>Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 08:20:21 -0700 (PDT) >Old-To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com >Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:15:54 -0400 >Subject: Re: Lashlee, OLIVE & Williams >X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 >From: ken wilson <pwill5@juno.com> >To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/7664 >X-Loop: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: DanvilleCrossing-L-request@rootsweb.com > >David, > >How interesting! And, what a mess! > >Martha Olive WiILLIAMS is my g-g-gma. > >Your 1850 census and Goodspeed reference suggest that a 17 yr old Martha >OLIVE is living in William Williams household - may be - however, the >stuff I have says Martha Olive WILLIAMS (who would have been the same >age) is his oldest child! (of course BOTH things are possible AND it's >POSSIBLE she was "adopted" > >HOWEVER we've got some date problems here for a Martha Olive WILLIAMS >and Nancy OLIVE Williams relationship -there's an almost 20 year age gap >between them Martha (b1832) and Nancy (b 1850)- probably NOT sisters. >Also, In 1850 William M. & Nancy Pryor would have been almost 40 - quite >a bit older than the Mississippi born John Williams (age 25) and wife >Elizabeth (22) who reportedly had Nancy OLIVE in their household. > >The material I have has come both from "family" and a Williams genealogy >on file in the Rhea Library and both reference specific information (with >exact birthdates) for William Williams and Nancy Pryor's children - >Martha Olive Williams being the oldest and their birthdates ranging from >1832 (Martha) to Sara Elizabeth (1851)! Now, where they got the info, >and how it was documented, I can't say as I don't know if I have that. > >As far as Williams M. Williams youngest daughter (Sara Elizabeth) >marrying John Henry Williams - I must really have a mess up here - I >have Sara E. marrying (?) Bradford and her three children (Porter, >William & Helen) as BRADFORDS! > >I was not at all familiar with your John Leonard Williams family >descendants. > >As to the OLIVES in Henry Co., I do have a note that the 1832 Tax Rolls >for Henry Co. listed John Olive, Leroy Olive and Josey Olive. > >I am not sure of Nancy Pryor's mother's name. I have a bunch of Pryor >stuff to go through and have speculated that she MIGHT have been an >Olive but haven't seen it yet. As far as locations go - the Pryors were >from Graves,l Co., KY > >The decendance I have goes like this: > >1. John Vander Williams (1/3/1781 prob NC- d. 7/1/1841 Henry Co., TN) -m >ca 1800 - > Sarah Wigginton (9/27/1781 prob NC - d 4/16/40 Henry Co., TN > > Children for them: George W., Dillard R., Alfred G., William M., >Green V., David C., Elizabeth E., and Sarah Ann. > > 2. William M. Williams(b6/3/1811 KY d. 12/23/1864 Henry Co. TN) -m >2/2/1832- > Nancy Pryor (Daughter of John Pleasant Pryor and ? , KY) > > Children for them: Martha Olive, Robert W., John P., M.I. >(male), William C., Spencer G., Richard D., Benjamin >F., Sara E. > > 3. Martha Olive Williams(b 12/12/1832 KY d. 11/26/1899 >Elkhorn, Henry Co., TN) -m 12/11/1851 Henry Co >Marriage book 1) William Preston Caldwell (son of >William David Caldwell and Elvira (sp?) ?) (both Martha and > Wm P. buried in a small cemetery off Hwy 79 in the >woods. Has 5 identifiable graves Martha, >William, two Smileys and one Whetherall) > > Their children (Caldwells): Mary L., Elizabeth, Nancy A., >Mattie E., William David, Charles Preston > >My Line >*** 4. William David Caldwell (b 6/25/63 Henry Co. d. 7/9/1944) >-m 12/15/1881- > Sarah Elizabeth Johnson (daughter of George W. >Johnson and Martha Jane Foster) -Wm & Sarah both >buried Sulpher Well Academy > > Their kids: Quitman, Thomas P., Sarah, Catherine, >James Alfred, William, Robert and Frances R. > >Let me know what you think/have! > >Thanks > >Pat > > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My family Coat of Arms ties at the back ...... >is that normal ??? >