A marriage permission slip is on ebay from Harrison Co., dated August 18th, 1819. It is signed by George Roush and Elizabeth for their dau. Anne giving permission for her to marriage David G. McGuire. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2209941569& ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 I thought perhaps someone on this list might be researching this name and be interested. I do not have any additional information on this slip, I only that I noticed it is up for auction on ebay. Connie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LIGGETT, HOUSE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/960.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the repy. By 1870, Mary was widowed with 2 daughters. The other 3 children could have died young by that time She married in the early 1870's to Jacob SNIDER, so the other 3 children could possibly be Jacob's. Mary was widowed by 1900. I couldn't find anything else. Thanks for your help.

I think I am one of your hard copy customers -- my memory isn't so hot, but I do recall getting an index to a book I didn't have! I think it was yours. If so, would like to have the correct version. Susan Osburn 814 N. Garfield Street Arlington, VA 22201

You should have gotten the book, and the CD, but the index was 18 pages off when it self corrected. Let me know what you still need, (all or the index) it is at the website, too. JWL -----Original Message----- From: SusanJO@aol.com [mailto:SusanJO@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 1:51 PM To: OHHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHHARRIS] Pathfinders of Jefferson County - BIG OOPS I think I am one of your hard copy customers -- my memory isn't so hot, but I do recall getting an index to a book I didn't have! I think it was yours. If so, would like to have the correct version. Susan Osburn 814 N. Garfield Street Arlington, VA 22201 ==== OHHARRIS Mailing List ==== Visit the Harrison County OHGenWeb pages at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohharris/

To all, I had a request for another copy of the Pathfinders article and the index, and in printing it, I noticed that there may be a major flaw in the index. If it made it into your copies, or was done later, I don't know, but no one has e-mailed or called saying "hey dummy!" so I am not sure. My final act when the document was completed, and proofread as well as can be by these tired eyes, was to cut the index from the back of the document to the front. Unknown to me, at some point, the index recompiled itself, adding 18 to the page numbers in the index, and repaginating some toward the back of the document. Needless to say, this isn't good. The index is all that is affected, and I am putting a corrected copy at the website. If you wish to have a paper copy sent to you, please let me know. (I will resend at no charge of course, to those of you who got the hard copy) If there is anyone out there that has not requested a copy of the entire document, and wishes to have a bound hard copy, please let me know. The charge for expenses and postage is $11.00. the revised index is available for download at http://www.wardjames.com/lindsayohio.html as is the corrected complete document. The download is free, of course, (no donations refused, however!!) Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused, and I am happy to say that I am hearing of some success stories as a result of this document being out there and available to many more now. JWL

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1YB.2ACI/960.1 Message Board Post: They should be married with children in the 1880 census. Tryu these links - 1880 US Census – The Mormon Church Files LDS (Free, indexed and searchable) Click on the SEARCH tab at top of page Look for 1880 US Census on the left side of screen http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp US GENWEB SITE http://www.us-census.org/inventory/

In the notes from my Paternal Grandmother, Eleanor Worstell Henderson Maxwell, and in the Worstell Genealogy, I found mention of a Crumley line in Harrison Co. Dr. James Crumley 1798-1851, m. Jane Pruvine d. 1876; four known daughters: Isabel 1840-1919, m. Thomas Worstell 5/11/1838-1894; two children, Mary and Gaylord. Margaret Jane Elizabeth 1824-1905 m. Sampson McGuire 1815-1879; nine children, David, Samuel, John, Catherine, William, Margaret, Bell Ann, Adam & Robert H. J.R. Maxwell

Any information about any member of the family of James Taylor, stone mason from Freeport Township, Harrison County Ohio would be greatly appreciated. Below is info from the 1860 and 1870 census. (Arbana Taylor was my great grandfather) (Arbana's marriage license lists his mother's maiden name as Sarah Cyun (sp?) (Cyrus?) Thanks Greg French Greensboro NC 1870 Harrison County Census Freeport Township Page 16 Dwelling #119 Family #119 Taylor, James Age 57 Stone Mason Place of Birth - Pennsylvania Taylor, Sarah Age 55 Keeping House Place of Birth - Virginia Taylor, Andrew Age 21 Farmer Place of Birth - Ohio Taylor, Leander Age 18 Farmer Place of Birth - Ohio Taylor, James Age 13 Taylor, Margaret Age 11 Taylor, Sarah Age 8 Taylor, Roland Age 6 Taylor, Arbana Age 16 1860 Census Harrison Township Freeport Township James Taylor 40 Stone Mason PA Sarah 38 OH Jno. D 14 OH Andrew L 12 OH Leander A 10 OH Arbana D. 8 OH James B. 6 OH Margaret 3 OH Sarah 3/12 OH

