Just a couple of more thoughts on these. A very good clue with a Bible is the publication date of the Bible itself - it is a great clue as to whether entries might be valid or not or just memories. If the publication date of the Bible is after the dates you know they were entered from memory. Also on birth dates keep in mind that people didn't pay all that much attention to them until things like drivers licenses and social security came along where people needed correct birth date information and a birth certificate. Up until then it was mostly memory which is very, very faulty. The same goes for spelling - there was no need for accuracy until modern day records so people were seldom asked how their name was spelled (and they may not have known anyway!). Nadine _________________________________________________________________ MSN Shopping has everything on your holiday list. Get expert picks by style, age, and price. Try it! http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8000,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=200601&tcode=wlmtagline

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Some local libraries have ancestry.com for their card holders to use. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mal Humes" <mal3@mal.net> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [PaOldC] online databases (was OneGreatFamily Anyone??) > > > Ancestry.com is not owned by the LDS Church. > > Whoops. You are correct. I was apparently duped by seeing so many claims > they were, and by the lack of any clear claims otherwise on their related > sites. > > I found an article in Wikipedia that offers more detail on MyFamily.com > and > their related sites, which notes: > > "Because the company is based in Utah, some mistakenly believe that it is > run by The > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saint > s> Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or "Mormons > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon> "). This is an incorrect assumption; > according to the company's Public Relations Senior Manager, Peggy Hayes > (as > of January 2006), the company is privately held and the LDS Church has no > stake in it. However, many of the LDS genealogical research centers > called, > "Family History Centers" (FHC), have publically available computers that > offer Ancestry.com for no charge." > > Quite a bit more detail about the quick rise of Myfamily.com in recent > years > can be found here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyFamily.com,_Inc. > > > There is also a good article on the various genealogy sites at the Wall > Street Journal hat compares services and prices as of this last summer: > > <http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115093951770087066-FDSeb4dezC_NL9VHK > itDikCrDTU_20060721.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top> > > > Also, the mention of Accessible.com reminds me of the recent JSTOR > database > inquiry. Both offer database services found at many libraries and are > worth > encouraging libraries to acquire access to. > > I've found that many college campuses offer free access to JSTOR databases > and that members of the public are typically welcome to use these college > libraries. At least two of of the 20+ colleges in my region offer JSTOR, > and > some of these colleges also have excellent facilities including old > reference books such as the PA archives and old UK biography books. Other > public libraries also offer JSTOR access, and I've found some cases where > libraries offer memberships allowing remote access to patrons. > > If you can't print an article in the library you may find it possible to > use > a digital camera for pictures of a computer screen to grab text extracts > quickly. Try turning off camera flashes for this. > > I also find a good digital camera can be used instead of photocopying book > pages at $.25 cents a page and can be much faster than prepping pages to > copy and standing at a copier. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Mal, That WSJ article does not seem to be available (to me, anyway). Could you send me a copy, please? JFBailey www.baileywick.com -----Original Message----- From: pa-old-chester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pa-old-chester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mal Humes Sent: 18 November, 2006 11:30 To: PA-OLD-CHESTER@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PaOldC] online databases (was OneGreatFamily Anyone??) > Ancestry.com is not owned by the LDS Church. Whoops. You are correct. I was apparently duped by seeing so many claims they were, and by the lack of any clear claims otherwise on their related sites. I found an article in Wikipedia that offers more detail on MyFamily.com and their related sites, which notes: "Because the company is based in Utah, some mistakenly believe that it is run by The <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saint s> Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or "Mormons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon> "). This is an incorrect assumption; according to the company's Public Relations Senior Manager, Peggy Hayes (as of January 2006), the company is privately held and the LDS Church has no stake in it. However, many of the LDS genealogical research centers called, "Family History Centers" (FHC), have publically available computers that offer Ancestry.com for no charge." Quite a bit more detail about the quick rise of Myfamily.com in recent years can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyFamily.com,_Inc. There is also a good article on the various genealogy sites at the Wall Street Journal hat compares services and prices as of this last summer: <http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115093951770087066-FDSeb4dezC_NL9VHK itDikCrDTU_20060721.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top> Also, the mention of Accessible.com reminds me of the recent JSTOR database inquiry. Both offer database services found at many libraries and are worth encouraging libraries to acquire access to. I've found that many college campuses offer free access to JSTOR databases and that members of the public are typically welcome to use these college libraries. At least two of of the 20+ colleges in my region offer JSTOR, and some of these colleges also have excellent facilities including old reference books such as the PA archives and old UK biography books. Other public libraries also offer JSTOR access, and I've found some cases where libraries offer memberships allowing remote access to patrons. If you can't print an article in the library you may find it possible to use a digital camera for pictures of a computer screen to grab text extracts quickly. Try turning off camera flashes for this. I also find a good digital camera can be used instead of photocopying book pages at $.25 cents a page and can be much faster than prepping pages to copy and standing at a copier. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> Ancestry.com is not owned by the LDS Church. Whoops. You are correct. I was apparently duped by seeing so many claims they were, and by the lack of any clear claims otherwise on their related sites. I found an article in Wikipedia that offers more detail on MyFamily.com and their related sites, which notes: "Because the company is based in Utah, some mistakenly believe that it is run by The <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saint s> Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or "Mormons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon> "). This is an incorrect assumption; according to the company's Public Relations Senior Manager, Peggy Hayes (as of January 2006), the company is privately held and the LDS Church has no stake in it. However, many of the LDS genealogical research centers called, "Family History Centers" (FHC), have publically available computers that offer Ancestry.com for no charge." Quite a bit more detail about the quick rise of Myfamily.com in recent years can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyFamily.com,_Inc. There is also a good article on the various genealogy sites at the Wall Street Journal hat compares services and prices as of this last summer: <http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115093951770087066-FDSeb4dezC_NL9VHK itDikCrDTU_20060721.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top> Also, the mention of Accessible.com reminds me of the recent JSTOR database inquiry. Both offer database services found at many libraries and are worth encouraging libraries to acquire access to. I've found that many college campuses offer free access to JSTOR databases and that members of the public are typically welcome to use these college libraries. At least two of of the 20+ colleges in my region offer JSTOR, and some of these colleges also have excellent facilities including old reference books such as the PA archives and old UK biography books. Other public libraries also offer JSTOR access, and I've found some cases where libraries offer memberships allowing remote access to patrons. If you can't print an article in the library you may find it possible to use a digital camera for pictures of a computer screen to grab text extracts quickly. Try turning off camera flashes for this. I also find a good digital camera can be used instead of photocopying book pages at $.25 cents a page and can be much faster than prepping pages to copy and standing at a copier.

