Where do we find those pdfs? Thanks in advance, Justin Marple Bruce Morrison <bruce@heartlandmedia.com> wrote: >Hi Don! > >I was wondering if you had a chance to look at those deed pages I mentioned >and if you saw anything different than I found? > >Thanks, > >Bruce > >-----Original Message----- >From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of Lawcoloreman@aol.com >Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 9:33 PM >To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] deeds > >The Lawrence County Recorder had the first 100 books of deeds >professionally scanned and prepared, and the images are on line as PDF >files. This >covers up to some time after 1900. The downside is that they are not >indexed >on line, so you will have to either go to the recorders office to use the >index there, or visit the Hamner Room of Briggs Library, which has a set of > >the first four index books and has them on microfilm. They are >alphabetized by first letter only and entered in the order they were >presented to be >recorded. They are indexed by both grantor and grantee, where the grantor > >is the seller, the grantee is the buyer. Deeds were often held for quite >a while before they were taken to the courthouse and recorded, sometimes >until after the owner has died and the family is trying to transfer the >land >to the heirs. > >Don Clark > > >In a message dated 5/6/2010 7:33:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >cmurdock@hotmail.com writes: > > >> From: suzetx@comcast.net >> To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com >> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 16:42:41 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Morrison deeds >> >> How do you find the old ones? I looked at this index and it's only from >the >> 1980's to 2010. >> > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Don! I was wondering if you had a chance to look at those deed pages I mentioned and if you saw anything different than I found? Thanks, Bruce -----Original Message----- From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lawcoloreman@aol.com Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 9:33 PM To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] deeds The Lawrence County Recorder had the first 100 books of deeds professionally scanned and prepared, and the images are on line as PDF files. This covers up to some time after 1900. The downside is that they are not indexed on line, so you will have to either go to the recorders office to use the index there, or visit the Hamner Room of Briggs Library, which has a set of the first four index books and has them on microfilm. They are alphabetized by first letter only and entered in the order they were presented to be recorded. They are indexed by both grantor and grantee, where the grantor is the seller, the grantee is the buyer. Deeds were often held for quite a while before they were taken to the courthouse and recorded, sometimes until after the owner has died and the family is trying to transfer the land to the heirs. Don Clark In a message dated 5/6/2010 7:33:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cmurdock@hotmail.com writes: > From: suzetx@comcast.net > To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 16:42:41 -0500 > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Morrison deeds > > How do you find the old ones? I looked at this index and it's only from the > 1980's to 2010. > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Lawrence County Recorder had the first 100 books of deeds professionally scanned and prepared, and the images are on line as PDF files. This covers up to some time after 1900. The downside is that they are not indexed on line, so you will have to either go to the recorders office to use the index there, or visit the Hamner Room of Briggs Library, which has a set of the first four index books and has them on microfilm. They are alphabetized by first letter only and entered in the order they were presented to be recorded. They are indexed by both grantor and grantee, where the grantor is the seller, the grantee is the buyer. Deeds were often held for quite a while before they were taken to the courthouse and recorded, sometimes until after the owner has died and the family is trying to transfer the land to the heirs. Don Clark In a message dated 5/6/2010 7:33:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cmurdock@hotmail.com writes: > From: suzetx@comcast.net > To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 16:42:41 -0500 > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Morrison deeds > > How do you find the old ones? I looked at this index and it's only from the > 1980's to 2010. >

disregard that information. You just need the book and page number. Follow the instructions from the orginial message. > From: suzetx@comcast.net > To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 16:42:41 -0500 > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Morrison deeds > > How do you find the old ones? I looked at this index and it's only from the > 1980's to 2010. > > Thanks, > Sue > > -----Original Message----- > From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of carl murdock > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 9:30 PM > To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Morrison deeds > > > > > > Bruce you can get a digital image of deed online when you have the book and > page number. Go to > > http://landrecords.lawcorec-gw.clohwireless.com/ > > > > If you can't it thru that link just do a search on recorders office lawrence > ohio and find the search option. > > > > > > click non-index image and enter book and page. Site doesn't tell you > that but they have I think all the old deeds online now. I found that out > on a visit to the court house sometime back. > > > > Carl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bruce > > > > You can do the look up online when you have book and page number. Recorders > office him digital images online. You go > http://landrecords.lawcorec-gw.clohwireless.com/ click non-index image > and enter book and page no and > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:W > L:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4

How do you find the old ones? I looked at this index and it's only from the 1980's to 2010. Thanks, Sue -----Original Message----- From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of carl murdock Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 9:30 PM To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Morrison deeds Bruce you can get a digital image of deed online when you have the book and page number. Go to http://landrecords.lawcorec-gw.clohwireless.com/ If you can't it thru that link just do a search on recorders office lawrence ohio and find the search option. click non-index image and enter book and page. Site doesn't tell you that but they have I think all the old deeds online now. I found that out on a visit to the court house sometime back. Carl Bruce You can do the look up online when you have book and page number. Recorders office him digital images online. You go http://landrecords.lawcorec-gw.clohwireless.com/ click non-index image and enter book and page no and _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:W L:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Actually you click book and page. > From: cmurdock@hotmail.com > To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 22:30:02 -0400 > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Morrison deeds > > > > > > Bruce you can get a digital image of deed online when you have the book and page number. Go to > > http://landrecords.lawcorec-gw.clohwireless.com/ > > > > If you can't it thru that link just do a search on recorders office lawrence ohio and find the search option. > > > > > > click non-index image and enter book and page. Site doesn't tell you that but they have I think all the old deeds online now. I found that out on a visit to the court house sometime back. > > > > Carl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bruce > > > > You can do the look up online when you have book and page number. Recorders office him digital images online. You go http://landrecords.lawcorec-gw.clohwireless.com/ click non-index image and enter book and page no and > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3

Don you may have already answered this but many of the old records are not in Athens anymore. They have transfered them up to Columbus to the OHS library. > From: bruce@heartlandmedia.com > To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 15:04:14 -0400 > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info > > Hi Don, > > That's terrific and congratulations on your new appointment. > > I am having land and property ownership questions concerning Lawrence County > in the mid to mid 1800's; specifically from 1840 to 1870. I believe what I > am looking for might be available from the OU Library in the Archives and > Collections Section under the Lawrence County Tax Duplicates; 1817 to 1890; > 33 volume set. > > I am in Michigan and have not had the chance to get to Athens. My question > to you is; Do you know anyone in the Athens area willing to do look-ups or > paid research to check these documents for me? Apparently, they have never > been microfilmed. > > Any input would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Bruce > Bruce Morrison > National Sales Manager > LEIGHTRONIX, INC. > > NAB 2010 > Booth C9015 > > 800-243-5589 - Toll Free > 989-588-3800 - Direct > 989-588-3880 - Fax > www.leightronix.com > > > > > > > > Notice: This communication is intended only for the use of the individual or > entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is > privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. > If the recipient of this communication is not the intended recipient or the > employee or agent responsible for delivering the communication to the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > telephone and return the communication to us at the above address via first > class mail. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Nancy Edwards > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:10 PM > To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info > > Congrats, Don, on your new position as VP of Development for OGS. > > Like you, I find the lack of activity on the LawCo List disappointing. > There is so much history in this area plus there is such a cross-over > with so many families having connections with several surrounding WV > and KY counties as well as other OH counties, so it would seem this > would generate a lot of postings. The gatewayed messages seem to be > more frequent on a number of Lists, but I often find that clicking that > link and going back and forth is just not to my liking, so it isn't > unusual for me to just delete those messages. Not saying that's > particularly useful to others or to me, but it does happen. I'd much > prefer to see the postings direct to the List. > Wish I had a solution to increasing the List activity. I sometimes > wonder how many locals are active in the various Gen. societies but not > online. > > Nancy Edwards > - Georgia - > > On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Lawcoloreman@aol.com wrote: > > > Welcome to the list for any new subscribers. I have been the list > > admin. > > for several years now, and all of you nice folks have made it an easy > > job. > > The biggest problem I have is that so few of you post info or queries. > > Most of the posts coming thru are gate-wayed from the Lawrence County > > message > > board. > > I attended the Ohio Genealogical Society 2010 Conference at the > > Seagate > > Center in Toledo last week. I had been an OGS Trustee for 5 years, > > and at > > the annual business luncheon, I became the Vice President of > > Development. > > I'll know more about what exactly this position will entail as I get > > to meet > > with the committee chairs who report to me. I welcome comments and > > suggestions from any of you, either OGS members or not. The Lawrence > > County > > Genealogical Society is the 74th Chapter of OGS. OGS is in the final > > stages of > > building a new 18,000 sq. ft. library, on Ohio Rt. 97 (exit 165), > > about a > > mile east of I-71, in Richland County. We'll be moving about 40,000 > > books, > > microfilms, manuscripts, etc. to that new building in June, with an > > official Grand Opening in July. Any of you who are interested can go > > to the OGS > > web site at www.ogs.org > > There is info about the organization and its operations, access to > > members > > only databases, applications for the four lineage groups, and a link > > to a > > photo history of the construction, from the groundbreaking in late > > May 2009 > > up thru last week. > > > > Donald R Clark, ohlawren list admin. > > OGS VP for Development > > Corresponding Sec. and Newsletter Editor for the Lawrence Co. 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Bruce you can get a digital image of deed online when you have the book and page number. Go to http://landrecords.lawcorec-gw.clohwireless.com/ If you can't it thru that link just do a search on recorders office lawrence ohio and find the search option. click non-index image and enter book and page. Site doesn't tell you that but they have I think all the old deeds online now. I found that out on a visit to the court house sometime back. Carl Bruce You can do the look up online when you have book and page number. Recorders office him digital images online. You go http://landrecords.lawcorec-gw.clohwireless.com/ click non-index image and enter book and page no and _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3

What is the website for the online deeds? Thanks -----Original Message----- >From: Lawcoloreman@aol.com >Sent: May 3, 2010 3:31 PM >To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info > >>From 1817 thru about 1842 have been filmed. The rest not. I know a few >folks in Athens, but don't know if any of them do paid research. We have >the early deeds indexes up to about 1900 in both hard copy and film at the >Hamner Room of Briggs Library in Ironton. What names are you looking for? >The county recorder had the first hundred books of deeds scanned and >professionally prepped, and they are now on line. No index on line, just the >deeds. > >Don Clark > > >In a message dated 5/3/2010 3:11:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >bruce@heartlandmedia.com writes: > >Hi Don, > >That's terrific and congratulations on your new appointment. > >I am having land and property ownership questions concerning Lawrence >County >in the mid to mid 1800's; specifically from 1840 to 1870. I believe what I >am looking for might be available from the OU Library in the Archives and >Collections Section under the Lawrence County Tax Duplicates; 1817 to 1890; >33 volume set. > >I am in Michigan and have not had the chance to get to Athens. My question >to you is; Do you know anyone in the Athens area willing to do look-ups or >paid research to check these documents for me? Apparently, they have never >been microfilmed. > >Any input would be appreciated. > > > >Thanks, > >Bruce >Bruce Morrison >National Sales Manager >LEIGHTRONIX, INC. > >NAB 2010 >Booth C9015 > >800-243-5589 - Toll Free >989-588-3800 - Direct >989-588-3880 - Fax >www.leightronix.com > > > > > > > >Notice: This communication is intended only for the use of the individual >or >entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is >privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. >If the recipient of this communication is not the intended recipient or >the >employee or agent responsible for delivering the communication to the >intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, >distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If >you >have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by >telephone and return the communication to us at the above address via first >class mail. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of Nancy Edwards >Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:10 PM >To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info > >Congrats, Don, on your new position as VP of Development for OGS. > >Like you, I find the lack of activity on the LawCo List disappointing. >There is so much history in this area plus there is such a cross-over >with so many families having connections with several surrounding WV >and KY counties as well as other OH counties, so it would seem this >would generate a lot of postings. The gatewayed messages seem to be >more frequent on a number of Lists, but I often find that clicking that >link and going back and forth is just not to my liking, so it isn't >unusual for me to just delete those messages. Not saying that's >particularly useful to others or to me, but it does happen. I'd much >prefer to see the postings direct to the List. >Wish I had a solution to increasing the List activity. I sometimes >wonder how many locals are active in the various Gen. societies but not >online. > >Nancy Edwards >- Georgia - > >On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Lawcoloreman@aol.com wrote: > >> Welcome to the list for any new subscribers. I have been the list >> admin. >> for several years now, and all of you nice folks have made it an easy >> job. >> The biggest problem I have is that so few of you post info or queries. >> Most of the posts coming thru are gate-wayed from the Lawrence County >> message >> board. >> I attended the Ohio Genealogical Society 2010 Conference at the >> Seagate >> Center in Toledo last week. I had been an OGS Trustee for 5 years, >> and at >> the annual business luncheon, I became the Vice President of >> Development. >> I'll know more about what exactly this position will entail as I get >> to meet >> with the committee chairs who report to me. I welcome comments and >> suggestions from any of you, either OGS members or not. The Lawrence >> County >> Genealogical Society is the 74th Chapter of OGS. OGS is in the final >> stages of >> building a new 18,000 sq. ft. library, on Ohio Rt. 97 (exit 165), >> about a >> mile east of I-71, in Richland County. We'll be moving about 40,000 >> books, >> microfilms, manuscripts, etc. to that new building in June, with an >> official Grand Opening in July. Any of you who are interested can go >> to the OGS >> web site at www.ogs.org >> There is info about the organization and its operations, access to >> members >> only databases, applications for the four lineage groups, and a link >> to a >> photo history of the construction, from the groundbreaking in late >> May 2009 >> up thru last week. >> >> Donald R Clark, ohlawren list admin. >> OGS VP for Development >> Corresponding Sec. and Newsletter Editor for the Lawrence Co. 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Don, Thank you for your guidance here! Yes, I have the Book and Page numbers which are: Book 9 and page 403 was the 1843 transaction and ... Book 26 and page 28 for the 1864 transaction. And yes I am quite certain that these children listed are the children and families of John and Sara Morrison. Bruce Morrison Farwell, MI   Searching for Parents and Siblings of John Morrison b. c. 1801 VA & Sarah (Ankrim) Morrison b. c. 1799 VA; Connections in Lawrence Co., OH; Boyd & Carter Co., KY  -----Original Message----- From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lawcoloreman@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 6:07 PM To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Morrison deeds A quit claim deed is just that. The signers are promising to no longer make any claims against the land described in the deed. I does sound to me as if quite possibly that Thomas W Morrison sr is the father of John, and with John dead, his children and their spouses would be heirs of his portion of the land. Range 17, township 2, section 34 (section 36 would be the SE corner of the township, so 34 is a couple of miles west. A township is 6 miles square, divided into 36 one mile square sections.) Township 1 in Range 17 is just a partial township with the Ohio River being its south boundary. Thomas W Morrison didn't have to have lived in Lawrence Co to own land. It is very common for one of the older heirs to buy out their siblings (or as in this case a siblings heirs also) Are all those listed children you have positively id'd as children of John? If they are, Thomas 2 and John may have been the only children of Thomas sr., or Thomas W 2 was a son of John (named for his grand father) and he was buying out his sibs. Records keepers made mistakes, but Thomas W for John is a real stretch I think you need to follow the ownership forward to confirm this person as being the son of John or not. Do you have the volume and page on those deeds? If you can send them, I could look at them and see if anything about them would change my take as listed above. In a message dated 5/3/2010 5:36:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bruce@heartlandmedia.com writes: Hi Don, I have requested and received copies of the deeds for the years in question that I have. The problem is that I don't really understand the deeds as they involve a "Quit Claim" deed that lists the children and their spouses of my John Morrison; but says that they are heirs of Thomas W. Morrison. I am just uncertain who this original Thomas W. Morrison was and how he fits in. If I could examine the tax information in those years between 1843 and 1864 maybe I could find if Thomas W. and my John were the same person; or possibly Thomas W. was the grandfather of John's listed children; or how they were related. 1. The original deed was from 10-27-1843; Tract 17-2-34 SWSE(Fayette Twp just NE of South Point); sold by Wm. McCoy to Thomas W. Morrison (1). 2. The Quit Claim Deed was for the same tract of land on 7-6-1864; sold to the heirs of Thomas W. Morrison and then Thomas W. Morrison (2) bought the other siblings out. At least that's what I think happened. John and Sara Morrison's children listed below are the one's listed on the Quit Claim deeds. 3. Just another couple of notes: Thomas W. Morrison (2) was only 3 years old when the original deed was issued to Thomas W. Morrison (1). And I can find no record where Thomas W. Morrison (1) ever lived in Lawrence County. So I am just confused and grasping at straws. I am researching my MORRISON Family. My John Morrison was born c. 1801 in VA/WV? And died after the 1860 census and probably prior to the 1870 Census in Fayette Twp., Lawrence Co., OH. His wife Sara Ankrim was born c. 1799 in VA/WV? And died prior to the 1860 census. I have not been able to find either death record or location. Their children were Samuel, William D., James A., John, & Thomas Wilson Morrison and are the heirs listed on the Quit Claim deed above. Bruce Morrison Farwell, MI Searching for Parents and Siblings of John Morrison b. c. 1801 VA & Sarah (Ankrim) Morrison b. c. 1799 VA; Connections in Lawrence Co., OH; Boyd & Carter Co., KY ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A quit claim deed is just that. The signers are promising to no longer make any claims against the land described in the deed. I does sound to me as if quite possibly that Thomas W Morrison sr is the father of John, and with John dead, his children and their spouses would be heirs of his portion of the land. Range 17, township 2, section 34 (section 36 would be the SE corner of the township, so 34 is a couple of miles west. A township is 6 miles square, divided into 36 one mile square sections.) Township 1 in Range 17 is just a partial township with the Ohio River being its south boundary. Thomas W Morrison didn't have to have lived in Lawrence Co to own land. It is very common for one of the older heirs to buy out their siblings (or as in this case a siblings heirs also) Are all those listed children you have positively id'd as children of John? If they are, Thomas 2 and John may have been the only children of Thomas sr., or Thomas W 2 was a son of John (named for his grand father) and he was buying out his sibs. Records keepers made mistakes, but Thomas W for John is a real stretch I think you need to follow the ownership forward to confirm this person as being the son of John or not. Do you have the volume and page on those deeds? If you can send them, I could look at them and see if anything about them would change my take as listed above. In a message dated 5/3/2010 5:36:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bruce@heartlandmedia.com writes: Hi Don, I have requested and received copies of the deeds for the years in question that I have. The problem is that I don't really understand the deeds as they involve a "Quit Claim" deed that lists the children and their spouses of my John Morrison; but says that they are heirs of Thomas W. Morrison. I am just uncertain who this original Thomas W. Morrison was and how he fits in. If I could examine the tax information in those years between 1843 and 1864 maybe I could find if Thomas W. and my John were the same person; or possibly Thomas W. was the grandfather of John's listed children; or how they were related. 1. The original deed was from 10-27-1843; Tract 17-2-34 SWSE(Fayette Twp just NE of South Point); sold by Wm. McCoy to Thomas W. Morrison (1). 2. The Quit Claim Deed was for the same tract of land on 7-6-1864; sold to the heirs of Thomas W. Morrison and then Thomas W. Morrison (2) bought the other siblings out. At least that's what I think happened. John and Sara Morrison's children listed below are the one's listed on the Quit Claim deeds. 3. Just another couple of notes: Thomas W. Morrison (2) was only 3 years old when the original deed was issued to Thomas W. Morrison (1). And I can find no record where Thomas W. Morrison (1) ever lived in Lawrence County. So I am just confused and grasping at straws. I am researching my MORRISON Family. My John Morrison was born c. 1801 in VA/WV? And died after the 1860 census and probably prior to the 1870 Census in Fayette Twp., Lawrence Co., OH. His wife Sara Ankrim was born c. 1799 in VA/WV? And died prior to the 1860 census. I have not been able to find either death record or location. Their children were Samuel, William D., James A., John, & Thomas Wilson Morrison and are the heirs listed on the Quit Claim deed above. Bruce Morrison Farwell, MI Searching for Parents and Siblings of John Morrison b. c. 1801 VA & Sarah (Ankrim) Morrison b. c. 1799 VA; Connections in Lawrence Co., OH; Boyd & Carter Co., KY

Hi Don, I have requested and received copies of the deeds for the years in question that I have. The problem is that I don't really understand the deeds as they involve a "Quit Claim" deed that lists the children and their spouses of my John Morrison; but says that they are heirs of Thomas W. Morrison. I am just uncertain who this original Thomas W. Morrison was and how he fits in. If I could examine the tax information in those years between 1843 and 1864 maybe I could find if Thomas W. and my John were the same person; or possibly Thomas W. was the grandfather of John's listed children; or how they were related. 1. The original deed was from 10-27-1843; Tract 17-2-34 SWSE(Fayette Twp just NE of South Point); sold by Wm. McCoy to Thomas W. Morrison (1). 2. The Quit Claim Deed was for the same tract of land on 7-6-1864; sold to the heirs of Thomas W. Morrison and then Thomas W. Morrison (2) bought the other siblings out. At least that's what I think happened. John and Sara Morrison's children listed below are the one's listed on the Quit Claim deeds. 3. Just another couple of notes: Thomas W. Morrison (2) was only 3 years old when the original deed was issued to Thomas W. Morrison (1). And I can find no record where Thomas W. Morrison (1) ever lived in Lawrence County. So I am just confused and grasping at straws. I am researching my MORRISON Family. My John Morrison was born c. 1801 in VA/WV? And died after the 1860 census and probably prior to the 1870 Census in Fayette Twp., Lawrence Co., OH. His wife Sara Ankrim was born c. 1799 in VA/WV? And died prior to the 1860 census. I have not been able to find either death record or location. Their children were Samuel, William D., James A., John, & Thomas Wilson Morrison and are the heirs listed on the Quit Claim deed above. Bruce Morrison Farwell, MI   Searching for Parents and Siblings of John Morrison b. c. 1801 VA & Sarah (Ankrim) Morrison b. c. 1799 VA; Connections in Lawrence Co., OH; Boyd & Carter Co., KY  -----Original Message----- From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lawcoloreman@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 3:31 PM To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info >From 1817 thru about 1842 have been filmed. The rest not. I know a few folks in Athens, but don't know if any of them do paid research. We have the early deeds indexes up to about 1900 in both hard copy and film at the Hamner Room of Briggs Library in Ironton. What names are you looking for? The county recorder had the first hundred books of deeds scanned and professionally prepped, and they are now on line. No index on line, just the deeds. Don Clark In a message dated 5/3/2010 3:11:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bruce@heartlandmedia.com writes: Hi Don, That's terrific and congratulations on your new appointment. I am having land and property ownership questions concerning Lawrence County in the mid to mid 1800's; specifically from 1840 to 1870. I believe what I am looking for might be available from the OU Library in the Archives and Collections Section under the Lawrence County Tax Duplicates; 1817 to 1890; 33 volume set. I am in Michigan and have not had the chance to get to Athens. My question to you is; Do you know anyone in the Athens area willing to do look-ups or paid research to check these documents for me? Apparently, they have never been microfilmed. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Bruce Bruce Morrison National Sales Manager LEIGHTRONIX, INC. NAB 2010 Booth C9015 800-243-5589 - Toll Free 989-588-3800 - Direct 989-588-3880 - Fax www.leightronix.com Notice: This communication is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the recipient of this communication is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the communication to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and return the communication to us at the above address via first class mail. -----Original Message----- From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Edwards Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:10 PM To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info Congrats, Don, on your new position as VP of Development for OGS. Like you, I find the lack of activity on the LawCo List disappointing. There is so much history in this area plus there is such a cross-over with so many families having connections with several surrounding WV and KY counties as well as other OH counties, so it would seem this would generate a lot of postings. The gatewayed messages seem to be more frequent on a number of Lists, but I often find that clicking that link and going back and forth is just not to my liking, so it isn't unusual for me to just delete those messages. Not saying that's particularly useful to others or to me, but it does happen. I'd much prefer to see the postings direct to the List. Wish I had a solution to increasing the List activity. I sometimes wonder how many locals are active in the various Gen. societies but not online. Nancy Edwards - Georgia - On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Lawcoloreman@aol.com wrote: > Welcome to the list for any new subscribers. I have been the list > admin. > for several years now, and all of you nice folks have made it an easy > job. > The biggest problem I have is that so few of you post info or queries. > Most of the posts coming thru are gate-wayed from the Lawrence County > message > board. > I attended the Ohio Genealogical Society 2010 Conference at the > Seagate > Center in Toledo last week. I had been an OGS Trustee for 5 years, > and at > the annual business luncheon, I became the Vice President of > Development. > I'll know more about what exactly this position will entail as I get > to meet > with the committee chairs who report to me. I welcome comments and > suggestions from any of you, either OGS members or not. The Lawrence > County > Genealogical Society is the 74th Chapter of OGS. OGS is in the final > stages of > building a new 18,000 sq. ft. library, on Ohio Rt. 97 (exit 165), > about a > mile east of I-71, in Richland County. We'll be moving about 40,000 > books, > microfilms, manuscripts, etc. to that new building in June, with an > official Grand Opening in July. Any of you who are interested can go > to the OGS > web site at www.ogs.org > There is info about the organization and its operations, access to > members > only databases, applications for the four lineage groups, and a link > to a > photo history of the construction, from the groundbreaking in late > May 2009 > up thru last week. > > Donald R Clark, ohlawren list admin. > OGS VP for Development > Corresponding Sec. and Newsletter Editor for the Lawrence Co. Gene. > Soc. > PO Box 1035 > Proctorville, OH 45669-1035 > Lawcoloreman@aol.com > Ph. 740-886-7230 or 886-6671(thru mid Aug.) > Cell 304-521-3917 (doesn't work at home) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>From 1817 thru about 1842 have been filmed. The rest not. I know a few folks in Athens, but don't know if any of them do paid research. We have the early deeds indexes up to about 1900 in both hard copy and film at the Hamner Room of Briggs Library in Ironton. What names are you looking for? The county recorder had the first hundred books of deeds scanned and professionally prepped, and they are now on line. No index on line, just the deeds. Don Clark In a message dated 5/3/2010 3:11:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bruce@heartlandmedia.com writes: Hi Don, That's terrific and congratulations on your new appointment. I am having land and property ownership questions concerning Lawrence County in the mid to mid 1800's; specifically from 1840 to 1870. I believe what I am looking for might be available from the OU Library in the Archives and Collections Section under the Lawrence County Tax Duplicates; 1817 to 1890; 33 volume set. I am in Michigan and have not had the chance to get to Athens. My question to you is; Do you know anyone in the Athens area willing to do look-ups or paid research to check these documents for me? Apparently, they have never been microfilmed. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Bruce Bruce Morrison National Sales Manager LEIGHTRONIX, INC. NAB 2010 Booth C9015 800-243-5589 - Toll Free 989-588-3800 - Direct 989-588-3880 - Fax www.leightronix.com Notice: This communication is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the recipient of this communication is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the communication to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and return the communication to us at the above address via first class mail. -----Original Message----- From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Edwards Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:10 PM To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info Congrats, Don, on your new position as VP of Development for OGS. Like you, I find the lack of activity on the LawCo List disappointing. There is so much history in this area plus there is such a cross-over with so many families having connections with several surrounding WV and KY counties as well as other OH counties, so it would seem this would generate a lot of postings. The gatewayed messages seem to be more frequent on a number of Lists, but I often find that clicking that link and going back and forth is just not to my liking, so it isn't unusual for me to just delete those messages. Not saying that's particularly useful to others or to me, but it does happen. I'd much prefer to see the postings direct to the List. Wish I had a solution to increasing the List activity. I sometimes wonder how many locals are active in the various Gen. societies but not online. Nancy Edwards - Georgia - On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Lawcoloreman@aol.com wrote: > Welcome to the list for any new subscribers. I have been the list > admin. > for several years now, and all of you nice folks have made it an easy > job. > The biggest problem I have is that so few of you post info or queries. > Most of the posts coming thru are gate-wayed from the Lawrence County > message > board. > I attended the Ohio Genealogical Society 2010 Conference at the > Seagate > Center in Toledo last week. I had been an OGS Trustee for 5 years, > and at > the annual business luncheon, I became the Vice President of > Development. > I'll know more about what exactly this position will entail as I get > to meet > with the committee chairs who report to me. I welcome comments and > suggestions from any of you, either OGS members or not. The Lawrence > County > Genealogical Society is the 74th Chapter of OGS. OGS is in the final > stages of > building a new 18,000 sq. ft. library, on Ohio Rt. 97 (exit 165), > about a > mile east of I-71, in Richland County. We'll be moving about 40,000 > books, > microfilms, manuscripts, etc. to that new building in June, with an > official Grand Opening in July. Any of you who are interested can go > to the OGS > web site at www.ogs.org > There is info about the organization and its operations, access to > members > only databases, applications for the four lineage groups, and a link > to a > photo history of the construction, from the groundbreaking in late > May 2009 > up thru last week. > > Donald R Clark, ohlawren list admin. > OGS VP for Development > Corresponding Sec. and Newsletter Editor for the Lawrence Co. Gene. > Soc. > PO Box 1035 > Proctorville, OH 45669-1035 > Lawcoloreman@aol.com > Ph. 740-886-7230 or 886-6671(thru mid Aug.) > Cell 304-521-3917 (doesn't work at home) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Don, That's terrific and congratulations on your new appointment. I am having land and property ownership questions concerning Lawrence County in the mid to mid 1800's; specifically from 1840 to 1870. I believe what I am looking for might be available from the OU Library in the Archives and Collections Section under the Lawrence County Tax Duplicates; 1817 to 1890; 33 volume set. I am in Michigan and have not had the chance to get to Athens. My question to you is; Do you know anyone in the Athens area willing to do look-ups or paid research to check these documents for me? Apparently, they have never been microfilmed. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks, Bruce Bruce Morrison National Sales Manager LEIGHTRONIX, INC. NAB 2010 Booth C9015 800-243-5589 - Toll Free 989-588-3800 - Direct 989-588-3880 - Fax www.leightronix.com Notice: This communication is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the recipient of this communication is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the communication to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and return the communication to us at the above address via first class mail. -----Original Message----- From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Edwards Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:10 PM To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info Congrats, Don, on your new position as VP of Development for OGS. Like you, I find the lack of activity on the LawCo List disappointing. There is so much history in this area plus there is such a cross-over with so many families having connections with several surrounding WV and KY counties as well as other OH counties, so it would seem this would generate a lot of postings. The gatewayed messages seem to be more frequent on a number of Lists, but I often find that clicking that link and going back and forth is just not to my liking, so it isn't unusual for me to just delete those messages. Not saying that's particularly useful to others or to me, but it does happen. I'd much prefer to see the postings direct to the List. Wish I had a solution to increasing the List activity. I sometimes wonder how many locals are active in the various Gen. societies but not online. Nancy Edwards - Georgia - On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Lawcoloreman@aol.com wrote: > Welcome to the list for any new subscribers. I have been the list > admin. > for several years now, and all of you nice folks have made it an easy > job. > The biggest problem I have is that so few of you post info or queries. > Most of the posts coming thru are gate-wayed from the Lawrence County > message > board. > I attended the Ohio Genealogical Society 2010 Conference at the > Seagate > Center in Toledo last week. I had been an OGS Trustee for 5 years, > and at > the annual business luncheon, I became the Vice President of > Development. > I'll know more about what exactly this position will entail as I get > to meet > with the committee chairs who report to me. I welcome comments and > suggestions from any of you, either OGS members or not. The Lawrence > County > Genealogical Society is the 74th Chapter of OGS. OGS is in the final > stages of > building a new 18,000 sq. ft. library, on Ohio Rt. 97 (exit 165), > about a > mile east of I-71, in Richland County. We'll be moving about 40,000 > books, > microfilms, manuscripts, etc. to that new building in June, with an > official Grand Opening in July. Any of you who are interested can go > to the OGS > web site at www.ogs.org > There is info about the organization and its operations, access to > members > only databases, applications for the four lineage groups, and a link > to a > photo history of the construction, from the groundbreaking in late > May 2009 > up thru last week. > > Donald R Clark, ohlawren list admin. > OGS VP for Development > Corresponding Sec. and Newsletter Editor for the Lawrence Co. Gene. > Soc. > PO Box 1035 > Proctorville, OH 45669-1035 > Lawcoloreman@aol.com > Ph. 740-886-7230 or 886-6671(thru mid Aug.) > Cell 304-521-3917 (doesn't work at home) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Nancy. I got sidetracked for a few days because hubby has been home on vacation all week and my computer time has been all broken up, so I forget where I left off. I have some answers here and also more questions. I can access Heritage Quest from here at home and was able to find some census data, but that only gets you so far. I found the Lawrence Register article about Benjamin Boggs and was very interested because the Nelson's mentioned in there are mine. I'd like to know how to find any information about John Nelson's time in the Revolutionary War now that I've read that article. John Nelson was Solomon and Benjamin's father, and Solomon Nelson is my direct ancestor through his son Josiah R. Nelson. Josiah was born January 01, 1821 in Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH, and died December 12, 1909 in Galesburg, Knox Co., IL. Solomon and Eleanor "Nellie" McGraw were married ~1810 in Virginia and had several kids in VA before coming to Ohio. SOLOMON NELSON was born February 28, 1789 in Virginia, and died November 14, 1846 in Madison Co., Indiana. His wife ELEANOR MCGRAW was born ~1788 in unknown Possibly Virginia or Maryland, and died August 02, 1845. They're both buried in the Nelson Cemetery, Richland Twp., Madison Co., Indiana. Sarah Nelson who married Pellington Merritt is a dtr of Solomon. I belive Mahaley, Mary and Matilda must be dtrs of Benjamin, because they aren't in my list of Solomon's children. I did know that my Solomon and his brother Benjamin were early settlers in Symmes Twp having come there from VA after ~1810. Yes, the Benjamin Nelson who married Delphena Miller is the brother to my Solomon Nelson. My line of Nelson's were in Madison Co, IN. in the 1840 census, so not surprised nothing was found for them after that date. Solomon Nelson as GRANTOR in Lawrence Co. NELSON, Solomon; COULTER, Adam; 8; 360; 6 Aug 1835 NELSON, Solomon; IRWIN, George; 6; 484; 3 Jun 1834 Solomon Nelson as GRANTEE in Lawrence Co. NELSON, Solomon; MCDANIEL, Ephraim; 6; 135; 10 Nov 1833 NELSON, Solomon; SHUMATE, Daniel; 6; 134; 19 Jan 1833 How can I get lookups in these different land books to see how much more information there is about these transactions between Solomon Nelson and the ppl he sold/purchased land? BOGGS, Alexander & Mahaley (Nelson) married ca 1830 in Lawrence Co. A son born ca 1831-32 went to live with his uncle, Henry Nelson, after both parents were dead by 1839. Did they die in Lawrence Co., if so, where and where are they buried? John Nelson, the father of Solomon and Benjamin was a Revolutionary War soldier in VA. It's said that John Nelson died and is buried in Lawrence Co. Is that true? Can anyone check? What about his wife Sarah Stearns? Is she also buried in OH? Thanks, Sue

Oh, ok, I get it now. LOL, I didn't know what it was, I always just click the link and go to the site so I can catch up on the whole 'conversation' so that the msg isn't out of context. Thanks for the offer of help Nancy. Basically just what I listed in my original email is what I'm trying to start with. I've got a few bits and pieces from the net. Basically just trying to find out more information on Solomon Nelson and his wife Eleanor 'Nellie' McGraw from the early 1800's to 1830. By 1840, they show up in Indiana where many of them are buried. But I don't know anything about them from Lawrence Co, OH. Like did they own land, were there any marriages or deaths in the family, etc. I have Solomon on an 1820 Lawrence Co tax list, but that's it. Although he's not in my direct line, I'm also looking to find out more about Benjamin Nelson. He was Solomon's brother, and came to OH when Solomon did. I just want to know if there is more, because that's about all I know. Sue -----Original Message----- From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Edwards Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:50 PM To: ohlawren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Gatewayed messages - surname NELSON Hey Suze - When someone posts on a Rootsweb message board, that message also displays on the related County List. However, the entire query of the poster does not display on the List - just a portion - so you have to click the link in the message go to the message board to read the entire query. Then if you want to reply, you must do it through the Rootsweb message board - not the List. Someone - have I completely messed up that explanation? Anyway, I'd be happy to check Ancestry.com for you as I do have a subscription. What do you need/want? Also - I have two Lawrence Co history books and a couple other references that I'll be glad to check for you. Can you be a little more specific as to what you have - what you need? I can check some things now. Regards, Nancy Edwards - Georgia -

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Response to query from "Suze in Texas": Census info is available at Heritage Quest. Many, if not most, libraries have a subscription to this, and those individuals with a library card can access Heritage Quest without charge - from their home computer. At least that's how it works through my local library. A Lawrence Co. online source that has been very helpful to me over the years is the Lawrence Register. There is quite a bit of info on this site that is free, and some info is only indexed and would require payment to someone to find the details for you. If you haven't been to this site, it may be worthwhile to do some searching there. By searching on the site for Solomon Nelson (search box is at the top right of the web pages), the following page displayed with some references to Solomon Nelson. To gather details from some of these references, you would probably either need to pay a local researcher or ask on the List if someone would be kind enough to find the info for you at Briggs library. Here's the URL for this page: http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/search/node/solomon%20nelson And on another web page at this site, there is a John Nelson, Benjamin Nelson, Mahala Nelson and Henry Nelson mentioned in a bio of Benjamin F. Boggs. Could these be part of your Nelson line? Here's the URL for that page: http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/node/13 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Per a MILLER-NEAL family history submitted by Reverend Chester I. Miller to the "History of Lawrence County, Ohio 1990", a book that was compiled by the History Book Committee - Lawrence Co. Gen. Society, p. 241, "Delphena Miller (1792-1877) married Benjamin Nelson, and lived in Symmes Township" ............ I don't know if this is your Benjamin Nelson, and I don't find this marriage in the "Earliest Marriage Records of Lawrence County, Ohio, Volumes I-II-III, April 11, 1817 to July 23, 1843" compiled by Vera Mae (Sanders) Murnahan. In this same book, p.5, under Symmes Township is this little blurb about the Nelson brothers - " ................ Symmes Township was organized in 1820. George Pine, John C. Stewart, William G. Robinson and Silas Spurlock were the first settlers. ...................... Other early settlers were: Constantine Handley, Thomas and John Wray, Caleb McDaniel, Benjamin and Solomon Nelson ...................... ". That is the only reference to Solomon Nelson in this book per the index. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the "History of Lawrence County. Ohio - Vol. 2", p. 82, there is this reference to the Nelson brothers. John T. Irwin wrote a series of letters to the Ironton Register that were originally published in 1899, if I understand the notation in the book correctly, and the letter published on Jan. 26 includes this reference: "My father, George Irwin, moved to the log house that stands on the farm of R.M. Wickline, in Symmes township in December, 1827. At that time, there were twelve or fifteen families in the township. They were John C. Stewart, at the forks of John's creek; William McCartney, John Nelson, Wm. Burk, Solomon Nelson, where Thomas Cooper now lives; Benjamin Nelson, between the two Buffalo creeks; .................". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mahaley Nelson m Alexander Boggs 20 Feb 1827 - married by Caleb McDaniel, J.P. Mary Nelson m Thos Cooper 18 Apr 1822 - married by David Spurlock, J.P. Matilda Nelson m Henry Warnicker 17 May 1839 - married by William Burk, J.P. Sarah Nelson m Pillengton Merritt 19 Dec 1833 - married by John Pinkerman, J.P. Source: "Earliest Marriage Records of Lawrence County, Ohio, Volumes I -II-III, April 11, 1817 to July 23, 1843 Compiled by: Vera Mae (Sanders) Murnahan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I do not find Benjamin or Solomon Nelson on the 1840 Lawrence Co, OH Fed. Census. I searched Eleanor "Nellie" Nelson on the 1850 Census without success. Do you have names of any children of Solomon and Eleanor "Nellie" Nelson? There is a Solomon Nelson between the ages of 30-40 on the Kanawha Co, VA 1840 Census with an adult female between 20-30 and a male and female child < 5 yo, but this sounds too young to be your Solomon Nelson, right? I checked the OH Obit Index, 1830's-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center at Ancestry.com and found no Solomon Nelson nor Benjamin Nelson. =============================== Hope this helps. Let me know if there are specifics you would like me to search. Regards, Nancy Edwards - Georgia - On Apr 30, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Suze in Texas wrote: > <snip> > > I have interest in the area because my Nelson ancestor Solomon and his > brother Benjamin were early pioneers of Symmes Twp. I am in Texas, on > a > very strict and limited income, so referring me to county clerks and > libraries or genealogy societies where I have to pay to get anything, > isn't > an option for me anymore. Neither is Ancestry.com since it's a pay > site. I > do rely on RAOGK to help me, I can't get around that unfortunately. > > If you have any suggestions that are free, anyone who owns books from > the > area that can do lookups and is willing to do them, I'd be happy to > know. > > I'm looking for information on Solomon Nelson, his wife Eleanor > "Nellie" > McGraw. Also the brother Benjamin Nelson. I know they left Virginia > and > came to Symmes Twp. in the early 1800's as they were listed as some of > the > first settlers. They were still in Symmes Twp in the 1830 census. > > Here's more: > > Lawrence Co, OH marriages 1817-1843 > > Nelson Mahaley Alexander Boggs 103 > Nelson Mary Thomas Cooper 41 > Nelson Matilda Henry Warnicker 301 > Nelson Sarah Pellington Merritt 187 > > 1820 Lawrence Co tax list shows Solomon Nelson. > > > Congrats on your promotion. > > Sue > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Lawcoloreman@aol.com > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:52 AM > To: OHLAWREN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info > > Welcome to the list for any new subscribers. I have been the list > admin. > for several years now, and all of you nice folks have made it an easy > job. > > The biggest problem I have is that so few of you post info or queries. > Most of the posts coming thru are gate-wayed from the Lawrence County > message > board. > I attended the Ohio Genealogical Society 2010 Conference at the > Seagate > Center in Toledo last week. I had been an OGS Trustee for 5 years, > and at > the annual business luncheon, I became the Vice President of > Development. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hey Suze - When someone posts on a Rootsweb message board, that message also displays on the related County List. However, the entire query of the poster does not display on the List - just a portion - so you have to click the link in the message go to the message board to read the entire query. Then if you want to reply, you must do it through the Rootsweb message board - not the List. Someone - have I completely messed up that explanation? Anyway, I'd be happy to check Ancestry.com for you as I do have a subscription. What do you need/want? Also - I have two Lawrence Co history books and a couple other references that I'll be glad to check for you. Can you be a little more specific as to what you have - what you need? I can check some things now. Regards, Nancy Edwards - Georgia - On Apr 30, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Suze in Texas wrote: > I don't know what 'gate wayed' from the message board means. Can you > or > someone else explain please? > > I have interest in the area because my Nelson ancestor Solomon and his > brother Benjamin were early pioneers of Symmes Twp. I am in Texas, on > a > very strict and limited income, so referring me to county clerks and > libraries or genealogy societies where I have to pay to get anything, > isn't > an option for me anymore. Neither is Ancestry.com since it's a pay > site. I > do rely on RAOGK to help me, I can't get around that unfortunately. > > If you have any suggestions that are free, anyone who owns books from > the > area that can do lookups and is willing to do them, I'd be happy to > know. > > I'm looking for information on Solomon Nelson, his wife Eleanor > "Nellie" > McGraw. Also the brother Benjamin Nelson. I know they left Virginia > and > came to Symmes Twp. in the early 1800's as they were listed as some of > the > first settlers. They were still in Symmes Twp in the 1830 census. > > Here's more: > > Lawrence Co, OH marriages 1817-1843 > > Nelson Mahaley Alexander Boggs 103 > Nelson Mary Thomas Cooper 41 > Nelson Matilda Henry Warnicker 301 > Nelson Sarah Pellington Merritt 187 > > 1820 Lawrence Co tax list shows Solomon Nelson. > > > Congrats on your promotion. > > Sue > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Lawcoloreman@aol.com > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:52 AM > To: OHLAWREN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info > > Welcome to the list for any new subscribers. I have been the list > admin. > for several years now, and all of you nice folks have made it an easy > job. > > The biggest problem I have is that so few of you post info or queries. > Most of the posts coming thru are gate-wayed from the Lawrence County > message > board. > I attended the Ohio Genealogical Society 2010 Conference at the > Seagate > Center in Toledo last week. I had been an OGS Trustee for 5 years, > and at > the annual business luncheon, I became the Vice President of > Development. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I don't know what 'gate wayed' from the message board means. Can you or someone else explain please? I have interest in the area because my Nelson ancestor Solomon and his brother Benjamin were early pioneers of Symmes Twp. I am in Texas, on a very strict and limited income, so referring me to county clerks and libraries or genealogy societies where I have to pay to get anything, isn't an option for me anymore. Neither is Ancestry.com since it's a pay site. I do rely on RAOGK to help me, I can't get around that unfortunately. If you have any suggestions that are free, anyone who owns books from the area that can do lookups and is willing to do them, I'd be happy to know. I'm looking for information on Solomon Nelson, his wife Eleanor "Nellie" McGraw. Also the brother Benjamin Nelson. I know they left Virginia and came to Symmes Twp. in the early 1800's as they were listed as some of the first settlers. They were still in Symmes Twp in the 1830 census. Here's more: Lawrence Co, OH marriages 1817-1843 Nelson Mahaley Alexander Boggs 103 Nelson Mary Thomas Cooper 41 Nelson Matilda Henry Warnicker 301 Nelson Sarah Pellington Merritt 187 1820 Lawrence Co tax list shows Solomon Nelson. Congrats on your promotion. Sue -----Original Message----- From: ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohlawren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lawcoloreman@aol.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:52 AM To: OHLAWREN@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHLAWREN] List admin update with OGS info Welcome to the list for any new subscribers. I have been the list admin. for several years now, and all of you nice folks have made it an easy job. The biggest problem I have is that so few of you post info or queries. Most of the posts coming thru are gate-wayed from the Lawrence County message board. I attended the Ohio Genealogical Society 2010 Conference at the Seagate Center in Toledo last week. I had been an OGS Trustee for 5 years, and at the annual business luncheon, I became the Vice President of Development.