Hi! At this stage, I don't have much on James Husbands. I can tell you that he had at least three sons--William, b. 1803 VA, Andrew, b. 1807 VA, James, b. August 18, 1808, VA--and at least two, probably three daughters--Emelia, bef. 1794; Catherine, bet. 1794-1804; Unk. bet. 1794-1804. I have marriage records on 4 of the children in Muskingum County, OH and Catherine in Licking County, OH. James only appears in the OH censuses in 1820. He is in the Jackson Township, Muskingum County, OH census for that year. He is listed as over 45 years of age. The name for some reason is not indexed. You can get to the page by searching on Isaac Dove, 1820, Muskingum County, OH. James is on the lower portion of that census page. In 1810, there is a James Husbands in Berkeley County, VA/WVA. However, the entry shows one male in the household. This James also makes a petition for a pension for Rev. War service. This petition was made in 1818. He states there that he has no relatives. In Berkeley County, there is a marriage record for a James Husbands and Sarah Beevis, February 1, 1792. I also have found two land entries for James Husbands in OH. One of them can be found on the BLM site. The two entries were made in 1798 and 1802. James's son William lived until 1886. He indicates in the 1880 Licking County, OH census that his father was born in MD and his mother born in NJ. I have seen William's death record but unfortunately, it doesn't give a specific location of birth for his parents. So, I don't have much on my 4th gr grandfather yet. The possible connection with Herman comes from family lore. My gr grandmother was Ida May Husband. It appears that what she passed to my grandfather and father was that Herman was an ancestor of ours who was a hermit and lived out in the trees. Not exactly accurate was it?! As I said, I haven't seen a full accounting of Herman's children yet, so that might be the next step. We'll see what happens. Thanks for the reply! Robert Schneider --- mdcecil-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: MDCECIL Digest, Vol 2, Issue 20 (Edgar > (Russ) Bralley) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:20:01 -0500 > From: "Edgar \(Russ\) Bralley" > <embralley@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [MDCECIL] MDCECIL Digest, Vol 2, Issue > 20 > To: <mdcecil@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <200701301920.l0UJK96t005111@mail.rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" > > The Historical Society in Cecil County in Elkton has > a file on the Husbands > family in their collection. When I was doing > research there a few years > ago, I made a copy of it - of course, I can't find > it now. My ancestor, > John Bralley, lived on William Husbands farm at > Mount Pleasant or The > Levell. Part of The Levell was sold to Richard > Gay/Guy, who was a > blacksmith. John Bralley married Mary Guy there, > whom I believe was a > sister to Richard. I believe they were children of > Samuel Guy. Anyway, > John Bralley is included in the estate settlement of > William Husbands circa > 1768 and that's why I became interested in the > location and neighbors. > > Please post details about your James Husbands so I > can look through my > resources in an effort to help you. Dates, > locations, and what makes you > think he's Herman's son, okay? > > Russ Bralley >

Well, not exactly just a probate file, though it concerns one. I need to find someone to go to the I think it's the old county courthouse, in Elkton, to the law department, and look at the file concerning the appeals hearing about the legitimacy of a will. It's a huge file - the hearing lasted three days. I have some specific questions I hope to answer. I have the case number, and the details of where to go and what to ask for. There are large files in more than one place, but I've an idea what I want to know would be in that file or associated evidence the law department also has. A volunteer would overjoy me, and I'd pay for expenses, or I would hire a researcher - but I don't know of any. Can somebody please suggest someone? Thanks! Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.431 / Virus Database: 268.15.29/608 - Release Date: 12/29/2006 8:22 AM

Dora, Contact Christopher Smithson, who lives in Harford County, Maryland which is the neighboring County, and see if he will handle it for you. He is a Maryland Historian, and awaiting his acceptance into becomming a Certified Genealogist. > ctsmithson@peoplepc.com < I think he would do a great job for you. Tim R. ***** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <villandra@austin.rr.com> Well, not exactly just a probate file, though it concerns one. I need to find someone to go to the I think it's the old county courthouse, in Elkton, to the law department, and look at the file concerning the appeals hearing about the legitimacy of a will. It's a huge file - the hearing lasted three days. I have some specific questions I hope to answer. I have the case number, and the details of where to go and what to ask for. There are large files in more than one place, but I've an idea what I want to know would be in that file or associated evidence the law department also has. A volunteer would overjoy me, and I'd pay for expenses, or I would hire a researcher - but I don't know of any. Can somebody please suggest someone? Thanks! Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com