That's great you have those records. I only knew they were in Barren County and the rest from A. C. Quisenberry's book. I always wondered who they were and how they fit into the Va Quisenberry's if they do at all.... LOL !! Marianne Dillow Jun 20, 2010 05:19:08 PM, vafauqui@rootsweb.com wrote: >Thanks for the info. I had names, dates, etc. but not much more. These >people are not actually in my line - Elizabeth Smith who married Page Quesenberry >was a daughter of my John B. Smith and his first wife Anne Ball. I think Zachariah's >name was actually Zacheus according to a suit filed by he, Page and Elizabeth regarding >her father's estate - see below: > >Power of Attorney, Barren Co., KY: >Know all men by these presents that We Zacheus Quesenberry & Page Quesenberry >& Elizabeth his wife of the County of Barren and State of Kentucky have Constituted >and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint William Warder of >the Said County and State our true and Lawful Attorney in fact for us and in our >names and Stead to ask for demand and Receive of Alexander Wealsh and Rebeckah his >wife Administrator and Administratrix of John Smith Deceased of the County of Fauquier >and State of Virginia all Sums of money that is due to the aforesaid Page Quisenberry >& Elizabeth his wife and to Francis Scott & Margaret his wife as a legacy >or part of the Estate of the aforesaid John Smith Dec'd. We do by our >presents vest our Said Attorney with full power and authority to Sue and prosecute >to Judgment recover & receive the aforesaid Legacy & receipt for the Same >& to do execute and perform all manner of acts and things for the recovery thereof > which we ourselves could do were we personally present and had done the same >ourselves in our own persons & to appoint an Attorney or Attorneys under him >for the purposes afaoresaid & to revoke them at pleasure hereby ratifying and >confirming whatever our said Attorneys may lawfully do in the above premises. >In Witness whereof we have set our hands and seals this 5th day of April 1817. >Signed: >Zacheus Quesenberry >Page Quesenberry >Elizabeth Quesenberry >State of Kentucky, Barren County, To Wit >I, William Logan, Clerk of the County Court for the aforesaid County do hereby >Certify that the within Power of Attorney from Zacheus Quesenberry and Page Quesenberry >and Elizabeth his wife to William Warder was on the day of the date hereof acknowledged >before me by the said Zacheus Quesenberry and Page Quesenberry & Elizabeth his >wife to be their act and Deed. She the said Elizabeth being by me examined >privaly and apart from her said husband declared that She did the Same freely and >Voluntarily without the persuations of threats of her Said husband & that she >thereby intends to convey her whole estate & Interest in the Estate therein >Specified & designs never to retract the same. >In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the seal >of said County this 15th day of April 1817. >W. Logan Clk. > >--- On Sun, 6/20/10, marlowest155@verizon.net >wrote: > > >From: marlowest155@verizon.net >Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] Moses Cushenberry and The Quisenberry Family of Virginia >to Kentucky >To: vafauqui@rootsweb.com >Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 12:45 PM > > >Hi Sandra, > >I have heard of your line in Barren Co., Ky but I don't know who they are. >In Anderson Chenault Quisenberry's book in the Appendix he has a >couple of letters from I. M. Quesenberry to someone who I can't tell who he >is writing to. > >One is dated 23 Jan 1888 Hisevile, Ky. He has written to his uncle Solomon >Quesenberry who was 80 years old to get the best history of the family that he can. >It says my father is dead and some of our family is in Richmond, Missouri. My grandfather >, Page Quesenberry , was born in Va. and his brother Zachariah >Quesenberry was a Methodist preacher, my grandfather moved from Va to Boyle Co., >Ky and lived at Perryville to Barren County in 1803. in 1803. > >The other letter is dated 1 Oct 1888 Parksville, Boyle Co., Ky. The letter >is written by I. M. Quesenberry. He bought a place there and says Page Quesenberry >was born in Fauquier or Culpeper Co., Va. in 1780 and his father James born in 1690, >as my uncle Solomon now 81 years old thinks... Note" he was probably born 1730 >or later. My grandfather Page Quesenberry moved from Va with Zachariah, his >brother, and they stopped at Perryville, Ky. and lived there one year and then moved >to Barren Co., Ky. , 5 miles from Glasgow. Since Zachariah was a Methodost preacher >he left Barren Co., Ky in 1840 and moved to Richmond, Mo.. Zachariah died >died 23 Sep 1864 at the age of 95 years. he was born in 1769. He left a widowed >daughter, Mrs. Bryant, in Richmond. Mo. and a son John P. Quesenberry who was a >merchant ther. > >He states that James Quesenberry was born in Va in 1690. His two sons were Zachariah >in 1769 and Page in 1690. Page had three sons, Joseph, Abel and Solomon. Joseph >died young. Abel was born in 1815 and died in 1883 leaving one daughter, Mrs. Hanks, >of Hart Co., Ky. and three sons , Y. M. Quesenberry, of Gordon City, Kansas, J. >W. Quesenberry of Hiseville, Ky. Ky, and myself (I. M. Quesenbery). >Solomon was born in 1806 and now lives near Glasgow, Ky. and has one son, I. W. >Queseberry and four daughters living.. one single, Lucinda.. and three married.. >Mrs. Kinnaird of Adair Co., Ky; Mrs. Breeding of El Paso, Tx.; and Mrs. Wood >of Hiseville, Ky. Zachariah had a daughter and two sons, Joseph and John. Joseph >died young in Richmond Co., Mo and John is a prosperous mechant there. The daughter >Mrs. Bryant lives with her brother John. > >After those two letters I must say that I have seen . this group in Barren >Co., Ky but never knew how they fit into the Quisenberry's of Va. On my Moses >Cushenberry in Bourbon Co. Ky and sons in Fayette Co., Ky they are all around the >Rev. James Quisenberry and his brother John and the names of some who came with >the Craig's with the Traveling church from Orange and Spostsvvania County in >Va. Rev. James Quisenberry left Va to Ky in 1783 and 1783 is the first >record found in Ky of my Moses Cushenberry and that surname has been spellled so >many ways including Quisenberry. > >I hope this helps if you didn't have this information. > >Marianne Dillow > >Jun 20, 2010 11:48:31 AM, vafauqui@rootsweb.com wrote: > >>I don't know how the Quesenberry/Quisenberrys that I have fit into this >list, >>but surely they must. >> >>James Quesenberry married Grace Page >>Sons Zacheus b. 1776 m. Mary Warder in Fauquier, and Page b. 1780 >m. Elizabeth >>Smith also in Fauquier Co. >>Zacheus and Page moved to Barren Co., KY and Zacheus on to Missouri. >Zacheus >>was a minister. >> >>Sandra