I wonder if all the variations could be from the name "Audrey"? I can't find one named that, though. You might try dar.org for a free Patriot lookup on possible Rev'y ancestor. If he's listed with them, you could get copies of members' (i.e., descendants') applications that were based on his service. These often have a lot of genealogical info. ============================== Oddey is in the 1820 census with a large household also. MERRITT ODDEY VA HAMPSHIRE NO TWP LISTED 1820 ============================== Lydia, 66, is in the 1860 census with Adam 30, and Jacob, 13. Yes, 13, that's what it looked like. Don't know if her age or his is wrong, or if he wasn't her natural son??? MERRITT LYDIA 66 F W VA VA HAMPSHIRE ROMNEY P O 1860 ============================== --- Linda Pfau <lpfau@st-tel.net> wrote: > Looking for Andy - Odda - Oddey - Aubrey > Merritt in Mill Creek Hampshire > VA/WV. Oddey is in 1810 census for that county > and it looks like quite a > few in the household. Andy Merritt b. about > 1795 and possibly wife, Lydia, > and sons Adam and Jacob, at least. They were > in 1850 census there. Need > the parents of Andy/Oddey, who may or may not > be the same person. I'm > researching John Merritt, b. 1785 and Adam > Merritt, b. 1787 who migrated to > Coshocton OH and to Clinton IN. Bios for > grandsons of Adam Merritt say > their grandfather "lived and died in Hardy Co., > VA and was a Rev. War Patriot." __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Looking for Andy - Odda - Oddey - Aubrey Merritt in Mill Creek Hampshire VA/WV. Oddey is in 1810 census for that county and it looks like quite a few in the household. Andy Merritt b. about 1795 and possibly wife, Lydia, and sons Adam and Jacob, at least. They were in 1850 census there. Need the parents of Andy/Oddey, who may or may not be the same person. I'm researching John Merritt, b. 1785 and Adam Merritt, b. 1787 who migrated to Coshocton OH and to Clinton IN. Bios for grandsons of Adam Merritt say their grandfather "lived and died in Hardy Co., VA and was a Rev. War Patriot." Linda lpfau@st-tel.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] Merritt > Many of us have various resources that we're more than willing to use, to > help people with their own research, but you need to include some dates with > your names. ALL genealogical resources are limited to certain timeframes, > and without some idea from you when your family members lived we would have > NO idea of where to look for them. For any query, 3 elements are completely > necessary 1) a complete name, both sur and given 2) a geographic location > 3) some sort of date, even if approximate. > > Sandra > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Pfau" <lpfau@st-tel.net> > To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:38 PM > Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Merritt > > > > Can anyone tell me who Andy Merritt/Lydia were? Parents? > > Children? > > Linda > > lpfau@st-tel.net > > > > > > >

Hi Wayne, What is new on the cemetery project, or is it on a "back burner" for the time being. The last I heard from you, I believe you were considering property in Florida. Please bring me up to date on your plans and progress. Thanks. Wilmer L. Kerns -----Original Message----- From: R. Wayne McGahuey [mailto:rwayne@citynet.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 10:04 PM To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Hampshire County 250th Cemeterying Greetings one and all, I have been transcribing Dan Oates cemetery listing for the Indian Mound for the past week or so, and have completed. Normally, I don't announce that I have transcribe and placed it out without personally going to the cemetery. But, I will be going on vacation for 2 weeks and won't have time to visit the cemetery and make corrections as well as make the additions to the listing. Hopefully, this will help someone do the research they want with what names Dan put in his inventory. When I get back in 2 weeks, I will finish the work by going to the cemetery. And at that time, since it is a big cemetery, anyone that is around on the day that I go, please let me know if you would like to help with the reviewing and walking among the ancestors of Hampshire County. I will see my emails tomorrow, but after that, I will be off the air. Wayne of Capon Bridge > Hampshire Co. website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/index.htm My Homepage website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/index.htm

Many of us have various resources that we're more than willing to use, to help people with their own research, but you need to include some dates with your names. ALL genealogical resources are limited to certain timeframes, and without some idea from you when your family members lived we would have NO idea of where to look for them. For any query, 3 elements are completely necessary 1) a complete name, both sur and given 2) a geographic location 3) some sort of date, even if approximate. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Pfau" <lpfau@st-tel.net> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:38 PM Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Merritt > Can anyone tell me who Andy Merritt/Lydia were? Parents? > Children? > Linda > lpfau@st-tel.net > >

Genie: I use the USGS-GNIS, but I wasn't aware of the use of the variant. Thanks for alerting me to that. Cheryl: My remark about the size if the list was made tongue-in-cheek. I understood your intent, and I entered the portion of the list with the names I'm interested in. I appreciate your suggestion of a location for them. Jane, David, and Debra: Thank you for your help in locating Price.

I was looking on-line and found a James Beggs m. a Mary Custer(cousin to Elizabeth Custer, who married James Cain). In this website, it says, James Beggs was the son of Thomas Beggs and Sarah Barnes. Thomas died in 1780 and Sarah remarried to Stephen Ruddell(married a Mary Bird 1st, she also died about 1780). Any other connections that you can see in the schematic below?: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/attachment/an/surnames.bird/1408.7/attachmen t-1/PTic4qJxTaYDdWdj8VccyB/KUSTER_Revisited_NLB.jpg You should be able to click on the above link and see all the close connections. If you want to see more connections these related families click on the below link and open the files attached to each Query. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.bird/1408?m=1408.5

Can anyone tell me who Andy Merritt/Lydia were? Parents? Children? Linda lpfau@st-tel.net

Paddytown is one of the early names for present day Keyser, Mineral County. Jane At 03:19 PM 15-11-03, you wrote: >Many thanks for the replies re the location of the folks on the tax list of >Arjalon Price. > >Patterson Creek I know. But where is Paddytown? I can't find it on my >Hampshire County map, on the Mineral Co. Rootweb list of communities in that >county, nor at USGS (except the Pa. Paddytown). > >I've pondered Cheryl's suggestion about listing some of the names from the >list. The 1797 list covers 11 pages in the TLC publication of the tax >lists--about 800-900 names, I estimate, so this will take a while....... > > >Well, let's limit it to those taxed on 26 April: > >Andrew ARMSTRONG; Daniel ARNALD; Henry CLINE, John CLOSON?, Joshua COLLINS, >John COOK, Nicholas CRAFAS, Jacob CREAGER, Adam CUNNINGHAM, Samuel & Thomas >DOBBINS, James, James Jr and Patrick FLEEMING, Michael GALASBY, Aaron >HALBERT, Ezekiel MARSH, George PEARY, Thomas SCARDING, Michael SCHEETZ, S. >SHEPHARD, Henry & John SCHUTZ, William SMITH of Welch, Joseph SMOOTE, John >STEWART, Alexander STRICKLIN, John STURMAN, Peter UMSTOTT, Peter UMSTATT >Jr., William and WIlliam Jr VANDIVER, William VAUSE, John WAGGONER, John & >Thomas WEAKES, Silvester WELCH, Francis WHITE, Peter & Richard WILLIAMS, >David WOLF, Samuel THOMAS. > >Thanks again. > >Jim Funkhouser

At 03:19 PM 11/15/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Many thanks for the replies re the location of the folks on the tax list of >Arjalon Price. > >Patterson Creek I know. But where is Paddytown? I can't find it on my >Hampshire County map, on the Mineral Co. Rootweb list of communities in that >county, nor at USGS (except the Pa. Paddytown). > >I've pondered Cheryl's suggestion about listing some of the names from the >list. The 1797 list covers 11 pages in the TLC publication of the tax >lists--about 800-900 names, I estimate, so this will take a while....... > > >Well, let's limit it to those taxed on 26 April: > >Andrew ARMSTRONG; Daniel ARNALD; Henry CLINE, John CLOSON?, Joshua COLLINS, >John COOK, Nicholas CRAFAS, Jacob CREAGER, Adam CUNNINGHAM, Samuel & Thomas >DOBBINS, James, James Jr and Patrick FLEEMING, Michael GALASBY, Aaron >HALBERT, Ezekiel MARSH, George PEARY, Thomas SCARDING, Michael SCHEETZ, S. >SHEPHARD, Henry & John SCHUTZ, William SMITH of Welch, Joseph SMOOTE, John >STEWART, Alexander STRICKLIN, John STURMAN, Peter UMSTOTT, Peter UMSTATT >Jr., William and WIlliam Jr VANDIVER, William VAUSE, John WAGGONER, John & >Thomas WEAKES, Silvester WELCH, Francis WHITE, Peter & Richard WILLIAMS, >David WOLF, Samuel THOMAS. > > Interesting list of names. Some badly misspelt, but that's hardly an issue. (g) Paddytown is in present-day Mineral county, and you'll probably find more pertinent help over on that mail-list (because people who live in present-day Mineral or who moved out after Mineral was formed will look there first). There is some disagreement over whether it was part of Keyser. 1797 is a little earlier than previous references to it I've seen, though. I haven't checked into it, because, frankly, Mineral's Michelle's turf, not mine. Some of the names in that list, I know as Hardy county names; a couple I know as Allegany co MD; a few are still in Hampshire; the others are all Mineral co. From that observation, I'd put Paddytown somewhere in the vicinity of Hampshire/Mineral/Hardy connection. DISCLAIMER: In no way did I intend you to copy the entire list. I was looking for a few names -- 10 or 12, maybe -- that would be more telling than only one. Good luck. Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://bottonycross.purpleflowers.net (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)

I forgot to mention that you MUST check the Variant box to pick up alternate place names on the GNIS site. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Feature Name: Keyser (county seat) Feature Type: populated place Elevation: 810 Estimated Population (2000): 5,303 History Notes: Established 1811 State: West Virginia County: Mineral Variant Name(s) New Creek New Creek Station Paddy Town Paddys Town Paddytown USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Keyser 392627N 0785827W You can get this kind of info and more for almost all your geographic questions at the USGS's great GNIS site at http://geonames.usgs.gov/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Many thanks for the replies re the location of the folks on the tax list of Arjalon Price. Patterson Creek I know. But where is Paddytown? I can't find it on my Hampshire County map, on the Mineral Co. Rootweb list of communities in that county, nor at USGS (except the Pa. Paddytown). I've pondered Cheryl's suggestion about listing some of the names from the list. The 1797 list covers 11 pages in the TLC publication of the tax lists--about 800-900 names, I estimate, so this will take a while....... Well, let's limit it to those taxed on 26 April: Andrew ARMSTRONG; Daniel ARNALD; Henry CLINE, John CLOSON?, Joshua COLLINS, John COOK, Nicholas CRAFAS, Jacob CREAGER, Adam CUNNINGHAM, Samuel & Thomas DOBBINS, James, James Jr and Patrick FLEEMING, Michael GALASBY, Aaron HALBERT, Ezekiel MARSH, George PEARY, Thomas SCARDING, Michael SCHEETZ, S. SHEPHARD, Henry & John SCHUTZ, William SMITH of Welch, Joseph SMOOTE, John STEWART, Alexander STRICKLIN, John STURMAN, Peter UMSTOTT, Peter UMSTATT Jr., William and WIlliam Jr VANDIVER, William VAUSE, John WAGGONER, John & Thomas WEAKES, Silvester WELCH, Francis WHITE, Peter & Richard WILLIAMS, David WOLF, Samuel THOMAS. Thanks again. Jim Funkhouser

Your reference is to Arjalon Price, Jr. (s/o Arjalon Price and Joyce Barbour) m. Catherine (Caty) Hill. I believe one part of the county was Patterson Creek area. Debra Hill -----Original Message----- From: James Funkhouser [mailto:j.a.funkhouser@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 4:25 PM To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Arjalon Price In the 1790s, one of the collector of the personal property tax in Hampshire Co. was Arjalon Price. It looks like he was succeeded by George Price. Can anyone tell me what part of the county Price's lists represent? Thanks for your help. Jim Funkhouser ______________________________

At 04:25 PM 11/14/2003 -0500, you wrote: >In the 1790s, one of the collector of the personal property tax in Hampshire Co. was Arjalon Price. It looks like he was succeeded by George Price. > >Can anyone tell me what part of the county Price's lists represent? > > Give us some of the names ON the list -- it makes it a lot easier to help. Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://bottonycross.purpleflowers.net (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)

Arjalon Price was married to one of my gggg grand aunts, Susan Athey. They resided in the Paddytown area. I don't know if he compiled the lists in that area, but it's a possibility. David A. James Funkhouser wrote: > In the 1790s, one of the collector of the personal property tax in Hampshire Co. was Arjalon Price. It looks like he was succeeded by George Price. > > Can anyone tell me what part of the county Price's lists represent? > > Thanks for your help. > > Jim Funkhouser

In the 1790s, one of the collector of the personal property tax in Hampshire Co. was Arjalon Price. It looks like he was succeeded by George Price. Can anyone tell me what part of the county Price's lists represent? Thanks for your help. Jim Funkhouser

Schoene, Charles E. The Moores of Virginia and Kentucky. Belleair Bluffs, Fla.: B.I. Moore, 1974 This book contains several references to an Arjalon Price of Orange Co., VA, and his wife Joyce (Barber) Price. E.g., his son Wm. md. Mary Moore in or before 1775. In 1756 Arjalon's dau Mary Barber Price md. Benj. Crump. Bernard Moore md. Catherine Price, Arjalon's dau, in 1770 in Orange Co. John Price, Col. Arjalon Price's son, appears on Andrew Shepherd's tax list (1782-85) in Orange Co. Doesn't answer your question and I don't know if this is your Arjalon, or a relative, or coincidence, but thought you might be interested. --- James Funkhouser <j.a.funkhouser@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > In the 1790s, one of the collector of the > personal property tax in Hampshire Co. was > Arjalon Price. It looks like he was succeeded > by George Price. > > Can anyone tell me what part of the county > Price's lists represent? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Hello As We in the USA celebrate Veterans Day I would like to say just a few words to all our veterans and fallen heroes on the Battlefields across the World. Thank you for all you do and have done for this country and for others. I have ancestors that served both Great Britain and the United States and I am very proud of my heritage. Here is a list of my ancestors that served. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~geyerseybold/folder/MilitaryService.html Thanks Dan Geyer -- Daniel J. Geÿer Esq.

A Jacob Reel shows up in Washington Co. MD in the 1800, 1810 and 1820 census, so there may have been an early connection to that place - possible relative of your Jacob? In 1870, your Jacob is listed as born in MD, as was his wife and children. Of course, that may just have been an assumption on the part of the census taker. > --- mease@nfis.com wrote: > > > I am looking for the parents and siblings of > > Jacob REEL b. ca. 28 Aug 1810 in > > VA and d. 2 Jan 1874 in Hancock, Washington > > County, MD. Jacob married > > Elizabeth SHLAGEAL (Schlagel, Schlegel, > Slagle, > > etc.) 6 June 1837 in Washington > > County, MD. According to the 1850 Census, > > Jacob was a farmer living in > > Allegany County, MD. The same is true for > the > > 1840 Census. I suspect that > > Jacob and his family lived just over the > > Allegany County line from Hancock as > > his father-in-law, Jacob SHLAGEAL owned a > > significant amount of property west > > of Hancock. Church records from Hancock (St. > > Thomas Episcopal) indicate > > baptisms of Jacob and Elizabeth Reel's > children > > in the early 1840's. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Brown, Jacob, Brown's Miscellaneous Writings upon a Great Variety of Subjects prepared and written from 1880 to 1895. Cumberland, Md., Printed by J.J. Miller, 1896 No genealogical info here, but thought you might be interested in the reference and location. The book says that Jacob REEL was one of the jurors in a murder trial in Oct. 1843 in Allegany Co., MD. The defendant was Wm. Crise. The crime was described as a "dark and foul" one. The victim or victims were not named. --- mease@nfis.com wrote: > I am looking for the parents and siblings of > Jacob REEL b. ca. 28 Aug 1810 in > VA and d. 2 Jan 1874 in Hancock, Washington > County, MD. Jacob married > Elizabeth SHLAGEAL (Schlagel, Schlegel, Slagle, > etc.) 6 June 1837 in Washington > County, MD. According to the 1850 Census, > Jacob was a farmer living in > Allegany County, MD. The same is true for the > 1840 Census. I suspect that > Jacob and his family lived just over the > Allegany County line from Hancock as > his father-in-law, Jacob SHLAGEAL owned a > significant amount of property west > of Hancock. Church records from Hancock (St. > Thomas Episcopal) indicate > baptisms of Jacob and Elizabeth Reel's children > in the early 1840's. > Additionally, I have a hunch that Jacob REEL > came from the Hampshire > County/Hardy County area since Hancock, > Washington County, MD is similar in > geography to these counties and not very far > away. The number of REELs in that > area also makes me wonder if Hampshire/Hardy > may be his place of origin. Any > information or assistance is greatly > appreciated! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree