Notes: Appalachian Aristocracy

Matches 28,101 to 28,150 of 36,206

#	Notes	Linked to
28101	son of Morgan Kestner and Alice M. Lilly.	KESTNER, Roy (I1821)
28102	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	BOARDWINE, Michael K. (I1673)
28103	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	HOCKETT, Donald Cecil (I1308)
28104	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	MILLER, Walter (I1947)
28105	son of Rufus Fowler McCray and Susan A. Johnson buried McCray Cemetery, in an unmarked grave	MCCRAY, Marion (I1853)
28106	son of Samuel Edward Hayter and Sarah Hayton	HAYTER, C. H. (I2153)
28107	son of Stuart Kestner and Dora Lilly. Noah worked as a coal miner until he became ill and they returned to Poor Valley to farm. They lived in the original Samuel Arnett Henderson home in Poor Valley, VA until 1992 when Mildred became ill and they moved by the Lee Highway in Emory, VA to be near their son. Buried at Holston Cem, Emory, VA.	KESTNER, Noah Isaac (I1565)
28108	son of Thomas Davenport, Jr., born 1761, Buckingham County, VA. and his cousin, Parmelia Davenport, born June 5, 1778, died Dec 11, 1848. Henry once said according to Dr. Leslie Davenport, "that if his father and mother had not been cousins, he himself, would have been a great man." Henry was a doctor. Marriage Record indicates Henry was 60 years old when he married however other dates indicate he was 40. Henry was executor of Moses Whitaker's will.. Adaline inherited from her father, land on the south side of Clinch Mountain purchased by Moses from W. Y. C. White and $400. Henry was executor of Ann Snodgrass Jackson's will (she a sister of Eliza) and guardian of her two youngest children. Buried Henry Davenport Cemetery.	DAVENPORT, Dr. Henry H. (I838)
28109	son of Thomas Edward Dye and Harriet Talitha Taylor	DYE, Alva Edward (I2039)
28110	son of Thomas J.Johnson, born Aug 1870 and Lauria B. (born 1874) Johnson, Lauria daughter of Sarah E. Henderson and Robert L. Johnson. Granddaughter of Whitley Fullen Henderson and Mary Wert Colley. Charlie ran a grocery store in Tumbling Creek most of his adult life. He also carried the mail down the valley for 2 years. Buried at Mount Rose Cemetery, Washington Co. VA.	JOHNSON, Charles Henry (Chot) (I1295)
28111	son of Thomas Marion Orr & Lola Jean Nelson, (d/o William Nelson and 1st wife, Margaret 'Maggie' Callahan)	ORR, James Maylan (Si) (I1701)
28112	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	BLACKWELL, Oscar William (I2043)
28113	son of William Darnell and Rosa E. Broady buried Mt. Rose Cem., Glade Spring, VA	DARNELL, Jay (I1456)
28114	son of William Hensley and Margaret ?. Jessie was a policeman in Jacksonville, TN	HENSLEY, Jessie Price (I1794)
28115	son of William O'Quinn and Nancy Jane ???. They were married by W. G. Barnett. The marriage record indicates John was 19 on Feb 14, 1910, single and s/o William. John worked as a mixer man at the U.S. Gypsum Company in Washington Co. VA.	O'QUINN, John (I1249)
28116	son of William S. & Minnie C. Collins and brother of Reva Collins.	COLLINS, Albert (I1955)
28117	son Robt. L. O'Quinn and Janie Eastridge.	O'QUINN, Robert Lee Jr. (I1951)
28118	Son Sherrill Neilson, by first wife, was a famous gospel singer. CENSUS RECORDS 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Charlie Whittaker Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1922 Birthplace: Virginia Race: White Home in 1930: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: William Whittaker Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Name: Susie M Whittaker Mother's Birthplace: Virginia 1940 United States Federal Census Name: Charley Whittaker Age: 18 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1922 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Virginia Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Home in 1940: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia House Number: 95 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year Income Other Sources: No Household Members: W M Whittaker 63 Susie Whittaker 56 Charley Whittaker 18 YEAR BOOK School Yearbooks Name: Charlie Whittaker Estimated Birth Year: abt 1922 Estimated Age: 16 School: Richlands High School School Location: Richlands, Virginia Year: 1938 Yearbook Title: Reminiscences OBITUARY Charlie Lee Whitaker, 91, of Windsor, beloved husband of the late Jeannette "Jan" Whitaker, passed away Monday (September 2, 2013) in his home. Son of the late William Riley Whitaker and Susie Mae (Lee) Whitaker, Charlie was born in Cedar Bluff, Virginia on October 8, 1921. After four years of playing football at Richlands High School in Tazewell County, Charlie graduated and enlisted in the United States Army in 1940. He honorably served during World War II in the Army Air Corps receiving the rank of Staff Sergeant in May of 1942. Upon the completion of his military service, Charlie relocated to Connecticut where he worked for Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford for many years retiring as the General Foreman. He leaves a son, Gary L. Whitaker and his wife Margie Nolan Whitaker of Windsor; a daughter, Jane Whitaker of Windsor; a grandson, Nolan L. Whitaker; and a special niece, Frances McGlothin of Cedar Bluff, VA. In addition to his wife Jan, Charlie was predeceased by a son, Sherrill "Shaun" Nielsen, three brothers, and four sisters. His funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday in the chapel of Carmon Funeral Home, 807 Bloomfield Avenue in Windsor with burial and military honors following at Windsor Veterans Memorial Cemetery. There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, please send memorial donations to Masonicare Partners: Home Health and Hospice, 111 Founders Plaza, East Hartford, CT 06108.	WHITAKER, Charlie (I26)
28119	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Captain John Harris SAR Membership: 28542 Birth Date: 1763 Birth Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania Death Date: 26 Sep 1824 Death Place: Big Steele Greek, North Carolina Spouse: Martha Hunter Children: Nancy Agnes Harris	Harris, Capt. John Jr. (I28208)
28120	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Eleanor Reynolds SAR Membership: 54905 Birth Date: 1726 Death Date: 22 Aug 1789 Spouse: John Harris Children: Hugh Harris Unsourced John and Eleanor (Reynolds) Harris, the ancestors of the 'Harris Family', were parishioners of Rev Thomas Clark, M.D. and natives of Monaghan County, Ireland. They were amoung the number of fithful followers who accompanied Dr Clark to prison in January 1754, for their youngest son James Harris, the author of a little work on Psalmody, known as the 'Plowman's Letter' says in the book: "I heard my mother mention to Dr. Clark that she remembered that on their way to jail they sang the 29th verse of the 18th Psalm (old version), which promises were made good to him, for he was honorably acquitted." John and Eleanor had their marriage solemnized by Dr C lark, during his incarceration, the latter part of January 1754. A few months later they sailed for America. Their ship was detained in quarantine for a length of time, during which detention their first born saw the light. After landing they settled and remained for several years in Lancaster County, PA. Then they moved to North Carolina and located temporarily on 'Goose Creek' in either Mecklenburg or Union County, N.C. This removal probably took place about the year 1767 or 1768. In a short time they secured a large tract of land, known as 'Indian Land' situated partly in Mecklenburg County, NC and in York District, SC. Here they found a permanent home and spent the remainder of their days. This last settlement was likely made prior to 1775, as we learn from a "History of Steele Creek" by Rev J. B. Watt that as early as 1775 a few families from Lancaster County, PA, originally from Ireland, settled in Steel Creek, and from that time till their organization in 1792/93, received supplies by ministers direct from Ireland and Pennsylvania, and amoung others 'Clark' is named. (Rev Thomas Clark we presume) John and Eleanor Harris preceded Dr. Clark to this country by at least 10 years, and 'tradition' says that John Harris rode all the way from SC to NY on horseback, leading an extra horse for the doctor to ride back, and that in this way he made his first visit to the South. Dr. Robert Lathan, in his "History of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South' says that Dr. Clark visited that portion of his congregation which went to SC. It is evident from the referenced book that Dr. Clark made at least 4 seperate visits from NY to SC, and during these visits and after his permanent settlement in SC, he was a welcome visitor at the comfortable home of John and Eleanor Harris. In his last publication, a "Pastoral Letter" written from Long Cane, Abbeville County, SC in 1792, to the Associate congregation in Ballybay, Ireland, and printed in Salem, NY in 1811, Dr. Clark says that while imprisoned "one young couple of your number came and got their marriage solemnized in prison, viz: John Harris and Eleanor Reynolds, now settled here by the Catawba River. She lately died an eminent Christian, and her children still act as firm friends to religion, and are in comfortable crcumstances." John and Eleanor had four sons; Hugh, Robert, John and James. The two oldest sons (Hugh and Robert) were in active service during the whole of the Revolutionary War. Once they were captured and imprisoned in Camden, SC, but with other prisioners effected their escape and rejoined the American Army. John Harris Sr, and three of his sons, Hugh, John Jr and James were prominent in the organization of Lower Steele Creek or Blackstock's Church, in 1792/93. James was elected and ordained one of the first ruling elders. Unsourced Our story begins with a marriage solemnized within the gloomy walls of a prison. We sometimes witness marriages in churches, brilliantly lighted, with elaborate decorations, large audiences and the music of the deep toned organ; somtimes in ancestral halls among friends and relations who load the happy pair with costly presents and congratulations; somtimes in the humbler walks of life with but few to witness; and occasionally a "Gretna Green" affair. But in the case of JOHN HARRIS and ELEANOR REYNOLDS, our worthy and esteemed ancestors, how very different. On 23 January 1754, Rev Thomas Clark, M.D., the beloved pastor of JOHN and ELEANOR, at Ballybay Congregation, Ireland, was arrested by the civil authorities, at the instigation of his Socinianized Presbyterian enemies, while in the very act of moderating in a call in the congregation of New Bliss. The charge was disloyalty, because he refused to swear by "Kissing the Book," believing it to be unsciptural, and also because he refused to take the "Oath of Abjuration," inasmuch as it recognized the king as the head of the Church, though he had proven his loyalty be entering the army while a theological student and fighting against the Pretender. Here is Dr. Clark's own statement of the affair: "They well knew that the Associate Synod of Scotland, to which I belonged, scrupled at the form of 'Book Kissing,' so in hopes to drive me out of the kingdom they summoned me on the Lord's day to swear the State Oath and Kiss the Book, which I refused to do. They fined me and afterward cmmitted me to jail." All that night, after his arrest, he was kept under guard in a tavern, and the next day taken to Monaghan Jail. Many of his people accompanied him, and instead of allowing them to rescue him as they would have done, they sang portions of the 18th Psalm. Such a man might suffer trouble as an evil does, even unto bonds, but the word of God could not be bound. During his imprisonment, like the great apostle to the Gentiles when a prisoner at Rome, Dr. Clark wrote frequent letters of instruction and comfort to his devoted people, who cheered and brightened the gloomy hours of their pastor's prison life by many tokens of love and loyalty. He preached to as many of them as could convene on the Sabbath, poured the baptismal waters upon the brows of thirteen little children, and married at least one couple, JOHN HARRIS and ELEANOR REYNOLDS. This last tender and beutiful act of devotion to their pastor on the part of two young lovers must have made a deep and lasting impression upon Dr. Clark, for nearly forty years afterwards he refers to it with manifest pleasure in the last document his hand ever wrote. When the day of trial came his commitment was found to be erroneous and the whole thing a fraud and he was immediately discharged. He was urged to prosecute his persecutors with every assurance of success, but he refused, saying: "Vengence is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."	Reynolds, Elinor (I28245)
28121	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Mary Virginia Boatwright SAR Membership: 92530 Birth Date: 8 May 1921 Birth Place: Lynchburg, Virginia Spouse: James Franklin Jackson Children: James Franklin Jackson	Boatwright, Mary Virginia (I23563)
