This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IhB.2ACI/588.6 Message Board Post: Melissa, Thanks for you kind offer. I doubt you will find any info in the material to link my Lee Loyd (I have the early Bedford county tax records for him) and the newspaper announcement of his marriage to Nancy Brooks 1829-30. Their son Rufus Loyd is my direct line, and I believe that Lee is a son of Nicholas Loyd and that Nancy is perhaps Elizabeth Ann Brooks, daughter of Edmund Brooks (Ann's were often called 'Nancy' , you know.). Lee died between the 1850 and 1860 census, and the family scattered before 1870, as many did in those horrible years.. Some say that Rufus, who had by then married Martha Smith and had children, never came home from the civil war. My great grandmother Annie Loyd was born to Rufus and Martha Smith Loyd in 1862, but I lose track of her until she appears in the 1880 census in Marion County AL, caring for an ill sister who had married a Nichols and moved back to Alabama with him. Annie was obviously orphaned (her known sisters are listed with their grandparents, George and Nancy Smith in 1870 Bedford County census). The saddest thing is that by 1880 Annie, tho only 18, had a four year old child with the Loyd surname, who was my grandmother. I hope, without reason, to find the father of my grandmother........and perhaps find that she was not born out of wedlock. Thanks. Dorothy
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that many of the Tenn. county history books have "postage stamp" sized pictures? It was refreshing to see the Coffee, Grundy and Moore County books had nice large (very viewable) photos! Speaking of Coffee Co., TN. Folk wanting more data on the Coffee book may click on: http://www.coffeecountyheritage.homestead.com/ Thanks ya'll! --- [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IhB.2ACI/588.6 > > Message Board Post: > > Melissa, > > Thanks for you kind offer. I doubt you will find any > info in the material to link my Lee Loyd (I have the > early Bedford county tax records for him) and the > newspaper announcement of his marriage to Nancy > Brooks 1829-30. > > Their son Rufus Loyd is my direct line, and I > believe that Lee is a son of Nicholas Loyd and that > Nancy is perhaps Elizabeth Ann Brooks, daughter of > Edmund Brooks (Ann's were often called 'Nancy' , you > know.). > > Lee died between the 1850 and 1860 census, and the > family scattered before 1870, as many did in those > horrible years.. > > Some say that Rufus, who had by then married Martha > Smith and had children, never came home from the > civil war. > > My great grandmother Annie Loyd was born to Rufus > and Martha Smith Loyd in 1862, but I lose track of > her until she appears in the 1880 census in Marion > County AL, caring for an ill sister who had married > a Nichols and moved back to Alabama with him. > > Annie was obviously orphaned (her known sisters are > listed with their grandparents, George and Nancy > Smith in 1870 Bedford County census). > > The saddest thing is that by 1880 Annie, tho only > 18, had a four year old child with the Loyd surname, > who was my grandmother. I hope, without reason, to > find the father of my grandmother........and perhaps > find that she was not born out of wedlock. > > Thanks. > Dorothy Adrian D. Ritter ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs