At 10:38 PM 11/26/01 +0000, you wrote: Good Morning Nita, I will be moving soon and will be off line for some time...just wanted to touch bases with a few favorites.. Hope all is well in your world and that your book is coming along as planned....it does sound like a great story. Thanks for sharing your history, and much more, Warmest regards, Vikky Wilburn Anders in San Diego] >Vikky, > >I will be in Baltimore during the week of Christmas. The >Maryland Historical Society has a wonderful genealogy >library which is not yet on line. Perhaps there is an >answer to this question in that library? I have located >a great deal of information on my Moravian ancestors in >the Maryland library that I could not find out anywhere >else. > >If you think it would help, just tell me what to look >for. Baltimore kept very good records in my opinion. > >Thanks for all of your hard work. By the way, the >Wilburn tree farms in Mississippi are doing just great. > >I have been doing the last two sides of my genealogy >this year. I picked them last because I thought they >would be the dullest. I was wrong. I am a direct >descendent of George W. Pickett and William Rufus King >vice president of the United States. This completes all >of my genealogy work. > >Have a great holiday season. > >Nita >> Vikky Wilburn Anders here... >> >> Just recently a Whitaker researcher, (who is also interested in the Wilburn >> line, since he too, has Wilburn ancestors contacted and posed an >> interesting question. Which is: >> >> What was the relationship between Isaac J Wilbourn b. 1817 in VA and living >> in Pulaski co KY in 1860 and William Wilbourn m to Manerva Seals b. 1821 in >> Claiborne co TN? >> >> My answer: I have not the foggest idea...other than they appear to be >> fifth cousins. And they would only be fifth cousins, IF, Edward Wilburn >> who m the widow Martha Mitchell and who later died in Baltimore co MD in >> 1731...was a brother of Richard Wilburn who died in Goochland, VA in 1756. >> (Key word here is IF)...My hunch is this is the case...but in fact, I have >> no evidence that connects them as siblings...So I am speculating here. >> >> But lets assume now that this is correct...Here is the problem.. >> (Please note, I am speaking roughly now for sake of brevity) >> >> Edward Wilburn d in 1731 in Richard Wilburn >> d 1756 in Goochland, Va >> Baltimore MD m to Ann >> Whitlock >> >> His son Wm Wilburn (b 1712) Their son >> Richard (c 1717-1820) >> m Ann Crabtree his son >> Lewis b.c 1770 m Susan >> >> Blevins >> >> (one of this sons..James or Richard >> Their son James (1736-1811) d in Barron KY appears to be >> father of Wiilliam W. >> >> *b 1821 in Claiborne TN and M >> Their son >> Manerva Seals >> >> Isaac Wilburn b. 1756 And he >> and his family end up in >> his son Isaac b. c 1795 >> Pulaski co KY in 1860 >> >> living in same area as Isaac J >> his son Isaac b. 1817 in VA Wilburn. >> ends up in Pulaski Co KY >> in 1860.... >> >> So roughly speaking, we are talking about fifth cousins here...(maybe?????) >> >> My hunch is that they are fifth cousins, but are also related much more >> closely due to other allied families... >> >> I have some POSSIBLE clues as to whom these families might be...(key word >> here is possible) >> >> 1. Whitaker >> 2 Bobbitt >> 3. Bratton/Braitain >> 4. Jordan >> 5. Clonch (sp?) >> 6. Crabtree >> 7. Hodge >> 8 Warren >> 9. Harmon >> 10. Swift >> >> Anyone have any ideas???????? Any and all opinions or suggestions, or even >> far better know some facts to share would be GREATLY welcomed. >> >> And if I am mistaken here, please, please, let me know why and how.... >> >> Thanks everyone! >> >> Vikky >> >> >> >> ==== WILBURN Mailing List ==== >> To post a message to the list, address it to Wilburn-L@rootsweb.com >> > > >==== WILBURN Mailing List ==== > To search the Wilburn-L archives, go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >