James Cunningham was b. Feb. 12, 1783 in NY. Had child: Polly; Hannah E. b. 1808 in NY, m. Daniel Herring in NY; Catherine T. b. 1813 in NY, m. Erastus Clemons in Calhoun Co., MI; James b. 1814 in NY, m. Sarah Main/Mann in Calhoun Co., MI; Sylvester b. 1815 in Homer, Cortland Co., NY, m. Eliza Wilkerson in 1836 in NY, settled in Aurora, Cayuga Co. until 1856, then to Thompson Twp., Seneca Co., OH; Andrew R. b. 1818 in NY m. Eliza M. Clemons in Calhoun Co., MI; Lorenzo b. abt. 1825, was idiotic, and later lived in poor farm; Daniel b. 1826 in NY, d. 1854 in Kalamo, Eaton Co., MI, left all his property to his sisters; Lucy A. b. 1832 in NY m1 Edward Fields, m2 John Singer, m3 William Esget, m4 Martin Karcher; Alvira b. 1833 in NY m. 1848 in Eaton Co., MI to William John O'Connell/Connell. Hope someone notices something here. Marc

Anna, I'm looking for more info about my ancestor James Cunningham who was in Virgil as early as 1810. We believe his wife was Elizabeth (from gravestones). James, along with other ancestors by the name of Daniel and Samuel Herring came to Kalamo, Eaton Co., MI in the 1830s. Are there any Pomeroys? Am I right, the 1810 census for Cortland Co. is lost? Any help appreciated. Thanks, Marc in Michigan ----- Original Message ----- From: "henry phillips" <pioneer4@shianet.org> To: <NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 5:27 AM Subject: RE: [NYCORTLA] Bell,Samuel Beach and Mary > Hi Tim, Give me a date to shoot for and I will see what I have. I do have > the complete Highway List for maintaining the roads in Virgil for June > 1825. Really just gives neighbors and the number of days assigned to each > person, but does seem to be quite complete for all male land owners, plus > neighbors. > > Do have some of the Virgil Census up to 1850. Some are complete census, > but others are only a few pages. Do have some of the Presbyterian Church > information too. > > If your family is in the area up to around 1850 I will look see if I can > locate them. Anna

In the 1825 Census for Virgil , Cortland Co. , NY is James Cummingham . He read 73, that is AB column. In the CD columns are 1 1 In the JKL columns are 1 1 1 In the N column is 1 There are two Herrings in Virgil in 1825. They are John and Samuel John Herring reads 22 (A and B) and 1 (D). Nothing else for him Samuel Herring reads 41 (A and B) 1(C) 1 (D) 1(J) Hopefully other can help on these Letters. I think "A" is for total males in the house regardless of age. "B" is total females in the house regardless of age. "C" Total males that qualify for military service. "D" Total males than can vote. "E" Total of males that are aliens. "F" Persons who are paupers. "G" Persons of colour. "H" Persons of colour who pay taxes. "I" Persons of colour who can vote. "J" All married females of under age 45. "K" All unmarried females ages 16-45. "L" all females under 16 that are unmarried. I do not seem to have any information for the rest of the letters. That is all I have on Cumminghams and Herrings. Anna

Did one of Reuben and Polly's children include a Lewin Gridley? He appears on early records of Virgil. Vicki On Tuesday, October 31, 2000 2:17 AM, M Archer [SMTP:marcher@gfn.org] wrote: > The John HERRING on the list is: > > John HERRING b. Nov. 26, 1764 in Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, d. aft. 1840, > poss. in MI, m. in Northampton area, Hampshire Co., MA, Mar. 26, 1785 to > Temperance POMEROY. > Their known children are: > Polly b. bef. 1794 in NY m. Reuben GRIDLEY bef. 1814; Samuel b. 1797 in > Cortland Co., NY m. Deborah GRIDLEY 1819; Nathan; Daniel b. 1800 NY m. > Hannah E. CUNNINGHAM in 1828; Milton P. b. 1808 in Virgil, Cortland Co. m. > bef. 1835 to Lucy J. PARKER b. 1816 in NY, of Virgil, Cortland Co; > > Marc in Michigan > > > > ==== NYCORTLA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Cortland County page - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

James CUNNINGHAM is the first name on the list for District # 35. His neighbors are Curtis Gridley, John Fisher, John HERRING, William Shapley, John Stanton, Henry Smith. James Cunningham has been assigned 4 days on the upkeep of the road. John Herring has been assigned 7 days for upkeep on the road. Not necessarily more land, may just be road frontage. This was dated June 4th. 1825, Virgil, NY. for road assignments. Did not do the "C" or "H" in the 1820 census for Virgil. Now checking on the 1830 census. Be back if I find them on the few pages I have. I did check 1800 Onondaga Co. census and no Cunningham or Herring there in the town I copies. But could be there and just did not do that town. My ancestors fought in the Rev. War and were in the New York Line , 2nd Regiment. There is a Moses Cunningham listed among the Privates. Then went to list for the Military tract for Township #21 for Hector for the drawing of lots for land. No Herring or Cunningham listed. But this is just one of many Military tracts. Still pulling information , will get back if I see anything. Anna

