All, A FAVOR, VERY IMPORTANT ME, PLEASE!! Could someone living in or near Irvine, KY, who would be visiting the Estill County Courthouse soon, PLEASE take the time to copy a single marriage record (certificate and/or license) on my 2GGPs, JOHN McMONIGLE PARK (born December 7, 1827 in Irvine, KY; died on January 21, 1901 in Irvine, KY) and his wife, MARTHA COBB (born September 28, 1835 in Estill Co., KY; died February 15, 1911 in Estill Co., KY) located in Marriage Book, Vol. I, page 71 for me?! John and Martha married on March 5, 1857 in Estill Co., KY. I am needing one last record for an SAR package that has been months in the making for completion! This record in the Estill County Marriage index in my possession shows marriage without groom name as follows: "Cobb, M. m. __________________ ____________, 5 Mar 1857, sworn to by Jefferson Walling. Vol 1-71." It may be that John's name was illegible or that it was a transcription error, but hopefully, the license and certificate itself is complete as Martha Cobb was John's wife and their marriage date was in fact, 5 Mar 1857 in Estill County as supported by family bible records. I will gladly pay postage, copying costs etc. to have someone help me. I would be GREATLY APPRECIATED as I don't have it and live in West Virginia. My contact info is as follows: William "Doug" Park 104 Rodeo Dr., Hurricane, WV 25526 (304) 562-4412 Thank you very much and Merry Christmas to all!! Sincerely, Doug Park The Nat'l Society, Sons of the American Revolution National Member #165390 Kentucky Society, Sons of the American Revolution State Member (KY) #3246 Louisville Thruston Chapter (KY)

Friends of Madison and Estill County, Has anyone been to the Lipscomb-Black Cemetery near College Hill as described below! I have NOT and I am looking for anyone that has or that can go by there and take pictures for me....specifically, my 3rd Great Grandparents are buried there and I am desperate to find their graves (close-up pictures of tombstones and surrounding area). The graves of Henry Cobb (1802-1857) and Sallie Cobb (Simmons) 1806-1872 are said to be at Lipscomb/Black Cemetery which is located in an open active pasture, 100 yards north of Oakley Wells Rd. at a point .6 (six tenths) of a mile west of College Hill Road in Madison County. This cemetery, which contains nearly 50 graves, is partly fenced and trees there offer shade to some cattle. Graves are transcribed as follows: Sally Cobb (Simmons) Born April 21, 1806 Died April 22, 1872 Henry Cobb Husband of Sally Born July 11, 1802 Died August 2, 1857 Hope to hear from anyone that has been to this cemetery or knows who owns the land where this burial place sits, who is willing to help me. Sincerely, Doug Park 104 Rodeo Dr. Hurricane, WV 25526 (304) 562-4412

Cat - Some questions first. In answer to your query about why you cannot access the book Boonesborough (by Filson Club Society) on HeritageQuest--an online database to which only libraries can subscribe. 1.Does your local library subscribe to HeritageQuest? If not, inquire of your local librarian whether he/she can guide you to a library, preferably in your State, where you can find a subscription to HeritageQuest. Maybe a library in the next county subscribes. (see end of this e-mail) 2. Do you have a library card with a number - bar code (which number is your password)? I found out I could not access HeritageQuest through my local city library--because my card had not been renewed. Perhaps your library, if it has a website, will let you renew via the internet. Mine, a large metropolitan library, says you can renew by telephone (good luck in getting someone to answer!!!) Now, I have just accessed HeritageQuest, and I did a PLACE search for Boonesborough. That book (images thereof) came up No. 1 on the list of hits. There are other listings, which you might want to read. The part which may interest genealogists the most are the appendices in Boonesborough. If a PLACE search fails, try an Author search [I think that may be one of the choices]--Ranck, George Washington. Get friendly with your local librarian and prowl around the reference books. Sometimes the darndest information is there, and no one uses that info!!!! More's the pity. Ask about interlibrary loan, too. That's how I did research when I was working. Sometimes you have to read the book in the library, as the lending library puts a restriction on it. So take plenty of coins for the photocopier, if the photocopier does not use cards, as most libraries do nowadays. You may want to explore the website for Godfrey Memorial Library in Connecticut. They will let you subscribe to their databases for an annual fee of $30. People who have used their databases say they have been most helpful in speeding up their genealogical researches. I may give myself a Christmas present and subscribe to see what the fuss is about!!! Good luck. If you have luck with HeritageQuest, tell your genealaogical friends. Nearly all LDS family history centers now have a subscription to Ancestry.com, but sometimes these center are open for only a few hours a week. But explore your nearby FHC. You may find the microfiche collection is of GREAT interest to you. E.W.Wallace

