Hi folks, My gg grandfather John SHAW b. 1822/1823 d. 1908 was said by his son to have have been born in Muskingum Co. His parents were Charles Wesley SHAW and Anna COON. Charles was b. 1794 in VA but came to Licking Co. before 1820. Does anyone out there have SHAW and/or COON in your files? Charles was b. 1794 in Shenandoah Co. VA, a son of Charles SHAW and Keziah BEALL. Several of Charles' older brothers (old enough to have been his father - Charles was the baby) and their wives came to Hopewell Twp., Licking Co. before some of them moved on to IL. I don't know whether Charles came with his brothers -possibly after the death of the parents - or whether the parents came too. Instead of going to IL, Charles went down to Scioto Co. OH. where he married twice more after Anna COON and had a slew of children before his death in 1872. No one seems to know anything about Charles' first wife Anna COON. (my ggg grandmother) I don't know whether she died before Charles went to Scioto Co. or after. I'd love to find out about the COON branch of my family. Herma Armstrong near Buffalo, NY hrarmstrong@juno.com