINS on 3 Jan 1693. > >9. Idea LARKINS died on 28 Jul 1694. Shepard LAW and Idea LARKINS had the following children: > > 4 i. William LAWES\LAWS\LAW. > Also, because my first encounter with the name was LAWS, I have written every name in my data base that way to avoid having to check out two different names. Anyway, I know you said you were going to GEDCOM again. When you do, I'd sure like to get a copy so I can answer some of these questions. Thanks Sandra in Sacramento ******************** Sandra Eleanor (T.YLER) D.UNCAN purplevw @ sl.net http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3577 Please go !NOW! Support Rootsweb www.rootsweb.com Please be aware, I am having to learn WIN95 because my WIN 3.1 went AWOL and is incommunicato...I am not ignoring you, I am lost so please resend until I find you. &^}

I'm looking for information about Sally LAW the mother of Robert WILSON. Robert was born in 1776 near Strabane, Donoughmore parish, Tyrone County, Northern Ireland. Her husband was a Wilson native of Enniskillen though of English descent. Her sister married a MCCLINTOCK who came to this country and settled in Carlyle, PA, and one of their descendants was John B. McClintock, the distinguished Methodist minister. Anne Rast

My gg-grandfather Lyman LAW was b in CT abt 1813. I am trying to find his parents and believe they were either Benedict LAW or Lyman LAW, b abt 1770. Is there anyone on this list who is researching the New England LAW family, especially CT? Lyman LAW settled in Pike County, PA and Married Fannie SERINE/SARINE/SIRINE from NY. I would love to hear from anyone with LAW ancestors in CT. Thanks, Carol

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Wilmington News Journal Wilmington, DE February 25, 1998 Daisy M Bivans, 97, of 500 Walnut St., Wilmington, died Thursday in Franciscan Care Center, Wilmington. Mrs. Bivans was a member of Star of Bethlehem 8 Order of the Eastern Star and Fannie Brice Royal Court Order of Cypress. Survivors: brother, John Laws of Wilmington; friend, Louise Lewis of Wilmington, who took care of her. Service: 7 tonight, House of Wright Mortuary, 208 E 35th St., Wilmington. Visitation: 5 p.m. Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington.

Patricia, I have an abstract from the records of Marriage for James and Eunice, Martha ---------- > From: Patricia M. Wright <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LAWS-L] Billerica- James & Eunice > Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 9:17 PM > > Hello, > > We descend from James and Eunice Hosely Laws of Billerica MA. He was born > circa 1710. Has anyone discovered his lineage? > > Pat or Jaimie Wright > > > > ==== LAWS Mailing List ==== > Reminder: If you change e-mail addresses, unsubscribe from the old one and subscribe again with the new one.

Early American Trails and Roads... Continued. See "Early American Trails and Roads: Part 1" for details. THE MOHAWK (IROQUOIS) TRAIL The Mohawk Trail of New York, also known as the Iroquois Trail, extended from Albany west to the eastern end of Lake Erie, where Buffalo is now located. This was the most northerly route through the Appalachian Mountains, leading from New York's Hudson Valley along the Mohawk River on to the Great Lakes. It was used heavily by New York's early emigrants and was much involved with the state's early history. Today's maps show the travel route as the New York Thruway (I-90) from Albany west. From about 1680 the French-Iroquois Country was a major stronghold. A wagon trail reached from Albany to Lake Erie after the French and Indian War and became a part of the route followed by Loyalists into Upper Canada, later to become Ontario. The Mohawk Turnpike opened as far as Utica by 1793. In the 1820s this route became that of the Erie Canal, and in 1845 it became the route of the New York Central Railroad. THE MORMON TRAIL The Mormon Trail stretched nearly 1,400 miles across prairies, sagebrush flats, and steep mountains. Each had its challenges for the early wagon trains and the later handcarts. The Mormon Trail originated in Nauvoo, Illinois, and extended westward to Utah where they established Salt Lake City. In 1845, to allay violence and night-riding, Brigham Young and the Twelve agreed to leave Illinois "as soon as grass grows and water runs." From Nauvoo, the Saints crossed Iowa. Their first real way-station was at Garden Grove, where 170 men cleared 715 acres in three weeks, for the purpose of providing shelter for those coming behind. In 1846, they crossed the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, setting up Winter Quarters on Indian lands, at what is now an Omaha suburb. While 3,483 Saints waited there for spring, more than 600 perished. As spring 1847 approached, approximately 10,000 Mormons were encamped along the trail in Iowa and at Winter Quarters. Brigham Young and the Council of the Twelve organized the Pioneer Company to go ahead to mark the trail and lay the cornerstone of the new Zion. The first group of Mormons passed through Echo Canyon, over Big Mountain and Little Mountain and down Emigration Canyon, coming into full view of the Great Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. During the period from 1846 to 1869, about 60,000 Mormon pioneers crossed the prairies. They came from existing American states and also from many European countries. THE NATCHEZ TRACE The Natchez Trace has a colorful history. By 1785, there were traders from the Ohio River Valley (called "Kaintucks") arriving in Natchez with flatboats and rafts filled with products and crops. But of course it wasn't possible to return upriver against the currents. Instead, they would walk or ride horses northward on the Trace to their homes. Often they were attacked and robbed of the riches so recently gained. The Trace gained the nickname "Devil's Backbone." You might be able to locate the book which relates to that name. It is by Jonathan Daniels, "The Devil's Backbone, the Story of the Natchez Trace." The U.S. never owned the public lands of Tennessee through which about 100 miles of the Trace ran. In Alabama, it went only 40 miles, touching only two counties. 300 miles of it lay in Mississippi. The coming of steamboat traffic spelled the end of the dominance of the Natchez Trace. Andrew Jackson made a lot of trips up and down the Trace. In 1813 when he walked it with his army, he acquired the name "Old Hickory" because his volunteers considered him as tough as the hickory trees around them. Another significant name connected to the Trace is that of Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The question still lingers--was his death on the Trace suicide or murder? THE NATIONAL ROAD The National Road was originally called the Cumberland Road because it started in Cumberland, Maryland. By 1825, it was referred to as the National Road because of its federal funding. The enabling act for admission of Ohio to the Union in 1803 contained provisions for construction of a road linking the East and West. Congress then passed "An Act to Regulate the Laying Out and Making a Road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio." In 1811, contracts were signed for construction of the first ten miles west of Cumberland. The road reached Wheeling in 1818. It entered Columbus in 1833, and Congress made its last appropriation for the road in 1838. During the 1830s, Congress had begun to turn the road over to the states for administration and maintenance. Construction was suspended in the early 1840s because of lack of congressional appropriations. Indiana completed its intrastate segment in 1850. The road then continued on to Vandalia, Illinois, but it did not continue on to Jefferson City, Missouri, as had been planned, the idea being that the road was to go through state capitals as it moved westward. The old National Road became part of U.S. 40 in 1926. THE OREGON TRAIL The Oregon Trail extended from the Missouri River to the Willamette River. It was used by nearly 400,000 people. The trail's starting points were Independence, Westport, St. Joseph, and Ft. Leavenworth. Alternate routes included Sublette's Cutoff and the Lander Cutoff. After 1846, there was also a choice at The Dalles between rafting down the Columbia River or taking the new Barlow Road across the Cascades. Each part of the journey had its set of unique difficulties. During the first third of the journey, emigrants got used to the routine and work of travel. Approaching the steep ascent to the Continental Divide, water, fuel, grass for the livestock, fresh meat, and food staples became scarce. The final third was the most difficult part of the trail. The major fears of the pioneers following the trail were Indians, disease, and the weather. THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD The Great Conestoga Road, completed in 1741, and the later Lancaster Pike (opened in 1794) went from Philadelphia to Lancaster. After the Lancaster Pike was completed, the Pennsylvania Legislature granted charters to extend it westward to Pittsburgh, following closely the route of the Forbes Road. Faced with the need to build a road to move troops during the French and Indian War, General Forbes' troops constructed a road from Harrisburg to Ft. Duquesne which he renamed Fort Pitt, after his commanding general. Today, we know it as Pittsburgh. Years later, the Pennsylvania Legislature granted charters that extended the Lancaster Pike on westward to Pittsburgh, subsidizing this "Pennsylvania Road" by subscribing to stock in some of the companies. Migration moved westward through Fort Pitt as settlers trekked from eastern Pennsylvania and New England west to new lands and opportunities. The river-canal system which opened in 1834 between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh reduced traffic on Pennsylvania's turnpike. Heavy freight traffic diverted to the canals although stagecoach lines continued to prosper. THE SANTA FE TRAIL This trail from Missouri to Santa Fe was the oldest and the first over which wagons were used in the westward expansion beyond the Mississippi River. It was primarily a commerical route, carrying a stream of merchants' wagons until it was replaced ty the coming of the railroad in 1880. In 1821 a mule pack train had left from Franklin, Missouri, to travel to Santa Fe on what is later known at the Mountain Route. The next year's expedition avoided the mountains, leaving the Arkansas River and heading across the arid plains for the Cimarron River; this route became known as the Cimarron cutoff. During the early years of commerce, much of the route was within Mexican territory. Not until 1848 when the Mexican War ended was the entire trail officially within American territory. THE UPPER ROAD The Upper Road branched off from the King's Highway at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and went southwest through Hillsboro, Salisbury, and Charlotte in North Carolina, then on to Spartanburg and Greenville in South Carolina. The road generally followed the old Occaneechee Path which went from Bermuda Hundred on the James River, and Old Fort Henry (now Petersburg) southwest to the Indian trading town of the Occaneechi which existed by 1675 on an island in the Roanoke River at about the location of today's Clarksville, Virginia, close to the present Virginia and North Carolina state line. From that location the trading trail went both north and south. The Trading Path divided at the Trading Ford of the Yadkin River, one branch turning toward Charlotte, the other through Salisbury to Island Ford on the Catawba, to the north of present Lake Norman. DeSoto and his cavaliers were perhaps the first white men to use portions of the great Occaneechi Path (1540). Some of the people associated with Fort Henry were Col. Abraham Wood, Thomas Batts, Robert Fallam, James Needham, Gabriel Arthur, and John Lederer. From 1700-1750, active trading was carried on by white emigrants with Indian villages. After 1740, the proprietary governor of the Granville District began to issue grants to Quakers and others from the tidewater counties of North Carolina and Virginia, attracting them into the northern half of North Carolina. By 1750, the Upper Road became an important wagon route for southbound migrations into that portion of North Carolina. During the Revolutionary War, the road was used extensively for troop movements in the South--relating to the battles at Guilford Courthouse, King's Mountain, and Cowpens. THE WILDERNESS ROAD The road through the Cumberland Gap was not officially named "the Wilderness Road" until 1796 when it was widened enough to allow Conestoga Wagons to travel on it. However, by the time Kentucky had become a state (1792), estimates are that 70,000 settlers had poured into the area through the Cumberland Gap, following this route. The Cumberland Gap was first called Cave Gap by the man who discovered it in 1750--Dr. Thomas Walker. Daniel Boone, whose name is always associated with the Gap, reached it in 1769, passing through it into the Blue Grass region, a hunting ground of Indian tribes. He returned in 1775 with about 30 woodsmen with rifles and axes to mark out a road through the Cumberland Gap, hired for the job by the Transylvania Company. Boone's men completed the blazing of this first trail through the Cumberland Mountains that same year, and established Boonesborough on the Kentucky River. The Wilderness Road connected to the Great Valley Road which came through the Shenandoah Valley from Pennsylvania. Some suggest the origin of the Wilderness Road was at Fort Chiswell (Ft. Chissel) on the Great Valley Road where roads converged from Philadelphia and Richmond. Others claimed the beginning of the road to be at Sapling Grove (today's Bristol, VA) which lay at the extreme southern end of the Great Valley Road since it was at that point that the road narrowed, forcing travelers to abandon their wagons. ZANE'S TRACE In 1796 Colonel Ebenezer Zane petitioned Congress to authorize him to build a road from Wheeling to Limestone (Maysville). Congress awarded him a contract to complete a path between Wheeling and Limestone by January 1, 1797. The contract required him to operate ferries across three rivers as soon as the path opened. His only compensation was to be three 640-acre tracts, one at each river crossing, to be surveyed at his own expense. Zane rounded up equipment and a crew of workmen; with axes, they cut trees and blazed a trail. At first, Zane's Trace was merely a narrow dark path through the forest, between a wall of ancient trees. Only horsemen could travel over it. For many years, it was not wide enough for wagons. In 1804 the Legislature appropriated about fifteen dollars a mile to make a new twenty-foot road over Zane's route. But by modern standards, it was still a poor road because they left tree stumps whenever they were under one foot high. The Trace was used by hundreds of flatboatmen returning on foot or horseback to Pittsburgh and upriver towns from downriver ports as far away as New Orleans. The road also became the mail route from Wheeling to Maysville, and eventually it went on to Lexington and Nashville. =============end===============

