This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CZB.2ACI/2439.1 Message Board Post: Before 1898, Ohio marriage records did not include parents names. If either person was under age, there might be a note that the parents permission was on file. But where are those files now? In the courthouse attice covered in bird crap or just lost?

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/CZB.2ACI/2440 Message Board Post: I am trying to find info on both Riley and Henry. I have a marriage certificate for Riley Wooten and Stella Workman Oct 3rd 1896... and consent was given by Henry Wooten... I am not sure how Henry is related... Both Riley and Stella were from Lawrence co KY and returned there after being married. Their children were George, Jasper and Mary. I am stuck past this on the Wootens. I think Riley is a middle name... Both George and William are big family names but my dad believes its George Riley he was born in April 1876 in Ky and passed in 1951. Thanks Katie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pope, Lock, Locke Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CZB.2ACI/2439 Message Board Post: I know that Henry Pope and Martha Locke/Lock were married in Lawrence County, Ohio on October 12, 1863. I'm trying to find out if the marriage records during that time and place listed the parents of the groom. I'm searching for the names and birth places of Henry's parents. Martha's parents were Lindsey and Martha Locke. Any help would really be appreciated. Thank you.

Hello - If anyone has access to death records for the period between 1910-1930 or if someone is going to Briggs Library, I would really appreciate a look-up of a death record. Julia (Blake) Eaton b circa 1833, married John P. Eaton circa 1868, and died sometime after the 1910 Census (I do find her in LawCo, Rome Twp, in 1910). She is buried in the Old Section of Rome Cemetery, and I have a photo of the grave marker for her and her husband John P. Eaton and it does look like her death year is written 1927 and this is how it is recorded on the LawCo cemeteries cd, but I cannot find her anywhere on the 1920 Census. The lady who was living with her as her companion on the 1910 Census is living with a dau of Julia and John P. Eaton on the 1920 Census. It seems if Julia were still living that this companion, Lucinda Arbaugh, would still be living with her. I also checked Gallia Co. where Julia was born to see if I could find her with Blake relatives, but no luck. It seems possible that the date on the tombstone is incorrect. I would surely be grateful for some assistance with this. Thanks so much. Regards, Nancy Edwards - Georgia -

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/CZB.2ACI/2422.1 Message Board Post: I don't know much about the Lumber Co., as it was before my time. What I do know is that it was around in 1928 when my house was built. The house was built with yellow poplar wood. The Lumber yard was located on the banks of the Ohio River in Coal Grove, Ohio. a short distance down river from the Ben Williamson bridge that took you over into Ashland, Ky. Maybe someone from the Ironton or Coal Grove area can give you more info. on this Co.

Hi Guys, I need to find someone who can help me get a few documents. The first is my gg grandmother's death (Ledger 3-200 Reg.3) the second is a marriage certificate for Abner and Isabel Hall Clarks(t)on, they were married in Lawrence County Nov. 18, 1830, by JP-George Irwin (according to http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/marriages/marriages/1_2_3/1_2_3ag.htm it reads "Clarkston Abner [and] Isabel Hall 138." I'm also looking for the earliest land deed for John Hall, the father of Isabel. John Hall probably had land in Aid Twp, since that is where he's reported on the 1830 census. It looks like he may have also left a will (my John died in March 1846). According to http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/wills/index/willbk1.htm it has Book 1 Page 526 HALL, John. Oh, and finally, this is just a fancy that I have, and will probably not pan out, I'd like to have someone check the birth records from "16 May 1901" for a Bessie (perhaps Elizabeth) Mae Hixon. According to her marriage record she was born in Springfield Twp., Clark County, Ohio. However her parents are in Lawrence County just about the time of her birth, and her mother died in Lawrence County a year after her birth. It's possible she was born in Clark, but Clark County has no record of it, and I just really want to check Lawrence ;-) Would someone please contact me privately, if they can check these records for me? I would like to have them ASAP. Thanks, Linda Tope Trent Gallia County, OH [email protected]

SHAVER/SHAFER/ROGERS: Hoping to find anyone researching family of Squire Shaver/Shafer (b. 1820 NC) and Spicey Jane Rogers (b. about 1823 VA). Squire and Spicy came to LawCo bet 1860-1870 from Washington County, VA. Squire dies before 1870. Spicy prior to 1900. They were parents of: (1) Andrew M. Shaver (b. 1843) m Emily ?; (2) Eliza J b. 1844; (3) James b. 1846; (4) Frances M. b. 1850; (5) Nathaniel b. 1848; (6) Dryden P b. 1852 and (7) Sarah R. E. b. 1856 m. Joshua DAY. Family seemed to spell name SHAFER after arriving in OH. Gary Burnette

ROGERS/RODGERS/BEATTIE: Hoping to find anyone researching family of George W. Rogers (born 24 July 1822 in Washington County, VA). He married Margaret Ann Beattie (whose family also came to LawCo). He died 27 July 1889 In LawCo, OH. They came to OH between 1850-1860 and lived around Burlington. George/Margaret were parents of (1) Jonathan 7/1843-16 Nov 1919 m. Mary; (2) Stephen 25 Nov 1844 - 28 Feb 1920 m. Evaline Beattie. (3) William W. Rogers 2/2/1848 - 2/2/1884 m. Lucy Baily (4) Zachariah Rogers b. 1850 died bet 1860-1870; (5) Thomas J. W. Rogers b. 1854 m. Minverva ? (6) Martha b. 1858; (7) Ulyssius S. Rogers m Rosa King/Hattie Thompson. (8) George Rogers b. 1868 - I think unmarried. Gary Burnette

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/CZB.2ACI/223.365.1 Message Board Post: SAW YOUR OLD POSTING ABOUT CHARLES WHITMORE, YOUR GRANDFATHER - MY FATHER'S HALF-BROTHER. DIDN'T HE ALSO HAVE A BROTHER SAMUEL - BORN AFTER GLADYS BUT BEFORE CHARLES? MY FATHER (FLOYD) IS THE YOUNGEST CHILD OF CLARENCE SAMUEL WHITMORE'S 2ND MARRIAGE (TO DONNA COULTER). DAD'S A LITTLE HAZY ON INFO. HERE'S WHAT HE'S TOLD ME: CHILDREN OF 1ST MARRIAGE: CLARENCE SAMUEL (BORN 1906 OR 1907) CLAUDE A. (10/11/09-4/17/88) GLADYS (HUNT) 4/23/1911-4/74 SAMUEL CHARLES CHILDREN OF 2ND MARRIAGE TO DONNA COULTER WESLEY (AKA PAUL) ALICE (AKA JUNE) BORN APPROX. 1920 WANDA (AKA BONNIE) BORN APPROX 1924 CLIFTON (AKA DEAN) BORN APPROX 1926 HERBERT - BORN 1929 OR 1930 JAMES L. 5/29/1931-3/17/1996 ROBERT - BORN 1933 OR 1934 DONALD (AKA TED) - BORN 1934 FLOYD (AKA DAVE OR BUTCH) - 4/24/1937 PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC BIRTH INFO ON ANY OF THESE. THANKS. PAULA JESSE

Does anyone or can anyone provide me information on the family of James Bratton? James BRATTON married Charity HOOP in Lawrence County, Ohio. Charity HOOP is the daughter of John HOOP and Rachel GOING. Charity and her father, JOHN HOOP were from Highland County, Ohio. I have copies of the wills of both CHARITY HOOP and her husband JAMES BRATTON. James BRATTON and CHARITY HOOP had three children, GEORGE,JACOB, and JOHN BRATTON. Does anyone have any information on these three children. Thanks for any information. FRED HARTKOPF

I came across the following two related articles regarding Lawrence Co. while going through a Meigs County newspaper. I thought maybe someone on this list could be researching one of these people. Connie Cotterill Schumaker Meigs County Telegraph -- Wednesday, September 11, 1872] Four Men Killed The boiler of Jones and Davis saw mill, on Five-mile, back of Hackelville, exploded on Tuesday of last week. Mr. John I. Jones, Thomas Scarberry, Benj. Terry (colored), and the engineer were killed, and Robert Lewis and one of two others were injured. Mr. Jones was a citizen of Perry Township, Gallia County, and a gentleman much respected by all who knew him [Taken from the Gallipolis Bulletin and published in the Meigs Co. paper] The Meigs Co. Telegraph Wednesday, September 18, 1872 A most terrible affair took place in Lawrence county some two weeks ago. John I. Jones was operating a saw-mill, and in order to get up steam quick after dinner, a quantity of shell bark from hickory was put into the fire. As all know who have used this material, it creates intense heat. The boiler bursted, and the result is thus given by a correspondent of the Ironton Register: [The following gets very graphic and detailed into the description of the injuries received by those who died and may offend some. Just wanted to warm you of this before reading further into the article] "John I. Jones, one of the owners, was with Thomas Scarberry near the mud valve. Jones was blown up a ravine about 75 yards. His bowels were torn out and it appeared as though three bolts had passed through his head; his clothes were all torn off. Thomas Scarberry was blown in the same direction about 100 yards, and in his course struck a tree about 20 feet from the ground, on which is a knot, which appears to have torn his bowels out. His brains with pieces of his jaw-bone, were found scattered near the tree. He was mashed all into a jelly, what was found of him, and all his clothes were torn off. Benjamin Terry was standing in front of the boiler and was blown about 65 yards, and breathed once after he was found. All his clothes were blown off and had a few bruised. Jesse Webb was standing near Terry, and was blown in same direction about 50 yards, his head and arm was blown off and lodged in a small gum tree, about 25 years from the boiler. His clothing all blown off except his shoes and socks. The off bearer, name not known, from Gallia county, said that he was near the saw-dust hole, and when the boiler exploded the shed began to fall, he jumped down and escaped unhurt. The mill was in Joe Miller's field, on the north branch of Five Mile Creek, about five miles from Rome and about four from Athalia. Mr. Jones leaves a wife and five children; Thomas Scarberry, 22 years of age, a wife and one child; Jesse Webb, 25 years of age, a wife and two children. Benjamin Terry(colored), 22 years of age; single. Mr. Jones was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. The explosion was heard about five miles distant. The scene was heart-rending" Transcribed as appears in the paper. No changes made for spelling or grammar. Connie Cotterill Schumaker

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Albaugh, Williams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CZB.2ACI/2414.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Beth. I'm also trying to find cemeteries in Washington Twp. Have you had any luck. If so would u share? I'm also interested in Olive furnace cem. Lawrence co. cd is only for people born after 1900.SO that doesn't help me either. Thanks

On ancestry.com, there is a listing for a marriage between Susan Pritchard and William L. Boynton 8 Jan 1857, Lawrence Co, OH. Another researcher and I are wondering if this is the second marriage for Susan Pritchard and if her maiden name is Morrison. Anyone have info? Thanks, Nancy Edwards

I seem to recall in one of the articles I read from the Lawrence Co., area a mention of a "Morrison Bridge". Does anyone have any knowledge of anything about this? Bruce

Have any of you heard of Letchers Gold ? according to a story in Hearld Dispatch a , young man found a lot of gold coins about 1911 , thought to belong to Col Letcher and was buruied by Mrs Letcher on approach of indians , near Proctorville Ernie Wright --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football

