This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Titsworth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/3728.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hey Shirley Do you think your cousin would be willing to send me a copy of the picture of H. D. Titsworth and his half-brother?? Either snail-mail or as an attachment to an e-mail? Would be neat to have a copy. Can let me know at my e-mail address above. Thanks Sarah

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: tittsworth, Titsworth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/3728.1.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Hey Shirley, Thanks for the info. The Thomas T. I mentioned who must have died prior to 1855 must have been one of the other brothers sons then, because I do remember seeing that info at the library about a Martha Titsworth and Mary Jane Titsworth. The brothers and sisters I remember seeing for Frederick are Thomas A. Jr, Isaac, George, Hannah, Martha, and possibly James. I've heard the first Thomas 1731-1819 may have been born in Virginia, which at one time included Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. So hard to tell on that one. Anyway Thanks again Sarah

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Logan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/4204.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I did some more checking. I found a listing for a Robert Boyd under North Carolina Revolutionary War soldiers. Here is all I could find. Pierce'S Register APPENDIX page 601 Robt. Boyd, Rec'd. his Bounty of– I think it makes my point. Doug

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Logan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/4204.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Nan, I think I have found a common thread to the land in Greene County. I have been corresponding with someone in Greene Co who has 3 similar deeds to one issued to William Logan. I think a lot of people may have been misled as to what these deeds are because on indexes all you see are two names. On the two transcribed copies of the deeds that I looked at, what you see is that these deeds were assigned from one name to the other. In other words, the original owner assigned his rights to the land to the second person. I did some research on the first name on her two deeds. Both names are Revolutionary War soldiers from North Carolina. I could not find any record for the first name recorded on William Logan's deed, but I suspect that given enough time I will find the name of another Revolutionary War soldier from North Carolina. What these lands represent are "bounty lands" given to Revolutionary War soldiers as a reward for their service. Some soldiers moved to the places where these lands were located, but all did not. In those cases, they sold and "assigned" their rights to receive that land. Knowing all that, it's logical to assume that William Logan bought the rights to the land from a soldier. It's also logical to assume that William Logan is probably the father of David Logan, the man who ran the fruching mill and plantation. It would take some work to trace the deeds, but I think that is where it will wind up. Whether or not the other Logan names you gave are relations is hard to say at this point.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Logan Classification: Deed Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/4204.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: It looks like the Logans had a lot of land NC Land Grants 514 Humphrey Logan 200 acres on Rock Creek- Washington Co. 1783 2436 Robert Boyd and William Logan 600 acres the North side of the Nolachuckee River- Greene Co. 1790 14 Benjamin Logan 640 acres Dentons Lick - Davidson Co. 1782 445 Hugh Logan 640 acres second creek north of Goose Creek- Davidson Co. 1782

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/4212 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Susannah White (b. abt. 1766), m. 13-04-1791, Greene Co, TN, Moses Roulston (b. 1766, Botetourt Co, VA, d. 1829, TN). She possibly died before 1803, because Moses m. 2nd, 19-10-1803, Jefferson Co, TN, Mary Polly Denny. My wife's g-g-g-grandfather, George Raulston (b. 1791 - 1795, d. 09-1859, Blount Co, TN), m. 05-12-1818, Greene Co, TN, Julia Meroney (b. abt. 1796, d. aft. 1880). Does anyone have any info on any of these folk. Thanks. Bob

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/3728.1.2.2 Message Board Post: Hey again, Sarah, Sorry hit the return button one time too many and accidentally posted my first response before I was finished. Thomas and Martha Morgan Tittsworth did have a daughter named Mary born in 1837. However, Martha died on July 18, 1850, survived by Thomas who subsequently married Charlotte Duncan, so there could not have been a suit between Martha and anyone over his estate since she died first. In my previous message, I said Martha was his 2nd wife, but I misremembered and when I checked my Family Tree file just now, I saw that she was his first wife and Charlotte was his second. Our Thomas died May 31, 1863, according to the Bible records. Thomas and Martha had 8 children and then Thomas and Charlotte had 3 more children of their own. Our cousin, Lyn Massey, in TX has extensive information on the Tittsworth family, going back to Willem Tietsoort about 1600. Lynn is my source of information beyond the 1801 Thomas Tittsworth. According to the information he sent me, our 1801 Thomas Tittsworth's father was Frederick Lewis Tittsworth, born 1768 in Haw River, AL, married and moved to WV, fought in the War of 1812, Pvt. Allison's and Bunch's Reg't, East Tennessee Militia. According to Lyn's genealogy he died before 1828. Frederick's father's name is recorded in Lyn's genealogy as Thomas Alexander Titsort. Thomas Alexander Titsort, according to Lyn's records was born on 1/4/1730 or 1731, probably in North Carolina, was married to Ann Falkerson, lived in Kentucky at some point and died in 1819, and is more than likely one and the same as the Thomas Tittsworth No. 1 you have in Sullivan Co. TN. The spelling went from Titsort to Tittsworth in that generation. The records Lyn sent me do not include a complete! list of all children in the families, but from the dates of birth it seems very possible that your husband's ancestor Thomas No. 2 could have been a child of Thomas No. 1 and brother to Lyn's and my husband's direct ancestor, Frederick Lewis Tittsworth. I will contact Lyn directly and ask him to contact you if he can fill in any gaps for you. I appreciate the problems you have had with documentation, I am having the same problems with the recurrent name of Thomas in my Massey genealogy research. I think I am on the right track with census records and 3 Thomas ancestors in a row in Philadelphia, but I have not been able to confirm it. Happy Hunting to you, too. Shirley Massey

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/4211 Message Board Post: Looking for the families of Zedekiah (aka: Zed, Hezeciah) Woods and Elizabeth Knight of Greene Co. TNN Descendants of Zedakiah Woods 1 Zedakiah Woods 1820 - 1884 . +Elizabeth Knight 1819 - ....... 2 Emelia Woods 1840 - ....... 2 Sarah Margaret Woods 1843 - 1907 ........... +Joseph Page Ricker 1844 - 1864 ....... *Partner of Sarah Margaret Woods: ........... +James R. Jenks/Jinks 1817 - ....... 2 Mary Jane Woods 1844 - ....... 2 Catharine Woods 1846 - ....... 2 Martha Woods 1848 - ....... 2 James Woods 1851 - ....... 2 William Woods 1855 - ........... +Sanay 1858 - ....... 2 Nancy Woods 1857 - ....... 2 Clark Woods 1860 - of Sarah Margaret Woods who married #1 Joseph Paige Ricker, then had more children after his death by we belive James Jenks/Jinks Descendants of Sarah Margaret Woods 1 Sarah Margaret Woods 1843 - 1907 . +Joseph Page Ricker 1844 - 1864 ....... 2 John Ricker 1860 - ....... 2 Susan Isabelle Ricker 1861 - ....... 2 George Washington Ricker 1863 - *Partner of Sarah Margaret Woods: . +James R. Jenks/Jinks 1817 - ....... 2 Oliver Ricker ....... 2 Mary Elizabeth Ricker ....... 2 William L. Ricker 1865 - ....... 2 Benjamin Franklyn Ricker 1867 - 1953 ........... +Flore Estell Bradford 1868 - 1947 ....... 2 Marion F. Ricker 1868 - ....... 2 Nathan Dempsey Ricker 1870 - 1950 ........... +Mary Jane Bradford 1871 - 1913 ....... *2nd Wife of Nathan Dempsey Ricker: ........... +Leecie Thomas 1889 - 1974 ....... 2 Hugh Ricker 1873 - Her children took the Rucker surname, although they were not Ricker by blood. She never remarried. I can NOT locate this bunch on the 1880 census or beyond. Nathan Ricker is found in 1900 in Texas, and Benjamin Franklyn Ricker in 1920 in Tx.. but from 1880 to that point they are not to be found. I belive that Benjamin Franklyn Ricker is one in the same as Marion F. Ricker. Lastly.. any information on the family of James Ervin (buried in Timber Ridge Presbeteryan Church Cemetery in Greene Co. TN) Descendants of James C. Ervin 1 James C. Ervin 1816 - 1875 . +Darcus Ervin ....... 2 Margaret Ervin 1840 - ....... 2 Sarah Ann Ervin 1843 - 1886 ........... +[1] James Wesley Bradford 1844 - 1895 ....... 2 Minerva Ervin 1845 - ....... 2 Oregan Texas Ervin 1848 - 1889 ........... +[1] James Wesley Bradford 1844 - 1895 ....... 2 Calefornia Ervin 1852 -