(To Larry Dickerson): The gender of the six-month baby "Name Unknown" is not noted!! There is a short line in the box where M or F belongs, which may or may not be a ditto mark. If it is, then it means F, like the child listed above. The ditto marks made by the census taker in other parts of the page are mostly normal, two-line ditto marks, but there are cases where he made the marks awfully close together. Makes you wonder what happened when the census was taken, eh? Maybe Baby was asleep, and the family just said, "DON'T WAKE BABY!" and didn't tell the name -- maybe Baby was sickly and they avoided naming him/her in case s/he passed away? Hard to know! Susan Osburn

Thanks for the reply to my query regarding James Crumley. I thought after I had sent it that I neglected to mention how old James would have been in 1860, but 43 is spot on. I had found his obituary when I was in Ohio this past summer, but for some reason it did not register with me until just the other night that it said he was survived by a wife and children. I read that and thought "his wife was dead for ten years by then..." It would seem that, since at least two of the children in the household are named Barnet(t) and not Crumley, Rebecca had been married previously as well and that Barnett was not her maiden name. Does the census happen to indicate whether the unnamed infant was male or female? That child must belong to the marriage of James and Rebecca. I think this may also solve a long standing mystery for me. There is a Rebecca Crumley buried at Cadiz Union Cemetery. I have never been able to place her because, according to the inscription in the cemetery book, she is recorded as the 'wife of John.' James did have a brother named John, but his first wife was named Eleanor and his widow was Julia. I have never looked for Rebecca's stone, but now I wonder if it was read correctly. The stone says she died June 30, 1870, aged 48y 4m 27d. Since John died in 1865 and was survived by Julia, he could not have had a wife named Rebecca. It is intriguing that James' wife was 38 in 1860 and this Rebecca was 48 in 1870. [I believe I may have just found the link...] I did a search on the Mormon site for a marriage for Sarah Barnett or Mary Barnett. A Mary F. Barnett married Samuel F. Marchbank in Tuscarawas County 28 May 1871. Sarah E. Barnett married John Gallaher [probably Gallagher] on 16 December 1865 in Harrison County. Interestingly, buried on the same plot as Rebecca are an Ella Gallagher (b. August 30, 1847 [which just happens to make her 13 in 1860 (though not by the June 2 date of the census page, but that seems to be an allowable margin for error)] d. April 16, 1908] and her husband John W. Gallagher (d. August 10, 1892, aged 47y 8m 26d) as well as their son, Jesse B. Gallagher (1870-1935). Also buried on that same plot is Fannie Marchbank (1849 - 1920). The fact that Sarah E. Barnett was in the household of James and Rebecca in 1860, married a John Gallagher and is buried on the same plot as Rebecca Crumley would seem to be pretty strong evidence that Rebecca was indeed the widow of James. I am not sure who Fannie Marchbank was, but the coincidence of names seems to cement the deal. Perhaps Fannie was Mary F. The age is nearly right. Twelve in 1860 or a birth date of 1849 is within the usual range of accuracy for a census of that era..... I checked the marriages in Hanna's 'Historical Collections.' There are none listed between a Barnett and a woman named Rebecca, but there are two between a Barrett and a Rebecca. It's close, but not quite a match..... One took place in 1850, too late for the parents of Sarah and Mary, but the other was 18 December 1845 - a possibility (Thomas B. Barrett and Rebecca Conwell). I will have to check the marriage register the next time I get out to Ohio to see if 'Barrett' could possibly have been 'Barnett.' Now, if I could prove that the Thomas Barnett who died 9 September 1849 and is buried at Old Cadiz was the same person who married Rebecca Conwell..... Something else to look for on my next trip. Larry Dickerson

My records show that Elizabeth Kimmel is the daughter of Henry Kimmel and wife Christina Geddinger.

"I am wondering whether someone can assist me in finding James Crumley on the census of 1860. My best guess is that he would be in either Short Creek or Cadiz Township." Got 'im! Town of Cadiz, p. 25. census taken June 2nd, 1860. Jas Crumley, age 43, Carpenter, head of household. Rebecca, age 38, H Keeper (presumably wife). Next listed is Sarah E. Barnet [sic], age 13; then Mary F., age 12, then "Name Unknown," age 6/12. Family and dwelling #184. Glad I could help! Susan Osburn (Dickerson, Dunlap, Work, McFadden, Barnes, Rankin, Harris)

I am wondering whether someone can assist me in finding James Crumley on the census of 1860. My best guess is that he would be in either Short Creek or Cadiz Township. I am trying to find out whether he married a second time. I know that James married Margaret Nelson on 10 August 1837. Margaret died 23 February 1854 and is buried at Dickerson Church. James died 28 January 1864, yet his obituary says "he leaves a wife and several children." James is also buried at Dickerson Church, but there is no stone for a wife other than Margaret. Is there a wife listed in his household in 1860? I have found two possible marriage records: a James Crumley wed Mary A. Buchanan on 29 April 1854 (this seems a bit to soon after the death of Margaret, but is not impossible) and the second, and perhaps more likely, is the marriage of James Crumley and Rebecca Barnett on 9 December 1858. [It seems improbable, but might both marriages be the same James?] As to children who may have survived him, if there were more than one, some must have come from the second marriage. James and Margaret had six known children: Thomas, Amanda, Emaly, Hannah, William and Joseph A. Crumley. All but Thomas were dead by 1851 and are buried at Dickerson Church. I do not know what became of Thomas, but there is no sign of him at Dickerson cemetery. I would appreciate any assistance someone may be able to provide. Thank you, Larry Dickerson

Hello Everyone I received this email from a non subscriber. She is offering to do lookups. If you wish to contact her, please send the email to her email address, not the list. Janet List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: Heather & the ZooCrew To: ohharris-l@rootsweb.com ; ohbelmon-l@rootsweb.com ; ohjeffer-l@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 11:08 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Lookups I'm offering lookups from the book "Ohio Valley Genealogies" which covers some of the families in Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, as well as Washington, Westmoreland, and Fayette Counties in Pennsylvania. I'm not a subscriber, so please contact me at zoocrew2@mindspring.com if you're interested. To simplify things, please have the word "lookup" in the subject line, so that I don't delete you by mistake. Thank you! Heather L. Hugenot