To the persons who entered the Pomeroy posts: I have been trying to find out more about Charles Pomeroy for some years now. If anyone knows anything about him, I would certainly appreciate hearing from you. According to the info I have, he was born 6 Nov 1792, f. Capt. Luther Pomeroy, m. Rhoda Burt. He married Polly Thresher, or Threesher. Their dau., Tryphena, b. 21 June 1815, Homer, Cortland Co. She turned out to be my grgrgrand- mother. She married John Fairchild, and d. Nov, 1901, at Woodruff, Rich Co., UT. I am intrigued by this, as one of the Pomeroy genealogists says that Charles had no issue--seems I wouldn't be here if he hadn't!! S R Evans, CA

Going to post to both you and the list. Just pulling information from the files and could be back to you. I have a list of name that appears on the 1820 Virgil , Cortland Co. NY. census. There is a Chas. POMROY listed there, I wrote nothing else regarding him because not family. I am researching the Ball, Bouton, Gee, Hopper, Parliaman, Russell, Smith, Williams, and Willoughby lines and because "P" is so close I am continuing to check for POMROY near them. I will get back with you if I find any POMROY. There is no POMROY listed in the June 4th , 1825 of the Virgil Highway Work List. It could be that he did not own land and then possibly not listed. Checking for Cunningham and Herring now. Be back if I find anything. The 1810 is indeed lost. But some people have recreated it from various available records according to Tree Talks. I have had a request in for several weeks at the Allen Co. Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana to see if they have this recreated census. I guess it is time to do a follow up here. Anna also from Michigan ******************** Anna, I'm looking for more info about my ancestor James Cunningham who was in Virgil as early as 1810. We believe his wife was Elizabeth (from gravestones). James, along with other ancestors by the name of Daniel and Samuel Herring came to Kalamo, Eaton Co., MI in the 1830s. Are there any Pomeroys? Am I right, the 1810 census for Cortland Co. is lost? Any help appreciated. Thanks, Marc in Michigan

Hi Tim, Give me a date to shoot for and I will see what I have. I do have the complete Highway List for maintaining the roads in Virgil for June 1825. Really just gives neighbors and the number of days assigned to each person, but does seem to be quite complete for all male land owners, plus neighbors. Do have some of the Virgil Census up to 1850. Some are complete census, but others are only a few pages. Do have some of the Presbyterian Church information too. If your family is in the area up to around 1850 I will look see if I can locate them. Anna ************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Tim Stowell [mailto:tstowell@chattanooga.net] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 1:32 AM To: NYCORTLA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYCORTLA] Bell,Samuel Beach and Mary

If anyone on the list can assist this person, please do so directly. Thanks, Tim >Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 12:50:47 -0800 >From: EKJ630@aol.com >Old-Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:50:36 EST >Subject: Bell,Samuel Beach and Mary >To: nycortla-l-request@rootsweb.com > >The above couple lived in Virgil, Cortland Co. New York. How may I abtain >any information you have about them? > >

Good morning Listers, Is there SKS who could assist me? My grgr-grandparents, William A. BROOKS and Almira D. BURR were married in Homer, Cortland County, NY on 6 Jun 1848. I'm searching for the church record of their marriage and information on the parents of William. I believer his father's first name was Ransom BROOKS but I've been unable to find any information regarding his mother. Any information on the parents of William BROOKS would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!! -- Peace and Gentle Sunsets, Pam Eugene, Oregon, USA

If you can answer this, please correspond directly to Rose and if you wish to the list. Thanks, Tim >Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:48:19 -0700 >From: JoesLilGrl@aol.com >To: nycortla-l@rootsweb.com >Subject: {not a subscriber} Asylum??? > >I have just been informed that my great-great-grandfather died of Typhoid >Pneumonia in 1887 in Cortland County. We are not sure of the name of the >place, but it says on the paper "...poor and of Asylum and House of >Correction..." Does this mean anything to anyone? I have read there was a >poor house, but do not know where it was or how to find any information on >it. We are curious since it also says he was buried in the institution's >cemetery. > >Thank you for your time. > >Rose > >

Forwarded this because we have some users that may not sub to the NY state list. Vicki -----Original Message----- From: LINJAC@aol.com [SMTP:LINJAC@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 5:44 PM To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Smith/Pratt - picture I found a small card with a picture on the front and on the back is a 2 cent stamp and written in pencil is "Grandma Smith" and below that is "Mother Pratts Mother". Then lower in ink it says "My Great Grandmother". The picture was from a company called, Coburn & Co., Lake Street, Owego, N. Y. Would love to connect a copy of this picture to the family it belongs too. Linda ______________________________

