My thanks to Shirley and Bill Moore for transcribing the West Ghent Reformed Church Cemetery records for posting on my website. I have posted two versions. You can look for the 565 names alphabetically or by family plot. On my website, look for Vital Records-Deaths, then Columbia Co. Choose the view you prefer. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/ The most abundant names are Dingman, Engel, Kittel/Kittle, Leggett, Link, Philip, Van Bramer and Van Valkenburgh. But, there are a lot of others, of course. Cliff Lamere Albany, NY

i am looking for info on and elizabeth doolittle anything would help at this point. thank you.tony1850 DOOLITTLE ELIZABETH Columbia County NY 197 Hudson 1st Ward Federal Population Schedule NY 1850 Federal Census Index NYS6a865235

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burfitt Burfit Burfoot Barfoot Barefoot Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/1752 Message Board Post: I am researching the BURFITT family of New York and Virginia. My ancestor, Thomas G. BURFITT, married Mary Ellafair Adline Finklea. They settled in Alabama. They had at least 3 sons, Godfrey, Frank Edward and Robert H. I believe Thomas was born about 1829. I believe he may be the uncle or older brother of Charles Edward BURFITT of Columbia County, New York. I believe Anna T. BURFITT Jerdone of New York and, later, Virginia to also be related. My Thomas BURFITT named one of his sons Godfrey and another son was named Edward. Charles Edward BURFITT named a daughter Leila R. Godfrey Burfitt. According to another Burfitt family researcher, various Alabama census records give Thomas' birthplace as England, New York and Michigan. I am very interested in Thomas BURFITT of New Lebanon, Columbia County, NY on the 1840 Federal Population Schedule and also Edward BURFIT of New Lebanon, Columbia County, NY on the 1860 Federal Population Schedule1860. I would also be interested in Holeman BURFITT who married Frances L. McCarter on 22 October 1833 in Nelson Co., VA. Does anyone know where Nelson County, VA is and how close it may be to New Kent Co., VA and Louisa Co., VA? I wonder how and if Holeman BURFITT is related to Anna T. BURFITT Jerdone? I have found BURFITTs in Maine and Massachusetts, but not Michigan. Thanks for any leads. Fredreica speyer@bellsouth.net Charles Edward Burfitt Sources: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General. (NYRoster) Published in 1894-1906 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 17 September 1861 in Albany, NY at the age of 21Enlisted in Company B, 44th Infantry Regiment New York on 30 September 186. Received a disability discharge on 27 October 1862 in Albany, NY The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 72 page 98 Miss Leila R. Godfrey Burfitt. DAR ID Number: 71268 Born in Columbia County, N. Y. Descendant of Capt. John Bull. Daughter of Charles Edward Burfitt (b. 1840) and Francis Eliza Bull (b. 1844), his wife, m. 1865. Granddaughter of Hampton Champlain Bull (1814-97) and Frances L. de Lano (1818-79), his wife, m. 1843. Gr-granddaughter of John Bull, Jr. (1777-1847), and Anne Fitch (1785-1842), his wife. Gr-gr-granddaughter of John Bull and Dorcas Smith (1746-1831), his wife. John Bull (1749-1839) was lieutenant in Col. Henry Knox's Continental artillery, 1776, and while at Ticonderoga he was appointed director of the laboratory for the northern department, with rank of captain. His company put up the ammunition which was used at Saratoga. He applied for a pension, 1818, and it was allowed for service in the Massachusetts Continental Line. He was born in Hartford, Conn.; died in Lebanon Springs, N. Y. BURFITT, Thomas of Columbia County, NY on page 34 in New Lebanon Township on Federal Population Schedule 1840 BURFIT, Edward of Columbia County, NY on page 621 in New Lebanon beat on Federal Population Schedule1860 BURFITT, Thomas G. (a/k/a Burfitt, Thomas J.) Company A, 44th Alabama Infantry, CSA Private (Note: The Confederate Military Record lists birthplace as Virginia, New Kent County.) BURFITT, Holeman married McCarter, Frances L. on 22 October 1833 in Nelson Co., VA Compilation © 1995 by the Virginia Historical Society Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations >From the Revolution Through the Civil War Series L: Selections from the Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Part 2: Jerdone Family Papers, 1736-1918 Biographical Note Francis Jerdone, 1720-1771, was a Scottish factor who immigrated to Virginia and lived in Hanover County, Yorktown, and Louisa County. His wife was Sarah (Macon) Jerdone, 1731-1818, who was born in Virginia. Their sons included Francis Jerdone II, 1756-1841; John Jerdone, 1764-1786; and William, 1769-1772. Their daughters included Mary, b. 1754; Sarah, 1757-1793; Elizabeth, 1759-1830; Isabella, 1761-1825; Anne, 1763-1794; and Martha, b. 1767. Elizabeth was the wife of Alexander Macauley, a merchant of Yorktown, Virginia. Francis Jerdone II was a planter of Louisa County, Virginia. His wife, Mary "Polly" Byars Jerdone, died in 1821. His sons included John, b. 1800, a planter of Spotsylvania County; Francis III, b. 1802, a planter of Orange County; and William, b. 1805, a planter of New Kent County, Virginia. Daughters of Francis Jerdone II included Sarah Jerdone Coleman and Mary Jerdone Toler. A cousin, William Douglass, and his sister, Mary Douglass, managed properties owned by Francis Jerdone II in Charles City and New Kent counties, Virginia. William's first wife, who died in 1834, was survived by a daughter named Maria. In 1848 William married Anna T. BURFITT, d. 1878, a much younger woman from the North who arrived in Louisa County, Virginia, in 1845 as a teacher in the home of his sister, Sarah Coleman, at Jerdone Castle. Their children included William M. Jerdone, Maud Jerdone, and Frank Jerdone. Correspondence, 1753-1890 and Undated This series documents four generations of the Jerdone family in Virginia. A full listing of the documents in this series is provided in the Introductory Materials on Reel 1 and partial listings appear at the beginning of each folder in the collection. Earliest letters are those of Francis Jerdone I. This correspondence consists of letters from Francis to his wife, Sarah (Macon) Jerdone. Letters to Sarah continue past the death of Francis in 1771, including letters from her sons and daughters in Virginia and England. There is extensive correspondence among the sons and daughters of Francis Jerdone II. These letters detail their work as planters, as well as family and social life in Virginia. Particularly noteworthy is correspondence of William Jerdone and his future wife, Anna BURFITT, with their friends and relatives in Virginia and the North. The final generation of Jerdones in this collection includes William's daughter, Maria, by his first wife Maria, and his sons Frank and William M. by his second wife. Accounts, 1750-1879 and Undated Accounts on Reel 7 include those of John Jerdone, Francis Jerdone III, William Jerdone, Anna (BURFITT) Jerdone, Maria Jerdone, and other individuals. These include overseer's accounts and other items documenting the purchase and sale of produce and supplies of plantations, as well as blacksmiths, household items, postage, estate papers, and medical visits. Manuscript Volumes, 1736-1877 Volumes are arranged by the name of the originator. Persons documented include Anna (BURFITT) Jerdone, Francis Jerdone I, Francis Jerdone II, Francis Jerdone III, and William Jerdone. Volumes 1-5 document Anna (BURFITT) Jerdone, including her education at the Troy Female Seminary in New York, 1844-1845, and her life in Virginia, 1847-1866, as the second wife of William Jerdone. Four notebooks from Troy Female Seminary, volumes 1-4, include analyses of Lord Henry Home Kames, Elements of Criticism, and Dugald Stewart, Philosophy of the Active and Moral Powers of Man and Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind. A fifth notebook, volume 5, dates from her days in Virginia and contains poetry, comments, copies of letters, and recipes. Jerdone, William M. of Albemarle County, VA on page 508 of Howardsville Beat on Federal Population Schedule VA 1870 Jerdone, William of Gloucester County, VA on Rent Role VA 1779 MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1867-1878 Issue of May 31, 1871 By Rev. William M. Jerdone, April 1, 1871, in the M. E. Church, South, in Ocala, Mr. Joseph H. Sears, of Plymouth, Mass., and Miss Emilie C. Stowe, of New Haven, Conn. A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WILLIAM JERDONE PETTUS, Fortress Monroe, Va. (8744). Son of John Cosby and Maria Coleman (Jerdone) Pettus; grandson of James G. and Eudora (Wicker) Pettus; great-grandson of Harte and Barbara (Cosby) Pettus; great-grandson of William Cosby, Sergeant Virginia Line; great-grandson of William Wicker, served in Virginia Line. VMI Class of 1871 - Jerdone, William Macon. William M. Jerdone papers (MS #0231) Biographical note: William Macon Jerdone, b. 1848, Charles City Co., VA; VMI Class of 1871; lawyer and Texas state legislator; d. 1900, Galveston, TX. Descriptive note: Papers consist of Jerdone's handwritten mathematics examination essay (64 pages) submitted to Professor James W. Massie; the topic is "Analysis of Analytical Geometry," dated 1868 Dec 28. Also 25 drawings completed as class assignments at VMI. Galveston, Texas City Directories, 1888-91 Name Occupation Location City State Year William M. Jerdone attorney rooms over N.E. corner 22d, Postoffice GalvestonTX 1888, 1889 William M. Jerdone attorney office over S.E. corner 22d, Mechanic Galveston TX 1890, 1891

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1744.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much pam

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1744.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Its south of Kinderhook/Stuyvesant.Across the Hudson River from Coxsackie.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1751.1 Message Board Post: French's Historical Gazetteer of NY c 1860 lists a Davis as one of the early families from CT in Town of Chatham 1758. Federal Census is indexed by Head of Household if you can obtain .Found in large well equipped libraries like Steele at Elmira,Olin at Cornell,Onondaga at Syracuse,prob Erie at Buffalo.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1749.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Columbia Historical Soc is located in Kinderhook, Main St or RT 9G(same) The Martin Van Buren House. Travers have been in the area on both sides of the Hudson River for generations..Rhinebeck is in Dutchess Co. Easy transport on the Hudson River.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/98.780.2 Message Board Post: Hi. i am just starting out and find out that I am relatived to the silvernails that come from columbia country ny. so any information you have will be greatful. the only thing i know so far is that alfred silvernail married esther teator. you can email or i will send you my addreess thank you for any help Linda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DAVIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1751 Message Board Post: I have information provided by Cattaraugus County Historical Museum. DAVIS, Eber was located in the 1855 New York Census: Eber, age 62, born in Columbia County, NY., occ. Methodist Clergyman. Sally, wife, age 62, born in Conn. John, son, age 39, born in Montgomery Co. NY Phebe, daughter-in-law, age 39, born in Montgomery Co., NY Is anybody looking at this line? Thank you. Al

I have just posted an index of almost 3000 names of people who had wills probated in Albany Co. 1817-1869. Darin Flansburg has been creating this index over a long period of time, but with this posting it has more than doubled in size. It has been an ongoing project and will prove to be very useful to many people. If you find a name that interests you, the person's will can be found on the LDS microfilm listed after the name. My thanks to Darin for sticking with this long project. If we are lucky, he may add even more names later. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Wills/W-Ind-AlbCo-5-21.htm Cliff

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/1749.1.1 Message Board Post: Cheryl, I'm looking for the Charles Traver family. I have learned Charles fought in the Rev War but never returned. His wife do not know her first name(Mrs. Traver) remarried a Mr. McIntyre. Charles & Mrs Traver had 2 dauhters, Margaret b. 1777 and Christina b. 1792 so the 2nd marriage had to take place after 1792. I'm assuming the Marriage between Charles and his first wife would be somewhere around 1776. Margaret Traver Silvernail is buried in the Methodist Church Cem in Copake, Columbia County, NY. Maybe a Methodist Church is a place to start is there an old Methodist Church in Rhinebeck? Thanks, Carolyn cwowen@us.hsanet.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Finger/Fingar, Pulver, Day, Best Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1749.1 Message Board Post: I live in Rhinebeck which is in Dutchess Co. What church/surnames are you looking for here?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/488.555.1 Message Board Post: Dwight, I too am interested in the Traver line, tried to access your website listed but couldn't. I have 2 Traver sister, Margaret b. 1777 and Christina b. 1792 marrying 2 brothers, Abraham and Peter Silvernail. I'm looking for parents of the 2 girls. Thanks, Carolyn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Silvernail, Traver, Owen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/1749 Message Board Post: Would anyone have an address for the Columbia County Historical Society and the Rhinebeck Church-not sure if it is in Columbia or Dutchess County ? I'm also looking for a marriage between Mrs. ? Traver and Mr. McIntyre after 1792 in probably Copake, Columbia County, NY. Would anyone know of a book on early marriages in Columbia County? Thanks, Carolyn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TRAUT, TROUT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1748 Message Board Post: Looking for information on George Traut (sometimes Trout), believed to have lived in Columbia County (town unknown), and moved to Girard (Erie County) PA in 1831.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRB.2ACE/98.780.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: There are several Silvernail films available via the LDS Family History Centers: #0000083 is "The Silvernail Family in America", #0000239 & #0000240 are the "Hoysradt/Streibel Genealogy" by Peter Silvernail & contain lots of info, #1206419 is "Silvernail Family Records" & contains fragments. The Peter Silvernail info was compiled into book form by Arthur C.M. Kelly, and can be ordered from www.kinshipny.com for $46. Art

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whitmore; Smith; Van Reper; Shofer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1466.1 Message Board Post: Christopher Whitmore & wife, Catherine Shofer, supposedly had a son, Wm. W. Whitmore b. 20 Jan 1800 in Columbia Co., NY. Were there other children born to Christopher Whitmore?What data do you have on Christopher Whitmore? William W. Whitmore had 4 children: Phineas Crouch Whitmore & William W. Whitmore, Jr.from 1st m. to Mary Smith; Charles Whitmore from 2nd m. to Fannie Van Reper; m.3rd to Elizabeth Smith, no issue; m. 4th to Louisa Hughes and had Fanny Mae Whitmore. Haven't anything more on Christopher or earlier generations so can't actually help you on that. Would appreciate hearing from you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Derrick, Klapper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/1746.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Delores! I did have the Derrick entry from this, but at that time I wasn't aware of the Klapper friendship/relationship. I am happy to have that info now as well.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/133.2 Message Board Post: I have a lot of the Schu/Schutt/Schulits/Shultis and about 3 other spellings, contact me at the above email address to share information. 5th Great Grand Daughter of Rebecca Schutt, Diane Ollivett-Miles

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scutt/Blass Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/98.780.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Art, Any idea where I could get some info on the "Silvernails in America" papers.Looking for a Blass/Scutt marriage noted in the geneology print.