This stuff drives me crazy. There is no reason in this day that records should be destroyed by fire - or any other peril in a public facility. I was in a courthouse a couple of years ago where they had boxes sitting on the floor with court documents from the 1840's in them. The basement obviously had a water problem, and I asked the clerk, who had been pretty helpful, what the plans were. She just rolled her eyes and said, "Plan, what plan?" They've been there for fifteen years, and they probably will be thrown out when the sewer backs up." Fortunately, some folks got on it and rescued the documents and put them in an orderly manner and filmed them. I asked the County Clerk and asked her why these groups hadn't been allowed to film and organize the documents previously, she said that having them around was "Too much bother!" These are OUR records folks, bought and paid for by us and our relatives. We have to make sure that they are not lost due to the carelessness of those who just think of it as "old stuff". When I see how hard some of you work to photograph cemeteries and maintain copies of records, I get really upset when I see the folks who get paid to be caretakers pass it off. Be vigilant. John William Lindsay. -----Original Message----- From: Jean Scarlott [mailto:cherrington@eohio.net] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 7:30 PM To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHJEFFER] Fw: [IAHENRY] Fire at the Courthouse-December 12, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: <PWhite6024@aol.com> To: <IAHENRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: [IAHENRY] Fire at the Courthouse-December 12, 2003 > Arson suspected in courthouse fire > December 12, 2003 > >> > Firefighters drop charred law books from the window of the Henry County > Courthouse after a fire destroyed the library and many of its books early this > morning. Investigators believe arson was the cause of the fire. > > By Joe Benedict > Staff Writer > > An early morning fire which broke out in the Henry County Courthouse > Law Library is being investigated as arson. > "It's being treated as a crime scene," Henry County Supervisor Gary See > said. > Smoke from the third floor Law Library was noticed by a Henry County > Sheriff's Deputy between 2:30 and 3 a.m. according to Henry County Auditor Carol > McCulley. The Mt. Pleasant Fire Department extinguished the fire and it was > contained to the one room. There is smoke damage to the rest of the building, > but fire chief Stewart Kinney said it is not severe. > Henry County Attorney Mike Riepe said some of the books in the library > are damaged only slightly, but many were destroyed. > Riepe said many of the volumes now are available electronically, so a > decision will have to be made about which books to replace. > > The Recorder's office is located directly beneath the Law Library and > there was some water damage to the office. Henry County Recorder Bernie Wallace > said she and the other employees of the office have moved all of the records > out of the vault and into the commons on the second floor. She said as far as > she knows there were no records destroyed by the water damage. > "The ceiling is fireproof, that is, it is cement, but all of the > plaster has fallen off." > Wallace said she got a call at 4:10 a.m. about the fire and came as > fast as she could. She said she worked for hours to secure the records. She > removed her computers first then started on the books in the records vault. > "There are lots of records back to the 1800s, so I wouldn't want to > lose those," she said. > All county records are on microfiche and Wallace said she has backups > away from the courthouse. > "I just want to thank everyone for their help," she said. > Kinney said he didn't have a cost estimate of the damage because the > State Fire Marshal's office was still determining the extent of the damage to > the library. > McCulley said the courthouse is insured through Gamrath-Doyle-Vens > insurance, and Mike Vens already had visited the scene this morning. She said an > insurance adjuster was expected to arrive this morning. McCulley said she > believed that the county's fire insurance policy has a $5,000 deductible. > McCulley said the courthouse does not have a security or fire alarm > system which is connected to the Sheriff's Office so there would have been no > notice of a break-in. She said the library has a lot of damage. She said she had > no idea how much it is going cost to replace the library. > "I wouldn't want to guess," she said. > The courthouse was closed today because of the smoke damage and > investigation by the State Fire Marshal's Office. McCulley said cleaning crews > already are on the scene to get the courthouse open on Monday. The recorder's office > may need more time for repairs, but Wallace said her office is going to work > to get open again as soon as possible. > > The courthouse was completed in 1914 and there has been one other fire, > according to McCulley. She said the fire was in 1925 and was on the ground > floor in the north stairwell by what is now the janitor's closet. > The railing was not replaced and is charred. > Firefighters are spending the morning tossing charred books out of the > shattered third-story windows into a trash bin below. > The fire marshal is likely to be investigating all day sorting through > the library looking for clues to make an official determination of the cause > of the fire, according to Kinney. > ©Mt. Pleasant News Inc. 2003 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LIGGETT/LEGGETT, HOUSE/HOWSE/HOW Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/960 Message Board Post: Seeking information on the family of John LIGGETT, born 1834 in PA, and his wife, Mary Ann HOUSE, born 1835, in OH. John and Mary were married 7 Oct 1851, in Harrison Co., OH. Mary is living in PA on the 1900 Census, and states she had 5 children and 2 are still living. Can anyone tell me the names of the 3 deceased children, birth and death dates and place of burial? Thanks for your time.