While going down a LONG list of Harris persons, both male and female, in my genealogy program, I found I had some notes on one Richmond Harris of Mercer Co., KY. I had found listed such a person in a census of Garrard Co., KY, which is adjacent to Mercer Co. Perhaps the recent searcher can use these notes to narrow his search. 2003 Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery in KENTUCKY COURT AND OTHER RECORDS VOL II [Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979], p. 170 states that Richmond Harris of Mercer Co., KY was son of Frederick Harris of Louisa Co., VA. She gives this excerpt from Kentucky records. Ky. Land Office--Va. Surveys, Bk 11, pg. 87--Wm B. Harris and Jas. Overton's Hrs., assee, of Wm. Stewart, assee of David Tanner, assee of Emanual Kelly, assee of Chas. Patterson, 1800 A, part of a 2000 a. entry, part of Treasury Warrant, 10694, located in Mercer Co., on Kentucky River, adjoining Isaac Winston's survey of 1600 acres on East side, bounded by lines of Winston and Ann Poage, Jan. 24, 1789. RICHMOND HARRIS [this writer's caps] assigns one half of land in within plat mentioned to James Overton, Jr., and desires to register grant accordingly. Feb 25, 1789. Signed Richmond Harris. Note: Richmond Harris was the son of Frederick Harris of Louisa Co., VA, see Franklin Co. Deeds. She adds this information: "Overton Harris, Mercer Co., Ky, Bk. 2 pg. 342-343--Appraisement of estate, Apr. 2, 1803. "Louisa Co. VA Deed Bk G, pg. 422--Frederick Harris of Louisa, appts son, Richard Harris, his atty. in fact to convey his Ky. lands, Mar. 4, 1794. "Richmond Harris to John Overton, Fayette Co., KY., Dt. Ct. Bk. B, pg. 98, Sept. 5, 1798--Richmond Harris of Louisa Co., Va., by attorney, Richard Harris, deeds John Overton of Fayette Co., Ky., 250 A. located in Mercer Co., on South side of Ky. River, consideration of $500.00" (Ibid, p. 170) My comment: I suspect that Richmond Harris may be related to the William Harris-Temperance Overton family because of the association with an Overton male, as indicated above. I believe a good deal has been written of the Overton family. Check the Family History Library catalog on the net for the surname Overton. I believe a long list of publications will be listed, and many of these publications have been filmed, I am certain. Hope this helps. By the way, if you have other ancestors in early Kentucky (or possibly as late as 1924) you may want to explore the possibility of acquiring--or trying to find at a genealogical society which has acquired--a CD-ROM #650 Family Tree Maker's Family Archives--Land Records: Kentucky, 1774-1924. These lists incorporate the several volumes of Willard Jillson's collection of land records (grants) for Kentucky. If you have tried to read Jillson's books, you may find the tiny print is an impediment, and the CD-ROM is very searchable. I found a long-missing ancestor on the CD-ROM whom I had earlier failed to find in Jillson's works. The Secretary of State Land Office in Frankfort, KY has been most helpful in the past in answering my queries about some *missing* ancestors. Once, I was even sent a map showing the holdings of a neighbor on the Mississippi, who was the grantor of a deed to my ancestor and his wife!!! (It was Island No. 2, which seems to have washed down the Mississippi River long ago!!!) E.W.Wallace always on the lookout for early Harrises--here and there in VA, NC and KY

Those of you who have access to the online database called HeritageQuest, available through libraries only, will be interested to know that a Filson Society book called Boonesborough has been digitized and is available on this database--under the Book section. Do a subject search for Boonesborough. Ask your public librarian--and your State library--where you can get a library card so that you can access this database. This is the description of the book: Ranck, George Washington, Boonesborough : its founding, pioneer struggles, Indian experiences, Transylvania days and Revolutionary annals : with full historical notes and appendix Louisville, Ky.: J.P. Morton and Co., printers to the Filson Club, 1901, 315 pgs. If a nearby public library does not have this database, ask at college and university libraries, or, failing that, save up your pennies and subscribe to the online databases of Godfrey Memorial Library in Connecticut--for about $30 a year. You can do a LOT of computer chair [well, armchair research] for $30 a year!!!! (How much is your gas costing you these days?) Quite a few Granville Co. NC and Caswell Co. NC families went to Boonesborough!!! E.W.Wallace

Dear Ellie, Thank you VERY MUCH for catching and correcting my BLUNDER !!! [email protected] wrote: >In a message dated 11/26/2005 2:18:22 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > >...2 Daniel MAUPINl b: Mar 25, 1700 VA; d: Oct 08, 1788 >.......+Margaret VIA; b: Aug 03, 1701 d: 1789 >........3 Gabriel MAUPIN; b: c 1720 Bouches-Du-Rhone, France; d: 1794 >Albemarle Co., VA > >Are you sure the above is correct? Daniel and Margaret are shown to be born >in VA. Yet the son Gabriel's birthplace is listed as France. > Oh my! Of course, I erred! Apparently my addled brain confused Gabriel, the grandfatherr with Gabriel, the grandson. It was, of course, Gabriel Maupin, the grandfather who was born in France and died in 1720 and EMPHTICALLY NOT Gabriel Maupin, his grandson who was actually born, as you say, in VA in the same year, 1720! I can't think you enough for pointing out my stupid error. In addition, And I DO humbly apologize to everyone who must have had a truly DREADFUL time trying to sort through the mess of my e-mail. For the life of me, I don't know WHAT went wrong with the formatting. With warmest regards, Barb Terhune >The Maupin >family hadn't been in France for sometime.. months before the marriage of >Daniel's (b. 1700) parents, Gabriel Maupin and Maria Hersent. > >The fact that the MAUPINS were Huguenots no doubt gives many reasons why >they first fled to Holland where many of their children were born... before >they embarked for Virginia. > >Ellie Swanger > > >

LDS Film # 183268 Madison County Will Book Vol E, p. 308 . . . Will of Daniel Maupin: 1st wife Betsy; 2nd wife Peggy p. 338 Inventory filed 1832 Madison County, KY Will Book E, p. 308, 309 Written 3 April 1829; Recorded 15 Oct 1832 I, Daniel Maupin, of Madison County, KY . . . my desire is that my [ ] wife Peggy Maupin. In case I made any advancement to any of my children by my last wife before my death . . . I have already advanced to my son Washington Maupin $1200.00 and to my daughter Cynthia who married Thomas Gates $600. . . The children which I had by my first wife Betsy Maupin, I have done for them what I consider as much as I? have? able? it is my wish . . . that they have no further share . . . My son Washington Maupin and son Leland Maupin when they are age 21, and my friend Archibald Woods, Jr. Executors.

Rev. War Pension Application of Daniel Maupin W-556 "3 December 1832, personally appear in open court Matthew Mullins a resident of Madison County, State of KY, aged 68 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, for the benefit of Margaret Maupin, widow of Daniel Maupin, deceased, in order to obtain for said Margaret Mapin, the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He, the said Mullins states that the said Daniel Maupin, now deceased, entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He was drafted into the militia service in the year 1780, (the time he does not recollect) under Capt John Harris, Lieut. James Jones he thinks Maj McIlhaney, Col Holt Richardson, and Gen Sterborr? He rendezvoused at Sneed's below Charlottsville, marched from thence to Richmond, from thence to the Maupin Hills, from thence to Jamestown, where he was attacked by the British from there he --- to Williamburgh and thence to Little York, and back to the R----Way House, and thence to Richmond, VA with some prisoners of War, where he Maupin was discharged, and received a discharge signed by Col. Holt Richardson. He cannot say the precise time Maupin was discharged. But in a very short time after his discharge he was again drafted into the service under Capt John Hunt, Maj. Dabney, Col James Ennis, and Maj. Gen Lafayette, the commander. He again rendezvoused at Sneed's below Charlottesville, marched to Richmond, from thence on a scouting expedition and tore up and destroyed the Bridges over Chickajomany river; during this there were some little fighting or skimsihing with the British; from thence he returned to Albemarle county to intercept the Birtish troops and keep them from takin gthe Goods belonging to the "Americans stationed at the Painted Fork of James River, near Albemarle old court house; from thence he was marched to Louisa County VA where the Marquis Lafayette commanded, and recived a dischage signed by Col. Ennis, which deponent thinks was in the winter of 1780 or 1781. He was again drafted into the service in April or May 1781 for six months, under Capt John Miller, Col Reubein Lindsay and again rendezvoused at Sneed's below Charlottsville, marched from thence to Richmond, Virginia, from thence to Williamsburgh, where all the Virginia Militia rendezvoused under Governor Nelson, and from thence to the siege of York, and there remained in the service until after the Capture of Cornwallis, and was destroyed and received a discharge signed by Col. Reuben Lindsay. Maupin resided in Albemarle county, VA when he entered the service at each of his tours Gen Wayne of the continental line was with the troops on his second tour he joined him at West Horn on James River. Col Dickson Maj. Boice was with us, part of the time. He believes Maupin has lost all his discharges, and has no documentary evidence; this deponent know Maupin was nine or ten years older than himself. He has known the said Maupin intimately for the last sixty years. They were born and raised in the same neighborhood, and have always resided within a few miles of each others. This deponent further states that himself and Maupin belonged to the same company on each of the above tours of duty, and messed in the same mess with him during their whole service, and he knows said Maupin served in all twelve months. Maupin wa a sergeant during the first and second tours of his service and an orderly Sergeant during the last six months of his service. Maupin is known in hi ---neighborhood to the Rev. Thomas Ballew and James Estill. Signed Matthew Mullins Geo. W. Maupin, son of the said Daniel Maupin, deceased, makes oath in open court that his father the above named Daniel Maupin, died on the 29th of August last. that Margaret Maupin is his widow and that said Maupin decd has lost or mislaid all his discharges--they are not to be found at this time among his papers. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. Signed G.W. Maupin [Not to be confused with the Rev War Pension Application of Daniel Maupin of Albemarle County, VA S-5733. He was alive in Oct of 1832, living in Albemarle County where he applied for his pension.]

There were two Daniel Maupins who were Revolutionary War soldiers. One stayed in Albemarle, VA; the other moved to Madison County, KY. I have both of their pension records. The Daniel Maupin who moved to Madison County, KY was married to Margaret "Peggy" McWilliams, (as his second wife) I believe. So, you can see that there might be confusion between the two Daniels. I will try to post an abstract of the Madison County KY Daniel Maupin pension record soon.

Margaret "Peggy" Maupin executed a "Living Will", naming her grandson, Captain John Miller as recipient of her real estate, slaves, and personal property on 12- Jan.- 1837. This was recorded in Orange County Deed Book 32, pg. 153. In "William and Mary Magazine", Edition, Volume & Date not available, (RDF #00126) on pages 684 & 685 appears information on the "Miller Family of Orange County" by Boyce Miller. In that section on page 685 is information on the Miller/Via family: "Robert Miller, Jr., (2 above) married in 1763 (?) in Albermarle County, VA., Margaret (nick-named Peggy), youngest daughter of Daniel Maupin, Sr., and Margaret (nick-named Peggy) Via (or Viet) his wife, or Moreman's River, Albemarle County, Va. (Daniel Maupin, Sr., was a son of General Gabriel Maupin, Huguenot refugee to Virginia in 1700; and Margaret (Peggy) Via, his wife, was a daughter of William Via, likewise a Huguenot refugee, who had been the forester of the Maupin estates in France.)". Margaret Via is the daughter of Amer Via as stated in records of St Peter's Parish, New Hanover, VA which lists the daughters as Judith Via, Nohome Via, Mary Via and Margaret Via. This is where Amer Via and William Via are referred to as the same person. In any case, the use of the surname Via is consistent. In "History and Genealogies, Early Virginia and Kentucky", name of author not available, published by Press of Transylvania Co., Lexington, KY, (RDF #00025) appears the following applicable entry in Chapter 4, Robert Miller, Jr. of Orange, Article 1, page 66: "About the year 1763 he was married to Margaret Maupin, daughter of Daniel Maupin, Senior, and Margaret Via, his wife". This is the same Margaret Via referred to above who has been identified as a daughter of Amer Via as listed in the records of St Peter's Parish, New Hanover, VA. Again the surname Via is consistent in this source. Margaret Maupin and Robert Miller had a son John born ca 1766 who married Lucretia Kirtley on April 23, 1787 in Madison County, KY/VA. John and Lucretia’s son Thomas (b ca 1790) supposedly married a Burrus girl (maybe Elizabeth?) and they had two children, Lewis and Lucy Miller. Can anyone confirm the Thomas Miller and Burrus / Burris marriage and their children Lewis and Lucy? I THINK this may have been a second marriage late in life. This is only a guess and looking for anything Yea or Nay. D E Miller -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/184 - Release Date: 11/27/2005

In a message dated 11/28/2005 1:42:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Telephone or e-mail--or join the Garrard Co. rootsweb--and find out the current address of the Garrard Co. Historical Society and see what other publications they have.>>>>E W, I have worked in Garrard County Historical Society and the courthouse there many times and with great success. The GCHS is located in the library on Main St and they have a wealth of info including family files books. microfilm, etc. Of course, being a Kentuckian, and neighboring county to boot, it is convenient for me to get there. Their courthouse is a real treasure trove of info also. Hope that helps. Mary Alice

You ask about one Richmond Harris. I have seen the name, but I don't believe I have any personal (descendancy) links with him. I do not know the parentage of one Richmond Harris who appears on early lists of Garrard Co., KY, but I suspect he MAY have come from Virginia. If not from Virginia, then North Carolina!!! A few brave souls sneaked in from Maryland and perhaps Pennsylvania (as did my ancestor who was a sidekick of Daniel Boone, the latter really coming from North Carolina where he linked up with Col. Richard Henderson.) The 1790 census for Virginia is largely missing (if not totally). Some years ago some lovely ladies took the surviving personal property tax lists for 1787 of all the counties of Virginia (a few counties are missing) which at that time included the several counties which existed in Kentucky. Kentucky did not become a state until 1792. There are three hefty volumes of this so-called 1787 Census of Virginia compiled by Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florine S. Love. The third volume is the index for the two preceding volumes. Harris, of course, will be a bear to research, as there are several different spellings, and nearly every ethnic group seems to claim a few Harrises--perhaps not the Germans, but some of those folks anglicized their names!!! It might be easier to start with researching the places where you KNOW Richmond Harris lived and study the tax records, the court records, the land records and see if you can find any clues as to his origins. I don't know whether tax lists exist for early Garrard Co., KY but if so, sometimes they are wonderful in making up for in-between census years. Here is one clue from a Plaintiff list from a book published by the Garrard Co., KY Historical Society some years ago. The title: GARRARD COUNTY, KY INDEX TO CIRCUIT COURT CHANCERY SUITS 1799-1868. (Do some reading on Chancery suits--they sometimes deal with estates, but perhaps not always.) Harris, Richmond vs. Anderson, T. (19-73-563) Bk 9-507, Jun 1828 Perhaps you can find Richmond on the 1830 KY census. For researching Madison Co., KY, where many early settlers were my ancestors, I have found the deed indexes--grantor and grantee--are wonderful about placing someone in a time and a place and seeing to whom he sold land or from whom he bought land--or perhaps when he died (and hrs. meaing and heirs) after his name. Have you ever tried reading deeds, which sometimes include deeds of gift (sometimes slaves or household goods) or sometimes include powers of attorney? Tax lists, court records, whatever you can find, such as probates, may give you wonderful leads. I have never used the facilities of Eastern Kentucky U. in Richmond, KY, but I am told they have a wonderful repository of genealogical materials. Telephone or e-mail--or join the Garrard Co. rootsweb--and find out the current address of the Garrard Co. Historical Society and see what other publications they have. E.W.Wallace

In a message dated 11/26/2005 2:18:22 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: ...2 Daniel MAUPINl b: Mar 25, 1700 VA; d: Oct 08, 1788 .......+Margaret VIA; b: Aug 03, 1701 d: 1789 ........3 Gabriel MAUPIN; b: c 1720 Bouches-Du-Rhone, France; d: 1794 Albemarle Co., VA Are you sure the above is correct? Daniel and Margaret are shown to be born in VA. Yet the son Gabriel's birthplace is listed as France. The Maupin family hadn't been in France for sometime.. months before the marriage of Daniel's (b. 1700) parents, Gabriel Maupin and Maria Hersent. The fact that the MAUPINS were Huguenots no doubt gives many reasons why they first fled to Holland where many of their children were born... before they embarked for Virginia. Ellie Swanger

Those of you who suspect you may be descended from Huguenots who came to Virginia and then perhaps to Kentucky (such as Maupin, probably Jouett, et al--you generally know who you are and who some of your ancestors are) may be interested in this website _http://manakin.addr.com/lineage.html_ (http://manakin.addr.com/lineage.html) Click around the website, and do some google.com searching for Huguenots and for Manatkintown. I was helping a friend, who is associated with the Huguenot Society, help an applicant complete her lineage study--Jouett family--and she tells me she wrote to Manakin town [I believe it is still in Goochland Co., VA--at least I saw signs directing motorists that way a few years ago] and they helped her with the missing links. Yes, the Harrises of Albemarle Co., formerly of Louisa Co., VA and still later of Madison Co., KY--and one of my collateral Williams families of colonial Lunenburg Co., VA--intermarried with the Jouetts. It is believed the mother of John Jouett, whose home is a heritage home [or whatever it is called in Kentucky] was a Harris. He is alleged to be the one who warned Thomas Jefferson that the Tories were coming. If you have early Kentuckians, probably one of the main places to work back to is colonial Virginia, perhaps colonial Maryland, and certainly colonial North Carolina. The Library of Virginia website--the link which includes the words *what we have* has the land patents of Virginia, and a good many Huguenots--and people who later became Kentuckians--can be found. (Genealogy is always an unfinished product--so get used to it!) A few Pennsylvanians wandered into Kentucky--like Daniel Boone, although he was principally from North Carolina!!!! Thanks, Barbara Terhune, for posting the information about the early Maupins. I am going to cut and paste it into my Maupin biographies as they are closely associated (intermarried) with my Harrises. Check with your State library to learn what genealogical holdings they have, and what their interlibrary loan policy is now. Your public library also probably has the ability to interlibrary loan. I was surprised when my own library was able to obtain on ILL a book from a North Carolina community college--while I live in California, which has a perfectly good State genealogical library called the Sutro in San Francisco!!! Armchair research is what a lot of us do. If your county or city public library does not have the online genealogical database called HeritageQuest, do a google.com search for Godfrey Memorial Library in Connecticut. They will let you subscribe for about $30 a year, and you can access their online databases. On HeritageQuest there are some indexed censuses [not all of them are indexed--alas, the 1850 is not yet indexed], some Rev War pension records are reproduced, PERSI [the periodical index of the genealogical journals held by the Allen Co. Indiana Public Library at Fort Wayne, IN], etc. Oh, yes - some books have been digitized and are on HeritageQuest--family histories. Godfrey Memorial Library may have other databases of which I am unaware. If you can physically get to your nearby LDS family history center, call them up. Ask for their opening hours and ask whether they have Ancestry.com on the computer. You will need some help in getting started, if you have not used Ancestry.com before. More and more material is added every day. Happy hunting!!!! E.W.Wallace

