I'm afraid I can't help on your specific SHAWs, but you asked, "Why did my SHAWs go specifically to the Greenville (Hunt Co.), TX area?" Two possible reasons: 1 - It is on the migration path. Look at an old map; there were only a few places to cross the Mississippi River. From there follow the logical paths to Texas. One is along what is now Highway 82 and there are others just north and just south of it. I have driven those roads, and they are covered with historic markers telling of early settlers. 2 - The "biggie": cheap land and a chance to start over with little or no land. They couldn't declare bankruptcy then; they just moved away and left a sign on the door, "GTT (gone to Texas)". If they had a little money they could buy land for 50 cents an acre. QUOTE OF THE DAY "In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times." --Winston Churchill ----- Original Message ----- From: <rarecoins1@webtv.net> To: <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 25, 2000 10:13 PM Subject: [SHAW-L] SHAWs of TX/AL/GA > Hello... > Help...please! I'm looking for my 4th gf and his ancestry. I have the > following facts: > 1: My ggg gf James SHAW m. Roda FARRAR in Morgan Co., GA, 1 MAR 1820. I > believe that he was about 20/23 then. D.O.B. 1797/1800. > 2: There was a Henry SHAW who m. a Dorothy BARNETT in Morgan Co., GA, in > 1812...his 2nd marriage. Could this be James' father and hence my > long-lost 4th gf? > 3: My g gf, b. 1855 in Benton (Calhoun Co) AL was named Henry Newton > SHAW. Was Henry > a coincidental naming? > 3: There are both Horace and Homer SHAWs > in Morgan Co, GA in the early 1800s that I do not believe are direct, > lineal ancestors. . My gf was named Homer and his brother was named > Horace in the Greenville, TX area in the late 1800s. Another > coincidence? > 4: I have been told that the first child born in > Greenville, TX, was a SHAW in the 1840/1850 time-frame. It appears that > all my SHAWs were in GA c. 1800, AL c. 1850-1880 and the Green- > ville, TX area 1880-on. Why did my SHAWs go > specifically to the Greenville (Hunt Co.), TX area? > 5: My SHAW line m. the FARRAR line more than once. There are FARRARs in > the Greenville-area as well. > Can a GA, AL and/or a TX SHAW please give me a hand or an idea as to any > of this? I have all clues and no real conclusions. Help! :-) > Related names/lines in TX: FARRAR, REAVES, McELYEA > Related names in AL: FARRAR, REAVES > Related names in GA: FARRAR, REAVES, > BARNETT. > Many thanks for any advice/data/guidance. > > A. Dale Shaw, Jr. > Philadelphia > rarecoins1@webtv.net > > A Christmas toast! > "I raise my cup of Christmas cheer > to SHAW sisters and brothers; > and, what I've found, is most profound: > some look better in kilts than others!" > > ~ADS,Jr/2000 > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > >

Read with interest/desperation your posting which follows. I've been trying to find the given name of the father of my GGGrandfather, Jesse Allen Shaw, who was b. Feb. 9, 1827 in Rupert, VT. His mother was Ruth Burbank, b. May 22, 1790, in Fitzwilliam, NH. Am wondering if you might have info leading from Parley (sibling, uncle, ?). Any help will be appreciated. >Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 11:22:26 -0800 >From: Linda Williams Janke <lwj@speakeasy.org> >To: SHAW-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <B66CDE72.1102%lwj@speakeasy.org> >Subject: [SHAW-L] Parley SHAW >Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > >Happy Holidays to all! > > >If anybody ever runs across a Parley SHAW, born about 1800 probably in >Vermont, who married Elizabeth SPAULDING, please let me know. I'm trying to >track his parents and children. I have some information, but not enough, of >course! Thanks for any help. > > >Linda Janke in Portland, Oregon

Good afternoon, Not only have I heard of the Manhattan claim, I remember in the 1920a when word spread of "our inheritance"! I shall never forget how my father scurried around to collect his family history in order to qualify for a part of the riches. Two of my great uncles even made a train trip to Washington, D.C. to check the records at the Archives but came back disillusioned since they couldn't find anything remotely tying us to any such claim. The story goes something like this: An old sea captain by the name of Edwards had given a 99 year lease on most of Manhattan (Woolworth Bldg., Chase Manhattan, etc.). He died at sea, and when the lease was up, his heirs "slept on their rights" to the lease, and when they realized their negliigence, the statute of limitations had taken over. All through the years various families have tried to claim this land to no avail. I myself wrote to various businesses located on this property and got interesting replies. I knew it was a losing proposition, but I was just trying to find out all I could about the matter in a light-hearted way. In the South, the group that was formed in the l920s was called "The Edwards-Key-Bibb Assn." My grandmother was a Key, and though she married a Shaw, it was through the Keys (not the Shaws) that my kin felt they had a claim to the property. Somewhere in the long ago past, I read that a Kentucky Shaw woman married a sea-Captain Edwards. But the Shaw name is not usually associated with the inheritance tale. My maiden name is Shaw. My Shaw family came to north Alabama in 1819 from Iredell Co., NC They had come to NC from Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, Maryland. There was an Anguish/Angus Shaw in a William Shaw will in one of these counties in the early 1700s. I have a very dim picture of Evan Shaw. He is not in my line....I got the picture from a Mrs. Howard Shaw of Olney, IL many years ago. I do not know if she yet lives. She and I felt that Evan and Anguish belonged to a Basil Shaw family. (There is a Basil in the William Shaw will of which I speak in the above paragraph.) Back to the Manhattan property: I believe the whole deal was some sort of scam, either to get money or genealogies. But it does tend to jazz up our genealogies, doesn't it? I hope you had a nice Christmas in Galveston. Mine was very sad, for I have recently lost my husband of 56 years, and I myself am suffering of cancer. I hope I haven't confused you too much. Sincerely, Mary in Huntsville, AL

Hello... Help...please! I'm looking for my 4th gf and his ancestry. I have the following facts: 1: My ggg gf James SHAW m. Roda FARRAR in Morgan Co., GA, 1 MAR 1820. I believe that he was about 20/23 then. D.O.B. 1797/1800. 2: There was a Henry SHAW who m. a Dorothy BARNETT in Morgan Co., GA, in 1812...his 2nd marriage. Could this be James' father and hence my long-lost 4th gf? 3: My g gf, b. 1855 in Benton (Calhoun Co) AL was named Henry Newton SHAW. Was Henry a coincidental naming? 3: There are both Horace and Homer SHAWs in Morgan Co, GA in the early 1800s that I do not believe are direct, lineal ancestors. . My gf was named Homer and his brother was named Horace in the Greenville, TX area in the late 1800s. Another coincidence? 4: I have been told that the first child born in Greenville, TX, was a SHAW in the 1840/1850 time-frame. It appears that all my SHAWs were in GA c. 1800, AL c. 1850-1880 and the Green- ville, TX area 1880-on. Why did my SHAWs go specifically to the Greenville (Hunt Co.), TX area? 5: My SHAW line m. the FARRAR line more than once. There are FARRARs in the Greenville-area as well. Can a GA, AL and/or a TX SHAW please give me a hand or an idea as to any of this? I have all clues and no real conclusions. Help! :-) Related names/lines in TX: FARRAR, REAVES, McELYEA Related names in AL: FARRAR, REAVES Related names in GA: FARRAR, REAVES, BARNETT. Many thanks for any advice/data/guidance. A. Dale Shaw, Jr. Philadelphia rarecoins1@webtv.net A Christmas toast! "I raise my cup of Christmas cheer to SHAW sisters and brothers; and, what I've found, is most profound: some look better in kilts than others!" ~ADS,Jr/2000

My g grandfather was Jonathan SHAW, b. in Chester, New Hampshire on June 29, 1828. Around 1866 he migrated to Minnesota, married a Helen (Nellie) _________ from New York state. They had 6 children altogether. Their daughter, Lillian G. SHAW, b. September 27, 1872, married a Clifford EVANS around 1902. He was a Methodist minister. In 1904, Jonathan SHAW traveled to Perth, North Dakota to assist his daughter and son-in-law with their "large farming interests". Lillian SHAW EVANS died sometime between 1904 and 1912, probably from childbirth. I would like any information about this family, any tidbit might help me to locate further family. Thanks in advance, Claudia Menzel, g granddaughter to Jonathan SHAW

Please share your North Dakota SHAW information with the group. Use the address shaw-l@rootsweb.com Shirley Scott, ListAdministrator shirleyscott@juno.com The Scott Family: http://www.geocities.com/shirleyascott My Family Tree: http://www.angelfire.com/mo/winkeler/index.html Jesus is the reason for the season! <>< ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

We have a Shaw - Stevens marriage in our line also. Hazel Shaw of Illinois married a Stevens. At the moment no first name on him but i do have it if needed. Real good at filing<BG> Viola.

Hi. Have a letter written by or for William Shaw in Canada. This William is more then likely son of Angus. Viola.

Happy Holidays to all! If anybody ever runs across a Parley SHAW, born about 1800 probably in Vermont, who married Elizabeth SPAULDING, please let me know. I'm trying to track his parents and children. I have some information, but not enough, of course! Thanks for any help. Linda Janke in Portland, Oregon

The Shaw that we have was born Aug 3, l85l and died aug 6, l889. he buried at Old Palestine Cemetery in Alto Tx. He was Married to a Martha Fox. That is about all we know of him., ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Connie Shaw" <mikeshaw@texoma.net> To: <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [SHAW-L] MERRY CHRISTMAS > Can you be more specific? I have a Richard SHAW 1907 - 1947 who was born > and died in Mississippi, but spent time in both east Texas and west Texas > (owned land in Van Zant County). I have another Richard SHAW born in > Mississippi (abt 1875) and lived in Texas and New Mexico. > > > QUOTE OF THE DAY > "In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times." > --Winston Churchill > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: clifton dover <clifnat@TXUCOM.NET> > To: <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 10:10 PM > Subject: Re: [SHAW-L] MERRY CHRISTMAS > > > > If yoy know anything of a Richard Shaw of East > > Texas please contact us. > > Great Grand son of this Shaw. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "tommy shaw" <gallileo60@hotmail.com> > > To: <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 12:22 PM > > Subject: [SHAW-L] MERRY CHRISTMAS > > > > > > > MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL................ > > > I hope everyone finds a new ancestor this year. > > > If anyone needs Galveston County, Texas "SHAW" help let me know...Tommy > > Shaw > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

Regarding the Shaw/Stevens connection, I have Avice Shaw (daughter of James Shaw, b. 1757 Ireland, and Anna Jolly) married to Jacob White, Jr. His mother was Sarah Stevens, father Jacob White. James Shaw is buried on the Stevens Family Farm near Alexandria KY. Sarah Stevens father was John Stevens. There may be more Shaw/Stevens connections, and probably are, but this is all I have.

Can you be more specific? I have a Richard SHAW 1907 - 1947 who was born and died in Mississippi, but spent time in both east Texas and west Texas (owned land in Van Zant County). I have another Richard SHAW born in Mississippi (abt 1875) and lived in Texas and New Mexico. QUOTE OF THE DAY "In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times." --Winston Churchill ----- Original Message ----- From: clifton dover <clifnat@TXUCOM.NET> To: <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [SHAW-L] MERRY CHRISTMAS > If yoy know anything of a Richard Shaw of East > Texas please contact us. > Great Grand son of this Shaw. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tommy shaw" <gallileo60@hotmail.com> > To: <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 12:22 PM > Subject: [SHAW-L] MERRY CHRISTMAS > > > > MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL................ > > I hope everyone finds a new ancestor this year. > > If anyone needs Galveston County, Texas "SHAW" help let me know...Tommy > Shaw > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > >

If yoy know anything of a Richard Shaw of East Texas please contact us. Great Grand son of this Shaw. ----- Original Message ----- From: "tommy shaw" <gallileo60@hotmail.com> To: <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 12:22 PM Subject: [SHAW-L] MERRY CHRISTMAS > MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL................ > I hope everyone finds a new ancestor this year. > If anyone needs Galveston County, Texas "SHAW" help let me know...Tommy Shaw > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

Posted on: Shaw Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/FamilyAssoc/Shaw/210 Surname: SHAW, MCDOUGALL ------------------------- My Angus Shaw was married to a McDougall lady and lived in Ontario, Canada. Angus was born around Clonmore, Iverness, Scotland in ca 1750. Could this be the same Angus Shaw you are searching on? Thanx. Viola.

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL................ I hope everyone finds a new ancestor this year. If anyone needs Galveston County, Texas "SHAW" help let me know...Tommy Shaw _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Posted on: Shaw Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/FamilyAssoc/Shaw/209 Surname: SHAW, EDWARDS ------------------------- looking for any info on some of the SHAW's being heir to property in N.Y. from a land grant to the EDWARDS family...Any of the above may be in error...This is the Anguish SHAW line.....Thanks, Tommy shaw

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Viola.

