Thursday, January 30, 2020

Ahnentafel #738 - William Tyler

William Tyler

Born: ca. 1710
Died: ca. 1767 or ca. 1797

Buried: unknown

Married:
1) Sarah (--?--) md. ca. 1730
2) Elizabeth Keeling
3) (--?--) (--?--) Miller

History:  The first member of the Tyler family to come to Virginia was Henry Tyler, of Shropshire, England, who with his wife and family, settled on a small estate in "Middle Plantation" near Williamsburg, which was granted him for transporting six persons to the colony. 
This family has given many illustrious sons to America, among them John Tyler, Sr., Speaker of the House of Delegates, member of the Convention of 1788, Judge of the General Court of Virginia, Governor of Virginia, Founder of the "Literary Fund" in Virginia and Judge of the United States District Court. 

Sunday, January 26, 2020

To Be Filed Basket

Class of 1952. The Chieftain, 1997 - Mailing list for reunion.
  • Doris (Coil) Lathrop, husband Howard, starting 33rd year of driving a school bus. Hobbies are fishing, sewing, gardening, ccanning, baking, reading. We have 4 children, 7 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. 
  • Bob Lathrop, wife Doretta
  • Mervin Lathrop, wife Thelma
  • Leroy Robertson, wife Leda Rae (Ralph)
  • Verna (Deana) Wolfe Woodward, husband Jim, retired, busy, mother of 7, grandmother of 12. We enjoy traveling. One of our daughters lives in New Orleans, so we enjoyed visiting with her at Mardi Gras this year. We also spend a lot of the summer at Bull Shoals in Mountain Home, Arkansas. 
  • Joyce (Wright) Weaver, husband Morris, sister Audrey Wegner. Retired 2 1/2 years. Spouse retired 6 1/2 years. We travel constantly (warm climes in the winter). We own several timeshare condos and surf the interstates. In Sept. we will visit Kentucky, South Carolina (Hilton Head) & Georgia. Then in November Branson & Hot Springs, Arkansas. 
  • Gene Austin
  • Byron Barr
  • Goldie (Butler) Loyd
  • Albert Lathrop, living Yorkville, IL
  • Donald Wolfe

Friday, January 24, 2020

In Memoriam - Bob Lathrop


Bobbie Ray Lathrop

His name was Bobbie not Robert. 

Born: Nov. 25, 1934, Wayne Co., Illinois

Died: Jan. 24, 2020, Sterling, Whiteside Co., Illinois

Buried: Jan. 30, 2020 Oak Knoll Memorial Park, Sterling, IL

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Ahnentafel #737 - Jane Taylor

Jane Taylor(?)

Born: ca. 1675
Died: unknown

Buried: unknown

Married: Richard Maulding by ca. 1705

Records:

1723 - April 3 - St. Mark's Parish, Spotsylvania Co., VA - On 3 April 1733, Richard Mauldin of St. Mark's Parish, Spotsylvania County, deed 1774 acres in St. Mark's Parish to Nicholas Battalie, Gent., of  St. Mary's Parish Caroline County.  The land was part of a tract bought of Mauldin out of another tract granted to James Taylor, deceased, by patent, 21 July 1722.  Jane ,wife of Richard Mauldin, acknowledged dower.

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Ahnentafel #177 - Mildred Ratcliff


Mildred Ratcliff(?) - Backtracking to Generation 8

Born: 1743 Henrico Co., VA
Died: May 24, 1818, Patrick Co., VA

Buried: Conner Cemetery, Woolwine, Patrick Co., VA

Married: David Robertson, 1767 Henrico Co., VA

Records:
The base information for this entry came from my cousin Hank Bond.  I'm in the process of trying to prove / disprove it as he did not give me the supporting documentation for it.

1736 - Henrico Co., VA - John Nash's Account Book Abstracts

  • John Ratleiff Junr. Dr. 1 Levy paid by 2 Inspectors' notes
  • John Ratleif Senr. Dr. 2 Levys. paid by an Inspectors' note.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Ahnentafel #176 - David Robertson

David J. Robertson (?) - backtracking to Generation 8 

Born: 1744 Henrico Co., VA 
Died: July 15, 1815 Patrick Co., VA

Buried: Conner Cemetery, Woolwine, Patrick Co., VA

Married: Mildred Ratcliff, 1767 Henrico Co., VA

Records:

The base information for this entry came from my cousin Hank Bond.  I'm in the process of trying to prove / disprove it as he did not give me the supporting documentation for it.

1736 - Henrico Co., VA - John Nash's Account Book Abstracts, Robinson & Robertson are interchangable:

  • Jno. Clayborn debit 1 Levy, pd. by Wm. Robinson

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Notebooks - Kentucky No. 4, Part 4


Browning, D.P. Lewisburg-Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, no imprint, 4/1922
Rev. John Sutton's wife was Ruth Stout, gdau. of Col. Joseph Stout, son of Jonathan Stout, son of Richard & Penelope Stout, first English settler in New Jersey. Jonathan constituted Hopewell Baptist Church, Hopewell, New Jersey. An old progenitor, William Sutton, a Quaker came to America ca. 1836. Ruth Stout was also a descendant of Capt. Jas. Bolen from Hingham, England and first Secretary of Providence, New Jersey.
The Duncans, Brownings & Mauzys came from Culpepper, Virginia. Some of them had been married in Culpepper by Lewis Conneran honored Baptist Preacher and a worthy soldier, who fought alongside their fathers in the American Revolution. 

Gary, Cordelia. Marriage Records 1797-1850 Christian County, Kentucky, Hopkinsville, KY: Christian County Genealogy Society, 1997.
  • Galbraith, Daniel & Mary Galbraith lic. Feb. 28, 1814, md. Mar. 3, 1814 by Ben H. Reeves
  • Galbraith, Catherine & Gilbert McMillen lic: Dec. 27, 1813 

Friday, January 10, 2020

Ahnentafel #736 - Richard Maulding

Richard Maulding

Born: ca. 1675 England
Died: ca. 1752 Caroline County, Virginia

Buried: unknown

Married: Jane Taylor(?) ca. 1700 probably in Virginia

Records: 

1717 - April 1 - King William Co., VA -  George, To All Know ye that for divers good causes and considerations but more especially for and in consideration of the sum of three pounds of good and lawfull money for our use paid to our receiver General of our Revenues in this our Colony & Dominion of Virginia. We have given granted & confirm unto John Sutton, Richard Mauldin & Thomas Terry one certain tract or parcel of land containing six hundred acres lying and being between Mattapony river & the reedy Swamp in the County of King William and bounded as followeth to wit beginning at a stooping white oak a corner of Nicholas Dillards and Richard Mauldin Standing on the north side of a small branch & running thence South Seventeen

Monday, January 6, 2020

Notebook - Kentucky No. 4 Part 3


Cook, Michael & Bettie Cook. Kentucky Court of Appeals Deed Books A-G, Vol. 1, Evansville, IN: Cook Publications, 1985.
Indenture Dec. 5, 1796, Henry Banks of the city of Richmond, VA to John W. Hunt of Fayette Co., KY; whereas Henry Banks appointed Cuthbert Banks on November 10, 1795 as his attorney in fact (recorded Kentucky Court of Appeals May 14, 1796) to sell and dispose of his lands in Kentucky, now this Indenture witnesses that the said Henry Banks by Cuthbert Banks his attorney in fact, for $2000, conveys to John W. Hunt an undivided moiety of a tract of 2,784 acres in Jefferson County, Kentucky on Bullskin Creek adjoining a 1,000 acre survey

Thursday, January 2, 2020

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