I was just reading what you wrote, and I was wandering where you seen the Manchester census? My family was also from there and I have yet to find a census record from there. I've only found the Franklin one.

Hi, I'm new to the list. I'm researching Arthur McCann and his brother Thomas and their descendants. Arthur m. Barbary Smith 1810 Scioto Co. Their son Daniel was born Jan. 26, 1816 in Adams Co., settled in Wis. with brothers Stephen and Arthur. Their son Thomas m. Rachel Redden--were in 1860 Manchester Twp. Adams Co. census. Thomas b. 1783 the brother to Arthur, m. Polly (Mary Ann) Hamilton 1813-, lived in Adams Co- children: Margaret, Elizabeth, John Hamilton, Thomas P., Mary A., Jackson, Nancy Jane, James, Cynthia Ann, & Catherine. Any information will be appreciated. Cathryn.

Dear Subscribers to the Adams County, Ohio Mailing List, I have enjoyed the recent postings regarding early settlers in Adams County, Ohio. May I mention two more of the early-appearing surnames? Abner COOPER was recorded in the 1807 Tax List for Adams County, Ohio, but I have no more information on him other than that. In the 1820 Census for Adams County, one Ann COOPER was enumerated, who might have been the widow of Abner COOPER. Can you help me identify these two COOPERs? In 1802, Richard WOODWORTH married Sarah Ann ROBINSON in Adams County, one year before Ohio reached statehood. Richard WOODWORTH was a Revolutionary War veteran from Pennsylvania, and before that from Ireland [born 1758], who died in Adams County, Ohio in 1841 or 1842. He was buried on Blue Creek. Do you know where the WOODWORTH farm was located in Adams County? Thank you very much for your response to either of these queries! Best wishes to all of you in your research. Randal W. Cooper mailto:rwcooper@kellnet.com Lorain, Ohio

