*My husband's name was Harry Keith Wilson. Here is a link to some of the information from original documents that belong to his family. His family has papers dating to the late 1700's. Harry spent two years transcribing them and putting them on a cd. * ** * His dna kit number is 34112. I will dig out the info on his haplo. There is one good match, Samuel Wilson which can be seen next to Joseph Wilson, b. unk; died 1822 in Jasper Co., GA, who is Harry's ancestor. A descendant of Samuel Wilson told me that she believes that Samuel's father was Benjamin Wilson who died in Savannah, Georgia. His mother is said to be Sarah MacFarland. Also, one Victor Neesse was a perfect match, but I haven't followed up with him on the connection. If I recall correctly..and it has been several years since I worked on this...Victor's family was from Georgia also. Some of the surnames from Harry's family in Georgia are the following: Pennington, Morgan, Burns, Flemister, Dismukes, Weathersbee, Johnson, Eiland, Tuggle, Gibbs, and Brewer. Harry didn't have a lot of info on some of these lines, but I am happy to help in any way if someone needs help. Because Harry had so many family papers, most of the information he had in his family tree was not taken from the Internet but from actual family documents. There are almost no census records in his info as he died before he could research this source. (I should get on that.) It's an amazing collection of papers, some of which can be seen below. * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gajasper/indextowilsonpapers.htm I will repost under a different subject in order to stir up some interest in Wilson's from Georgia. Linda Miller Wilson On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Robert Wilson <reodiat@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Linda, > > What a great storey. So happy to hear of your good fortune in finding > relatives > through DNA. Now, > why don't you post your results in your messages so we call can have a > chance > to se if we are related? > Good luck. > > > " In God we trust" > > Bob Wilson, Michigan > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Linda Miller Wilson <lindamiller.wilson129@gmail.com> > To: wilson@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, January 12, 2012 9:39:03 AM > Subject: Re: [WILSON] DNA > > I can't begin to tell everyone what the DNA test meant to my husband's > family. He had the test before he died and did not have a hit; however, > there was a match a couple of years later. We discovered that a cousin of > his great grandfather had lived in the same county that my husband had > moved to and had lived in for forty years. There was even a letter from > the 1850's in the family that referred to this cousin though no one knew > where he was. This Wilson line is from Jasper County, GA, and some moved > to Drew County, AR, about 1843: Joseph Wilson, Able Pennington > Wilson...moved to AR., George Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, and my late husband > Harry Keith Wilson. I have probably written about this previously but just > wanted to emphasize the importance of DNA. Also, on my mother's side, DNA > connected our Stewart line back to VA. Our ancestor had left VA to NC as a > child because his father had died, and an extended family member had > guardianship of him. The VA line had been looking for him for a hundred > years. DNA brought him home. > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 7:01 AM, pat <pkcb113@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > I am excited to tell you all finally someone I believe I am related to > > distantly will do a DNA test for my Samuel Wilson of Lewis County WV. He > > is as excited as I am. He is a true pioneer for our family history. > That > > only gets me half way there, because that only gets us back to our > > forefather's possible relationship. Now I need to get a direct Family > > member to agree to make sure I am related to this Samuel Wilson. Atleast > > that is how I perceive DNA matches. > > > > Keep your fingers crossed. I have hoped for this for so long. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Linda Miller Wilson > P. O. Box 129 > Pettigrew, AR 72752 > > 479-677-2681 > > ** > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILSON-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 > WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Linda Miller Wilson P. O. Box 129 Pettigrew, AR 72752 479-677-2681 **