tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69362614620820221082024-03-04T20:34:19.905-08:00Remember Me - Heritage from the PastAncestor history and stories. Every ancestor has a story. It's up to us to find that story and share it with others.
Grab a cuppa, pull up a chair, kick off your shoes, and let's talk about family history.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-23275202753245763202014-07-07T12:02:00.000-07:002018-05-12T19:04:08.377-07:0052 Ancestors #27 - Corelius (Neil) Cargill: Patriot and Loyalist52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">Amy Crow</a> posted a challenge on her blog "<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">No Story Too Small</a>."<br />
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<b><i>My Maternal 4th Great Grandfather</i></b></div>
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Cornelius Cargill</div>
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b. abt 1746 in Lunenburg County, Virginia</div>
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d. Spring of 1781 Ninety Six District, South Carolina</div>
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Parents: John and Rachael Tinsley Cargill</div>
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m. Sarah (maiden name not proven)</div>
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<li><b>Cornelius (Carney) Cargill </b>(my ancestor)</li>
<li>Tabitha F. Cargill</li>
<li>Letticia (Letty) Cargill</li>
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Cornelius and Sarah settled in Berkeley County, South Carolina after their marriage. They later moved to Craven County, South Carolina. It was about this time that Cornelius joined the Loyalists.</div>
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<dd style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0px;">Series: S108092<br />
Reel: 0019<br />
Frame: 00214<br />
ignore: 000<br />
Date: 1776 C. or later<br />
Description: CARGILL, CORNELIUS, ACCOUNT AUDITED (FILE NO. 1060) OF CLAIMS GROWING OUT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.<br />
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Cornelius Cargill was also known as Neil or Neely. Cornelius was a Whig (Patriot) at the start of the Amercian Revolution but like many of his family members he crossed the line and became a Loyalist (Tory) in favor of England. His reason for changing political parties is unknown. It was a major turning point in his life that would result in his death.</div>
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During the early spring of 1781, Cornelius led his troops to assist Col. Cruger. Along the way they passed the home of Patriot, Capt. Solomon Pope. Three of Pope's men were there. Cornelius and his troops took those men as prisoners. It was at this time that the Siege of Ninety-Six occured and the Tories lost. Cornelius and his men took their three prisoners (Aaron Wever, Joe Allen, and Fred Sissan) to a swamp at nearby Mine Creek and put them to death.</div>
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Col. Pope took immediate retaliation and hunted down Cornelius and his troops. A fight pursued at the fork of Cloud's Creek and Little Saluda. The Patriots killed Cornelius and all of his men except for one: Henry Ethridge. It has been said that many of these men died even though they had surrendered.</div>
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Cornelius died at the age of thirty-five leaving his wife to raise their three young children alone. He did not have a Last Will but estate records have been located.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-27437532141681259482014-06-29T07:31:00.002-07:002014-06-29T07:33:54.524-07:0052 Ancestors #26 - Alcinda Alexander Bryan Hodges: Member of the RLDS Church52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">Amy Crow</a> has posted a challenge on her blog '<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">No Story Too Small</a>'.<br />
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<b>Alcinda Alexander Bryan</b></div>
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b. 3 Dec 1826 in Ohio </div>
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d. 3 Apr 1908 in Limestone County, Texas</div>
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m. 25 Nov 1847 in Houston County, Texas</div>
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Spouse: <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/06/52-ancestors-24-isaac-james-hodges.html" target="_blank">Isaac James Hodges</a></div>
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My paternal 2nd great grandparents</div>
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Alcinda left behind a paper trail but so much is lacking. Nothing is known of her early life, siblings, and parents. She moved to Houston (Republic of Texas) in 1845. It was here that she married Isaac. There is one possible person listed on the 1850 census that could qualify as her father. His name is Lewis Bryan, born about 1782 in North Carolina. He is living alone on the census. However, the only census with Alcinda's parents birth place shows them born in Ohio.</div>
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Alcinda and Isaac were members of the Clear Creek Baptist Church in Leon County, Texas. Isaac died in 1871 leaving Alcinda a widow. She never remarried. She did make a change in her life eleven years later.</div>
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She joined the <b><i>Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints</i></b>. She was baptized on February 27, 1882 in Anderson County, Texas. Anderson and Leon are adjoining counties.</div>
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I'm not sure why she made the change. Was she previously a member of the original church while in Ohio? I have not been able to obtain any other information concerning her change in religious beliefs. There is no documentation showing her children having belong to that church. Did she have siblings that were members?</div>
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Alcinda filed for Civil War Widows Pension on June 13, 1899 while living in Kosse, Limestone, Texas. The document gives much of her personal information as well as Isaac's. </div>
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<li><b>Sarah Ellen Hodges </b>1850-after 1900 m. John Andrew Sowders (my ancestors)</li>
<li>Abel James Hodges 1853-1933 m. Bernetto Rasco</li>
<li>John Bryan Hodges 1854-1921 m. Lydia Margaret Holland</li>
<li>Edmond D. Hodges 1855-1925 m. Alice Virginia Johnson</li>
<li>Benjamin Hodges 1857</li>
<li>Mary E. Hodges about 1859</li>
<li>Drusilla Ann Hodges 1864-1935 m. Julius Sheldon Johnson</li>
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Alcinda is buried in the Mexia City Cemetery located in Mexia, Limestone, Texas. Who were her parents and siblings. Did she grow up in Ohio or another state? What led her to change her religious beliefs?</div>
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Isaac James Hodges arrived in the Republic of Texas about December 10, 1839. His parents are Edmund and Sarah McClain Hodges. Isaac's father died in 1830 while the family lived in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Isaac came to Texas along with his Mother and siblings.</div>
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The year 1847 was very eventful for Isaac. He enlisted for the Mexican War on May 3, 1847, age twenty-four. That same year he married Alcinda Alexander Bryan. (Alexander is her middle name.) </div>
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Isaac and Alcinda had nine children:<br />
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<li><b>Sarah Ellen (Sallie) Hodges </b>m. John Andrew Sowders (my ancestors)</li>
<li>Abel James Hodges m. Bernetta Rasco</li>
<li>John Bryan Hodges m. Lydia Margaret (Maggie) Holland</li>
<li>Edmond D. Hodges m. Alice Virginia Johnson (I may be related to Alice too ??)</li>
<li>Benjamin Hodges</li>
<li>Mary E. Hodges</li>
<li>Drusilla Ann Hodges m. Julius Sheldon Johnson (I may be related to Julius too ??)</li>
<li>Parthena Jane Hodges m. William Jasper Hannah</li>
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Isaac enlisted in the Civil War. He was listed as sick in the Hempstead Hospital during March 1865.</div>
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The family eventually settled down in Leon County, Texas. Isaac collapsed while working on the Clear Creek Baptist Church. He never recovered and died at the age of forty-eight. The Clear Creek Cemetery was started when died and Isaac was the first person buried there.</div>
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Isaac James Hodges<br />
b. May 31, 1822 in Franklin County, Tennessee<br />
d. April 9, 1871 in Leon County, Texas<br />
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Grandma Minnie was born to James David and <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/01/amy-johnson-crow-has-posted-challenge.html" target="_blank">Rhoda Ann Ellis</a> Williams on September 13, 1886 in Sevier County, Arkansas. Her father was from Texas. Her mother was from North Carolina. Grandma had eight siblings. Their family traveled a circuit from Arkansas to Texas to Oklahoma.<br />
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Grandma was about twelve years old when this photo was taken. Her clothing and belt were hand-crocheted by her mother. The family was living in Oklahoma at the time.<br />
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The family moved back to Texas where Grandma met and married <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/01/cotton-picking-days-albert-josiah-hill.html" target="_blank">Albert Josiah Hill</a> on April 11, 1907 in Falls County.<br />
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Grandma gave birth to thirteen children and raised one step-son. Their names can be found <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/01/cotton-picking-days-albert-josiah-hill.html" target="_blank">here</a>, Grandma was responsible for the eight girls and Grandpa was responsible for the six boys.<br />
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The entire family had to work the cotton farm. Grandma and the younger girls took care of the household chores as well as the animals and garden. They did laundry, cooked, cleaned, gathered eggs, fed chickens, picked vegetables, and other chores associated with farm life.<br />
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Grandma worked very hard to make a good life for her family.<br />
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Grandpa died February 5, 1942, leaving Grandma to raise the youngest children by herself. The older children who had married helped her out as much as they could.<br />
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Grandma broke up housekeeping in her later years. She moved around from one child's house to the other. I remember her coming to live with us.<br />
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It was almost bedtime one night when I slipped into her room. She was sitting at the dresser braiding her hair. Mama came in and warned Grandma that I was the "64,000 question kid". Grandma smiled and said let her ask away. I'll send her out at bedtime.<br />
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I have to say the questions poured out one after another....Who were your parents? Where did you live? Do you have sisters and brothers? How old are you?....the questions just kept coming out.<br />
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Grandma patiently answered each question as she braided her hair. She smiled the entire time. "Why do you do that to your hair?". She smiled and said, "I have been braiding my hair at bedtime ever since I was a little girl. Do you want me to braid your hair?".<br />
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Grandma eventually moved back Falls County and moved in with her widowed daughter-in-law. Grandma died there on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1959. We all lost our Sweetheart.<br />
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<i>Edward, son of Richard and Elizabeth Chamberlyn Riggs, was baptized March 30, 1589 in Roydon, Essex, England. (A copy of his baptism record can be found near the bottom of the page <a href="http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~riggs/ESSMls2.htm#D2" target="_blank">here</a>.) He married Elizabeth Holmes. Their children are <b>Edward Jr.</b> (I descended from him), Lydia, Elizabeth, John, and Mary. Their children were all born and baptized at the Nazeing Parish in England. The family left England in 1633 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts.</i><br />
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Boston was located on an isthmus. Today it has been land-filled. Roxbury was at the bottom of Boston in what is known as Boston Neck (bottom of map).<br />
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It was originally called Rocksberry because the rocks in the area were a challenge to farmers.<br />
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Edward was admitted as a Freeman (free from bondage). Only "free" men were allowed to own land, vote, and hold public office.The family attended the First Church of Roxbury. The church also served as a meeting place for government.<br />
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<i>I missed a week of posting. This week I'm bending the rule a little and posting two on one page. My Parents are Albert Herring Sowders and Pauline Hill (aka. Polly).</i><br />
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We were browsing through photos one day when I found a photo of Mama and Daddy in jail. Inquisitive me had to know the entire story from start to finish. (I knew the "who" but wanted to know - where, when, how, and why!)<br />
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<b> He said</b>:<br />
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I knew your mother most of my life. I actually "hung out" with her older sister first but we didn't "court". We were just friends and enjoyed "hanging out" together. She married her "beau" while I was in the military.<br />
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Your mother was very young when I enlisted in World War II. I enlisted in 1941 and was discharged in 1945. The closest the military could get me to home was Dallas,Texas. I contacted your mother's sister in Dallas and she agreed to pick me up at the Dallas bus station and take me home to Kosse,Texas.<br />
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<b>She said</b>:<br />
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Your daddy was twenty-five when he went into the military. I was only fourteen and still in school. Men were the last thing on my mind at the time.<br />
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The day he contacted my sister to meet him at the bus station, my sister asked if I would like to go with her. I said "sure" as I had nothing else on my agenda for the day.<br />
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I had just turned eighteen and he was twenty-nine.<br />
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<b>He said</b>:<br />
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I was in for the "shock of my life" when they showed up at the bus station. "That little girl from down the street had grown into a very beautiful woman".<br />
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Her sister drove. I sat in the front seat. Your mother sat in the back. I kept turning around to look at her.<br />
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"I couldn't take my eyes off her."<br />
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"Your daddy was so handsome." Every time he turned around I would smile. I wondered why my <br />
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We took him home but it was not long until he showed up on my doorstep.<br />
We saw each other daily.<br />
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Our "whirl-wind romance that lasted a whole three weeks".<br />
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We married at the Groesbeck Courthouse in Limestone County, Texas on July 27,1945. <br />
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We spent the night at the Cynthia Ann Parker Motel which was located a few miles north of Mexia, Texas.<br />
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The next day we drove into Dallas and attended the State Fair. We rode rides, ate cotton candy, and watched the stock show.<br />
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We stopped by a photo booth and had our photo taken.<br />
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You could say we became officially "locked" into matrimony at the photo booth.<br />
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Albert Herring Sowders is the fifth child of Virgil Elmer and Martha Elizabeth Harper Johnston Sowders. He was born January 13, 1917 in Kosse, Limestone, Texas. He pursued many interests in life including farming, military, ordained minister, truck driver, carpenter, mechanic, and supervisor. He was a great husband and father who devoted his life to his family.<br />
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Pauline Hill is the daughter of <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/01/cotton-picking-days-albert-josiah-hill.html" target="_blank">Albert Josiah and Minnie Lee Williams</a>. She was born May 16, 1927 in Rosebud, Falls, Texas. Her interests in life included playing the guitar and piano, church secretary, seamstress, waitress, and assembly work. She was a wonderful wife and mother. She always put us first in her life.<br />
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My parents were married thirty-two years.<br />
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William J. Barefield is my maternal 2nd great grandfather.</div>
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William J. Barefield has been one my unsolved puzzles. There are only two records that I have been able to obtain for him - the 1840 and 1850 census. </div>
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The 1840 census shows him living in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana with his first wife and son. He is listed as age 20-30. His wife is in the same age group and his son is under 5. The head of the household listed below him is J. H. Barefield. I have found no information or connections to this J. H. Barefield.<br />
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His wife and son disappear sometime around 1842 and by 1843 he is married to my 2nd great grandmother Elizabeth Caroline Cargill. She used her middle name on records. William and Elizabeth had three known children: Hester, James, and <b>Louisa</b> (she is my ancestor). They are listed together on the 1850 census living in Western District, Bienville, Lousiana. The Leatherman children listed with them are Elizabeth's children by her first marriage. There are also two men living with them and a girl age fourteen (George Pierce (?), Vinson Gillet, and Hester A. Sanfrancisco (spelled as shown on the record).</div>
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This census shows his age as 30 but we know from the first census that he was 30 or older ten years earlier. The later census shows him to be eleven years older than his wife. I have estimated his birth as 1816 which would correspond with his first marriage and child.<br />
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William was a gunsmith. The value of his real estate property is listed as $1,000. It is the lowest valued property on the page. It shows that he was born in Arkansas.<br />
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Elizabeth, his second wife, is listed without William on the 1860 census in Milam County, Texas. The non-population schedule shows her farm valued at $500.<br />
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That's it folks! Those are the only records I have concerning William J. Barefield.<br />
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Did William die in Arkansas or Texas...or did they divorce?<br />
Is the girl named Hester A. Sanfrancisco related? (William and Elizabeth named their first child Hester A.)<br />
Who were his parents and siblings?<br />
What happened to his first wife and son?<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-85945219249641966822014-05-05T08:01:00.001-07:002014-05-05T08:01:05.225-07:0052 Ancestors #18 - Virgil Clark Sowders - Story Telling Photo Collage52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">Amy Crow</a> has posted a challenge on her blog "<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">No Story Too Small</a>."<br />
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<i>Virgil Clark Sowders is my paternal Uncle.</i></div>
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August 2, 1918 in Kosse, Limestone, Texas. Virgil always wanted to be a soldier. He greeted people with a salute instead of hand shake. He was four years old, saluting, in the center photo.</div>
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Virgil's wish came true on November 27, 1942 when he enlisted in the Army for World War II. The two photos (left and right) were taken in Italy. He enlisted for the duration of the war plus six months. He loved being in the military and expressed his desire to make a career of the military. His career was cut short. Virgil was shot and died on December 1, 1943 while in Italy. The tree in the background is a tree located in Eutaw Cemetery, Kosse, Texas where <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sowders&GSfn=virgil&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScnty=2666&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=14518445&df=all&" target="_blank">Virgil</a> is buried. Virgil never married and had no known children.</div>
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Thank you Uncle Virgil. I wish I could have known you.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-50618119695234883352014-04-28T04:45:00.001-07:002014-04-28T04:45:57.936-07:0052 Ancestors #17 - John Knox - Was he a Twin? Which birth year is correct?52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">Amy Crow</a> has posted a challenge on her blog "<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">No Story Too Small</a>".<br />
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<i>John Knox II is my paternal 6th great grandfather.</i></div>
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John Knox II was born in Ireland. His birth year is questionable. The passenger list shows his age as fifty (born 1717) but his <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=KN&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSsr=3161&GRid=34326011&" target="_blank">headstone</a> shows he died June 27, 1777 at the age of fifty-five which indicates he was born in 1722. He was named after his father John Knox I. His mother is Agnes Johnstone Knox. Both of his parents were born in Scotland.<br />
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John married Elizabeth Ann Gaston. They had ten children: <b>Mary</b>, John, Matthew, Elizabeth, Sarah, Joseph, Hugh, Ann, James, and Samuel. I descended through their daughter Mary. He spent most of his life in Ireland but - a change was coming.<br />
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John and his family left Ireland in 1767. Their destination was South Carolina. Several of John's siblings were on the same ship including his brother William. The records show that John and William were both fifty years old which would mean they are twins born in 1717. I can find no death record of his brother William to verify his birth year. As I stated earlier, John's headstone indicates he was born in 1722. In that case, John was only forty-five when he arrived in South Carolina. The only thing I can determine is that John was born in 1717 or 1722 depending on which record is used.<br />
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John received a 100 acre memorial grant on July 27, 1768. The land was situated on Fishing Creek in Craven County, South Carolina. The plat was not completed until March 13, 1772.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-74381926033281604962014-04-21T07:34:00.000-07:002014-04-21T07:34:43.908-07:0052 Ancestors #16 Christinator Roberts Thomas - Unique, Beautiful, and Powerful Name52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">Amy Crow</a> has posted a challenge on her blog "<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">No Story Too Small</a>".<br />
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<i>Christinator Roberts Thomas is my maternal 7th great grandmother</i></div>
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Christinator. What a beautiful name! Not only is her name beautiful, it's the most unique name in my family tree. The sound of her name makes me feel as though she was a shaker and maker - a person who made things happen.<br />
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Christinator was born to Thomas and Mary Roberts in Nansemond County, Virginia on January 31, 1712. It is not known if her parents created her name or if she was named after an ancestor.<br />
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Chrstinator married the Reverand John Thomas about 1730. They have four known children: John, <b>Jonathan</b>, Theophilus, and Theresa. Their son Jonathan is my 7th great grandfather. The Reverand named his wife and children in his Last Will.<br />
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Christinator supported her husband's chosen career as a Minister and later when he became a Judge. Unfortunately there are very few records to give us a view of her life style and the person she became. I would love to know more about her.<br />
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Christinator died December 30, 1796 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, She is buried at the <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=THOM&GSfn=C&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSsr=321&GRid=37594835&" target="_blank">Toisnot Baptist Church Cemetery</a> in Wilson County, North Carolina. A memorial headstone was placed there by her descendants.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-80036995114623121122014-04-14T05:47:00.000-07:002014-04-14T05:47:54.832-07:0052 Ancestors #15 - Joseph Laswell: The Tory in Me52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. <a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">Amy Crow</a> has posted a challenge on her blog "<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">No Story Too Small</a>".<br />
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<i>My paternal 4th great grandfather is Joseph Laswell.</i> </div>
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The colonists were split three ways during the American Revolutionary War: (1) about one-third of the people were known as Patriots or the Freedom Fighters; (2) about one-third were Whigs (also known as Tories or Loyalists) who fought in favor of England; and (3) the last third were neutral. It was a war that pit father against son, mother against daughter, and neighbor against neighbor.</div>
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Joseph Laswell was a known Tory at the onset of the American Revolution. Tories used many alias names. Some known alias names for Joseph were: Lasswell, Lasewell, Lacewell, Lacefield, Lasefield, and many, many more.</div>
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Joseph was a Tory leader and participated in burning houses and destroying the property of the Patriots in an effort to keep them from winning the war. This was not a one-sided affair. The Patriots did the same to known Tories. It was common among both Tories and Patriots to capture their enemy and hang them. One such occasion is told in <i style="font-weight: bold;">King's Mountain and it's Heroes" by Lyman C. Draper </i>when Adjutant Jesse Franklin was captured by Joseph Laswell and his party of Tories.</div>
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Joseph was eventually captured, tried, and sentenced for high treason by the Morgan Superior Court. We learn from the Executive Letter Book that Governor Martin addressed the General Assembly:<br />
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<i>As prosecutions of this kind are daily carried on and the courts of justice worried with them, I beg the sense of the Honorable, the Legislature, as the Supreme Council of the state, with regard to the above persons, also request that some law be passed that the Judicial and Executive powers of government be directed how to conduct themselves in future towards this class of people</i>."</blockquote>
The above statement "<i>generally pardoned them on their enlisting into the continental service of eighteen months</i>" indicates Joseph joined the Continental Service after his capture. It was common for those who were captured to be given a choice: hang or switch parties. Apparently Joseph decided to live, fought on the Patriot side of the war, and afterwards was still sentenced to be executed.<br />
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Joseph Laswell's birth year is not known. I have estimated it to be about 1740 based on the fact that he owned property in Rowan County, North Carolina in 1762. His parents were William and Mary Laswell. By 1771 he is on the tax list for Surry County, North Carolina. Surry was hotbed for Tories.<br />
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He married Eunice Riggs. They had several children that are known and possibly some that are not yet known. Their children used various surnames:</div>
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1) <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/01/52ancestors-last-will-of-david-sowder.html" target="_blank">Elizabeth <b>Lacefield</b> m. David Sowder</a> (my 3rd great grandparents)</div>
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2) Sally <b>Lacefield</b> m. Peter Sowder (they are sister and brother to Elizabeth and David)</div>
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3) John Henry Laswell m. Wilmoth Owen</div>
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4) Mary <b>Lacefield</b> m. Unknown Morris</div>
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5) Lucy Laswell m. Elisha Owen</div>
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6) Jesse Laswell m. Fannie Bell</div>
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7) Nancy Laswell m. Frederick Ott</div>
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8) Abigail <b>Lacewell</b> m. Henry Ott</div>
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Joseph left North Carolina sometime after 1790 and moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky. He served as Constable in 1803 and 1807. The new county of Rockcastle was formed from this part of Lincoln County in 1810. Joseph spent the remainder of his life there and died about 1816.</div>
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My maternal 3rd great grandmother was captured and held prisoner by a great mythical cloud. Family tales from all of her descendants varied from one branch to the other.<br />
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"We are Cherokee." </div>
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"Not what I heard. We are Comanche."</div>
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"No we are Chicasaw."</div>
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"We are Creek."</div>
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So how did so many branches believe so differently? My favorite tale of her descendants was one of intrigue, adventure, and romance. The type of tale most women love to read about - especially when it's your ancestor.</div>
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<i>"One of the Williams men disagreed with the way the Indians were treated. He traveled to North Carolina and chose a Cherokee bride. He walked the Trail of Tears with her and her family."</i> </blockquote>
Stories like this were passed down for several generations. So who was this mysterious bride? Which Williams man married her? If it was not a Cherokee bride then who in the family was Native American? I set out on my own adventure hoping to find a beautiful love story or at least find which of the Five Tribes we descended from.<br />
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The only female who qualified for the Cherokee bride story was Margaret Slaughter. She was known as Peggy to the family. She was the right age to walk the Trail of Tears. She married into the Williams family. Her husband was James M. Williams. He was known as Big John. There was just one tiny little problem. They had their first child in 1804 which means they married <u>before</u> the Trail the Tears. <i>Oh</i> <i>well. There goes the adventure and romance side of the story! However, I was still intrigued. What was her story and ethnicity? Was she Native American? If not her could it be her mother? How and when did this myth start? "Where there is smoke there is fire". Who started the fire and fanned the flames?</i><br />
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Margaret Slaughter is the daughter of Walter and Susannah Margaret Webb Slaughter. She was born about 1780 in North Carolina. I researched her parents and grandparents. <i>No Native Americans here. They are predominately from the British Isles.</i> Another myth busted! That's okay though because my 3rd great grandmother is worthy of a story and should be redeemed from the cloud of myth she was placed on.<br />
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Margaret's family migrated to Amite County, Mississippi where she met and married James Williams. Her husband was sixteen years her senior. He served in the American Revolution. Their nine children were born in Mississippi and Georgia. Their children were Matilda, Luke, Hiram, James B., Rebecca, William, <b>John</b>, Thomas, and Emeline. I descended from <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/01/52ancestors-5-john-m-williams-tracking.html" target="_blank">John</a>.<br />
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The family moved around fairly often. Can you imagine moving by wagon with all these children in tow? Margaret had her hands full. The good news for Margaret was they didn't travel too far until the children were all grown.<br />
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They moved to Louisiana after the 1820 census and before 1830. Margaret was fifty-two when her husband filed for military pension. By 1850 they had moved to Leon County, Texas where they would spend their remaining days. Margaret died at the age of eighty.<br />
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It is not known who started the family tales but Margaret and her mother were not Indian. The flames were fanned to a point to where some of Margaret and her mother's descendant filed applications to join the Cherokee Tribe in the late 1800's to early 1900's. They were all denied. However many descendants do not know that today and still believe we are Indian through Margaret or her mother.<br />
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<i>Today I celebrate my 3rd great grandmother Margaret Slaughter Williams.</i></div>
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Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Pittman is my paternal great grandmother</div>
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Mary is one of my great mysteries. I don't know who her parents were other than a death record that shows her father to be William Pittman.</div>
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Mary was born November 10, 1860 in Alabama. Her death record and census records are consistent in showing her birth in Alabama. The first record available for Mary is when she married John P. Johnston on September 25, 1876. in Limestone County, Texas. All census records showing the birth of her parents are inconsistent.</div>
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The informant for Mary's death certificate was her son John Clark Johnston. Mary died April 26, 1935 at Kosse, Limestone, Texas. She was living with her daughter Rosanna when she died. The death record shows her father was William Pittman birth place unknown and her mother is shown as name unknown and birth place unknown. </div>
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This death certificate only shows the handwriting of two people. The doctor and the person who completed the certificate. The informant line shows J. C. Johnston. He did not sign this. He signed his his World War I Draft Registration and the signature does not match the one on the Mary's death certificate. I sure wish Rosanna would have been the informant. I'm sure Rosanna knew their names.</div>
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I have tried to track all Pittman's living in the vicinity of Limestone County, Texas. None seem to be Mary's father. Surely they must at least be cousins to Mary but I can't connect to them.</div>
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My Dad said every single person living in Kosse in the early 1900's was related to us "if not by blood then by marriage". There were some Pittman families living near Mary on the 1900 census. They lived in the same precinct. I feel this J. W. Pittman may be related to Mary. Other researchers show his name as Joseph Wesley Pittman b. 1840 in North Carolina. Some of them have a brick wall on his lineage while others show his father as Wesley Pittman b. 1812 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.</div>
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My Mary is not the daughter of this Wesley Pittman. I went back one more line in his tree. Wesley's father was Joseph Pittman. This Joseph did have a son named William b. 1815 in Edgecombe. Could this be the father of my Mary? He reportedly died 1861 in Edgecombe. It appears that he never left North Carolina. Of course that's using other trees as a guide. Possibly they are wrong. Possibly he moved (?). It's highly doubtful that he is her father unless he was in Alabama when she was born.</div>
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On my list of questions I added "Did her father die and her mother remarry and is living nearby?". That is impossible to answer since I don't have the name of her mother.</div>
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There are other Pittman's in Limestone, Navarro, and Leon counties but none of them seem to be my Mary's family as far as I can tell. I'm sure I have overlooked some little clue down the line!</div>
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My DNA matches to 34 trees on Ancestry. They are all very distant cousins with the exception of one who shares the same line as me. I also have 10 matches on FTDNA. Almost all of these matches have a William Pittman as a direct ancestor or as a cousin. None of these William Pittman's can be linked to my Mary.</div>
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Mary's daughter <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/02/52ancestors-6-rosanna-jane-johnston.html" target="_blank">Rosanna Johnston Herring</a> and my Dad's sister, and my Dad were walking, talking, encyclopedia's of family history. They would tell stories of all the family as well as cousins. They never wrote any of the information down but they knew the family history fairly far back in time. I remember much of the genealogy and stories. Unfortunately, by time I began my family tree they were not here for me to ask questions about Mary. I have no memory of the stories concerning Mary Pittman. I feel certain they knew who Mary's parents were and I regret not asking questions while they were all still living.</div>
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John Polk was about fifteen years old when he left his hometown located on the Emerald Isle (Ireland) with his parents William and Elizabeth as well as his two brothers Charles and William Jr. Their ship arrived in South Carolina about 1794/95. </div>
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The Polk family loaded up their wagon and headed west to Obion County, Tennessee. The <b><a href="http://tngenweb.org/obion/history/goodspeeds-history-of-obion-county/" target="_blank">Goodspeed Publishing Co</a>.</b> states that John Polk arrived in Obion County about 1833. However, John took the Oath in Obion County on May 14, 1834. The court record states that John had been living in Obion County for three years so he arrived in Obion County about 1831. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">John and his family settled about three and one-half miles from Troy, Tennessee where John purchased 840 acres. Today it is known as Polk Station and was named after John's son James.</span><br />
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John was fifty-years old when he became ill. There was a man named William H. Massey in Obion County who wrote letters to his brother. Someone was kind enough to transcribe those letters and post them on the internet. William H. Massey wrote "Old man John Polk died night before last with the fever". The letter is dated October 16, 1837. (<a href="http://msgw.org/tate/letter.htm" target="_blank">http://msgw.org/tate/letter.htm</a>)</div>
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Thomas and Sarah Jackson Tinsley: My paternal and maternal 7th great grandparents.</div>
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Thomas Tinsley is my 7th great grandfather. Actually it could be said that Thomas and his wife Sarah Jackson Tinsley are my ancestors two times over. He was born about 1660 at St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. His parents Thomas and Elizabeth Randolph Tinsley were immigrants from Yorkshire, England. They arrived at Jamestown in 1638. Sarah's father was Isaac Jackson who immigrated from Lancashire, England.</div>
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Thomas and Sarah settled in St. Anne's Parish in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia after their marriage. They had eight children: David, Phillip, <b>John</b>, Thomas, Ann, <b>Edward</b>, Mary, and Isaac. I descend from two of their sons - John and Edward. It's not unusual for us to have double relationships in our lineage due to intermarriage between cousins but in this case it was not cousins. John is my<u> maternal</u> 6th great grandfather and his brother Edward is my <u>paternal</u> 6th<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>great grandfather. My parents are cousins to each other, they are my cousins, and I am my own cousin!</div>
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Old Rappahannock County is known as Essex County today. Thomas owned a transport ship. It is not known if he was the ship master or if he hired someone. He probably was a merchant and used to the ship to transport merchandise. He definitely transported people. </div>
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Thomas was granted land on at least two occasions for transporting people to the Colony. One grant was for fourteen-hundred acres for transporting twenty-eight people. The other grant was for one thousand acres for transporting twenty people to the Colony. The names of those he transported are listed on the grants.</div>
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Their property was on a southern branch of the "Portobacco Creek" which was given it's name for the <a href="http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=7406" target="_blank">Portobacco Tribe</a>. It was a perfect location for Thomas and his family. They had access to the waterways that were used for shipping tobacco and transporting people to the Colony.</div>
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In April 1714 Thomas Tinsley, planter of Essex County, sold several pounds of tobacco and several tracts of land totaling one thousand twenty-five acres.</div>
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Rosanna Harper was a Christmas baby. She was born to Robert and Agnes Harper on December 25, 1774 in South Carolina. Her parents were born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1767 along with their siblings and other family members. We know from her father's will that her family called her 'Rosey'. Her father left her ten pounds to be paid in two cows and calves.<br />
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Rosanna married her cousin Henry Harper. He is the son of Benjamin and Mary Knox Harper. His parents came to the United States from Ireland along with Rosanna's parents. Very little is known about Henry. He and Rosanna are listed on the 1800 and 1810 census.<br />
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The inheritance was collected about 1808. Henry died sometime between the 1810 and 1820 census. They had a total of seven children: Jane D., <b>Robert</b>, Margaret, Mary L. (Polly), James B., one son name unknown, and two daughters names unknown. Their son Robert is my third great grandfather.</div>
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It was after the death of Henry that a group of people from York County, South Carolina decided to migrate west. The party was made up of family, friends, and neighbors. Rosanna, her children, and son-in-law William Hutchison made the decision to go with them. It's believed that her cousin/brother-in-law, James Knox Harper, lead the wagon train. Much of their journey is given in the obituary of Rosanna's daughter Mary L. (Polly) Harper Hogue. (Mary will be discussed later).</div>
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They headed for Tennessee. According to family stories the wagon train stopped in Tennessee and was to told to continue west to the area now known as Obion County, Tennessee. Upon arrival in Obion County they had to cross the Obion River. Mary's obituary states they used their 'bed cords, lashed the timber together' and built a raft. They crossed the Obion River near the town of Rives.</div>
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Rosanna entered a large tract of land near Troy. They camped until a few acres of the heavily forested land was cleared and a home could be built. They were burning trash after the home was built when one of Rosanna's grand daughters fell into the fire. The child's funeral was the first one held and buried where they had camped. (Source: Obituary of Mary Harper Hogue).<br />
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Rosanna is mentioned in several lawsuits in Obion County. These were debt charges. Rosanna was the plaintiff. She won some cases and lost some.<br />
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Rosanna never remarried after the death of Henry. The Associate Reform Presbyterian record shows her death date as November 2, 1855. Her burial place is not yet known.<br />
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She must have been a wonderful person because she has many namesakes in my direct lineage as well as other relatives lineage.<br />
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There is a discrepancy in the obituary of Rosanna's daughter Mary L. (Polly) Harper. The newspaper article first states that Mary's mother was <u>Susanna</u>. Later in the article it states her mother was<u> Rosanna</u>. I found no records for a Susanna. The article also states two things that confirm Rosanna was her mother:</div>
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<li>"The widow Rosanna Harper located on the place near Troy where her grandson Jas H. Hogue (James) now lives...."</li>
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Rosanna has many namesakes. Some in my direct line and others in the lines of my cousins. In my lineage we have:</div>
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Nancy Rosanna (Rose) Harper (1827-1895) my second great grandmother</div>
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Rosanna C. (Rosie) Johnston (1863-1881) Nancy's daughter; my great grand aunt</div>
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Rosanna Jane (Rosie) Johnston ((1877-1962) my grand aunt (read about her living in a store building <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/02/52ancestors-6-rosanna-jane-johnston.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</div>
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Unknowingly my sister and great niece received the middle name Rose. Now that my family knows Rosanna's story, I hope they will pass the story to future generations and keep her name or a form of her name in our line for many generations to come.</div>
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<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 weeks. Amy Crow has posted a challenge on her blog 'No Story To Small'</a>.<br />
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<i><b>It can be hard to find the story of our female ancestors, especially when we go far back in time. I began with facts of my maternal 6th great grandmother and found a very descriptive story of her adult lifestyle.</b></i><br />
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<li><b>Birth name</b>: Mary Hilliard born 1739</li>
<li><b>Parents</b>: Jeremiah and Mourning Pope Hilliard</li>
<li><b>Spouse</b>: Reverend Jonathan Thomas</li>
<li><b>Children</b>: Elizabeth, Charity, <b>Teresa</b>, Christian, Mary, Sarah, Jonathan, and Mourning</li>
