"Lawrence County, KY Cemeteries Vol. 3," 1997, Berry Cemetery which is located on Berry Branch, off Rt. 32; also near Rich Creek at the discontinued Ellen Post Office. Here are the names which indicated a relationship to the BERRY family (there are other folks listed which I did not list): ADAMS, Caloty Lisabeth w/o James Adams b. 2-7-1844 d. 4-11-1872 d/o Isaac & Jane Lambert Berry BERRY, Andrew Jackson (Bud) s/o Isaac & Jane Lambert Berry b. 10-4-1847 d. 1-21-1923 h/o Syndey Lou Vinna Sparks Berry BERRY, Greenville Thompson (Little Thomps) b. 12-15-1853 d. 11-12-1929 h/o Lou Veene Catherine Hackney Berry; s/o Isaac & Jane Lambert Berry BERRY, Isaac h/o Jane Lambert Berry b. 5-29-1918 d. 9-13-1904 s/o John Berry Sr. BERRY, J. Conrad h/o Carrie Endicott Berry b. 12-25-1894 d. 7-1-1928 s/o A. J. & S. L. V. Sparks Berry BERRY, Jane Lambert w/o Isaac Berry b. 5-4-1819 d. 11-5-1890 BERRY, Louvena Catherine Hackney b. 5-30-1860 d. 10-25-1947 w/o Greenville Thompson Berry BERRY, Syndey Lou Vinna Sparks b. 4-9-1848 d. 2-15-1912 w/o Andrew Jackson Berry McKINSTER, Nancy Effie b. 4-26-1867 d. 11-15-1892 d/o James & Caloty Lisabeth Berry Adams ROSE, Elona w/o Russel Rose b. (age 23 yr) d. 6-29-1907 d/o Jim & Nancy Berry Poe POE, James Union Soldier in Civil War b. no dates d. no dates POE, Nancy b. 10-3-1845 d. 11-9-1904 STEWART, Leuvernia si/o Nancy Berry Poe b. 1858 d. 1896 d/o Isaac & Jane Lambert Berry HALE, Martha Berry d/o Isaac & Jane L. Berry b. 1851 d. 1891 BERRY, (Infant) c/o A. J. & Lou Vinna S. Berry no dates BERRY, (Infant) c/o A. J. & Lou Vinna S. Berry no dates BERRY, (Infant) c/o A. J. & Lou Vinna S. Berry no dates Also listed is a Hayes-Copley-Berry Cemetery, Rt. 32 to foot of Adams Hill and on top right ridge on the Earl Cook property. Here are the BERRY family connections: BERRY, Elvis b. 3-16-1903 d. 8-28-1903 BERRY, James A. Garfield b. 3-17-1884 d. 11-7-1903 BERRY, Sam b. 1879 d. 1924 BERRY, Lelia b. 1-3-1908 d. 1-10-1917 BERRY, Nancy w/o George A. b. 1827 d. -- BERRY, George A. b. 1832 d. 1909 BERRY, Mary b. 5-2-1932 d. 5-2-1932 MOORE, Trinvilla Hayes w/o John Burl Moore b. 6-6-1884 d. 6-16-1906 d/o James Lafayette "Lafe" & Arta Corilda Berry Hayes HAYES, Arta Corilda w/o Lafe hayes b. 1-13-1856 d. 1-25-1943 "Lawrence County, KY Cemeteries Vol. 4," 1998, Thompson-Berry Cemetery located one mile from Rich Creek boat dock, going toward Martha on Hwy 32. Turn left on gravel road on Willard Carter property. BERRY, Martin V. s/o Thompson Berry b. 10-26-1861 d. 8-25-1880 BERRY, Thompson b. age 75 years d. Aug 1892 There are about 11 BERRY graves now in the Yatesville Memorial Gardens which were moved from the Spillman Cemetery (which was located on the right descending bank of Upper Twin Branch). If any of you want them, just let me know. Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html
While assisting another researcher, I thought I would just forward this on to you too! "Lawrence Co, KY Cemeteries Volume 2," 1996: SEE, Susie DeBoard w/o Adin Thadus b. 4 Jan 1902 d. 5 May 1979 SEE, Adin Thadus PVT U.S. Army WWI b. 10 Nov 1889 d. 29 Sep 1968 **buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, East, Section #4 SEE, Grover Cleveland s/o John B. & Amanda See b. 22 Nov 1884 d. 6 Jun 1930 CARTMELL, Mary E. d/o John B. & Amanda See b. 22 Apr 1892 d. 4 May 1939 SEE, John B. b. 12 Jan 1855 d. 1 Apr 1908 SEE, Amanda w/o John B. b. 6 May 1860 d. 21 Jan 1929 **buried in See Cemetery, U. S. 23 South SEE, Elizabeth M. w/o Michael b. 3 Dec 1843 d. 6 Nov 1865 d/o George Chapman & Emily Stafford Peck **buried in Peck Cemetery, Chapman, KY SEE, Minervia B. w/o Adin T. See b. 5 Mar 1891 d. 28 May 1917 d/o William & Rachel Endicott Bartram SEE, Elner Sue d/o Adin & Minervia See b. 12 Apr 1917 d. 12 Apr 1917 **buried in Bartram Cemetery, Clifford, KY SEE, Rev. Grover Lee b. 12 Apr 1916 d. 7 Aug 1975 SEE, Emma Fraley b. 4 Apr 1896 d. 25 Aug 1984 TIER, Nancy See b. 26 Mar 1887 d. 5 Mar 1969 **buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, West, Section #2 SEE, Rev. Fredrick b. 10 Jun 1924 d. 25 Mar 1964 SEE, Mary Frances w/o Fredrick b. 28 Feb 1923 d. 11 May 1982 d/o Bloomer & martha Henson **buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, West, Section #3 SEE, Ruth Staton b. 11 Nov 1914 d. 26 May 1978 **buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, East, Section #4 Beverly L. Pack [email protected]com Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html
Oct 26, 1894 Married, Wednesday noon, Mr. George R. Vinson to Miss Emma D. Burchett. " " - Mr. B. P. Cassady, popular hotel man, will shortly go to Louisa where he will engage in the practice of lawMartin County Gazette. Oct 26, 1906 Mrs. F. R. Bussey died at home in Busseyville Sunday, aged 52. Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html
Oct 25, 1895 Born, last Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lackey, a daughter. " " - Died, Friday morning at his home about twelve miles above Louisa, Ulyses G. Kise. " " - Died at her home about six miles from here last Sunday morning, Mrs. W. D. O'Neal, Sr. Oct 25, 1901 B. P. Cassady has sold the furniture of the Arlington hotel to J. P. Gartin, who has taken charge. " " - Rev. F. F. Shannon, the new pastor of Sutton, W.Va., preached his first sermon there last Sunday. Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html
Hello to Several SPERRY/VINSON Researchers! I have received numerous Email responses to my query of Oct 23!! I will answer all queries, either direct or via this list, if appropriate. I'm really surprised with the responses and glad to meet so many researchers. I will be out this afternoon and will attempt to answer the queries late this eve or tomorrow! Rhoda SPERRY is the niece of my 4th Great-Grandfather Abijah SPERRY and the daughter of my 4th Great-Granduncle Benjamin SPERRY who was married to Winnie ARTRIP. I am a SPERRY researcher and have about 700 SPERRY's in my database. I also have quite a bit of info on the ARTRIP family. I have documented the SPERRY family back to abt 1540 in England via the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and Connecticut. Will be in touch and do appreciate the effort and time taken to respond to my query. Guess I will have to find the "VINSON" farm near Cassville, WV, and see if I can find the graves of James and Rhoda there, however, won't be able to do it this weekend!! Just another "Ole" WRIGHT, Jim.. in Huntington, WV..
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Jeff, Thanks for your letter regarding the Vinsons and Loars. I will be glad to share what info I have with you. I am in the process of changing my software from Family Tree to Family Origins and have not yet entered the Vinson info, but soon as I do I will forward it to you.This is a preview to whet your appetite: James Vinson (b 1785 in N or S Carolina), married Rhoda Sperry (born 1796) on 11 April 1811. James died in Cabell, Co., Va. Lazarus "Lace" Vinson, (b 23 December 1824 in Cabell Co, VA) (d 26 May 1895 in Catlettsburg, Boyd Co. Ky) married Jane Ratcliffe (b 26 December 1823) (d 16 November 1865) James Vinson (b 27 March 1856 in Lawrence Co.KY) (d 20 June 1927 Louisa, Lawrence Co. KY) married Virginia Ferguson (b 8 December 1860 Wayne, WVa) 10 August 1876 in Lawrence Co. KY Frederick Moore Vinson (b 22 January 1890 in Louisa, Lawrence Co., KY) (d 8 September 1953 Washington, D.C.) married Roberta Dixon on 24 January 1923 in Lawrence Co., KY. I do not have accurate information on Frederick Moore Vinson's descendants, and would be interested in receiving it. As to the Loar name, my notes indicate that Peter Loar married Elizabeth Artrip 7 December 1795. Elizabeth was a sister of Winnie, who married Benjamin Sperry, and their daughter, Rhoda, was married to James Vinson, as noted above. Winnie and Elizabeth Artrip were daughters of John and Susannah Artrip. Did I understand that the grandson of Frederick Moore is the one interested in the Vinsons and the Civil War? I will do some more digging, but there is good evidence of the Vinsons serving in the Civil War. Information I recently acquired says that "Francis M. Vinson, Samuel S. Vinson and Lafayette Vinson, brothers, were soldiers of the Confederacy, serving in Company K, Eighth Virginia Cavalry." Elias Vinson, son of James, Jr., was also a Confederate soldier." I wish I had the source of this information, but there is at least enough there to research... As I continue the changeover, I will pay particular attention to information which may be of use to you.. Looking forward to corresponding with you,
I just saw this on another list and thought that we might use something from it or get a little humor in our ancestry...which we can all use. Hope you enjoy it!! Diana Kinzer Heath Friends, This talk was given by Dr. Larry Fleenor to the E. TN. Genealogy Society in Oct. 1998. And post here with his permission. -sysop THE GERMANS AMONG US A Talk to the East Tennessee Genealogy Association Oct. 15, 1998 by: Lawrence J. Fleenor, Jr. copyright 1998 Big Stone Gap, Va. Suk-suk-sukie! Is there anyone among you who knows what I have just done? [some positive response] Were any of you gentlemen ever told as a boy that you were wearing high water britches? [equal positive response ] What might any of this have to do with the fact that we are assembled here this evening in the Valley of the Holston River? Could any of this relate to my name, or to the name of Jerry Sharrett, who invited me here to speak? Did you know that the name the Confederates used for neighboring Bluff City was Camp Zollicoffer? What is it that all these things have in common? They are German in origin. Sukie is derived from the medieval Franchonian word suggi, which means to suckle. Franchonia was a portion of Germany that was once conquered and ruled by France centuries ago. How is it that an ancient cattle call from a portion of Germany under French influence wind up being commonly used in the Valley of the Holston? In my talk I hope to persuade you that the German influence in our area is considerable. I will provide more evidence for this, discuss historic Europe to describe what our German ancestors lives were like there, the events that caused these German ancestors to leave, what methods they used to leave, what happened to them when they got to the English American colonies, and the why and the how of their arrival in the Greater Holston Valley. We will then allow time for questions. Evidences of the German Settlers of the Greater Holston Valley Jerry Sharrett and I are distant cousins, as his grandmothers maiden name was Fleenor. Jerrys family and mine both lived in Rich Valley in Washington Co., Va, which runs roughly from US 58 at Valley Institute to US 19 at