on 6/12/00 2:42 PM, Emma Gene Gentry at hgentry@inetport.com wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------B75EE398A04534D1CC08C9D1 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Charlotte, I'm interested. Do you need my snail mail address? Many years ago > when I was beginning genealogical research, I was reading census for Posey > Co., > IN (I think you meant to say Indiana instead of Illinois). My husband's > Whipple > family lived in Posey Co., IN. An older lady who was also reading census told > me > that she originally came from Posey Co., IN, and that "everyone" there knew > that > Gen. Posey, for whom the county was named, was really the son of George > Washington. Since then I have seen that in print on several occasions, but > does > anyone really know? Thanks. Emma Gene Gentry > > MarieCSW@aol.com wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> The Fairfax bunch are probably the Cpt. John Posey and the >> John Price Posey who are living in Fairfax during the Rev. Period. They are >> the ones that the famous General Thomas Posey descends from. John Price may >> be Thomas's brother, Cpt. John Posey definately his father. And the Thomas >> Posey in Augusta County, VA is Gen. Posey. Don't know whether he was a >> general yet, but he lived there before going on to KY and VA and finally >> Indiana and Illinois to die in Shawneetown, Illinois about 1818. He was >> buried in the "Old" Westwood Cemetery in Shawneetown. He had been the Indian >> agent there just before he died. Before that Governor of KY and then Indiana. >> Posey County in southwestern Illinois is named after him. There is a good >> book about this bunch of Posey's by a Posey (can't remember the first name >> off the top of my head, but all good genealogy collections should have it. It >> is called "General Thomas Posey" or something like that. >> I had occasion to research the Fairfax County Posey's in line >> with my research of my Rigg family who (I think) followed them from Charles >> County, MD to Fairfax County, VA about the time of the Rev. War. Cpt. John >> Posey was successful there in politics and a buddy of George Washington for a >> while. Later, when Posey's debts mounted, Old George claimed all of his >> property for a "song", >> namely Dogue Run, at the southern part of what is now the Mount Vernon >> properties. >> I have a great article called the "Improvident Ferryman of Mount Vernon: Cpt. >> John Posey" for anyone interested. >> Charlotte Rigg Nugent > > -- > Emma Gene Gentry > <hgentry@inetport.com> > Austin, Texas > > > --------------B75EE398A04534D1CC08C9D1 > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > name="hgentry.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for Emma Gene Gentry > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="hgentry.vcf" > > begin:vcard > n:;Emma Gene (Seale) Gentry > x-mozilla-html:FALSE > adr:;;;;;; > version:2.1 > fn:Emma Gene (Seale) Gentry > end:vcard > > --------------B75EE398A04534D1CC08C9D1-- > I don't guess there is anyone alive now who would know for sure!!!! Seriously, I have read a couple of versions. The most plausible is that he was the child of George and a barmaid in town. The posey's were friends and George took the child to them for them to raise. Don't guess Martha would have taken to the little guy. At any rate, when John Posey bankrupt, George educated Thomas and his sister. The other version has him the son of George and John's wife. Ann Posey Kelly