W. C. Strickland, Jr. wrote: > > I am new to this board and wanted to present my research to date. > > Yancy Loy b. about 1818 in Tennessee or North Carolina married > Eliza ?? b. about 1845 in Tennessee > Children: > John W. Loy b. about 1864 > Nancy A. Loy b. about 1866 > Martha J. Loy b. about 1868 > Sarah S. Loy b. Feb. 1870 > Joel Loy b. about 1874 > James Henry Loy b. 25 Dec. 1877 > all above born in Tennessee > > James Henry Loy married > Pollyanna Lemons (b. March 1883) in 1899 - 1900. > Children: > Mattie Bell > James Henry, Jr. > William Ernest > Cora Ann > > All the above information is from Rhea County Census data and Family > Bible. I think that Eliza was Yancy's 3rd wife. Others from census > were Mary __ and Sarah __. > > Hope to find some cousins. > Cindy Strickland > Cincinnati, OH Cindy, >From "A Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties TN, 1808 - 1850" page 254 LOY 1840 Census Yancy Loy 00001-21001 1850 Census Yancy Loy 33 (NC)(Farmer), Sarah 40 (NC), Elizabeth 15 (NC), Sarah M. 13 (NC), Mary J. 11, George W. 8, Priscilla 6 p. 580-290 I would say that Yancy probably married Sarah in NC. >From "Rhea County, TN, Census, Marriages, and Tax Records 1850-1900" Marriages: Yancy Loy to Eliza Hassey, Mar 14, 1865 (Mar 17), W W Low JP 1-#1088 Martha Loy to Sam Lemons Jan 8, 1889 (Jan 10), D L Ferris? MG 1-567 Priscilla Loy to Wm E KeelenApr 3 1861 (Mar 4), E Pyott JP 1-#751 Elizabeth Loy to John Keeling,Sep 1, 1860 (Sep 2), J I Cash MG 1-#724 Jane Loy to James Hale, Dec 11,1867 (Dec 12), G W Renfro MG 1-#987 1860 Census Yancy Loy 45, Mary 40, Elizabeth 25, Jane 22, George 20, Priscilla 18, Malinda 16 1-96-652 1870 Census Malinda Loy 32, Hubbert W 12, Jqane A 10 1-2-14 Yancy Loy 52, Eliza 25, John W 7, Nancy A 4, Martha J 2, Sarah S 4/12 1-22-143 1880 Census Eliza Loy 30, John 15, Nancy 13, Martha 11, Sarah 8, Joel 6, James 2 12-5-40 Notice the age difference's between 1870-1880. 1900 Census Meigs County James ? Loy -- (--M O), Polly 17 (Mar 1883-M 0-0) 7-67a-72 Ahhhhaaa! In Meigs county there is a marriage copied as: Henry (James Henry?) Loyd to Polley Lemons, Nov 28, 1899 (Nov 30), James Edgemon JP 6-542 Hope this helps a little Larry