Greendale. using that valley as an example, one can go up that valley and move from clan name to clan name. I will name a few: Miller, Sharrett, Fleenor, Leonard, Kaylor, Sproles, Kegley, Hortenstine, and the non German sounding Blacks and Whites. There are few people living along that valley that are not related to at least some of these clans. They are all German. One can do the same thing for Poor Valley, which is the valley of the North Fork of the Holston all the way from Kingsport to Saltville. I took a quick look on the topographic maps for the Virginia Counties of Washington, Scott, Wise, and Lee and added some others off of the top of my head, and counted about 130 names of springs, cemeteries, and other geographic features bearing German family names. And this represents only the surface. Many more Germans passed through without leaving their names on the map. And even more than that, not included on this list are those Germans who directly translated their names into the English equivalent, and who can not be separated from their English neighbors. Among these are the following: Weiss-White, Schwartz-Black, Grun-Green, Baur-Farmer, Schwerd-Sword, Müller-Miller, Wilhelms-Williams, Wilhelmsohn, Williamson, Bishof-Bishop, Braun-Brown, Stahl-Steel, Strasse-Street, Heyl-Hale, Vogel-Bird, Steiner-Stoner or Stone, Schmidt-Smith, --- the list goes on and on ---these settlers will never be identified. These Germans are backed up back to back, up and down the valleys of the Holston. How is it that they came to be here? The Europe of the 17th and 18th Centuries The Reformation started by Martin Luther in 1521 unleashed 250 years of viscous warfare, with Germany being center stage. The affair was incredibly complex, and involved many more denominations that just Catholic and Lutheran. Important to our story are especially the followers of John Huss and of John Calvin. At this point in history, France existed as a nation fairly much as it does today, but Germany did not. Instead in Germany there were numerous quarrelsome small independent political entities, some no larger than Sullivan County. Between France and these German speaking principalities there were several dukedoms , a no mans land, where neither of these great warring peoples had control. Foremost among them were Alsace, Lorraine, and the Palatinate, which at that time included much of what is now the German province of Würtemberg, and of Franconia. During the infamous St. Bartholomews Day Massacre of Aug. 8, 1572, France ran all of these denominations out of France proper into the border provinces. The wars of the Reformation climaxed in the Thirty Years War of 1618-1648. Gradually the Catholics and the Lutherans began to divide the continent up between them, driving all other Christians out of the territories that the larger denominations controlled. Among those refugee Christians were the followers of Huss and of Calvin, such as the German Reformed Church, the Amish, the Moravians, the Mennonites, the Hutterites, the Dunkards, the Brethren and an unrelated denomination, the Schwinkfelders. All these diverse groups have been inappropriately lumped together under the term Huguenots. These groups began to migrate into these principalities between Catholic France, and Catholic southern Germany, and the Lutheran northern Germany. France, however, began to gain military control of this border country, both to consolidate its political power, and to drive these heretics off of the face of the earth. French armies surrounded Alsace to prevent escape, and began forced reconversions to Catholicism. Beheadings and mass burnings at the stake were the fate of those caught in this process. By the mid 18th Century there was no place left for these religious refugees to hide on the continent of Europe, except for Holland. These Protestant refugees, most having come originally from Germany, poured into Holland in an attempt to escape overseas to England, South Africa, or to America. These was not enough shipping to carry them away, and an unorganized refugee camp sprang up outside Rotterdam, where starvation and exposure killed many. Others made it to England, where a refugee camp was set up to provide for them. William Penn, a member of the British Royal family, and a Quaker, had established the colony of Pennsylvania as a haven for Quakers and other religious refugees. The Quakers helped within the refugee camps, and established trust among the refugees, and soon tens of thousands of them were on the way to Pennsylvania. Not all the German emigrants were religious ones. A good many Lutherans left their homes to escape social and economic conditions, and became intermixed with the religious refugees. The general turmoil of the marching and countermarching armies made life miserable for everyone. And Germany was poor and overpopulated. The industrial revolution had not come to the continent. The German peasant was little more than a serf, and belonged to his duke, who viewed him as a valuable asset, little more than a slave. The petty German dukes drafted their young men and impressed them into the army, and rented them out to the warring factions in Europe. The peasant could not legally move off of his land without paying a sort of ransom to the duke, called a manumission tax. Many Lutheran peasants sneaked off in the middle of the night without paying the tax, and became outlaws for having done so. They flocked to the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, in hopes of gaining passage to Pennsylvania. Perhaps the most common means of gaining passage was to sell oneself and ones family into an indenture contract to a sea captain. No money changed hands, but the captain, who was usually also the owner of his ship, would provide passage to America for free. Many immigrants died in passage, and upon arrival in Philidelphia the captain would sell the contracts of the survivors to some prosperous farmer who lived around Philidelphia. The immigrants were then obligated to work for the owner of their contract for a period of about fifteen years under conditions often little better than slavery. Many ran away. Life in Pensylvania All in all, there are records of the arrival of some 100,000 Germans into Pennsylvania in the twenty years before the Revolutionary War. As the indenture contracts began to expire, the immigrants had to move away from Eastern Pennsylvania in order to find land for themselves. They headed west into the Susquehanna Valley, but could not go further directly west because of the unbroken wall of the Alleghenies, and had to follow the Great Valley between the Blue Ridge and the Alleghenies into Virginia. Strange things began to happen in America. The authorities in Maryland, which had been established as a haven for English Catholics, invited these Protestant German immigrants into Maryland. No matter that they had been fighting each other for 250 years in Europe. Many came, but the lure of limitless cheap land to the west lured many to move on to the the Frontiers of North Carolina and of Virginia. Some of the denominations of refugees were more cohesive than others. The Mennonites and Amish, in particular, were tight self help societies, and provided mutual economic assistance in purchasing land. The Amish were able to form a colony in Pennsylvania. The Mennonites moved into the Shenandoah Valley. The Dunkards settled at Dunkards Bottom at present Radford, Virginia. The Cherokee annihilated the Catawbas [Indians] who had lived in the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina, which is where Winston-Salem in located today. This created a vacuum in the area of some of the best farm land in North Carolina, and even as the Cherokee began to move in, the Moravians sent a missionary colony into the Yadkin, soon to be followed by a larger group of Moravians from Pennsylvania. Then came the various groups of the Brethren, less organized than the Moravians, but also the followers of John Huss. Then came large numbers of Scots- Irish, who as Presbyterians, were theologically related to the German denominations already settled in the Yadkin. These diverse peoples intermarried. German Immigration into Our Area At this point one needs to divide the incoming German settlers into four groups, as each was a little different from the other three. The first group would be those Germans who came directly into the upper Clinch Valley and the upper Valley of the North Fork of the Holston from Pennsylvania and Maryland. They were of relatively pure stock, and came over the route that lead from the New River by the Narrows to Bluefield or Tazewell, and who settled from there to more of less present US 19 between Abingdon and St. Paul. They tended to have been more of the pioneering culture as they arrived about the time of the French and Indian War. In 1771 the settlers of the Yadkin Valley engaged in an armed insurrection against the Colonial authorities, against whom they fought a pitched battle near Alamance Court House. The settlers ran out of ammunition, and lost the battle. The Red Coated soldiers of the Governor ran amok through the Yadkin, burning and hanging, and the settlers began the largest mass migration in colonial American history, as they ran for their lived through the passes of the Blue Ridge in to the Valleys of the Holston, Watauga, and Clinch. They became known as the Over Mountain Men of the Watauga Settlements, and settled without benefit of legal title. They, also, were frontiersmen. Around 1775-1777 real estate agents seem to have been active in the Pennsylvanian and Maryland German communities, as this is the period when the Rich and Poor Valleys of the Holston were settled by Germans of pure stock in the area running from the Tennessee - Virginia state line northeast to US 19. They purchased the land from these real estate speculator companies that had promoted the land to them, or from earlier settlers. These folks tended to be more of the settled German peasant stock, and not so nearly the frontiersmen that their other German neighbors were. They have tended to stay put more than the groups to the north and to the south of them have. The fourth and last group of German settlers in our area are typified by the ancestor of the Rasnicks. As a young man Jacob Rasnick was working in his parents hay loft in the German State of Hesse when an impressment gang of soldiers came down the road and took him. All his mother could do was to give him a German Bible and say goodbye, as he was taken off to become a soldier. They never saw each other again. The Duke of Hesse rented Rasnick and his army out to the British for hard cash, and they wound up fighting in the American Revolution. Washington captured them at the Battle of Trenton, New Jersey and they were kept it the prisoner of war barracks at Charlottesville, Va. Barracks Road in that city is named for this circumstance. Many, like Rasnick, after the war was over decided that if they returned to Hesse their Duke would merely rent them out again to fight in some far off battlefield not of their choosing. Many stayed in Virginia. Col. Scheiflick stayed and became the ancestor of all the Shiffletts of Greene County. Rasnick came to what now is Dickenson County, Virginia. There are no records of how many Hessians stayed in Virginia after the end of the War, but if family traditions are any indicator, their descendants are heavily sprinkled among us. Cultural Remnants What happened to all these Germans, and to their culture? Well, the Germans are still here. The spellings of the names frequently became anglized and may be difficult to recognize. But we are here. For example - Flinner to Fleenor; Scheritz to Sharrett. Evidences of the culture are more difficult to identify. There are several reasons. The more collectivistic of the German denominations established themselves to the northeast, where they are quite evident today as the well known Amish and Mennonite Communities. They had only indirect influence here. The European Lutheran Church did not support the Lutheran Church in America. Unlike the Episcopal, the Presbyterian, the Quaker, or the Catholic Churches, it sent neither trained clergy nor financial aide. There were Lutheran Churches in our region, but they soon withered. An example would be the Lutheran Church that existed on the Hortinstine farm in the community between Fleenors Spring and Fleenors Chapel in Rich Valley. Even though Winston-Salem continues to be the center of the American Moravian Church, it did not survive the Regulator refugee emigration out of the Yadkin Valley into our area. The less formally organized Church of the Brethren survived the immigration better, and there was a Church of the Brethren at Zenobia, which is east of Mendota, that conducted services in German till World War I. The Germans immigrants to our area desperately wanted to be English. They were the subjects of some discrimination, frequently being called thick headed Dutchmen. The second generation, those born in America, frequently joined British denominations that were historically and theologically related to the churches of their parents. Members of the German Reformed Church usually joined the co-Calvinist Presbyterian Church, and the Moravians and Brethren joined the Methodist Church in such numbers that they made it their own. The last union of Brethren and Methodists did not occur until about twenty five years ago, an event that turned the Methodist Church into the United Methodist Church. As for the more private German culture as practiced within the family, it held together within my family until the Civil War. Others still spoke German well enough to listen to sermons in it and to sing in it till World War I. After this, all mention of things German vanished from memory, only to remain in subtile ways, like cattle calls, sour Krout, and potato salad. In my area, salad is still frequently pronounced in the German fashion, salat , as in salat greens. I hope you are now persuaded on the significance of the German immigration into our area. I would like to acknowledge the contributions to the research underling this talk of Mr. Edgar A. Howard. I will now entertain questions and comments. Thank you. ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== #5 It is YOUR responsibility to know how to SUBSCRIBE & UNSUBSCRIBE. It is done by computer. Put the word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message with nothing else. The address is [email protected] . or -d- for DIGEST mode. 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I checked all four volumes of "Lawrence County, KY Cemeteries" and this is all the BOYDs I found: Volume 2-- BOYD, Arch b. 1906 d. 1962 BOYD, George W. b. 1857 d. 1948 BOYD, Etta S. b. age 50 d. 16 Jan 1938 BOYD, Trinvilla C. w/o Geo. C. BOYD b. 1880 d. 1929 **buried in Davis Cemetery, Richardson, KY BOYD, Bascom (Mason) b. 5 Jul 1893 d. 26 Aug 1981 BOYD, Zea T. w/o Bascom b. 5 Jul 1899 d. 25 Nov 1969 BOYD, Charlie b. 1910 d. 1984 BOYD, Goldie w/o Charlie b. 1910 d. no date BOYD, Frank L. b. 1898 d. 1984 BOYD, Irene J. w/o Frank L. b. 1916 d. 1994 **buried in Greenlawn Cemetery East, Section #4, Louisa, KY BOYD, Millard s/o Nile & Rose Boyd b. 12 Nov 1912 d. 10 Jul 1995 BOYD, Sadie Marie Fletcher w/o Millard b. 9 Aug 1913 d. 9 Jun 1977 **buried in Greenlawn Cemetery West, Section #4, Louisa, KY BOYD, Calista M. (Eastern Star) b. 21 Dec 1877 d. 23 Nov 1969 BOYD, Hugh C. h/o Calista (Mason) b. 21 Aug 1871 d. 2 Sep 1937 **buried in Asch-Hale Cemetery, Hale Hollow south of Louisa, KY Volume 3-- BOYD, Debra b. 3-4-1955 d. 3-4-1955 BOYD, Tracie d/o Frank & Emaline b. 12-25-1963 d. 2-25-1963 BOYD, Emaline si/o Elizabeth Fitspatrick Borders b. 10-26-1939 d. living BOYD, Frank C. h/o Emaline BOYD KY US Army b. 2-22-1932 d. 1-13-1992 **buried in Preston Gap Cemetery BOYD, Elsie L. b. 10-17-1909 d. 10-31-1957 BOYD, Mastin b. 1880 d. 1954 BOYD, Lou Vanhoose b. 1886 d. 1954 BAILEY, Virginia Boyd b. 1921 d. 1960 BOYD, Earl b. 3-21-1906 d. 3-13-1950 BOYD, Sarah b. 8-25-1874 d. 3-30-1907 BOYD, Jessie b. 5-17-1901 d. 4-8-1940 BOYD, Vernon b. 1904 d. 1932 BOYD, Lina Daniels b. 1874 d. 1932 BOYD, Maxie b. 1899 d. 1929 **buried in Vanhoose Cemetery, Fannin Branch BOYD, Elmer b. 1-12-1933 d. 1-27-1933 BOYD, Timothy G. s/o Jessie & George H. Boyd b. 4-6-1962 d. 8-21-1966 **buried in Borders Chapel Cemetery, George's Creek BOYD, Emily b. 5-1-1851 d. 3-4-1879 BOYD, Herbert O. s/o H. C. & Calista Boyd b. 8-22-1907 d. 8-7-1912 **buried in Boyd Cemetery, Richardson, KY Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html
