Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Ross/502 Surname: ROSS, HERRIN, HARP, HART, EVANS, VARDEMAN, MILINER, PARHAM, HAM ------------------------- ARTHUR ROSS was born Bet. 1799 - 1800 in South Carolina, and died Aft. 1870, GA. He married NANCY HERRIN 14 April 1825 in Henry County, GA. She was born 1805 in South Carolina, and died Aft. 1870, GA. In the 1850 Harris County, GA. Census Arthur and Nancy are living in house #911 of the Osborn Mill District. He is a farmer with value of $1,500.00. Living with them are, Nancy, born 1836 in GA and a James and Mary HARP(census says Harp, later learned the name could be HART), twins born in 184. It is not know who the Harp children are. Living next across from them at #912 is Noah H. EVANS, b 1825 in GA. along with his wife Elizabeth. She is the daughter of Arthur and Nancy ROSS. The name Elizabeth ROSS appears in the Evans' Family Bible as the wife of Noah EVANS. At # 914, is Thomas B. VARDEMAN and wife Emily A. Thomas was b in 1815, GA. Emily, b 1815, GA. Living in their home is Emily's mother, Rhoda EVANS. Emily is the sister of Noah Evans. Rhoda's maiden name is believed to be MILINER. She was b in 1785 in VA. Her name appears in the Bible, but is hard to read, so the spelling is not certain. She was the wife of David EVANS. In the 1860 Harris Co Ga census, Arthur and Nancy had several children living with them. One was their own daughter Nancy age 25. Also listed are A.J. male, age 5 born 1855;Lizzie age 3 born 1857, and Robert age 1 born 1859. It does not give Nancy's married name, but later census records and the family Bible, shows the children as PARHAM. A.J. is A. Julian, Lizzie is Margarett, and Robert is William Robert. There were two more PARHAM children in the Bible and later census records. James H. b 1860 in GA, and Charles, b 1864 in GA. It is not known why Nancy was with her parents or where her husband was during the 1860 census. Also living with them in the 1860 were the children of the Ross' daughter Elizabeth and Noah Evans. David, b 1847, John, b 1849, Samantha, b 1851, Nancy, b 1853, and Noah Harrison, b 1854. Elizabeth ROSS EVANS died in 1856. It is not know what happened to Noah, but it is believed he had died also. In the 1870 Census, Nancy, age 16, and Noah, age 14, children of Elizabeth and Noah, were still with their grandparents. Also, living with them was a girl age 6, named, Kate born 1864. Samantha Evans, was living with James H. Lynch and his wife Sallie as a domestic servant. This was next doors to the Zachariah HAM Family. His son Calvin Taylor, later married Samantha EVANS. Link: Granny's Bible URL: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~abrown>