Jane, Thank you very much, you are right,there are a lot of John Spencer's. He also had a son John Jr. Sondra Researching surnames : Ashford, McAtee, Elgin,McNier, James, Foley, Spencer, Snow, Conn. On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:11:45 -0500 Jane McCann Walsh <jmwalsh@icubed.com> writes: > At 03:31 PM 3/11/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi, > >Can anyone give me any help on my ancestor John Spencer. Between > 1765 to > >1826. > >Any help would be wonderful. > Hi, Sondra, > John SPENCER is not listed in Earl Core's first two books, covering > that > time period. > However, there was a Private Joseph Spencer in Capt. Daniel > Stewart's > company which served from Feb. 20 to March 4 in 1815. > > Samuel Wiley in his 1883 "History of Monongalia County" does mention > a John > on p. 444. If 1826 was his year of death, > this would not have been the same one. This one was a circuit riding > > Methodist Episcopal minister, appointed to the Redstone Circuit, > Monongahela District in 1828. > > The only John Spencer in the census for Monongalia County appears > there in > 1840. > > Perhaps your John Spencer was actually in another county. That was > a > popular name! > > Best regards, > Jane > > >