Diana- One might presume (in hopes of finding some answers) that my Nathan Reed's father move to VA - where next son Harrison was born - because he had a relative there. If we could find out who the parents of my Harrison (born 1815 in VA) were and who the parents of your Nathan (born 1814 in VA) were, we may find that they were siblings or cousins. Question - Where in VA? My Cordell who married Harrison, was from Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA, after the families ended up in OH. I got the following from another list - it's something to think about. Reprinted from Antique Week, Dec 20,1999 > > Did You Know? > > Any reference made to be a person's having been born in Virginia as early > as 1728 to as late as 1863 could > indicate that he/she was born in: > > Any part of IL from 1781-1818; > Any part of IN from 1787-1816; > Any part of KY from 1775-1792; > Any part of MD from 1775-1792; > Any part of NC from 1728-1779; > Any part of OH from 1778-1803; > Any part of PA from 1752-1786; > Any part of TN from 1760-1803; > Any part of WV from 1760-1862; Happy Hunting to both of us- Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Owen" <dianaowen@cox.net> To: <REED-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 9:32 AM Subject: [REED] John MERRILL, Rufus MERRILL, migrated from Montgomery OH to Schuyler IL, with brothers Nathan, Sanford & Harrison REED > Sandi, > > I am hoping by researching your 3 REED brothers, it will lead me to the > ancestors of my Nathan REED b 1814 VA > (married Harriet BARCLAY 1835 Adams, Muskingum, OH). As we have discussed, > your Nathan, Sanford and Harrison > REED families and my Nathan REED's families seem to have some > similarities. > > So, I have been following the trail of John MERRILL, who followed and > lived next household with your family from the > 1840 Montgomery, OH (census), to the 1850 Schuyler, OH (census). > > On the 1850 census, John Merrill is 78 yrs old, born in ME, wife Hannah, > and on the 1860 census, he is 88 yrs old, > a widower and is living with another son A.B./Ammi Baston MERRILL's family > in Arkansas. > > I hope you follow the MERRILL trail too, as I think it might be helpful to > your search for the ancestors of your > Nathan, Sanford and Harrison REED. > > Here is a World Family Tree url for John MERRILL's ancestors and > descendants. > http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2454445&id=I519596795 > > Good Luck and please let me know if you find anything, > > Diana > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >