Well now that you woke me with your John of Cumberland PA; here goes the 1850 census for Wayne Co WV. You may be able to find John Ziegler in the 1840 cenus of Greenup/Boyd/or Lawrence Co KY. John L. Zigler 37 4000 PA lots of personal property Suzan (Hampton) 36 VA Hiram C. 11 KY William A. 8 KY Elizabeth M. 7 KY John H. 5 VA Helen M 2 VA Joseph P. 6 months VA Thsi family I believe is mentioned in the Greenup Co KY History by Nina BIGGS. Suzan was Doc. -------Hampton 's daughter bn on Dock's creek. Interesting Hampton history may be found in History of Cabell Co WV--to you Westerners that Huntington WV. Dallas Johnson Big Sandy Area/Ohio River WV-JOHNSON, IRONS, GILKERSON, FULLER, HAZLETT, CURNUTTE, DAVIS, HENSLEY KY-JOHNSON, FRANCIS, HENSLEY, GILKERSON OH-JOHNSON, IRONS On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 18:04:40 -0400 (EDT) PilgrimD@aol.com writes: >so let's try this one again. I am looking for any information that >might >lead me to the parents of Benjamin Zeigler. I have a great deal of >information on him from the time he left Carlisle in 1850 through his >descendents to the present. I just can't seem to find anything that >will >tell me who's kid he was. Born 3/5/1830 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co, >PA, I >assume into some family. I do know that he had an older brother named >John. > Any hints would be appreciated. > >Dennis Wilhite > >