I am searching for the parents of my gg-grandfather, David MORTON, who indicated on census records he was born in NC. The date we have for his birth is circa 1800 but it could have been earlier. By 1817, he and his brothers, George and Thomas and sister Mary Ann MORTON are in Anderson County, TN. I have all descendants from there, but have never been able to find parents in NC. If there are any MORTON researchers on this site, I'd really like to share info in the hopes I can find a connection. Thanks so much. Nina MORTON T.

I am researching AMOS BROWN, born about 1817, location unknown. His wife was named Mary; I don't have a maiden name yet. I have found the family in the 1850 census for Front Royal, Warren County; I'm having trouble locating him before that. In 1850, Amos and Mary had six children: James, John, Joseph, George, Lucinda, and Lucy. George was born around 1847 and married Mary E. Ramey of Front Royal in 1873 If anyone is researching the Brown or Ramey line, let's see if we connect! Any help is appreciated. Patti ([email protected])

Charcoal sketch of unknown African American family purchased at an antique store in Luray, VA. Man and woman look to be in their mid-twenties and small girl looks to be between 4 and 5 years. Signed by author "Griffith" and dated 1947. In the possession of the Genealogical Society of Page County, VA. Wish to return it to a member of the family. Scanned image and contact information can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagspc/unknown.htm Teresa Kelley, President Genealogical Society of Page County, VA [email protected]

To everyone who helped me figure out the VA counties and to find Daniel Histand/ Christina Nave's marriage lines, thanks.Maybe you can help me solve a mystery: there are two theories on Daniel's parents. 1. He is the son of Heinrich Hiestand, Shenandoah Co.VA 2. His parents are William & Allison Montgomery Haston, his brother Oliver,b. 1743 died in Revolution. Brother William Haston,b. 1759 was a Rev. War Vet.d. 1847. And another brother was named Charles Becard Haston.Daniel was, by this account, born @ 1735. Does anyone have any info on any of these people? Sherry _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Hi April, I have ELKINS also. My g.g.g.gr.father, ROBERT HENRY PEDIGO, SR. was born Abt. 1728 probably in MD. and died January 19, 1822 in Henry Co., VA. He married MARY PHOEBE ELKINS Abt. 1754 in Henry Co., VA. She was born Abt. 1730 in Va, and died in Henry Co., VA. ROBERT HENRY PEDIGO had a brother, EDWARD "NED" PEDIGO who married HANNAH ELKINS, believes to be a sister of MARY PHOEBE ELKINS. I would like to have any information about either of these. I have much PEDIGO information to share, but little on ELKINS. But always glad to share what I have! Does anyone know the parents of Mary Phoebe and Hannah ELKINS??? Thanks so much! Liz On Sat, 3 Jul 1999 08:30:30 -0400 "April J Brown" <[email protected]> writes: >Please...any help on my quest would be greatly appreicated. >SHOWERS....my direct line ELKINS my line also.... >BROWN...my husbands line ALFORD, GARRSION also > > >other surnames involved are: > >YOUNT, HEFLIN, MILLS, RUTHERFORD, FISHER, >places they may have come from include: Penn, WV, OH, IA MD > > >==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== > SHENANDOAH Families Mail List Archives: > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Just type in the mail list's name: SHENANDOAH >

Please...any help on my quest would be greatly appreicated. SHOWERS....my direct line ELKINS my line also.... BROWN...my husbands line ALFORD, GARRSION also other surnames involved are: YOUNT, HEFLIN, MILLS, RUTHERFORD, FISHER, places they may have come from include: Penn, WV, OH, IA MD

Looking for parents and siblings of Moses Hottinger b. 1833 Shendoah Valley, VA m Mary Weatherholtz. This family moved to Licking Co. OH. Children of Moses and Mary. John William, Jacob, Ella or Ellen, James Franklin, Eden Hottinger. Any information would be appreciated.

I'm researching my family of POLKs from Virginia. I find there has been very little research done on them. I thought I would post some of the information leading up to my grandfather to see if anyone could help me. I first came across Adam POKE (d: 1813)with 6 in household but no names and no parents for him. Haven't gotten him connected to my Polk's. My next POKE was Elizabeth POKE was Elizabeth who m: 9 June 1817 John Barham. I have no parents for her or any other info. My next POKE was Mary POKE m: 7 June 1813 Leonard Lownus. I have no parents for her or any other info. Now MY family with spelling of name POLK: (these I have connected) John Polk b: 1787 m Catherine Hunnerhouser (I think this should be Funkhouser) My father was Funkhouser and they did marry POLK's and my mother was a POLK. Have not come across any other Hunnerhouser in this neck of the woods. (my g-g-g grandfather) Their son: Simeon Poke 1822 - 1863 (my great-great grandfather) m: Dolly/Dorothy Dillinger (I think this should be Dellinger?) Hugh "Howie" Polk b: 1856 (my great-grandfather) m Savilla A. Mumaw 1857 - 1928 Their son: (my grandfather) Clifton Eugene "Gene" Polk b: 1881 d: 1979 m: Katie Adelia Olinger Hope this gives you enough info to help me, if you can. Thank you sooo much. Jan in Edinburg mailto:[email protected]

Can anyone tell me anything about a place called "THE FOREST"? 107 acre tract that was sold to David Caldwell in September 1812 was still owned by Caldwell in 1819 and is located in what was known as "The Forest". The Forest is in the vicinity of North Mountain where it joins with Rockingham, Shenandoah and Hardy Counties. Thanks, Joanne HALTERMAN

HI, I have an ancestor named Daniel Haston who married Christiana Nave ( Neff) in 1773. He was supposedly born in Dunmore Co.VA(Frederick Co.) between 1735-1750. He served in the Revolutionary Army out of NC. Does anyone have any info on these people? Sherry _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

At 07:51 AM 6/30/99 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >Thank you for that information. I am descended from Thomas' son Robert >Coleman. > >Stanley Odell > > Hi {{{{{{{{{{{Stanley}}}}}}}}}}}}}, I am double-descended on the COLEMAN side, which wreaks havoc with my familytree programs. <sigh> My GGGGGG Grandmother is Ann Coleman, daughter of Thomas and Mary (LORT?) Coleman and sister to your ancestor Robert Coleman, whom I believe donated the 50 acres upon which Culpeper was built. Your Gx? Aunt Ann married my GGGGGG Grandfather Philip Clayton, an Anglican Vestryman who lugged around catalpa trees, who, in Green's book & Capt. Philip Slaughter's recollection is referred to as "Major". Now that title may very well be, some kind of distinction of the British Royal SomethingorOther, but tends to confuse him in the history of St. Mark's Parish with his Grandson Philip who married Mildred ________?(not the one who married Mildred Dixon - that's yet another unrelated family that all ended up famous in Georgia and them there parts); The Philip Clayton who a couple of generations later, was a Major in the little skirmish with the British. That Philip Clayton was one of the sons of my GGGGG Grandfather Colonel Samuel & Ann Coleman Clayton, daughter of Robert and Sarah Ann SAUNDERS Coleman, my GGGGG Grandmother, and niece to Ann Coleman CLAYTON my GGGGGG Grandmother. Is this perfectly clear? hahaa. In 1786, Col. Sam & Ann's kid, Sam'l Clayton jun'r who may have been the Sheriff of Culpeper at one time or his dad was, married Cathryn PRICE, dau. of William Price of Shenandoah County VA, and hightailed it off to Bourbon County, Kentucky, where in 1807 they had my GGG Grandfather George Price Clayton who grew up there and married Rebecca FIELDS, I suspect of the VA FIELDS family since the original families all knew each other way back when in Culpeper. George & Rebecca had my GG Grandfather Samuel Thomas Clayton born 22 June 1825 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and shortly thereafter took their two kids Louisa & Sam T., and moved to Crawford County, Illinois, where they had 6 more kids before George died in 1838. Rebecca married again to William RASH who had become guardian of the CLAYTON children after George's untimely death, and my GG Grandfather Sam T. took off real quick. In 1843, on Valentine's Day (the license reads 13 February 1843), he married Elizabeth SIMMONS in Lawrence County, Illinois, and they went back and forth between Illinois and Wisconsin, until they ultimately settled in Washington Township, Green County, Wisconsin, near Monroe. >From the History of Green County, p.113-7: Samuel Thomas Clayton was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, June 22nd, 1825. When he was but an infant, his parents moved to Illinois and settled in Crawford County, where they were early settlers. His father [George Price Clayton] bought timberland, improved a farm, and lived there until the time of his death. The subject of this sketch there grew to manhood. When he was fourteen years old, his father died, and two years later his mother was again married. He then started out for himself and went to Lawrence County, and there he found employment on a farm. He was there married when he was eighteen years old, to Elizabeth SIMMONS, who was born in Greene County, N.C. They located in Crawford County and remained one year, then lived on a claim in Lawrence County two years, then moved to Richland County and rented land for two years. In 1848 they came to this county and spent the first winter at Monroe. He was there engaged in mining, and in teaming to the pineries, a distance of 200 miles. In the spring of 1849 he moved to Washington [Township] and engaged in mining two years, then returned to Lawrence county and rented a farm one year, then came back to the Township of Washington and bought a claim of forty acres on the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 34, and subsequently entered the land. There was a small frame house on the place at the time. He did but little work on his land but engaged in mining and carpentering two years, then paid attention to farming, He now owns 140 acres and is engaged in raising stock and grain. [They had eight children living - Mary E., Sarah C., George, Libbie, Henryetta, Samuel T., William, and Myrtle. Mary E. married Anton BAUMGARTNER, son of Anton and Magdelena MARTI BAUMGARTNER who emigrated from Engi, Switzerland; Sarah C. married John WESLEY BAILEY; My Great Grandmother Elizabeth (Libbie) married Jacob Baumgartner, the youngest son of Anton & Magdelena Marti Baumgartner. Nettie married a LINCOLN who is said to have named the town of Henryetta, Oklahoma, after her. Myrtie married a BRAY. By that time, they were all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.] On 29 November 1877, Jacob Baumgartner & Libbie Clayton were married. Their children were Zada, Winifred, William Charles, Edna and Nelle. Zada and Winnie died young. Wm. Charles married Alma WEISMILLER in Monticello, Wisconsin and had Gertrude, Hoy and Jay CLAYTON. Edna first married Fred HARRISON WELLS, son of Joshua and Alice KLECKNER WELLS of Monroe, Wisconsin/ and married Genn KING after Fred died. My Beloved Grandmother Nelle Elizabeth Baumgartner married Roy Albert _________ of Monroe in 1919 in Chicago where she was formally studying piano at the Conservatory of Music there. She died at 1:35 PM Thanksgiving Day 1994 at the Veteran's Retirement Home in King, Wisconsin, at the age of 95. Gram had been hoping for years that I would have the time to pick up the search for her lost family. I didn't realize how important it was to her. Her Mother and my GreatGrandmother Libby Clayton Baumgartner had died just 8 days after Gram was born. Little Edna had brought home a case of the measles from school and Libby caught them, she died 10 April 1899. Great Grampa Jacob Baumgartner married the children's schoolteacher on 10 January 1901. Her name was Mae Pearl SMITH, the daughter of Samuel MUNSON SMITH and Fanny WOODMANSEE. Kind of a Cinderella story: Great Grampa Jacob & Mae Pearl had two daughters, Faith and Maxine, and his first wife and Gram's family wasn't much talked about ever again. Gram being the littlest only picked up snatches of chatter from her much older siblings and her memories were more anecdote than fact. When Gram died, I received all the family papers. I found a number of uncancelled checks written in small amounts and returned from various Historical Societies in Wisconsin and Illinois, mostly deadends based on half-remembered names who turned out now, to be related but not direct ancestry. One CLAYTON maiden aunt had begun to help, I have her last Christmas card to Gram with some of the same rumored information that led Gram astray but with some actual information copied from the CLAYTON Bible. Aunt Gertrude CLAYTON promised to type all the bible records out and send them to Gram as soon as she got her typewriter fixed. She died in Monroe, Wisconsin, before the typewriter got fixed ...and no one knows yet what happened to the Clayton Family Bible. There were enough clues for a start. Gertrude copied ....Colonel Samuel CLAYTON of Culpeper, VA.... I found there is only one "Colonel" Sam Clayton of Culpeper, VA listed by that fellow whose name I can never spell Gwaethney or something, heaven knows what Sam did to earn the designation. No one from our family has registered with LDS as researching this branch nor with the Daughters of the American Revolution and Once Upon a Time I sent some less than bare bones info in to somewhere for his Military or Pension Records and they couldn't find him amongst the other Samuel Claytons of different lines in Virginia even tho' I said he was supposed to have been a colonel. Great Aunt Gertrude Clayton's Christmas letter did not mention the COLEMANs in the Bible quotes of her letter. Maybe because she thought she ought to doublecheck somewhere - our two earliest Grammas both being named "Ann Coleman" <g>.... It's been a trip since Thanksgiving Day 1994 when I began this journey into the past. My kids are finally grown, and I am flyin' on a single wing again with only a cat and myself to worry about feeding. Most of my jobs like this one allow me long spaces to research but anchor me to the phones next to my computer and don't allow me much prime time to visit LDS Family Centers/Courthouses/or libraries. Rootsweb has united me with a number of related Clayton cousins and one CLAYTON cousin, James, in Snowflake, Arizona. I am happy to stumble over a COLEMAN cousin...a double maternal line.....but regret that I have barely sketched out the Colemans. Because these families are so intertwined in Culpeper and named their children the same first names over and over and because there are few dates and so many errors in the published works, I have had to some extent map out other neighboring families like the SLAUGHTERS and WILLIAMS and PENDLETONs and GAINES and CUNNINGHAMs and LIGHTFOOTs and STEVENs who intermarried as well as pencil in family sheets of any kids of unrelated Claytons like the Major Philip who married Mildred Dixon and took his family to Georgia while our Major Philip about the same age, another of Col. Sam's sons, who married a Mildred WhoKnowsWhatforSure (probably either EDWARDS or BELL as they named their daughter Sarah Ann EDWARDS Clayton and one of their sons James BELL Clayton). This Major Philip and Mildred Clayton remained on the old Clayton farm, however, in Culpeper Virginia, as the lineal inheritors, leading me to believe that this Philip is the firstborn son of Col. Sam & Ann Coleman Clayton in the fashion the family property was passed down in those days. love from Cynthia Claytonroberts, who took on her Beloved Grandmother's mother's name many many years ago in commemoration of the lost tribe.

Hi Folks, I just added a PUGH Surname page to my web site. If you have a "Most-Wanted" to list, or would like to be listed as a Researcher, send me an E-mail specifying which one in the subject line. Now Castleman, Day, Dodd and Northington won't be lonesome. Regards, Flo. ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Flo. Day<http://members.xoom.com/Northing/> Castleman_Day_Dodd_Northington_Pugh (Pages) deKruijter_Mabelis_Mahieu_van de Woestijne van der Lijcke - ------------------------------------------------------------- Get free personalized email from USA.com at http://mail.usa.com

Looking for information on my great great grandparents. George Huse Shiner was born 20 June 1797 on the Opequon Creek near Winchester, Virginia. Tradition is that he and his sister Cynthia were orphaned and raised by their maternal grandmother Sarah Gibbons Lister. His father's name is unknown. Does anyone know of them? Thanks. S. Larsen [email protected] inc.com.

Hi Folks, I have just redone the SURNAMES page for my web site, so you can view relationships/connections for Don and myself. Just click on SURNAMES at <http://members.xoom.com/Northing/> I hope you will sign the guestbook, and give me feedback. Regards, Flo. ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Flo. Day<http://members.xoom.com/Northing/> Castleman_Day_Dodd_Northington <http://members.xoom.com/Northing/surnames> deKruijter_Mabelis_Mahieu_van de Woestijne van der Lijcke - ------------------------------------------------------------- Get free personalized email from USA.com at http://mail.usa.com

Interested in the Land Records and when William Ewing came to this area from PA.

My family files www.dantana.com/RowanRoots Dan Michael Patterson Rowan County Information Website P.O. Box 241 Spencer, NC 28159 Find your favorite site in Historic Rowan County, NC www.RowanCounty.com ....Rowan Businesses www.GoRowan.com ..........Historic Rowan

Jacob and Julia had a son George A Rinker m Aramantha V Zirkle 8-6-1876 . " a dau Annie R Rinker m Jacob B Olinger 12-13-1874 George A d Edinburg 10-17-1925 Aramantha aka Amy Virginia d strasburg 7-13-1916

Hi Mike, I saw Amelia's message to you on the Shenandoah List about the Klinedinst family. I know a little about Michael because he was appointed guardian to one of hubby's ancestors, Isham HORNER, in Augusta Co., VA on 27 Jan 1817. (Augusta Co. Ct. Order Bk. 36, p. 145) Claudius Buster was "security" for Michael in this. I don't know what relation Michael was to Isham and would love to find out if there was any relationship. At the time, Michael lived in Waynesboro, Augusta Co., VA. The tax records show that he was there the following years: 1811-1812 1815-1816 1819-1821 1825-1829 1833-1834 And then his son, Washington CLINETINCH, was in these lists, but I didn't copy him after 1835. I think that the Michael CLINETINCH in the Shenandoah Co. records is the same person as the Augusta Co. one. My interest in the CLINETINCH family is merely to find out if there is any relationship to hubby's HORNER family. I know that there were HORNERs in Shenandoah Co. before 1790 also. One was a Joseph HORNER and he "may" have been the one who went to Albemarle Co. about that time??? The above Isham HORNER is said to be the son of James HORNER and his wife Elizabeth BERRY. Elizabeth and James HORNER were md., probably in Albemarle Co., by 1798 as their first child, James was b. ca. 1799-1800. James HORNER was listed in the VA Pers. Prop. Taxes as follows: Albemarle Co. - 1791-1800 Augusta Co. - 1802-1807 He died in 1808 in Augusta Co.. I believe that the Elizabeth HARNER (wrong, should be HORNER although there were HARNERs in the area) in the 1810 Census of Augusta Co. (Waynesboro) was James' widow. She was listed as Elizabeth HORNER again in 1820 in Augusta Co., then I could find her no more there or in any VA Census Index. I could tell you more about this Isham HORNER, but I'll leave that until I hear from you as to whether you find any connection between a HORNER family and your CLINETINCH family. I will say this, I found a CLINETINCH (K) in PA church records, but I'll have to look for it again as I can't remember where I saw it....but it's in my notes somewhere....think it was in York Co.. I'll be looking forward to hearing from you on this. Have we corresponded before??? I don't seem to have your E-Mail address, so am sending this to the Shen-L. Dolores in California

Many books about the Valley can be purchased thru Paper Treasures in New Market, they have a e-mail . [email protected] Rick Lewis in the owner ant the tele # is 540-740-3135, fax # 540-901-9037 address si 9595 Congress St. New Market, Va. 22844. They will try and obtain any book and have waiting lists for books out of print. Last I heard, the publisher of Wayland's booh, "History of Shenandoah County" still had books available. Regional publishing co. 1001 N. Calvert St, Baltimore, Md. 21202 Sorry I do not have a tele # for them. Ken The Asimus's wrote: > Hi, > Could someone please post the addresses again where I can purchase > these books? > Thankyou, > Robyn > -- > Dan and Robyn Asimus > Golden, CO 80403 > mailto:[email protected] > > ==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== > Your support of RootsWeb helps make SHENANDOAH-L possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Searching for parents and descendants of Julia Andrick b. abt. 1828 in Va, m. 1850 to Jacob Henry Rinker b. abt. 1825 in VA, son of Henry Rinker and Mary Eavy. Marc