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. 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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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