Can we get the evans and Stivers book in a library.....v Crystal mlsopp@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Mike, > > I have this book and would be happy to do look-ups. > > Just let me know who you are seeking. > > Margaret > mlsopp@ix.netcom.com > > ==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== > Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html > or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net > Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams > Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! > Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/

Margaret, I would really appreciate it if you would look up anyone with the surname "Wamsley" in this book. I have seen the book, and I know there is at least one "Wamsley," but I didn't copy it because I didn't know at the time that I was related. Now I am pretty sure I am related to the Adams Co. Wamsley. jane ----- Original Message ----- From: <mlsopp@ix.netcom.com> To: <OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 5:57 PM Subject: [OHADAMS] Evans and Stivers History of Adams County Ohio > > Mike, > > I have this book and would be happy to do look-ups. > > Just let me know who you are seeking. > > Margaret > mlsopp@ix.netcom.com > > > > > ==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== > Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html > or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net > Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams > Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! > Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >

Be aware that the index for Evans and STIVERS in not complete. The original edition had little index. The reprint edition I have must be about 50% complete. On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 20:57:08 -0500 (EST) mlsopp@ix.netcom.com writes: > >Mike, > >I have this book and would be happy to do look-ups. > >Just let me know who you are seeking. > >Margaret >mlsopp@ix.netcom.com > > > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: >http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Mike, I have this book and would be happy to do look-ups. Just let me know who you are seeking. Margaret mlsopp@ix.netcom.com

Hi, I have seen every one of these census-takers snafus...And, on one, the census person was tippling...Probably had a flask in his hip pocket... Twenty years ago, when I was a pup, I considered the census taker an intruder and it was none of his/her damn business how many bathrooms I had in the house...What a change of tune a few years makes...I'm going to put down every name I ever had, every place I ever lived, how many cats and dogs I had...The list will be remarkable...lolol... Dixie Lea P.S. May I please have the address for the homepage ? I was crashed, again, have to rebuild...

Hi, my name is Debbie. I have researching my family history which is the Himes, and one of my Aunts was married to a George Doyle. They ran off and got married when she was 19 to Adams Co.,Ohio. I need to know if you have a record of their marriage and if maybe George might be buried there in Adams Co. somewhere. I have looked in all the cemetaries in Lewis Co.Ky. where my Aunt lived, but find no gravesite for him. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. >From: mlsopp@ix.netcom.com >Reply-To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com >To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [OHADAMS] Evans and Stivers History of Adams County Ohio >Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 20:57:08 -0500 (EST) > > >Mike, > >I have this book and would be happy to do look-ups. > >Just let me know who you are seeking. > >Margaret >mlsopp@ix.netcom.com > > > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > Debbie Taylor ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Nan- I found out that Bowling Green University had some of the Draper manuscripts (at least those dealing with Ohio) and I went to my local library and requested them through interlibrary loan. Somewhere I found out which numbered manuscript it was, though. If you call Bowling Green Univ., see if they have an index. You r eyes would fall out if you tried to go through them all because at least the ones that I read were in the flowery old handwriting of the 1700-1800's. Regards, Karen Trient

I know of 5,not 3 calandar's,and own 4. Do not own one on SC. I do own a calandar on GR CLARK,but it's not home right now. Plus, my favorite part is the interviews Lyman Draper bought from Rev Shane, who interviewed Ky pioneers 50 years after the fact. Draper did not buy all of Shane's papers. The rest went to the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, where 1990-93 a book of abstracts of Shane's collection was published. Rev Shane was especially interested in Presbyterian church events. Both included a few early church records. S BROWN and s Adams Co Presbyterian records On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:16:55 -0500 hrarmstrong@juno.com writes: >Here's a message on the Draper Manuscripts that I've kept in my >"reference" folder. If you read down through it, it explains not only >what they are but how to go about accessing them. University libraries >often have the "calendars", which is like a table of contents (they >contain a name index) as well as Harper's Guide. Don't know if Teri is >still on kyroots. > >--------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: Teri Pettit <pettit@ADOBE.COM> >To: KYROOTS@LSV.UKY.EDU >Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:05:20 -0700 >Subject: The Draper Manuscripts, overview >Message-ID: <v02140b01b22c6fe13bba@[153.32.55.197]> > >> I have been told that Lyman Draper traveled extensivly in >KY-OHIO-IND etc at >>the time of the revolutionary war. He kept a diary and interviewed >many of the >>people that he knew were doing things that he belived would be of >importance >>later. >> He made contact with the BOONE family ,Simon KENTON, etc. Over a >lifetime >>his diary grew to several volumes. In old age he tried to sell it to >the State >>of KY.but was turned down and it ended up at the Univ. of Wisc. I >understand >>it has never been published, but is available on microfilm. > >To call the Draper Manuscripts collection of Lyman Copeland Draper's >research >notes a "diary" is quite an understatement. Draper (1815-1891) did not >live >at the time of the Revolutionary War, but that era was the focus of >his >research. >He intended to write biographies on Boone, Kenton, George Rogers >Clark, and >Tecumseh, among others, but he was more researcher than writer and >never felt >like he was done collecting background material. > >The collection, in the custody of the State Historical Society of >Wisconsin >(not the University), comprises nearly 500 handwritten volumes >organized into >52 "series" labelled from A to ZZ. The series collect documents with >similar >subject matter and dates of collection. The volumes within a series >are >numbered. >Some of the series contain only one volume; series J (George Rogers >Clark >Papers) >is the largest with 64 volumes, series CC (Kentucky Papers) is the >second >largest >with 37 volumes. > >The collection was microfilmed onto 133 reels in 1949, and again into >123 reels >in 1980. > >Selections from some of the series of most general interest have been >published >in excerpt form, edited by Reuben G. Thwaites & Louise Phelps >Kellogg. >They include: > > Documentary History of Dunmore's War, 1774. (1905) > Revolution on the Upper Ohio, 1775-1777. (1908) > Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, 1777-1778. (1912) > Frontier Advance on the Upper Ohio, 1778-1779. (1916) > Frontier Retreat on the Upper Ohio, 1779-1781. (1917) > >(A court martial record of my GGGG Grandfather Matthew Pettit is >reprinted >in the Frontier Advance volume.) These volumes are available in many >libraries. > >Publishing selections proved to require more money and staff than the >Historical >Society of Wisconsin could muster. They turned to publishing what they >called >"calendars", which are sort of like annotated Tables of Contents. A >calendar >takes a series, and provides one or two paragraphs describing each >item >(article, letter, interview, etc.) in it. The calendars are surname >indexed. > >The calendars include: > > Preston and Virginia Papers, Series QQ and ZZ. (1915) > Kentucky Papers, Series CC. (1925) > Tennessee and King's Mountain Papers, Series XX and DD. (1929) > >In 1983 the Historical Society published > > Guide to the Draper Manuscripts, edited by Josephine L. Harper. > >This is commonly known as "Harper's Guide". It is still in print and >can be >ordered from any bookstore that does custom orders. It takes the >"calendar" >idea and applies it to the collection as a whole. It has a general >introduction >to using the Draper Manuscripts for research, and then gives a >description >of the focus and major contents of each of the 500 volumes. The >descriptions >vary in length, from 1/4 page to 2 pages, but average about 1/2 page. >The >descriptions comprise about 240 pages. There is then an index that is >about >220 pages long, full names, indexed by volume number. > >The microfilms are hard to find things in, since there is such a lot >of >material, nearly all handwritten (there are some newspaper clippings), >and >no page numbering. Getting a very good idea of where you want to look >from >Harper's Guide and/or the published calendars is nearly a must if you >are to >make use of the microfilms. > >Hope this helps. > > Teri Pettit > Adobe Systems Inc. > San Jose, CA 95110-2704 > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== Help Instructions at: >http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html or contact Betty >at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Here's a message on the Draper Manuscripts that I've kept in my "reference" folder. If you read down through it, it explains not only what they are but how to go about accessing them. University libraries often have the "calendars", which is like a table of contents (they contain a name index) as well as Harper's Guide. Don't know if Teri is still on kyroots. --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Teri Pettit <pettit@ADOBE.COM> To: KYROOTS@LSV.UKY.EDU Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:05:20 -0700 Subject: The Draper Manuscripts, overview Message-ID: <v02140b01b22c6fe13bba@[153.32.55.197]> > I have been told that Lyman Draper traveled extensivly in KY-OHIO-IND etc at >the time of the revolutionary war. He kept a diary and interviewed many of the >people that he knew were doing things that he belived would be of importance >later. > He made contact with the BOONE family ,Simon KENTON, etc. Over a lifetime >his diary grew to several volumes. In old age he tried to sell it to the State >of KY.but was turned down and it ended up at the Univ. of Wisc. I understand >it has never been published, but is available on microfilm. To call the Draper Manuscripts collection of Lyman Copeland Draper's research notes a "diary" is quite an understatement. Draper (1815-1891) did not live at the time of the Revolutionary War, but that era was the focus of his research. He intended to write biographies on Boone, Kenton, George Rogers Clark, and Tecumseh, among others, but he was more researcher than writer and never felt like he was done collecting background material. The collection, in the custody of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (not the University), comprises nearly 500 handwritten volumes organized into 52 "series" labelled from A to ZZ. The series collect documents with similar subject matter and dates of collection. The volumes within a series are numbered. Some of the series contain only one volume; series J (George Rogers Clark Papers) is the largest with 64 volumes, series CC (Kentucky Papers) is the second largest with 37 volumes. The collection was microfilmed onto 133 reels in 1949, and again into 123 reels in 1980. Selections from some of the series of most general interest have been published in excerpt form, edited by Reuben G. Thwaites & Louise Phelps Kellogg. They include: Documentary History of Dunmore's War, 1774. (1905) Revolution on the Upper Ohio, 1775-1777. (1908) Frontier Defense on the Upper Ohio, 1777-1778. (1912) Frontier Advance on the Upper Ohio, 1778-1779. (1916) Frontier Retreat on the Upper Ohio, 1779-1781. (1917) (A court martial record of my GGGG Grandfather Matthew Pettit is reprinted in the Frontier Advance volume.) These volumes are available in many libraries. Publishing selections proved to require more money and staff than the Historical Society of Wisconsin could muster. They turned to publishing what they called "calendars", which are sort of like annotated Tables of Contents. A calendar takes a series, and provides one or two paragraphs describing each item (article, letter, interview, etc.) in it. The calendars are surname indexed. The calendars include: Preston and Virginia Papers, Series QQ and ZZ. (1915) Kentucky Papers, Series CC. (1925) Tennessee and King's Mountain Papers, Series XX and DD. (1929) In 1983 the Historical Society published Guide to the Draper Manuscripts, edited by Josephine L. Harper. This is commonly known as "Harper's Guide". It is still in print and can be ordered from any bookstore that does custom orders. It takes the "calendar" idea and applies it to the collection as a whole. It has a general introduction to using the Draper Manuscripts for research, and then gives a description of the focus and major contents of each of the 500 volumes. The descriptions vary in length, from 1/4 page to 2 pages, but average about 1/2 page. The descriptions comprise about 240 pages. There is then an index that is about 220 pages long, full names, indexed by volume number. The microfilms are hard to find things in, since there is such a lot of material, nearly all handwritten (there are some newspaper clippings), and no page numbering. Getting a very good idea of where you want to look from Harper's Guide and/or the published calendars is nearly a must if you are to make use of the microfilms. Hope this helps. Teri Pettit Adobe Systems Inc. San Jose, CA 95110-2704