Tim, Thank you very much for showing us this website. I had not seen it until now. I was able to find three photos of the Great Valley Mill, established in 1710. Thomas JERMAN established that mill, although the photo captions explain that the present mill was built in 1859. Still, to see the land and trees and such is really neat. My 10 year old daughter was sitting next to me when I saw the picture and remarked about it, and she said, "Let's go see it next summer!" So, with enthusiasm like, I will probably pack up the kids and make the trip from Colorado! Laura On Nov 17, 2006, at 11:00 PM, pa-old-chester-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Anyone interested in old Mills in Pennsylvania, this is a > great site to visit, dedicated to preserving pictures of Mills > still around, and former Mills. It has a search engine so > you can put a name in to be directed to site, or you can > visit each one just to see whose it was, and what it looked > like. It covers any Mill that someone volunteered to add, > particularly in the United States. > > GO TO..... > http://millpictures.com/index.cfm <

Ancestry.com is not owned by the LDS Church.

Compare the features and membership packages on: www.Onegreatfamily.com www.genealogy.com www.ancestry.com & http://www.ancestry.co.uk (note the different databases and options) Most of the paid online genealogy services are owned by the Church of Latter Day Saints folks. They seem to have cornered the market and consolidated the databases but have different tools and service levels. Some use web based tools and others integrate into PC software. Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com both are registered with the same physical address in Salt Lake City. OneGreatFamily.com is also in SLC but looks like it's listing the address of a web hosting service. It's been a while since I looked at OneGreatFamily but it looks to me like what they sell is primarily just access to the LDS database. It's not clear from the site if they offer any additional databases and it looks like that's the budget service that just links to the LDS trees. Genealogy.com and Ancestry.com have different pricing structures but appear to possibly contain the same services. If you already have a good start in genealogy then OneGreatFamily is probably too basic. Based on pricing I'd say that Ancestry.com is the top of the line as far as what it includes and in the price. I do recall being disappointed with Genealogy.com a few years ago but I think they stopped nickel and diming each small premium database as a separate fee and at this point they could offer the same data as Ancestry. Ancestry.com has hundreds of databases, census info, DAR records, newspapers and family histories online. I'd love to know if Genealogy.com has the same databases in their premium, but I think you'll probably find the UK/Worldwide Ancestry.com system has the most reference material and databases. I've subscribed to Ancestry.com a few times and found that they offer some useful services. Most of the databases I've bought on CD in years past are now included in their standard Deluxe service. Many of the folks I know doing research seem to consider Ancestry.com membership to be essential. I've spent hundreds of dollars on books and CDs and now see much of that info offered on Ancestry. One service I used to use had broken out many of the databases as separate add on packages. This was very annoying as it would ask for another $20 or upgrades to access premium databases. What really made the FTM/Ancestry combo worth it to me is the integrated census searches which now includes all US census records up to I think 1930. These searches link to the original images of the census records so you can review the records for accuracy and save the source easily. I've suffered through years of bad versions of FTM and feel that as of last year they really got to where they had integrated to the Internet well. The ability to select from custom databases is a bit time consuming and awkward to find the databases you want. But they're on the right track, and saving actual images of census records as your sources in the database is handy. Even if you prefer Legacy, Brother's Keeper or some other software to manage your data the FTM/Ancestry bundles offer an advantage in how they integrate data and offer access to searches online from your tree. What gets confusing is the various tiers of service on the various sites. Ancestry has UK and US databases and depending on what basic package you get the rest UK or the rest of the world is a premium that ran $399 a year last I checked. Personally I find one of the best values for Ancestry membership is to buy an upgrade to Family Tree Maker once or more a year. The different versions typically include different periods of free access to Ancestry.com included with the software. To me the pricing models are a bit flawed because they encourage the frugal shopper to let membership lapse so they get new software and free subscriptions for a fraction of the yearly cost or auto-renewing. Last year the Deluxe FTM ran about $45 and included 6 months of free Ancestry access. That's really a great savings over the $199 yearly US Deluxe membership, and it gives you software that is integrated to allow searches from your GEDCOM or FTM trees directly to online search engines. Ancestry confuses this by various bundled "free" periods included with different versions of the Family Tree Maker Software. Now it looks like the Deluxe FTM 16 includes either 9 months or a year of free ancestry access. I'd make sure you can read the box in any online ad to see what it actually includes for the length of any bundled Ancestry access. The standard FTM used to come with 30 days, and the Deluxe with 6 months. Buy the US version and you'll find the free access doesn't include the UK databases or rest of world, and if you've got UK ancestors that prevents access to any of the UK records without upgrading. Or buy the UK FTM software and you get a free period with the UK databases but the US and rest of world is a premium. Ancestry has also complicated upgrading to the Premium level of you're already a member, at least last time I tried. The customer service rep told me I'd lose any remaining days on the old package and recommended I'd let it lapse before I renewed If I wanted to look at the premium (old monthly) options. If you are not a subscriber you see options to access the services on a monthly or yearly basis on the US site. Once you're a paid or free sub via FTM bundles then you can no longer see monthly options and the only option is to renew for a year or to upgrade to a year of the Premium. Let it expire and you can see the monthly and yearly again. Go to the UK FTM site and you'll find the same plans at different prices plus an option to buy a handful of searches for a flat fee. Ancestry also offers free trials online, so if you think you might want UK or worldwide access try the premium for 2 weeks and then cancel if you found what you need and get the Deluxe instead. It also looks to me like you could pick up an old (but still new) UK copy of FTM from the UK Ebay for much less than the new one and get the free UK Ancestry access with that if you wanted a few months access to the UK Ancestry databases. You can find the US version of FT online at various sites including Amazon and also can hunt for bargain copies of older versions of FTM on Ebay. The latest should be FTM 16, but there are still FTM 2006 versions on Amazon, and the FTM 16 Deluxe box says 9 months free on Ancestry.com but the text description says 1 year free.

Kim See #58 Daniel Smedley in the Thomas file at the first site below Lew Smedley Visit the George Smedley Home Pages at: http://smedley.lewis.home.att.net and http://smedley.george.home.att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Spangrude" <kimspangrude@mac.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:26 PM Subject: [PaOldC] Joseph Cox, Catherine Watson > Hi, Listers. > I am looking for info on Joseph Cox born April 18, 1723 in Kennet, > Chester County, Pa, married Catherine Watson abt 1740. Her DOB was > around Aug 27, 1722 in Pa. they had a daughter Hannah born 1751 in > Willistown, Pa, who married John Townsend born 6 November 1747 in > Philadelphia. Hannah and John Townsend were the grandparents of John > Kirk Townsend, famous ornithologist. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

from Futhey and Cope..........John Cox, from England,about 1708, settled in Kennet and is thought to have been the father of Richard Cox, who married 3-26-1712, Margaret Potts of Abington MM. The children of Richard were Anna, Sarah, Richard, Johathan, Joseph b 2-18-1723, Benjamin twin brother of Joseph and John...in 1728 they moved near the Schuylkill River, and Richard died in Vincent twp, this appears to, perhaps, be his will....... from Phil. Co; COX, RICHARD. Co. of Chester. Husbandman. November 17, 1757. March 31, 1762. M.263.Wife: Mary. Children: Joseph, Benjamin, Sarah (Burson), Elizabeth (wife of Wm. Paye), Mary (wife of Jonathan Potts) and John. Grandchild: Hannah Burson. Exec: Sons Joseph and Benjamin.Witnesses: John, Enoch and Hannah Meredith. ". I am looking for info on Joseph Cox born April 18, 1723 in Kennet, Chester County, Pa, married Catherine Watson abt 1740. Her DOB was around Aug 27, 1722 in Pa. they had a daughter Hannah born 1751 in Willistown, Pa, who married John Townsend born 6 November 1747 in Philadelphia. Hannah and John Townsend were the grandparents of John Kirk Townsend, famous ornithologist." -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.6/536 - Release Date: 11/16/2006

Anyone interested in old Mills in Pennsylvania, this is a great site to visit, dedicated to preserving pictures of Mills still around, and former Mills. It has a search engine so you can put a name in to be directed to site, or you can visit each one just to see whose it was, and what it looked like. It covers any Mill that someone volunteered to add, particularly in the United States. GO TO..... > http://millpictures.com/index.cfm <

Hi, Listers. I am looking for info on Joseph Cox born April 18, 1723 in Kennet, Chester County, Pa, married Catherine Watson abt 1740. Her DOB was around Aug 27, 1722 in Pa. they had a daughter Hannah born 1751 in Willistown, Pa, who married John Townsend born 6 November 1747 in Philadelphia. Hannah and John Townsend were the grandparents of John Kirk Townsend, famous ornithologist.

I keep getting these subscription offers from OneGreatFamily. Has anyone on this list ever subscribed to OGF? Is it worth $60 a year? I generally avoid these paid subscription genealogy sites like the plague but curiosity finally prompted me to ask about this one. For those of you who do subscribe to some of these "for fee" genealogy sites, which ones do you feel you've gotten your money's worth? Which ones did you consider a real "rip off"?

Does anyone on the list have access to the JSTOR website? I have an article I need to review and see if it is pertinent to one of my lines, but don't have a membership. Please email me offlist. Thanks, Kim Townsend Spangrude

I read this posting, and found it very moving - how traumatic the experiences of the Civil War. I am posting it here in case there are any Cooper researchers - I have not connection/info on any Coopers myself. Diane Beyers McInnes Delta, BC, Canada Source: COOPER@rootsweb.com Subject: [COOPER] DR. Robert Wilkerson Cooper: Some Experiences of a Civil Group/Collection: Civil War Collection Series: Box: 70; Folder: 37 North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina 60th Regiment Co. N >From Asheville Ch. U.D.C. Filed by: Carry A. Leazan, Historian N.C. Division, U. D. C. By Himself 177 SOME EXPERIENCES OF DR. R. W. COOPER IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY I joined the army at Asheville, N. C. as a private in Co. N, 60th N. C. Regiment, made supply surgeon at Hot Springs and placed in charge of the hospital in Madison County, N. C. where there were forty-two sick men. Within three weeks I succeeded in curing and giving furloughs to all but one,---who died with brain fever. He was the son of Dr. Carson, who was present and carried the remains home for burial. I reported then, to Col. Joseph McDowell, at Greenville, Tennessee and was ordered to take charge of the hospital at that place, where there were many suffering with brain fever. Only one man died,___ John Pinkerton of Cane Creek, Fairview. His body was sent home. We were then ordered to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and all the inmates of the hospital were able to go with our command, and gave excellent service in the battle at that place. As Assistant surgeon there, my work was very arduous, as there was a great deal of sickness; there was much brain fever, and sometimes men who seemed to be in good health in the morning would die before night. I well remember that one morning I went to the city to get a fresh supply of medicine, and on my way I met two sons of Thomas Atkins, and the picket guard coming from the front. When speaking as we passed, the boys said they were all well, but when I returned to the camp about 9 o'clock I was immediately summoned to the two brothers at their tent. Both were unconscious. I sent for two of the best physicians in town, thinking they might understand this peculiar disease better than I could. It was of no avail. Both died by two o'clock the same day. They were the sons of Thomas Atkins, Editor of the old Asheville Whig. A few days before the great battle at Murfreesboro, I was made surgeon of the day to attend the execution of William Litteral of Madison County. He lived near Warm Springs, North Carolina. When the time came the regiment was ordered to form a hollow square, and Litteral to kneel behind his coffin. I was placed about twenty steps to his right___and ordered to watch the small piece of paper placed directly over his heart. Col. Henry Deaver was stationed about ten paces to my left, he was officer of the day. About five minutes before the time Litteral asked me to call the Colonel, and handed me a cotton handkerchief and a small purse with money in it which he asked me to hand to the Colonel, to send to his wife and write to her and say: "I am dying for your sake. God bless you and the children. Meet me in heaven." We took our former position and the order was given to fire. When I examined him a moment later I found that five bullets had struck through the paper in! to his heart. The facts about William Litteral I shall give here in justice to his memory. The evening before he left for home, he told me his wife was very sick and he felt he must go and see her. He had asked leave of absence, but Col. D_?__denied the request. He told me he intended to go that night and return as soon as his wife was better. I asked him not to tell me anything more about it. He did go home, but returned as he had said he would do,____but it was to an ignominious death. e was arrested, court martialed, and condemned to die as a deserter. William Littrell was a good soldier, a true Christian and a praying member of the Baptist Church. My heart is grieved within me when I think of poor William Littrell and his sad fate. His death was not justifiable. Soon after this I was ordered to attend the hanging of a spy. A few minutes before I got there, he jumped from the scaffold, and hung himself, swearing that, " no_______ rebel should hang him." A few days after these startling occurrences, the great battle of Murfreesboro was fought. I was surgeon for the 60th North Carolina Regiment, and up with the line while the battle was raging. The balls were falling thick and fast all around us, and the first man whose wounds I dressed was the son of Jonathan Waddy. Col. Deaver was thrown from his horse near me, and Mont Stevens picked him up and laid him in a hole where the dirt had been removed to make a place for old fashioned cooking. By this means Col. Deaver was saved..Stevens is still living. (1911) I dressed the wounds of seventy-two men that night and they were sent from the battlefield. I suppose the Confederate Army lost about 3,500 men in that two days battle, and it was said the Federal losses were about 6,000. I was at, and participated in every battle fought in that campaign by Joseph E. Johnston, Braxton Bragg, and Hood except Atlanta, Georgia, Chickamauga, Tennessee and Franklin, Tennessee. I was at Rocky Face, near Dalton, Georgia, Resaka, Georgia, New Hope Church, and Marietta, Georgia. Also, other places during this campaign. I was parolled at Asheville, North Carolina within two hundred yards of where I was enrolled. I remember saying to the boys that I had come home from Bone Co., Texas to go with them and I would stick to them to the bitter end. I held several positions in the army: I was first a private employed as surgeon, assistant surgeon, Third Lieutenant Co. A 60th North Carolina Regiment, Hospital Surgeon, Adjutant and Commander of Skirmishers under Joseph E. Johnston's general orders at Cassville, Georgia, called the English Order. That order was that a surgeon should to on the field of battle