Early History page 68 Town of Salisbury Fifth Term : JAMES NOBLE , Judge . Nothing of interest done . Robert Harvey , afterwards of Hendricks & ABSALOM WILLIAMS of Wayne County were the last survivors of the grand jury . Town of Salisbury The second term of the court .having criminal & civil jurisdiction was held at Salisbury 6-15-1813 - James Scott judge . Four criminal & five civil cases were on the dockett though for some reason it was not shown that any buisness was transacted . JAMES NOBLE 's name was on the docket . In November 1810 the northern part of Dearborn was formed into two new counties - Franklin & Wayne . By this record it appears first court was held 2-25-1811 . JAMES NOBLE [ afterward one of the first U. S. senators from Indiana ] appeared as prosecuting attourney . So I see from this entry that Franklin & Wayne were formed from the northern part of Dearborn . I thought Franklin county was formed first . After War 0f 1812 Joseph Cox studied law with JAMES NOBLE , then one of the U. S. senators from Indiana

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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [NewRiver] Clinch Mountain in relation to Richmond, Wayne Co., In. Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 14:47:02 -0500 From: William Hurst <wrhurst_17@msn.com> Reply-To: ncnr@yahoogroups.com To: <ncnr@yahoogroups.com> References: <41E17EC9.70004@scican.net> Hi Patience and Susan, First, I started reading the Carter Family book, but got distracted, as usual, and didn't finish it. Now I'll just have to find it and start again. Susan wrote: > I'm wondering if there are other people who are researching > ancestors from this area who came to Indiana. .... I would like to share > information with > anyone who has > family who migrated to this area from these places. My great grandaunt Eliza A. Wheeler married Robert Anderson Howard in Wythe Co. in 1854. By 1856 they were in Richmond, Indiana. Robert was the Wayne County Surveyor for about 30 years, a job which his grandson held for another eight years. Doing research on this family, I found the link below to the catalog and newspaper index at the local library. As I remember from a couple of years ago, you can order up to 10 articles. Since I had found many more than that, I went out there and spent three hours copying the articles from microfilm - and much more time at the courthouse, etc. I even located a cousin still living there! Just a couple of days ago I found another Wheeler stopping there briefly on the way to Indianapolis. I have distant Hurst relatives all over Indiana. In addition, my Ashworth family from SW VA tended to move to Preble County, OH, which is just over the line from Richmond. http://mrl.lib.in.us/online.html Bill Hurst To Post a message, send it to: ncnr@yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: ncnr-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com. New River Notes Web Page: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ncnr/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ncnr-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

Could this be John JORDAN ? 1872 J. J. JORDAN was part of a committe to study the feasability of removal of the County Court House { County seat } from Centerville to Richmond . There was much debating about this & the voters were divided . J. JORDAN & ect signed a notice to the voters telling them the cost of land & other necessaries in order to move the County seat . 3-8-1873 3,764 votes were 55% of said vote The Court House was declared as fixed & located to Richmond .

I've been reading a biography about The Musical Carter family who came from near the Clinch Mountain area of Southwest Virginia. The Carters were very famous country singers in the 1920s until now, really. They were also directly related to June Carter who married Johnny Cash. In this book, Will you Miss me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family & their legacy in American music by Mark Zwonitzer with Charles Hirshberg, Richmond, Indiana is mentioned. In one passage the authors write, "So in 1911 Pleasant (A.P. Carter the originator of the music group) followed his father's path to Richmond, Indiana to take a temporary job as a carpenter on the railroad. More than twenty years earlier, a Bay's inlaw named John Smith had married an Indiana girl, moved up north, and found work on the railroad. Since that time, the Smiths had provided a pipeline from Clinch Mountain to Richmond, Indiana. Young men from the Valley were always going to Richmond for high-paying work on the railroad." Another place I read that there was a "mass exodus from Clinch Mountain, Poor Valley, and Rich Valley, VA to Richmond, Indiana in the early 1900s". This Clinch Mountain area where the Carters and Smiths lived is close to Maces Springs, "Copper Creek", and Gate City, in Scott Co., VA near the Border of Washington Co., VA and Benhams and near Bristol, VA/TN. Wise County Virgina is also very close to this area. My grandfather Elbert Homer Ramey and his brother Melvin Oliver Ramey Smith were two of these men who left this area around that time and came to Richmond, Indiana. I'm wondering if there are other people who are researching ancestors from this area who came to Indiana. Several of the Carters (who are directly related to the musical Carters) lived in Liberty, in Union County, IN and in Richmond, Indiana. Some of the other names that I have found are Ramey, McMurry, Smith, Taylor, McClain, Addington, Bays, and more. Many of these people are related to one another. I would like to share information with anyone who has family who migrated to this area from these places. Sincerely, Susan Davis

