Hope to find descendants of Reason/ Rezin, Elisha, and Francis/ Frank MEDLEY who lived in Harrison County, Ohio between 1840 and 1860. Hope to hear from you soon. I know that your out there, all we have to do is make the connection. Thank you, John D. Ledrich

My wife also had ancestors from Harford and Cecil Counties, MD, who migrated to Harrison Co. OH. Her direct ancestor, Phillip Fulton (1777-1841)was born and Cecil Co. He married Sarah Hanna of Harford Co. They migrated to Washington Co. PA ca 1805 and the Nottingham Twp, Harrison Co. ca 1810. Phillip's brother, John (1775-1856) followed a similar path to Green Twp Harrison Co. This was apparently an very popular route to Ohio.

On Nov. 3rd under HELP, Dale asked if anyone had visited the Conotton Cemetery in Harrison County, OH. Today I had to go to Bowerston and decided since the sun was shining to go a bit farther and see if I could find this cemetery. It is a beautiful place sitting on top of a hill and very well kept. The address is: North Twp. 582, Higgins Road. I assume that it would be classified as Bowerston, OH. Here is what I found from the list Dale gave: 1. Nathan Whitten - government marker 2. John & Clarissa Spray 3. Sumner Spray 4. C.B. Spray & Bessie his wife 5. J. C. Fowler & Catherine his wife 6. Nathan Boyer - government marker 7. Samuel W. Hamill 8. Susan Hamill 9. Lindley M. Hamill 10. Mother Mary E. These 4 small stones at the foot of 11. Father Samuel S. a large stone marked Hamill 12. Brother Robert E 13. Brother Wilfred W. Hamill 14. Clifton Fowler 15. Joseph Fierbaugh 16. Thos. Bold (or Bolo) - government stone 17. Levi Carroll - government stone 18 Morris Albaugh - government stone 19. Harry & Emma Taylor Hamill 20 Joseph, Hannah J., Seny, & Johnathan L., all at foot of a large Hurless stone. This is what I was able to find today, but if anyone needs more info, I will be happy to visit the area again. I am sure there are more there, but it was windy and cold today. You all know OHIO weather. Let me know if I can be of further help and I will be happy to send the pictures for the above names. Virginia [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lawler, Bartlett, Hunt, Trow, Sumner, Conant, Gilman, Wilson, Hartman(n) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/786 Message Board Post: Dear fellow researchers I’m an avid genealogist just like you are. I have just figured out a way to get records that you can do from home that actually will get you somewhere. In my every day professional work I use the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) to acquire records from all areas. While you cannot just send in a generic "find this" request, using the proper request the proper forms and properly worded legal letter you will result in the getting documentation you are seeking. You have to send some starting info for them to search for, but I received 84 pages the first time and two weeks later received an additional 124 pages of documentation. These records went back to 1838. I will spell this out exactly to anyone who wishes direction and send you the form, the request letter, what you need to send them in terms of specifics, if you have them, or if not, where and how to find them. This is what the Freedom of Information Act is for! But you have to kno! w how and where to use it. And the records have to exist. The FOIA is available for use in any state for any public record. It does not, not replace the hands-on researcher, but for those of us who have been unable to physically get to an out of town location or to contact or afford an active researcher it's great. After finally locating the probable location of these records, I called the Court and was told that I had to come in person to search/copy the records on microfiche. The only other method was to hire a local researcher. Considering I was out of state, either way was going to cost me at least $500.00 given the amount of records, whether I came into town and stayed in a hotel or hired a researcher for several hours work. After looking for 3 years for the probate records on my very prominent Great-grandfather, and Great grand uncle who died at age 26 and 21, respectively, in a tragic boat explosion in Ohio, I was able in two weeks, using FOIA, to locate and have in my hands over 200 pages of records about my Great-grandfather, his entire office contents down to the list of law books and furniture he owned, the guardianship papers for all of my grand uncles and aunts, I have a (long) list of people that owed him money for mortgages he held and how much, when they were due - it was like a treasure chest. I know how much he paid for a loaf of bread, how much of an allowance the Estate had my ggrandmother on for the next 5 years! I had information on their entire family, his household, his businesses, business accounts, burial information, household finances, even some information about my Great-grandmother=s remarriage and subsequent death and burial and a Grand-aunt=s husband who witnes! sed the estate papers. Again, these records did exist and I told them where to look. I am preparing a "package" of about 20+ pages to send to those who are interested. My email is [email protected] The response has been huge , it's going to take me a few days, possibly until the next week or so. My original plan was email, but I am sending more documentation that I thought originally and am now planning on a snailmail thing. I=ll send you details via email very shortly. I will be glad to help anyone with any additional information or reformatting the forms for other states, other data requests, etc. and will send a paper for that. This is just taking me a LOT of time! In light of that, I am asking for a $5.00 fee for my time and research, paper, copies. I just figured out this Paypal thing a couple people have asked me about and will send options via email to those who wish to use that. In the meantime, start searching for as many specifics as you can get. USGenweb is a great place to look for specifics. This is not "s! end me the death certificate of...." This is, for example, "I searched the probate database for (county) and found that my ggrandfather's estate is in your records. It is between the years XXXX and XXXX." Then there is more legal lingo, etc. etc.. Again, FOIA is available to anyone. I am only offering a concise guide, the proper forms, etc. for those who are unfamiliar and hesitant to wade into the legal/governmental arena with no prior experience. Anyway, I am sorry this post is so long. Also, please advise anyone else you think may be interested in this information in other lists. Thanks! Kathy Lawler p:s: Or, if it would be easier, just send $5 to 20757 Camden Sq., #210, Lathrup Village, MI 48076 with a #10, self addressed stamped envelope ($1.08 postage) (it will be thick when returned) and I’ll send the information the day I receive the envelope).

Yes, my CARMAN/MARSHALL line also came from Harford County, MD to Harrison/Jefferson Counties. John Carman and his brother Amos Carman, who married two sisters, Mary and Jane Marshall all were born in Harford County, married there, and then brought their young families to Harrison/Jefferson Counties abt 1815. (John and Mary first, and then younger brother Amos and wife Jane a few years later). John Carman b.1784 Harford County, MD - d. 1861 Jefferson County, OH (married Mary in Feb 1809) Came to Ohio after serving in the War of 1812 Mary Marshall b.1786 Harford County, MD - d.1866 Jefferson County, OH Amos Carman b.1796 Harford County, MD - d.1843 Jefferson County, OH (married Jane in 1818) Jane Carman b.1800 Harford County, MD - d.aft1870 Jefferson County, OH Nancy Bishop -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 2:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OHHARRIS] Harford, MD to Harrison Co.,OH Several Harrison and Jefferson Co. families came from Harford Co.,MD. My Henderson line; John Henderson (1788? Ireland- 1862 Harrison Co.) m. in Harford Co. a cousin, Lavina Henderson (1795 Harford Co.,MD - 1877 Harrison Co.), is an example. J.R. Maxwell ==== OHHARRIS Mailing List ==== The Harrison County OHGenWeb pages have been 'overhauled' and I'd like to hear your comments. You may visit them at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohharris/

Hi! In your research did you come across any Drake's or Browning's coming to early Harrison Co.,OH.from Harford Co.,MD.? One of my brick walls is my Drake & Browning line. Thomas Drake born 1810 in either OH.,MD. or VA. married Hannah Browning born circa 1815 in OH. or MD. were married in Harrison Co.,OH. on 25 May 1837. I don't know who either set of their parents were or siblings. They moved to Monroe Co.,OH. & had 10 children. Their names were: William, Benjamin, John,Thomas Carter(my line),George Washington,Mary,Wesley, Frederick,Cassandra& Esther Drake. By the 1870 census,Thomas,Hannah & 7 of their 10 children had moved to Wapello Co.,IA.. Only, William, George & Thomas Carter Drake remained in OH.. Thanks for any help! Sincerely, Pam Drake Tell City,IN. [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 3:41 PM Subject: [OHHARRIS] Harford, MD to Harrison Co.,OH > Several Harrison and Jefferson Co. families came from Harford > Co.,MD. My Henderson line; John Henderson (1788? Ireland- > 1862 Harrison Co.) m. in Harford Co. a cousin, Lavina Henderson > (1795 Harford Co.,MD - 1877 Harrison Co.), is an example. > > J.R. Maxwell > > ______________________________

Several Harrison and Jefferson Co. families came from Harford Co.,MD. My Henderson line; John Henderson (1788? Ireland- 1862 Harrison Co.) m. in Harford Co. a cousin, Lavina Henderson (1795 Harford Co.,MD - 1877 Harrison Co.), is an example. J.R. Maxwell

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/785 Message Board Post: I was looking for family bibles & found someone selling a 1915 picture postcard of downtown Jewett. It is being mailed to Mrs. (Birney ?) in Tippecanoe. Just type in Jewett, Ohio in the search slot.

Does anyone have a roster of 1812 regiments for Harrison County? I figured my GGG Grandfather would be 32 then and should have been in that war. I went to your Genweb site but couldn't find anything there. His name was Phillip Samuel Cripliver or any spelling like that. His wife was Susannah Bair Cripliver. Her family was in Harrison County about that time also. Phillip came to Harrison in 1806 or there abouts as he and Adam Cripliver is listed as one of your first settlers in your newsletters. Nance

This email was sent to me by someone not subscribed to the list. I am forwarding it to the list. If you wish to answer the person please send the email to them. Jane Admin -- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Borland To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 9:11 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Millers & Welches: New information & WHO WAS DAVID MILLER? I've spent the almost 4 years now on my Welch family, and I have some good (but dissapointing) news. I've successfully traced my Hannah Welch (John Perigo Smith's wife) back out of Harrison County! However, (the disappointing news) she is not related to any of the other Welch families in this area. I have her tied into a Welch family that came from Harford County, and the connection has been confirmed by the 1850 census, which says that's where she came from. She is actually Hanna J. Welch (born 1824). The only explanation I can think of is that John's father was from Baltimore, and he may have been visiting relatives when he met her. I can't think of any other reason a single girl (younger than 23 years old) would have came from Maryland to Harrison County all by herself. The connection is definitive, though. The next bit of news: Harrison Miller (husband of Mary Ann Wheeler) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ I have successfully DISPROVED my previous theory on Harrison Miller's father. He is absolutely NOT the son of Andrew Miller & Margaret Everhart. The names and dates matched, but several pieces of new information reveal that he can not be. So, here's what I have done: I have now accounted for EVERY SINGLE Miller child in the 1830 census who was between 10 and 15 years old. It had been narrowed down to 4 choices for Harrison's father (all the rest either didn't have children that age, or I already knew who they were): 1} Mason Miller (Freeport) was ruled out when I realized he was born in North Carolina. Harrison's father was born in Pennsylvania, of Dutch extraction. 2} Isaac Miller (Freeport) was ruled out, because he didn't move to Harrison County until the 1820s, and we know Harrison was born in Harrison county 1818. 3} John Miller II (son of John Miller & Sarah Delany in Green Twp) was ruled out because John was born in Virginia (although he lived in PA for some time), and there is a genealogy out there that says he died with his sister out in Marion County Ohio in the 1850s. We already know Harrison's father died 1835. 4} The last man standing is someone I know nothing about! His name is David Miller and he was in the 1820 and 1830 censuses in Archer Township. I have no information about his wife nor children, other than the headcount from the 1830 census. He is NOT the same David Miller in German Township, nor is he either of the 2 David Millers that appear in the 1840 Harrison County census. Since his son (born between 1815 and 1820) is the last unaccounted for Miller in the 1830 census that fits Harrison's profile. If David is not Harrison's father, then the history book that says Harrison was born in Harrison County must be incorrect! WHO WAS DAVID MILLER? The answer is: I don't know, but I think it was Harrison's father. His grave is either unmarked, or he was not burried in Archer Township. So I am asking for anyone that knows anything about this David Miller (born between 1780 and 1790) who appears in the 1820 and 1830 Archer Township censuses to please contact me. My new e-mail is [email protected] Thanks, Kevin Borland P.S. Harrison Miller is now my LAST Harrison County ancestor that I can't trace back yet. All my other research for my other Harrison County families is complete, including (recently) my Wheeler family.

The PATTERSON were in Carroll County,Lee Township ,Postoffice Harlem Spring.

Margaret MAXWELL b. Feb. 16th, 1832, Harrison Co. to Alexander MAXWELL and Rhoda PATTERSON. Margaret m. Samuel NEELY b. 1830 Monongalia Co. WVA. Margaret d. Feb. 19th, 1917 Linn Co. Mo. Grateful for any informations or leads on MAXWELL - PATTERSON families. Pamela Gibson

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/224.267.2.1.1 Message Board Post: If you are relation to the cordners of flushing township belmont co. I think there is a link. John and Mary Gilmore Cordner had 14 children. I have the list of all of them. Dates of birth, death and some spouses. Larry

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/224.267.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Larry, I wish we had a connection between the Robison and Cordner family, but I do not think we do. Do you have anything else that might connect the two families? Peggy

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/224.267.2 Message Board Post: I am the great great grandson of John And Mary Elizabeth Gilmore Cordner of Flushing Ohio.They did own water woolen mill. He was born in 1800 in Ireland.They are buried in Flushing Ohio along with several children.My great grandmother was Mary Jane Cordner Anderson their 12th child.I need information on her husband John Anderson.His parents William and Mary Bush Anderson also from Belmont/Harrison co Ohio. Please e-mail me at [email protected]

I have a "situation" which I am hoping someone can help me with. I am trying to prove (or disprove) a theory that I have that is based on a letter I have. Elizabeth Alberson (b. c1798) married William Chaney in 1924. I have a letter from her daughter, Sarah Ann, to my gg grandfather, in which she refers to him as "Uncle". A note made on my copy of the letter (I know not when) references this as a letter from the daughter of John B Lindsay's sister. She also refers to a James Alberson as "uncle". I believe that Elizabeth's maiden name was Lindsay, and she was either married in Harrison or Jefferson County Ohio, or in PA., and he died(?) before 1824. There is a Thomas Alberson in Hanover-Archer Twp. in 1820, but not later. If anybody can shed any light on this, I would appreciate it. I have searched a great deal of the generally available material, but maybe somebody on the ground in Harrison County can help. Thanks John William Lindsay

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/784 Message Board Post: "Yesterday In Jewett", compiled & printed by the Jewett Bicentennial Committee, Jewett, Ohio; July 1977. Pg. 2, Thomas L. Jewett Thomas L. Jewett was born at "Lansdowne" in Hartford County, Maryland, probably sometime in 1810. He was a Quaker by birth, the son of John and Susanna Judge Jewett. He had an illustrious younger brother, Hugh Judge Jewett, a Zanesville lawyer, Ohio state senator and United States district attorney. Both men had reputations for the able handling of financial affairs. This led to their being retained as counsellors (sic) by various railroad companies. By the middle of the century they were deeply involved as offcials in the railway systems of Ohio. In 1844 Thomas Jewett first appears in the annuals of Harrison County. In that year he became prosecuting attorney and brought his bride to Cadiz to establish a home. They left Cadiz and moved to Steubenville in 1850; however, it appears that he remained active in Harrison County courts. Upon consolidation of different railway lines in 1868, Jewett was elected president of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St.Louis Railroad and remained so until May 7, 1871. His brother Hugh was with him either as manager or vice president the greater part of the time. When Hugh was called to the presidency, Thomas resigned thus ending his railroad career in Ohio. He moved at this time to Philadelphia where he engaged in stock speculation until the time of his death. No one seems to know why the post office at Fairview was named after Thomas L. Jewett.

Hi! Just a clarification for the 1880 census on line. It's: www.familysearch.org Thanks! Sincerely, Pam Drake [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 1:26 PM Subject: [OHHARRIS] 1880 Federal Census > 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/773.1 > > Message Board Post: > > The 1880 Federal Census is now online & searchable, free, at www.familysearch.com > > A search for Rebecca Thompson, in Ohio, born within 2 yrs. of 1869 shows: > > Rebecca J. Thompson, age 10, in the household of Benjamin & Sarah A. Thompson. > > Rebecca Thompson, age 12, in the household of William Thompson. > > Can you tell from the listed siblings if either of these households are hers? > > ______________________________

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Maxwell,Henderson,Shuss,Worstell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1YB.2ACI/782.1.1 Message Board Post: The booklet is 56 pgs; about 20 pgs. worth is pictures. Sorry, I don't have a scanner, so I can not share the pictures. It is printed on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, in black & white, folded in half & stapled in the middle. It is obviously the work of a committee; and I am guessing it was sold by subscription by the Bicentennial folks to pay for festivities. I remember the 1976 street fair, behind and beside the school (then elementary, High School when my Father attended). My sister and I got stuck at the top of the Ferris wheel for awhile. There was a huge craft bazaar; at the firehouse I think.

Dear Ohio Volunteer, Although I hesitate to ask since I see how busy you are---I can't resist. The ancestor I am searching for is John BARCROFT -1799/1878 and wife Elisabeth BERNARD - 1804/1884. They settled in Harrison Co. in the mid 1800's. I believe principally in Cadiz. I would appreciate any information you might find in the "Hanna Book" or any other resource you have available that might relate to them. Thank you for taking the time to read my query. Harriet Sturk