and take care of the wounded as they fell. I was proud of that order, and thought it right for a doctor to be present when the men were shot. At Marietta, Georgia, I was ordered to select seventy-two sharp-shooters and attach to Capt. Anderson of Virginia on his left wing. I did so, and by the time I got my men into position a company on my left gave way. The battle began and I lost all of my men but two, who were William Pounders and Henry Snyder. They are still living near Asheville, North Carolina. I was shot, receiving three wounds, one bullet struck me above my left knee, one above my right hip, and one on my ribs on the right side passing through my right lung and out between the fifth and sixth rib, on the right side of my spine. Pounders and Snyder dragged me down a slope to a small branch and laid me down. I called for water, and I remember they dipped some water in their hats and gave me, which I thought the best water I had ever tasted. At that time General Preston of Florida came up with his main battle line. He rode up to me and asked if I could tell him anything of the situation at the front. In broken sentences I told him, Yes; there was a double line of skirmishers and the Star Battery was just behind it and the battle line was just behind that in two lines. The General immediately detailed two men and ordered them to place me on a litter, and take me to the field hospital. Misters Pounders, Snyder, Davis, and Jamison then carried me to the hospital. Dr. Hunt of the 12__?__ came to me and wanted to probe my wounded side, but I asked him not to do so. He then took a small three cornered handkerchief and drew it through the wound. Oh! I thought it would kill me. Several fragments of bone came out and the blood flowed freely, and I was easy. Before he left me, as he stood at my side, Dr. Hunt said: "Dr. Cooper, if you have any business to attend to, do it at once. I am here to tell you there are ninety-nine chances for you to die, where there is only one for you to live." I remember looking up at him and saying: " I wouldn't give the one hundreth chance for all of his ninety-and nine." About twelve o'clock at night, I was aroused by a weight on me, and who should it be but Captain Toms, who was weeping bitterly. He said he was afraid I could not recover, but I told him I felt sure I would. In a few days my mother came to me at Barnesville, Georgia. She was a good doctor, and dressed my wounds---, while I prescribed for myself. Twenty-six days after I was wounded I was able to go home. I remained at home twenty-six days, and returned to my command at S____?___, South Carolina. I continued with them until the surrender of General Lee. The two men who helped carry me from the battlefield, -------Davis and Jamison--------I had not seen them for forty-three years after the war, and then I met them in Col. James Ray's office, and we helped them to get pensions. One other dreadful tragedy I will relate, and while it may reflect on our soldiers in some respects, it shows the hardships they were compelled to endure under the most discouraging circumstances. The great wonder is that so few comparatively, were not able to withstand and overcome the difficulties in mind and body by which they were assailed. When we were near Dalton, Georgia sixteen men were condemned to be shot by order of Braxton Bragg. One man was pardoned the day before the execution was to take place and one died in the hospital when he learned that he was to be shot. The next day these fourteen men were executed; Lt. Robert Clayton of Asheville was officer of the day, and I was surgeon for this dreadful occasion. A;; pf the army there was ordered out; the Infantry formed a hollow square with cannon in the rear, while the cavalry just back of them made such a strong line it was impossible for any one to pass. A long ditch had been prepared, and the rude coffins placed in front of it with a stake by it, while the guard appointed to this duty marched each man to the stake and coffin prepared for him, and each man bound to his stake. The senior officer ordered all in position and to make ready, and Lt. Robert Clayton, who always acted nobly in command, gave the order to fire. All were killed but two, as I found when I advanced to examine them. One had been shot in the side,----the other in the arm. I reported that two were alive and the guard advanced and fired killing them immediately. Orders were then given to fall back to camp. Oh! What a Sunday was that! The private soldiers were all bitterly opposed to the execution of these men, and that night several hundred of them left the army and never returned. I remained to attend the burial service of these fourteen men. Our Chaplain held service---until about ten o'clock. I can never, never forget that sad scene; I was heart-sick. The Western Army never seemed to do much good after this most dreadful tragedy. ************************************************************************************************************* The spelling was kept as it was in the paper I received from the archives. William Litteral's name was spelled two ways. Dr. Cooper makes special mention of John Pinkerton of Cane Creek, Fairview dying.....Cooper grew up along Cane Creek in Fairview. *************************************************************************************************************** After the war, Dr. Bob Cooper returned to his mountain home, where he continued to practice medicine. He did not marry until his parents had died. When he was forty-two years of age he married Kisa or Keziah Sparks, the daughter of Samuel and Susan Bryson and the widow of Osborne Sparks. Dr. Bob Cooper was educated at the medical college of Philadelphia. He returned to North Carolina to obtain his medical license and practice medicine in Fairview, the little community where he grew up. His parents were James Cooper and Elizabeth Maxwell. His grandfather was Adam Cooper, a revolutionary soldier who moved to North Carolina from Chester County, Pennsylvania.

