Thanks for looking. That first couple are my 2GGPs. Mary Cline/Kline was her [first] married name, so I suppose if I get real industrious I could look for all the Marys born circa 1799 who married a Mr. Cline/Kline who lived in the Mill Creek / Cross Keys area and (he) died prior to 1850. Of course if that Mr. Cline did not marry in Rockingham [or married by banns with no Minister Return (unfortunately this happened, especially among the Anabaptists) that greatly complicates the search. Samuel & Elizabeth YOUNG FLORY were founding members of Mill Creek German Baptist/ Church of the Brethren, and Mary is buried there, so I'm pretty sure that she died Brethren and may have been so all her life. BTW John Brown [Johann Braun] was the minister at Friedens German Reformed, and despite the law requiring Minister's Returns with three months [think that's right] he provided the court with a list covering over twenty years of marriages he performed and NO dates for any of them. Fairly recently [1970s?] his ledger book surfaced and it had dates for the marriages he performed - copies exist [but I don't have a copy]. Thom Flory -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Brown <joycebrown5@verizon.net> To: varockin@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 2:13 pm Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Mary UNKNOWN CLINE FLORY I looked in the Old Tenth Legion Marriages in Rocking ham County from 1778 -1816 and Early Church Records of ROckingham County and found nothing. In the Rockinham County Marriage 1778-1850 found the following: Samuel Flory and Elizabeth Young 11 Mar 1824 Mary J. Cline and Thomas Lewis, 7 Aug 1844; min John Kline Mary Cline and John Kiser, - --- 18--; min- John Brown (married cira July 1800 and Dec 31, 1823) Mary Kline and Josiah Wampler, 21 Jan 1847; min - John Kline ----- Original Message ----- From: <thomasflory@aol.com> To: <varockin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 5:06 PM Subject: [VAROCKIN] Mary UNKNOWN CLINE FLORY > My 2GGM Elizabeth YOUNG FLORY died in 1843 at Mill Creek, Rockingham Co, > VA, and she is buried in the abandoned Flory Farm Cemetery. By the 1850 > Census my 2GGF Samuel FLORY is living with his presumed wife Mary [listed > as born in Virginia]. I have not been able to locate a marriage record for > Samuel & Mary. Family oral history says that she was a widow "Mrs. Cline" > who lived within a easy buggy ride of the Flory Farm on Mill Creek. She is > buried at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren, next to her step-son, my GGF > Noah FLORY with tombstone dates of 19 Sep 1799 - 2 Sep 1887. > > Does anyone know anything about Mary UNKNOWN CLINE FLORY? Looking for a > maiden name, name of her first husband, or anything. [I would not rule out > that Cline could be Kline] > > Thom Flory > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Thom, Rev. John Brown was born Johannes Georg Braun, and he was my 4 Great Grandfather. His oldest child, Catherine, married John Sellers, and they were my 3G grandparents. I have a digital copy of his manuscript, which was discovered near Bridgewater in 1972 as a "large, soiled, coverless" volume. The book was used by Rev. Brown to enter his ministerial acts, congregational lists, and various other items before transferring the items over to the respective church registers at which he preached. Rev. Brown transferred 240 marriages to the Rockingham county clerk in 1824 after finding out that he should have been transferring them every year since he began preaching in the valley in 1800. Of the marriages he performed that were transferred in 1824, only those from 1800 to 1813 were contained in his manuscript with dates. His book even contained his account of having seen a comet on January 7, 1801. Joseph H. (Jody) Meyerhoffer became the owner of the manuscript (I don't know who owns it now), and Meyerhoffer then gave complete access to Klaus Wust who published it in 1978 as "Shenandoah History". Rev. Brown's manuscript contained information concerning no less than 14 churches at which he preached. Rev. Brown considered Frieden's his home church, and he was buried there upon his death on January 26, 1850, at the age of 78. I looked through the book, especially its index of names, but I didn't see anything that might be of help in your quest. Good luck, and if I can be of help just let me know. Michael Sellers --- On Tue, 7/8/08, thomasflory@aol.com <thomasflory@aol.com> wrote: > From: thomasflory@aol.com <thomasflory@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Mary UNKNOWN CLINE FLORY > To: varockin@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 8:11 PM > Thanks for looking. That first couple are my 2GGPs. Mary > Cline/Kline was her [first] married name, so I suppose if I > get real industrious I could look for all the Marys born > circa 1799 who married a Mr. Cline/Kline who lived in the > Mill Creek / Cross Keys area and (he) died prior to 1850. > Of course if that Mr. Cline did not marry in Rockingham [or > married by banns with no Minister Return (unfortunately this > happened, especially among the Anabaptists) that greatly > complicates the search. Samuel & Elizabeth YOUNG FLORY > were founding members of Mill Creek German Baptist/ Church > of the Brethren, and Mary is buried there, so I'm > pretty sure that she died Brethren and may have been so all > her life. > > > > > > BTW John Brown [Johann Braun] was the minister at Friedens > German Reformed, and despite the law requiring > Minister's Returns with three months [think that's > right] he provided the court with a list covering over > twenty years of marriages he performed and NO dates for any > of them. Fairly recently [1970s?] his ledger book surfaced > and it had dates for the marriages he performed - copies > exist [but I don't have a copy]. > > Thom Flory > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joyce Brown <joycebrown5@verizon.net> > To: varockin@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 2:13 pm > Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Mary UNKNOWN CLINE FLORY > > > > > > > > > > > I looked in the Old Tenth Legion Marriages in Rocking ham > County from > 1778 -1816 and Early Church Records of ROckingham County > and found nothing. > In the Rockinham County Marriage 1778-1850 found the > following: > > Samuel Flory and Elizabeth Young 11 Mar 1824 > > Mary J. Cline and Thomas Lewis, 7 Aug 1844; min John Kline > > Mary Cline and John Kiser, - --- 18--; min- John Brown > (married cira July > 1800 and Dec 31, 1823) > > Mary Kline and Josiah Wampler, 21 Jan 1847; min - John > Kline > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <thomasflory@aol.com> > To: <varockin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 5:06 PM > Subject: [VAROCKIN] Mary UNKNOWN CLINE FLORY > > > > My 2GGM Elizabeth YOUNG FLORY died in 1843 at Mill > Creek, Rockingham Co, > > VA, and she is buried in the abandoned Flory Farm > Cemetery. By the 1850 > > Census my 2GGF Samuel FLORY is living with his > presumed wife Mary [listed > > as born in Virginia]. I have not been able to locate a > marriage record for > > Samuel & Mary. Family oral history says that she > was a widow "Mrs. Cline" > > who lived within a easy buggy ride of the Flory Farm > on Mill Creek. She is > > buried at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren, next to > her step-son, my GGF > > Noah FLORY with tombstone dates of 19 Sep 1799 - 2 Sep > 1887. > > > > Does anyone know anything about Mary UNKNOWN CLINE > FLORY? Looking for a > > maiden name, name of her first husband, or anything. > [I would not rule out > > that Cline could be Kline] > > > > Thom Flory > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of > the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message