<li><b>Religion</b>: Christian/Baptist</li>
<li><b>Will:</b> May 29, 1802 and proved August 1802</li>
<li><b>Death:</b> Bef. Aug 1802, Edgecombe County, North Carolina</li>
<li><b>Burial:</b> Toisnot Cemetery, Wilson County, North Carolina</li>
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Mary's father died when she was about two years old. Her mother would remarry three times. Mary was raised in North Carolina by her mother and two of her step-fathers.</div>
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Mary married the Reverend Jonathan Thomas on March 1, 1757 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. All of their children were born in Edgecombe.</div>
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<i style="color: #666666; text-align: justify;">It's at this point that I asked myself....what is her story and where do I find it?</i><span style="color: #666666; text-align: justify;"> </span><i style="color: #666666; text-align: justify;">There are several documents concerning Mary: Sons of the American Revolution Applications (her husband served in the American Revolution), dedicated headstone, the Last Will of her husband and Mary's Last Will. The documents concerning Mary were just dates...except for the wills. I asked myself: Who? What? When? Where? and How?</i></div>
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<i>I took a closer look at their wills and some of the items they gave to their children. This gave me a visual look into Mary's home, lifestyle, and her story.</i></span></div>
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Their <u>plantation</u> was located along Toisnot Swamp in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Boundaries have changed and today it's in Wilson County. A visitor approaching their plantation would see <u>cattle</u>, <u>hogs</u>, <u>horses</u>, <u>sheep</u>, a vegetable garden, <u>corn</u> growing in the field, a herb garden, <u>orchards</u>, and if the season was right, a field of <u>flax</u>.<br />
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Some of their horses were named: <u>Champion</u>, <u>Deck</u>, <u>Bolton</u>, <u>Blaze</u>, and <u>Beaty</u>. Mary used a <u>sidesaddle</u> which allowed her to ride a horse in a very fashionable and feminine way.<br />
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Meals were cooked in a hearth. Mary used <u>pots and hooks</u> to prepare the meals. The hooks were used as handles to avoid touching the hot pots and for hanging the pots on the hearth.<br />
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The food was seasoned with herbs from the garden. The herbs would be stored until dry then Mary would crush them using her <u>mottle spice mortar</u>.<br />
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The family dined at the <u>walnut table</u>. Meals were served from <u>pewter</u> <u>basins</u> (bowls) and <u>large pewter plates</u> (platters). The food was eaten from small <u>pewter plates</u>.<br />
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The <u>tea kettle</u> was used to heat water for tea. Mary and Jonathan would likely have an after dinner drink of Brandy that had been made in their <u>Brandy still</u>.<br />
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There was no shortage of featherbeds in their home. They gave away twelve <u>featherbeds</u>, <u>bedding</u>, and <u>furniture</u> in their wills.<br />
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Many of Mary's days were filled with making clothes, bed covers, and other cloth items for her family and home. Everything was made from scratch. Flax was prepared by breaking, separating the impurities, and then Mary used her <u>flax hackle</u> to split and straighten the flax fibers. Then the fibers were used on her <u>spinning wheel</u>. Once the flax was spun Mary would use her <u>cloth loom</u> to weave it into linen. The linen was used to make hand-sewn clothing and other household items.<br />
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A similar process was used to make woolen winter clothes. Instead of using her flax hackle, she used <u>cotton cards</u>. The card was pulled back and forth to clean the sheep's wool before spinning the wool.<br />
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Laundry had to be done. Once the clothes were hand-washed and dried outside in the sun a <u>flat iron</u> would be heated on the hearth and used to iron out the wrinkles in their clothes. Some of the items may have been stored in a <u>pine chest</u>.<br />
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Mary did not do all the work by herself. Her daughters would have helped as well as two slaves named Lettice and Phyllis. The family had five slaves. I will publish the slaves names in hopes that some of their descendants will be able to find their ancestor. Their names were Lettice, Gem, Dick or Deck, Phyllis, and Samuel.<br />
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Their property adjoined the property of the Meeting House. The Meeting House was also known as a Particular Baptist Church and Toisnot Baptist Church. The church has since been moved closer to Wilson. Mary would have been an active member of the church since her husband was the minister.<br />
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Mary's husband died in 1775 at the age of thirty-nine. She was left a widow with eight children whose ages ranged from four to seventeen.<br />
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Mary survived her husband by twenty-seven years. She never remarried and spent the remainder of her years on their plantation. Mary died in 1802 at the age of sixty-three. She is buried alongside her husband at the Toisnot Baptist Church Cemetery.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-13231990670156235262014-02-20T12:54:00.000-08:002014-02-20T13:25:55.345-08:00#52Ancestors #8 - Robert Vernon: History survives 319 years later<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 weeks. Amy Crow has posted a challenge on her blog 'No Story To Small'.</a><br />
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Robert Vernon was born in the county of Cheshire in England. I have estimated his birth year as 1657 based on his marriage. He married Elinor Minshall on April 20, 1678. Their marriage record was recorded by the members of the monthly meeting of Hardshaw West. Robert and Elinor were members of the dissenting Christian group known as Quakers or Friends of the Society. They are my paternal 7th great grandparents.<br />
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Robert and Elinor's first two children were born in Cheshire. Their birth records show John Vernon born June 13, 1679 and Jacob Vernon born October 11, 1680. Both children were born in Cheshire.<br />
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The Quaker's presented a challenge to the social and political order of England. They refused to take an oath of allegiance to the king. Robert's oldest brother Thomas suffered religious persecution in 1678/79. Soon after the persecution William Penn established Pennsylvania. The Vernon brothers prepared their families for a voyage.<br />
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Robert, Elinor and their two sons boarded the ship Friendship. They arrived in Pennsylvania on August 14, 1682. Robert was granted 285 acres but he chose to purchase an extra 315 acres for a total of 600 acres. The land was located in Nether Province in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.</div>
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A resurvey of the property of Robert's brothers was issued on September 16, 1702. This survey shows where the three Vernon brothers lived as well as Robert's son John.</div>
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They lived in a borough known as Rose Valley. It was originally a part of Chester County but today it is in Delaware County. It's name derived from the roses that grew in the area. The history of Rose Valley can be read <a href="http://www.rosevalleyborough.org/rose-valley-history/" target="_blank">here</a>. Robert and Elinor were active members of the Church and sometimes hosted the monthly meeting. </div>
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The house is located at 5 Old Mill Lane. The two-and-half story home was built using unhewn rubble (stone). <a href="http://rosevalleyborough.squarespace.com/storage/historic-district/Rose%20Valley%20historic%20inventory.pdf" target="_blank">The porch and tiled roof</a> were added in later years by Mr. W. L. Price. The house is currently referred to as the '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Valley,_Pennsylvania" target="_blank">Bishop White House</a>'. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-68457535626533616862014-02-13T06:08:00.000-08:002014-02-14T12:07:46.069-08:00#52 Ancestors #7 - Hill: The missing link and dna (advice needed).<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 weeks. Amy Crow has posted a challenge on her blot 'No Story Too Small'.</a><br />
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I'm hoping some of you may be able to give me advice on researching my third great grandparents.<br />
The parents are unknown for my 2nd great grandfather Josiah B. Hill. The problem is I'm fairly certain of his grandparents but no names for his parents. I have three dna matches that are third cousin matches leading me to believe that Josiah's grandparents are William and Elizabeth Cope Hill. His parents are a mystery that I have not been able to solve.<br />
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There are several leads through other marriages in the same area but let me begin with a timeline of my 2nd great grandfather Josiah B. Hill.<br />
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Birth: Records vary between 1817 and 1821. His military record shows him born in 1821.<br />
All records show his birth place as North Carolina.<br />
1840: Josiah B. Hill married Louisa H. Jennings on November 11, 1840 in <b>Maury County, Tenn</b>.<br />
1841: Their first daughter Nancy was born in <b>Tennessee</b>.<br />
<b>1844</b>: Their second child, Elizabeth, was born in Arkansas. Her records consistently show<br />
her birth place as <b>Arkansas</b>. There are a lot of Hill families in Arkansas and without<br />
a city birthplace for Elizabeth this lead is dead. (My three dna third cousin matches are<br />
to descendants of Mark Hill who died in Johnson County, Arkansas. Mark is believed to be<br />
a son of William and Elizabeth Cope Hill and possibly a brother to my Josiah.)<br />
1846: His father-in-law made his will on December 5, 1846 in Maury County, Tenn. The will<br />
states 'to Louisa Hill wife of Josiah P. Hill of the state of Mississippi'. The will shows his<br />
middle initial as 'P' but all other records show it as 'B'. It is probably an error on the part<br />
of the person who wrote the will. So Josiah and Louisa moved from Arkansas to<br />
<b>Mississippi </b>between 1844 and 1846.<br />
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1850: By 1850 they were living in Robertson County, Texas with three new additions to the</div>
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family: Sarah and William (twins) and <b>Sion</b>. All three were born in <b>Texas</b>.</div>
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1860: The family lived in Falls County, Texas and had three more children, all born in</div>
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<b>Texas</b>: Pinckney, Levi, and Josiah. </div>
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1864: Josiah enlisted in the Civil War. I believe he may have enlisted twice. The first time was</div>
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1861 and the second time was January 1864. Their last child, James, was born in </div>
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August 1864 while Josiah was away at war.</div>
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<b>His wife Louisa died sometime between August 1864 and before the 1870 census.</b></div>
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The reason their trees are shown that way is because a Louisa Hill married a Mr. Blessings and</div>
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after his death this Louisa was living in the household of my Louisa's sister. I believe the Louisa</div>
