This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Arney, Earney, Erni Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VgB.2ACE/650 Message Board Post: Dear Arneys, I would like to make a request of each of you. I know you probably have your own documentation listed somewhere on the Internet, and that is fine. What I’m looking for is confirmation of the information I have obtained. I’m seeking definitive tangible proof of each of my Arney ancestors. So, since this is a web group, specifically for Arney, it seems the most specific place to ask. No, I’m not asking for all of your information, which would be far too vast. What I am asking for is: are you of the same direct bloodline as I am, and if so, is the information I have correct? So, my Arney bloodline is as follows: Jacob Arney – Peter Arney – Matthew Arney, Sr. – William Ervin Arney – Opha Jouett Arney – Stanley Gobel Arney – Jerry Kenneth Arney, Sr. – Stanley Allen Arney (myself) My grandfather's name was Stanley Gobel Arney born Nov. 27th, 1909 (died in 1979). His children were: Shirley Ray (male), Jouett Edgar (male), Bobby Joe (male), Billy Coe (male), Jerry Kenneth (male), Johnie Lucille (female), and Janice Elaine (female). My great-grandfather was Opha Jouett Arney born Jan. 30th, 1875 (died in 1956). His children were: Ervin (male), Myrtie (female), Waymon (male), and Stanley (male). My great-great-grandfather was William Ervin Arney born in 1841 (died in 1887). His children were: "John" Tom (male), William "Dib" Dibrell (male), "Opha" Jouett (male), Maude "Fount" Fountain (male), Myrtie (female), and Charley (male). My g-g-g-grandfather was Matthew Arney, Sr. born in 1818 (died in 1902). His children were: William Ervin (male), John P (male), Queen "Queenie" Ann (female), Matthew Porter (male), Josiah "Flem" Fleming (male), Mary Helen (female), Amanda Katherine (female), Ada Irene (female), Jefferson Davis (male). My g-g-g-g-grandfather was Peter Arney born in 1772, in Tryon County, North Carolina. He was orphaned and bound over to John Fullenwider in 1787. In 1790, he moved to Wythe County, Virginia where he married and began his family. Then between 1800 and 1802 he moved again to Overton County, Tennessee, where he settled and died August 16th, 1845. His children were: Henry (male), Margaret (female), Adam (male), Hiram (male), John (male), Lucretia (female), Matthew, Sr. (male), and James (male). My g-g-g-g-g-grandfather was Jacob Arney. We know that Jacob Arney moved his family from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in 1767. He left a will (the original will still sits in the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, NC) dated 1782. He died in 1784. His children are believed to be: Christian, Adam (Lawrence), Laurence, John Henry (Johann Heinrich), Elizabeth, Conrad, Peter, Catherine, Frederick, and Tobias. We know that Tobias followed Peter from NC to Virginia where Tobias also married, then followed Peter again to Tennessee. If you can provide any additional information that would be great (such as wives names, daughters married names, birth or death dates, etc.) Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to read this email. I deeply appreciate your time, consideration, and cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, Stan Arney Wichita, KS