Sheri, remind me Tuesday if you don't get a reply. We have the Indiana Quaker books at the Morgan Co., In. Library where I work. I will check for you. I can get my email there but I cannot pull this one up there. I will need a reminder. Patience Bluedove96@aol.com wrote: >Thought I would share this with you ; > >Nancy really got lucky here with her LEVI COFFIN . >There are 24 pages of stories on LEVI with a picture of his house . Stories >of negros he helped in the underground railroad , much personal info on him . > Much info about the Friends meetings . I would be thrilled to get this on >an ancestor ! >This is why it is nice to share with the list if someone is lucky enough to >get their hands on an old book . One lady on Iowa list spent many hours >typing stories from her book to e-mail for the list - I think it was Cass county , >Iowa . A few people will do things like this when they have time . Old >books can be so expensive as is buying cemetery books from Gene Society's . I >have been looking for a complete list cemetery books for Franklin County , >Indiana . > >I have a long way to go in reading so will see what turns up . :) > >BTW - if anyone has cemetery books for Franklin county would you please do >a look for DAVID MARMON - MOORMAN > died 8-11-1840 > >I personally think he died in Franklin County but he could be in any of these >Counties . I have checked ' on line ' to see if there is an old newspaper >available for that year & month for Franklin County , Indiana -- but havent >found one yet . I know where his wife -- ELIZABETH is buried but not DAVID . >I checked the American Quaker Records on CD but that was for N. Carolina . >If anyone has the QUAKER records for Indiana at home would you mind checking >for DAVID MOORMAN { father was BENJAMIN } > > >thanks much > sheri > > > >

Thought I would share this with you ; Nancy really got lucky here with her LEVI COFFIN . There are 24 pages of stories on LEVI with a picture of his house . Stories of negros he helped in the underground railroad , much personal info on him . Much info about the Friends meetings . I would be thrilled to get this on an ancestor ! This is why it is nice to share with the list if someone is lucky enough to get their hands on an old book . One lady on Iowa list spent many hours typing stories from her book to e-mail for the list - I think it was Cass county , Iowa . A few people will do things like this when they have time . Old books can be so expensive as is buying cemetery books from Gene Society's . I have been looking for a complete list cemetery books for Franklin County , Indiana . I have a long way to go in reading so will see what turns up . :) BTW - if anyone has cemetery books for Franklin county would you please do a look for DAVID MARMON - MOORMAN died 8-11-1840 I personally think he died in Franklin County but he could be in any of these Counties . I have checked ' on line ' to see if there is an old newspaper available for that year & month for Franklin County , Indiana -- but havent found one yet . I know where his wife -- ELIZABETH is buried but not DAVID . I checked the American Quaker Records on CD but that was for N. Carolina . If anyone has the QUAKER records for Indiana at home would you mind checking for DAVID MOORMAN { father was BENJAMIN } thanks much sheri

Does anyone belong to the above name ? Levi COFFIN at Fountain City -- seems he was very into the ' underground rairoad ' much info .

To the lady looking for BEARD . I tried to forward your e-mail to the list but it would not work & I deleted your mail so dont have youre address . I suggest you send youre question to Franklin - Dearborn - Fayette - & also Wayne . I think you might have better luck including these . sheri

Hi, I found a lot of early Richmond, Indiana people in this online book. I thought it might help some of you if you haven't seen it before: http://www.mrl.lib.in.us/history/plummer/index.htm Sincerely, Susan E. Davis

Twsp History chapter 6 page 86 New Garden twsp was formed in 1817 & is one of the original twsp of the county . JOHN TURNER was among the first settlers here . & came from North Carolina about 1809 or 1810 . New Garden twsp - page 87 Among the early settlers who followed them was JAMES MOORMAN , ISAAC WILLIAMS ect . The early settlers of Newport were mailnly a positive , determined class of people , standing for modern reform .

Township history chapter 6 pag3 85 Green twsp was formed in August 1821 & contains about 30 squar miles ANTHONY CHAMNESS was one of the first settlers here . Harrison twsp was formed in 1843 . Among the first settlers here [ 1811 ] was JESSE BEARD

Twsp History Dalton twsp chapter 6 page 84 Dalton twsp is located in the nw portion of the county . It ws formed from Perry twsp . in 1847 . The land was nearly all west of the ' twelve mile purchase ' & consequently was not ready for sale to settlers before 1822 . Among the earliest settlers was SETH MILLS , JOSEPH DAVIS , HENRY THORNBURGH ect . Most of the settlers came from N. Carolina , Tenn , & Pennsylvania & many were Quakers . The first store in the twsp was kept by AARON MILLS . The town of Dalton was laid out 1827 or 1828 .

Twsp History chapter 6 page 83 1817 Center twsp was formed in August 1817 . The twsp is watered principally by Nolands Fork & its tributaries . Other early settlers were WALTER ROBERTS ect .

Township History chapter 6 page 81 Other settlers in the limits of the Abington Twsp were HENRY FENDER , GABRIEL FENDER , Thomas Moffitt , Thomas Bradbury , David Carson , THOMAS WRIGHT , John Hunt [ the first blacksmith & gunsmith , William Dye , James Lamb , & WILLIAM JARRETT . On the land of Thomas Moffitt was built one of the Forts constructed during the War of 1812 as a means of protection against the indians . The western & central parts of the township constitue good good level or slightly rolling agricultural lands .

I am interested in any of the early Jarrett's that settled in Wayne County in the early 1800's. Most of them settled into what is now the Abington twp. area as far as I know. Thank you in advance, Jacque "Every human is holy to someone"

I would like to know where Martin Lundy and his wife Pearl Smeltzer (not sure about the t) were born or where they came from. Their farm joined ours on Road 1 just north of Hagerstown in 1930 and likely before. I don't know when they moved there. Our farm belonged to Replogle before Mose Keever inherated it. My mother came from Grayson Co., Va. and there are a lot of Lundys recorded there. There are Smeltzers in nearby countys. I am trying to see if we are related. Patience

re: Stephen Comer and Bluedove's mention of him as a jury member. We have a Mary Hawkins b.Nov 15, 1775 m. Stephen Comer 1799 in Union, SC. Continuing with what little I have, they moved to Wayne Co. Providing my info is correct,Mary's parents were John Hawkins b. 1744 and Mary Moore, b. 1826. Both died in Wayne Co. John's father was James Hawkins II, b. abt 1715/Pa. His wife was Martha Hollowell. Any idea when Stephen Comer died? Dean

THANKS everyone for the help, the blanks are no longer blank and due to the incoming information i am able to begin finding some pieces in various places. thanks so much. karen

Early History chapter 5 page 64 CHARLES WRIGHT is mentioned as being part of the grand jury 3-11-1811 upon the second meeting held in Wayne county by the elected officials . The jurys were held to appoint constables , overseeres of the poor , to adjust accounts for the overseeres of the poor , ect . The order of buisness was to divided the county into 2 townships