Yep, went to the little patch of land down the country and dug a bushel of North Carolina 'taters here on the 27th of January. Wanted to prove again that old William Queen and the others back in the 1700's, 1800's and early 1900's knew how to keep food without 'frigerators and the like. Last fall, after the ground had begun to cool down; I buried a few bushel under a mound of dirt. (I believe that the older folks put them in a hole in the ground.) Anyway, pleased to report that it still works. Got me some good 'taters this afternoon. Might have the missus "fix" a pot of 'tater soup this evening. But, don't guess anyone on this list knows about 'tater soup. (No, don't have to eat 'tater soup; but as an old uncle told me years ago.... I don't want to get too far above my raisin' that I forget lots of the good old "stuff".) Have a good 'un. Gene

Hi All, KY appears to now have the actual death certificates online. I'm not sure at this time what years are covered, but here's the website address - http://kyvitals.com/index.php Carol

Okay, good. Everyone is reading. Here's the deal. We need ONE more cheek swab from a YDNA donor who has ALREADY submitted a sample to our lab of choice and who has a PERFECT MATCH to the probable YDNA of old William. We've sent a few samples with "19" on 520 to a different lab and need one sample of a "20" on 520. It will cost the donor nothing. Yes, there is another lab that offers 10 markers that our lab of choice does not offer. We want to see if those 10 markers hold anything of interest for us. It will also give us a cross-check on the other 33 markers. Please contact me privately if you are the willing donor or if you have sponsored the donor and can get him to provide another swab. It must be the SAME donor who has already participated in our project and we would like it to be a perfect match to old William. Thanks, Gene

Let us not forget that there was gold in Rutherford County as well. My mother often spoke of her great grandfather's gold mine. I don't know which branch of the family tree, but I sure know it didn't make me rich. The Poteet side of my family had several miners in the census in McDowell County. These days the flatland touristers can pan for gold in much the same area for a nominal fee. --Phil Minch--

http://www.goldmaps.com/east/georgia_gold_mines.htm

"Preferring the relaxing life of sittin' around the old pot bellied stove, smoking a corn-cob pipe", makin' and drinkin' a little corn and doin' a little coon huntin'. Now, that's livin'! Of course Californiee young 'uns wouldn't understand real Queen livin' in the great state of North Carolina and other southern states. Gene

Rolla: I agree - it's pretty clear the Queens never "struck it rich." But then again, I am sure there were many, many who tried unsuccessfully. And certainly, there was many ores mined in Georgia in that era other than gold. Just curious. Paulette -----Original Message----- From: Rolla Queen [mailto:rolla.queen@charter.net] Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:11 PM To: 'Paul Dunn'; 'O. Eugene Queen'; 'QResearchers' Subject: RE: [QUEEN] Queen Mine in Rabun, GA Paulette, Probably fools gold. Not many Queen's I know if got rich off of mining, or working, for that matter. Preferring the relaxing life of sittin' around the old pot bellied stove, smoking a corn-cob pipe, and playing mountain music on the banjo! But, just in case they might have been mining, gold wasn't the only thing they would have been after. Mining could have referred to iron-ore, especially prevalent in the early part of the 1800s back east, and would have created jobs related to timber harvesting for charcoal production for the kilns and smelting process. Now out west, we know that no-one really "worked" at mining. The way you made money was to come out, "develop" a prospect enough to catch the attention of some eastern big-city or European "investors". The you got them to buy you out before they realized all they had was a big hole in the ground, or you kept milking them dry cause the big strike was gonna occur along that vein any day now, just need a few more dollars to keep the operation open till we "strike it rich." That's why we call them "glory-holes." After you bled your investors dry, you ran off as fast as you could screaming "Glory-Hallelujah! I'm rich!" Of course, two days later after you awoke from a drunken stupor in San Francisco, we know who really got rich! Signed, poor in California! Rolla -----Original Message----- From: queen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:queen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paul Dunn Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:45 AM To: 'O. Eugene Queen'; 'QResearchers' Subject: Re: [QUEEN] Queen Mine in Rabun, GA Hello Gene and other Queen Cousins: Gene, your mention of a Queen Mine Knob and Queen Mine Gap in Rabun Co GA is of interest to me. I had what turned how to be a short-lived false lead last weekend when researching my new found Elizabeth Visage age 90+ living next door to a Henson Queen and wife, both age 50 to 60, in 1840 Rabun Co GA. I viewed several indexes that showed them working in mining. As is so often the disappointing case, when I went to the actual census images from the 1840 Rabun Co GA census, I found they were actually listed in "agriculture." Apparently several transcribers have put many Rabun Co 1840 folks in Mining when they were actually recorded as Agriculture - wrong column I suppose. Anyway, last weekend, when I had this false lead, I searched everywhere for information on mining in Rabun Co Ga 1840. Found only general references to mining there. Were did you find the reference to Queen Mine? I would really like to research this further, just for curiosity if nothing else. I think it curious that the Queen name arrived in Rabun Co GA during the same era gold was discovered there. Surely these Queens at least did a little prospecting during a gold rush. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.6/617 - Release Date: 1/5/2007 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.6/617 - Release Date: 1/5/2007

Interesting to see that this group has 10 persons with 20 on 520 and 1 person with 19 on 520. Hmmm? gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rolla Queen" <rolla.queen@charter.net> To: "QUEEN-L" <QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:25 PM Subject: [QUEEN] DNA explanations >I have been having some discussions with the O'Donoghue DNA project > administrator in Ireland. They are doing some pretty interesting things > over > there and are far more advanced in their study, both in numbers and in > presentation. But I thought you might like to take a look at their > web-site, > starting with this page that gives a pretty simple a straight-forward > explanation of DNA, mutations and testing. > > http://www.odonoghue.co.uk/guests/projects/ydna_results.php > > The you might look around to see what else might be found. > > Rolla > > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES > AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > >> http://webpages.charter.net/rlqueen/DNA/queenmarker.htm >> >> http://www.familytreedna.com/public/queenDNA/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

go to: http://terraserver.microsoft.com enter coordinates: Longitude: -83.46873 Latitude: 34.96545 select maximum zoom Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Dunn" <grog3809@bellsouth.net> To: "'O Eugene Queen'" <EQueen@lexcominc.net>; "'QResearchers'" <QUEEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: RE: [QUEEN] Queen Mine in Rabun, GA > Hello Gene and other Queen Cousins: > > Gene, your mention of a Queen Mine Knob and Queen Mine Gap in Rabun Co > GA is of interest to me. > > I had what turned how to be a short-lived false lead last weekend when > researching my new found Elizabeth Visage age 90+ living next door to a > Henson Queen and wife, both age 50 to 60, in 1840 Rabun Co GA. I viewed > several indexes that showed them working in mining. As is so often the > disappointing case, when I went to the actual census images from the > 1840 Rabun Co GA census, I found they were actually listed in > "agriculture." Apparently several transcribers have put many Rabun Co > 1840 folks in Mining when they were actually recorded as Agriculture - > wrong column I suppose. > > Anyway, last weekend, when I had this false lead, I searched everywhere > for information on mining in Rabun Co Ga 1840. Found only general > references to mining there. Were did you find the reference to Queen > Mine? I would really like to research this further, just for curiosity > if nothing else. I think it curious that the Queen name arrived in > Rabun Co GA during the same era gold was discovered there. Surely these > Queens at least did a little prospecting during a gold rush. > > Thanks and happy Sunday to everyone, > > Paulette > > -----Original Message----- > From: queen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:queen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of O. Eugene Queen > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 7:14 PM > To: QResearchers > Subject: [QUEEN] Queen Mine in Rabun, GA > > Who has the details/history of Queen Mine Knob and Queen Mine Gap near > Wolf Knob in the Tennessee Valley Divide of Rabun County, GA? > > Thanks, > > Gene > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which > you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with > the message subject to which you are replying. > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE > ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > >> http://webpages.charter.net/rlqueen/DNA/queenmarker.htm >> >> http://www.familytreedna.com/public/queenDNA/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.6/617 - Release Date: 1/5/2007 > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.6/617 - Release Date: 1/5/2007 > >

I think we can all agree that most of us Queens prefer the relaxing life, regardless of the geographic, linguistic, or firearm constraints put on some of us. So we can't all have a slice of tar-heel heaven, but I do see more Carolina blue sky on a regular basis than most of the rest of you - so there are some rewards to living in LA LA land. RQ -----Original Message----- From: queen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:queen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of O. Eugene Queen Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:47 AM To: QResearchers Subject: [QUEEN] Rich Queens "Preferring the relaxing life of sittin' around the old pot bellied stove, smoking a corn-cob pipe", makin' and drinkin' a little corn and doin' a little coon huntin'. Now, that's livin'!

Hello Gene and other Queen Cousins: Gene, your mention of a Queen Mine Knob and Queen Mine Gap in Rabun Co GA is of interest to me. I had what turned how to be a short-lived false lead last weekend when researching my new found Elizabeth Visage age 90+ living next door to a Henson Queen and wife, both age 50 to 60, in 1840 Rabun Co GA. I viewed several indexes that showed them working in mining. As is so often the disappointing case, when I went to the actual census images from the 1840 Rabun Co GA census, I found they were actually listed in "agriculture." Apparently several transcribers have put many Rabun Co 1840 folks in Mining when they were actually recorded as Agriculture - wrong column I suppose. Anyway, last weekend, when I had this false lead, I searched everywhere for information on mining in Rabun Co Ga 1840. Found only general references to mining there. Were did you find the reference to Queen Mine? I would really like to research this further, just for curiosity if nothing else. I think it curious that the Queen name arrived in Rabun Co GA during the same era gold was discovered there. Surely these Queens at least did a little prospecting during a gold rush. Thanks and happy Sunday to everyone, Paulette -----Original Message----- From: queen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:queen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of O. Eugene Queen Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 7:14 PM To: QResearchers Subject: [QUEEN] Queen Mine in Rabun, GA Who has the details/history of Queen Mine Knob and Queen Mine Gap near Wolf Knob in the Tennessee Valley Divide of Rabun County, GA? Thanks, Gene When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > http://webpages.charter.net/rlqueen/DNA/queenmarker.htm > > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/queenDNA/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.6/617 - Release Date: 1/5/2007 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.6/617 - Release Date: 1/5/2007

I have been having some discussions with the O'Donoghue DNA project administrator in Ireland. They are doing some pretty interesting things over there and are far more advanced in their study, both in numbers and in presentation. But I thought you might like to take a look at their web-site, starting with this page that gives a pretty simple a straight-forward explanation of DNA, mutations and testing. http://www.odonoghue.co.uk/guests/projects/ydna_results.php The you might look around to see what else might be found. Rolla

Paulette, Probably fools gold. Not many Queen's I know if got rich off of mining, or working, for that matter. Preferring the relaxing life of sittin' around the old pot bellied stove, smoking a corn-cob pipe, and playing mountain music on the banjo! But, just in case they might have been mining, gold wasn't the only thing they would have been after. Mining could have referred to iron-ore, especially prevalent in the early part of the 1800s back east, and would have created jobs related to timber harvesting for charcoal production for the kilns and smelting process. Now out west, we know that no-one really "worked" at mining. The way you made money was to come out, "develop" a prospect enough to catch the attention of some eastern big-city or European "investors". The you got them to buy you out before they realized all they had was a big hole in the ground, or you kept milking them dry cause the big strike was gonna occur along that vein any day now, just need a few more dollars to keep the operation open till we "strike it rich." That's why we call them "glory-holes." After you bled your investors dry, you ran off as fast as you could screaming "Glory-Hallelujah! I'm rich!" Of course, two days later after you awoke from a drunken stupor in San Francisco, we know who really got rich! Signed, poor in California! Rolla -----Original Message----- From: queen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:queen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paul Dunn Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:45 AM To: 'O. Eugene Queen'; 'QResearchers' Subject: Re: [QUEEN] Queen Mine in Rabun, GA Hello Gene and other Queen Cousins: Gene, your mention of a Queen Mine Knob and Queen Mine Gap in Rabun Co GA is of interest to me. I had what turned how to be a short-lived false lead last weekend when researching my new found Elizabeth Visage age 90+ living next door to a Henson Queen and wife, both age 50 to 60, in 1840 Rabun Co GA. I viewed several indexes that showed them working in mining. As is so often the disappointing case, when I went to the actual census images from the 1840 Rabun Co GA census, I found they were actually listed in "agriculture." Apparently several transcribers have put many Rabun Co 1840 folks in Mining when they were actually recorded as Agriculture - wrong column I suppose. Anyway, last weekend, when I had this false lead, I searched everywhere for information on mining in Rabun Co Ga 1840. Found only general references to mining there. Were did you find the reference to Queen Mine? I would really like to research this further, just for curiosity if nothing else. I think it curious that the Queen name arrived in Rabun Co GA during the same era gold was discovered there. Surely these Queens at least did a little prospecting during a gold rush.

Sherry, Because of the physical description, and a few other things, this interests me. Something tells me I should at least check it out. About how far back was your post. Anything else in the tickler file for this person? Is Brown a county or a city? Rolla I have received the Civil War Records on our "unconnected" Queen Family member whose family was in (Brown) Illinois by the 1840 Census, his father was "Francis Queen" who had died before the 1850 Census. William Johnson QUEEN is 5 ft 6 in tall, with red hair and blue eyes, and a ruddy complection. His younger brother who we lost in Oregon states that his family is from Ireland. If you remember my posting a while back, we first find their "possible trail" in Tenn and then Kentucky, before coming to Illinois. Just found his discription interesting, and wanted to pass it along to you, Sherry Morell Shelts

