1. A simple google search for "Grave Creek WV" shows a bunch of hits for an area around Moundsville WV, where an archealogical prehistoric mound is found. 2. Birth records for 1824 are going to be hard to find, but luckily West Virginia has about the nicest collection going on the internet. Google West Virginia BMD's or Vital Records and pick the one which is for WV Archives, the most important looking link of the bunch. Not to say that there is one for Joseph, but that source is the best anywhere to look. 3. What is your best explanation why Joseph and his wife were living separately in those censuses you name? 4. Did you research the dates of Vital Record holdings for (Marion) Indiana? Did you send for a death cert for Joseph from there? If not done yet, do it. 5. What do the censuses show for the place of birth for Noah, Joseph's brother? Bella On 01/24/14, Dawn Butler<dawncts@yahoo.com> wrote: One of my brick walls is finding the parents of Joseph L. Leslie. I may have posted before but thought I would try again. According to Civil War records I believe Joseph was born in Grave Creek??, WV approximately 1824 which may have been called something else at the time of his birth. Joseph was married to Sabra Hartwell and married in Jamestown, NY. He lived in Athens, PA in 1850, Titusville, PA in 1860 and served in the 18th PA Cavalry Company D from 1862-1865. I have all of his Civil War Records. In the 1870 census his wife Sabra was living in Titusville and in 1880 she was living in Allegheny and marital status was reported as widowed. In 1900 Joseph (I think this is my Joseph) was living in Union, Clearfield, PA with his sister-in -law (If this is correct then his brother is Noah Leslie). Joseph died March 23, 1905 in Marion, Indiana and is buried in Marion National Cemetery. I believe his father was born in Scotland- this is consistent on most all of the census for Joseph and Noah. I have Sabra's death date and a good amount of information on Noah's family. Noah died in 1892 in Summerville, PA but I don't have a death record. I could use any suggestions to find out more about Joseph's parents but here are my questions: -I had found a census for 1870 or 1880 that had a Joseph Leslie that I thought was mine (could have been listed as JL Leslie or Jos Leslie or spelled Lesley) but I must have misplaced it and I currently don't have a subscription to ancestry-If I remember correctly in this census he was living in Ohio and I believe it had his birthplace as WV or VA and he was married again. can someone find this for me? -are there any birth records for Grave Creek WV? -his brother Noah was born in either Ohio or PA approximately 1822 but I have not been able to find any record of this. Suggestions? -In the book "The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln" I saw this and was wondering if anyone would know where a copy could be found if there actually is a copy: Oct. 19. To Ethan A. Hitchcock, on petition for exchange of Lieut. Thomas J. Crossley, 57th Pa. Vols., and Joseph L. Leslie, 18th Pa. Cav,"Respectfully submitted to Gen. Hitchcock A. LINCOLN " Thanks in advance for you help. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: [1]http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [2]PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. http://www.pagenweb.org/ 2. mailto:PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com