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living in that household is a cousin by marriage named Louisa Caldwell Hill Blessings. </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ancestry.com. Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011; <www.ancestry.com>; accessed 7 February 2014</span></div>
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1870: His wife Lousia is not shown on the census with the rest of the family. Josiah and his two </div>
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youngest children are living in the household of William H. and Barbary Bailey and their </div>
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Josiah B. Hill died between the 1870-1880 census. His youngest son is shown as an orphan on the 1880 census and living with the Taylor family. The Taylor family is an associated family through various marriages.</div>
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1) As stated earlier, I have three third cousin dna matches to William and Elizabeth Cope Hill. I have my dna listed on three different websites and they all show the same. These are strong matches that I believe to be correct. I also have two fourth cousin matches to William and Elizabeth Cope Hill. I have ten plus matches, fifth to eighth cousin predictions, to Robert and Mary Webb Hill. Robert is progenitor of the Hill family and came to the Isle of Wight, Virginia about 1642. <b>Is it possible that these third cousin predictions are actually fourth cousins instead?</b></div>
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<u>Assuming the third cousin matches are correct, my Hill lineage would be like this:</u></div>
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2) I also have dna matches to the female surnames listed above; Cope, Green, Smith, and Webb but I have not been able to sort them out as yet.</div>
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3) <b>Documents</b> are a problem. Early census records indicate William and Elizabeth may have had eleven children but only one can be positively identified. William Hill was last located in the 1840 census living in Hickman County, Tennessee. Almost all documents for that county were burned in a courthouse fire. There are no wills or other significant documents that will be of use. <b>Did William Hill die in Hickman County or did he just move? </b></div>
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4) William lived Overton County, Tennessee before moving to Hickman County. I thought there might be a will for him in Overton but there was not. He was executor to the will of his father-in-law Thomas Cope, Sr.</div>
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5) William's wife, Elizabeth Cope Hill, lived with their son William Sion Hill. She is shown living with him on the 1850 census in Overton County, Tennessee. She is still with their son on the 1860 census, age 93, Fentress County, Tennessee. There is no will available for her. Her father is Thomas Cope, Sr.</div>
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6) <b>Other marriages in Maury County, Tennessee about the same time my Josiah and Louisa married</b>:</div>
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<li>John M. Hill m. Susanna Rail on November 22, 1840. This is the same date my Josiah and Louisa married.<i> <b>Are Josiah and John cousins</b></i>? According to other researchers he is not Josiah's brother.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=HIL&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=45&GScntry=4&GSsr=681&GRid=101132569&" target="_blank">Ashley Hill</a> m. Mariah T. Jennings November 5, 1840. <b>Mariah is my Louisa's sister</b>. <i><b>Are Josiah and Ashley cousins or maybe even brothers</b></i>? The parents of Ashley are not known by me or his descendants. There is no information available about his parents. Ashley Hill was married a second time after the death of Mariah. He was a ruling elder of his church for thirty-four years as well as a Mason.</li>
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I feel that I have exhausted all leads...but...am I overlooking something? Are records stored somewhere that I'm not aware of? What does one do in these cases? I'm not a quitter. I sometimes take a break from a family but always return to them hoping to find something new.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-26827016343542224292014-02-06T10:14:00.001-08:002014-03-07T05:45:24.248-08:00#52Ancestors #6 Rosanna Jane Johnston Herring: Living in a Rented Store Building<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a> Amy Crow has posted a challenge on her blog "<a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">No Story Too Small</a>".<br />
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<i>Rosanna is my paternal grand aunt and sister of my grandmother <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sowders&GSiman=1&GScid=3467&GRid=38586353&" target="_blank">Martha Johnston Sowders</a>. Aunt Rosie did a wonderful job of 'filling in' after the death of my Grandmother. She has no children or grandchildren left to keep her memory going so it's important for me to share that knowledge so that she will not be forgotten.</i><br />
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b. 1 Oct 1877 Eutaw, Limestone, Texas<br />
m. Abt. 1912 to Asa William (Ace) Herring<br />
d. 10 Aug 1962 Farmers Branch, Dallas, Texas<br />
She had one child born between 1913-1919.<br />
Her husband and child died before 1920.<br />
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<b>Aunt Rosie</b> lived in a rented store building located in downtown<a href="http://www.kossetexas.com/" target="_blank"> Kosse,Texas</a>. I don't know why or when she moved into the building but it was after 1940 or maybe 1950. I suspect it was for convenience. It was a great location for a senior citizen. Everything she needed - food, banking, post office, and other basic needs - was a few steps away. I have no memory of her living anyplace except in the store. It was her home.<br />
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Going to visit Aunt Rosie was always an exciting experience that I will never forget.<br />
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<b style="font-weight: bold;">Kosse</b> is a very small town located in Limestone County, Texas. The old buildings makes one feel they are stepping back in time to the good ol' Western days. Adjoining buildings line both sides of the downtown area. The sidewalks were made of wooden planks similar to the ones you see in Western movies. Hitching posts were still available when Aunt Rosie lived there. She lived next to the Jewelry store. The building on the other side of her was vacant. (The image does not show all the buildings on her side of the street. Today the bank is located on the opposite side of the street).<br />
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<b>Aunt Rosie's </b>front door was centered between two large showcase windows. She was an excellent seamstress and made heavy drapes to cover the large windows. The building was very long with no partitions to section off rooms. It was like living in a wide, open space. Curtains dangled from rails that were mounted on the ceiling. One for each bed. The curtains were pulled around the bed at nighttime just as you would in a hospital room.<br />
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Everything within eyes view and everything touched was antique. Rocking chairs, dressers, tables, and even the bed frames with double mattresses. It all seemed appropriate for living in a store. Photos covered the plywood walls; some with elegant gilded frames and others with thick expensive wood. The shapes varied; oval, square, and rectangular. It would have made an excellent antique store.<br />
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The kitchen was at the back of the building. It was Aunt Rosie's favorite place to sit. Her treasured pot-bellied wood stove sat in the middle of the kitchen near two tables. The beans cooked on that old wood stove were the best I have ever tasted. She had a butane stove, too. She cooked cornbread in an iron skillet to go along with the beans. That was always topped off with a slice of delicious home-made pie or <b>Aunt Rosies favorite - vanilla ice cream</b>. Sometimes we had both! We ate at the 'kids' table that was protected with cheesecloth tablecloths.<br />
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<b>Aunt Rosie</b> had a way of making everyone feel special. She had a beautiful set of dishes with tiny roses around the edges. Daddy's fingers were too large to use the cups so Aunt Rosie reached into the back of the shelf and pulled out a 'man size' cup for him to use. Of course, I wanted to join the coffee crowd. Aunt Rosie would fill the little cup with milk and add a few drops of coffee just for me.<br />
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<b>Aunt Rosie</b> was kind, gentle, and very loving. She always made me feel like I was an adult. I was like a little chihuahua nipping at her heels. Every step she took, I took. The post office was located inside the bank. She would take me with her to 'collect' the mail. She allowed me to use the key on the post office box and carry the mail back to her home.<br />
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She would give me and my little sister a nickel each so we could go to the hardware store and get a soda pop and candy. Yup. A nickel. Four cents for the soda and a penny for the candy. Ahhhhh... those days!<br />
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Aunt Rosie always smelled like flowers. She had vases of fresh-cut flowers spread throughout the building. She is holding flowers in almost every photo I have her.<br />
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We always visited Eutaw Cemetery where most of our family is buried. Of course, that meant more flowers.<br />
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We didn't have freeways so the trips to see Aunt Rosie took much longer in comparison with today. Our visits were limited to two or three times a year. As she grew older, Daddy encouraged her to come live with us. She refused to leave 'home'.<br />
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One day in late May 1962 Daddy received a phone call stating Aunt Rosie had been placed in a nursing home located in Groesbeck. Daddy was furious. We didn't even know she was sick! We piled into the car and drove to Groesbeck. Daddy asked her once again if she would come stay with us. This time she consented. I patted her hand all the way back to Dallas.<br />
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A downstairs room was emptied and prepared especially for her. Our family doctor, Dr. Heaberlin, agreed to make house calls. Mama took leave from her job and nursed Aunt Rosie.<br />
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On August 10, 1962 Mama tried to get her eat soft vegetables. She refused. She told Mama she just wanted 'a little bit of vanilla ice cream'. Mama went to the kitchen to get the ice cream and returned to find Aunt Rosie limp and not responsive. That day we lost the sweetest 'Rose' that ever bloomed.<br />
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Family, friends, and neighbors gathered in the old store building after the funeral. </div>
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I will never forget my great grand Aunt Rosie. She was truly a 'grand' Aunt.</div>
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Tracking down an ancestor with a common name is not an easy task. The first records located showed him as J. M. Williams. Ugh! Why didn't they list his first name? A man named J. J. Jacobs was living in their household. Mr. Jacobs was listed as a Ranger (Texas Rangers) and owned land too even though he was living with John and Martha. I made note of the six year age gap between their daughter Susan and son James as it is a strong indicator that John may have been married twice.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Year: 1860; Census Place: Bosque, Texas; Roll: M653_1289; Page: 48; Image: 100; Family Hisotry Library Film: 805289:; <http://www.ancestry.com/> (accessed 23 Jan 2014)</i></span><br />
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I researched his children and found a death certificate for his oldest son George. It showed George's father as John Williams born in Mississippi and no record for George's mother. I was happy a camper knowing that I had a first name and could conclude that his name was John M. Williams.<br />
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That knowledge was still slim pickings because his first and last name were so common. Research was further hampered because they were not living in the same area on the 1850 census. Research of other Williams families in Bosque County did not seem to be his parents. I began to search Williams families in the Falls County, Texas area where some of John's children lived during adulthood, including the surrounding counties, hoping to find a lead. There was a William Williams in Limestone County and a James Williams in Leon County. Both men had a son named John. I was able to eliminate William Williams as his father and focused on the James Williams family living in Leon County, Texas. I found they had moved to Texas from De Soto Parish, Louisiana. It was in that Parish that I found John but he had a different wife! They did have a son named George P. and the child was the correct age. Was this my John?<br />
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Living near him was the James Williams family (mentioned above). The next step was to find when he left Louisiana. Did he leave at the same time as the James Williams family? A land record proved that he did. It opened the doors into John's life. My DNA matches to his mother's lineage would later prove who his parents were.</div>
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John M. Williams was born about 1817 in Amite County, Mississippi. His parents are James M. and Margaret Slaughter Williams. His father served in the American Revolution and was in the Battle of Kings Mountain. The family migrated from Mississippi to Louisiana where his father received pension checks in 1831. John was about fourteen years old.</div>
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John migrated from Louisiana to the Republic of Texas where he was granted 320 acres. He took the Oath in 1839 and is listed as a single man (age about twenty). </div>
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The land deed (shown earlier) shows that John served was a Private in Captain Witt's Company, 1st Regiment, Texas mounted volunteers. John probably enlisted in 1847 but the only supporting document found for him is a muster-out card.</div>
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This card shows that he served under J. C. Hayes (Col. John Coffee Hayes who was a commissioned Texas Ranger), Company K, 1st Regiment, Texas mounted volunteers. He mustered out at Camp Washington in Veracruz, Mexico on April 30, 1848. There are no other records for him so his enlistment date and place of enlistment is not available. Was John a Texas Ranger?</div>
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(1) Eliza last name unknown. She was the mother of his first two children, George and Susan. They probably married about 1846 because their son George was born Jan 16, 1847. The 1850 census shows she was born in Texas about 1827. Did they marry in Texas or Louisiana? My best guess would be Texas. When did she die?</div>
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(2)<b> Martha</b> last name unknown but thought to be Jacobs. She was the mother of his younger children, James, John, Martin, and Madison. She is my maternal 2nd great grandmother. More information about her will be listed below.</div>
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(3) There is a John M. Williams, 1880 census, Limestone County, Texas married to Jane T. last name unknown. I'm certain this is him as the birth information and birth place match but I have not been able to prove it's him.</div>
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<b>His second wife Martha is my maternal 2nd great grandmother</b>. Her maiden name is believed to be Jacobs but this is not yet proven. John's brother married Marguerite Jacobs and there is a J. J. Jacobs living with John and Martha on the 1860 census (above). Their first child James David Williams was born November 27, 1854 in Reagan, Falls, Texas. He is my great grandfather. Given his birth date, John and Martha married late 1853 or early 1854. Their marriage date and place is unknown but probably in Texas.</div>
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John is listed on census records as a stock raiser. One branch of the Williams family say they were told he rode the Chisholm Trail to Kansas to sell cattle. This may be so since he lived in Bosque County. That county was on one the routes to the Chisholm Trail.</div>
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I'm very pleased with the information I found about John but many questions remain and much more research needs to be done to answer the mounting questions I have concerning him. Did he marry a third time? Where and when did die? The questions go on and on.</div>
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The story of my paternal 3rd great grandfather is limited and has many gaps. His name is David Sowder. His birth information is limited to the 1830 census which shows his age 70-80. He was born between 1750-1760 provided the census is correct.<br />
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The records of his children show that he was born in Pennsylvania. His parents are <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/01/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-ancestor-2-amy.html" target="_blank">unknown</a>. The earliest record of David is from a list of landowners. He is listed as a landowner on Oct 11, 1792 in Kentucky. His estimated age at that time would be between 32-42 (based on the 1830 census). This is the same year that Kentucky became a state. It is not known if he already lived there or was a newcomer to Kentucky. Prior to 1792 this area was known as Lincoln County, Virginia. David stayed in this area from 1792 until after 1820. County names and boundaries changed during this time but David didn't move. David had two known brothers living near him: Michael Sowder and Peter H. Sowder.</div>
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Two years later on October 13, 1798 in Lincoln County, David and his brother Michael witnessed the marriage bond of their younger brother Peter Sowder to Sally Lacefield. (Sally and David's wife Elizabeth Lacefield are sisters).</div>
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The Procession's certificate respecting David Sowder's and Michael Sowder's land was returned, ordered, and recorded in Lincoln County, Kentucky on July 14, 1806. </div>
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The county boundaries changed in 1810. David did not move but was now living in the newly established Rockcastle County. It was given the name Rockcastle due to the majestic towering rock formations in the area of the Rockcastle River. </div>
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There are many things I learned about David through the records that gave me insight into his personality and beliefs. He was an avid hunter. Records show that he never owned slaves which indicates he probably believed in freedom for all. The most important record is his Last Will and Testament which is dated July 1, 1831 and proved November 23, 1831 in Washington County, Indiana.</div>
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David lived in a time when most men wrote in their Wills "I lend to my wife" but if "she remarried" she would lose everything the couple obtained during their married years. Not David. His will states "I bequeath unto my loving wife Elizabeth". There was no mention of "if she remarries". There is no doubt in my mind that he loved her and probably saw her as his equal. He loved his children and mentioned each by name including the older children who had already received their inheritance. He believed in God and Jesus Christ. David was an ancestor that I would love to have met.</div>
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There are many unanswered questions about David. When was born? Did he actually die in Indiana or elsewhere? Where is he buried? <a href="http://heritagefromthepast.blogspot.com/2014/01/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-ancestor-2-amy.html" target="_blank">Who were the parents who raised such a wonderful son?</a><br />
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Grandpa was a man of many names and had many children. His birth name was Albert Josiah Hill. Only one record exists using his middle name Josiah but spelled "Josia". No records exist using his first name Albert.<br />
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He was known as Joe E. Hill from the time he was very young. We are not sure how he was tagged with that nickname but that was the name he used during his lifetime. It's even listed that way on his death certificate.<br />
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Grandpa first married <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61226482" target="_blank">Laura Maude Stokes</a> on July 28, 1896. They had one son together and named him <span id="goog_20462560"></span><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30508578" target="_blank">Luie Benjamin Hill</a><span id="goog_20462561"></span>. Laura died either giving birth to a child or right afterwards. That child did not live. I have seen a photo of Laura and wish I had copy to add to this post. She was a very beautiful woman.<br />
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Grandpa then married my Grandmother - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44029643" target="_blank">Minnie Lee Williams</a> on April 11, 1907 in Falls County, Texas. They had a few children - thirteen to be exact.<br />
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<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30502042" target="_blank">Mildred Venuar Hill</a> - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83726985" target="_blank">J. D. Winford Hill</a> - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56955103" target="_blank">Tulsa Lee Hill</a> - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45611069" target="_blank">Gladys Oline Hill</a> - Juanita Hill - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63710384" target="_blank">Genevieve Hill</a> - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13929166" target="_blank">Kathryn Inez Hill</a> - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84275492" target="_blank">Joe Edward Hill</a> - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64465952" target="_blank">Walter Eugene Hill</a> - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119753588" target="_blank">Christine Hill</a> - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63710342" target="_blank">Frederick Hill</a> - <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61172584" target="_blank">Pauline Hill</a> (my mother), and <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112699731" target="_blank">Johnnie Faye Hill</a>.<br />
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Grandpa had a total of fourteen children.<br />
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HOW IN THE WORLD DID HE FEED THAT MANY PEOPLE? He sharecropped cotton. Large landholders (generally bankers, merchants, men with money) would hire sharecroppers to farm their the land. There were generally two types of sharecropping agreements:<br />
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1) Half-and-half: Grandpa would would furnish the necessary items; seeds, fertilizer, equipment, etc. In this agreement Grandpa would receive half of the profit for the season.<br />
2) The land owner would furnish the necessary items and Grandpa would get one-third of the profit for the season.<br />
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The profit varied for Grandpa. A good season meant decent pay. A bad season meant money had to borrowed to get through the next season. The weather could have a huge impact on the profit or loss.<br />
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Once the crop was picked it was taken to the cotton gin where the cotton and seed were separated. The seed was as valuable as the cotton because without the seed there would be no crop the next year.<br />
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It was a family event. The entire family picked cotton at one time or another.<br />
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<i>While on vacation one year my Dad stopped at a cotton field. He asked the owner </i><i>if it would be alright for me and my sister to pick one cotton. I have to tell you it </i><i>really hurts your fingers.</i></div>
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Every year he would take the kids to town and give a coin to each one. The coin was to be spent on a Mother's Day gift. When Fall rolled around they went to town for shoes. Each child received one pair of new shoes to wear to school and church. They had to take good care of their shoes because there would be no more until the next Fall. Mama said if their shoes wore out or they outgrew them, they had wear hand-me-down shoes or go barefoot.</div>
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Grandpa normally spoke in a low voice but my cousin said Grandpa could speak up when necessary. On one or more occasions Grandpa would wake the boys and they would go back to sleep. Grandpa would go to the bedroom door a second time and once again tell them to get up but this time he would have a razor strap in his hand. Feet would hit the floor! They knew he meant business. Grandpa had too many kids to stand around and argue with them about getting out of bed.</div>
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You know with that many kids there had to be something going on all the time. Mama was involved in one of those situations. She said one of their older brothers was the first in the family to own a car. It was a Model T. The boys were all working in the fields with Grandpa. Mama and her sister Juanita were helping Grandma with chores around the house. Mama and Juanita decided to try to drive their brother's car with Juanita behind the wheel and Mama in the passenger seat. The car was parked in front of a fence. Juanita forgot to put it in reverse and rammed into the fence. Needless to say Mama and Juanita were in hot water over that one.</div>
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Grandpa spent his life working hard and providing for his family. Grandpa had a major heart attack on February 5, 1942. He was missed by his family, friends, and neighbors. I wish I had known him.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-44574316645270769382014-01-14T16:08:00.000-08:002014-02-14T12:06:49.773-08:00Unknown Sowder<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/posts/challenge-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank"><b>52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</b></a> - Ancestor #2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Amy Johnson Crow has posted a challenge on her blog "<i><a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/posts/challenge-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank"><b>No Story Too Small</b></a></i>".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>(Unknown) Sowder</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, I walked slap-dab into a giant brick wall !!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have no idea who my paternal 4th great grandparents are. You would think with a surname like Sowders that the family would be easy to find. It probably would be except for a major problem - surname spellings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Known spellings: Sowder, Sowders, Souder, Souders, Souter, Suter, Souttar, Sutter, Soder, Sodders, Sonders, Sowter, Sanders, Saunders....just to name a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My third great grandfather is<b> David Sowder</b> ca. 1750-60 and died 23 Nov 1831 in Washington County, Indiana. His birth date is not proven. There is only one census record dated 1830 that shows his age to 70-80. The census records of his children show his birth place as Pennsylvania.</span><br />
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According to family tradition he has two known brothers:<br />
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<b>Michael Sowder</b> b. 1766 Pennsylvania (aka Mich, Mike)<br />
<b>Peter H. Sowder</b> b. 1769 - Jul 1854 Pleasant Run, Lawrence, Indiana His birth place varies on the records - sometimes Pennsylvania and sometimes Virginia. He is on the 1850 census and it shows his birth place as Virginia which may be correct.<br />
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I'm certain the three <u>are</u> brothers as I have DNA matches to the descendants of Michael and Peter. There are not enough DNA contributors with available information to determine who their parents may be.<br />
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The earliest records we have of the brothers are in Lincoln County, Kentucky. This county was once known as Lincoln County, Virginia but we don't know if they moved there before or after Kentucky became a state. They are next found in Rock Castle County, Kentucky where the last record is found for Michael in 1820. We don't know if Michael died or if he just moved and we can't locate him. David and Peter moved from Rock Castle to Indiana.<br />
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<b><u>NEWBIE RESEARCHER CRITICAL MISTAKE</u></b>:<br />
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I made a very critical error when I first started researching about 1992. I wrote in my notes: "Sowder family showed up in England court wanting to change their name. They had changed their name to Johnston during one of the wars and now want to go to the colony [America] and wished to change their name back to Sowder before traveling".<br />
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Now that I have much more researching experience I ask myself...date? city? and most importantly....the SOURCE? Yup...<u>I failed to source it </u>!!!<br />
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I have not been able to find that record again. Now you know that missing brick in the wall is not progress being made. It was from me banging my head against the wall shouting ...<br />
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Family tradition from most Sowder(s) has always been that our family came from GERMANY which is probably true but after finding the above mentioned record I try to keep an open mind. My grandmother was a Johnston. My Dad said the family may have left Germany to go to the British Isles and may have been part of the Johnston clan at one time. Maybe they were from the British Isles. I do have the Johnston family from Scotland in my direct line.<br />
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<b>OTHER RESEARCH</b>: I have gone through many of the wills in Pennsylvania but so far have had no luck. Records for very early Kentucky are hard to find. I have found no records for the spelling Sowder in Virginia but have found some for "Souder". None of those seem to fit into our family. There are too many Sanders and Saunders to research them without some type of lead.<br />
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There were some "Sowder" families transported to Virginia in 1733. There was a quarrel between Governor's over who owned the land and the rights to sell the land was delayed. Some of the Sowder families stayed and others moved on. Those who were transported may have been double listed since some of the names are repeated:<br />
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Henry Sowder Stapher Sowder<br />
Catherine Sowder Peter Sowder<br />
Henry Sowder Joseph Sowder<br />
John Sowder Jacob Sowder<br />
Isaac Sowder David Sowder<br />
Catherine Sowder Jane Sowder<br />
Anna Sowder Dorothy Sowder<br />
Rachel Sowder Christiana Sowder<br />
Jacob Sowder Susannah Sowder<br />
Trina Sowder Rachel Sowder<br />
Christian Sowder Rudy Sowder<br />
John Sowder Matthew Sowder<br />
Isaac Sowder<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04566069272606411168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936261462082022108.post-18796518324923173892014-01-12T05:02:00.001-08:002014-02-14T12:06:38.282-08:00Rhoda Ann Ellis Williams<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/posts/challenge-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a> - Ancestor #1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Amy Johnson Crow has posted a challenge on her blog "<i><a href="http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/posts/challenge-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank"><b>No Story Too Small</b></a></i>" - I just found her blog today and will have to play catch-up. I will begin with my maternal great grandmother.</span><br />
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"Rhoda Ann is my name and</div>
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Art thou not dear unto my heart</div>
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And from my bosom tear that part</div>
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Behold my album is begun</div>
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Remember me remember me"</div>
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Rhoda's life was turbulent from the time of her birth. Rhoda Ann Ellis was born March 18, 1857 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Her parents were Jonathan and Mary Elizabeth Ritter Ellis. There is very little information about her father. He disappeared from the records after her birth and presumed to have died. Rhoda wrote no information about him in her album.</div>
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Rhoda and her mother moved to Sevier County, Arkansas where they are found living with her mother's father Lewis Franklin Ritter. She is listed on the July 1860 census as Rhoda Ann Ritter age three. This would not be the only census with the wrong surname for her. </div>
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In November 1860 Rhoda's mother married Henry Stallings. He died about 1863. Her mother then married Jesse Skinner. They are found on the 1870 census living in Scott County, Arkansas. Once again Rhoda's name is wrong: Rody Skinner.</div>
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Rhoda wrote in her album "Mary E. Skinner mother of Rhoda died January 22, 1873". She was sixteen at the time of her mother's death. Her next move was to Falls County, Texas where she lived with her mother's brother and his family. It was here that she met and married James David Williams, Sr. and for the first time ever her name is correct. The marriage license shows "Miss Rhoda Ann Ellis".</div>
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Rhoda and James had nine children: Orange, James Jr., Minnie, Mary, John, Alice, Patty, Paul, and Fairie. Their first two sons, Orange and James, were born in Falls County, Texas. Minnie, Mary, John, and Alice were born in Sevier County, Arkansas. Patty and Paul were born in Chicasaw Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Fairie was born in Falls County, Texas. Alice and Patty were born ten months apart. The family moved from Arkansas, to Oklahoma, to Texas, and back to Oklahoma in less than ten years.</div>
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Their daughter Patty died in 1894 before she was a year old. It was at this time that Rhoda begin to suffer from depression. Her depression became more severe after the death of their son Paul in 1900. </div>
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In late 1901 Rhoda and the youngest children boarded a train leaving Oklahoma and heading for Lott, Texas. Rhoda was completely beside herself to a point of not knowing who she was, where she was going, or where she had come from. This newspaper article explains it better than I can.</div>
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<i>I inherited Rhoda's photo album. We all knew she had died from suicide but</i></div>
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<i>we didn't know the circumstances. It was a hush-hush topic among the family.</i></div>
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<i>Today's medical knowledge probably would have spared Rhoda's life....you see....</i></div>
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<i>Rhoda suffered depression associated with early menopause. She was only forty-four. </i></div>
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Rhoda was chosen as my first ancestor for the challenge because she is the one who inspired me to start a family tree and learn the many different stories of my ancestors.</div>
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