Good Afternoon, I noted you had a Hawkins in your last note on German immigrants in Ky. I am descended from Sarah Hawkins, first wife of Gov. & Gen. John Sevier. He left Virginia Military Institute at age 17, speaking 6 languages and married Sarah, age 16 and was sent by the Virginia Governor to build Fort Watauga in the Territory south of the Ohio. She died during an Indian siege and Col. Sevier insisted she be buried outside the fort with all chikldren present. They sneaked out during a heavy thunderstoorm with lightning flashing, buried her, hid her grave, and coverred it with brush. It has never been found- she is not buried by her monument on the old Capitol Grounds in Knoxville, Tenn. One of Sarah's granddaughters, Sarah Hawkins Clark, married Gen. James Rutherford Wyly, grandson of James Wyly and Col. Ben Cleveland.They lived inBlont County, Tenn., Gordon County, Ga. , and Clarkesville- Toccoa Ga. area. Sarah's mom Elizabeth Sevier died when she was 7 and her dad, Maj. Clark, was active in the Army. We have letters from 1918 from her children which claim she lived with her grandad Sevier and was married in his home when he was the first Tennessee Governor. Others deny this. Her step grandmother would have been Bonny Kate (Kathryn) Sherrill who also had a daughter named Sarah Hawjins Sevier. Some Pa. Germans came south through Va. to North Georgia, Alpine Helen, before going into Kentucky, which seems backwards. Not many of this group stayed "Up north in Ky". Gen. Wyly's mom's second husband, Evangelist Edwards or "Evan Eddards" on some records was killed by Indians in 1796 and scalpped with Wyly and Edwards children present.A hunting party saved them. One Hawkins of Sulfur Springs , Texas is also a Carey descendant (My mom's family) with Arkansas Roots. Do you know any more about the above names? Jemima's name is listed as Jemima (Myers) Cleveland Wyly Edwards Cleveland. Most records do not show the Myers name. Some have it crossed it out. The Cleveland Genealolgies of 1890's for Prsident Grover Cleveland say Jemima was Col. Ben's daughter Col. Ben treated her as his daughter in land gifts and she was in his will. This link was accepted by the DAR in a supplement to one Cousin's application based on Kay, Sevier, and another or two. The Cleveland Geneaologies are extensive in several volumes but have obvious typesetting errors. Take care, Charles Wyly On Sun, 05 Sep 1999 11:02:53 +0000 Harold Miller <[email protected]> writes: >>Resent-Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 21:39:42 -0700 (PDT) >>Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 21:38:10 -0700 (PDT) >>From: Theresa Richardson <[email protected]> >>Subject: KY to MO > >>Hi, I am wondering if anyone is familiar with this movement? One of >my >>big brickwalls is listed as: >> >>American citizens from Kentucky petition for land in Ste Genevieve >>1797" written in French and English. Across it sideways is "Petition >>from inhabitants of Kentucky (cant read) for land in which to settle >? >>near Ste Genevieve 1797" >> >>This is Ste. Genevieve, Mo. My ancestor is Michael Burtcher and he >>recieved land with brothers Sebastian, Bartholomew and brother in >law >>Peter Bloom/Blume. The name is found spelled Burtcher, Burcher, >>Butcher, Bucher, Brutcher and Burtscher. >> >>They are also listed elsewhere as German and stonemason's. Peter >Bloom >>is listed on census as being born in MD so I do not know if they >were >>traveling through KY or stopped for a few years. >> >>Thanks in advance for any help. >> >>Theresa Richardson > >I found in some Matheny stuff a mention that might help Theresa > >Daniel Matheny is in 1785 head of household of Shenandoah County VA >along >with my Turneys. They lived just south of Millervelt which would soon >be >renamed Woodstock, Virginia. It seems to be to have begun with a >group of >German speaking people, many were Swiss. My Peter Turney had been a >linenweaver in Switzerland, his brother was a stonemason. Anyway, two >of >the daughters of Daniel Matheny married two sons of Peter Turney. >Peter >Turney lived next to Abraham Bird and his Hawkins son-in-law on >Shenandoah >River. >In 1787 the Turneys and Mathenys sell their land, 1789 they appear in >Lincoln Co KY tax list. Seems a lot of the people in that area were >going >to KY at that time. Nearby Rockingham Co VA, Turner/Murphy group was >making >the same move. > >Anyway, I found a reference to another daughter of Daniel Matheny >Rachel m 28 Sep 1790 Peter Bloomee/Blonee >this from a Matheny and Allied Families book by Dolores Matheny >Gucciardo. >her source given: >Will bk B, pg 217 Bourbon Co., Eestates; court and other records. Tax >list >1790 Ky. census, Mar 1791. Mary married in Hardin Co., KY, all others >m. in >Bourbon Co., KY. Son-in-law, Daniel Turney mentioneed in will. > >Will do some more looking on your names, but would seem at least the >Blume/etc. spent some time in Kentucky. > >Daniel Turney and wife Susan Matheny are buried Paris, Kentucky - >right >along a major trail from Cumberland Gap to Ohio river. > >Michael Turney and wife Ellen/Ellender Matheny - dont know where she >died. >In 1818 Michael shows up in Bond County Illinois, later to Fayette Co >Illinois. His children, some stay in Illinois, two to Texas, one to >MO. > >so it would seem your family is following a very common route - used >by many >German speaking people and others out of Shenandoah Valley of va. By >the >way, Turneys came in to US thru Philadelphia in 1741, but think they >spent >some time in Maryland. Other Swiss some came in thru Maryland in >1750s. So >I would check ship records of Philadelphia and Maryland. > >Mary [email protected] > > >==== Southern-Trails Mailing List ==== >If someone sends a warning about an email virus or asks you to send >ANY >message to everybody you know, check out these site to see if it's for >real: >IBM AntiVirus Home Page >http://www.av.ibm.com >McAfee: Virus Hoaxes >http://www.mcafee.com/support/hoax.asp >or one of these sites which are very good about virus and >chainletter hoaxes or myths: >http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html >http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACChainLetters.html >http://kumite.com/myths/myths/ >