>From Futhey and Cope - Henry Reynolds...from England in 1676, settled in Burlington, NJ..m 11-10-1678, Prurdence, dau of Wm and Prudence Clayton, of Chichester, to which he removed and lived till his death 8-7-1724, aged 69...one of his children was Margaret, b 5-25-1680, m. ? Moulder. This is Henry's will, that mentions dau Margaret; REYNOLDS, HENRY. Chichester.April 12, 1720. August 16, 1724. A. 164.To son Francis the plantation where I live in Chichester containing 290 acres, he paying his brother William when 21, £20. To son John, tract of land in Chichester, containing 210 acres, paying his brother Wm. £20. To son Henry tract of land in Nottingham containing 490 acres. To son Wm, tract in Nottingham [being a south lott], containing 490 acres. To each of my daughters, viz Margaret, Prudence, Deborah and Hannah 1 shilling each. To wife Prudence all personal estate, also executrix. Witnesses: William Clayton, John Hanby. I have a Margaret REYNOLDS or REYNALDS who should be born not later than about 1686. She was married in May 1703 to Cornelius ELIASON of Cecil County Maryland. Cornelius ELIASON, or his parents, had migrated to Maryland from New York --he was bapt. in the Dutch Reform Church of NY (city) in 1679. Can she be a daughter of one of the one of the William REYNOLDS family of Chester PA? Cornelius ELIASON also had a brother John ELIASON. I am seeking any/all info about him. Meanwhile, do any of the Chester County REYNOLDS have a daughter Margaret, born ca 1680-1685, for whom marriage info is missing? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: 11/13/2006