Greeting to all genealogists interested the six county Athens District of the Ohio Genealogical Soceity. That includes: Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, and Vinton Counties. I am Donald R Clark. I have lived north of Proctorville, OH, for most of my life, and have been actively involved with the Lawrence Co. Genealogical Society, OGS Chapter 74, since 1988/89. On May 21, 2005, I was appointed to fill the last year of an un-expired term on the OGS Board of Trustees. I am officially representing the Athens District. I don't pretend to know the answers, but will be happy to try to answer all questions anyone might have about OGS. If you are a local chapter officer and I haven't contacted you yet, please email me directly with the names and contact info for you county. I hope to visit a regular meeting in each county some time during the next three months. I also hope to resume having district meetings sometime this fall. It has been several years since we had a resident OGS Trustee, and there are probably several areas we need to talk over as a group. To all the rest of you, wherever you live, I suggest that you visit the OGS web site: _www.ogs.org_ (http://www.ogs.org) There are several good reasons for joining OGS, and on the web site you can see if the publications and other benefits of membership would be of use to you. There are also the three lineage societies, "First Families of Ohio", "Society of Civil War Families of Ohio", and the new "Settlers and Builders of Ohio", for which you must be an OGS member. I am currently the Corresponding Secretary and Newsletter Editor for the Lawrence County Genealogical Society Donald R Clark Corresponding Secretary and Newsletter Editor Lawrence County Genealogical Society, OGS PO Box 1035 Proctorville, OH 45669-1035 Email: [email protected] Home phone: 740-886-7230

Ida (Morrison) Feurt b 1858 is the d/o Lorenzo Dow and Margaret Morrison and the niece of my gggrandmo, Margaret (Morrison) Eaton. Ida Morrison m William H. Feurt, a Physician, and they are living in Proctorville on the 1880, 1910, 1920 and 1930 Census. On the 1920 Census they are in Springfield, Clark Co, OH. William and Ida (Morrison) Feurt had 3 sons - Kenneth, Frederick and Valanaca/Valancy/Valamey/(?). There was a 4th child according to the 1910 Census. Kenneth Feurt m Lillian Unknown and they are living with Kenneth's parents in 1910 and then in Huntington, Cabell Co, WV in 1920. Then I lose them. Valancy(?) Feurt m Maude S. Unknown and they seem to settle in Rome Twp, and Valancy (?) is a Clerk on the 1920 Census and a Physician on the 1930 Census. I found a Kenneth Feurt b in Rome-Old Section and Maude and Valancey(?) b in Old Miller Cem. Although there are some Feurt's found in other cemeteries, where are the others from this line buried? What happened to Ida and William's son, Frederick? What happened to the 4th child, name/sex unknown. Where are Kenneth and Lillian Feurt after the 1920 Census? Did they have a dau named Lois? Would appreciate hearing from anyone familiar with this family or anyone who has answers to some of my questions. Thank you. Nancy Edwards

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White, Shockley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CZB.2ACI/2438 Message Board Post: Does anyone know who the caretaker of the old White/Shockley Cemetery is now ?

Does anyone know this person? A long time ago, perhaps 2 or more years, I posted his death cert info which I had obtained, thinking mistakenly it seems, that he might belong to the Morrison line I'm researching. No one claimed him, so now I've researched him further and thought that the additional info I've found might get someone's attention. Am willing to send the copy of his death cert to a descendant researching him. This is the data I've gathered on this Lorenzo D. Morrison but I don't guarantee the accuracy - only that it seems to fit. The death cert. is for Lorenzo D. Morrison b Sept 18, 1883, d Aug 31, 1824 Ironton - the s/o Geo. Morrison and Ida ? - informant was Lillian Morrison. He died after being shot and is buried in Woodland Cem. It seems his parents may have been George N. and Ida Belle (Shoemaker) Morrison and his siblings possibly were Harry T., Jessie M., Chloe E. and Daisy B. On the 1910 Census, Lorenzo D. is living in Ironton with his Mother, Ida, who is Wd as is he, and there is a 3 y.o. Lillian in the home - maybe his dau? Hope someone recognizes this person. I also looked up 1900 Census info for the Morrison family as well as some Census info for Shoemaker's who may be Ida's family and will share that with anyone interested. Regards, Nancy Edwards - in GA -

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/CZB.2ACI/2437.1.1 Message Board Post: Donald , I don't quite understand how I'm supposed to go about it. The names I want is a James William Bellamy/Bellomy and a Fannie E. Bellamy. Mary --e-mail [email protected]