I have been sitting here for quite a bit with Chuck telling me what to write, and trying to figure out how do you say "thank you" to someone that has just handed you the "sun, moon and the stars" and totally made yesterday and today one of the most thrilling in our lives! There is really no way I know to properly say "thanks" for the hard work and the mind power .... but I will give it a shot here. Thanks to two wonderful people on this list, we now know who our Bartow Pierce of Georgia's parent's are and who is brother and sister are, and a whole lot more ..... http://www.ldpierce.com/johnrpierce.html We know all of this thanks to DAN PIERCE for all of his researching and digging through heaven only knows how many records and to L.D. (DIAZ) for his continued support and help over several years and for forwarding my help letter to Dan and for all of his hard work -- (take a look at the link and you'll see what I mean).... The background to this is I sent a cryptic message to L. D. back in December of last year asking him to look through his information and I had found a record that did pan out and one that did not, and I had a question about the one that was in another area - L. D. forwarded it onto Dan - and Dan did ALOT of research and with some information from another researcher that found Bartow's brother in Lumpkin County, and Dan found next door to them was Bartow living with his mother and step-father, his father having died during the Civil War. Dan's BIG DISCOVERY THIS WEEK THAT CLINCHES IT is that he found a deed in Salt Lake that mentioned where the grandfather gave land to his daughter in law and her children - and named them. Dan found part of this back when I was traveling all over the place and my email went haywire, so I was unaware until he found more this week. Here's our story: (But look at the website - it is much more clear than what I am writing below). Chuck's father was James Richardson Pierce who was married to Jennie Mae Baxter - James Richardson Pierce's parents were: Bartow was married to Vina C Walch in Cherokee County, Georgia - Bartow's parents were (I am loving knowing this...) Thanks to LD we know that .... Nancy J. and John R.3 Pierce (Andrew Jackson2, Reuben1) was born 1838 in Lumpkin Co., GA, and died 1863-1864 in R Road Montgomery. He married Nancy Jane Wimpey.-You can see how they tie into L.D.'s line here .... http://www.ldpierce.com/johnrpierce.html -- and http://www.ldpierce.com/andrew.html#one -- <thank you LD!!>... The part I would never have figured out is that Nancy had remarried to a Millwood - and they were living next door to Bartow's brother (they being the brother Archibald and his wife). This certainly opens a whole new can of worms - because there were the 3 of them Bartow, Archibald and George Ann plus the half sibling Millwoods, but what a wonderful can of worms to be opened -- We would love to give OUR THE LIST HERO AWARD to -- DAN PIERCE -- a SUPER HUGE hero's award -- FOR WITHOUT ALL of his hard work and wonderful mind putting all this together, we might never have known any of this ..... and The REALLY GREAT NEWS (at least to Chuck) <grin> is that he and L.D. <DIAZ> are cousins. (I am very thrilled as well, and if you haven't viewed L.D.'s, Dan's and works - please take a look at L.D.'s site it is absolutely the greatest). -- http://www.ldpierce.com -- be sure to take a look at the http://www.ldpierce.com/johnrpierce.html page so you can see how all this fits together as I probably totally confused everyone with the above. So folks, you have the greatest researchers here on this list that I think you can possibly find anywhere!!! The information they have ferretted out complete with sources to their work is phenomenal. When we started on this line we did not know Bartow's name at all - not his first name, and is it turns out it is very difficult because it is listed as Bartow J. H. some places, J. H. B. in other places and of course the last name is Pierce, Pearce, Peirce, etc. So this has not been an easy road to follow and without Dan's work and L.D.'s we would never have put all this together. So with all that .... DAN -- YOU ARE DEFINITELY OUR HERO AND WE WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO YOU.... LD - YOU TOO ARE OUR HERO -- I AM AFRAID YOUR WEBSITE IS GOING TO BE INUNDATED WITH OUR CLAN VYING IN LINE TO SEE IT. IT'S A GREAT DAY HERE IN ALPHARETTA... THANKS MUCH GUYS -- WE OWE THIS WONDERFUL DAY WHICH WILL ALWAYS BE FOREMOST IN OUR MINDS TO YOU ..... So, AGAIN .... PLEASE EVERYONE GIVE DAN A SUPER ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND ONE FOR LD --- YOU GUYS ARE THE GREATEST .... Dan resides in California and L.D. is back in Texas now. Dan's website -- http://home.attbi.com/~tworun/famhist/pierce/index.htm is excellent as well .... Dan -- I hope you will post and tell them how your line fits into here -- is it thru Andrew's wife or am I mistaken? THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU -- A MILLION TIMES OVER Brenda & Chuck Pierce

The main thanks should go to Dan Pierce he is one intelligent and intuitive researcher All Be sure and Read his three summary biographies on his website Wilson Pierce James H Pierce And Reuben Pierce his presentation research deductions are impeccable!! It is fantastic finding Chuck a CLOSE COUSIN!!! Fairly close!~! Now If can get Brenda to do for the rest of the Andrew Jackson Pierce unknown siblings-what dan pierce has done for John R Pierce we will finish this family!! They can do the work and I can do the EDITING!!!! HAHA All please be sure and especially read the James H Pierce biography that dan has written at one time we thought he was the Father of Reuben Pierce But Dan has surmised (and dorman Thomas) that this is not so However we know these families are closely connected in some way we just don't know how.......We are still interested in solving the puzzle Of Who is the Father of Reuben Pierce and Who is the Father of james H pierce?? We have assume but not really proven Reubens possible father could be Hugh of VA......There is lots on the website about that thanks to Wandy Ruby of Hernando MS there,..... I have always looked for more info and connections in those SC Pierces around Ruebens birth time.....the ones that moved to MS and LA.....no proof has turned up Also thanks to Eddie Force of Russellville Ark also Chucks new cousin he is the one that did the orig research in the 1970s on the Reuben pierce Andrew Jackson pierce family including that John Pierce was killed and the war and had one son Archibald and Wife Nancy J Pierce././// Thanks Dan and Chuck and Brenda Welcome to a large and extended pierce Line!!! We will see you at the reunion next year and lets go to Reuben Pierce Grave In Ark then Andrew Jackson Grave at Goatneck in Cleburne LD Pierce 800-398-5127 P.O. Box 86 GAGE OK 73843 http://facelink.com/LDokla my photo page http://www.ldpierce.com genealogy stuff -----Original Message----- From: Brenda Pierce [mailto:ltlbit@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 3:04 PM To: PIERCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PIERCE-L & Variants ] OUR PIERCE PUZZLE SOLVED!! I have been sitting here for quite a bit with Chuck telling me what to write, and trying to figure out how do you say "thank you" to someone that has just handed you the "sun, moon and the stars" and totally made yesterday and today one of the most thrilling in our lives! There is really no way I know to properly say "thanks" for the hard work and the mind power .... but I will give it a shot here. Thanks to two wonderful people on this list, The main thanks should go to Dan Pierce he is one intelligent and intuitive researcher