Our list has free Ancestry boards with separate areas for queries, pensions, bios, wills and other records. Additionally, photos may be added. Here is a recent posting to one of our boards: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VVBBAEB/85.134.142.147 Let me know if you have any questions about it. Thanks Sara

In a message dated 11/14/2003 3:17:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, mscutnsew@msn.com writes: > I'm looking for any information on Lewis PYLES. He'd have been my 3rd > grt-g'father. This is what I have been able to come up with so far: > > Lewis PYLES, b. 1805 Wife: Mary, b. 1802 > Children: > Luvina b. 15 June 1831 Greene Co., PA (My 2nd grt-g'mother) > Elizabeth b. 1832 Perry Twp. Greene Co., PA > Melissa b. 1839 Perry Twp., Greene Co., PA > Sussanna b. 1842 Perry Twp., Greene Co., PA > > I don't know what happened to Lewis and Mary or the siblings of my Luvina. > Her name has also been spelled as Lovina, Levina, and Lavina. > Kathleen, I have this hunch that your "Lewis" PILES of the 1850 Green County PA census is Joshua PYLES of Monongalia Co VA of the 1840 census, and Joshua PILES of the 1830 Monongalia Co VA census. "Lewis" in 1850 was a near neighbor (same page) to (siblings?) Zachariah PILES, Jr and John PILES. In 1840 he was a near neighbor in Monongalia Co to (his father?) Zachariah PILES, Sr. This Joshua PILES is named in his father's 1840 will, recorded in both Monongalia Co VA and Green Co PA, since Zachariah's property straddled the state line. If you look at the 1840 Joshua PILES family composition, in particular, it shows a male age 30-40 ("Lewis" born 1805?); a male under 5 years (died young?); a female 30-40 (Mary?); a female 10-15 (?; left the household before 1850?); two females age 5 to 10 (your Luvina and Elizabeth?); and a female under 5 (Melissa?). Susannah would not arrive until 1842. This looks like an awfully good match to me. "Joshua" does not appear in the 1850 census; "Lewis" does not appear in any other census besides 1850. I'm thinking they were the same person. "Lewis" of 1850 may be an error, or a mistranscription, or may be what Joshua opted to use (his middle name?) in 1850 to distinguish himself from his near neighbor nephew(?) Joshua PYLES. Does the name Joshua appear in your line emanating from Luvina or her known siblings? Do you have any hint as to whether Joshua/Lewis emigrated with Luvina to IL? It's a little bit of a problem (or maybe not) that Luvina was in PA in 1850 and managed to get married in IL by 1851. Does this theory hold any water by you? I hope we might have broken your wall. Jim Smee Pittsburgh PA

Jim Smee, Thank you for your reply. I found him in the 1850 Federal Census on Ancestry.com. He was in Perry Twp. Greene Co., PA. The three siblings of Lavinas were born in Perry Twp and she in Greene Co. according to the census, but I assume the same twp. On the affidavit of the marriage license from the Archives at Western Illinois College Library in Macomb, IL my 2nd grt-g'father, George W. STONEKINGs brother, Joseph Jr. is telling of their father, Joseph Sr. and her mother giving consent for the marriage but he doesn't name her mother. That affidavit was also my connection to my 3rd grt-g'father, Joseph D, STONEKING. This information was required in my research for my DAR on my 4th grt-g'father, Jacob STONEKING, REV WAR VET, also known as Jacob STEINKONIG II before the name change. Lavina PYLE was my grt-g'father, Andrew STONEKINGs mother. That's why I would like any information going back to Lewis and wife Mary ? and beyond if possible for my family genealogy. I have done and received many queries and answers to and from very nice people since 1994. I also have ancestor surnames such as: STONEKING, WINGO, SHAW, WILLEY, CUMBERLEDGE, LEMLEY, YOHO, YOUNG, STANDARD, PAYNE, JUSTUS, JUSTICE to name a few. Again, thank in advance for any formation. Kathleen (Stoneking) Cooper in Rantoul, Champaign, Co., IL ----- Original Message ----- From: JamesSmee@aol.com To: PYLE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 8:55 PM Subject: [PYLE] LEWIS PYLES, b. 1805 PA In a message dated 11/14/2003 3:17:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, mscutnsew@msn.com writes: > I'm looking for any information on Lewis PYLES (born c1805). He'd have been > my 3rd grt-g'father. I remember running into Lewis in the 1850 census in PA or WV, (and not being able to place him). Can you refresh my memory as to where he was then? This would imply that the move to IL took place very early in the 1850s (assuming Lavina and father Lewis moved together). And have you located him in 1840 Green County PA? There was a Lewis PILES (born 1770s or so) in the Washington D.C./Alexandria VA area who left a regular census history in that vicinity in the early 1800s. Obviously a different individual, but of possible interest since Lewis is a fairly unusual given name in these lines. Jim Smee

In a message dated 11/14/2003 3:17:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, mscutnsew@msn.com writes: > I'm looking for any information on Lewis PYLES (born c1805). He'd have been > my 3rd grt-g'father. I remember running into Lewis in the 1850 census in PA or WV, (and not being able to place him). Can you refresh my memory as to where he was then? This would imply that the move to IL took place very early in the 1850s (assuming Lavina and father Lewis moved together). And have you located him in 1840 Green County PA? There was a Lewis PILES (born 1770s or so) in the Washington D.C./Alexandria VA area who left a regular census history in that vicinity in the early 1800s. Obviously a different individual, but of possible interest since Lewis is a fairly unusual given name in these lines. Jim Smee

Hi list If anyone knows any of these people please let me know. Carol Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1781-1809  Volume 34   Volume 34    fol 59 1804 County: Kent Country: England Hy Pyle of St John Margate wid & Ann Kelsey of Faversham sp, at F. 18 Aug 1804. Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1781-1809  Volume 32   Volume 32    fol 97 1784 County: Kent Country: England Danl Pyle of Boughton Mal lab bach & Eliz Weeks of Egerton minor (fath Steph W), at -. 19 Feb 1784. Pell Wilson of the s farmer bond. Kent: - Register of Marriages, 1538-1837 b  Marriages at Willesborough, 1538 to 1837.   Marriages at Willesborough, 1538 to 1837.    Volume 3. County: Kent Country: England Thomas Heathfield & Margaret Pyle 03 Mar 1767

<< Does anyone on the PYLE list have access to the > "EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS" through > Genealogy.com ? Volume 1 has a reference for a > RICHARD PYLE in the years from 1386-1529. >> I found the reference and discovered that it is the document that lists the heirs of William Horne. I am in the process of trying to decipher my copy of the faded relic. Steve Thrasher

I did a search on the Geneology.com Library and it doesn't appear to have the EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS as an available resource, even though the search had many returns that mention it. Brett Morgan On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:42:05 EST Kybranch@aol.com writes: > Does anyone on the PYLE list have access to the > "EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS" through > Genealogy.com ? Volume 1 has a reference for a > RICHARD PYLE in the years from 1386-1529. > > Steve Thrasher > > > ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== > Visit the PYLE Message Boards at the Ancestry Site > Copyright 2003 > Poster retains copyright > >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01C3AB6C.81CCB4C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greetings list.. Has anyone figure out the many Pile families of Wiltshire 1500-1600s Randy Dunavan Longview, Texas http://www.jarboe.org/ JARBOE-L@rootsweb.com http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/u/n/James-R-Dunavan/index.html?Welcome=988131687 ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01C3AB6C.81CCB4C0 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="Randy_Dunavan@markivauto.com.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Randy_Dunavan@markivauto.com.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;Randy_Dunavan@markivauto.com FN:Randy_Dunavan@markivauto.com EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:Randy_Dunavan@markivauto.com REV:20031115T173501Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01C3AB6C.81CCB4C0--

I believe you will find the name spelled "Pyle" in Green County, PA> Bill Pyles ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathleen Cooper To: PYLE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 3:17 PM Subject: [PYLE] LEWIS PYLES, b. 1805 PA Dear PYLE, PYLES various sp., friends and possibly relatives. I'm looking for any information on Lewis PYLES. He'd have been my 3rd grt-g'father. This is what I have been able to come up with so far: Lewis PYLES, b. 1805 Wife: Mary, b. 1802 Children: Luvina b. 15 June 1831 Greene Co., PA (My 2nd grt-g'mother) Elizabeth b. 1832 Perry Twp. Greene Co., PA Melissa b. 1839 Perry Twp., Greene Co., PA Sussanna b. 1842 Perry Twp., Greene Co., PA I don't know what happened to Lewis and Mary or the siblings of my Luvina. Her name has also been spelled as Lovina, Levina, and Lavina. I don't know when she came to ILLINOIS but she married my 2nd grt-g'father, George Washington STONEKING in Macomb, McDonough Co., IL, 2 Mar 1851. Her name on the marriage license is spelled, Lavina PIAL. I have a copied picture of them. Would like to know if anyone could, would be able to help me break my brick wall. Thank you in advance. Kathleen (Stoneking) Cooper in Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL Email: mscutnsew@msn.com ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== All genealogy discussion lists can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html Copyright 2003-Poster retains copyright

Dear PYLE, PYLES various sp., friends and possibly relatives. I'm looking for any information on Lewis PYLES. He'd have been my 3rd grt-g'father. This is what I have been able to come up with so far: Lewis PYLES, b. 1805 Wife: Mary, b. 1802 Children: Luvina b. 15 June 1831 Greene Co., PA (My 2nd grt-g'mother) Elizabeth b. 1832 Perry Twp. Greene Co., PA Melissa b. 1839 Perry Twp., Greene Co., PA Sussanna b. 1842 Perry Twp., Greene Co., PA I don't know what happened to Lewis and Mary or the siblings of my Luvina. Her name has also been spelled as Lovina, Levina, and Lavina. I don't know when she came to ILLINOIS but she married my 2nd grt-g'father, George Washington STONEKING in Macomb, McDonough Co., IL, 2 Mar 1851. Her name on the marriage license is spelled, Lavina PIAL. I have a copied picture of them. Would like to know if anyone could, would be able to help me break my brick wall. Thank you in advance. Kathleen (Stoneking) Cooper in Rantoul, Champaign Co., IL Email: mscutnsew@msn.com

Does anyone on the PYLE list have access to the "EARLY CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS" through Genealogy.com ? Volume 1 has a reference for a RICHARD PYLE in the years from 1386-1529. Steve Thrasher

The mother of Dillard Rawlins 1870 & 1880 census Shelby Co., IL is Rebecca PILES Rollins of Scioto Co., Ohio. Jeannet

I bet I am. I have no county listings for most of the Pyles I have in Illinois. Here is a list of some of the names I have: Elander Pyle - Mary Etta Wilson (1st cousin 3x removed) Claude Wilson Pyle - Ida Ellen Luther Leonard Roscoe Pyle - Florence Land Wilburn Glenn Pyle - Ellen Louise Knight Birdie Ester Pyle - Edward Carr Eula Rose Pyle - Paul Martin I only have White Co. IL as a location for Elander Pyle and wife Mary Wilson who's parents were living there. Hope we match. Janean ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gra8teach@aol.com> To: <PYLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:21 PM Subject: [PYLE] Pyles in IL > Hi list > > Is anyone researching Pyle families from Henry Co. Illinois? If so I would > love to compare notes. Thanks, Carol > > > ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== > Have a question or complaint? Contact Sara at > pyle@airmail.net > Copyright 2003-Poster retains copyright >

Hi list Is anyone researching Pyle families from Henry Co. Illinois? If so I would love to compare notes. Thanks, Carol

For family of JOHN PYLE (1594 BISHOPS CANNINGS) & MARY M WITHERS see http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/2123/pyle/pyle.html Additions welcome. Kit Withers in NZ

Hi Kit: Thanks for the link, I was interested in the Withers information, but that link is broken, can you direct me to it another way? Thanks, Catherine Denver, CO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kit Withers" <c.withers@irl.cri.nz> To: <PYLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:17 PM Subject: [PYLE] Bishops Cannings, Wilts. PYLE m WITHERS > For family of JOHN PYLE (1594 BISHOPS CANNINGS) & MARY M WITHERS see > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/2123/pyle/pyle.html > > Additions welcome. > > Kit Withers in NZ > > > ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== > Keep up activity,post queries/ replies to the list. > Copyright 2003-Poster retains copyright > >

Don't we have some members of this family on his list? Doris

I have been writing for several years to a Pyles descendent in Brazil. I had a standing invitation to visit him, his wife and grandchildren, including triplets. He does speak Portuguese, but said don't worry, we can communicate. However, my health hasn't been good and I am afraid I will have to pass, for now anyway. I haven't connected him to our family tree, but my father had spoke of them more than 50 years ago. GREAT GUY! Bill Pyles PYLES surname is mentioned in 4th paragraph from the end. The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2003 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com. <<- The Confederate Flag in Brazil In the American Civil War, Unionists and Confederates were locked in a kill-or-be-killed struggle. Of course, history books tell us of the outcome. What most books overlook, however, is the small band of Confederates who escaped from the South rather than surrender. They moved to Brazil and maintained their lifestyles for some time, slowly to be integrated into the Brazilian "melting pot." While most of their descendants now speak Portuguese, these people are still known as the "Confederados." This band of settlers was led by an Alabama Colonel of the Civil War, named William H. Norris. The first new-land Southerners arrived in Rio De Janeiro on May 16, 1865, just one month and one week after the surrender at Appomattox was signed. More than 9,000 others would follow in the next few years. These settlers hailed from all the Southern States, including Texas. Norris and his followers were welcomed by the Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro. Since most of the population of Brazil at that time preferred living along the coast line and close to rivers, Dom Pedro wanted farmers who would settle in and build on the rich dirt farther into the interior. He was happy to have the renowned farmers of the southern United States. He met the bunch at the docks and, like a true politician, Dom Pedro shook hands with a senior member of every family. These people had paid one-hundred and thirty dollars each for passage from New Orleans to Rio De Janeiro. Now broke and still hurting from the humiliation and defeat of losing the war, the immigrants welcomed the attentions of Dom Pedro. The Emperor offered the new settlers their choice of land in Espirito Santo for twenty-two cents an acre, but the land was not like the homes they had left in America, and they wanted to look elsewhere. They soon found land further inland that seemed to them very much the same as the land they had left behind in Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Towns soon sprang up, one of the first being Santa Barbara D' Oeste. Five years later, three hundred and fifty families resided in the new town. Since the railroad did not reach Santa Barbara D'Oeste, the Americans soon thought of establishing businesses at the end of the rail line, and no sooner thought than done, a market place sprang up there. All the Americans began to trade, buy, sell, and barter there, making that site a meeting place to renew friendships, form new ones, and try out their expertise in their new land. In that area the small business location became known as Vila dos Americanos, or The American Village. Over the years, the name of the city has been modernized to "Americana" and is a city of two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants. The city claims a coat of arms that includes the battle flag of the Confederate Army. The Confederados and their descendants have kept their heritage alive. The Confederate flag still flies in front of many homes. The families have intermarried, and few today have white skin. Almost all the descendants speak Portuguese as their native tongue, and many do not speak English at all. Most of the families became Catholic, and children were named Miguel, Maria, and other Portuguese names. However, many still have American family names, including Carr, Pyles, Cobb, Bryant, Perkins, Hardeman, White, McKnight, Kerr, McMullan, Norris, Anderson, Townsend, and many, many more. The annual Festa Confederado serves as a yearly fundraiser for the maintenance of the Campo Cemetery, which has been the burial place of former Americans since the 1860's. People from all over Brazil and the world come to the festival to enjoy Southern food and music and learn about the Confederate immigration to Brazil. Sponsored by the Fraternity of American Descendants, the Festa Confederado features young men and women folk dancers dressed in Confederate uniforms and 1860's dresses dancing to Civil War era music. Very prominently displayed and paraded on the festival grounds are flags from every Southern state, the Confederate Battle Flag, and the United States flag. To learn more about the Confederados, including some of their names and where in Brazil they settled, visit the Brazilian Sons of Confederate Veterans website at http://www.scv.org/Camp1653/index.htm. >> "Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter," Vol. 8, no. 43 (November 3, 2003) Lani (Pyles) MacAniff -- ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== List archives can be found at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Copyright 2003-Poster retains copyright

PYLES surname is mentioned in 4th paragraph from the end. The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2003 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com. <<- The Confederate Flag in Brazil In the American Civil War, Unionists and Confederates were locked in a kill-or-be-killed struggle. Of course, history books tell us of the outcome. What most books overlook, however, is the small band of Confederates who escaped from the South rather than surrender. They moved to Brazil and maintained their lifestyles for some time, slowly to be integrated into the Brazilian "melting pot." While most of their descendants now speak Portuguese, these people are still known as the "Confederados." This band of settlers was led by an Alabama Colonel of the Civil War, named William H. Norris. The first new-land Southerners arrived in Rio De Janeiro on May 16, 1865, just one month and one week after the surrender at Appomattox was signed. More than 9,000 others would follow in the next few years. These settlers hailed from all the Southern States, including Texas. Norris and his followers were welcomed by the Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro. Since most of the population of Brazil at that time preferred living along the coast line and close to rivers, Dom Pedro wanted farmers who would settle in and build on the rich dirt farther into the interior. He was happy to have the renowned farmers of the southern United States. He met the bunch at the docks and, like a true politician, Dom Pedro shook hands with a senior member of every family. These people had paid one-hundred and thirty dollars each for passage from New Orleans to Rio De Janeiro. Now broke and still hurting from the humiliation and defeat of losing the war, the immigrants welcomed the attentions of Dom Pedro. The Emperor offered the new settlers their choice of land in Espirito Santo for twenty-two cents an acre, but the land was not like the homes they had left in America, and they wanted to look elsewhere. They soon found land further inland that seemed to them very much the same as the land they had left behind in Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Towns soon sprang up, one of the first being Santa Barbara D' Oeste. Five years later, three hundred and fifty families resided in the new town. Since the railroad did not reach Santa Barbara D'Oeste, the Americans soon thought of establishing businesses at the end of the rail line, and no sooner thought than done, a market place sprang up there. All the Americans began to trade, buy, sell, and barter there, making that site a meeting place to renew friendships, form new ones, and try out their expertise in their new land. In that area the small business location became known as Vila dos Americanos, or The American Village. Over the years, the name of the city has been modernized to "Americana" and is a city of two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants. The city claims a coat of arms that includes the battle flag of the Confederate Army. The Confederados and their descendants have kept their heritage alive. The Confederate flag still flies in front of many homes. The families have intermarried, and few today have white skin. Almost all the descendants speak Portuguese as their native tongue, and many do not speak English at all. Most of the families became Catholic, and children were named Miguel, Maria, and other Portuguese names. However, many still have American family names, including Carr, Pyles, Cobb, Bryant, Perkins, Hardeman, White, McKnight, Kerr, McMullan, Norris, Anderson, Townsend, and many, many more. The annual Festa Confederado serves as a yearly fundraiser for the maintenance of the Campo Cemetery, which has been the burial place of former Americans since the 1860's. People from all over Brazil and the world come to the festival to enjoy Southern food and music and learn about the Confederate immigration to Brazil. Sponsored by the Fraternity of American Descendants, the Festa Confederado features young men and women folk dancers dressed in Confederate uniforms and 1860's dresses dancing to Civil War era music. Very prominently displayed and paraded on the festival grounds are flags from every Southern state, the Confederate Battle Flag, and the United States flag. To learn more about the Confederados, including some of their names and where in Brazil they settled, visit the Brazilian Sons of Confederate Veterans website at http://www.scv.org/Camp1653/index.htm. >> "Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter," Vol. 8, no. 43 (November 3, 2003) Lani (Pyles) MacAniff --

Guess I must have been cofused- just want to let you know I will be having a new address.emac@thepoint.net to emac@internetmyway-com Helen