Samuel MILLER, born in VA. ca 1830-1840's, married Margaret BROOFMARE, or BROOFMAN, born in VA. ca same time period. They had a son, Samuel Shields MILLER, born 18 March 1860, VA., died 4 Jul 1927, Cabell Co., West Virginia. Seeking marriage, or birth information, parents and siblings, and additional children. Any help would be very much appreciated! Brenda in MS.

Hello everyone, I'm part of a group of people, researching Clarks and all their related families. We've constructed 6 webpages giving (Direct Line Descendancy's) of the lines from which some of us descend and/or are researching. It's at http://members.tripod.com/ClarkCousins/ (Note: Many of us are cousins who have found each other online while researching Clarks.) If you're researching a Clark line, please drop by and see if we have any information on your Clark line. You might even be another cousin. If you only have one Clark in your family, you might want to drop by and try to find out if you're related to any of us. Keep in mind these are not complete charts, they contain only the basic direct line descendancy of that Clark researcher. If you feel you may have a connection to any of the lines, please contact us at clarkgenealogy@iname.com If your Clark line isn't there already, you can contribute your own Clark line for posting, if you like. It might help you find new family info or maybe even meet a cousin you never knew you had. Bill SOME CLARK'S AND RELATED SURNAMES Adams, Allen, Anthony, Ball, Bandy, Bartee, Bateman, Bell, Bennett, Biggs, Bird/Byrd, Blankenship, Bolling, Bowers, Bowles, Buford, Caddell, Campbell, Carden, Carter, Cheadle, Clark, Cochran, Cunningham, Dodson, Dotson, Doyle, Durnell, Ellison, Frazier, Gearheart, Gibson, Gourley, Halstead, Hamilton, Harris, Harvey, Hawkins,Henderson, Hendrick, Holladay, Hollandsworth, Ingram, Johnson, Kegley, Kelly, Kirk, Law, Lilly, Lineweaver, Lynch, Manning, Mansfield, Marsh, Martin, Maxey, McBride, Meador, Melvin, Miller, Mize, Moore, Moorman, Moye, Munday, Neighbors, Nunn, Pannell, Parcell, Park, Parsell, Pate, Peak, Poe, Poindexter, Ramsey, Ratcliff, Reedy, Rhymer, Roland, Seaton, Shrewsbury, Simpson, Snead, Spencer, Squires, Stables, Stanley, Stith, Stone, Stone, Stovall, Stroud, Taylor, Terrill, Vance, Wheeler, Wright, Wyrick KNOWN LOCATIONS All of Virginia, All of Maryland, All of Delaware, Northern North Carolina, Western Tennessee, Western Kentucky, South Eastern West Virginia.

FYI -- I didn't realize that the message went to the list, so I replied privately. Then I saw the message on the list, so am forwarding my reply to the list. -- Mary Taffet mdtaffet@syr.edu "Mary D. Taffet" wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. > > I honestly don't know whether it will help my research or not. Conrad > is a name mentioned in some of the earlier letters (mentions a Jacob > Conrad, in a letter written about 1840). I know that Diana Smith Yancey > married a George Oliver Conrad. One of their descendants, Jessie > Conrad, married Howard Kemper Gibbons. I recall Cousin Jessie with > great fondness, but didn't realize until long after she died that she > was a Yancey descendant. I always thought our connection was through > Howard. I recall him with great fondness as well, though he did tend to > sleep quite a bit when we went for visits. > > My grandmother was Charlotte Yancey, wife of James Hillyer Boice. > > I have the book by Rebecca Yancey on descendants of William Layton > Yancey & Frances Lynn Lewis. It mentions the Thomas Kennerly > Harnsberger that you listed below. I have a sneaking suspicion that the > line I will find to be most relevant is that of Jeremiah Harnsberger and > his wife Elizabeth Miller. I am now assuming that they had a child > named Will, and that she had a brother named Jacob. This is of course > only a guess, but I think it's a good guess, because Jeremiah was close > enough to Jackson's camp for Jackson to come for visits now and then. > > Do you have anything on Jeremiah? > > -- Your Yancey cousin (& probably cousin in other lines as well...), > Mary Taffet > mdtaffet@syr.edu > > CMSANFO@aol.com wrote: > > > > Mary > > > > I'm sure that I'm somehow related to the line you researching .... I have a > > Elizabeth Kisling married to a Edward Stevens in the 1800 time frame. Their > > son Jacob Richard Stevens married in 1850 a Sarah Ursula Conrad b1819. Sarah > > parents were Henry Conrad b1789 and Sarah Harnsberger B 1794 and they were > > married 1813. > > > > I have Anne Virginia Yancey b1828 married in 1855 to a Thomas Kennerly > > Harnsberger b1826. > > > > I have several Jacob Miller in my line... One was born in 1769 his wife is > > unk and it is believed he has a dau named Susan Miller b1793 that married in > > 1810 George Conrad b 1785. > > > > All of these families are from the Elkton area of Rockingham Co. > > > > I have a fair amount of information on the Miller/Harnsberger/Conrad lines > > that I'm willing to share if you think it will help your research...

Mary I'm sure that I'm somehow related to the line you researching .... I have a Elizabeth Kisling married to a Edward Stevens in the 1800 time frame. Their son Jacob Richard Stevens married in 1850 a Sarah Ursula Conrad b1819. Sarah parents were Henry Conrad b1789 and Sarah Harnsberger B 1794 and they were married 1813. I have Anne Virginia Yancey b1828 married in 1855 to a Thomas Kennerly Harnsberger b1826. I have several Jacob Miller in my line... One was born in 1769 his wife is unk and it is believed he has a dau named Susan Miller b1793 that married in 1810 George Conrad b 1785. All of these families are from the Elkton area of Rockingham Co. I have a fair amount of information on the Miller/Harnsberger/Conrad lines that I'm willing to share if you think it will help your research...

Hello, With regard to my inquiry about a letter writer yesterday, I have determined that the letter was written by Mary Gibbons (8/31/1810-01/10/1905), 2nd wife of my ggg-grandfather William Burbridge Yancey. I think that "Cousin Will" may have been a "Will Harnsberger" that is mentioned in another letter. Does anyone have information on a Will Harnsberger, especially one that had an uncle named Jacob Miller? -- Thanks, Mary Taffet mdtaffet@syr.edu

I am a descendant of John Clough, born in approximately 1749. There is a record of him in Rockingham Co. in the 1784 census under the name spelling of "CLUFF". He moved to Harrison Co., KY with a land grant and died there. Does anyone have a connection to him? Barbara Clough Hannah Cincinnati

FYI -- I just ran across a web page that provides much historical information on the Kisling line: http://www.megsinet.com/~sharprm/library/kesling.htm Ann Kisling was the mother of the Frances Virginia (Kemper) Gibbons who may have been the receiver of that letter I inquired about earlier. According to this webpage, Ann's father Jacob Kisling had a sister named Catherina Kisling who married a Jacob Miller. I wonder if this could be the Jacob Miller referred to in the letter. Does anyone know anything at all about the Jacob Miller who married Catherina Kisling? If so, I would like to hear from you. Jacob Kisling is my ancestor through two different lines of descent. His daughter Ann Kisling married 1st John Pence & 2nd Rodham Kemper -- this is the line discussed just now (Kisling > Kemper > Gibbons). Jacob's daughter Christina Kisling married Joseph Mauzy -- their daughter Julia Mauzy is also my ancestor through the Kisling > Mauzy > Winsborough > Yancey line. My great-grandparents were William Lewis Yancey and Mary Ashby Gibbons -- both descendants of Jacob Kisling. -- Mary Taffet mdtaffet@syr.edu