I have made 2 additions to the site today. I reworked the migrations database section. While before it formerly held only a list of articles of people who moved in and out of Cortland Co., I have now added a page similar to the migration database pages recently added to Delaware Co. and inserted a link to the entire system on both the home page and the Collected data page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/migdata.htm I have also added a GenWeb news and notes section. In time, it will have a guestbook, site credits listing, an overview of GenWeb happenings, etc., but for now, all it has is a chart of the page growth over the last 12 months. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycortla/gwnnotes.htm Why don't you check them out and see what you think. Vicki

If you decide to reply to this, please email Ms Logan seperately, as under this address she is not a member of this list and therefore would not see a reply posted here. Thanks, Tim >Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 12:18:32 -0700 >From: "Jennifer and Greg Logan" <JGLogan@prodigy.net> >To: <nycortla-l@rootsweb.com> >Subject: {not a subscriber} Rowland Lacy of Homer > >Hello all, > > I am looking for any information on Rowland Lacy and his family. I have >found Rowland on the 1820 and the 1840 census. I know that he had at least >one son, Henry P. Lacy. I believe that Rowland died in the town of Homer in >the 1840's-1850's. If anyone had any information on the family, please >contact me. Thank you in advance! > >Jennifer Beam Logan > >

James Knapp asked: WHY IS THERE SO MANY LADIES WITH THE LETTER E. FOR THEIR MIDDLE NAME.? I suspect that it is either a factor of middle names that begin with E being popular - or perhaps it is that you notice the E better than ther letters? I've built a data base of names from Tombstones in Cazenovia, Fenner, and Nelson (Madison County) and have used it to figure popularity of names through time. I have been working with first names but now that someone has asked, I may break down the field to be able to study middle names also. I have 3306 named females in the data base. Generally Mary is the most popular name throughout the 19th and 20th century, accounting for 11% of all womans first names (382 of 3306). Of these 10% are Mary E., so perhaps James' observation is correct. Womens names beginning with E account for 12% of all women's names, with Elizabeth being the most common at 3% of all names. I always throught that Bestey/Betsy was a common name but found only 44 out of the 3306, which, added to the Elizabeths brings the total of that name up to only 4% of all names. This is on about equal footing with the other most-common names of Ann/Anne/Annie at 4%, Catherine/Kathryn at 4%, and Sarah at 3%. Choice of first and middle names is very much dependant upon how they sound together. Mary goes well with many other names: Mary Adelia, Mary Sophia, Mary Elizabeth, Mary Rose, ... but some name combinations just don't cut it. It seems that in the early 19th century they were pretty good at choosing harmonius name combinations and then from about 1860 on they start picking some really difficult ones: Florence Gertrude, Mary Armenia, Francis Emogene, etc. That is also the time that the traditional biblical names of the earlier generation started to give way to names like Mabel, Elvesta, Agnes, Laverne, etc. and which we today think of names from the depression (as that is when they were older adults). Names are very much a product of their times. I will eventually break my data base down to look at what names where popular at what times, but because so many of the gravestones don't give birth dates, that will be a very difficult task! Dan W. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/

DOING CEMETERY TRANSCRIBING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS THE LETTER E. SHOWS UP ATLEAST TWICE ON EVERY PAGE...THESE BURIALS GO FROM THE EARLY 1800's THROUGH THE MID 1950's.....JAMES KNAPP

<A HREF="http://www.mic.ki.se/HistDis.html">Click here: History of Diseases </A> In case that doesn't work: <A HREF="http://www.mic.ki.se/HistDis.html">http://www.mic.ki.se/HistDis.html </A>

Hi Folks: I've been busy as usual and just today finished the compiling of the much awaited list of the burials in the Catholic Cemetery (aka St. Agnes, St. James) of Cazenovia, NY There are over 1800 burials in this cemetery and it is rich in Irish American heritage! Before today there were two lists available, one of which was 20 years old and the other which is not readily available. I have combined these two lists and have done a thorough cross checking and proof reading to ensure that the final compilation is as complete and accurate as possible. Because the later list, apparently created by the staff at Lorenzo State Historic Site, is quite accurate and the cemetery is so large it is probably quite unnecesary for me to do my usual field checking of all the stones and the older lists. Go the main Cazenovia, Fenner, and Nelson History Pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen and through the "What's New?!" link or the "Transcripts of Cemeteries" links you can get to the pages. It is also indexed in the little search engine I have, but expect to find scores of people named Dwyer, Burke, Driscoll, Ryan, Heffernan, lots of O'...s and Mc'...s ... Enjoy! Dan W. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen Enjoy!

Is anyone presently working on the JACKSON, GILKERSON, or KENT names in Cortland County in the mid-19th century? If so, I would like to establish contact with you. Barbee in Alberta, Canada

I have an old family tree that reads as follows: May Bentley Tuttle M. G. N. are these latin initials that stand for something? Not the initials of her children Frank, William Charles and Marian. Thanks.