My great grandmother was Georgie Augustus (or Augusta) Tarver. I believe she is from Georgia. My grandfather, her son, was born in Georiga as were his siblings. She married a Thomas Henry Lancaster. --- Edgar Taylor <ertjr@sgi.net> wrote: > According to the Alcander Tarver manuscript, > Etheldred Jordan Tarver and his > wife Harriet Jane McNair had [among others] sons > Robert Martin Tarver [b > 1841] and John R. Tarver [no dates given]. Robert > married Mary Ann Denton. > John R. Tarver married Martha Burson and had Jane > Rebecca Tarver. Could John > R. Tarver be John Robert Tarver? > I have Noah [Smith?] Tarver marrying Narcissa > Youngblood. Noah died in GA in > 1892 according to one family member, now deceased. I > believe that Noah was > a son of <my> Mark Tarver [Sr], but Alcander > Tarver's manuscript puts him in > the family of Robert Tarver, son of Etheldred Tarver > who married Nancy > Robinson. > Unfortunately with this manuscript no sources are > mentioned, except the > possibility of an old Bible record. I can not > believe that that record could > have had listed ALL the Tarvers given in the > manuscript. > Nowheres in her manuscript does Alcander have > anything on Mark Tarver's > family since he was not directly connected to the > Etheldred Tarver line. > His obit stated that he had 12 or 13 children. I > have assumed that the > Tarvers grouped around each other [and my ancestor > Oliver HP Byne] in Burke > Co GA were his children. One son for sure was > Roberson [or Robert] Tarver, > b 18 Apr 1825. who married Florence Auly Burdick. > Mark's obit was among the > family Bible records for the Roberson Tarver family. > > Two other sons of Mark Tarver [Sr], Thomas Tarver > who had children born in > Texas, and Mark A. Tarver, went to Texas. A son of > Mark A. Tarver, Wilson > Tarver married Elizabeth Youngblood, then the widow > of Wilson's uncle Allen > Tarver, and moved to Birmingham AL. > Based on my premise that the children of Mark and > Sarah [Greenway] Tarver > were grouped around each other in Burke Co GA, I > list Caroline ["Carrie" who > married Oliver Hazard Perry Byne-my ancestors], > Thomas, Noah [Jr] , > Roberson, Etheldred ["Dred"], Mark A., John N. and > Oliver G. There were at > least two other children of Mark by his first wife > Eva Arden, one of whom > was Allen Tarver. > Some of the above has not been confirmed and is > simply taken from > correspondence fron Tarver cousins over 20 or so > years. If anyone else has > FIRM evidence to refute my conclusion about the > family of Mark Tarver [Sr], > I would very much appreciate hearing. Thanks. Ed T > of PGH > ---------- > >From: "robby mccain" <fitt1@hotmail.com> > >To: TARVER-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TARVER-L] Descendants of John > Cockerham > >Date: Wed, Jul 14, 1999, 10:42 PM > > > > >Does anyone (maybe Lotus) know whether the Tarvers > that ended up in Amite > >County, Mississippi move from Georgia through > Lafayette County, Mississippi? > > I am the desc. of John Robert Tarver, b. in > Georgia in the 1830s (I > >think), and had a brother named Robert Tarver who > married a Narcissus. They > >were all living in Yalobusha County, in the 1860 > Mississippi Census. Does > >anyone have this line? I don't think I could make > that meeting either, > >because my cousin is gettin married that day. > > > >Thanks > >Robby McCain > >Oxford, Mississippi > > > > > ==== TARVER Mailing List ==== > Transcribed records online: > http://www.tarver-genealogy.net/ > List FAQ: > http://www.tarver-genealogy.net/DataShare/TarverList.html > Please check the FAQ first if you are having trouble > unsubscribing. > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com