The following was posted to another surname list I belong to. I found it to be interesting and thought it was worthy to pass along to this list. My apologies if this has been duplicated elsewhere...I am behind on reading all the genealogy lists I am on! ******************************************************************************** *************************************** (originally posted by Jim Young to the Bradshaw-L) I have found a very interesting website entitled "Early American Trails and Roads" and it can be found at: http://members.aol.com/RoadTrails/roadtrai.html It lists 16 trails representing the most significant routes in pioneer America. I'm sending the contents of the website to this list in case the website is disabled in the future. This way the information will be archived forever. Please visit the website for future updates. Happy Huntin' Jim Young List Moderator and RootsWeb Donor ========================== Early American Trails and Roads ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beverly Whitaker, your Genealogy Tutor, is located in Kansas City, Missouri. My e-mail address is: [email protected] This page was last updated on February 10, 1998. Living here where major trails to the Far West began is what stirred my interest in this subject. My genealogical studies and research show me how important it is to try to determine the migration trails of our ancestors. So that's what led to this page! ~Introduction~ Expansion by Americans from the Atlantic to the Pacific took many years, often spanning generations. During the colonial years, travel was largely North-South. Following the Revolutionary War, citizens of the new nation began to forge westward and were often joined by newly arriving immigrants. Expansion occurred by different paths and a variety of transport means. Among the trails and roads of special interest to genealogists and historians are the sixteen described here in capsule form. These brief sketches are based on information contained in the author's set of "American Trails and Roads Reference Cards." Audiotapes have been prepared for a number of the trails and roads, along with one titled, "Leaving Home: Reasons for Migration." Recently, the author has made available a number of program kits which genealogical and historical societies are using to present programs at their meetings about some of the most significant migration routes in pioneer America. Here is a list of the trails for which I provide summary paragraphs on this web page: The Boston Post Road Braddock's Road The California Trail The Fall Line Road The Great Wagon Road The King's Highway The Mohawk (Iroquois) Trail The Mormon Trail The Natchez Trace The National Road The Oregon Trail The Pennsylvania Road The Santa Fe Trail The Upper Road The Wilderness Road Zane's Trace I welcome comments and suggestions for books and articles to read about early American migration routes, particularly the major ones. Or if you need information about one of the trails or roads (beyond what is shown on this page), send an e-mail inquiring about products on this subject. E-mail to Beverly Whitaker: [email protected] ~How to Cite References~ If you include any of the information here in your own compiled genealogy or history sketches, you should cite as your reference: "American Trails and Roads Reference Cards, Kansas City, Missouri: Genealogy Tutor, Beverly Whitaker, 1995." THE BOSTON POST ROAD A crude riding trail was created in 1673 to carry mail from New York to Boston. It became known as the Boston Post Road. The first postrider's round trip, a journey of over 250 miles, took four weeks, following the Upper Northern Route. The Middle Route was a bit shorter, the Southern Route a bit longer. All went from Boston to New York City. The first stagecoach in service (1772) made the trip in just one week. During the Revolutionary War, the King's Highway (which included the Boston Post Road) became the mustering point for several of the Revolutionary War battles, including the final battle at Yorktown. The Post Roads were used for maneuvering soldiers and equipment. Stagecoach service and the mail took second place. Following the War, the Post Roads became important links between the states of the new nation and sections were improved. BRADDOCK'S ROAD The predecessor of this military road was called Nemaolin's Path, named for the Delaware Indian who assisted Colonel Thomas Cresap in blazing a path from Cumberland, Maryland to a trading post of the Ohio Company of Virginia at present-day Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Soon after Virginia's governor sent Major George Washington in that direction to expel the French from British territory. To accommodate his supply wagons, it was necessary to widen the trail, and that portion became known as Washington's Road. Washington went with Britain's Major General Edward Braddock during the French and Indian War. A company of 600 soldiers set out from Ft. Cumberland to widen Washington's old road through Maryland, past the ruins of Fort Necessity on into western Pennsylvania, moving toward the French stronghold at the Forks of the Ohio, site of present-day Pittsburgh. Braddock's road was the first road to cross overland through the Appalachian Mountains. He insisted that the road be 12 feet wide so that horse-drawn wagons could travel on it to haul the necessary supplies for his advancing army. As the years advanced, Braddock's Road became impassable. Pioneers who trekked into western Pennsylvania usually preferred to depend on packhorse trails, traveling in caravans. When construction began on the new Cumberland Road, it roughly followed this old road. The Cumberland Road and its extension West became known as the National Road and now U.S. Highway 40. CALIFORNIA TRAIL Following the discovery of gold in California, President James Polk's Message to Congress on December 5, 1848, set off a raging epidemic of gold fever. 40,000 gold seekers came to California by sea. An almost equal number came overland on the California-Oregon Trail, making the 2000-mile journey by covered wagon, horseback, or on foot. Around 10,000 came by the Santa Fe Trail into southern California. The most frequently traveled overland route to the gold fields was the one that followed the Oregon Trail from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains, and from there down the California Trail to Sutter's Fort. St. Joseph, Independence, Council Bluffs, and other frontier towns were jumping-off points to start this main trail overland to California. The trail coincided with the Oregon Trail until it crossed the Rockies. Then, some went north of the Great Salt Lake, others south, before coming together at the Humboldt River. Gold-seekers heading for California included city people who were inexperienced with outdoor life. Many were without experience at handling mules or oxen; they couldn't fix wagons; they didn't know how to hunt. They didn't anticipate the dangers of the trail and relied too heavily on guidebooks which were frequently misleading. Those who failed to join companies with experienced outsdoorsmen ran great risk of being stranded or lost in the wilderness. Nevertheless, many preferred to travel on their own. Some rode horses or mules, used ox-drawn wagons, or walked. THE FALL LINE ROAD The Fall Line Road ran parallel to and between the King's Highway and the Upper Road. The road broke off from the King's Highway at the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia. By 1735, it carried traffic into the interior of Virginia and the Carolina and across into Georgia. The road followed the fall line, a geographical feature caused by erosion, a separation line stretching from Maryland all the way to Georgia, running between the river tidelands and inland elevations on the Atlantic coast--it defines an east and west division between the upper and lower elevations. Persons traveling from Pennsylvania to Maryland to the inland areas of Carolina before 1750 probably followed this road because it was an easier road to travel than the Piedmont road (called the Upper Road). The road was of particular importance to the Carolinas because it connected them to their neighbors. North Carolina's local laws called for building roads only "to the nearest landing," which created a haphazard system of major roadways which led only to water routes. The result had been that although the major towns in North Carolina soon had roads, they didn't lead to each other! The road saw heavy use during the Civil War and afterwards, and was gradually improved. THE GREAT WAGON ROAD including THE GREAT VALLEY ROAD Hordes of early German and Scotch-Irish settlers used what became known as the Great Wagon Road to move from Pennsylvania southward through the Shenandoah Valley through Virginia and the Carolinas to Georgia, a distance of about 800 miles. Beginning first as a buffalo trail, a great Indian Road (the Great Warrior Path) ran north and south through the Shenandoah Valley, extending from New York to the Carolinas. The mountain ranges to the West of the Valley are the Alleghenies, and the ones to the east constitute the Blue Ridge chain. The Second Treaty of Albany (1722) guaranteed use of the valley trail to the Indians. At Salisbury, North Carolina, the Great Warrior Path was joined by the Indian's "Great Trading Path." By the early 1740s, a road beginning in Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as the Lancaster Pike) connected the Pennsylvania communities of Lancaster, York, and Gettysburg. The road then continued on to Chambersburg and Greencastle and southward to Winchester. In 1744, the Indians agreed to relinquish the Valley route. Both German and Scotch-Irish immigrants had already been following the route into Virginia and on to South Carolina, and Georgia. After 1750 the Piedmont areas of North Carolina and Georgia attracted new settlers. From Winchester to Roanoke the Great Wagon Road and the Great Valley Road were the same road, but at Roanoke, the Wagon Road went through the Staunton Gap and on south to North Carolina and beyond whereas the Valley Pike continued southwest to the Long Island of the Holston, now Kingsport. The Boone Trail from the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin joined the road at the Long Island of the Holston. THE KING'S HIGHWAY >From Boston to Charleston on the King's Highway was about 1300 miles. It was possible to travel this road by wagon, averaging about 20-25 miles per day. A traveler making the entire journey would