I don't know where Sarah Elizabeth Shaw was born,I do know.Sarah Elizabeth Shaw Born,July 20,1858,died November 20,1941.Daughter of John D. Shaw and Margaret Stephens.She married Francis Marion Turley on June 20,1880.I am pretty sure their children were born in Indiana,around Vigo County. Thank you. Lyne lynec1@midwest.net -----Original Message----- From: Mary Jane Kuntschik <MJKuntschik@worldnet.att.net> To: SHAW-L@rootsweb.com <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, December 23, 2000 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [SHAW-L] William Shaw >Lyne - Where were your John D. Shaw and Margaret Stephens located--and any >dates? Can't seem to find your first posting, but I am looking for a >Shaw-Stephens (Stevens) connection in Kentucky. > > >At 10:11 PM 12/22/00 -0600, you wrote: >>My apologizes to the list.My Sarahs' parents were John D. Shaw and Margaret >>Stephens.I just found I had the wrong parents. >>But I still do need help. >>Lyne >>lynec1@midwest.net >> >> >>==== SHAW Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >>============================== >>The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family >>members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. >>http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp >> >> >Mary Jane Rouse Kuntschik >Dallas, TX > > >==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

Thanks for the response. I have two Jesse Shaws in the line, Jesse Alfred Shaw, Sr and Jesse Alfred Shaw, Jr. Jesse Alfred Shaw Sr. was born in late 1810 or early 1811 in Ohio and moved to Indiana where he lived until around 1855 and then moved to Wisconsin and back to Indiana where he reportedly died in 1862. Jesse Sr. married Mary Harris and they reportedly had 10 children, though I have been able to find records of only 8. Jesse Alfred Shaw Jr. was born in Wisconsin in 1855 and lived in Wisconsin, Ohio and reportedly Iowa until he moved to Washington State with his mother and sister in 1878. He died in Washington in 1927. It doesn't sound like we have a connection at this point in time. Larry Shaw ----- Original Message ----- From: <DALESREDD@aol.com> To: <SHAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 12:08 PM Subject: [SHAW-L] Re:Jesse Shaw > My Jesse Shaw was son of Joseph who also had a son, William. Jesse and > siblings were born in Morrow County, Ohio, Jesse in 1823 and William in 1825. > They were among a family of 11 born to Joseph and Hannah DeWitt 9 0f whom > were sons. I have many Shaws of family settling in Delaware/Morrow counties > (same place- different times). Could your Jesse have gone to Indiana from > Ohio? > > Dale Redd, Interlochen, MI > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

What a pleasure to hear from you. You are the first link I have found to my Father's family. We will have to check further to find out whether the same William really had two daughters AND two sons. I only knew of my grandfather and his brother William. According to my information, William (born 1825) married Agnes Cameron, a native of Scotland, 28 Feb 1849 at Thomas" Grve (?) Canada. William and Agnes had both come to Canada with their parents in childhood. Agnes died in Watertown, NY in 1866. William died 7 Nov 1903. Our Great Uncle Will was William Henry Shaw, born July 2, 1860. According to a bio I found, He homesteaded in South Dakota, as did my grandfather. Will married Lulu Dealing of New York in 1892. Their children were Eva Grace and Robert Clayton. William died around 1940. Yes, according to my records John and Ann had 13 children. When my Father died in 1947 he left the following information: John Shaw born Dec. 7 1796 at Cotingham, York County, England John Shaw and Ann Rogers (could have been an "o and n" that we missed) married Nov. 25, 1818 in England Ann Rogers born Oct. 6, 1799 at sutton, York County, England Their children: John Shaw, born July 19, 1819 in England James Shaw - Jan. 12, 1821 - England Betsy Shaw - Sept. 1, 1822 - England Richard Shaw - Feb. 19, 1824 - England William Shaw - Oct. 23, 1825 - England, died Nov. 7, 1903 (my great grandfather) Ann Shaw - July 27, 1827 Henry Shaw - Feb. 28, 1829 Sarah Shaw - Feb. 12, 1831, St. Andrews, Canada Jane Shaw - Jan. 13, 1833 Stephan Shaw - Sept. 16, 1834 Maria Shaw - april 5, 1836 Rebecca Shaw - Dec. 18, 1837 George Shaw - April 30, 1840 Does all or most of this information fit with what you have? I very much look forward to sharing more on this large family. Ruth Kern Livingston, Montana ----- Original Message ----- From: <gcspen@juno.com> > > > ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > > >