I'm baffled. My great-great grandfather, Henry Knapp Redfield (1822-1892), was a member of "The Secret Police" in Randolph, according to THE HISTORY OF PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO. What, pray tell, did Randolph need Secret Police for back then? What did the Secret Police do? If you can shed any light on this subject, I'd really appreciate it. (Guess I should have paid better attention in my Ohio history class, eh?) Thanks! Kathy Funk

Surnames: MCKELVEY MOTT Submitter: Nancy Mott Lawson ([email protected]) Date: 10 Oct 1999 Looking for information about original Deerfield Twp. Trustee, James McKelvey, who was elected in 1806. Also looking for information about Robert McKelvey who owned Lot # 65 in Deerfield Twp. Robert's property is just north of Sylvester Mott's property on a plat map of 1874. Also looking for information about Roxanna McKelvey who married Elijah Mott on 23 Sept 1819. Elijah married two other woman: Lydia Fisher 26 Dec 1814 and Betsey Rice 3 Dec 1830.

In a message dated 10/03/1999 12:15:19 AM US Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << In a message dated 10/03/1999 1:09:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Can anyone tell me if there is a Cuyahoga Falls in Portage Co and would there > have been a minister there around 1901 with the last name of Davis, son of > Richard who resided in Mercer Co PA? > Thanks Priscilla > Cuyahoga Falls is in Summit County.... Claudette >> while what Claudette says is true that Cuyahoga Falls is in Summit County, Prior to the formation of Summit County in 1840, it was in Portage County, Nancy

Surnames: SANFORD SMITH Submitter: Lawrence L Marvin ([email protected]) Date: 09 Oct 1999 Searching for information on Sallie Marinda SANFORD, b May 9, 1812 at Rootstown, Portgage County, Ohio, d Sep 14, 1870 Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan. Married Alanson SMITH, b April 5, 1809 NY. Died Nov 26, 1890, Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan.Any information on their ancestors or descendants would be appreciated.

Surnames: GATES REAGLE Submitter: Judy McCoy ([email protected]) Date: 09 Oct 1999 I am hoping to find information that definitely connects ERASTUS GATES (1818) to his father, NATHANIEL GIBSON GATES (1786) and his mother CATHERINE REAGLE GATES(1787). Gibson lived in Portage County, Ohio in 1820 and 1830, in Lee County, Iowa in 1840, in Marion County, Ohio in 1850, and died in Clark County, Missouri in 1854. Any information will be appreciated. Judy McCoyAny information would be appreciated. Judy McCoy

Please reply to :[email protected] >Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 06:07:32 -0700 (PDT) >X-From_: [email protected] Tue Oct 5 06:07:31 1999 >From: "mhmccoy" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Old-Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 08:03:50 -0500 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} 1820 directory >X-Envelope-To: OHPORTAG-L > >I have seen reference to an 1820 Portage Co. directory. Interlibrary loan >has not located it. Has anyone seen it? Specifically I'm looking for the >family of Nathaniel Gibson Gates, showing his children.

Alas, no...it does not ring a bell. My Trotter line is so elusive that I just learned of his Portage County birth a month ago, and I've discovered he had a brother, Hortincho/Horatio and very probably a sister, Jane. I don't even know his parents' names yet. However, if Ruel does show up at any time, I'll be sure to let you know. Good luck in your search, Waynne > >Waynne- >The Trotter message caught my eye. Would you happen to have a Ruel Trotter >show up in your database? All I know from the SSDI is that he was born in >1899 and died in 1985 in KY. He married a G-Aunt, Ruth Caroline Watts. >Since the Watts' had ties in both Ashtabula, Ohio, and Knoxville, >Tennessee, I'm not exactly sure where he was from, and was just wondering >if the name rang a bell. >Regards, >Gregg Watts

Wayne-- I do find an Anna Trotter m 21 Dec 1871 in Portage Co and Laura A. Trotter m 22 Mar 1871 in Portage Co. There were no Trotter men married in that 1851-1899 Volume II Book. Barbara NorthWest ofUs wrote: > > Thanks to both of you who answered my Trotter query. The dates are too > early on both of your answers to be the Jane for whom I'm searching (the > birth date had to have been somewhere around the 1840s or early 1850s, I > think). However, since I don't know Mortimer, Hortincho/Horatio and > Jane's parents' names, perhaps one of these is an aunt to the three > siblings. > > Thanks again! > Waynne

MOTT/CARTER Family searchers, I accidently deleted the information on Eunice MOTT b: abt 1808 m 14 Feb 1833 to George CARTER. George CARTER is the son of James CARTER b 1733 MD/VA, d 1850 with burial near Deerfield, Portage Co, OH and Elizabeth (Betsey) McCLAIRTY (or variant of surname) b 1782 MD/PA and d 1853 with burial near Deerfield, Portage Co, OH ; m 7 Mar 1799 believe MD; George b 17 Apr 1800 believe MD was the first born of thirteen children. My direct line is Eleanor that married Thomas BEST who died at and is buried at Deerfield, Portage Co, OH. She was a sister of Elizabeth McCLAIRTY that married James CARTER. Would appreciate additional information on Eunice MOTT or any of the above in either direction. Willing to share/exchange. Thanks. Dorothy Petry

Thanks to both of you who answered my Trotter query. The dates are too early on both of your answers to be the Jane for whom I'm searching (the birth date had to have been somewhere around the 1840s or early 1850s, I think). However, since I don't know Mortimer, Hortincho/Horatio and Jane's parents' names, perhaps one of these is an aunt to the three siblings. Thanks again! Waynne

Surnames: STORY WILSON STOREY STOUT STORER Submitter: Deb (Story) Ward ([email protected]) Date: 07 Oct 1999 I am researching the Frederick C. STORY(STOREY,STORER)family. Frederick C. STORY m.Lucy WILSON 2May1833 in Portage Co.,OH (per the LDS IGI records.) I believe this is the same Frederick C. STORY that m.Nancy STOUT b.1839IN (their m. date is 9/13/1860 in Dekalb Co.,IN) I would like to get in contact with anyone researching this family. THANKS MUCH!

>Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 21:09:47 -0700 (PDT) >X-From_: [email protected] Wed Oct 6 21:09:46 1999 >Old-Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 21:01:00 -0700 (PDT) >From: Gregg Watts <[email protected]> >X-Sender: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [OHPORTAG-L] Trotter, Angell >X-Envelope-To: OHPORTAG-L > >Waynne- >The Trotter message caught my eye. Would you happen to have a Ruel Trotter >show up in your database? All I know from the SSDI is that he was born in >1899 and died in 1985 in KY. He married a G-Aunt, Ruth Caroline Watts. >Since the Watts' had ties in both Ashtabula, Ohio, and Knoxville, >Tennessee, I'm not exactly sure where he was from, and was just wondering >if the name rang a bell. >Regards, >Gregg Watts > >Researching: >In Ashtabula, OHIO - ABBEY, BISSELL, DENSLOW, KREMER, >LINFOOT, McKAY, OWENS, PERKINS, WATTS, WITTER >In Belmont, OHIO - PERKINS, STOUT >In Jasper, IOWA - EARP, ILER, JUDD, LINFOOT >In Queens, NEW YORK - BODE, McHUGH, TRANCHO >In Ontario, Canada - CALDWELL, WATTS >In Glamorgan, Wales - OWENS, THOMAS >In Hereford, England - DAVIS, PURNELL > > >On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, NorthWest ofUs wrote: > > > Hello, > > I have recently found that my great grandfather, Mortimer Trotter, was > > born in Portage County about 1845 or so. I don't have any clue as to > > his parents names, but I do know he had a brother, whose name was > > Hortincho? (or possibly Horatio) and possibly a sister named Jane. And > > even more recently I've learned that some of my Angell relations were in > > Portage County before moving on to Michigan. I would greatly appreciate > > any information about either of these surnames. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Waynne Warren <[email protected]> > >

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I find in my 'Portage Co, Ohio Marriages 1808-1850 Jane Trotter m 12 Oct 1839 to Samuel M. Adams and Nancy Trotter m 3 Feb 1836 to Amos H. Parsons Barbara, Florida [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 10/6/99 9:54:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << and possibly a sister named Jane. >> > there is a Jane Trotter that married a William Smith on Nov. 11 1833 just > over the border in trumbull co.

In a message dated 10/6/99 9:54:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << and possibly a sister named Jane. >> there is a Jane Trotter that married a William Smith on Nov. 11 1833 just over the border in trumbull co.

Hello, I have recently found that my great grandfather, Mortimer Trotter, was born in Portage County about 1845 or so. I don't have any clue as to his parents names, but I do know he had a brother, whose name was Hortincho? (or possibly Horatio) and possibly a sister named Jane. And even more recently I've learned that some of my Angell relations were in Portage County before moving on to Michigan. I would greatly appreciate any information about either of these surnames. Thank you, Waynne Warren <[email protected]>

Hi all: Is there anyone that has the book published by the Portage Historical Society for the persons buried in Hiram that could look up the name of MUNN for me? I'd appreciate it if someone could look them up and let me know who is there. Thanks so much in advance. Laura Hine [email protected]

In a message dated 10/5/99 7:23:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Is there anyone that has the book published by the Portage Historical Society for the persons buried in Hiram that could look up the name of MUNN for me? I'd appreciate it if someone could look them up and let me know who is there. Thanks so much in advance. Laura Hine laura.an >> Frinda A. Munn 1852-1928...just up the street from Hiram

Hi, Vickie! > Congratulations on your find!! > Do you know if your WARD family is descended from: > Robert WARD b abt 1530 Haverhill, Suffolk, England; m abt 1549 a WARREN b abt > 1528 Haverhill, Suffolk, England. No, I don't know if this is Calvin's line. What was sent to me was that his parents were Josiah and Mary Ward of Connecticut, then Daniel and Eunice Ward of Connecticut, back again to William and Abigail Ward of Connecticut going back to the emigrants Will and Sarah Ward (Will born in North Leigh, Oxfordshire, England), whose parents were Tom and Dorothy Blackwell Ward of Oxfordshire, England. Tom was born 1590. Doesn't look at the moment to be the same line, but this is all the info I have right now. You never know! If this looks familiar, let me know! Kathy (would love to have some of your "soggy" Florida weather!)

Congradulations on your find!! Do you know if your WARD family is descended from: Robert WARD b abt 1530 Haverhill, Suffolk, England; m abt 1549 a WARREN b abt 1528 Haverhill, Suffolk, England. They had John WARD b 1550 Haverhill, Suffolk, England; m Susan b 1555 Redenhall, Norfolk, England. They had Mary WARD b 1582 West Haverhill, Suffolk, England m Samuel WAITE b 1577 Wethersfield, Essex, England and divorced in 1613. If you are descended from these WARD'S, please let me know, as I am and would love to exchange information. Thanks, Vickie from "soggy" Florida [email protected] "On A Continuing Search For Ancestors"