28122	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: John Harris SAR Membership: 41089 Birth Date: 1727 Birth Place: Monaghan, Ireland Death Date: 8 Jun 1808 Death Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina Spouse: Eleanor Reynolds Children: Hugh Harris CENSUS RECORDS 1800 Federal Census Name: John Harris Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Salisbury, Mecklenburg, North Carolina Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 2 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 3 Number of Household Members Over 25: 3 Number of Household Members: 7 --------------- "Our Kith and Kin: or, A history of the Harris family, 1754-1895, Mary Letitia Chalmers, Philadelphia John and Eleanor (Reynolds) Harris, the ancestors of the 'Harris Family', were parishioners of Rev Thomas Clark, M.D. and natives of Monaghan County, Ireland. They were amoung the number of fithful followers who accompanied Dr Clark to prison in January 1754, for their youngest son James Harris, the author of a little work on Psalmody, known as the 'Plowman's Letter' says in the book: "I heard my mother mention to Dr. Clark that she remembered that on their way to jail they sang the 29th verse of the 18th Psalm (old version), which promises were made good to him, for he was honorably acquitted." John and Eleanor had their marriage solemnized by Dr C lark, during his incarceration, the latter part of January 1754. A few months later they sailed for America. Their ship was detained in quarantine for a length of time, during which detention their first born saw the light. After landing they settled and remained for several years in Lancaster County, PA. Then they moved to North Carolina and located temporarily on 'Goose Creek' in either Mecklenburg or Union County, N.C. This removal probably took place about the year 1767 or 1768. In a short time they secured a large tract of land, known as 'Indian Land' situated partly in Mecklenburg County, NC and in York District, SC. Here they found a permanent home and spent the remainder of their days. This last settlement was likely made prior to 1775, as we learn from a "History of Steele Creek" by Rev J. B. Watt that as early as 1775 a few families from Lancaster County, PA, originally from Ireland, settled in Steel Creek, and from that time till their organization in 1792/93, received supplies by ministers direct from Ireland and Pennsylvania, and amoung others 'Clark' is named. (Rev Thomas Clark we presume) John and Eleanor Harris preceded Dr. Clark to this country by at least 10 years, and 'tradition' says that John Harris rode all the way from SC to NY on horseback, leading an extra horse for the doctor to ride back, and that in this way he made his first visit to the South. Dr. Robert Lathan, in his "History of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South' says that Dr. Clark visited that portion of his congregation which went to SC. It is evident from the referenced book that Dr. Clark made at least 4 seperate visits from NY to SC, and during these visits and after his permanent settlement in SC, he was a welcome visitor at the comfortable home of John and Eleanor Harris. In his last publication, a "Pastoral Letter" written from Long Cane, Abbeville County, SC in 1792, to the Associate congregation in Ballybay, Ireland, and printed in Salem, NY in 1811, Dr. Clark says that while imprisoned "one young couple of your number came and got their marriage solemnized in prison, viz: John Harris and Eleanor Reynolds, now settled here by the Catawba River. She lately died an eminent Christian, and her children still act as firm friends to religion, and are in comfortable crcumstances." John and Eleanor had four sons; Hugh, Robert, John and James. The two oldest sons (Hugh and Robert) were in active service during the whole of the Revolutionary War. Once they were captured and imprisoned in Camden, SC, but with other prisioners effected their escape and rejoined the American Army. John Harris Sr, and three of his sons, Hugh, John Jr and James were prominent in the organization of Lower Steele Creek or Blackstock's Church, in 1792/93. James was elected and ordained one of the first ruling elders. ------------- "Our Kith and Kin: or, A history of the Harris family, 1754-1895, Mary Letitia Chalmers, Philadelphia Our story begins with a marriage solemnized within the gloomy walls of a prison. We sometimes witness marriages in churches, brilliantly lighted, with elaborate decorations, large audiences and the music of the deep toned organ; somtimes in ancestral halls among friends and relations who load the happy pair with costly presents and congratulations; somtimes in the humbler walks of life with but few to witness; and occasionally a "Gretna Green" affair. But in the case of JOHN HARRIS and ELEANOR REYNOLDS, our worthy and esteemed ancestors, how very different. On 23 January 1754, Rev Thomas Clark, M.D., the beloved pastor of JOHN and ELEANOR, at Ballybay Congregation, Ireland, was arrested by the civil authorities, at the instigation of his Socinianized Presbyterian enemies, while in the very act of moderating in a call in the congregation of New Bliss. The charge was disloyalty, because he refused to swear by "Kissing the Book," believing it to be unsciptural, and also because he refused to take the "Oath of Abjuration," inasmuch as it recognized the king as the head of the Church, though he had proven his loyalty be entering the army while a theological student and fighting against the Pretender. Here is Dr. Clark's own statement of the affair: "They well knew that the Associate Synod of Scotland, to which I belonged, scrupled at the form of 'Book Kissing,' so in hopes to drive me out of the kingdom they summoned me on the Lord's day to swear the State Oath and Kiss the Book, which I refused to do. They fined me and afterward cmmitted me to jail." All that night, after his arrest, he was kept under guard in a tavern, and the next day taken to Monaghan Jail. Many of his people accompanied him, and instead of allowing them to rescue him as they would have done, they sang portions of the 18th Psalm. Such a man might suffer trouble as an evil does, even unto bonds, but the word of God could not be bound. During his imprisonment, like the great apostle to the Gentiles when a prisoner at Rome, Dr. Clark wrote frequent letters of instruction and comfort to his devoted people, who cheered and brightened the gloomy hours of their pastor's prison life by many tokens of love and loyalty. He preached to as many of them as could convene on the Sabbath, poured the baptismal waters upon the brows of thirteen little children, and married at least one couple, JOHN HARRIS and ELEANOR REYNOLDS. This last tender and beutiful act of devotion to their pastor on the part of two young lovers must have made a deep and lasting impression upon Dr. Clark, for nearly forty years afterwards he refers to it with manifest pleasure in the last document his hand ever wrote. When the day of trial came his commitment was found to be erroneous and the whole thing a fraud and he was immediately discharged. He was urged to prosecute his persecutors with every assurance of success, but he refused, saying: "Vengence is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."	Harris, John Sr. (I28244)
28123	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about James Franklin Jackson Name: James Franklin Jackson SAR Membership: 92530 Birth Date: 20 Dec 1886 Birth Place: Pittsylvania, Virginia Death Date: 16 Apr 1932 Death Place: Cumberland, Maryland Spouse: Bessie Lena Thompson Children: James Franklin Jackson	Jackson, James Franklin (I23352)
28124	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 about James Franklin Jackson III Name: James Franklin Jackson III SAR Membership: 92530 Birth Date: 6 Feb 1940 Birth Place: Wealthia, Buckingham, Virginia Father: James Franklin Jackson, Jr. Mother: Mary Virginia Boatwright	Jackson, James Franklin III (I23564)
28125	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Name: Catherine Markham Smith SAR Membership: 17302 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 18 Jan 1905 Father: Francis Smith Mother: Catherine Markham Spouse: James Spiller Children: William Hickman Spiller	Family F14931
28126	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Name: Elizabeth May Hunter Death Date: 1881 SAR Membership: 90984 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 13 Apr 1964 Spouse: Thomas Williamson Harvey Children: Sarah E Harvey	Hunter, Elizabeth Mae (I36151)
28127	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Name: Louisa Edwards Birth Date: 24 Apr 1787 Birth Place: Virginia Death Date: 17 Jan 1870 Death Place: Northumberland, Virginia SAR Membership: 84058 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 21 Feb 1959 Father: Leroy Edwards Mother: Mary Glasscock Spouse: Thomas Ball Children: Thomas Ball	EDWARDS, Louisa (I7219)
28128	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Name: Nathan Harvey Birth Place: Charlotte, Virginia Death Date: 1840 SAR Membership: 90984 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 13 Apr 1964 Spouse: Mary Williamson Children: Thomas Williamson Harvey	Harvey, Nathan (I36152)
28129	Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Name: Thomas Williamson Harvey Birth Date: 1 Dec 1795 Birth Place: Charlotte, Virginia Death Date: 28 Dec 1841 SAR Membership: 90984 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 13 Apr 1964 Father: Nathan Harvey Mother: Mary Williamson Spouse: Elizabeth May Hunter Children: Sarah E Harvey	Harvey, Thomas Williamson (I36150)
28130	Sophia was named in her father's will, dated Dec 13, 1726, Cecil County, Maryland.	Alexander, Sophia (I10643)
28131	Source Bibliography: SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986. Page: 314 Name: Elizabeth Meredith Arrival Year: 1674 Arrival Place: Maryland Source Publication Code: 8510 Primary Immigrant: Meredith, Elizabeth Annotation: Index from manuscript by Arthur Trader, Chief Clerk in the Maryland Land Commission, 1917. And see nos. 4507-4511, Land Notes.	Meredith, Elizabeth (I25590)
28132	Source for birth and death information: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Asa Castellaw Alexander SAR Membership: 89224 Birth Date: 21 Jul 1760 Birth Place: North Carolina Death Date: 1 Oct 1834 Death Place: Dale, Alabama Spouse: Faitha Wooten Children: Asa Alexander	ALEXANDER, Asa Castellaw (I6115)
28133	Source for birth date: New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Elizabeth Hurst Arrival Date: 17 Sep 1928 Birth Date: 30 Sept 1870 Birth Location: Virginia Birth Location Other: Lottsburg [Northumberland Co.] Age: 57 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Cameronia Address: 2901 Calvert St., Baltimore, MD	FALLIN, Elizabeth (I6849)
28134	Source for date of birth is the 1900 US Census for McDowell Co. WV, Big Creek District, household 219, John R. Pack head, Brook (sic) Pack, son, age 6, born Aug. 1893 and his World War One and Two draft registrations.	PACK, Brooks Foster (I2830)
28135	Source for date of birth is the 1900 US Census for McDowell Co. WV, Big Creek District, household 219, John R. Pack head, age 29, Rosa age 22, born Aug. 1877, given birth to 5 children, all 5 were living.	BEAVERS, Mollie Rosa (I2818)
28136	Source for date of birth, 1900 Census for York Co. ME	COFFIN, John A. (I6941)
28137	Source for family information: Nancy Lee email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html Jason Blakeslee and Sarah Elizabeth Russell until 1854 lived on a farm near Painesville, Ohio. The family moved to Spring Garden, Illinois. In 1866, they decided to move because the climate in Spring Garden, Illinois was not suitable for some of their family. Nancy notes "I know why because I visited there a few years ago, it's always raining and flooding, and mosquitoes everywhere, but it was quite fertile growing ground." In May, 1870, a caravan of five covered wagons drawn by mules and horses set out from Spring Garden, Illinois for the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado. All the citizens of Spring Garden, Illinois were present to bid them God-speed. Mary Olivia Blakeslee m Samuel W. Bernard stayed in Spring Garden for awhile until Samuel could get well. Samuel was originally from Tennessee, where he practiced medicine as a doctor, then he became a pharmacist. In 1871, these two joined the Blakeslee family in Colorado. This family had 6 children After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.	Blakeslee, Mary Olivia (I13185)
28138	Source for family information: Nancy Lee email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html Jason Blakeslee and Sarah Elizabeth Russell until 1854 lived on a farm near Painesville, Ohio. The family moved to Spring Garden, Illinois. In 1866, they decided to move because the climate in Spring Garden, Illinois was not suitable for some of their family. Nancy notes "I know why because I visited there a few years ago, it's always raining and flooding, and mosquitoes everywhere, but it was quite fertile growing ground." In May, 1870, a caravan of five covered wagons drawn by mules and horses set out from Spring Garden, Illinois for the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado. All the citizens of Spring Garden, Illinois were present to bid them God-speed. After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.	RUSSELL, Sarah Elizabeth (I12794)
28139	Source for family information: Nancy Lee email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html Jason Blakeslee and Sarah Elizabeth Russell until 1854 lived on a farm near Painesville, Ohio. The family moved to Spring Garden, Illinois. In 1866, they decided to move because the climate in Spring Garden, Illinois was not suitable for some of their family. Nancy notes "I know why because I visited there a few years ago, it's always raining and flooding, and mosquitoes everywhere, but it was quite fertile growing ground." In May, 1870, a caravan of five covered wagons drawn by mules and horses set out from Spring Garden, Illinois for the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado. All the citizens of Spring Garden, Illinois were present to bid them God-speed. After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.	Blakeslee, Jason (I13174)
28140	Source for family information: Nancy Lee email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html Jason Blakeslee and Sarah Elizabeth Russell until 1854 lived on a farm near Painesville, Ohio. The family moved to Spring Garden, Illinois. In 1866, they decided to move because the climate in Spring Garden, Illinois was not suitable for some of their family. Nancy notes "I know why because I visited there a few years ago, it's always raining and flooding, and mosquitoes everywhere, but it was quite fertile growing ground." In May, 1870, a caravan of five covered wagons drawn by mules and horses set out from Spring Garden, Illinois for the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado. All the citizens of Spring Garden, Illinois were present to bid them God-speed. After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.	Blakeslee, Clara Elvira (I13187)
28141	Source for family information: Nancy Lee email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html Jason Blakeslee and Sarah Elizabeth Russell until 1854 lived on a farm near Painesville, Ohio. The family moved to Spring Garden, Illinois. In 1866, they decided to move because the climate in Spring Garden, Illinois was not suitable for some of their family. Nancy notes "I know why because I visited there a few years ago, it's always raining and flooding, and mosquitoes everywhere, but it was quite fertile growing ground." In May, 1870, a caravan of five covered wagons drawn by mules and horses set out from Spring Garden, Illinois for the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado. All the citizens of Spring Garden, Illinois were present to bid them God-speed. After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.	Blakeslee, Livera Rebecca (I13175)
28142	Source for family information: Nancy Lee email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html Jason Blakeslee and Sarah Elizabeth Russell until 1854 lived on a farm near Painesville, Ohio. The family moved to Spring Garden, Illinois. In 1866, they decided to move because the climate in Spring Garden, Illinois was not suitable for some of their family. Nancy notes "I know why because I visited there a few years ago, it's always raining and flooding, and mosquitoes everywhere, but it was quite fertile growing ground." In May, 1870, a caravan of five covered wagons drawn by mules and horses set out from Spring Garden, Illinois for the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado. All the citizens of Spring Garden, Illinois were present to bid them God-speed. After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.	Blakeslee, Sarah Elizabeth (I13177)
28143	Source for family information: Nancy Lee email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html Jason Blakeslee and Sarah Elizabeth Russell until 1854 lived on a farm near Painesville, Ohio. The family moved to Spring Garden, Illinois. In 1866, they decided to move because the climate in Spring Garden, Illinois was not suitable for some of their family. Nancy notes "I know why because I visited there a few years ago, it's always raining and flooding, and mosquitoes everywhere, but it was quite fertile growing ground." In May, 1870, a caravan of five covered wagons drawn by mules and horses set out from Spring Garden, Illinois for the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado. All the citizens of Spring Garden, Illinois were present to bid them God-speed. After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.	Blakeslee, Franklin Cooper (I13179)
28144	Source for family information: Nancy Lee email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html Jason Blakeslee and Sarah Elizabeth Russell until 1854 lived on a farm near Painesville, Ohio. The family moved to Spring Garden, Illinois. In 1866, they decided to move because the climate in Spring Garden, Illinois was not suitable for some of their family. Nancy notes "I know why because I visited there a few years ago, it's always raining and flooding, and mosquitoes everywhere, but it was quite fertile growing ground." In May, 1870, a caravan of five covered wagons drawn by mules and horses set out from Spring Garden, Illinois for the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado. All the citizens of Spring Garden, Illinois were present to bid them God-speed. After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.	Blakeslee, Ida Mae (I13181)
28145	Source for family information: Nancy Lee email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html Jason Blakeslee and Sarah Elizabeth Russell until 1854 lived on a farm near Painesville, Ohio. The family moved to Spring Garden, Illinois. In 1866, they decided to move because the climate in Spring Garden, Illinois was not suitable for some of their family. Nancy notes "I know why because I visited there a few years ago, it's always raining and flooding, and mosquitoes everywhere, but it was quite fertile growing ground." In May, 1870, a caravan of five covered wagons drawn by mules and horses set out from Spring Garden, Illinois for the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado. All the citizens of Spring Garden, Illinois were present to bid them God-speed. After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.	Blakeslee, Cora Belle (I13183)
28146	Source for family information: Nancy Lee email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html Mary Olivia Blakeslee m Samuel W. Bernard stayed in Spring Garden for awhile until Samuel could get well. Samuel was originally from Tennessee, where he practiced medicine as a doctor, then he became a pharmacist. In 1871, these two joined the Blakeslee family in Colorado. This family had 6 children.	Bernard, Samuel Walter (I13186)
28147	Source for his information: Tammie Yarborough tyarborough@cfl.rr.com	Asbury, Bill Graham (I22593)
28148	Source for information on the Rawlings Family came from http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/2693/ Ron Bourassa. DOD Bet. August 05, 1702 - May 25, 1703, Surry Co., VA. Mentioned in father's will in 1674 as "not of age". Received Sury Co VA, Land Grants: 1689 455 acres which he sold 6 Jan 1698. 29 Apr 1692 220 acres which he sold 70 acres of 6 mar 1693.	RAWLINGS, John (I7809)
28149	Source for information on the Rawlings Family came from http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/2693/ Ron Bourassa. From "First Families of Brunswick Co., VA 1700-1735" by Orgain. See RFHA Dec 1990, p. 6. Submission form J. R. Orgain, Jr., Rd. 652, Alberta, VA 23821. March 24, 1725, Gregory Rawlings by land grant obtained in what was Brunswick Co., VA, 250 acres in Surry County, which became Sussex Co later, on the South side of the Nottoway River. Brunswick Co. was authorized by the General Assembly of VA to be created in 1720. In "Second Families of Brunswick Co., VA 1736" by Orgain Concerning land grants and patents: To Gregory Rawlings of Surry Co, 192 acres, Brunswick Co., south side of Rose's Creek March 17, 1736. This may be the land that Wm Rawlings of Brunswick Co lived on. At least it is close to the area.	RAWLINGS, Gregory (I7801)
28150	Source for information on the Rawlings Family came from http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/2693/ Ron Bourassa. Gertrude R. B. Richards, Register of Albemarle Parish Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778, (The National Society Colonial Dames of America in kVirginia), pg 58, Priscilla d. of Henry Mannery and w. Mary; b. Oct 3; c. Dec 17, 1752; godpts.	RAWLINGS, Mary (I7829)