.....Gee that was AWFUL! Trying to do better... Barbara Terhune wrote: > Direct Descendants of Gabriel Maupin ... -Direct Descendants of Gabriel Maupin 1 Gabriel MAUPIN b: c 1664 d: Apr 30, 1720 Williamsburg, Virginia ..+Marie HERSENT b: Sep 15, 1664 d: Jul 25, 1748 Williamsburg, Virginia m: Sep 02, 1691 ...2 Magdelaine MAUPIN b: Bef. Jun 22, 1692 Amsterdam, Neth ...2 Claude MAUPIN b: Bef. Apr 04, 1694 Amsterdam, Neth ...2 Marie MAUPIN b: Bef. Apr 15, 1696 Amsterdam, Neth ...2 Sara Catherine MAUPIN b: Bef. Apr 06, 1698 Amsterdam, Neth ...2 Daniel MAUPIN b: Mar 25, 1700 VA d: Oct 08, 1788 .......+Margaret VIA b: Aug 03, 1701 d: 1789 ........3 Gabriel MAUPIN b: c 1720 Bouches-Du-Rhone France d: 1794 Albemarle Co., VA ............+Anna BALLARD b: Bet. 1730 - 1732 Albemarle Co., VA d: Aft. 1781 .............4 Judith MAUPIN b: c 1752 d: 1837 Albemarle Co., VA .................+David Jr EPPERSON b: c 1754 d: Feb 09, 1778 Valley Forge Hospital, VA (date according to payroll records) m: Bet. 1772 - 1775 ..................5 Hannah EPPERSON b: c 1777 d: Apr 15, 1868 ..................5 Anna EPPERSON b: c 1777 d: Bet. 1850 - 1860 Albemarle Co., VA ................. +John BURCH,Sr. b: c 1730 d: Bef. Jul 1831 m: Bet. 1778 - 1782 ..................5 John Jr. BURCH b: Nov 07, 1752 d: Aug 30, 1837 Montgomery Co., KY ..................5 George BURCH ..................5 Charles BURCH ..................5 Daniel BURCH ..................5 Polly BURCH ..................5 Hannah BURCH ..................5 Henry BURCH .............4 Ann MAUPIN .............4 David MAUPIN ........3 Thomas MAUPIN b: c 1722 ........3 Mary MAUPIN ........3 John MAUPIN ........3 Daniel MAUPIN ........3 William MAUPIN ........3 Zachariah MAUPIN b: 1734 Hanover Co., VA d: 1810 Albemarle Co., VA ........3 Margaret MAUPIN ........3 Jean MAUPIN ........3 Jesse MAUPIN ...2 Gabriel MAUPIN b: c 1702 VA ===

Dear E.W., I, too, am interested - especially in Maupin, Epperson, Ballard & Burch/Burk lines. - Albermarle, VA to Madison, KY. I've read and been grateful for any number of your previous postings. But, woould be grateful for more than "tidbits" as I am a now shut-in and my research is now totally limited to the computer with a sloooooow internet connection, to boot. So, please reconsider your point of view that others should "sit down at a microfilm reader, or borrow books on interlibrary loan to further their research!!! " I have the following Maupin line and would be very grateful for any additions and/or corrections. With warmest regards, Barb Terhune Direct Descendants of Gabriel Maupin 1 Gabriel MAUPIN b: c 1664 d: Apr 30, 1720 Williamsburg, Virginia .. +Marie HERSENT b: Sep 15, 1664 d: Jul 25, 1748 Williamsburg, Virginia m: Sep 02, 1691 ... 2 Magdelaine MAUPIN b: Bef. Jun 22, 1692 Amsterdam, Neth ... 2 Claude MAUPIN b: Bef. Apr 04, 1694 Amsterdam, Neth ... 2 Marie MAUPIN b: Bef. Apr 15, 1696 Amsterdam, Neth ... 2 Sara Catherine MAUPIN b: Bef. Apr 06, 1698 Amsterdam, Neth ... 2 Daniel MAUPIN b: Mar 25, 1700 VA d: Oct 08, 1788 ....... +Margaret VIA b: Aug 03, 1701 d: 1789 ........ 3 Gabriel MAUPIN b: c 1720 Bouches-Du-Rhone France d: 1794 Albemarle Co., VA ............ +Anna BALLARD b: Bet. 1730 - 1732 Albemarle Co., VA d: Aft. 1781 ............. 4 Judith MAUPIN b: c 1752 d: 1837 Albemarle Co., VA ................. +David Jr EPPERSON b: c 1754 d: Feb 09, 1778 Valley Forge Hospital, VA (date according to payroll records) m: Bet. 1772 - 1775 .................. 5 Hannah EPPERSON b: c 1777 d: Apr 15, 1868 .................. 5 Anna EPPERSON b: c 1777 d: Bet. 1850 - 1860 Albemarle Co., VA ................. +John BURCH,Sr. b: c 1730 d: Bef. Jul 1831 m: Bet. 1778 - 1782 .................. 5 John Jr. BURCH b : Nov 07, 1752 d: Aug 30, 1837 Montgomery Co., KY .................. 5 George BURCH .................. 5 Charles BURCH .................. 5 Daniel BURCH .................. 5 Polly BURCH .................. 5 Hannah BURCH .................. 5 Henry BURCH ............. 4 Ann MAUPIN ............. 4 David MAUPIN ........ 3 Thomas MAUPIN b: c 1722 ........ 3 Mary MAUPIN ........ 3 John MAUPIN ........ 3 Daniel MAUPIN ........ 3 William MAUPIN ........ 3 Zachariah MAUPIN b: 1734 Hanover Co., VA d: 1810 Albemarle Co., VA ........ 3 Margaret MAUPIN ........ 3 Jean MAUPIN ........ 3 Jesse MAUPIN ... 2 Gabriel MAUPIN b: c 1702 VA [email protected] wrote: >Dear Ellie, > >The Maupins, the Jones and a whole lot of other people in Madison Co., KY >who came from Louisa Co. and Albemarle Co. (and lots of surrounding counties) >to Madison Co., Ky and then perhaps on to other places, such as Missouri, are >of passing interest to me, because they intermarried with the children of >Christopher Harris, who died testate in Madison Co., KY. > >I do know from previous correspondence on the internet that there is a great >deal of interest in these families of yours. > >May I suggest you again post your descendancy, at least to the Civil War >(not living folks, however, except if you want to be brave and include yourself) >again on the Madison Co., KY list, giving dates and places where these >couples lived, if at all possible. Maybe you don't want to be overhwhelmed with >e-mail, however. > >Mostly I post tidbits of information I have collected over the decades to >encourage others NOT to rely on the internet, but to sit down at a microfilm >reader, or borrow books on interlibrary loan to further their research!!! > > (I try to write biographies of most the people in my database--mostly >because I am absent-minded and again don't like to fish around in my voluminous >file drawers--which are largely unindexed!!!) > >For a time, I subscribed to a Maupin genforum or a rootsweb site concerning >this family, but all the correspondents seemed interested in the Missouri >Maupins, completely ignoring the earlier history!!!! In my book, Missouri is a >newcomer in genealogical lore!!! > >I believe the Maupins were originally of Huguenot descent, were they not? > >I have been reading some of the publications by The Antient Press of >Albemarle Co., VA records, and there are lots of references to various Jones males, >but Mosias Jones, because of his different given name, stands out in those >records. Now, I see the Antient Press has some transcriptions of Louisa Co. >court records, and those should be of interest to those of us who have roots in >Albemarle Co. and Goochland Co. and Louisa Co., VA. > >Glad to hear from you. I know others would be interested in any of your >contributions. Put some meat on those bones!!!! > >E.W.Wallace > > > >==== MADKY Mailing List ==== >Madison Co. KYGenWeb Page - >http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymadiso/madison.html > > > > > > >

Dear Ellie, The Maupins, the Jones and a whole lot of other people in Madison Co., KY who came from Louisa Co. and Albemarle Co. (and lots of surrounding counties) to Madison Co., Ky and then perhaps on to other places, such as Missouri, are of passing interest to me, because they intermarried with the children of Christopher Harris, who died testate in Madison Co., KY. I do know from previous correspondence on the internet that there is a great deal of interest in these families of yours. May I suggest you again post your descendancy, at least to the Civil War (not living folks, however, except if you want to be brave and include yourself) again on the Madison Co., KY list, giving dates and places where these couples lived, if at all possible. Maybe you don't want to be overhwhelmed with e-mail, however. Mostly I post tidbits of information I have collected over the decades to encourage others NOT to rely on the internet, but to sit down at a microfilm reader, or borrow books on interlibrary loan to further their research!!! (I try to write biographies of most the people in my database--mostly because I am absent-minded and again don't like to fish around in my voluminous file drawers--which are largely unindexed!!!) For a time, I subscribed to a Maupin genforum or a rootsweb site concerning this family, but all the correspondents seemed interested in the Missouri Maupins, completely ignoring the earlier history!!!! In my book, Missouri is a newcomer in genealogical lore!!! I believe the Maupins were originally of Huguenot descent, were they not? I have been reading some of the publications by The Antient Press of Albemarle Co., VA records, and there are lots of references to various Jones males, but Mosias Jones, because of his different given name, stands out in those records. Now, I see the Antient Press has some transcriptions of Louisa Co. court records, and those should be of interest to those of us who have roots in Albemarle Co. and Goochland Co. and Louisa Co., VA. Glad to hear from you. I know others would be interested in any of your contributions. Put some meat on those bones!!!! E.W.Wallace

In a message dated 11/25/2005 8:13:22 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: According to an e-mail correspondent, Foster Jones had a sister named Lucy Jones who married Jesse Maupin. This is my line... Yes, Jesse Maupin m. Lucy Jones and they lived for several years in Henry Co. VA. This couple named a son, Mosias Maupin after Lucy's father, Mosias Jones. This son, Mosias was my 4th great grandfather.. and is buried in Franklin co. MO, near my childhood home.. You can contact me privately if you wish to correspond. Ellie Stites Swanger (my lineage follows) Mosias Jones Lucy Jones - Jesse Maupin Mosais Maupin - Leah Downey Thomas L. Maupin - Anna Miller George W. Maupin - Emily Dyson Sarah Maupin - Hiram N. Stites James B. Stites - Sarah I. Lemons Ray E. Stites - Jessie Russell Ellie Stites - John L. Swanger

I had a query some weeks ago concerning Foster Jones (see subject). I may have posted this information previously, as I seem to remember some responses. Foster Jones is NOT my direct line, but his first [?] wife Mourning Harris was daughter of the elder Christopher Harris, who is my ancestor. Please feel free to e-mail me with any corrections. I collect notes on some of the collaterals of my Harris family, Harris being only one of the common names in my father's southern lineage!!!! Rev May 2004 FOSTER JONES. There is limited information concerning Foster Jones. In Vol. 7 of the Lineage Book of the Daughters of the American Colonists, p, 277, Foster Jones, husband of Mourning Harris (b. 1754) is said to have died 1814. No documentation is presented. (Lineage of Mrs. Virginia Field Walton Brooks, born in Jonesboro, Arkansas.) Their children, according to W. H. Miller in his Genealogies [long title but pertaining to families of Madison Co., KY. This book has been filmed and is available on loan from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The book is quite old, and some of the genealogy given is flawed and should be checked against official records. Tyre Harris Jones Mosias Jones Nancy Jones Christopher Jones Elizabeth Jones* Lucy Jones Foster Jones appears sporadically on the tax lists of Madison Co.KY. On the tax list of 1794, he is labeled Fauster Jones. He appears on the tax lists for these years: 1790 1791 - not listed 1792 - not listed 1793 - not listed 1794 - Fauster Jones 1795 1796 1797 1798 - missing 1799 (Comment: When a person failed to pay his taxes in Kentucky, a researcher may find a comment in the court records, as generally the court triple-taxed for non-payment of taxes. However, if the land-owner owned property in another county, frequently an adjoining county, he seems to have had the privilege of paying his taxes in that county,which frequently adjoined the *home* county. Therefore, a search of adjoining counties and also the court records of the *home* county may provide additional information.) We believe Mourning Harris, Jones's first (?) wife, may have died after the death of her father, Christopher Harris, the elder, who had named Mourning Jones in his will. On 21 Nov 1799, in Madison Co., KY, Foster Jones m. Margaret Black, Tyree Jones, bondsman. We believe Tryee Jones is the son of Foster Jones. Margaret Black apparently was a widow as later, in 1805, Foster Jones gave consent for Isabella Black who married William Jones; Margaret Jones was mother of the bride. These are some marriages of some of Foster Jones's children: Is Foster Jones father of Robert Jones, the groom? 1797 - Robert Jones on 24 Jan 1797 m. Margaret Black; Margaret Black, mother of bride; John Harris, bondsman. (Marriages of Madison Co.) 1798 - Tyree Martin m. Mounring Jones (his probable cousin); Tyree H. Jones, bondsman; Foster Jones, father of bride. (Vockery & Vockery, MADISON COUNTY KENTUCKY MARRIAGE RECORDS, VOL. 1, 1786-1822 [Richmond, KY: Published by compilers, 1993[, p. 52) 1799, 21 Nov - Foster Jones married Margaret Black; Tyree Jones, bondsman. Question: Had Mourning Harris Jones now died, and Foster Jones was marrying the mother-in-law of his son--the above named Margaret Black, the mother of Robert's bride of the same name? One finds instances of this kind of marriage, if one searches long enough. It appears that he did, as later in either May or June 1805, he, Foster Jones, gave consent as stepfather to the marriage of Isabella Black who married Wm. Jones; Margaret Jones was mother of the bride. Robert Jones was bondsman. Question: Had William Jones been married first to Lucy Harris in Feb 1790, at which marriage Christopher Harris was the bondsman? This may have been Christopher Harris, the son of the older Christopher Harris. 1797 Foster Jones was bondsman for this marriage: Edward Fowler & Lucinda Jones, Foster Jones, bondsman. George Webb Jones, father of bride. Two years later it appears Foster Jones married Margaret Black, widow. 1799 - Foster Jones m. Margaret Black, widow 21 Nov 1799; Tyre Jones, bondsman [his son?] 1805 - He, Foster Jones, gave consent as stepfather of Isabella Black who married Wm Jones, 3 May 1805; return 3 Jun 1805. (Q: Is Wm. Jones widower of Lucy Harris whom he married 1 Feb 1790? Christopher Harris bondsman.) ........ Foster Jones is shown as father of bride at the following marriage: Tyree Martin & Mourning Jones, 21 Feb 1798, Tyree H. Jones, bondsman; Foster Jones, father of bride. Bond returned 22 Feb 1798. (Tyree H. Jones is probably the bride's brother, and Tyree Martin is her probable first cousin. Other Martin bridegrooms during this time period who are probably related to Tyree Martin: Archibald (1789), Christopher (1790), David (1792), James (1788). (Conjecture) *The lineage book cited above shows Elizabeth Jones m in 1803. The groom seems have been to Greenberry Baxter (1778-1857) Nancy Jones (1778-1844) m. 1795 to Richard Sappington (1758-1810), according to Daughters of American Colonists Lineage Book, Vol. 7, page 150, lineage of Mrs. Virginia (Jennie) Pearl McKenzie Edwards, No. 6514. A partial list of Jones marriages of Madison Co., KY : Edward Fowler & Lucinda Jones, .... 1797... Foster Jones, bm., George Webb Jones, father of bride. According to an e-mail correspondent, Foster Jones had a sister named Lucy Jones who married Jesse Maupin. Also John Harris, son of Christopher Harris the elder and his 2nd wife Agnes McCord, married Margaret Maupin dau of John and Frances Dabney Maupin. The correspondent did not name her sources. Although this information is mainly of interest to those descended from the Jones family of early Madison Co., KY, because of the connection to the family of the elder Christopher Harris, it is being sent to Harris-Hunters also. Submitted by E.W.Wallace

There seems to have been some interest lately, at least on the Madison Co., KY rootsweb, in an early settler in that county named Higgason Grubbs. My incomplete research (this man is NOT my ancestor--at least that I know of) indicates he may have lived in Albemarle Co., VA prior to removing to Madison Co., KY. Also, my perusal of the early deeds of Madison Co., KY indicate to me that 1) he either was a land speculator or 2) he was an land agent for someone else--or 3) he was both a speculator and a land agent. The name of Grubbs and his wife Lucy appear many times in the early deeds of Madison Co., KY. Perhaps some of these notes will help anyone interested in Grubbs's activities. As far as I have been able to determine, he had two daughters, but I have no further information on the formation of his family, if any--other than his wife Lucy. Lucy is believed to be (not proved) to be the daughter of James Harris and his wife Mary Harris, the latter the believed to be daughter of Major Robert Harris, who died testate in or around Louisa Co., VA, where his will is recorded. (This relationship may be in error.) This material is repetitious. So be careful. If you use this material, please cite the sources, as all well-qualified genealogists do these days. (Prove it is the watchword!!!! Where did you get that info????) Please share additional information (preferably with sources) and make corrections--on the rootsweb, of course!!! E.W.Wallace A Thomas Grubbs in Albemarle Co. 1775. Refer to Albe. Deeds 1772-1776 (deed of Sarah McWilliams) Deed Book --- , pp. 132-133, dated 21 Nov 1768, Christopher Harris to Thomas Grubbs, both of Albemarle Co. The tract of land was 77 acres on both sides of Moremans River. Fairly exact measurements are given. Witnesses were Mosias Jones, Higgason Grubbs, Tyree Harriss, Robt. Harriss and signed Christopher Harriss Senr Agnes Harris relinquished her dower rights at Albemarle Sept court 1769. (Ruth and Sam Sparacio, DEED ABSTRACTS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1768-1770 [McLean, VA: The Antient Press, 1990], p. 69) Brief biography: HIGGASON GRUBBS. A Higgason Grubbs was in Albemarle Co. in 1768 when he was one of the witnesses to a deed (DB 5-132-133) in Albemarle Co. of Christopher Harris to Thomas Grubbs, land on both sides of Moreman's River. We do not know the relationship of the two Grubbs men. (Christopher Harris was an early settler in Madison Co., KY.) Higgason Grubbs was reportedly married to Lucy Harris, but she is believed to be a daughter of James Harris and his wife Mary Harris, the latter related to Christopher Harris. A Higgason Grubbs was an early settler of Madison Co., KY. He was one of the trustees of Boonesborough (see below). He is reported by W. H. Miller in his GENEALOGIES to have given a deposition in [Madison Co.] court E-230: "... In 1780 he and Jesse Coffee camped at the root of the beech tree where we are now tonight when they out buffalo hunting, and made the letters H.G.I.C. and the figures 1780 at that time, also Oc for October, on this beech tree. After the location was made for William Shelton that he came to hunt for this tree and Thomas Shelton and Peter Woods came with me, and found this tree very readily." He is one of the signers of a petition to divide the county of Lincoln [Kentucky, but then Virginia] into three counties, Lincoln, Mercer and Madison. 1786. Granted. Many of the signers of this petition were at Boonesboro, states the compiler. (Katherine Phelps Caperton, "A Partial List of Those at Fort Boonesborough," in THE REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, VOL. 23, p. 151 [pages renumbered, it seems, from original].) Refer to the biography of William Shelton whose wife was a Lucy Harris, as was Higgason's wife, Lucy Harris. The wife of Robert Rodes, mentioned below, was also a Harris. Madison Co., KY October court 1786: "Ordered that George Boon [sic], Robt Roads [sic], Higgason Grubbs, John Turner or any three of them being first sworn do review the most convenient for a road from Irvine's lick to the mo of Tates Creek and report the same." Grubbs was on the 1787 tax list of Madison Co., then in VA, now in KY. (Schreiner-Yantis & Love, 1787 CENSUS OF VIRGINIA) Littell's Statutes in reference to Boonesborough: "(b) The Trustees [named in the previous section] declined to act and Thomas Kennedy, Aaron Lewis, Robert Rhodes, Green Clay, Archibald Woods, Benjamin Bedford, John Sappington, William Irvine, David Crews and Higgerson [sic] Grubbs were appointed (1787)" V. 3, p. 539." According to the Kentucky Gazette 12 May 1792 (V. V, No. XXXV, Higgason Grubbs was elected Representative from Madison Co., KY May 1792, along with Thomas Clay, John Miller. Electors were William Irvine, Higgarson [sic] Grubbs, Thomas Clay. Elected Sheriff was John Gais/Gats. Christopher Harris, Jun. was elected Coroner. (Karen Maurer Green, THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE 1787-1800; Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1983 p. 53) Grubbs was bondsman when his (probable) daughter, Mourning Grubbs married Squire Boone ca. 16 May 1797. Mourning doubtless was named for her ancestress, Mourning Glenn Harris. Squire Boone, one of numerous males bearing this name, probably is the son of George Boone, apparently a neighbor on Tate's Creek in Madison Co. 131-132 Grubbs & wf Lucy sold land in KY in 1810 to Wm Boone The Grubbs family was from Albemarle Co. In Albemarle Co., VA DB 5 1768-1772 p. 37-38 is a deed between William Dabney and Jane his wife to Wm Shelton, land on Mechams River. The deed was made 2 Jun 1768 and was witnessed by Thomas Grubbs, Elizabeth Jones, Chirstopher Harris, Robert Harris, Tyre Harris (the latter two Harrises probably being brothers of Christopher). (Ruth and Sam Sparacio, DEED ABSTRACTS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1768-1770 [McLean, VA: 1990], p. 21) (Note: There is some confusion as to the identity of Tyre Harris, given in the 1768 deed above. Christopher Harris had a son named Tyree and also a brother of that name. However, the brother is believed to have been in Orange Co., NC during this time period. He was an early county official in that North Carolina county, the parent of Caswelll Co., NC, where the elder Tyree Harris died testate.) A subsequent deed, same deed book, pp. 132-133, dated 21 Nov 1768, Christopher Harris to Thomas Grubbs, both of Albemarle Co. The tract of land was 77 acres on both sides of Moremans River aka Moorman's River. Fairly exact measurements are given. Witnesses were Mosias Jones, Higgason Grubbs, Tyree Harriss, Robt. Harriss and signed Christopher Harriss Senr Agnes relinquished her dower rights at Albemarle Sept court 1769. (Ibid., p. 69)