Hello Queen Researchers, I have received the Civil War Records on our "unconnected" Queen Family member whose family was in (Brown) Illinois by the 1840 Census, his father was "Francis Queen" who had died before the 1850 Census. William Johnson QUEEN is 5 ft 6 in tall, with red hair and blue eyes, and a ruddy complection. His younger brother who we lost in Oregon states that his family is from Ireland. If you remember my posting a while back, we first find their "possible trail" in Tenn and then Kentucky, before coming to Illinois. Just found his discription interesting, and wanted to pass it along to you, Sherry Morell Shelts

Who has the details/history of Queen Mine Knob and Queen Mine Gap near Wolf Knob in the Tennessee Valley Divide of Rabun County, GA? Thanks, Gene

Anyone know the identity of William Queen (wife Elizabeth) of 1860 Rabun Co., GA? Dwelling 186. William listed as age 70 (b. ca 1790) Elizabeth listed as 75, but I'm wondering if should be 65. Thanks, Gene

My thought is it might be the following: 1830 Federal Census - Burke Co, NC - Page 115 - 1101001-1213001 (1 male 0-4; 1 male 5-9 (Stephen); 1 male 15-19; 1 male 40-49; 1 female 0-4; 2 females 5-9; 1 female 10-14; 3 females 15-19 (Catherine); 1 female 40-49) - Listed between Elizabeth Brackett & Edward Upton 1840 Federal Census - Macon Co, NC - Page 158 - 10110001-0012101 (1 male 0-4; 1 male 10-14; 1 male 15-19; 1 male 50-59; 1 female 10-14; 2 females 15-19; 1 female 20-29; 1 female 40-49) - Neighbors were Micajah Towry and Nathaniel Tally - Also listed on this page were Stephen Queen and James Ridley 1850 Federal Census - Macon Co, NC - Page 369, Dwelling No. 716, Cashier Valley - William Queen, age 60, born Rutherford Co, NC; Elizabeth, age 55, born Burke Co, NC; William, age 20, born Macon Co, NC - Neighbors were Jacob Chambly and James Chastain 1860 Federal Census - Rabun Co, GA - Moccasin, Dwelling No. 186 - William Coverett (Carnet, Carnes), age 21, born NC; Martha E., age 16, born GA; William Queen, age 70, born SC; Elizabeth, age 75, born SC -----Original Message----- From: queen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:queen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of O. Eugene Queen Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:30 PM To: QResearchers Subject: [QUEEN] William of Rabun Co, Ga 1860 Anyone know the identity of William Queen (wife Elizabeth) of 1860 Rabun Co., GA? Dwelling 186. William listed as age 70 (b. ca 1790) Elizabeth listed as 75, but I'm wondering if should be 65. Thanks, Gene When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > http://webpages.charter.net/rlqueen/DNA/queenmarker.htm > > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/queenDNA/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Anyone live in the area of Union County, GA? I need a copy of a death certificate that is probably in that courthouse. Thanks, Gene

The 1880 census listed the relationship of Hempson QUEEN to the head of the household as *uncle*. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James B. Hardin" <golddragon@mindspring.com> To: <queen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 12:18 PM Subject: [QUEEN] Hempson Queen (uncle), age 74, born NC > Reference the following: > > Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 18:49:17 -0600 > From: "Vicky Hutchings" <vhutch@charter.net> > Subject: Re: [QUEEN] 1842 Macon Land to John W. Queen Jr. > To: "'O. Eugene Queen'" <EQueen@lexcominc.net>, "'QResearchers'" > <QUEEN@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <20070106004923.URHF21458.aa09.charter.net@DBY13Q51> > > A document attached to a family history record - never explains how the > author determined the 'Uncle' relationship. > > 1880 Federal Census - Habersham Co, GA - Clarkesville, Page 614D - Gabriel > Sisk, age 51, born GA (parents born SC); Louisa J., age 48, born NC > (parents > born NC); John C., age 20, born GA; Lula J., age 12, born GA; Nancy E. age > 10, born GA; Emma P., age 8,born GA; Harman L., age 4, born GA; Hempson > Queen (uncle), age 74, born NC (Parents born VA) - Neighbors were Sarah > ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ > > Gabriel Sisk married Lucy Jane Brackett 9 February 1851 Habersham Co, GA > References: Marriage Book B, page 80. Deed Book K, page 188; > > Lucy Jane Brackett's parents are said to be Felix Mansfield BRACKETT Sex: > M > Marriage 1 Lucinia "Lucinda" Asinath QUEEN; Unfortunately I have not been > able to verify Lucy Jane Brackett's ancestry or her mother's surname. > Perhaps someone on the list can clarify this. > > The indication that Hempson Queen's parents were born in VA indicates that > his father might possibly be William Lewis Queen Senior. > > James B. Hardin > > > > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES > AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > >> http://webpages.charter.net/rlqueen/DNA/queenmarker.htm >> >> http://www.familytreedna.com/public/queenDNA/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > QUEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >