Hi, here is the only mention of HUGHES: (Two people, Mary and Thomas) pg. 26 & 27 A man by the name of Evan T. Jones lived in Minnesota at the time this article was written on July 27, 1892. He was visiting his home town in Jackson Co., and he'd asked a reporter from the Standard Journal to write down and publish his fond memories of the place and its residents. Here are some of his memories that include the HUGHES: "Evan T. Jones Esq. of Minnesota spent a week in this county recently the guest of his sister Mrs. MARY HUGHES and other relatives. While here he made us a call and interested us very much by relating some of his experiences in this county before the war. His narrative was in substance as follows: "I came to this county from Wales in 1846. I came by way of New York, by the Hudson River and Erie Canal from there to Buffalo, and by canal to from Cleveland to Waverly. This was the usual route taken at that time by Welsh immigrants coming to Jackson County. I was accompanied by my wife. We were newly married. Benjamin Evans and his wife, newly married, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis and children, and Ress Evans and wife were our party. We came from Waverly to Jackson in wagons. We had to camp out one night on the way. We got breakfast at a farm house several miles west of Jackson. A very large kettle full of new potatoes and corn bread was our breakfast. We reached Jackson in time for dinner. We ate dinner at the McQuality House on Main Street. Only one of us, Thomas Davis could speak much English, We asked if there were any Welsh in Jackson, and a man took us around to the house of Eben Edwards. He explained to us where the Welsh settlement at Oak Hill was and we started walking, and the wagons followed. We walked into the woods and after a time came to a cabin and inquired our way. The Englishman kindly promised to go with us to point out the way. He brought his rifle with him. This did not steady our nerves for we knew nothing of him and we were now in the woods. He discovered our feelings and finally left his gun by a tree and walked on with us unharmed. Before long we came in sight of a little clearing and a house and he told us a Welshman lived there. We went on alone then and soon reached the house of John Williams. We were greeted with warmest welcome, for the Welsh settlers were very few in number at that time. The neighbors gathered in, and it was at once determined to try to get us to settle among them. We started off to head the wagons, but they had passed on and we did not overtake them until they had reached Oak Hill.........I bought my first land afterward of Davis Mackley. I think it is now a part of the farm of THOMAS J.HUGHES of Jefferson Township. In July of 1848 I bought the property of Thomas Brock in Jefferson Township where Daniel A. Jones now lives. Brock had been keeping a little store on his place to supply the neighborhood. I sold this farm to William D. Jones (Cofadial) and moved to the property now owned by Robert Johnson in Franklin Township. A short time afterward I sold the land to Johnson and bought the farm of John S. Stephenson in Jefferson township where Mrs. Edward Jenkins lives now. I remained on this property until I went to Minnesota. I developed the ore on it and sold 500 tons to Jackson Furnace. When Jefferson Furnace Company was organized, I put forty acres in the furnace and became one of the original stockholders. In 1856 I sold out my property in this county and moved to Minnesota where I have lived since." --end. April. [email protected] wrote: Hi, April! Anything on the surname HUGHES in the book? Thanks! Rachel --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us.

Hi, here is the only mention of HUGHES: (Two people, Mary and Thomas) pg. 26 & 27 A man by the name of Evan T. Jones lived in Minnesota at the time this article was written on July 27, 1892. He was visiting his home town in Jackson Co., and he'd asked a reporter from the Standard Journal to write down and publish his fond memories of the place and its residents. Here are some of his memories that include the HUGHES: "Evan T. Jones Esq. of Minnesota spent a week in this county recently the guest of his sister Mrs. MARY HUGHES and other relatives. While here he made us a call and interested us very much by relating some of his experiences in this county before the war. His narrative was in substance as follows: "I came to this county from Wales in 1846. I came by way of New York, by the Hudson River and Erie Canal from there to Buffalo, and by canal to from Cleveland to Waverly. This was the usual route taken at that time by Welsh immigrants coming to Jackson County. I was accompanied by my wife. We were newly married. Benjamin Evans and his wife, newly married, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis and children, and Ress Evans and wife were our party. We came from Waverly to Jackson in wagons. We had to camp out one night on the way. We got breakfast at a farm house several miles west of Jackson. A very large kettle full of new potatoes and corn bread was our breakfast. We reached Jackson in time for dinner. We ate dinner at the McQuality House on Main Street. Only one of us, Thomas Davis could speak much English, We asked if there were any Welsh in Jackson, and a man took us around to the house of Eben Edwards. He explained to us where the Welsh settlement at Oak Hill was and we started walking, and the wagons followed. We walked into the woods and after a time came to a cabin and inquired our way. The Englishman kindly promised to go with us to point out the way. He brought his rifle with him. This did not steady our nerves for we knew nothing of him and we were now in the woods. He discovered our feelings and finally left his gun by a tree and walked on with us unharmed. Before long we came in sight of a little clearing and a house and he told us a Welshman lived there. We went on alone then and soon reached the house of John Williams. We were greeted with warmest welcome, for the Welsh settlers were very few in number at that time. The neighbors gathered in, and it was at once determined to try to get us to settle among them. We started off to head the wagons, but they had passed on and we did not overtake them until they had reached Oak Hill.........I bought my first land afterward of Davis Mackley. I think it is now a part of the farm of THOMAS J.HUGHES of Jefferson Township. In July of 1848 I bought the property of Thomas Brock in Jefferson Township where Daniel A. Jones now lives. Brock had been keeping a little store on his place to supply the neighborhood. I sold this farm to William D. Jones (Cofadial) and moved to the property now owned by Robert Johnson in Franklin Township. A short time afterward I sold the land to Johnson and bought the farm of John S. Stephenson in Jefferson township where Mrs. Edward Jenkins lives now. I remained on this property until I went to Minnesota. I developed the ore on it and sold 500 tons to Jackson Furnace. When Jefferson Furnace Company was organized, I put forty acres in the furnace and became one of the original stockholders. In 1856 I sold out my property in this county and moved to Minnesota where I have lived since." --end. April. [email protected] wrote: Hi, April! Anything on the surname HUGHES in the book? Thanks! Rachel --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.

Hello again, April. Is there anything about any people with the surname ARTER from Gallia or Jackson counties? Thanks again. Charlotte R. Mitchell

Hi, April. Is there anything in your book about Lifus Milo Rose, a blacksmith from Gallia County? Are there pictures in the book, too? Thank you very much for your generous offer to do look-ups. I appreciate it. Charlotte R. Mitchell

Hi, April! Anything on the surname HUGHES in the book? Thanks! Rachel

Hello list, someone sent me a request for a look up in the Symmes Creek book. The message was simply entitled "Surnames". I deleted it by mistake without getting your e-mail address, so sorry. If you'd still like the look-up, please re-send it once again. Thanks, April. --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!

I was wondering if any knows who the parents of Ambrose Williams are? Ambrose Williams died in Braxton Co., (West) Virginia in 1838. Diana of Borrego Springs, CA

Its surname Arthur. Thank you Nancy

Are you looking for a surname of Arthur or first name? -------------- Original message -------------- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > April would there be Arthur or Cremeans (-varied spelling ) in the book. Thank > you for your time, Nancy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

April would there be Arthur or Cremeans (-varied spelling ) in the book. Thank you for your time, Nancy

Hello April, are there Arthur, or Cremeans veried spellings in the book. Thank you Nancy

Catherine, it took me about an hour today to put it altogether but I think I've found most of John Baptist Nicholas Tillaye's heirs. He left no will so I thought deeds would possibly lead me to the answers we want. He died in 1823 and some of his property was still being sold by his heirs 30 years later...each heir having 1/9 to sell. The problem was that some sold immediately, others waited 20 years and then one even waited 30. But the great news is that I did find that Catherine Hayward, wife of Solomon, was daughter of John Tillaye. Other heirs included Henry and Sophia Whitman, William and Mary Ann Clendenin, Paul C. Tillaye, Robert Gill and Mary Harvey of Evansville, IN, Madeline Ruby, the widow of Christopher Ruby aka Christopher Pistor, and Louisa Herse, no husband named. So, all but Paul were daughters of John. As we know from John's estate he left a widow Catherine and several minor children. That's part of the reason the property took so long to be sold...those minors grew up. There was no mention in the deeds of widow Catherine, but she presumably remarried fairly quickly to David L. Garau. Sophia, Mary Ann, Catherine and Madeline all married here. So, congrats, we are adding Catherine Tillaye and John B.N. Tillaye to your First Families ancestors to go along with Solomon Hayward. I've added a copy of the deed to your file and will see that you get one as well. Glad you brought this up! Henny Evans

Hi Tim, sorry, no Gordons nor Swisher (any spelling variations) in here. Good luck, April. Tim <[email protected]> wrote: April would there be a John Henry Gordon b:18 Dec.1849, or a Samuel Swisher b:21 Dec.1812 in the book ? Tim --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.

"Symmes Creek was named for John Cleave Symmes. Harrison, Tupper, and Symmes were en route up the Ohio River on horse back to attend the court of common pleas at Gallipolis and high water stopped them below the creek. J.C. Symmes cut his name on a big beech tree, and thus named the creek." pg. 90. April Jacqui & Gary McMahon <[email protected]> wrote: Who was Symmes Creek named for? --------------------------------- Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.

Hi Nancy, There are no ARTHUR's with that spelling here, just one variant spelling ..... ARTHER: pg. 30 First Settlers of Walnut Township. "Henry McDaniel, the first settler of Walnut Township, was born November 7, 1763 in Pittsylvania Co., Va. Sometime in 1779 he enlisted in Col. Lynch's regiment of Virginia Militia, serving in CAPTAIN THOMAS ARTHER'S company of Rangers." There are no CREMEANS or any spelling variations here. April. "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: Hello April, are there Arthur, or Cremeans veried spellings in the book. Thank you Nancy --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.

April would there be a John Henry Gordon b:18 Dec.1849, or a Samuel Swisher b:21 Dec.1812 in the book ? Tim

I live in Kansas City and can not make the get together. What I am curious about is the vendors, and societies. Would there be web, or snail mail addresses for them ? Tim

Who was Symmes Creek named for?

Greetings - Does any of your Plymale line overlap/connect in any way to any Perry, Allman, Lyons, Watherholt? These lines were in Galia, Meigs, Vinton and Athens Counties, Ohio. Pat ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I was wondering if you know who /where the vendors are from.?? It would be nice to know which societies will be bringing their books for sale. Thank You Ellen Robin Fife <[email protected]> wrote: GENE FEST 2007 Come join the Gallia County Historical and Genealogical Society, 412 Second Ave., Gallipolis, Ohio in Gene Fest 2007, September 15, 10 - 3 at the Society Office. There will be Vendors from other Societies, Speakers, Informational Workshop Displays, Genealogical Research and of course Lunch. Speakers will present their programs both in the morning and the afternoon so everyone can attend both if they so desire. There will also be exhibits on Scrap Booking and Publishing, plus much more. Admiiance and workshops are free. A lunch will be offered for a $5.00 donation. (Lunch should be pre ordered.) Please contact us at 740-446-7200 with questions and to pre-order lunch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV.