Sunday, December 29, 2019

Notebook - Kentucky No. 4, Part 2

Gary, Cordelia. Abstracts of Will Books 1797-1900 Christian County, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, KY: Gray, nd
Will Book C, p. 331 - James Wilson, Will Aug. 9, 1820, probate Sep. 4, 1820, Heirs: widow Rachel, children: William, James, young, John, Winifred, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Eliza. executors: son James, nephews William & Matthew Wilson. Wit: Henry Myers, Zephiniah Lacy, William Barnes
Will Book H, p. 276 - Capt. Thomas Hopkins, verbal statement Oct. 6, 1834, died Oct. 9, 1834, heirs: children John, Benjamin, Anna Jane & Rufus C., widow Sarah. Servants to be set free and sent to Liberia. Wit: Sarah Hopkins, John Hopkins, Benjamin Hopkins, W.I. Dinwiffie, A. Webber, Anna Jane & Rufus C. Hopkins
Will Book H, p. 344 - Ruth Hopkins, will Aug. 7, 1833, probated Jan. 5, 1835, Executor: brother Thomas, heir: sister Ann Rice, widow of James, land in Virginia left by father John Hopkins, Wit: Edw. Morris, Joseph Williams, John McCarroll
Will Book L, p. 446 - John Galbreath, division of estate April 26, 1843. Heirs:

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Saturday, December 21, 2019

Fred Erkman

Fred Erkman

Born: Sep. 8, 1877, White Co., IL
Died: May 30, 1940

Buried: Danville National Cemetery, Danville, IL

Son of Jacob Erkman & Frederick (Probst) Dietz

Records:
1880 - June 30 - Illinois - White Co. 2 years old, living with his parents Jacob & Fredericka (Probst) Erkman

Fred Erkman #21777 

Enlisted 5/11/1899, St. Louis, MO, Corp., Co. D, 3 US Cav., discharged, 5/10/1902, Mariveles Bataan, Philippine Islands, E.T.S., disabilities when admitted to home 1036 ch nyosardites

Notebook - Kentucky, No. 4, Part 1


Burns, Annie. Records of Marriages, Pulaski County, Kentucky, Washington, DC: no imprint, 1936.
Columns: Groom/Parent, Bride/Parent, Date/Bondsman
  • Beasley, Jas (?), Jos (?) - Jarvis, Louisa, 11/14/1843, Jas. Snead
  • Black, Wm. D. - Cloyd, Syntha, 4/24/1840 Jesse Cloyd
  • Carter?, Cartim? Larkin - Clynn, Virginia, 1/10/1826 Dave, Dove, Wm. 
  • Cloyd, Jas. - Hargiss, Eliz. 5/18/1846 Hargiss, Jas.
  • Cloyd, Jesse - Young, Eliz. 2/27/1843 Young, Jno. 
  • Cloyd, Jesse - Young, Elizabeth 2/4/1843 Young, John
  • Dover(?), Jno. - Sullivan, Nancy 9/1/1819 Dove, Jas. 
  • Dove, Jno. - Beezley, Jane 3/21/1838 Beezley, Isham - grandparents
  • Epperson, Anderson - Coomer, Larky 12/22/1837 Wellins, Harry - Larky may be daughter of William & Susanna (Beasley) Coomer
  • Roberts, Jas. - Dove, Nancy 2/12/1830 Dove, John
  • Roberts, James - Dove, Nancy 1/12/1830 Dove, John
  • Roberds, James - Dove, Nancy 1/12/1830 Dove, John

Early Bluegrass Marriages: Green County, Kentucky 1793-1810, no imprint
  • Davis, Ezekiel - Aby Stout, Jul 25, 1818

Green County Historical Society. Green County Marriage Records 1793-1836, no imprint, nd
The book is composed of records from several sources: Marriage Books A & B, Marriage Bonds (coded as B in the text) and Consent Papers (coded as C) for

Friday, December 20, 2019

In Memoriam - Gail Wolfe

Gail Ellsworth Wolfe

Born: Feb. 22, 1943, Wayne City, IL
Died: Dec. 17, 2019, Decatur, IL

Married: Carolyn Finley, May 27, 1961, Wayne City, IL

Children:
Teresa md. (--?--) O'Kelley
Deborah 
Robert md. Lori (--?--)
  • Sydney
Ahnentafel:
1. Gail
2. Clarence Ellsworth Wolfe
3. Sarah Estes Bailey
4. John Alfred Wolfe
5. Elizabeth McElhaney
6. William Elmer Bailey
7. Myrtle Iva Brown

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Ahnentafel #727 - Mary Pike

Mary Pike

Born: 9 November 1687
Died: 30 June 1721 in New Jersey

Buried: June 1721, First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge, New Jersey

Married: 1706 Major Richard Cutter

Friday, December 13, 2019

Notebooks - Indiana No. 5

Boyd, Gregory. Family Maps of Bartholomew County, Indiana, Norman OK, Arphax Publishing Co., nd

Patent Map T7N, R6E
  • David Shepherd SE1/4, Sec. 3 purchased 1821
  • Solomon Stout, E1/2, NW1/4, Sec. 1, purchased 1839
  • Solomon Stout N1/2, SE1/4, Sec. 12 purchased 1839
  • Wilson Runnion, W1/2, NE1/4, Sec. 18, purchased 1826
Patent Map T8N, R4E
  • William Parks, E1/2, NW1/4, Sec. 22, purchased 1843
  • William Parks, W1/2, NE1/4, Sec. 22, purchased 1843
  • William Coy, SE1/4, SE/14, Sec. 22, purchased 1849
  • William Parks, SW1/4, Sec. 23, purchased 1843
  • William Parks N1/2, SE1/4, Sec. 23, purchased 1843
  • Christian Smith, N1/2 Sec. 26, purchased 1848
  • Solomon Edwards NE1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 25 purchased 1849 - grandpa
  • William Howbert [Harbert?] W1/2, SW1/4, Sec. 36, purchased 1845 & 1848

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Grandma's Autograph Book

This autograph book belonged to Lou Emma (Speer) Gurley, the daughter of Charles & Anna Eliza (Runyon) Speer.  She was born Dec. 31, 1865 in Jeffersontown, Kentucky and died Dec. 6, 1957 in Fairfield, Illinois.  Lou married James Robert Gurley Dec. 28, 1892 at his brother Louis' home in Glenarm, Illinois. Louis Gurley was married to Lou's aunt Fannie (Runyon) Gurley. 

The dated entries in the book indicate that she received or purchased it about 1888 when she would have been 23.  It indicates that she went to visit relatives in Texas and later visited relatives in central Illinois in 1891 which is probably how she and her aunt Fannie met the Gurley family. 

The pages are all "out" of the book and I have no idea if the order they are currently in is the order they were originally in. 

You can see the faint outline of the word Album on the front cover.

Monday, December 9, 2019

Ahnentafel #726 - Richard Cutter

Major Richard Cutter

Born: 13 Nov. 1682 Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
Died: 17 Dec. 1756 Woodbridge, Morris, NJ

Buried: Dec. 1756 First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey

Married: 1) Mary Pike 1706 & 2) Marcy Kelsey ca. 1721

Records:
1751 - New Jersey - Militia Roll - A list of the Militia Regiment under the Command of Coll Tho: Ffarmer in the year 1715 -
First Company - Coll Parker Capt., Nathaniel Moore Lt, Rich'd. Cutter, Sgt. Wm. Bingley, Sgt. Jos: Gillman, Sgt. Dan'll Dean, Sgt. Jno. Pike
1756 - Sept. 20 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey - Richard wrote his will:
In the name of God Amen the Twentieth Day of September in the Year of Christ one Thousand Seven hundred & fifty Six  I Richard Cutter of Woodbridge in the County of

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Notebooks - Illinois No. 5


Beeson, Betty. Wayne County Illinois Death Notices & Obituaries, Geff, IL: Beeson Enterprises, 1993
Wayne County Record, Jan. 22, 1880, Thursday, Pin Oak Column - Four died in the southern part of the township from diseases during fall and winter. Following are the names of those persons: Wm. Simms, Rebecca Robertson, Mirtle Simms & Levi Burkitt. Mr. Simms and Mr. Burkitt were old men above sixty years of age, while the other two were small children. - Rebecca Jane Robertson, daughter of Dr. Amos Sloane & Sarah (Warren) Robertson. She was born Jan. 18, 1874 and died Oct. 24, 1879. 
February 24, 1881, Ensley Column, John Robertson and wife have the sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement caused by the loss of their only baby. It was about 3 months old when Jesus called it home. 
Wayne County Press, May 5, 1881, Ensley Column, Died, May 1st, E.M. Robertson, of a complicated disease. He leaves a wife and five children, most of them grown . . . He was near 50 years of age and has been a resident of this neighborhood for about 30 years.  
Wayne County Press, May 5, 1881, Deaths: Meeks -- Died, at his home near

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Ahnentafel #725 - Sarah Hinds

Sarah Hinds

Born: ca. 1675, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey
Died: 12 Sep 1772, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey

Buried: unknown

Married: Joseph Marsh, ca. 1697 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ

Records:

1722, Aug. 17 - Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey - Sarah is mentioned in the will of her husband Joseph Marsh:
Item, I Give and bequeath unto my Loving and Dearly beloved wife Sarah Marsh, my whole movable Estate (after my funeral Charges and Just Debts first Defraid [defrayed] and paid out of the the Same) for her use and Improvement, (only so far as shall be necessary for her Comfortable Support and maintenance; And the bringing up of my younger Children without any unnecessary waste) During all the Time she shall Remain Intirely my widow; but if she shall happen Again to be married; Then, and from thenceforth I Give