This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bickett, Blanton, Harris Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BMB.2ACE/143.342.1 Message Board Post: Use this as a starting point if you do not already have it. I am descended from Mary "Polly" Bickett who married Isaac Harris. I believe she died and was buried along the Oregon Trail. Isaac and his sons are listed in the 1852 militia roster for Oregon and settled in Polk County, Oregon, before going on to California. Bickett, Henry (“Harry”) b. abt 1785 d. abt 1854 in Marion Co, KY? Land, blacksmith m. Elizabeth Ann Graves Jan 1810 Raywick, Washington (Marion) Co., KY b. 1792 d. abt. 1833 daughter of John Graves and Sarah Catherine Noble (Nobile) Children: 1. Mary Elizabeth “Polly” Bickett b. 1812 Washington (Marion) Co, KY d. 1852 possibly along the Oregon Trail in Nebraska m. Isaac Harris 16 Nov 1830 b. 13 June 1808 Hardin Co, KY d. 18 June 1885 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA Buried Evergreen Cemetery Children: See Isaac Harris 2. William Graves Bickett b, 1815 d. 21 Jun 1874 Raywick, Marion Co, KY m. Margaret Coburn Fauntleroy 31 Aug 1841 3. Edmund Graves Bickett b. 16 Nov 1817 Raywick KY m. Pamelia Ray 29 Oct 1839 b. 18 Jan 1821 Raywick, Marion, KY d. 22 Jan 1900 Maryville, Nodaway, MO 4. Henry Graves Bickett b. 3 Oct 1822 d. 1888 Bozeman, MT m. (1) Eliza Janes Wills b. 1810 m. (2) Mary Russell b. abt 1822 d. 5 Sep 1850 5. James Cyrillus Bickett b. 3 Oct 1827 d. in Civil War m. Laurie A. Mills 18 Nov 1851 6. Martha Ann Bickett b. abt. 1828 d. m. John C. Martin 7. Ann Bickett b. abt. 1830 d. 13 Oct 1904 St. Joseph, MO m. Benjamin A. Blanton 15 Jul 1860 8. Priscilla Bickett b. abt 1833 d. 27 Apr 1862 m. Barnabas Daley 4 Jan 1853