This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mc Elroy-Wilson -Hughey-Richardson - Raines Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hF0.2ACIB/627 Message Board Post: info taken from my DAR records and from the bible in 1966 of James Irvine Wilson, grandson of Samuel and Mary. Samuel Mc Elroy was born may 27 1740 in Va. son of James and Sarah Mc Cue or Mc Cune. James was born in Country Down Ireland in 1708.and came to america on the ship George and Ann From Belfast Ireland.on May 8 1729. They first settled in Buck Co Penn. then to cumberland co Va where he raised his Family. Samuel had 2 brothers who married Irvine girls and all of them migrated to Marian Co Ky in 1789 and settled with a colony of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. included in the group were: Samuel Mc Elroy Family on Pope Creek James Mc Elroy and Family on Harden Creek Alexander Handley and Family John Muldraugh and Family James Wilson And Family They Built a church there nov 1789. Samuel Married 1766 in Va to Mary Irvine. died 1806 in Lebonon Ky. Their Children were: Sarah 1767 married Alexander Handley John 1769 Married #1 M. Copeland #2 Mrs Mary Simpson James 1770 died Young Hugh 1772 Married Barbara Gilke Margaret married James Wilson[ MY Gr Gr Grandparents ] Abraham 1774 died young William E b 2-9-1776 married #1 Karurat Cleveland#2 Mary Kirk Samuel b 1777 #1 Marian Briggs #2 Jane B grundy Mary 1778 married Wm Mc chadgore James and Abraham 1780[twin named after their dead brothers] James married Ester Simpson Abe married Minnie Redford Elizabeth married George Wilson Nancy Married George Robins. I have more info on this Family . James Wison came to Carroll Co Ark in 1832. My Lineage Margaret Mc Elroy married James Wilson their dau Ann Wilson Marrierd Henry Hughey Henry and Anns Son Wm Bailey Married Amanda De Shields , their son James Langston Hughey Married Melissa Richardson Thei Dau Otie Married Robert Raines[ My Parents.] Dolores

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