Ages & names can often vary in a dramatic way from census to census. Keep in mind the following: 1) The census information was not always gathered from the head of household, from the spouse or even the children. It was collected from whomever was there on that day, including the hired help or a nearby neighbor. The family might even have moved away if the enumeration date had passed. 2) Ages were supposed to be those ages at the enumeration date. However, the actual census might very well be taken several months/weeks before or after the enumeration date. I would suspect that few of the enumerators remembered to caution the respondents on this. 3) Birthdays were not celebrated in the same context that we know them today, so a person might very well not know their own age in an exact fashion. 4) Names could vary simply because a first name could be given on one census, a nickname on the next, a middle name on the next. 5) The census itself was taken at time under adverse conditions, weather and travel conditions. I have seen several censuses where it is apparent that the enumerator filled in some of the information after he had been at the door of the dwelling. It's too bad, as these variations only complicate the researcher's task further. Margaret Ernest

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------8B093776CB7D03ACA0D6EE69 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ooops.... the library in Madison is Wisconsin State Historical Society... Lyman Draper ran the library for many years and is why the originals are there. --------------8B093776CB7D03ACA0D6EE69 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from c.mx.execpc.com (c.mx.execpc.com [169.207.3.102]) by core1.mx.execpc.com (8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA03547 for <pendon@execpc.com>; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 13:11:50 -0600 (CST) Return-Path: <OHADAMS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by c.mx.execpc.com (8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA04444 for <pendon@execpc.com>; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 13:14:18 -0600 (CST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA17087; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 11:11:13 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 11:11:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <382F002D.3D4B78B8@execpc.com> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 12:32:13 -0600 From: Penny Sabin <pendon@execpc.com> Reply-To: pendon@execpc.com Organization: Pendon Desktop X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en]C-EXECPC-404 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHADAMS] Re: OHADAMS-D Digest V99 #268 References: <0.a359ce7b.25601cff@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <p79nbB.A.wKE.QlwL4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1813 X-Loop: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: OHADAMS-L-request@rootsweb.com The Wisconsin State Library in Madison, WI has the whole set and is the owner of the original manuscripts and records.... BUT there are 104 (I think) microfilms in all! Lots of information, and a lot of it is indexed in separate books. Believe San Antonio Library has a set... Nanathomas@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 14-11-99 1:20:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, > OHADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << 6. The Draper Manuscripts - Microfilm rented from American Genealogical > Library >> > ~~~ > I have heard of these before. > Where do you write to rent them and how much? > Thanks > Nan > > ==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== > Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html > or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net > Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams > Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! > Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ ==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ --------------8B093776CB7D03ACA0D6EE69--

The Wisconsin State Library in Madison, WI has the whole set and is the owner of the original manuscripts and records.... BUT there are 104 (I think) microfilms in all! Lots of information, and a lot of it is indexed in separate books. Believe San Antonio Library has a set... Nanathomas@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 14-11-99 1:20:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, > OHADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << 6. The Draper Manuscripts - Microfilm rented from American Genealogical > Library >> > ~~~ > I have heard of these before. > Where do you write to rent them and how much? > Thanks > Nan > > ==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== > Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html > or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net > Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams > Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! > Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/

Does anyone on our list have a copy of Evans & Stivers History of Adams County ? If so would you be willing to look up some people for me & send me copies of the information? I would be able to pay any copying and postage expenses. I have tried to inter-library loan this book to no avail. Mike Howerton mikeh@vbe.com

In a message dated 11/14/1999 9:09:15 AM Mountain Standard Time, JohnCowan@aol.com writes: << Since there were thousands of Ohio and Kentucky bound families that made the journey down the Ohio River in the period from the 1780s to the 1840s, I assume that there are probably many persons on this list who would have an interest in what the trek was like for their ancestors. Perhaps, you know this already because some of your ancestors wrote down their experiences. >> I have no record, but wonderful visions of a trip made by a widowed grandmother, in her sixties,from Richmond Co. VA , to Pittsburg, then down to the Ohio to Woodford Co. KY where her five sons had migrated. I have no idea who made the journey with her beyond four orphaned grandchildren--the youngest eight. I have grandchildren I wouldn't take to the mall, let alone 400 miles down the Ohio! Somehow I keep envisioning a children's book--just haven't gotten to it yet! It would be wonderful if those of you who have such diaries and accounts would post portions of them. The rest of us can only imagine! Karen Dale Larkspur CO

I own books of abstracts,or calandars,of a good portion. Major city libries have the microfilms. lYMAN DRAPER WAS WORKING IN WISCONSON. Think it's Wisconson State Library,but might be u wisconson. On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 09:11:11 EST Nanathomas@aol.com writes: >In a message dated 14-11-99 1:20:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, >OHADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > ><< 6. The Draper Manuscripts - Microfilm rented from American >Genealogical > Library >> >~~~ >I have heard of these before. >Where do you write to rent them and how much? >Thanks >Nan > > >==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: >http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

I have been researching my Great Grandmothers family and yesterday, I managed to locate a census record of them. In further researching those census records, I now have another mystery that I thought I would post to see if anyone had any answers or clues. Appreciate any assistance anyone can provide. Background information: Sarah E. Cox - b 19 Sep 1848 OH d. 12 Feb 1919 Rarden, OH. Married Elijah Abbott (S/O James Abbott and Virnillia Hayslip) Parents of Sarah (according to her Death Certificate) John Cox Hannah Rothwell 1850 Census, Jefferson Twsp. Adams Co. OH John Cox, age 25 - Hannah, age 24 - Sarah, age 2 1860 Census, Brush Creek Twsp, Scioto Co. OH John Cox is listed age 36 (We now have a new wife (possibly 2nd) listed) - Matilda J., age 28 - Sarah, age 10 (this should be 12) - Mary, age 8 - Hanna, age 3 - Jane, age 1 1870 Census, Brush Creek Twsp., Scioto Co. OH John Cox is listed, age 45 - Matilda, age 36 - Mary, age 17 - Hannah, age 13 - Nancy J., age 11 (I suspect this is Jane) - Simon P, age 8 (Information provided on Sarah's death certificate is provide by a S.P. Cox) - Frances, age 6 - Jared M, age 3 - Elizabeth, age 1 1880 Census, Brush Creek Twsp., Scioto Co., OH John Cox is listed, age 55 but family members are hard to read. possibly (Matilda, Jared, Nancy and Elizabeth) Ages listed all appear to be 10 years off. It look like census taker wrote ages on wrong line or mixed children with ages. I am confident that this is the same family but I'm looking for the following information. Does anyone have information on the marriages and/or deaths of: John Cox to Hannah Rothwell? John and Hannah either divorcing or Hannah passing away? John marrying a 2nd time to a Matilda (last name unknown)? John Cox's death? Is anyone related to or have information on this Cox line? Thanks for any assistance. Will share what I have.... Thanks.. David Abbott david.abbott@worldnet.att.net

Subject: Diaries or Journals of Ohio River Flatboat Migrants Subtitle: "Where is Abigail?" List Members: For more than 28 years I have been on a genealogical quest "to find" Abigail BURR m. John COWAN who possibly died while on the way to Ohio. Members of the COWAN family, and their neighbors (SEWELL, TULLIS, BURR, RUSSELL and HENDRICKS) migrated to what are now Warren and Clinton Counties in OH in 1800 and 1799, respectively. At least two sources tell those of us researching these families that they left their farms in what is now Jefferson Co VA, traveling by wagon on the Braddock Road to Pittsburgh, thence by flatboat down the Ohio River to Columbia at the mouth of the Little Miami River. Then they went to Beedle's Station. Not surprisingly, they left no records of their migration in the form of daily journals or diaries that we have ever discovered. We have documented many facts about the families at both ends of their journey. (Land records, burial, and church records, etc.) We have a pretty good understanding of why and how they migrated. But we have little (really nothing) about their actual migration. Through the years I have become more and more interested in trying "to breathe some life" into my undertstanding of their journey. I have collected many pictures and sketches of flatboats, have visited several riverboat museums along the Ohio, have searched early Pittsburgh newspapers, and have read and re-read a few books and several published articles about Ohio River flatboat travelers. I have copies of only two published diaries that provide some detailed insight into the daily lives of people making this trek. I keep wanting more. Since there were thousands of Ohio and Kentucky bound families that made the journey down the Ohio River in the period from the 1780s to the 1840s, I assume that there are probably many persons on this list who would have an interest in what the trek was like for their ancestors. Perhaps, you know this already because some of your ancestors wrote down their experiences. I keep hoping that I might find more diaries or journals or bits and pieces of notes written by those early pioneers. Perhaps some of your ancestors drew pcitures of what they saw along the river. If you share this interest or have notes or any other information in your files that would help me learn more, please let me know. There is only a very, very slim chance that we will ever know what happened to Abigail, but we can learn more about possible circumstances that may have surrounded her disappearance. John Cowan of Baltimore, MD johncowan@aol.com

In a message dated 14-11-99 1:20:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, OHADAMS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << 6. The Draper Manuscripts - Microfilm rented from American Genealogical Library >> ~~~ I have heard of these before. Where do you write to rent them and how much? Thanks Nan

www.usgenweb.com, then select "STATE ARCHIVES SEARCH ENGINE"; next set search for WV,and search BROOKE .I'm going to repost from there EDGLINGTON,data, but there is an 1810 BROOKE Co census showing portions of our colony forced to move to Boonesboro,Ky, and there are early Brooke Co marriages-of distant kinsmen,ET AL! There were EDGLINGTON'S [and Zane's] just across the Delaware River from s Philadelphis. 1680-90 era. The Zane'S,like the Edglington's and other neighbors,migrated to Hampshire Co,WV where,the Zane's, like the Edglington's, were killed,and captured in the French and Indian War. The Zane's moved to Wheeling in 1769-70.Harmon Greathouse sold out on the upper Potomac in late 1772. 1773 WM WEST,JOHN SAPPINGTON,AND JOUSHA MCQUEEN shared a cabin near Greathouse's,at Weirton,and 1774,Edglington joined them. And the VA land law of 1779 REWARDED then in 1780 for their corn-rght improvements with 400 a each. Once rewarded, they started making improvements of cabin and corn across the Ohio-it was Va also. And to 1784,they made improvements all over eastern Ohio. Seeking further land rewards, and hoping the Indians didn't kill them. Va and Pa had never done much more than send complining committees among the squatters. But,in 1784-85 era,Va was convinced to cede the Contential Congress it's lands nw of the Ohio. [NW TERRTORY]. Congress did several things. It surveyed for sale by CONGRESS to private individuals lands. It sold cheaply to Congress favorites other tracts, "BUT CONGRESS DID SOMETING VA AND PA DID NOT DO-IT UNLEASHED IT'S ARMY TO BURN OUT THE SQUATTERS." That sent my colony rushig downriver near Boonesboro,Ky where it had been "long hunting sice 1780. . 1787 era. And,in these Edglington notes, sent Edglington back acrodd the river to Weirton,WV The file you requested is shown below. The free access to this USGenWeb Archives file is provided through the courtesy of RootsWeb.com Inc. CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: edgingtn.txt) Copyright 1999 Julia A. (Heaton) Krutilla submitted this file for use in the WVGenWeb project. It may be freely copied, but may not be sold. GEORGE EDGINGTON, SR. and family of Brooke Co., VA/WV Much of the early documents on this family have conflicting information but all are included so you can weigh the evidence and quality of the source. George EDGINGTON, Sr. was supposedly born in London c1706/07, some sources say Wales, and ran away from home due to a whipping. He was discovered as a stowaway when far out to sea, came to American at the age of 15, and settled near Philadelphia, PA. There he married Margaret BROOME on 30 Jul 1743 at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. George EGERTON is the name found on this church document. Some secondary evidence connects his wife, Margaret BROOME with parents Thomas BROOME and Elizabeth COLEY who married 27 July 1712 at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA. The following is abstracted material from the Draper Manuscripts. "George EDGINGTON, who came from London to America, settled first near Philadelphia and there married, then to Hampshire Co., VA, below the mouth of South Branch, thirty miles from Winchester. Edward's Fort, six miles from EDGINGTON was where the people forted. EDGINGTON went to a tub mill belonging to another Edwards, and there were about a dozen Dutch boys and girls also there at the mill and all had to stay overnight. The next morning, all were taken by the Indians; they tomahawked the children except two boys and EDGINGTON in the mill, and set it on fire, and started for Fort DuQuesne (Pittsburgh, PA). After going three miles, they killed the two remaining Dutch boys. In crossing a stream, an Indian walked over a log, leading EDGINGTON, who waded and when in the middle of the stream pulled in the Indian, who when reaching the shore, aimed a tomahawk blow, which EDGINGTON partly dodging, split his nose and upper lip; the other Indian interfered and saved a repetition of the blow; tied up the wound - took him first to Fort DuQuesne, then up to Scioto, and kept him three years. Two days after EDGINGTON was taken, his wife barely escaped being with a couple of families of eight persons, under protection of two soldiers, going to Edward's Fort; all were waylaid and killed. While he was absent, his wife, two years after, not doubting he was killed at the mill, married again; but when he returned, he kindly gave her the choice of husbands, and she chose her first." The Compendium of American Genealogy Vol., 1, pg. 77 states "that George EDGINGTON served in the French and Indian War and lived below the south fork of the Potomac River in Hampshire County, VA." His land transactions in Hampshire Co., VA/WV include a purchase of 200 acres on 10 August 1772 on the North River of Cacapon, and he sold it 2 October 1774 before moving to Holliday's Cove, Ohio Co., VA (now Weirton, Brooke Co., WV). The following is an abstract from "Pioneer Days, Early History of Jefferson County, OH", M. D. Sinclair, pg. 155 regarding the EDGINGTON Family: "History of Pioneer EDGINGTON Family Reads Like Fiction - Among the many strange happenings which befell the settlers of pioneer days, adventures of the EDGINGTON family are among the most unusual. George and Margaret (BROOME) EDGINGTON came to this country from England at a very early date and settled in Hampshire Co., VA on a grant of land given them by Lord Fairfax. Later they decided to remove from that location and went to what we now call Hollidays Cove (Weirton, WV). They are said to have had six sons in the War of the Revolution. One of these was Thomas, born in 1744, died 1814, buried in Union Cemetery together with his wife, Martha, a son, Thomas, a daughter, Drusilla, and a son, Jesse, who was born 1779, died 1866. Also Mrs. Mary VIERS EDGINGTON born 1783, died 1852. The family lived in the red brick house which is still standing not far from the approach to the Fort Steuben bridge on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River . . . . . . The pioneers, George and Martha (Margaret is who they meant) EDGINGTON, were buried in a private burying ground not far from the house where they lived in West Virginia (then VA) and recently a descendant, who is a prominent resident of Wheeling, WV, has been making an effort to locate the graves and will have the remains disinterred and placed in the EDGINGTON lot in Union Cemetery. In addition to the members already referred to there will also be found in Island Creek Cemetery, Ashiel EDGINGTON, 1760-1826 and Cassandra (VEIRS) , 1773-1828; Jesse EDGINGTON never married but was prominent among the early settlers in this district. Mrs. Martha EDGINGTON McCAUSLEN is descended on her mother's side from these old pioneers." During the Indian depredations in the early 1780's, the EDGINGTON along with most of the valley pioneer families safely moved into Washington Co., PA. The 1783 Nottingham Twp., Washington Co., PA Tax lists include George Sr., his sons Jesse, John, Isaac, George Jr., and an unknown Norris EDGINGTON. (With Thomas presumed dead, perhaps this Norris [an early surname in Washington Co., PA] is the widow Martha "Patty" with her maiden name, inheriting her husband's property or perhaps the new husband. He could also be an unknown son of George Sr.) George and Margaret's sons Thomas and Joseph are clearly missing from these tax records. Thomas was most likely an indian captive in the Indian towns as he is missing from 3 years of tax records and perhaps Joseph was active service with the militia as he later appears as a squatter across the Ohio River at Hart's Rock on 30 November 1785. And in the 1787 Ohio Co., VA tax records all of the EDGINGTONs return to their property in the 1787 Ohio Co., VA (WV) Tax records. In 1788, George Sr. believing his days on this earth were soon coming to an end, gave his son, George Jr. power of attorney. This document can be found in the Ohio Co., WV(VA) Deed Book 1, pg. 209. Unfortunately, no records have been found on Margaret BROOME EDGINGTON date of death or even much about her life. George EDGINGTON, SR. died in 1791 age 84 at his son, Thomas's farm in Ohio Co., VA according to Leyman Draper Manuscripts. And Mr. Draper mentions seeing the grave, crude stone and inscription as date and age were given on this same field stone. CHILDREN OF GEORGE EDGINGTON SR. and MARGARET BROOME: Thomas EDGINGTON b. 1744 Hampshire Co., VA, d. 2 January 1814 Brooke Co., VA(WV). Served in Brady's Rangers, a spy for the Frontier Rangers, Indian captive in 1781, taken to Detroit and sold to the British. Ref: Pa Arch 6th Series, Vol. II, pg. 153; Draper Mss. 2 S 292, 293. He was reburied at the Union Cemetery, Steubenville, OH. Married Martha "Patty" _______. Children: Asahel, George, Mary, John, Sarah, Jesse, Rachel, Drucilla, and Thomas. George EDGINGTON, JR. b. c1746 Hampshire Co., VA, d. 1816, said to be buried in EDGINGTON Cemetery. Moved to Manchester, Adams Co., OH in 1791 shortly after the town was founded by Massie. About 1795 he left the stockade and settled in Sprigg Township near Zane's Trace. Pioneer to the Northwest Territory. Ref: PA Archives Series Vol. 2, pg. 41, 83; Evans's & Stivers History of Adams Co., OH. George died in 1816. He left his wife Mary (who was born about 1750, and was possibly a Naylor) and a large family (order of birth unknown). Children: John, George, Elizabeth "Tacy", Sarah, William, Mary, Absalom, Drucilla, and Abel. Joseph EDGINGTON, b. c 1749, Hampshire Co., VA, d. April 1832, probably buried in the Aerl (Wilson) Cemetery. While living in Holiday's Cove, Ohio Co., WV (now Brooke Co., WV) area with his brothers, Isaac and Jesse, enlisted in Capt. James Munn's Co. of Pennsylvania militia, and participated in Col. William Crawford's disastrous Sandusky expedition. His nephew Jacob EDGINGTON states that on one occasion he shot a squaw he saw coming up a branch; she was "very richly dressed, wearing many silver brooches". Shortly afterwards he had his arm broken by a musket ball, recovered. About 1795 he went with his family to Massie's, and is reported to have been one of the first to settle outside the stockade. He remained in Sprigg Twp. until about 1817, when he bought land in what is now Eagle Twp., Brown Co., OH where he resided until his death in April 1832. Joseph was married twice; first to Eleanor, whose maiden name is unknown; and second on August 8, 1814, to Hannah (McLAUGHLIN) GUTRIDGE, widow of James GUTRIDGE. She survived him, dying August 2, 1845, aged 74 years, 4 months, 17 days and is buried in the Aerl Cemetery. Joseph EDGINGTON was the father of a large family - all by his 1st wife Eleanor. He did not leave a will as he disposed of his real estate prior to his death and no paper trail has been found giving all the names of his children. Known children: Ashahel, Margaret, Eleanor, George, Joseph Jr., Isaac, Joshua, Jemina, Henry, Honor, and Asa. Isaac EDGINGTON, b. c1752 in Hampshire Co., VA, d. abt. 1836, buried Bentonville, Adams Co., OH. Pvt. on Sandusky Exp. under Col. William Crawford in Capt. James Munn's Co., Washington Co., PA Militia. Ref: PA Archives 6th Series, Vol. 2 pg. 51, 72, 84, 396; Evan's & Stivers History of Adams Co.; Draper Manuscripts 19 S 162, 163. He was married c1777 to Elizabeth, maiden name unknown. He moved from Hampshire Co., VA to the then western frontier area near Ft. Henry, Wheeling, VA(WV), where he and his brothers Joseph and Jesse, enlisted in Capt. James Munn's Co. of PA militia and served in Crawford's expedition in the summer of 1782. He was for many years a scout in the Wheeling area, and was granted a tract of land in Strabane Twp., Washington Co., PA, patent dated 17 March 1787. He later sold this tract to his brother Jesse, which was recorded May 18, 1796. His son Jacob EDGINGTON says in his 1863 statement to Mr. Draper, that his father removed to Adams Co., in 1794. Isaac settled outside the stockade at Manchester in Sprigg Twp. along Isaac's Creek, which bears his name about the age of 84 years. He supposedly left a will, which was distroyed in the Court House fire of February 1910. He and his wife, Elizabeth are believed to be buried near Bentonville. No complete list of their children has been found, but the following are constructed from records available: Ruah Ann (Ruanna, Ruey Ann), Abraham, Isaac Jr., Jacob, Rachel, Brice Viers, Azariah, and John. John EDGINGTON b. c1754 Hampshire Co., VA, d. 1813 Stark Co., OH. Moved from Brooke Co., VA to Stark Co., OH in 1811. Buried 1 mile west of Canal Fulton. Pvt. In Capt. James Munn's Co., 2nd Batt. Washington Co., PA Militia, ordered to rendezvous 18th of March 1782. Ref: PA Archives 6th Series, Vol. II, pg. 36, 60, 83. Married Nancy Bruce. Children: Aaron, John, Sarah, Mary, Rebecca, Noah, Nancy, Margaret, and Isaac. Jesse EDGINGTON b. 1759 Hampshire Co., VA, d. July 6, 1821 Springfield Twp., Richland Co., OH, on farm 7 miles west of Mansfield, buried near Ontario, Richland Co., OH. Removed from Jefferson Co., OH near Steubenville to Richland Co., OH in 1815. Pvt. In Washington Co., PA Militia Capt. James Munn's Co., 1782; Williamson expedition, the disastrous foray of the Sandusky Exp. under Col. Wm. Crawford. Married October 5, 1779, Margaret Palmer (Parmer, Paramour, or Parramore). Children: Thomas, John, Levi, Isaac, Jesse, and William. Recommended reading and reference on this family: 1. Further Materials on Lewis Wetzel & the Upper Ohio Frontier … Historical Narrative of George Edgington, Jared C. Lobdell - The Edgington Family, pg. 1. 2. Pioneer Days, Early History of Jefferson County, OH, M. D. Sinclair, pg. 155 3. History of Adams Co., OH Vol. I, 1982, C. N. Thompson, 169-191 4. That Dark & Bloody River, Allan W. Eckert 5. Ohio DAR Revolutionary Rosters Vol. I & II 1929-1938 6. The Draper Manuscripts - Microfilm rented from American Genealogical Library 7. 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I would like to know if there are any records of tenant farmers in Adams county, OH. I assume that tenant farmers did not own any land, so there would be no probate records. My gg-father was Francis M. Eubanks, born 1837 in KY. He moved to Adams County around 1863 with his wife Nancy Arnett and one son George. Around 1870 he married his second wife, Anna Elizabeth Paris and raised 11 children. They are listed in the 1880 and 1900 census. They moved around a little and he is listed as a farmer. I assume that he was a tenant farmer since I have not been able to find any land records for him. I would appreciate any information. Bob Eubanks FAMILY HISTORY CHART Francis M. Eubanks b ______Dec, 1837, ______,KY d_________ married #1, 30Aug.1860, Nicholas Co, KY, wife: Nancy Arnett b___________.KY married #2_______,1870, wife: Anna Elizabeth Paris b 4 May 1847, _________,KY Listed in the 1880 and 1900 census in Adams County, Ohio Anna Elizabeth Eubanks listed in Greene Co,Ohio in 1910 census Children: 1. George N. Eubanks b _____, 1862,_______KY 2. James b _____, 1865,_______OH 3. Oscar b _____, 1867,_______OH 4. Cyrus R. b _____, 1871,_______OH married Dec, 1891 wife: Angilene Hamilton 5. Marion Stephen b 22 Mar, 1873, Buena Vista, Adams Co, (Sciottio Co), Ohio married 12 Dec 1895 wife: Nancy Alice Bondurant b 30 Nov 1873, Burlington, Boone Co, KY 6. John b _____, 1875, ______ OH 7. Sarah E. b 10/21, 1877,Adams Co, OH married ________ husband: Tarrillous Sidney Mitchell 8. William H. b _____, 1880, _______OH 9. Mary E. b_____, 1882, _______OH married Sept, 1902 husband: A.M. Freeland 10. Edward T. b _____, 1883, _______OH 11. Walter U. b _____, 1892, _______OH