have taken at least two months. Conestoga freight wagons, drawn by four to six strudy horses, were especially designed for mud with iron-rimmed wheels nearly a foot wide. The road's origins are traced to the old Delaware Indian trail (across Jersey) which Peter Stuyvesant used to force out the Swedes in 1651. Then in 1673, in response to King Charles' wish that communication be established between his colonies, the first crude riding trail was created for mail service between Boston and New York. Named the "Boston Post Road," it eventually expanded into "the King's Highway." By 1750, a continuous road existed for stagecoach or wagon traffic from Boston to Charleston, linking all thirteen colonies, but the road was a difficult one to travel. During the Revolutionary War, the King's Highway as a link between the colonies helped them to coordinate their war efforts. However, the name was looked upon with such disfavor by American patriots that many began once again to use the name "Boston Post Road." ----------------See Part 2----------------------------

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Lynn, Do not despair you are doing a great job! .The first job of any genealogist s to chek out any information that is sent to tem against he records sent to them. your initail instincts are correct ... much of what was posted does not match with generatons being confused especially the women. The mother of John Law born 1722 we think is Elizabeth Lawson. Therefore, her birthdate could not be 1733(this may be a cousin). Once you figure that out, you know not to enter that date in any record. From what I see that was sent to you on the Lawsons, the Lawson data does not match unless Tony is saying that Sarah Cockerham is not the mother of John b.1722 children and that he married his cousin(?) Elizabeth Lawson. The marriage date for John Law and Sarah Cockerham could not have come from Wingfield's marriage bonds for Franklin County because Franklin County was not formed until 1786. I am still trying to tie down the source for this date of Nov. 1748 although it does fit in most of the data that we have on the Laws. What I do is print any notes out so that I can check the Data against what I find in primary sources. I ususally keep them ,just because they do not fit into the puzzle at present does not mean that it won't later. Keep on asking those questions! Susan

Hi all. I have just joined this list and would like to invite anyone to visit my site at http://members.aol.com/engineerbl/familytree I don't have many Laws members in my personal tree yet. My father was one of 2 sons, his father was an only child, his father was one of 2 sons & the other had no children, and his father furthest back I have found. BUT I do have many records of other Laws families and am currently placing them online. I just posted my list of death certificate records tonight. They include 97 Laws records from 1913-1937 & 1958-1967 from Ohio. I will be posting more this weekend. Short Tree 1. Jos. Laws -- 2. Joe Laws -- 2. Edward Herman Laws b. 21 Mar 1892 m. Mathilda Sandmann --- 3. Edward J. Laws b. 15 Jul 1914 m. Virginia Neiheisel --- 4. Paul Laws --- 4. Edward John Laws --- 5. Brian A. Laws Good Luck and Happy Hunting to All. Brian A. Laws

I'm getting lost in the branches again....are there "two" different William Laws here? If , third generation, William Law\Laws\Lawes born 1677 immigrated Westover Va. Nov 19, 1677, then you say he was born about 1690...england. He has reference #128 (from where?) married mary Lawes in 1693 Charles City Va. Which is right date of birth? Is this the same William born to Shepard and Idea / I found William Law and Elizabeth Lawson in the "Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George and dinwiddie Co., listing the births and baptism of their children starting in 1716. I really thought I was a fairly intelligent adult until I started "looking for dead People" question 2.... you have John Law ,born 1723 Henrico or Halifax Co. Va. d: about 1805, married Elizabeth Lawson Nov. 14, 1748. I have John Law, born March 29, 1722, son of William and Elizabeth lawson(Bristol Parish Restry) Married Sarah Cockerham, Wingfield marriage bonds on Franklin co.Va, Manns supplemental Vol 48, on the exact same day that you have John and Elizabeth marring, Nov 14, 1748....are these two different "John's". I was less confused before my tree starting having fruit..... Help ME. Lynn

Can you tell me from what part of England they immigrated and about what time period? My Great-Great-Grandfather, Charles Law (1832-1862) converted to the Mormon Church and immigrated in 1857 to Utah. I have quite a bit more information if this is what you want. >>> <[email protected]> Wednesday, March 11, 1998 8:43:50 AM >>> I am researching my Laws relatives from England to Utah. They were Mormon Converts from England and emmigrated to Utah. If you have any information I would be appreciative! Thanks! Kim Laws-Weeks ==== LAWS Mailing List ==== Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Sorry group, I hit the wrong button, the message was for Tony. Didn't mean to clutter the list. Marilyn