Hi Tina, Thanks for the note & info on your family lines. Dales ? GG grandfather- (i think,)- Frances Ralston was a brother of my GG grandfather Alexander Ralston. I don't have any Campbells in my line, sorry. I've found Dale a few yrs ago & we have had fun *cussing & discussing* our Ralston lines for some time now. I just love learning more about these early guys & tracking down all the branches on them back there on Kings Creek. I have been typing up some of the early land deeds index that another *distant cousin Bill Ralston of PA has sent me. one of the listings was on June 25, 1799 - bk 1, page 518 Martha & Samuel Ralston sold land of 104 acres 43 poles on Kings Creek to Andrew Campbell. I don't know how he fits into the Campbell family lines but just thought it was interesting so wanted to mention it to you. I have some other cousin out there in Albq NM we use to go by there for a visit on our way up to Colo on vacations when I was a kid. One of them Barbara & I have been trying to find proof of our GGGG grandfather for soooo long, it is either the Joseph or Samuel Ralston on Kings Creek who were sons of Joseph & Jane Ralston the first pioneers ancestors that we can find. each of these 2 sons named sons Joseph, Samuel, John & Andrew- (joseph had 16 kids & Samuel & Martha had12 kids) Each of the 3rd generation of Samuels went & married wifes named Elizabeth... one married Elizabeth Parks & moved to Seneca Co OH by 1840 & the other one is my GGG grandparents who are buried at the Three Springs Cemetery = (with abt 6 Joseph's) Samuel b.1801-1881 & Elizabeth Sarah McConnell, my GG is also buried there Alexander Ralston & wife Rachel Whitson. Thanks again for your note, glad to meet you & if I find any Campbell or Knox info will pass it on to you. I just got a book on ebay on the marriages of Hancock co so can't wait to get it & ponder over all the info.. Wish you Happy Trails in all your researching. Take care, keep in touch. Kim Ralston Dresser Hydro, OKLA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin, Tina, Jacquie and Alexis Stedman" <ktjastedman9@earthlink.net> To: <WVHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [WVHANCOC] Knox family of Hancock County, WV > hi Kim. Well, I know that I am related to Dale but I am not sure about the > Ralston line. My grandfather, Charles Knox, who was also born in Hollidays > Cove, was born to William Gaston Knox and Catherine Campbell. Catherine > Campbell is related to James Campbell by means of Bartley Campbell, James > Campbell III, James Campbell II and then Pioneer James Campbell and Patience. > > As to any other connection, I do not know since I have just started on this > side of the family. Any other connections or info anyone would have, I would > be very grateful. > > Hope to hear from you soon. > > Tina Stedman > Albq, NM > > Dresser wrote: > > > > Hancock County Wills and Estates: > > > KNOX: John: Date: 3/9/1889 Hancock County > > > Devisees: Wife: Elizabeth Sons: Alonzo, Albert H. Daughter: Mary > > > Hindman and Susan Gilmore Witness: D. M. Griffith, C. H. Taylor > > > > > Hancock County Marriages: > > > KNOX: > > > Alonzo, born Hancock County, WV, resides Hancock County, age 22, single, > > shoe > > > maker, parents John and Mary Knox. Married March 4, 1866 at Joseph > > Ralston > > > home, to Margaret A. Klien, born and resides Hancock County, WV, age 17, > > > single, parents Adam and Elizabeth Klien. Married by; J. C. Campbell. > > > > > > Brooke County Marriages: > > > KNOX: John to Elizabeth Purdy, 21 August 1845, Book 2A, page 85. > > > Best regards, > > > Dale Patterson > > > > HI Dale, > > good to see you on the net again. Neat to see Joseph's Ralston name here- > > do you know of any connection between the Ralston's & Knox family? > > any ideas why Alonzo & Margaret married there? > > This is a guess but was this Joseph -the son of Samuel & Martha's??? > > our Joseph Ralston in 1850 census #651 who was 59 farmer b. VA $4000 > > wife Mary (Morehead) no age b. in Ireland, (married 2-19-1812) > > Mary A & Sarah no ages both b. in Va & > > Margaret 22 b. VA, > > James 22 b. in VA A SHOEMAKER > > > > *also do you think James & Margaret could have been twins ? > > both 22 yrs old in this census? > > > > How was the family reunion? love to hear about it. > > Thanks, > > Kim Ralston Dresser > >