My Micajah also went by Mike Muckle, Muckelroy, and Mike McElroy. That's one reason it's been so hard to track that rascal! bev >I am so excited for you. That is great. > >Avington was never (well almost never) listed as McElroy. Almost any other >spelling. In Johnston and Wake Co., it was mostly McIlroy or Muckleroy or >even Muckle. He had cousins who spelled it McLeroy. > >Betty > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "bev" <brencher@earthlink.net> >To: <MCELROY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 7:25 PM >Subject: [MCELROY-L] Semi-sucess story! > > > > Just wanted to share a bit of information I found on the 1880 census at > > www.familysearch.org. > > > > It has taken literally years to untangle my McElroy/McLeroy > > heritage. Sometimes I just get frustrated and leave it alone for a while. > > > > With the help of other researchers, I was able to be 99% certain that my > > Micajah Mc b, 1785 (son to Sarah Dawson and Avington Mc.) was indeed the > > father of James Minter McLeroy, born in Yalobusha Ms., in 1836 > > > > Micajah first married Francis Reid, then MUCH later in life married > > Mary M. Wood. James Minter (b. 1836)and Sarah (b. 1839) were the children > > of this later marriage. Micajah died in 1839 and Mary Wood died in 1942, > > leaving their very young children orphans. They were raised by John Baker > > Wood, Mary's father, according to guardianship papers. > > > > I have searched and searched for a tidbit...anything! about Sarah... no > > luck. Then in the 1880 census at www.familysearch.org I found Sarah > > living with her brother James M. in Brazos Co., Tx. She was 40 years > > old., and listed as a "widow" ... however, she (or the census taker!) > > enumerated her last name as McLeroy. Also in the household was a one >month > > old niece to James M, named Carrie MCLEROY. > > > > So now I have other mysteries to solve... was Sarah indeed a "widow", or > > was she the mother of an illegitimate child, (Carrie) . But that's the >joy > > of working on family history... Always more to do! > > > > bev > > > > > > ==== MCELROY Mailing List ==== > > I collect dead relatives and sometimes a live cousin! > > I looked for my ancestors,....and I found friends. > > I shook my family tree and out came a forest of friends. > > > > > > > >==== MCELROY Mailing List ==== >When replying to one of these messages, *please* remember to remove all >but a small portion of the original message. Most mail software will only >include the portion that is highlighted when replying.