I have a Margaret REYNOLDS or REYNALDS who should be born not later than about 1686. She was married in May 1703 to Cornelius ELIASON of Cecil County Maryland. Cornelius ELIASON, or his parents, had migrated to Maryland from New York --he was bapt. in the Dutch Reform Church of NY (city) in 1679. Can she be a daughter of one of the one of the William REYNOLDS family of Chester PA? Cornelius ELIASON also had a brother John ELIASON. I am seeking any/all info about him. Meanwhile, do any of the Chester County REYNOLDS have a daughter Margaret, born ca 1680-1685, for whom marriage info is missing? Thanks very much, Liz J

No. 4 & 5 Evan HURFORD one of Administrators his share of $1037.94 John HURFORD one of Administrators his share of $1037.94 Nothing further was contained on this paper. And there is no receipt or record of Heir No.6 in the estate papers.

No. 9 Receipt in distribution John H EYRE $259.48 March 31st 1852 Received March the 31 1852 of Evan HURFORD and John H HURFORD administrators of the estate of John HURFORD senior late of Harrison County Ohio deceased Two Hundred and Fiftynine Dollars and forty eight cents in full of our distribution shair of said estate and in full discharge of said Evan HURFORD and John H HURFORD administrators as aforesaid from all demands as such administrators. Witness my hand and seal the day and year afore said. John H EYRE (seal)

No. 7 Receipt in distribution Robert EYER $259.48 March 31st 1852 Received March 31 1852 of Evan HURFORD and John H HURFORD administrators of the estate of John HURFORD senior late of Harrison County Ohio deceased Two Hundred and Fiftynine Dollars and forty eight cents in full of our distribution shaier of said estate and in full discharge of said Evan HURFORD and John H HURFORD administrators as aforesaid from all demands as such administrators. Witness my hand and seal the day and year afore said. Robert EYER (seal)