Hi Jerry and all, Re: "Banks" Queen s/o John and Catherine Lowery-Queen: I have also seen the name transcribed as "Buckhold", it was also transcribed on the 1870 Union Co Website Census as "Buckhead". However, in trying to figure out why Missi's ancestor was know as "Banks" and not "Buck" it seemed reasonable to think that the name had been incorrectly recorded. Can't blame him a bit for choosing a nickname!!!! Jerry, in one of your recent posts you made reference to Wilkes County, GA as the birthplace of a Moses Queen. It happens that I have a two volume set of books, WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA TAX RECORDS, 1785-1805, so decided to check for Queen or Quinn listings. The notes proved to be enlightening, but no Moses Queen listed, however an old post on GenForum may tie in with some of this. I have copied and pasted the Genforum post below, which many of you may have already seen. I know this is someone else’s version of their Queen family history and best used only as a guideline, but you have to hope that somewhere along the way some of it is right. [No disrespect to the author of this post, Bob Godfrey ....... especially if he is a member of QUEEN-L! :-)] I also found another old post at Genforum which indicates that Moses Queen, s/o William Lewis Queen, was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was posted by Bill Navey on Jan. 30, 1998. Found the following in WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA TAX RECORDS, 1785-1805; 1785 District K: William QUEEN Franklin County 287 acres - 1st quality land Notes for District K: Return for W^m Queen by William Downs, Trustee [This maybe the William Queen mentioned in Bob Godfrey’s info below. It seems to indicate that this Wm Queen did not make the return himself …… and corresponds with Mr. Godfrey’s statement that William had left Wilkes Co., GA by 1783 – dc] Note - Vol. 1, page 1, third paragraph reads: The area of Wilkes County in 1785 (including Defacto Wilkes County) included all of the area now in the counties of Lincoln, Elbert, and Wilkes: most of Oglethorpe, Madison, Taliaferro and Warren; half of Hart; and part of Clarke, Glascock, Green, Hancock, and McDuffie Counties. It was over eighty miles from north to south and fifty miles from east to west at its longest and widest points. 1795 District G - Captain Binyan’s District 014 William QUINN 200 acres 3rd quality land Wilkes County Grays Creek. Joins Moses Jackson’s land. Granted to Ja^s Matthews Notes for District G: General Note: This is the last record for this district in Wilkes County. The entire area encompassed by Captain Binion’s Company District (G) was placed into Lincoln County upon its creation in February 1796. 1799 District H – No. 7 Captain John Parks’ District 096 W^mson Bird 100 acres 1st quality land; 100 acres 2nd quality land. Wilkes County, Uptons Creek. Joins Thomas QUINN’s land. Granted to Jo^s Miller. The only other listing for similar surname beginning with “Q” is John/J^no/J. QUERNS/ QUEERNS/ QUERNES/ QURNS/ QUERRNS/ QUIRNENS. Do not believe this is a corruption of the Queen or Quinn surname but is an altogether different surname. There are many listings for this surname covering all the years encompassed by these books and for the most part all are for the given name of John/J^no or the initial J. Many are listed by the surname only, usually under the column naming the owner of adjoining land of other taxpayers. ************************************************** >From GenForum – Queen Family Genealogy Forum: Re: Queens in Union /Fannin Co, GA Posted by: Bob Godfrey Date: January 05, 1999 at 13:51:41 In Reply to: Queens in Union /Fannin Co, GA by Claudette Rollins 1. Timothy MacQueen b. @1700, m. Jane Henson. Timothy died 21-Jul-1725, Prince Georges Co. MD. Children: 2. i William Queen b. 19-Aug-1716. Second Generation 2. William Queen b. 19-Aug-1716, Prince Georges Co., MD, m. Margaret Lewis, b. @1720, d. @1795. William died 05-Oct-1793, Rutherford Co. NC. Wm and Margaret came to Bladen Co., NC from VA before 1753. By 1770 he had sold most of his land and moved to Wilkes Co. GA. By 1783 he had moved back to Rutherford Co. NC. He bought land in Rutheford Co. in 1788 & in 1799 bought 50 acres on First Broad in Golden Valley. Children: 3. i Henson Queen b. ~1745. ii Timothy Queen m. 15-Aug-1793, in Rutherford Co. NC, Sarah White. iii Margaret Queen m. 14-Apr-1791, in Rutherford Co. NC, John McFarlin. 4. iv William L. Queen b. ~1749. 5. v Thomas Queen b. @1753. vi Rebecca Queen m. Stephen Houge, b. @1759, NC, d. 1845. 6. vii Samuel Queen b. @1759. Third Generation 3. Henson Queen b. ~1745, VA, m. in NC, Sarah Hampton. Henson died 17-Mar-1823, Burke Co. NC. Information from Mrs. Stevie Powell, 840 Pinecrest Dr., Bartow FL 33830-3043 Anson Co. Deed Abstracts and tax Lists 1757-1763. State Census 1784-1787. Early NC Vol 1 1600-1789,1791-1799. Anson Co. Deed Abstracts 1749-1757. 1823 Will of Henson Queen. "Tax list and other Sources". Children: 7. i John Queen b. ~1769. ii Sarah Queen Proctor b. VA, m. Reubin Proctor. Sarah Married, Reuben Proctor. iii Ruth Queen Upton m. Thomas Upton. Ruth Married, Thomas Upton. iv Jane Queen Johnston Married, ______ Johnston. v Cathy Queen Hicks. vi Sally Queen Carter m. Jiles Carter. Sally Married, Jiles Carter 14-Jan-1806. vii William Queen b. ~1795, m. Mary Ann Patton, b. @1798. William Married, Ann Patton 2-Aug-1827. Mary: Anns Parents, Robert Patton (1748-1813, McDowell CO, NC) and Elizabeth Dysart. He was a Capt. in Rev. War and was in the battle at Kins Mountain. 4. William L. Queen b. ~1749, VA, m. Mary Orr. William died 1835, NC , ~Macon Co. Children: i Joseph H. Queen b. @1794, m. Ursula Jones. ii James Queen m. Sarah Jones. iii Moses queen m. Jane Newton. [know this is incorrect from Reiley Kidd’s post – dc] iv Meredith Queen. [m. Jane Newton is correct according to Reiley – dc] v William L. Queen, Jr m. Margaret Orr. vi Virginia Queen m. Josuah Hall. 5. Thomas Queen b. @1753, Anson Co. NC, m. Elizabeth __________. Thomas died 15-Mar-1845, Madison County, AL. Children: i Margaret Queen m. Michael Butler. ii Nancy queen m. Andrew Bain. iii John Queen. iv James Queen. 6. Samuel Queen b. @1759, NC, m. Dicey rolls. Samuel died 22-Aug-1842, Union Co. GA., Served in Rev. Wr. Children: i Henson Queen m. Visage _____________. ii Nancy queen m. Sam P. Carson. iii Sallie Queen m. Allen Broom. iv William B. Queen b. 24-May-1796, m. Mary Nicholson. William died 27-Jan-1887, Jackson Co. NC. v Harmon Queen b. @1800, m. Mary Brock. vi John R. queen b. @1803, m. Mary Coward. John died 05-Mar-1883. vii Lewis Queen b. @1805, m. 21-May-1844 (2), Sarah ______ (1) Sally Palmer (2). Fourth Generation 7. John Queen b. ~1769, NC, m. 28-Jan-1804, in NC, Mary Burton. Information: 1783-1868 Rutherford Co. Wills Will book D Pg. 53. (Henson's will). "NC tax lists and other Sources". John md. 2nd Mary Campbell 30-Apr-1816, in Maury Co. TN. Children: 8. i Hannah Jane Queen b. 1805. ii Henson Queen b. 1812, md. Zelpha, Glass. [this seems to be the Henson Queen listed on the 1860 Cherokee County, NC census that Missi Croker mentioned - dc] iii John W. Queen b. 1816, Burke Co. NC, md. Martha, Hickey. Fifth Generation 8. Hannah Jane Queen b. 1805, Rutherford Co. NC, m. ~1820, Joseph McKinley Clements, b. 16-Feb-1790, Rutherford Co. NC, (son of Cornelius Clements and Susannah Goforth) d. ~1868, Fannin Co. Ga. Hannah died 2-Nov-1886?, Fannin Co. Ga. Joseph: Information from: Joseph Clements Will. Family Records, 1850 Union Co. GA Census. 1860-1870 Fannin Co. Census. Will of Cornelius Clements, Joseph's father. Book "Facets of Fannin" by Curtis Media Corp 1989. Children: i Humphery Posey Clements b. 12-Feb-1830, Macon Co. NC, m. ~1850, in Union Co. GA., Margaret Tanner, b. 30-Sep-1832, Macon Co. NC, (daughter of George Tanner and Unknown Tanner) d. 8-Apr-1885, Polk Co. TN, buried: Grassy Creek Cemetery Polk Co. TN. Humphery died 16-Feb-1908, Polk Co. TN, buried: Greasy Creek Cemetery Polk Co. TN. Information from: Book "Facets of Fannin". 1850 census of Union Co, 1860 Fannin Co. Census. Family records of Edith Williams of Copperhill TN. Humphery served in the Civil War, 65th GA Inf. CSA. ii Jane (Jincy) Clements b. 28-Dec-1821, d. 1916, buried: Parris Cemetery, Jackson Co. Nc, Husbands, James A. Hall-Nathan Allen. iii John Queen Clements b. 25-Sept-1823, NC, m. Martesia Turpin. John died Arkansas. John Queen was born 25-Sept-1825 (Family records of Joseph Clements) while John A. Clements was born May 1820 (Tombstone inscription reads Died Oct 5th, 1861, age 41 y'rs 7 mo's, 6 days. These have to have been 2 different people. iv Lucy Clements b. 29-Sept-1825, NC, d. 1914, Fannin Co. Ga, buried: Shelton Cemetery, Married, William Mulkey (1854). v Sussanah (Selima) Clements b. 23-Nov-1827, NC, d. 1889, Old Savannah Cem., Jackson Co. NC, Married, Andrew Dills-James Buchanan. vi Cornelius Clements b. 24-Jun-1832, NC, d. 1865, did not return from the War, Married, Nancy O'Dell. vii Dorthy E. clements b. 11-Nov-1834, NC, d. 1931, Dawson Co. GA, Married, John M. Chastain. viii Joseph Milburn Clements b. 16-Mar-1837. ix Talitha Caroline Clements b. 22-May-1839, d. 1914, buried: Dietz Cemetery, Jackson Co. NC, Married, Charles Buchanan (1866). x Zelphia L. Clements b. 17-Apr-1841, d. 1900, Fannin Co. Ga, buried: Brawley Cem. xi Andrew Cranton Clements b. 8-Jun-1843, d. 1905, Murray Co. GA, buried: Eaton Cemetery. xii Margaret Clements b. 24-Jul-1844, d. 1920, Union Co. GA., buried: Mt. Pleasant Cem. xiii Zachariah T. Clements b. 1848, d. 1892, Fannin Co. Ga, buried: Sugar Hill Cem. Regards, Diane Jerry Dyer wrote: > Hi Diane, Missi, and all, > Diane, your note on the "Bankhead" name, > I may have misread the census but I transcribed > the name as "Buckhold" - a name I have noted on > rare occasions. But, since BANKHEAD is a > family name, it just might be Bankhead. > > New item: in research Wednesday before I got > your note, copied down a sentence in a book > just for my own info - no citation (I know, big > goof!) - but I wrote down this: > "Henson Queen in Cherokee County, NC, > 1850, a former > resident of Burke County, NC." > Interesting group of Queens in Cherokee > County, NC - several of James C. Queen's > group, and ... Henson Queen, of Burke County. > Have yet to find the connection of James C. and > Henson. Any ideas? Regards, Jerry.