Hi Jim, I am interested in the VINSON family because my great-grandfather, James COMPTON married a VINSON whom I believe was named Victoria. James was married first to Georgia VAUGHAN and they had four children. They had four children: 1. Jennings COMPTON, b. 1883; 2. Henry E. COMPTON, b. 1885; 3. Jessie COMPTON, b. 1888 (my grandmother); and Maude COMPTON, b.1889. Georgia died in 1890 and James married Victoria VINSON about 1893/94 in WV. They had Isabelle, Nora and Mary COMPTON. My Aunt Maude COMPTON BICKFORD told me once that her step-brother Fred VINSON had the family Bible and it would probably have information about my COMPTON ancestors. I believe James lived mostly around Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky and was there when he died in 1916. If you have any knowledge at all about these folks I would certainly be grateful to you for passing it along. My mother's mother died when she was only 6 months old and she was raised by foster parents, John and Vatie FULLER. Thanks for any help in advance. Sincerely, Connie Chancellor [email protected] ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: James and Rhoda Sperry Vinson > Date: Saturday, October 24, 1998 12:55 PM > > Polly; > > Fred M. Vinson (Chief Justice) was my uncle (by marrying my Dad's sister > Roberta Dixon). I don't have much information on his ancestry other than his > parents names James and Virginia (Ferguson) Vinson. But I do have all of his > descendants if that is of any interest to you. > > One of his grandsons has an interest in the Civil War and wants to know if and > how any of his ancestors were involved. Perhaps you can help me with that. > > Your note also mentioned Peter Loar. My G-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Cyrus > b. 1829, was the son of Jesse Cyrus and Nancy Loar. Jesse and Nancy never > married and Andrew was born just after Jesse turned 18. Story is that Nancy > (who may have worked as a cook on a Big Sandy riverboat) was unable to care > for Andrew and gave him to Jesse and his wife Sarah (White). I would like > any information on Nancy Loar, most likely born between 1810 and 1815. > > > Jeff Dixon > >
My GOOD friend Lorna sent this to me...and I'd like to share it with all of you... Maybe you can find someone you know on the wall !!!! Fran << Here are some Corn names that are on the Wall of Honor on Ellis Island. If you're interested, here's the URL: http://www.wallofhonor.com/default.asp It's an interesting site! Lorna (Name) (Where from) (Panel #) George Corn Russia 501 Bertha Cherry Corn Russia 089 Bella Glickman Corn Roumania 089 Lillian Charnofsky Corn Russia 501 Samuel Fefferkorn Corn Poland 089 Harry Corn Austria 089 Max Corn Poland 01 Lilly Weinsoff Corn Russia 501 Joseph Corn Russo/Poland 089 The George and Rose Corn Family Russia 89 Leah Corn Rosenthal Poland 556 Edna Corn Kaskowitz Poland 217 Joseph F. Corn Poland 501 >>
In a message dated 98-10-24 00:02:26 EDT, you write: << I too have a CORNS but I have not started on that line yet. Pharoah Wilson (son of Sally Strouth and Smith Wilson) married Jennie Bell CORNS daughter of Samuel Jackson "Jack" and Susie Wells CORNS. Patty Dial >> Hi Patty, I'll check all my notes and papers and see if I have anything on your Corns !!!! I'll let you know what I find....BUT It will be a few days before I can get to it... Fran
In a message dated 98-10-23 20:32:51 EDT, you write: << Fran, You might have to accept me as a cousin: Hello Cousin Jeff !!!!!!!! You are right !!!!! I am a descendant of Preston Newman.... Wellllll in that case, do you have anything on Sarah Newman in your research ?????? This just goes to show what a small world this is !!!! Fran gggg-grandfather = Reverend John Newman ggg-grandfather = Peyton Newman b. 24Dec1760 Henery Co VA. d. Aug1822 Cabell Co VA m. Rebecca Reynolds gg-grandfather = Greenville Newman b. cir 1801 VA m. Sarah Hazlett g-grandmother = Arrena Newman b. 02Sep1831 Cabell Co VA d. 19May1908 Hulett, Wayne Co WV m. Andrew Jackson Cyrus grandfather = Joseph Morgan Cyrus b. 25Aug1871 Whites Creek, Wayne Co WV d. 30Sep1939 Lawrence Co KY m. Sarah Elvessa Hayes >>
Hi All, My Osburn line starts with (as far back as I have found) with Edmund Osborne/Osburn and his wife Mary "Polly" Noe. Their son, John Osburn is my ggg grandfather and the info that I have is: b 1796-98 Lee Co., Va d 28 Nov 1860 M 30 Oct 1817 Cynthia Ferguson b @1795 d Mar 1831. Both died in Wayne Co. I have heard John referred to as Rev. John Osburn and would love to have more info on him and his family. John & Cynthia's son Samuel, my gg grandfather m Sarah Ann Ferguson and I have some info on them and have found their burial space as I have their daughter Mariah Jane Osburn Ross. Can anyone help with with info on Rev John and Cynthia Ferguson Osburn? Thank you for your efforts and please know it is much appreciated. Jackie
Hi Everyone, In reference to my question, here are the answers I received (and THANKS a bunch to those who helped answer this): > > Oct 23, 1896 Johnson Thompson, 84, died near Busseyville. > > **NOTEis this Johnson Thompson the same who married Martha PACKWOOD???? > From: Ken Thompson <[email protected]> > YES, This is the same, Johnson Thompson s/o Andrew and Katherine Thompson, > b.1812 Floyd Co., Ky. and d.1896 Lawrence Co., Ky.. Married 1, Martha Packwood > No. 3, 1832, married 2, Lucinda Jane "Lucy" Roberts June 2, 1874....... > From: [email protected] > Based on the death year of 1896, this could be the Johnson THOMPSON you asked > about! However, the birthdate I have for him would make him "89" vice "84". > If he was "84" in 1896, his birth year would be 1812? Here's what I have in > my database on his family! > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Descendants of Johnson B. Thompson > > 1 Johnson B. Thompson b: February 06, 1807 in Lawrence County, Kentucky > d: 1896 in Lawrence County, Kentucky > +Martha Packwood b: 1804 in Virginia m: November 03, 1832 in Louisa, > Lawrence County, Kentucky d: April 01, 1874 in Lawrence County, > Kentucky Father: Richard Packwood Mother: Unknown > ..... 2 Gladys Thompson b: in Kentucky > ..... 2 Andrew J. Thompson b: October 05, 1832 in Kentucky d: September 19, > 1915 > +Mary Jane Spencer m: September 10, 1850 in Lawrence County, Kentucky > ..... 2 Exony Thompson b: 1834 in Lawrence County, Kentucky > ..... 2 William R. Thompson b: 1835 in Kentucky > +Sarah Carter m: April 02, 1855 in Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky > Father: James Carter Mother: Mahala Newman > ..... 2 Elizabeth M. Thompson b: March 21, 1838 in Adams, Lawrence County, > Kentucky d: July 21, 1894 in Adams, Lawrence County, Kentucky > +James Harvey Carter b: Abt. 1833 in Lawrence County, Virginia m: > March > 22, 1854 in Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky Father: Thomas > Carter > Mother: Catherine Burton > ..... 2 Margaret Thompson b: July 25, 1838 in Lawrence County, Kentucky > d: August 31, 1914 > +William H. Moore b: November 02, 1834 in Lawrence County, Kentucky > m: October 10, 1855 in Lawrence County, Kentucky d: June 15, 1901 > Father: Samuel Thompson Moore Mother: Tabitha Hale Beverly L. Pack [email protected] Main Lines Researching: PACK, ADKINS, CHANDLER, HEWLETT Looking for any info on PACK **Exchange of information is welcomed & encouraged!!!!** Lawrence County, KY Veterans http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/lcvet.htm Lawrence County, KY Genealogy & Personal Page http://www.mindspring.com/~sixcatpack/home.htm Family Tree Page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/c/Beverly-L-Pack/index.html
Hello Wayne County Cousins! Fran, a while back had asked for some "Mysterious" family stories! Well.... Do Jackie Jones and I have one for you guys! This is a story about ELI POWERS. He was the son of Wade Hampton and Ida (Shuff) Powers. If anyone on this list, no matter where you live, if you should ever run into this NAME on any records, PLEASE let us know. As we have NEVER been able to find Eli, Anywhere, after his "mysterious trip" to Florida. We do not know if he died there or if he just moved on! So please keep us in mind if you should happen to run into Eli in any records! Thanks! Lorna and Jackie ELI POWERS Eli Powers disappeared around the year 1911, at the age of 21, and had never been seen or heard of since. He along with his family had packed up and moved to Jacksonville,Fla. Wade & Ida (Shuff) Powers bought a piece of property there and they all had settled in. That's when the trouble began. Well.. Ida kept house for a living and Wade would do odd jobs. (Wade could build some "awsome" chimneys, and only for $8.00!) One of the jobs that he was hired to do was to build a fence for this gentleman. So he and Eli started on this fence, and their " employer " interupted them by telling them that "that's not the way to build a fence here in Jacksonville, because the soil was different", and it would never hold up. Well !!!! Needless to say that made Ol' Wade mad. So they ended up in an awful big fight with Wade picking up a shovel and hitting their " employer " over the head with it! Wade truly thought they had killed this poor fellow.(he didn't, thank God!) So he and Eli went into hiding. They hid in the woods and in the swamps, but eventually the police found them, and of course hauled them off to jail. When Ida got wind of what had happened, she really got mad. So for the next few weeks she would go to the jailhouse everyday and beg the police to let Eli out, so that she could take him home. They eventually let him out, in his mother's care. When they got home, to Jacksonville, Fla., Ida had given Eli some train money to come back to Wayne,W.Va. on. In the meantime, Ida and the rest of the family, (excluding Wade, who was still in jail) were packing up to move back to W.Va. also. Well.. When she arrived back in Wayne Co., W.Va., Eli still had not shown up. And he never did. Ida passed away in 1947 never having seen her son since that day in Jacksonville. It has always been suspected that he was robbed and murdered for his train fare, and that his body was probably dumped in the swamp. Or he could have possibly "moved on" and started a new life elsewhere!
Polly; Fred M. Vinson (Chief Justice) was my uncle (by marrying my Dad's sister Roberta Dixon). I don't have much information on his ancestry other than his parents names James and Virginia (Ferguson) Vinson. But I do have all of his descendants if that is of any interest to you. One of his grandsons has an interest in the Civil War and wants to know if and how any of his ancestors were involved. Perhaps you can help me with that. Your note also mentioned Peter Loar. My G-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Cyrus b. 1829, was the son of Jesse Cyrus and Nancy Loar. Jesse and Nancy never married and Andrew was born just after Jesse turned 18. Story is that Nancy (who may have worked as a cook on a Big Sandy riverboat) was unable to care for Andrew and gave him to Jesse and his wife Sarah (White). I would like any information on Nancy Loar, most likely born between 1810 and 1815. Jeff Dixon
Jim, I was so glad to see your inquiry regarding James and Rhoda Sperry Vinson, for they are my third great-grandparents. I don't know if the following information will help you or not, but it is at least a starting place for you. Per notes I have taken from various publications: "In 1800, or about that time, James was in Russell County, Virginia and there joined Benjamin Sperry (1767-1855), William Artrip and Peter Loar, brothers- in-law, who with their families were starting for a new home in the Big Sandy Valley in the Western Part of Virginia. This little party stopped at the forks of the Big Sandy River, about twenty- five miles from its confluence with the Ohio in Kanawha County, Virginia. While James Vinson lived on the Virginia side of Tug Fork of Big Sandy, many of his sons lived on the Kentucky side, and their descendants today divide their allegiance between Virginia and Kentucky (Source-notes of Frank Peters.) "James and Rhoda Sperry Vinson settled on a farm about six miles south of Fort Gay (Cassville), West Virginia. According to the notes of D.W. Vinson, this farm contains one hundred acres and was a grant patented to Ward and Smiley in 1808. In 1811 Benjamin Sperry bought and give this to James and Rhoda Sperry Vinson. This farm is still in the Vinson Family. James and Rhoda Vinson are buried here. I would be very interested in anything you might find regarding the Vinsons. I have just returned home from a genealogical trip to WVa, but did not have enough time to do any more research on the Vinsons, primarily concentrating on the Napier surname. Would be willing to share what information I have on the Vinsons, and any other common surnames we may share. Polly Cooper
> Hi Everyone, > I am Elva "Jackie" Ross Jones and I live in Charleston, WV now, orginally > from Huntington, WV with roots in Wayne County. > My grandparents are Taylor & Rebecca Powers Ross, who lived all their > married lives on Wilson Creek, and my father, Muss Ross was their only son > among 9 sisters. My Dad married Cleo Evelyn Jack in 1938 and in 1939 they > bought a house in Huntington, where I was born. > The surnames on Dad's family are: Ross, Powers, Adkins, Shuff, > Osburn/Osborne, Ferguson, Walker, Reynolds, Peters, Patrick, Jameson, Stokes, Calloway, Erwin, Boyd, Scott. The surnames on Mother's family are: Jack, Arthur, Adkins, Greathouse, Springston, Goff, Westfall, Rush, Carver > Thacker, Dowd My 4th great grandmother was Mary "Polly" Noe b 19 Feb 1`776 in Va D 23 Feb 1869 in Lawrence Co., KY and married Edmund Osborne/Osburn 19 Feb 1796. Edmund died in 1842 in Wayne Co., WV. I have Mary Noe's parents as John Calvin Noe, Sr and Elizabeth Patrick. I have John Sr's birth @ 1740 Orange Co., NC death 25 Feb 1816 Lee Co., VA - Elizabeth's parents as Hugh Patrick b 1732 Fredrick, MD d after 1814 Lee Co., Va and Susannah Harris b @ 1735 Isle of Wight d @1814 Lee Co., WV. I would love to have more info on these ancestors. I believe that the Patricks were from Scotland. > Hope to hear from you all soon, > Jackie >
FRAN, WHAT AM I--RAW [email protected]@#(**@&@& DIANA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 6:41 PM Subject: Wayne County Ancestors > >There are a few new subscribers to the list and it might help if we post our >line again..The list has been really slow and quiet lately...I sure hope with >the days getting shorter and the nights getting longer we will have more >activity on the list...If none of us ever post, we will never find any >information we need !!!! Sometimes just posting a story of things we remember >about Wayne County or one our Wayne County ancestors will help.. Give it >some thought .... > >Who I am looking for - ADKINS, CORNS, NEWMAN and NOE. Most of these ancestors >were in Wayne County in the mid and late 1800's and then most migrated to >Logan County...I can't believe that some one, some where doesn't have these >people in their lines...I MUST be a special breed of people, to not have any >COUSINS !!!! > >Fran Namotka >