Hi Brenda and Chuck, Been a while since we communicated. What exciting news, so happy you knocked down that brick wall. Genealogists are the greatest people for helping others and you sure had 2 great ones and found they are cousins too. Way to go. I'm still actively working on the Pierce Project for New England/New York and challenge anyone to fill in some blanks on these lines. <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Project.html"> Pierce Project - New England/New York</A> Sue Gardner Leominster, MA John Pierce of Watertown, MA line <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SueG476/Project.html">Pierce Project - New England/New York</A> In a message dated 11/14/2002 1:24:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, ltlbit@mindspring.com writes: > 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 >