Debbie William Johnston of Caroline Co., VA also went Culpepper Co. William's father -- Robert Johnston married was Peggy McClanahan --- daughter of Thomas McClanahan. I am trying to understand the migration from Caroline to Culpepper VA to Bourbon CO., KY. I know Robert Johnston left for Kentucky first from Virginia I have read that Capt. William Johnston owned 60 slaves when he left Culpepper Co., and then moved to KY. I am racking my brain trying to figure out how I would track down a listing of slaves he owned. McClanahan, Conns etc. have these business dealings in Culpepper. Do you have any idea what was going on? I'm trying to get a better understanding of when the families starting migrating from KY to VA and with whom were they doing business etc. Seems like I've seen something on the CONNS related to the Johnstons before. There are so many transactions between the families and their activities that it is hard to keep track. I picked up a copy sometime back on the Johnstons of Caroline CO., VA -- and the deed records to review are massive -- so is Otto Bayse's book on the Bayse family who intermarried with the McClanahans, Johnstons, Hickmans etc. -- there are a litany of transactions for land and slaves -- enough to keep you busy for 3-4 generations with large families to boot. The Thomas C. McClanahan I am interested in is this one: http://www1.iwvisp.com/bobkeyes/JamesWebbSr/ElijahEWebb.html#ELIJAH%20WEBB See the link for the Will of Thomas McClanahan Sr. Just trying to sort it out. traci wilson-kleekamp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie & Jim McArdle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:50 PM Subject: [KYBOURBO] Thomas McClanahan & Thomas Conn > Hi Traci! > > I watch for Thomas McClanahan only because of his association with Thomas > Conn. I have the following abstracts collected regarding Thomas > McClanahan. Maybe they are of no help to you, as you likely already know > he was from Culpeper County, Virginia . . . > > 1779: Thomas Conn shown in Parish of Bromfield, Culpeper County, VA. > Census. Thomas McClannahan deposed in Bourbon County in 1815 that he > knew Thomas Conn and his children in Virginia in 1779. Thomas > McClannahan is listed with a William McClannahan, both living in the > Parish of Bromfield. (Source: > http://www.melungeons.com/early_va/1779culpepecounty.htm which they show > they abstracted from Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #310, > Census Index:) > > 1815: May, Bourbon County, Ky. Order Book E, page 416; Thomas Conn's heirs > were, according to Thomas McClanahan Sr. who says he knew Thomas Conn: > Thomas, John, Cassandra Flournoy (late Conn), Hezekiah Conn, Sally Ware > (late Conn), William Conn, James Conn. Sworn to by Thomas McClanahan. A > Thomas McClanahan is found mentioned in "Culpeper - A Virginia County's > History Through 1920" as attending Baptist services in the late 1760s. He > is also listed as living in Brumfield Parish, Culpeper County, 1779, along > with Thomas Conn. McClanahan also served in the Kentucky House of > Representatives > (http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/KYBOURBO/2000-07/0964118992) in 1793 > with Notley. > > Note that the homepage for the first item is 'THE MELUNGEONS'. Was > Culpeper County, VA a large settlement for Melungeons? I'm wondering why > they included part of Culpeper County on this website. > > Hope some of this helps. > > Debbie