Do you know who the parents of Joanna Terry might be? She was born in Pittsylvania Co., VA in about 1801 and married Thomas Harris in May 1, 1825 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. She died in Grainger Co., TN in about 1880. Thanks Larry Hakel At 12:59 AM 10/8/2004, you wrote: >Subject: Re: Charles and Judith Terry >Judith Crawford Terry's Mother was Judith Crawford who was married to >Joseph Terry. Judith married her cousin Charles Terry. >Jean Terry

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1450 Message Board Post: An exciting DNA study has been initiated within the last year to "scientifically" aid family genealogists researching the surnames of Reed, Reid, Read, Riedt, etc. in establishing whether they share a common (Reed, et al) ancestor with a fellow Reed researcher or not. This is basically achieved by the use of a comparative, worldwide database of DNA samples collected from males having the surname of Reed (or any other spelling variant thereof). Lisa (nee Reed) Alther, the project coordinator for this study, strongly encourages any male having the surname of Reed (et al) to participate, as well as to forward this info onto others that may also be interested. Although the study began as a means to help identify the ancestral origins of our long-standing "brick wall", George Reed, Sr., who was apparently born c 1730 (in either Europe or PA), and died in 1807, in then-Montgomery Co., VA (present-day Floyd Co., VA). Regarding the usefulness of this study, it’s results can clearly be used to scientifically "rule in or out" a potential Reed ancestor for a given Reed researcher/study participant, especially when "the old paper trail" in one's genealogical research has "run cold". In short, it does so by analyzing select (12, 25 or 37) portions of the y-DNA sample (a mere cheek swab~ that's all) provided by a male Reed decendant/test participant, and comparing the results to other researchers/participants, to establish whether there's a close enough DNA match to conclude if two given participants share a common ancestor or not. Tests typically run from $99 (for analysis of 12 y-DNA markers ~typically sufficient), to approx. $169 for the 25-marker analysis (what I used~ a good middle-of-the-road choice for common surnames) to approx $229 for a 37-marker analysis (typically relegated for further analysis only, as 12 or 25-marker matches may warrant). Results are typically received w! ithin 6 to 8 weeks from the time you return the sample in the container they provide (via mail). In the end, should all 12 (or even 11 of 12) of your y-DNA markers match another area researcher's/participant's (in a 12-marker test), then you essentially know that you share a common Reed ancestor within the last couple of hundred years. On the other hand, should 3 or more y-markers be different, then any common ancestor (should one even exist) would likely extend back several hundred, or even thousands of years back, as these y-markers rarely mutate (only once about every 500 generations or so, if my memory serves me correctly). Should a perfect match be found, then each matching participant would be notified by the lab, and allowed to correspond/share research with each other, should they both consent to do so, etc. But doing so would then allow each participant to share their research, narrow down their research agenda using new/common leads, and, more importantly, eliminate from contention any potential Reed/Reid/Read ancestors (from previous research) whose descendant's sample doesn't match their own. Although that's basically "it in a nutshell", I would strongly recommend that all potential participants visit the websites provided elsewhere in this posting (for example, http://www.familytreedna.com ) for further background information on this study, as well as how to get started. As for me, I'm happy to say that I've already had one (12 for 12, y-DNA) match with another known George Reed, Sr. descendant (the project coordinator ~ the only match from the American database to date, I might add), which has, indeed, highly encouraged me. In fact, I finally sense that my long-standing brick wall will eventually come down - all with the help of modern-day scientific methods. In closing, I must point out that the more regional participants we have, the quicker we will be able to help identify exactly which Reed/Reid/Read descendants in the region are actually related (or not) - especially since family surname spellings have changed on more than one occasion over the centuries. In fact, a "Reed" residing VA in the 1780s, may very well have "Reid" descendants living in Missouri, as census takers, county clerks, etc over the last couple of centuries brought their own spelling "biases" or shortcomings to the table, if you will - most of which went uncorrected, and were sometimes adopted by a pioneer family that may not have either been educated enough, or caring enough to correct the record back then. Whatever the case, in the end, the notion that genealogists finally have a scientific tool (DNA analysis) to aid in breaking through our genealogical "brick walls", and helping identify our true immigrant ancestor's homeland is quite exciting, to say th! e least. In closing, I must remind you that this study is for "ALL" male Reed/Reith/Reid, etc descendants to participate in, not just those suspected of descending from the aforementioned George Reed. As stated earlier, the larger our (US and European) database, the greater potential for making more genetic connections with other participants, and the sooner we'll be able to obtain "real" headway in our genealogical research. European databases, by the way, are growing every month as well, and even predate those in America (dating before 2000). They are also available on the web for comparing results - a very exciting notion as well. Bob P.S. Again, only "males" having the surname of "Reed. "Reid", Read","Reade", "Rieth", "Riedt", "Riet", etc can participate in this study. ============= Hi, Bob, Nice to hear from you. I believe my sister-in-law, Dale Reed, has been in touch with you in the past (if it's the same Bob Reed) and has told me about the important research angles you've already covered. Your work, along with Susan Jurban's on Reed deeds in the Franklin County, VA area, and Charles Thomas's on Reed taxes in the same area, led us to believe that if information concerning George's wife, parents, and country of origin were embedded in the documents, one of you would have found it by now. Hence, the resort to DNA. To answer your questions, the Y-DNA test costs $99 at our group rate. Only the kit number and marker numbers appear on the public website, no names. And if a participant prefers, those numbers can remain private too. As to reliability, you can find the statistics in a DNA tutorial at http://www.familytreedna.com. In brief, a male carries the same Y chromosome as his father, grandfather, etc. But a mutation occurs, on average, once every 21 generations or so. In our particular case, my father (descended from George via George, George, George, and William Henry) has a rare Y pattern with no matches in the databases. So if D.L. Reed (the participant who's descended from Caspar Riedt) should match him, it's almost certain they have a common ancestor several generations back (can't remember how many without looking at the charts!). If they don't match, we still have to find another male from each line to test, in order to rule out a non-paternity event. My father's Y haplogroup is I, which suggests the Anglo-Saxon/Viking areas as a place of origin. My grandfather had always said he thought he was Scottish, but my father's markers aren't at all close to those of the Reids in Clan Duncan. Nevertheless, our Reeds could still be from an area in Scotland that was invaded by Germanic or Viking peoples. I'm afraid I haven't explained this well, but a website with a good DNA tutorial is http://www.kerchner.com/dnalinks.htm I'd be delighted to have you participate in the Reed DNA project if it should appeal to you. We'd especially love to have you since you're descended from Andrew. If your markers and my father's matched, then we would know for sure that we have the correct pattern for George the First. You could sign up via me or via the Reed Surname Project page at http://www.familytreedna.com. Please do consider it. It would be a real bonus for our study. Don't hesitate to write again with any concerns or questions, and I'll do my best to address them. ============================================ http://genforum.genealogy.com/reed/messages/11942.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Westbrook, Davis, Meade Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3AC.2ACE/1449 Message Board Post: Tilghman WESTBROOK b. abt 1801 married Lucy DAVIS b. abt 1795, in Pittsylvania Co. VA on 15 Oct 1824. By 1825 they were living in GA when their first son, Benjamin was born. It appears that Lucy or Tilghman had been married before because there are two children, Louisa? and William H. on the 1850 Gilmer County, GA census with them who were 25 and 24 years old at that time, making their births about 1824/1823. That same census shows Lousia and William's births in VA. I have read some earlier posts about a Lucy MEADE who was married to a William DAVIS and wonder if they are the same lady. Would like to know more and find out if I'm looking in the right direction. Does anyone have knowledge of any of these people? Deanne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Terry, Midkiff,Barbour,Damron,Smith,Tinsley,Nelson,McCann Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3AC.2ACE/1369.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Judith Crawford Terry's Mother was Judith Crawford who was married to Joseph Terry. Judith married her cousin Charles Terry. Jean Terry

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1420.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Linda, I hadn't thought of that.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1420.1 Message Board Post: If you live near a Family History Center, you can order those records on microfilm.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sykes, Sikes, Moore Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1448 Message Board Post: I need help getting the directions to a family cemetery! The last time I was there someone else drove and I did not pay attention to the mileage. Hopefully you or someone you know is from the immediate area and might give/know specific driving directions. It is the Sykes (Sikes)-Moore cemetery. It is located off Mountain Hill Road (out highway 58 going east, past the airport). The property belonged to the Sykes and Moore families as late as the 1960s. I don't think that anyone lives on the property (so there is no mailing address). Also, I am thinking that there were signs that the property now belongs to a hunting club. You can't see the cemetery from the road/gate because it is off the main road about a hundred yards (I'm guessing) and behind a cinderblock tobacco barn. My information is so spotty, please email if you need more information. I hope you can help.

Judy, your email would not let me message to you in. Check your controls for email. Beth

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Powell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3AC.2ACE/1447 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate descendants of the follwing Powell Families: (1)Robert Powell b. 1747 & wife Catherine? children are: Elizabeth, Robert, Nancy, Sarah, Frances, William, Jane & Charles. (2)Charles Powell b. 1788 & Lucinda Hancock children are: Lewellyn, Sophia, Charles, Robert, Sarah & Frances (3)Charles L Powell b. 1821 & Nancy Edwards b. 1819 children are: Charles A, Livinia, Vincent, Lewis, Homer, Robert, Lucitta, Elizabeth, Nancy, Emma & William.

For more information email Beth Shields at [email protected] The Gosney Family in America New book, that updates and greatly expands the Gosney Family genealogy is coming your way. This book covers Gosneys and collateral family lines for over 300 years of American history. · 2 volume, 8½ x 11, hard bound, over 1400 pages, on acid-free paper. · Full index with over 28,000 names, listing females by maiden and marriage names. · The 3 main branches of Gosneys with collateral families, plus a major Twig and several "Gosney Waif" lines, not yet connected to the Gosney tree. · Early Gosney family tree chart of 5 generations in the front of each volume. · Shows movement from Virginia shore through Kentucky, Missouri, etc. to west coast. · Extensive documentation of family data with sources cited. · Appendix for geographical locations with Gosneys or collateral families in all 50 states. · Appendix listing cemeteries with driving directions. · Shows bloodlines, how they relate and spouse's parents' names when known. · Cross referenced for multiple marriages and lineages. · Some collateral family names are Adams, Allen, Allender, Anderson, Aulick, Baker, Barton, Belk, Bills, Bowers, Brann, Bradford, Bray, Bryan, Burton, Buckner, Byrd, Caldwell, Chapman, Clanton, Cox, Crow, Daniel, Davis, Dawson, Deatherage, Derringer, Dudley, Dunaway, Fisk, Flood, Foster, Garrett, Griffin, Hackamack, Hall, Harrison, Helm, Hopkins, Jones, Lummis / Loomis, Maddox, Melton, Merricks, Mullins, Mustain, Price, Prichard, Pruitt, Randall, Ritz, Sasnett, Shelton, Simpson, Smith, Strode, Tarvin, Thornton, Waibel, Ward, West, Yancey, Yeatts, Yelton, and many many more. · Limited printing. Save on Pre-publication price including shipping and handling until Oct. 31, 2004. Regular price includes shipping and handling after Nov. 1, 2004. Send payment and order form to: Beth Shields 11660 68th Ave. Seminole, FL 33772 For more information call 727-397-0800 or email [email protected] I want ___________ set(s) of the The Gosney Family in America book. Enclosed is my check or money order for $_________________________ Please send to ________________________________________________ At this address _______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ E-mail address________________________________________________ Acknowledgement of pre-publication orders will be sent.

There has been quite a flurry of ADAMS & BURTON queries and answers. Was John ADAMS md to Nancy BURTON dau of Elisha/Elijah BURTON of Pittsylvania Co Va, Logan County KY and Marion County Illinois, related to some of these ADAMSES? There was talk that Nathan ADAMS was his father or could that be greatgrandfather? Could someone straighten me out? Also I descend from William Russell, and wife Ann unknown, through son, Philip b 1765, all lived in the Sandy River ?,and Birches Creek area, they seemed to have left there about 1790 + - a few years. Philip to Montgomery Co TN, and William to the Green River area of KY. There were other children besides Philip, does anyone know any of the other children? Thanks, Kathleen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1446 Message Board Post: The North Carolina Genealogical Society is sponsoring a two-day workshop, THE NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA CONNECTION, Helen Leary and Barbara Vines Little, speakers. The workshop will be held Nov. 12 & 13, 2004 (Friday & Saturday) at the Wake Commons Building, 4011 Carya Drive, Raleigh, NC. Friday, Nov. 12: "Colonial Settlement Patterns, Records, and Research Techniques" (Leary) "Virginia Research I" (Little) "Virginia Research II" (Little) "Migrations Into, Through and Out of North Carolina" (Leary) Saturday, Nov. 13: "The Carolina Road" (Little) "Virginia Suburbs in North Carolina" (Leary) "The French and Indian War: Its Impact on Migration" (Little) "How Much Proof is Enough?" (Leary) Helen F. M. Leary, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, has been a professional genealogist since 1978. She is a Certified Genealogist, Certified Genealogical Lecturer, Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, and a Fellow of the National Genealogical Society. She is the coeditor of and contributing author to North Carolina Research: Genealogy and Local History and revision editor for the second edition. She speaks with authority, accuracy, and humor about a wide range of genealogical and historical topics. Barbara Vines Little, B.S., Concord College, M.Ed., U. of Va. has been a professional researcher since 1982. She specializes in Virginia record sources, land platting, neighborhood reconstruction and tax records. Barbara is a former President of the Virginia Genealogical Society and was the Program Chair for the 1999 NGS Conference in the States. She has been the editor of several genealogical publications including the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Der Kurier, and the Virginia Genealogical Society’s Newsletter. She has published three volumes of Virginia court records and lectures widely. Membership information is also available on the web site. Maps showing the location of the Wake Commons Building in Raleigh may be found at http://dirm.state.nc.us/happ/Map2Comns.pdf and http://www.ncgenealogy.org/workshops/2002/caryadrivemap.html Details and registration information for this Annual Meeting & Fall Workshop are available at http://www.ncgenealogy.org/ by clicking on Calendar or Workshops on the left side of the page, then on Annual Meeting & Fall Workshop.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1370.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Joe!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1369.1.2.1 Message Board Post: If your Judity Crawford Terry is the daughter of David Crawford and Elizabeth Smith , We have a connection But I have her being married to Joseph Terry

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eanes/Keatts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1385.2.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi there cousin Betty, I am so glad to find you looking too. I was at my grandfather's funeral, but since I met so many people there my memory is overwhelmed as to all of them. I am so glad you all remember my grandfather so fondly. I know he was not perfect but I loved him dearly, even if I lived so far away many times and didn't get to grow up so close to him. He was always so good to me as a child and he so warmly welcomed my husband and adopted daughters whenever I brought them home to the farm. I am in no way a farmer and never will be but still to this day I love farms. Of course I still worship the ground my daddy walks on, he will always be my hero and a legend whose shoes none of us could ever fill. I definitely know that my grandfather and father loved me, I never suffered from lack of that love. Times with Grandpa are some very wonderful memories for me. I was not raised on the farm or in the country but I still hold touches of it in my heart. I am a lucky girl to have had all these warm memories to keep me for life. My fondest hope is that I can leave this world leaving warm memories of me to another generation like he did for me. I can't wait till my little grandson Aidan gets a little older and I can share my memories with him one day. My daddy is on travel in Dallas this week but I can't wait to tell him who else I have found searching. He still gets pleasantly amused with my crazy searching in our past. Did you know all the time when I was growing up my daddy could never stand to go into his parents living room at the house on South Hunter St because he said that they laid his Grandma Nora out in that very room when she passed? I can tell you I can barely remember him spending much time at all in there, then again not many of us did. I always remember it being so dark with the curtains drawn tight. But I do remember Grandpa sitting there in the dark watching HeeHaw and Grand Ole Opry, he never said much then, he often scared me because he looked so dark and depressed then. I can remember Grandpa Archie but by then he seemed so small and frail to me, bald, thin and soft spoken with age I reckon. The one memory that sticks with me was that he would always split a stick of Juicey Fruit Chewing! Gum with me. I also remember some type of birthmark on his little bald head under that hat he used to wear. I swear one of my cousin Little Jimmy's boys was born with that same brithmark. I remember that little old "cottage" as one might nicely call it that Archie used to live in next to the hen house at my grandparent's pink house. I remember once someone told me he used to have the front bedroom in the main house until Jerry, Doris and Annette came back from Florida. When I used to visit they would let me play in the back porch room with the piano and I would sleep back there or on a cot in their room near the stove when it would get cold. I would walk past his "cotttage" to collect the eggs. I never got to know him until he was very old and sweet but I did love that little old man who I seldom got to see, he was so sweet to me too. I was sad that I was overseas when he passed and couldn't be there. I also so wished I had gotten the chance to meet Grandma Nora but I know her family loved her and worshiped the ground she walked on too. I have pictures of the old house site near your family plot, as well as the plot itself, that my daughters made me take when I brought them out there to the farm to visit. One day I will explain more about that to you. I will try to copy whatever pictures I can find and will shared them with you all. I am hoping to get a chance one day to relocate those that my grandmother has "not been able to locate"for me in the past. I have to say, I very warmly remember your mother she has always been such a sweetie putting up with my unceasing questions about the family whenever I have had the chance to see her a weddings or funerals. She was so welcoming and patient and always such a charming lady. I only wish I had more of a chance to know her better when I was growing up, maybe then I would have had the chance to know the real her instead of using her memories to help fill in the gaps in my life. Please keep in contact with me, I would love to connect more with the family in the time we all have remaining. I want to pass my heritage on to the daughters that we raised as our own and whom the family welcomed so warmly and our sweet angel of a grandson who is the apple of my daddy's eye as well as all that meet him.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Keatts/Brumfield Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1385.3.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Sam, I am so excited that you have found all this info for me. I can't believe my great luck that this book exists, it is a major discovery in my search. Thank you so very very much. You have made my day. You said to check with the Danville Library, correct? I really hope that someone still has a copy of it, that would be so great for me. Did you happen to notice the number of children as being 9 several times in the different generations, interesting isn't it? Does anyone know where the Keatts came from? I do remember seeing a picture of a gentleman when I was growing up ( it may have been a CDV-carte de visitation? or cabinet card ) it mentioned that he was either David or Richard Keatts from what I can remember and it listed dates on it of aprox 1904 but I can't remember all of it, I was just a teenager when I last saw it in the mid 1980's, my grandmother Elmittie Eanes (daughter-in-law of the late Nora Mae Keatts Eanes) had it then. I know it did mention something about Ri! chard and David being brothers on the back. The photo looked to have been from the late 1800's to early 1900's from what I remember and may have had a Asian inspired decoration like a big peacock shaped rattan chair and I thought that the man looked like he had what we used to call a "FuManChu" mustache or other facial hair, but from what I can remember learning about styles in that era is was not uncommon to notice those hints of style. I hope one day to be able to again locate that picture, that was one of the many starting points for my curiosity as a teen as to who my ancestors were. Do you know very much about this book? Do you think that maybe the State Library might know about it also? So I gather that the correct spelling is Brumfield possibly, I never could tell for sure from the handwriting I have seen, but I also know that some cousins also mention Broomfield, any connections? Thanks so much again for all your help. People like you are so special to people like m! e.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: keatts Correction Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1385.3.1.2 Message Board Post: The "Fruit of the Garden" book by Jubal Towler states Alvie was a son of David Keatts the brother of Richard C. Keatts and Randolph Keatts . It also states these 3 were sons of Elthred (sp?) Keatts.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1370.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: 20 census of Scott Co.,VA [Name of Head of Household - free white males 0-10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, over 45, free white females 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, over 45] Adams, James - 300010-00010 Adams, Nathan - 200100-00100 Adams, William - 301001-23101 Agee, William - 300110-22210 There was a William Adams in the 1840 census of Scott Co. 11001 : 11001. He appears to have been son of William Adams and Fanny Meacham who had move to Floyd Co.,KY. But he was also the father of Polly Adams who married Corbin Lane.Wm. & Fanny were in the 1820 census of Scott Co.,VA with four sons & six dau's. He was a bondsman while in Scott Co.,VA numerious records indicate this. He is not in any other census of Scott Co.,VA. He was in the 1830 census of Floyd Co.,KY & lived their lives out there. It is believed they went to Ky abt 1828.fm Bk 1 pg 13 Wm. & wife Fanny of the Co. of Scott of 1st part & Samuel Lane of said Co of the other part in consideration of sum of one hundred dollars.Bk 2 pg 188 Wm. & Fanny sold land to Nathan Richardson They were in the 1850 Floyd Co., His children were scattered all over Ky one went to Mo. just one stayed in Scott Co.,VA and I descend from her.Larkin Son of William anf Fanny married Lydia Thompson in Liverty Morgan Co.,Ky. 16 Dec 1828

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1445 Message Board Post: Can anyone help me? Still looking for info for George W Midkiff bOct 12 1820 d aft 1880. He married Martha J White in Pittsylvania Co VA Dec 18, 1844.Martha died July 9 1856 in Pittsylvania Co. They had a son,Daniel, who died Aug 3 1855 in Pittsylvania Co. George and the rest of his family later moved near Radford,VA. Thank You for any help. Larry Carter

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1370.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The Larkin Adams you mention: Is this the son of William Adams and Frances Meacham? That is how I have him listed. Larkin married 16 Dec. 1828 at West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky to Lydia Thompson.