Hello all, I have a bit of a puzzle on my hands, and am hoping that somebody can help. I am in possession of a fair number of old letters, most written to my gg-grandmother Frances Virginia (Kemper) Gibbons (6/16/1830-8/26/1912; born in Cross Keys). I am trying to transcribe these letters. I would like to add some notes regarding the individuals discussed in the letters, but am finding that difficult because I really don't know who everybody is. The letter I am asking about right now was written on May 12th & 13th, 1862. It is addressed to "My Dear Sister", and is signed "Mary". Unfortunately it does not have an envelope with it, so I don't know for sure who the receiver was, and therefore don't know for sure who sister Mary was. [I have a number of letters with no envelopes, as well as a number of envelopes with no letters; matching the two sets so far appears to be pointless.] There are some clues in the letter that may be useful in determining the identity of the sender and receiver. The letter refers to a "Cousin Will" and also to Cousin Will's uncle "Jacob Miller". I went to the 1850 Census Images for Rockingham County just now (both the Kemper and Gibbons family are found in Rockingham County), but there were so many listings for "Jacob Miller" that I just didn't know how to identify the right one. Does anybody know of a Jacob Miller who had a nephew named Will? I believe it is possible that Will was shot by the end of the letter, but don't remember for sure. Wherever the letter writer lived, she mentioned Jackson's army, and a "Camp", obviously a military camp, that was within walking distance of her home. She was close enough to be feeding soldiers on a regular basis. She mentioned Moorfield, McGaheysville and Staunton. Other names mentioned include Jane, Sarah, Bob (who had a new baby not yet named), one hard to read, but which I assume to be Layton, and also a "Cousin Sims". If you can help me identify any of these people, I would be very grateful, but I would be particularly grateful if you can identify Jacob Miller and nephew Will. Robert Allen Gibbons, husband of Frances, had a sister named Sarah Ann Gibbons who married a William Shanks Miller. Whether this is "Cousin Will" or not, I have no idea. When I finish transcribing the letter (hopefully today) I will send it to the list in case that will help with the identification. In case anyone is interested -- the earliest letter in that pile was written in 1840 from Christina (Gibbons) Hammer to her sister Elizabeth (Gibbons) Armstrong in Palistine, Cooper County, Missouri. Christina and Elizabeth were sisters of Robert's father John Gibbons who married Jane Elizabeth Ke(i)ffer -- all were children of Isaac Gibbons & Mary Gangwer (born & married in Pennsylvania). -- Mary Taffet mdtaffet@syr.edu

> > Good Morning All, > > > > My James H. Harris was born about 1819 somewhere in VA. > > He married Elizabeth P. Mateer b.abt.1819, on May 25, 1847 in Rockbridge > Co. > > VA > > > > > > Could someone check for me on marriages??? By any chance is there > another > > marriage for Elizabeth P. Mateer? It would have taken place before 1819 > and > > she would have married a Miller or a Bare/Bear. > > > > It is quite the puzzle! The Bear name does fit into my family somewhere > as > > I find Josephine Bear age 15 living with James and Elizabeth on the 1860 > > census record. > > > > Further exploration of this turned up an Elizabeth Bear living with the > > Miller family in 1850 and she had a five year old daughter Josephine. > > > > Lately I've been finding information regarding the children of my James > and > > Elizabeth...this information has been found with Elizabeth P. Mateer > listed > > as mother and then also found with Elizabeth Miller-Bare as mother. > > Then I find this: > > Elizabeth MILLER Sex: F Marriage(s): Spouse: John BEAR > Marriage: 24 Feb 1844 Augusta, Virginia > > What does this marriage have to do with James H. Harris and Elizabeth > P.Mateer?? > > > any help greatly appreciated! > > Julie > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/ > > > ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > **************************************************************** > The Augusta County mailing list page has instructions on how to > subscribe and unsubscribe from the list > Visit it at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/augustaquery/augustalist.htm > *************************************************************** > _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/

> > James H. Harris Jr. still living with parents in Ritchie Co. WV on the > 1880 census age 24. (Grant District) > > > Leonidas Harris still living with parents in Ritchie Co. WV on the 1880 > census age 21, says this is a son. > > > William M. Harris living with parents in Ritchie Co. WV on the 1880 census > age 19. > > Robert C. Harris, NOT living with parents on the 1880 census would have been > about 23 in 1880. > > > Sarah J. Harris married O.F. Brinkley in Ritchie Co. on April 29, > 1879....any clues as to O.F. Brinkley, like what > > does O.F. stand for? > > > Thank you for your time and help. > Julie > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/ _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/

Can anyone help clarify this small mystery? In 1947, Eliza Sours Miller Fadley Runion, died in Woodstock, Va. & is buried in Ohio. Listed as her survivors were the following children: Reason Miller b. 1908 Violet P. Miller Snider b. 1905 Maynard Miller Russell Miller Mae Miller Greenlore Gladys Fadley Lee Leonard Fadley In 1967, Russell David Runion, husband of Eliza Sours etc, died & the same children were listed as stepchildren with a major exception: Reason Miller was now known as Reason Orebaugh. In 1975, I have found that Reason Devaugh Orebaugh, died with an entirely different set of parents, namely, Jacob Augusta Orebaugh & Elma Crider Orebaugh. Listed in his obit are the same siblings as listed in obits of Eliza & Russell David Runion. 1st question - was Reason a Miller or an Orebaugh? 2nd question - are his Miller siblings really Millers? Any & all help will be extremely appreciated Thanks, Judy Campbell jcampbel@shentel.net -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9793/ Researching: Sours, Miller, Sedwick, Montgomery Fristoe and others

Benjamin Hawkins, son of Joseph and Sarah Hawkins, married probably in Shenandoah Co., Va. Magdalene Bird, in 1778. He was deceased before 1790 and Magdalene married John Taylor. One daughter, Sarah Hawkins, married Michael Martz on 4 Sept., 1798 in Rockingham Co., Va. There were two sons, Benjamin and John, who I have no information on at all. Does anybody have any information on these people? if so, I would be glad to share what I have. Wanita Lucas

I want to thank everyone who directed me to ancestry.com and the Genealogy Library at Family Tree Maker to find the 1860 index. I belong to both and had checked both but stupidly had decided that since the particular name I was looking for was not listed--they were at fault for not having a complete index. Of course once I got more creative with the spelling they all appeared. Thank you again for prodding me. It's great fun wandering around neighborhoods in the actual census on this CD and it sure beats going blind peering through a microfilm reader. Maggie

Maggie, Two of the online providers, Ancestry.com and genealogylibrary.com, have made the Census Index information available. Of course, you have to have a subscription to access the information -- but it is there. genealogylibrary.com is also providing access to the actual 1850 Census itself. For the 1850 Census year, when you find your person on the searchable index -- you can then click on "Image", and the Census page itself will be shown (though sometimes you have to get the other half of the page image to see it). For those of you who already have subscriptions to Ancestry.com, just point your browser to: http://www.ancestry.com/census/main.asp For those of you who already have subscriptions to genealogylibrary.com, you can limit your search to just the 1850 census for Virginia by going to the following address: http://www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/6330/glcsearch.html Maggie, since you want to search the 1860 Census index for Virginia, rather than 1850, here is the URL for you: http://www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/6273/glcsearch.html Hope this helps -- Mary Taffet mdtaffet@syr.edu "Margaret K. Miller" wrote: > > Does anyone know if a 1860 Rockingham County Index is available > commercially? I just received a spectacular CD containing a digitally > enhanced copy of the census but it is without an index. I am going through > the census page by page, but it would be helpful to have an index if only as > a starting point. > > Maggie Kyger Miller

Does anyone know if a 1860 Rockingham County Index is available commercially? I just received a spectacular CD containing a digitally enhanced copy of the census but it is without an index. I am going through the census page by page, but it would be helpful to have an index if only as a starting point. Maggie Kyger Miller

I just found on the LDS IGI a Michael Krouse marrying a Catherine Zimmerman abt. 1797 in Shenandoah Co., Va. Does anyone know of these people? Marc

I think that I am probably not alone in that I have developed an obsession with a particular individual. >From a book, which I would guess was privately published, called "Hudlows in America" by Marguerite E. Robinson, printed in Nashville, Tennessee January 1969: "Mary, daughter of Andrew Jacob Hudlow and Elizabeth Royer married William Kyger". The book notes a child of this marriage as David Newton Kyger. 1) FACT: Mary JONES married William Kyger. (Bond exists) 2) No other Kyger researcher has noted a David Newton Kyger 3) 1850 Rockingham County census does not note a David Newton Kyger as a child of this family 4) FACT: William Kyger died April 28, 1855 (gravestone) Now the intriguing part: 5) 1870 Rockingham census notes the following: a) Mary KYGER, age 30. (In conflict with the 1850 census which says she was 24--birthdate of about 1826--and her gravestone which notes her birthdate as June 14, 1827. b) Newton KYGER, age 8. Birthdate of about 1862--seven years AFTER her husband's death. (I have found marriage information for Newton Kyger and birth records of three of his children. One of his children is buried beside the graves of his in-laws. They are all buried in the same graveyard as Mary Jones Kyger and her husband, William Kyger.) c) Luemmalilly (a guess at best) KYGER, age (doesn't even resemble a number). Sex: could be an M or an F but is crossed out. Noted as "at home". d) The five farms surrouding Mary are occupied her three daughters by William Kyger, her brother-in-law and her brother-in-law's son so there is no question that this is William's widow. So, my question: Are there any Hudlow or Royer researchers out there who are acquainted with the children of Andrew Jacob Hudlow and Elizabeth Royer (specifically Mary and who she married)? Maggie Kyger Miller

To Rich and Melissa -- I don't know what group of Snider/Snyders you are working on but there is a book entitled "Descendants of Johann Dispionit" by Grace H. Croft pub. 1977 which has Snyder information in it. Snyders of Mathias, WV area. I know the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society in Dayton VA has this book in their research library. I have data on Etta Snider (1898-1973) dau of Arthur (1876-1938) and Martha Jane (Mathias) (1878-1935) Snider. Etta married 1915 to George Preston Emswiler -- would be willing to share with you if this is the lineage you are working on. I am mainly interested in the Emswiler name. Lois Emswiler -- Dayton, VA

Melissa; I tried to email you directly but it bounced. Here is the census lookup information you requested: 1810: BRENT none listed Krutsinger/Cutsinger etc. None listed PORTER, Thomas page #148B white male under 10 2 16-25 1 26-44 1 female 16-25 1 26-44 1 slaves 1 ALLEN, Joseph page #134A white male 16-25 1 female under 10 2 26-44 1 SNIDER, Henry page 132B white male under 10 1 10-15 1 16-25 1 45 and up 1 female 10-15 1 26-44 1 SNIDER, Valentine page #143B white male 10-15 1 45 and up 1 female under 10 1 10-15 1 16-25 2 45 and up 1 SNYDER, Martin page #141B white male 10-15 1 45 and up 1 female 16-25 1 26-44 1 slaves 1 SNYDER, Simon page #143B white male under 10 2 26-44 1 female under 10 1 26-44 1 SNYDER, Matthias page #145A white male under 10 1 10-15 1 26-44 1 female 10-15 1 26-44 1 SNYDER, Peter page #150B white male under 10 2 10-15 1 16-25 1 45 and up 1 female under 10 4 10-15 1 26-44 1 1820: BRENT none listed PORTER none listed KRUTSINGER/etc. none listed ALLEN, Thomas page #120 white male under 10 1 26-45 1 female unser 10 2 26-45 1 Manufacturing 1 ALLEN, Augustine page #120 white male under 10 1 26-45 1 female under 10 2 16-25 1 Manufacturing 1 SNIDER, Samuel page #162 white male under 10 3 10-15 2 45+ 1 female under 10 1 10-15 1 26-45 1 Agriculture 1 SNIDER, Valentine page #162 white male under 10 2 26-45 1 female 16-25 1 45+ 1 Agriculture 1 SNIDER, Michael page #163 white male under 10 2 18-25 1 female 16-25 1 Agriculture 1 SNIDER, Mathias page #163 white male 10-15 1 18-25 1 female under 10 1 26-45 1 Agriculture 1 Manufacturing 1 slave male under 14 1 14-25 1 SNIDER, John page #163 white male under 10 1 18-25 1 female 16-25 1 Manufacturing 1 SNIDER, Mathias page #164 white male 10-15 1 16-17 1 18-25 1 26-45 1 female 10-15 1 45+ 1 Agriculture 2 SNIDER, William page #164 white male 16-17 1 18-25 1 26-45 1 female under 10 2 16-25 1 26-45 1 Agriculture 1 Manufacturing 1 SNIDER, Peter page #164 white male under 10 5 10-15 1 18-25 1 45+ 1 female under 10 1 10-15 2 16-25 2 26-45 1 Agriculture 2 Manufacturing 1 SNIDER, William page #164 white male under 10 1 26-45 1 femlae under 10 1 10-15 1 16-25 1 26-45 1 Manufacturing 1 SNIDER/SNYDER is one of the surnames I am researching since they tie into some of my other surnames from Rockingham Co. Va. I do have a SNIDER/CROTSINGER marriage and a SNIDER/KRUTSINGER marriage listed on my SNIDER web page. Check it out at: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~lebo/snyder_geno.html Rich

Samuel was supposed to have been born in Rockridge, or Rockingham Co. VA. He d. abt 1927, possibly Cabell Co. Married Amelia Ann BISHOP. Children: Sanford Cecil Loma Elmer twin of Thelma Thelma Mina Florance Any information would be greatly appreciated! Brenda in MS.