Hi Karen, I have included my Adams file in this message. The Blankenship file is to large to include here. I can send it as a GEDCOM file if you wish. Let me know. I hope the info will be useful to you. Lots of Luck, Ralph Descendants of ? Adams Generation No. 1 1. UNKNOWN1 He married ANNE ADAMS. Child of UNKNOWN and ANNE ADAMS is: 2. i. PLEASANT2 ADAMS, b. August 27, 1803, Russel VA. Generation No. 2 2. PLEASANT2 ADAMS (UNKNOWN1) was born August 27, 1803 in Russel VA. He married (1) NANCY UNKNOWN 1823 in VA. She was born in Russell VA, and died October 06, 1847 in Carter County,KY. He married (2) ELEANOR JONES October 31, 1847 in Carter co. KY. She was born 1826 in KY. Children of PLEASANT ADAMS and NANCY UNKNOWN are: i. CHARLES3 ADAMS, b. October 25, 1823, Russel VA; m. SARAH JANE BAYS, October 08, 1846, Grayson, Carter county, KY; b. 1830, VA. ii. ROBERT ADAMS, b. January 25, 1825, Russel VA. iii. WILLIAM ADAMS, b. March 01, 1827, Russel VA; m. ELIZABETH PORTER, March 21, 1847, Grayson, Carter county, KY; b. 1832, Lawrence,KY. iv. JAMES ADAMS, b. 1828, Russel VA; m. FREELOVE O'BRIEN, September 25, 1848, Grayson, Carter county, KY. v. RICHARD ADAMS, b. January 13, 1829, Lawrence,KY. vi. ELIZABETH ADAMS, b. July 10, 1831, Lawrence,KY; m. ELNAH TRIPLETT, January 25, 1852, Grayson, Carter county, KY. 3. vii. SYLVESTER ADAMS, b. May 05, 1833. 4. viii. DANIEL ADAMS, b. March 26, 1835, Lawrence,KY. 5. ix. AMANDA S. ADAMS, b. May 30, 1838, Lawrence,KY. x. JESSEE ADAMS, b. December 16, 1841, Carter County,KY; m. ELIZABETH FALAUGHER, January 02, 1867, Grayson, Carter county, KY; b. September 18, 1847, Carter County, KY; d. 1937, Huntington,WV. Children of PLEASANT ADAMS and ELEANOR JONES are: xi. MANERVA3 ADAMS, b. January 16, 1848, Carter County, KY. xii. ELIJAH ADAMS, b. January 26, 1849; m. NANCY BAYS, 1869, Grayson, Carter county, KY. xiii. ELIZA ELLEN ADAMS, b. March 15, 1852, Carter County, KY; m. JAMES CARROL, October 13, 1870, Grayson, Carter county, KY. xiv. L. MC ADAMS, b. March 13, 1854, Carter County, KY. xv. SIDNEY ANN ADAMS, b. September 26, 1856, Carter County, KY. Generation No. 3 3. SYLVESTER3 ADAMS (PLEASANT2, UNKNOWN1) was born May 05, 1833. He married JANE BAYS October 08, 1852. She was born 1835 in Ky. Children of SYLVESTER ADAMS and JANE BAYS are: i. WILLIAM4 ADAMS, b. 1854. ii. GREENE ADAMS, b. 1856. iii. ELIZABETH ADAMS, b. 1859. iv. DANIEL ADAMS, b. 1860. v. JAMES ADAMS, b. 1863. vi. MARY ADAMS, b. 1866. vii. ANDERSON ADAMS, b. 1869. 4. DANIEL3 ADAMS (PLEASANT2, UNKNOWN1) was born March 26, 1835 in Lawrence,KY. He married NANCY UNKNOWN. She was born 1845 in Ky. Children of DANIEL ADAMS and NANCY UNKNOWN are: i. F. M.4 ADAMS, b. 1864. ii. OSCAR ADAMS, b. 1865. iii. MATTIE ADAMS, b. 1865. iv. HILA ADAMS, b. 1869. v. CORA ADAMS, b. 1871. vi. VIOLA ADAMS, b. 1874. vii. RICHARD ADAMS, b. 1876. viii. JOHN ADAMS, b. 1877. ix. WILNETTIE ADAMS, b. 1880. 5. AMANDA S.3 ADAMS (PLEASANT2, UNKNOWN1) was born May 30, 1838 in Lawrence,KY. She married LEONARD "DOC" BAYS, son of WILLIAM BAYS and ANN KILGORE. He was born 1833 in Ky.. Children of AMANDA ADAMS and LEONARD BAYS are: i. LIZY (ELIZABETH)4 BAYS, m. PRATER. ii. BIRDY BAYS. iii. LAURA BAYS, b. 1867; m. (1) SHAFFER; m. (2) MARVIN PARSONS, March 17, 1889, home of Amanda Bays, Carter co. KY. 6. iv. PEARL MAY BAYS, b. 1874; d. 1925, Kilgore, Carter Co. Ky.. 7. v. ANN BAYS, b. 1856; d. 1920. Generation No. 4 6. PEARL MAY4 BAYS (AMANDA S.3 ADAMS, PLEASANT2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1874, and died 1925 in Kilgore, Carter Co. Ky.. She married STEPHEN DOUGLAS THOMAS, son of JAMES THOMAS and SARAH EASTERLING. He was born March 27, 1866 in Carter County, Ky Stenson area near Willard, and died 1960 in Rush/Kilgore, Ky. Children of PEARL BAYS and STEPHEN THOMAS are: i. CHARLES5 THOMAS, b. December 04, 1902; d. November 20, 1975, Scioto county, Ohio; m. CARRIE ETHEL SARGENT, December 23, 1922, /; b. September 04, 1904; d. August 1997. ii. CORNELIUS THOMAS, b. June 10, 1895; m. EFFIE HAGER. iii. EVA THOMAS, b. June 09, 1892; m. FRANK STANLEY. iv. FLOYD THOMAS, b. May 17, 1911; m. JANIE CLARK. v. FRED THOMAS, b. August 28, 1908; m. GERTRUDE SWEARINGEN. vi. GEORGE R. THOMAS, b. October 16, 1916; m. (1) ESTN SMEARGIN; m. (2) BEA SULLIVAN, October 28, 1940; b. September 04, 1920; d. March 09, 2000, Cary,NC, October 28, 1940. vii. GOLDIE THOMAS, b. October 22, 1897; d. January 09, 1985, Baltimore, MD; m. EVERETT JONES. viii. HATTIE THOMAS, b. 1888; d. 1909; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON GILLUM; b. March 11, 1880; d. January 06, 1929. ix. MAY THOMAS, b. May 16, 1906; m. WILL HANEY. x. VIOLA THOMAS, b. September 13, 1899, Kilgore, Ky; d. January 15, 1994, Gaithersburg, md; m. (1) CHARLES G. LANE, May 07, 1919, Welch, wva; b. June 28, 1899, Mouth of Wilson, Va; d. August 27, 1934, Iaeger, wva, May 07, 1919, Welch, wva. 7. ANN4 BAYS (AMANDA S.3 ADAMS, PLEASANT2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1856, and died 1920. She married JOSEPH M. THOMAS, son of JAMES THOMAS and SARAH EASTERLING. He was born 1854 in Carter County, Ky, and died 1920. Children of ANN BAYS and JOSEPH THOMAS are: i. JAMES A.5 THOMAS, b. 1871, ky.; d. March 1914. ii. MARTIN L. THOMAS, b. July 1879, ky.. iii. ELIZABETH THOMAS, b. 1885; m. FRANK HOFFMAN; b. 1883. iv. JAMES HENRY THOMAS, b. April 15, 1878; m. ANNA COLLINS, Abt. 1906. v. MATIN LUTHER THOMAS, b. July 29, 1879; m. MYRTLE FETTY, Abt. 1900. karen wood wrote: > > Ralph > What Adams and what Blankenships. I have a score of Adams (4 lines) and > Phebe Blankenship, d/o Hudson m. Lemuel Colbert in 1790 in Campbell and > moved to Pittsylvania in 1792. > Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ralph <crlane@erols.com> > To: <VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 9:04 PM > Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] surnames > > > Here are my surnames: > > Adams > > Bay/Bayes > > Blankenship > > Blevins > > Craft > > Easterling > > Hubbard > > Lane > > Meekins > > Oxley > > Pace > > Pope > > Six > > Sizemore > > Thomas > > Thornton > > > > I will be glad to share what I have. > > > > Ralph Lane > > > > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > > New folks are joining the list everyday. Have you posted your surnames > and/or queries recently? > >