Just a minor correction on birth year for Josiah Markham of Lee Co... the range is usually estimated 1787-1793. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rhoda Dian Marcum [SMTP:rdmarcum@rica.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 2:18 PM > To: MARKHAM-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Josiah Marcum > > Dear Mike from St. Louis, > There was a Josiah Marcum/Markham in Lee Co VA and he was b. 1799 or so > and he married a Mary Polly Beals. A good bit of his kids and > decendants are still in Lee Co Va. But the Josiah that is the basic > ancestor of Wayne Co WV Marcums and surrounding was born before that in > 1759. But he was thought and is possibly proven to have lived or > travelled through Lee Co VA with the possible birth of one of his 1st 2 > sons and some court recorts list a Josiah Marcum that is a little too > old to be the 1799 Josiah. But there is no proof in definite that it is > our Wayne Co Josiah. > > Also some people here on the list were trying to pinpoint which > Chesterfield, Bedford and such Markham could have been Josiah's parents > or grandparents. I don't think the jury has come in on that one yet > either. > > Rhoda > > > > ==== MARKHAM Mailing List ==== > Know a Markham/Marcum Researcher? > Please ask them to join us by contacting > BMarble@aol.com >