Jeanne, Hi, I made it to the library yesterday. There is no marriage record for David in Harrison Co. Records. I think I may have founbd some additional Calwell marriages which I don't think was mentioned by others in the responses they posted to the list. I will check on them when I have more time. I did not have the index covering the C's names. I went ahead and ordered both of them. They should arrive in about ten days or so. Between now and then I will try to research the indexes of individual volumes but not all the Land Books have indexes with them. I did look at the cumulative records of land patents - I don't know if this is good news or bad news - but there was a John and James Caldwell who owned a lot of land in several different places. At least 41 tracts some of which were up to 59,000 + acres each most about 1000 acres. This John and James did not apparetly live in WV and probably were absentee land speculators a couple of possible matches lives in VA. I should be able to narrow them down pretty quickly once I get a bit more time to look at the dded books. Whether David is related to them or not - we will have to see. I can guess right now that David probably left about 1825. I noticed that George had $3500 worth of land in 1850 that's quite a bit- I suggest you get the land records from Cass CO, his earliest deed might say that he was from a particular place when he bought the land - it could be very revealing. I could not locate a record of David Casldwell in IN - he is not the one in Jefferson Co< IND in 1850 and 1840. Have you looked up all the David Caldwells' IN 1830-1850?? Where was George's marriage?? How about OH and KY? Have you identified any of his siblings?? I know what you mean about Death Records in IN - my David Swisher b. 1804 d. there in 1881 - same situation - no mention of his parents - but I found them!! I looked in the Cass Co. IN records Wills and Adm for a period to about 1850 - I did not find much. I am going to have to work 6 days this week so - I will try to do what I can the indexes will be a big help as long as Davide bought some land and sold it!! I will continue with this if you wish let me know - if you could send a check for twenty -five dollars I think I sent you my address in the last e-mail. Let me know, Paul Pettit -----Original Message----- From: Jeanne Silva <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, February 22, 2001 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Land Reccords? >Hi Jean >My g-grandfather was George Caldwell (no middle name). He was not married as >far as I know until he moved to Indiana and then in 1832 he married Lydia >Williams. I found married record at Indiana Univ website. He was listed in >1850 census in Cass Co Indiana with wife Lydia and these children. >Granville >Samantha >Martha >Amanda >Jasper >DeHart (My Grandfather) >They arrived in California in 1852(All the children except for Samantha and >Martha arrived in Ca. I remember my mother telling me that one of the girls >died and was buried along the Missouri River). They settled in Tulare Co. >They became prominent residence of the community of Visalia (They were >cattleman). I have been able to account for all of them up to their deaths. >There is a blvd named for the family in the town of Visalia and also I was >sent a picture were their property use to be which now has a large group of >homes on it that is called "Caldwell Ranch". >Hoping this will help. >Thanks Again >Jeanne >Although we have cemetery records, we do not have a death certificate which >would reveal his parents names. We also have a large section of the >cemetery where many of the family are buried. George Caldwell's grave stone >indicates he was born in Harrison Co WVA in 1808. I have access to all >family records (I believe) after he came from Indiana, but I do not know >when he moved from WVA to Cass Co. Indiana nor do I know if his mother and >father moved to Indiana or if they stayed in WVA. >George Marion >