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/947.1 Message Board Post: Ohio Historical Society Online Collection Catalog http://www.ohiohistory.org/occ/ Ohio Newspaper Index http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/newspaper/home.cfm?SearchType=County Hope this helps your search.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/959 Message Board Post: *************************** THE CADIZ SENTINEL *************************** Pub. March 28, 1860 The Democracy of " Old German " German township have nominated the following excellent ticket : Trustees : McCourteny BETZ Joseph BIRNEY John MILLER Clerk : J. R. ROBERTS Treasurer : Jacob HOOBLER Assessor : Carr BECKETT Constable : James COPELAND Justice of Peace : Samuel FOREMAN _____________________ The Democracy of " Little Archer " Township Trustees : Arthur BEATTY William SKIPPER Thomas CRAWFORD Clerk : Joseph LEWIS Treasurer : Hamilton BIRNEY Assessor : Samuel McGAW Constable : Milo EDIE Justice of Peace : Robert ENDSLEY __________________ Democrat Ticket of Green Township Trustees : William REED John CROSKEY Jr. Jacob DENNIS Treasurer : William CROSKEY Clerk : William P. SAUNDERS Assessor : John SINGHAUS Constable : Henry COPELAND & George E. RICHARDS ************************ THE CADIZ SENTINEL Pub. April 4, 1860 The following ticket was elected in their townships on last Monday, all Republicans, of course. Cadiz Township Trustees : Joseph SHARON Robert PAXTON Charles WELLS Assessor : John ROBB Treasurer : Samuel GEORGE Jr. Clerk : David CUNNINGHAM Constable : John BANCROFT - John WARD ______________ Cadiz Borough Mayor : Jesse H. McMATH Recorder : John McCONNELL Trustees : William G. FINNEY James HOWARD Ephraim WALKER Benjamin WATKINSON John BEALL ________________ Athens Township Elected Trustees : J. C. HENDERSON J. BETHEL John McCONNELL Treasurer : William MILLER Clerk : A. MAHOOD Assessor : John DICKERSON Constable : David B. CALHOON __________________ New Athens Mayor : John McCALL Marshall : James WHITE Recorder : R. P. HANNA Treasurer : David McKEE Trustees : James DAY William CANNON Harmon HARRIS Sr. William MILLER _________________ Justices of the Peace elected in April Green : John H. BLACK German : Samuel FOREMAN Archer : Robert ENSLEY Rumley : Thomas FINNICUM Washington : Mark HOGE Shortcreek : M. H. TOLAND Nottingham : Joel M. JOHNSON _____________ Tax Assessors elected in April Shortcreek : Joshua ADAMS Green : James FRAIZER German : Carr BECKETT Athens : John DICKERSON Cadiz : John ROBB Archer : Samuel MEGAW Rumley : Oliver BISHOP Moorefield : Joseph WHERRY Nottingham : C. B. BEALL Stock : William EVANS North : F. BARTOW Franklin : J. E. FOWLER Monroe : Oliver DUNLAP ________________ THE CADIZ SENTINEL Pub. April 18, 1860 Nottingham Township Elected Trustees : William ADAMS L. S. JOHNSON Clerk : J. R. HINES Assessor : C. C. BEALL Treasurer : James ADAMS Constable : Joseph ROGERS Justice of the Peace : Joel M. JOHNSON ____________________ Moorefield Township Elected Trustees : Jacob LAFFERTY John MOORE Francis W. McCOY Clerk : Milton HERVEY Treasuere : Thomas HOPKINS Assessor : P. WHERRY Constable : Samuel WEST & Wesley JOHNSON ************************************* THE CADIZ SENTINEL Pub. Feb 8, 1860 The lodge of Independent Order of Good Templars was organized in Cadiz on last Thursday afternoon and evening. The following officers elected for six months. W. C. T. - Samuel GEORGE Jr. W. V. T. - Samuel SLEMMONS W. R. S. - William H. ARNOLD Marshall - William McCONNELL ******************************** THE CADIZ SENTINEL Pub. March 7, 1860 A quite respectable temperance meeting at the Court House on last Monday afternoon with Gen. WARFEL presiding, K. W. KINSEY acted as secretary. Rev. William GRIMES , Samuel GEORGE Jr. , Hon. M. McCALL and Hon. William H. McGAURAN were appointed delegates to the State Templar Convention to be held in Columbus. ************************************ Not all of the townships were listed and some lists were incomplete. Some pages were too faded to read.

Does anyone have info on William Shilling who married Elizabeth Kimmell March 12, 1846? Would like to find his parents and siblings. Thanks, Connie

While checking ebay today I came across this marriage permission slip signed by David Bonham and dated Jan. 1827. I checked the marriages in Harrison Co. and this would have been for the marriage of Smith Bonham and Julian Worley who were married Jan 4, 1827 by Rev. Benjamin Wood. Auction ends Dec. 14th. I thought this might be of interest to someone. I am not connected in anyway to the person listing this item, only trying to let others know it is available. I'd love to find something like this on one of my lines. Connie http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2209347043& ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 1827 Manuscript marriage permission note"To Mr. William Tingley Esq. Clerk of the court of Harrison County, Ohio.  Whereas my son Smith Bonham is under age, I hereby certify that I give my free consent to his marriage, and pray you to grant him licence for that purpose. As witness my hand this 3rd day of January 1827.  David Bonham" Size 7 " by 7" irregular at bottom, on wove rag-content paper, age toned, minor stains,  otherwise fine condition.