Just to add to the Sneed (or Snead) family information. Benjamin Daniel married Margaret Brown in Caroline County, VA on 8 Sep 1790. Benjamin was, according to information I found in the Madison, IN public library, the son of William Daniel and Mary Snead. Benjamin and Margaret Daniel migrated, probably immediately after their marriage, to Mercer County, Kentucky. They are also mentioned in "Forks of the Elkhorn Church." Mary Snead was, again according to the information in the Madison, IN public library, a daughter of John Snead. John operated a public house in Caroline County, and appears several times in the court records renewing his license. His public house was located "near William Daniel's mill." I have found the record of Benjamin Daniel's marriage to Margaret Brown, but have not been able to find any record of a marriage of William Daniel to Mary Snead. All of these families, Brown, Daniel, Noel, Munday, and Snead/Sneed, appear to have migrated about the same time to Mercer County, Kentucky from Caroline County, Virginia. Margaret Brown was, according to Ermine Jett Darnell, a daughter of Berryman Brown and Mary Noel, who came to Caroline County from Essex County. There is a very well documented Noel family in Essex County, but so far I have not been able to connect Mary Noel to this family. Her father was reportedly Scott Noel. You are right, that this is a very difficult period to try to research in Caroline County. I'd say that was one of the understatements of the year. Oh, by the way, the "information in the Madison, IN public library," is a collection of pages in the Daniel Family Folder. They appear to have been copied from a family Bible, but their original source is not known. So far, all the information on these pages that I have been able to check in original sources has proven to be correct. Bill Brewer ----- Original Message ----- From: <EMelton532@aol.com> To: <VACAROLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 6:30 AM Subject: Sneed/Munday > Vickye: I have a secondary source on Sneed(Snead)/Munday(Monday) lines. The > book is FORKS OF ELKHORN CHURCH by Ermine Jett Darnell. On PP.264-266, she > writes: > A letter written by Harrison Blanton, of Frankfort (KY), states that his > grandmother, the wife of Richard Blanton, was a Sneed, being the aunt of > Achilles, Landon, and William Sneed, and of Thomas Redd of Franklin CO (KY) > and Samuel Redd of Lexington (KY). The record of Miss Kate Payne of > Lexington (KY) says that the wife of Richard Blanton was Nancy Sneed, sister > of > (1) Alexander Sneed, whose will in Mercer CO.,KY 1816, mentions his wife, > Susanna (d/o James and Nancy Broaddus Daniel), of Trigg CO,KY, and > a. Thomas, > b. Patsy Munday > c. Sally Brown > (2) Ruth married (1) Edmund Munday and had > a. Harrison who married Patsy Sneed (d/o Alexander) in Caroline CO., VA > b. Thomas, who operated a ferry at Munday's Landing (on KY River). He > married Susan Slaughter and they had Edmund, Vardeman, Robert, Gabriel, Lucy, > Polly, Reuben. > c.William > d. James married Joyce Chenault > e.Reuben > f. Lucy Brown > g. Elizabeth > h. Sally > i. Polly > j. Nancy married Christopher Chinn > and Ruth married (2) Robert Slaughter of Mercer CO.,KY in 1804. > 3. Mollie married Charles Brown. > 4. Lucy married Benjamin Newton > > This sounds as if it is at least one generation later than the Ruth > Sneed/Edmund Munday for whom you are searching. I am sure you are familiar > with William Lindsay Hopkins citations that places Edmund Munday as a brother > to James Munday and Benjamin Munday in a lawsuit against John Long, who had > served as guardian of James Munday. It appears that Catherine Long may have > been related to the Munday brothers. (page 113 of CAROLINE COUNTY, VIRGINIA > COURT RECORDS AND MARRIAGES 1787-1810). > The only marriage records for Sneeds in Hopkins is Alexander Sneed m Sukey > Sneed 11 Jan 1795; and Samuel Sneed m Polly Daniel 30 Sep 1797. This is all > the information I have readily at hand. > > I research Benjamin Munday who married Rachel Walden d/o John Walden and > Sarah Hastings. Benjamin Munday owned land adjoining that of John Walden who > lived near Kidd's Corner on the Mattaponi. This is not a direct line of mine > but I do descend from John Walden. I hope this information will give you some > further clues that will help your research. This is such a difficult time > period to do Caroline CO research so sharing information is always a great > idea. Eldred Melton >