I continue to be amazed and inspired by the wonderful help that our readers give one another. I personally have been helped countless times in my pursuit of 19th century Carrigans and McLaughlins. And its great and fulfilling to be able to do that for others. Three cheers to all! Jo In a message dated 1/12/2010 2:28:20 A.M. Central Standard Time, tnlincol-request@rootsweb.com writes: Today's Topics: 1. VERY Early Lincoln Co. Records and Help with Howards (Judy Kimsey) 2. Re: VERY Early Lincoln Co. Records and Help with Howards (richerson52@comcast.net) 3. Abstract of William & Christopher Howards wills (Julia Molitz) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:49:13 -0800 From: Judy Kimsey <jakimsey@sbcglobal.net> Subject: [TNLINCOL] VERY Early Lincoln Co. Records and Help with Howards To: <TNLINCOL@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <C770EAE9.41A%jakimsey@sbcglobal.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Four questions/requests, and then I?ll tell you about my John Howard of Lincoln Co. 1. I?d like to hear from anyone whose ancestors migrated from VA to Lincoln Co., and would especially like to know what county in VA they came from. 2. Would like to hear from anyone whose ancestors migrated from Lincoln Co. to Fayette Co., AL?or neighboring counties. 3. Can anyone tell me what the earliest Lincoln Co. records are, and where they reside? My online efforts aren?t turning up many early records. 4. Can anyone point me to a functioning (and free) 1830 census from Lincoln Co. Every time I find one and click, the site has been closed down. Or, if you have access to the census, could you do a lookup for me? The index shows John Howard, William Howard, and Christopher Howard. I?d like whatever there is on all three. Thanks ahead of time for any help. Whew! All that said---I?m looking for John Howard and trying to figure out who his parents were. John was b. VA, but I?m not sure whether he moved to Lincoln Co. as a small child with his parents, or as a married adult. His wife Rachel (last name possibly Sogden or Berry, also possibly a widow when she married John) was from MD. All of their children were born in TN, bet. 1822 and 1833, according to later census data. Lincoln Co. is established as the county the Howards lived in by family letters. The 1820 Lincoln census shows a William Howard with a male 18-26 in the household. A good possibility, but I need to get at those old records to figure out what?s going on. There is also a John Howard 18-26 on the same census who is possibly my guy, but not so much so. (Need that 1830 census!). In the mid-to-late 1830s, John?s and his probable brother, James. begin appearing on censuses, land patents, and elsewhere in Fayette, Co. AL., . They are not found on the 1840 Lincoln Census, but are found in Fayette Co. AL. Anyone researching the same line? I?ll be happy to share the information I have. Regards-Judy ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:42:29 +0000 (UTC) From: richerson52@comcast.net Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] VERY Early Lincoln Co. Records and Help with Howards To: tnlincol@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <2064073842.9913211263253349629.JavaMail.root@sz0126a.emeryville.ca.mail.com cast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 1830 Lincoln co TN census Christopher Howard 2 m under 5 1 m 20-30 1 f 5-10 1 f 20-30 John Howard (very pale, I believe it says) 1 m 15-20 1 m 50-60 2 f 15-20 1 f 40-50 John Howard (again very pale) 3 m 50-10 1 m 30-40????? (very faint) 1 f 30-40???? maybe William Howard 1 m 2-30 1 m 50-60 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Kimsey" <jakimsey@sbcglobal.net> To: TNLINCOL@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 4:49:13 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [TNLINCOL] VERY Early Lincoln Co. Records and Help with Howards Four questions/requests, and then I?ll tell you about my John Howard of Lincoln Co. 1. I?d like to hear from anyone whose ancestors migrated from VA to Lincoln Co., and would especially like to know what county in VA they came from. 2. Would like to hear from anyone whose ancestors migrated from Lincoln Co. to Fayette Co., AL?or neighboring counties. 3. Can anyone tell me what the earliest Lincoln Co. records are, and where they reside? My online efforts aren?t turning up many early records. 4. Can anyone point me to a functioning (and free) 1830 census from Lincoln Co. Every time I find one and click, the site has been closed down. Or, if you have access to the census, could you do a lookup for me? The index shows John Howard, William Howard, and Christopher Howard. I?d like whatever there is on all three. Thanks ahead of time for any help. Whew! All that said---I?m looking for John Howard and trying to figure out who his parents were. John was b. VA, but I?m not sure whether he moved to Lincoln Co. as a small child with his parents, or as a married adult. His wife Rachel (last name possibly Sogden or Berry, also possibly a widow when she married John) was from MD. All of their children were born in TN, bet. 1822 and 1833, according to later census data. Lincoln Co. is established as the county the Howards lived in by family letters. The 1820 Lincoln census shows a William Howard with a male 18-26 in the household. A good possibility, but I need to get at those old records to figure out what?s going on. There is also a John Howard 18-26 on the same census who is possibly my guy, but not so much so. (Need that 1830 census!). In the mid-to-late 1830s, John?s and his probable brother, James. begin appearing on censuses, land patents, and elsewhere in Fayette, Co. AL., . They are not found on the 1840 Lincoln Census, but are found in Fayette Co. AL. Anyone researching the same line? I?ll be happy to share the information I have. Regards-Judy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:58:44 -0800 From: "Julia Molitz" <jmolitz@cox.net> Subject: [TNLINCOL] Abstract of William & Christopher Howards wills To: "TNLINCOL" <tnlincol@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <3DCC296672244D01B1624F5A1AED1916@Julia> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Judy WILLIAM HOWARD will was signed 2 Apr 1827, probated April term 1835. Youngest son BENJAMIN HOWARD age 19, will be 21 on Feb. 22, 1831. Youngest daughter FANER PARKER, oldest son CHRISTOPHER HOWARD, eldest daughter SARAH BOONE CHRISTOPHER HOWARDS died Oct 19, 1852 his will was made a few hours before his death on the same date. Wife JANE HOWARD, son WILLIAM HOWARD. A NEWRON LITTRELL is mentioned but do not know why. I just have abstracts of wills by Helen & Timothy Marsh but all children if mentioned in the will would be in the abstract. The Lincoln CO., Archives 1000-B West Washington St. Fayetteville, TN 37334 has many records and is the cheapest copies you will fine. If there are any the archives would have William & Christopher's probate records. They may have copies of wills I am not sure but you can get copies at the court house in Fayetteville by sending a stamped self address envelope and $5.00 for each. The cost may be more now & I do not have that address but you can Google it. As no John or James is mentioned in either above will it could be that they were brothers, cousins or nephews of William & Christopher but there are the two John's on the 1830 LCT census Correction to the below post. There was also a male 20-30 in the household. John Howard (very pale, I believe it says) 1 m 15-20 1 m 50-60 2 f 15-20 1 f 40-50 Good luck, Julia ------------------------------ To contact the TNLINCOL list administrator, send an email to TNLINCOL-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the TNLINCOL mailing list, send an email to TNLINCOL@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of TNLINCOL Digest, Vol 5, Issue 4 **************************************