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/3728.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hey Sarah, Thank you for all the information. I'm happy to share some with you. Charlotte Duncan Tittsworth (born Feb. 15, 1819) was our Thomas Tittsworth's 2nd wife, the mother of Isaac McClellan Tittsworth (as you mentioned), as well as Sue Tittsworth and Henry Duncan Tittsworth. One of my sisters-in-law found this information in a Tittsworth family Bible. Our cousin Lyn Massey has a photo of his grandfather John Morgan Tittsworth with his half-brother Henry Duncan Tittsworth.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Massey, Tittsworth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/3728.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Well, hello, cousin Titsworth-Massie! Actually, this is my husband's family and the name Tittsworth is spelled with the "double-t" in old family bibles going back at least 150 years. Lyn Massey, who is our other Tittsworth-Massey cousin, has traced the line back to the earliest Dutch settlers of New York during the colonial period when the name was Tietsvoort. I've only been able to go back to the early 19th century in the Massey family and so far in our line it is always spelled with the "ey" in census records. Our Thomas Tittsworth was born April 15, 1801 (in either WV or TN), and died on May 31, 1863. He was married twice, and my husband's branch of the family comes from his 2nd marriage in 1829 to Martha Morgan. They had 8 children, all of whom I believe were born in TN, but many of whom moved away as the result of the Civil War. Lyn Massey descends from Thomas and Martha's son, John Morgan Tittsworth, who fought for the Confederacy and lived out his life in TX after the war. My husband's line descends from Thomas and Martha's son, Elisha Concord Tittsworth, who was in the Union Army and married and settled in MD after the war. My husband's ancestors are Caucasian as far as I have been able to determine from census records. However, in my research of the Massey family I came across records of a free African-American Massey family with roots in Kent County, Maryland, that go back to colonial days. I have also read that there were two Massey brothers who were among Lord Baltimore's original group of settlers on land in MD granted by the king of England to Lord Baltimore. When Lord Baltimore's group returned to England, those Massey brothers stayed behind in America and eventually moved south to VA. I have found no links between either of these Massey lines and my husband's line. My husband's Massey roots appear to be linked with Quaker settlement in the Philadelphia PA area and this line has only been in MD since the late 19th century. I have not been able to follow my husband's ancestry any further back than his ggggfather, Thomas Massey, who was born between 1780 and 1790 and lived in Philadelphia at the time of the 1830 census. Good luck in your research, Cousin. Shirley Massey

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tittsworth, Morgan, Duncan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/3728.1.2 Message Board Post: Hey Shirley, It's so hard to keep these guys straight what with the names repeated so often and I don't have my info right in front of me. I moved about a year ago and most of my family research stuff is still in storage. I do remember though seeing something about Charlotte (Duncan) Tittsworth on the census as a widow about 1860 or 1870 in Jefferson Co Tn. I think she was the one who had a son named Isaac McClellan Tittsworth who became a Doctor. I also remember seeing some info where Martha (Morgan) Tittsworth versus Mary Jane Tittsworth (her daughter or stepdaughter???) for her inheritance on Thomas Tittsworth's will. This was if I remember correctly in 1855. In the Land Deed Records for Sullivan Co. Tn about 1826 or 1828 there was a deed where a Thomas Tittsworth was given Power-of-Attorney to jointly sell his and his brother Richard Tittsworths land in Sullivan County,Tn inherited, according to his last will and testament, from their deceased father Frederick Tittsworth. I don't know for sure which of the 2 Thomas's above (the one married to Charlotte or the one married to Martha) was Fred Tittsworth's son. But I do know that nearly everyone of the sons of the original Thomas Tittsworth of Sullivan Co., Tn (1731-1819) named a son after him. So for YEARS there were lots of Thomas T.'s floating around. In fact, the line I believe my husband descends from has four direct generations of Thomas Alexander Tittsworths: 1. Thomas A. Tittsworth 1731-1819 Sullivan Co. Tn 2. Thomas A. Tittsworth 1763-1853 Sullivan Co. Tn 3. Thomas A. Tittsworth 1801-April 1850 Sullivan Co. Tn 4. Thomas A. Tittsworth 1824-----------unknown. This one was still selling Tittsworth land in the late 1800's with his aunt Nancy Tittsworth (husband Jonathan on 1850 census of Sullivan Co. Tn could not locate any info on Jonathan or his family after that and only saw Nancy and Thomas on these land deeds) Believe my husbands ancestor Jesse Tittsworth 1795 Tn--1865 Illinois to be the son of the second Thomas A. Tittsworth in the list above. Just have not been able to prove it with any type of documentation. Oh Well happy hunting to all and always appreciate any additional info on the Tittsworth clan. Sarah Tittsworth

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ihB.2ACI/3728.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yet another Titsworth-Massie connection. I live in Kentucky and have just began to search my roots. It is quite difficult as I am African American.

Is Willanna Griffin still on this list? If so please contact me concerning the McReynolds manscript. Thanks Joyce Gaston Reece

Hi again listers, Judy, of the Blount Co. Tn. list has posted the address on how to buy the McAmish book. It is a very attractive book, hard bound & dark green. The front had a gold color ship on it "The William and Mary". The title is also in gold: "TENNESSE'S FIRST SETTLERS & SOLDIERS", by EDWARD C. McAMISH. For those who aren't on the Blount Co. Tn. list, I'll pass it on: Mrs. Eleanor McAmish 1918 Hummingbird Dr. Lusby Md. 20657 I have had so many folks ask me where to buy it, maybe this is the best way? Freddie B. Stewart

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ihB.2ACI/4131.4 Message Board Post: Let me dig out my Bahr/Barr info - 1750 ship ST Andrew rings a bell for some reason. My Johan Peter Thuny bp 1710/11 near Berne Switzerland, married Anna Bahr, 1741 they arrived Philadelphia ship Friendship, 1749 Anna was dead and Peter with new wife bp a daughter in Lehigh Co PA, 1751 he is living between Woodstock and Edinburg, Virginia where he stayed till 1787 or so. But what I wanted to tell you - Miller is common name, and I am sure you know about Woodstock, VA - it was land of a Miller. I found a record of soldiers in French and Indian War 1750s from Dunmore Co VA - later Shenandoah County where Woodstock, etc. is located. On it were a couple of Millers, and a John Cook. Somone just asked me about a Cook/Miller connection. Seems they are dec. from Jacob Nicely/Knisely whose wife was first married to a John Miller, then to a John Cook. I did find a Frederick Co VA will for William Abernathy in 1780....mentions son-in-laws: Hugh Cook and wife Elizabeth; and John Miller and wife Ann. Just thought you might want to look around Woodstock area for a Cook there in 1750s or so. My group includes not only Bahr/Barr, Thuny/Dorney/Turney....but there are connections to Swartz/Black, Andis/Andes, etc. Daniel Turney arrived 1740 Peter Turney 1741 with some of the Bahr/Barr and Andes Henrich/Henry Turney 1743 - again with some of the Bahr/Barr and I think Jacob Bahr/Barr on St Andrew in 1750 was a brother or something to Melchior Bahr/Barr SR who was father to Anna Bahr Turney. Some of the others around Peter Turney near Edinburg - Nuland/Newland, Peters, Petre, Nicely/Knisely, Teeter, Buhler/Beeler/Beelor, Funkhouser, Miller, Koontz/Countz, etc. Many of the children of these around 1774 moved to SW Virginia/eastern TN. I would also have to throw in Bowman and Bumgarden as living near the Turneys - also Abraham Bird, Hawkins, Matheny later on but they were not German. Peter Turney was a linen weaver in Switzerland/Germany, and I have been told that group of German speaking people around Woodstock grew flax and wove linen. Mary

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/4204.1.2.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Doug, unfortunately this was some information that someone else copied for me, so I don't have the beginning of the book that gives the information about the land grants (I was happy to get what I got at the time!). Maybe someone else on the Greene County mail-list has access to this book? Elaine

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Logan, Boyd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/4204.1.2.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Elaine, Thank you for your answers. Can you tell me why these land grants were given? Were they for Revolutionary War Soldiers or was the reason the land was granted something different? This may be the best lead anyone has had on the origins of David Logan and why he appeared in Greene County. Thanks, Doug

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/4204.1.2.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I was looking at land grants for Greene County last night so when I saw your comment I pulled out my partial copy of the "North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee 1778-1791", compiled by Goldene Fillers Burger (1981). It has a Robert Boyd and William Logan who were granted 600 acres of land on the northside of the Nolachuckee (#2436). That is the only Logan that I could find. My copy of the book is only the Greene County land grants.

I don't see any thing wrong with the kind offer to do look ups. I have the Greene Co Book of Marriages by Burgner which I offered to do look ups for, and I had lots of takers. I think that is a service to all of us, and if our surnames are listed then by all means order the book! joyce mabry

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