Just as a heads up.... there is a Mahala Gaskill in every generation... shall I send pics? ________________________________ From: Court Conkwright <courtcurtis@usa.net> To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, January 25, 2011 4:55:24 PM Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Gaskill Maryellen:  Yes this is from our line..........one of the ladies that I worked with for years(and you saw some of her work) was Virginia Gaskill Dewan from OR.  She is still alive, but not into the researching anymore.........Sylvester Gaskill was her grandfather and his father was Joseph Gaskill who married Mahala Riggin on 13 Mar 1828 in Madison Co., ILL.  Mahala is the daughter of John Riggin who was married to Margaret "Peggy" Ferris.  John is said have been born in Warren Co., N.C. ca1780/1785.  John was married to Margaret in Tenn in 1807.  John is the brother to my Henry Riggin was born in Tenn on 26 Sep 1806.............you did well Maryellen...............there was only one Mahala Riggin Gaskill that I am aware of.  She passed away in ca. 1838 at the age of 30.  She had 5 children.  Harriet, Lucinda(named for Henry wife Lucinda Ferguson), Ellen, Sylvester Harrison and Seth W Gaskill.............go ahead and send the photos to me Maryellen...........I will take a look at them.  I am not even sure that Viginia is aware of the book..........Did you happen to get a address on Ms. Koleda?  I guess you are talking about Sarasota, Fl.  correct?  If so I can get in touch with the Library............ Thanks............Court At 01:10 PM 1/25/2011 -0800, you wrote: >Court...don't you have a Gaskill/Rgn couple??? In te Selby/Sarasota >library ( a >unique joint) I ran across a copy of "Gaskill Genealogy" by Elizabeth P. >Koleda....read it??? Again, I'm following geography clusters.... > >I took note of a David Gaskill who died in 1850 Madison Co IL. ...he >was the son >of Silas and Sarah Jilson Gaskill . He was born in 1785 NY or NH . he married >Sarah McMahon and had 13 kids, most of whom seem to have died young >or remained >unmarried. Son Joseph, however b. in 1806 married Mahala Riggin in >1826 and died >in 1852 IL only 2 years behind his dad.... claimed 2 daughters and a son >Sylvester. The 1830 Madison IL census has Joseph with a baby girl. >There is an 1850 Clinton Co IL census with a Mahala Gaskill at age 9 with her >sibs etc. I think her father is the Joseph, son of the Joseph/Mahala >Rgn. They >plop all over IL, MO, and then TX...who knew.... I have 42 pics I can send >anyone interested. ( the pics are pages of the book) > >There is an interesting paragraph that reads: >" The French were here first, ( IL) as early as 1680. By 1763, te British had >won the French and Indian Wars. y 1778 Virginia had proclaimed the area " >Illinois County", VA. Some of George Rogers Clark's men ade a >settleent in 1779 >at Bellefontaine( now Monroe CO) More Virginians arrived in 1786 and 1793. In >1787 Illlinois becae part of the Old Northwest Territory. In 1803 >Fort Dearborn >( Chicago) was erected. In 1804, the first land office was opened. Illinois >becae a state on 12-3-1818. Many counted on the 1820 cennsus were >just passing >through and not bonafide residents." > >  for Ragan-Roots archives go to > >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message for Ragan-Roots archives go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=ragan-roots ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message