Borrowed from KYMASON-L,there are some people of the Decatur Oh area. From: "John Steele" <jdstee01@sprynet.com> To: KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com D Hi Bill, I don't know if I can answer your question directly but perhaps I can give you some background. This is a case where we suspected that a gggggmother was a Reeves but cou;dn't prove it until recently, so still have a lot on the Reeves family to fill in. I will send you what I have and hope you will fill in blank spots or correct errors for me. Thomas Reeves b.c.1660m. Elizabeth and had George Reeves 1698 Northumberland Co., Va - 18 Mar 1778 PR. Wm. Co., Va. George 1m. Ann Doggett and 2m Jame Jones. Ann Doggett was d/o Benjamin and Betty Doggett and Benj. was the s/o Benjamin 1635 Ipswich, Eng who married Jane and went to Lancaster Va. George and Ann had: Thomas bc. 1719 Northumberland; Benjamin 1720/21 Northumberland - 1793/4; George bc.1722 m. 1743 Stafford Co. Va Ann Webster; John c. 1735; Moses c. 1735; Elizabeth c. 1735 m. a Haggard; Asa 1739 Northumberland - 1822 Fleming Co. Ky m. Sarah Lambert c1742- 1812. Benjamin from above 1720/21-1793/4 1m Sarah and 2m Jessie. They went to Hampshire Co. W.Va., then to Fayette CO. Pa., and on to Mason Co. Ky. His will in Mason Co. written/probated??? 30 Jan 1794 mentions wife Jessie, wife's granddaughter Elizabeth Melton, Son Austin Smith Reeves, daughter Sarah Fields (my line) son Benjamin, son Samuel, daughter Nancy Rose, and Austin's wife Sibball. Asa from above had children: Benjamin 1760 Pr. Wm Co., Va m. Mary Crooke and had 7 children (my source wouldn't/didn't send names of children); Ann Doggett 10 Apr 1767 Pr Wm. Co m. John Crooke; Jabez 30 May 1781 Pr. Wm Co., m. Mary Ross; Isaac 1793 Floyd CO. Ky m. Sarah Burke; Sarah Collinsworth c. 1785 m. Abraham Mahan; Asa 13 Oct 1788 Pr Wm. - 27 Aig 1845 Mont. Co. Ind. m. Susannah Hydah and had 11 children; William c. 1765 m. Ellinor Wood and went to Br Co., Ohio in 1816; Elijah d. 21 May 1825 Brown Co., Ohio m. 28 Jan 1791 Mason Co. Ky Sarah Ann Redman 1172-21 Feb 1848 and had 13 children - went to Brown Co. 1803 and they had John R. Reeves who m 18 Aug 1825 Adams Co., Ohio Nancy Rankin; Jane c. 1785 m. Jonathan Carter; Susannah c. 1785 m. Spencer Reeves; Elizabeth 1790 Pr Wm. m. Samuel Jones; Margaret 5 Jun 1797 Pr Wm. m. Samuel Burke; George 30 Mar 1807 Pr Wm. m. Nancy Hydah. George and Jane Jones had childrn: Jemima 26 Jun 1758 Pr Wm - 3 Feb 1841 m. Nicholas Carroll Mooney; William c. 1763 m Nettie and went to Abbeville S.C.;James c.1767 Pr Wm; Jonathan c.1764 Pr Wm; Jesse c.1711 Pr Wm; Joshua c 1773 Pr Wm m. Mary; Nash c1775 PrWm; Susannah c1777 PrWm; Isaac c.1779. Thomas and Elizabeth also had John c1710 Northumberland - 1782 Pr Wm; Isaac aft 1700; Judith who m. THomas Davies; Susannah m. James Rogers; and Thomas 1711 Esses Co. 0 1760 and had Thomas Jr. c 1730 Northumberland; Above John Reeves c1710-1792 married unknown and had Marthew(sic)c1720 (dates are off here!!!) Elizac1722;Ann c1726; Sarah c1729;Richard c1734; Jemima c. 1735 m. William Unknown. One source (Sandra McNulty) states that the parentage of Benj. Reeves who died 1793/4 Mason Co. Ky was George Rives c. 1695 Va -1773 Northumberland m. c1718 Mary Ann Doggett. George's father was John Rives b. 1665-1720 m. Grace. John's father was William Rives b.c. 1636 in Woodstock Eng d. 1695 Surrey Co, Va m c 1660 Possibly Elizabeth. William's father was Timothy Rives c1588 Oxfordshire Eng - Sept. 1643 m. Elizabeth who d.c.16 Aug 1643. I have not recnciled these two accounts but here's another possibility... Robert Ryves c1490 Dorset -11 Feb1549/50 Dorset m. Joan d. 12 Dec 1560 Dorset and had John c1514 Dorset -1549 Dorset m. Amye Harvey and had John 24 Jun 1536;MAry 1538; Margaret 1540; Jane 1542; Robert c1544-27 Jul 1576 m. Margaret Gillotte; Richard 1547; Robert 1549. Robert and Margaret Gillette had John Reeves 4 Jun 1567 Eng -1625 Eng m. Ann Burley and they had George 1588 Eng - 1666 m. Mary Hussey and they had Henry 1630 Eng - 6 Apr 1687 Esses Co., Va m. 1663 Rapahannack Co. Va Elizabeth Parker and they had 1.Henry 1665 Rap. Co -28 Apr 1728 Essex Co m. 1690 Rap Co Sarah 2.Rebecca 1664 3 MArtha 1666 4. Mary 1668 and 5 Ann 1670. Maybe this will give you some clues - hope you can fill in the middle. If you can add to my material, I hope you will. Jeanne > -----Original Message----- > From: william mason [mailto:william.mason@foxinternet.net] > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 10:40 AM > To: KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KYMASON-L] Reeves > > > Looking for information on the following Reeves family of Mason County. > > This came from Abstracts of Mason Co deeds. > > dated 24 Sept 1816, Mason Co KY William Cordrey and his wife late Margaret > Reeves, Benajmin Reeves and his wife Nancy, Bartley > Reeves, Alexander Reeves, Effia Reeves, James Brown and > wife Polly (Mary) Reeves, Henry Wood and wife Miram > Reeves, and John Reeves heirs of James Reeves dec'd sold > 50 acres to William A. Holton > > Bill Mason > Renton, Wa. > > > ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== > Visit the New Mason County Website! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymason/mason.htm > Be sure to bookmark it! > ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received when you subscribed. 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This could be a very good bet (and your average must be pretty high, although I note you say "perhaps" so you're apparently not ready to bet on this one, I don't blame you.) This Bethleham Road is apparently the one which runs n/n-e along the east boundary of Survey #641, from Decatur. Per the 1876 atlas, there is/was a road coming from the west, right along Rattlesnake Run which intersected Bethleham Road at Rattlesnake. The only other road in #641 ran out of Decatur to the n-w intersecting "Rattlesnake Road" (my name), then dog-legged a little ways to the west and continued n/n-w along the west boundary of #641. The roads out of Decatur must have been the "main" ones -- that "Rattlesnake Road" shortcut passed back and forth across the creek and couldn't have been passable during high water (unless it is on a bluff where the bluff is on one side, then the other -- even so, there wouldn't have been bridges in the 1830 +/- era.) This road may be abandoned now, we'll find out when we get there. Do you know anything about A. M. Kirkpatrick who apparently had land, in 1876, at the south end of #641? I'm wondering about current owners -- I'm not above driving up to someone's home and asking questions, haven't been shot at yet. I'll probably ask in Decatur whether there are any old-timers, like me or hopefully older, around the area. Neil -----Original Message----- From: hermfagley@juno.com <hermfagley@juno.com> To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com <OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, July 08, 1999 3:37 AM Subject: Re: [OHADAMS-L] Re: M.E. Church, Pittenger-Mahaffey-Woods-Quarry-Bicker-Rutherford-Pickerell-Carson-Grimes-Sm ith-Kirkpatrick-Tacker-White-McDaniel >I see a road named "BETHLEHAM" running n-s crossing RATTLESNAKE just west >of the ADAMS-BROWN Co,line. Perhaps 'BETHLEHAM" was the name of the >Methodist church >___________________________________________________________________ >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. > > >==== 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/ >

I see a road named "BETHLEHAM" running n-s crossing RATTLESNAKE just west of the ADAMS-BROWN Co,line. Perhaps 'BETHLEHAM" was the name of the Methodist church ___________________________________________________________________ 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.

Thanks to all those who responded to my query for info on the Mesabi Iron Ore Range. I was also trying to find out about migration patterns that those who followed this industry might have chosen. I did not hear anything from anyone on that. So, if you still have some info you'd like to share about migration, I'd be gald to hear from you. Here's a brief summary of what I found out. As it turns out the range is NOT in Michigan but Minnesota. The ranges in Michigan, on the UP, were named the Marquette and the Gogebic. The Mesabi is located in northern Minn. and is the largest of 3 ranges. The others were Vermilllion and Cujuna. The Mesabi extends from Babbit(east) to Grand Rapids(southwest). The chief mining centers are/were Hibbing and Virginia. Also places named Iron and Aurora. Mesabi is an Ojibwa Indian name meaning "giant". The town of Virginia is in St. Louis Ct.. There is also an address to write to: Iron Range Research Ctr., Highway 169 West, PO Box 392, Chisholm, MN. 55719 also the Minn. Historical Society, 690 Cedar St., St Paul, MN. 55101. My thanks to Rita Guzzo, Del Waggoner, and Den McCoullough for their informative history. For those of you, like me who had or suspect you had ancestors who participated and/or followed the iron ore furnace work, here are also 2 websites to visit which Karen Carlyle sent me: www.users.hockinghills.net/~conway/ironintr.htm www.wwd.net/users/historical/furnaceohio.html These 2 sites are well worth visiting and may help you figure out where in the world that elusive ancestor was. Good luck!! Christine Welch Harrison cwelch@neo.rr.com

I am trying to fine out whom these Moore,s Parents are that is burried in the White Oak Cemetery., Please post information to the mail list, All information is appreciate,Their is also a Geneoa Evans Along with Shaffer,s that is burried in this cemetery, I need Informatiom on both of these family,but mostly on these Moore,s,Thanks WREED@GREENAPPLE.COM White Oak Cemetery John Jesse Moore Daughter 1884-1926 1889-1935 1915-1917 Moore William C Amanda J 1853-1925 1854-1919 Moore Maria wife of C. Moore 1-25-1818 3-26-1881 Calven 8-27-1811 9-23-1888

-----Original Message----- From: Rodney Hall <subknave@email.msn.com> To: OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com <OHADAMS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 8:54 AM Subject: [OHADAMS-L] Hall in Adams co >Does anyone know anything about Benjamin Hall who died in Adams co about >1839? >I am searching for the parents of James H. Hall born in Maryland in 1812 and >married in Ohio in 1834. His first child was born in Ohio and the rest in >Bracken and Livingston Co Kentucky. >He was a farmer and Ship Carpenter. > >Sincerely >Rodney Hall > >______________________________ Benjamin Hall was the son of Elisha HALL and Nancy TRUE who were married in Mason Co in 1807. They had a daughter Sousanna Bragden Hall m. Thomas Gardener LEWIS (my line) and two other sons, James H. and Harvey. Ii feel certain there is a connection with your HALL family, but you are the first from this line I have heard from. Elisha was listed as a "boatbuilder" in the 1810 Mason Co. census. Evans and Stivers has a writup on Elisha that states he was born near Philadelphia, but I have long speculated that MD was a more likely place. Would love to explore this further. You can find my HALL line listed on my website http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~swanger Mary .com/~swanger Mary

HI CHRISTINE, Thanks for the websites for the Iron Ore Furnace sites. They are all excellent historical informational sites ! ! ! ! AGAIN A BIG THANKS AND GOD BLESS PAT in Az.

Don;t know if there is a special website for such but I do have some ancestors who bought and ran Marble Furnace in Adams Co. Connie cwelch wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a website for tracing ancestors who worked the furnaces? With all of the furnaces in the east Pa., Va. and southern Ohio I would think there would be a real interest in this area. > > Christine Welch Harrison cwelch@neo.rr.com > om=20 > > ==== 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/

Hi Ann, I've received 2 leads for websites. The first one I've visited and it's pretty good, the 2nd one I haven't been able to log onto yet. http://www.users.hockinghills.net/~conway/ironintr.htm http://www.wwd.net/users/Historical/furnaceohio.html Hope this is helpful Christine Welch Harrison cwelch@neo.rr.com

Correspondents have asked from where their ancestors likely emigrated, and via what route, to the present area of Mason Co. KY (and thence into Adams-Brown), or directly into the present Adams-Brown Co. OH area (pre-1810.) >From Beers' history of Brown Co. OH: Re: Zane's Trace: Congress passed an act authorizing Ebenezer Zane to open a road from Wheeling (VA-WV) to a point across the Ohio River from Limestone (now Maysville, KY) in May, 1796. During 1796-97, Zane, his brother Jonathan and son-in-law John McIntyre, "all experienced woodsmen," marked the trail, which was cut out by the latter two; "the cutting, however, was very hasty work, nothing more being attempted than to make the road passable for horsemen." ...."In 1798, the first overland mail in Ohio was carried over this route, the mail from Wheeling meeting that from Limestone at Zanesville." Congress granted military warrants for land in Ohio Country to Ebenezer Zane for this work; one condition was for Zane to sustain three ferries where his "road" crossed rivers; one each for the Muskingum, Hockhocking and Scioto rivers. The following is from many history sources: Prior to development of Zane's Trace, the Ohio River (from Ft. Pitt to Maysville), provided "the" northerly means of migration to the Mason Co., KY area. People (including Simon Kenton) traveled overland, in the late 1700's, from VA-MD and other eastern areas to embark via flatboat at Redstone (Brownsville, PA) -- or other "ports" along the Monongahela River leading to Ft. Pitt and the Ohio River. Many families who were already living in southwestern counties of PA used this means as well. Development of a path or road further westward, from Brownsville to Wheeling (about 1790 or soon thereafter), allowed people to embark directly on the Ohio River at Wheeling. Some people migrated into Ohio Country, west of Wheeling (Indian activity prior to 1794 inhibited this), and later traveled via Zane's Trace into the Mason-Adams-Brown area. Others migrated southward (from southweste rn PA), or westward from VA-MD, into what is now northern West Virginia prior to their "moving west." Opportunities announced in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 enticed many. Another means of migration into the present Mason Co. KY area was through the Cumberland Gap via the Wilderness Road or Trail. People who used this route were likely prior inhabitants of southern VA or Carolina areas (since inhabitants of central-northern VA, MD and southern PA would have likely used Braddock's Road to Brownsville while others living further north would have used Forbes' Road to Ft. Pitt.) Although Indians and buffalo had used the Wilderness Trail route into the KY area, Cumberland Gap was first "found" by a European settler in 1750 (Dr. Thomas Walker who mapped it); however, French & Indian War activities prevented its early use. In 1775, after the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, Daniel Boone and thirty men marked out the Wilderness Trail from what is now Kingsport, TN through the Cumberland Gap into central Kentucky. The route was progressively improved thereafter and had many branches. While this early route took settlers to the general area of present Bourbon-Clark Counties, KY, some traveled further northward to the Ohio River settlement areas. (I do not have specific names, development dates and history details concerning **pre-1800** paths or extensions of the Wilderness Road to the Maysville-Washington, KY area -- rivers were also used for migrating from inner KY to the Ohio River.) *I suspect* (from viewing lists of names) that most early settlers of the present Mason-Adams-Brown County area, by far, used Ohio River flatboats (and Zane's Trace after 1797-98) for migration to the area -- I know many previously lived in southwestern PA. However, I cannot find from history sources an "official" estimated percentage of early Mason-Adams-Brown Co. settlers who used the Ohio River - Zane's Trace routes vs. Wilderness Road paths. A complexity for this estimate is that Mason Co. was originally much larger, as were Adams and Clermont Counties, the predecessors of Brown. Perhaps Hermon Fagley, or another researcher, will venture an estimate or add to the above. Note: The above discussion is limited to pre-1810. Soon thereafter, steamboat travel on the Ohio River became prevalent (first in 1811.) New roads were being developed and prior ones improved. These allowed emigrants from many areas to settle the present Mason-Adams-Brown area. Neil McDonald

Can anyone tell me if ALexander C. Sowers, 1880 Ripley Twp Brown Co., is the father of Alexander Sowers, age 28, married to Lucy - (same census). I am unable to locate them on an 1860 census, (because I don't have one) which would show Alexander age 8, I hope. Any help would be appreciated. === Jan Gillespie "A man after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard clean questions: was it good- bad - Have I done well or ill?" Steinbeck _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

This came from the Parker-Roots list. I thought it fit in with both Adams County OH and Lewis County KY. Subject: COX family of TN and KY Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:02:21 -0000 From: "MICHAEL A MARTINEZ" <MAMKMM@prodigy.net> To: PARKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com I am searching for sources on the COX family from the TN and KY areas. I have been unable to find a Cox-L list. I would like to get in contact with anyone researching the COX surname during the 1800's in KY and TN, specifically in Stewart and Jefferson counties, TN and Lewis County, KY. Thank you. Kathy in FL mamkmm@prodigy.net

Christine; I don't know of any source, but am sure interested if you find one. My great-grandfather, Richard HERRON, came to the US from N. Ireland in the early 1870's and worked his way (with his family) westward from Berwick PA, Niles OH to settle in Muncie, Indiana. He was an iron "puddler". I have much genealogical data, but would like also to find that occupational information. Best wishes, Ann Bergelt Florida

Dear Subscribers, First off, thank you Neil McDonald for a great message last Friday about the 1799 petition inhabitants. Neil mentioned a Wm. Long as part of those signing the "J.P. Petition". Does anyone have any information on this William Long that they would be willing to share? I am seeking Long family information, especially on a John Long that was born abt. Dec. 25, 1764 in VA but migrated to Ohio with his family. He died on Sept. 10, 1808 in Lewis Township (now Brown Co.) Perhaps, he may be related to this William Long. Thank you. John J. Long

Does anyone know if there is a website for tracing ancestors who worked the furnaces? With all of the furnaces in the east Pa., Va. and southern Ohio I would think there would be a real interest in this area. Christine Welch Harrison cwelch@neo.rr.com om=20

Does anyone know anything about Benjamin Hall who died in Adams co about 1839? I am searching for the parents of James H. Hall born in Maryland in 1812 and married in Ohio in 1834. His first child was born in Ohio and the rest in Bracken and Livingston Co Kentucky. He was a farmer and Ship Carpenter. Sincerely Rodney Hall

HI ALL, CAN ANY TELL ME HOW I CAN GET A LIST OF THE VICTIMS OF THE 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE ? I HAVE A REPORT THAT MY GRANDMOTHER'S SISTER, BESSIE HUBBARD, DIED IN IT. FIRST I'VE HEARD OFA BESSIE HUBBARD IN THE FAMILY. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. GOD BLESS ALL & YOUR SEARCHES. PAT THOMPSON