Query 73 for January 15, 1930

QUERY SEVENTY-THREE

GABBERT (GEBERTH) —KING—BROWN—LONDERMAN—Wanted: Further genealogical data concerning certain ranches of these families who resided in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. The following information has been obtained and additional data is desired. (a) MICHAEL GEBERTH with wife SABINA (maiden name unknown) lived in Chester Co., Penn. In the same neighborhood was a family named Koenig who later migrated to Virginia and settled in either Orange or Albemarle Counties. The said MICHAEL GEBERTH and family also migrated to Virginia (exact date unknown) and lived near the Koenig family mentioned above. MICHAEL GEBERTH (I.) and wife SABINA (see above) had a son named MICHAEL (II.) who evidently changed the spelling of the name to GABBERT (see below).

(b) MICHAEL GABBERT (II.) born in Penn. he married KATHARINE (CATHERINE) KING. Family tradition says that they were very likely ar in Orange Co., Va. A notation in an old song book says that they “Settled somewhere in the Shanandoah Valley”. Their children were: 1. MICHAEL GABBERT | (see below); 2. John Gabbert who died when a child; 3. Jacob Gabbert; 4. Mathias Gabbert; 5. Margaret Gabbert; 6. Catherine Gabbert who married Phillip Horn (a common German name). Many persons from this family of children are supposed to have migrated to the Green River section of Kentucky. Some of this family lived in Overton Co., Ky., and some of them later moved into Clinton Co., Ky., whose descendants still reside.

(c) MICHAEL GABBERT (III.) see above, was born in 1765 (or 1768) and was very likely the first born of his parents. He died in 1840 (or in April 1843). He was a soldier of the Revolution in at least two different regiments, viz., Three months in Captain Moore’s Company, Col. Vance’s Virginia Regiment, and there months in Capt. William’s (sic) Company, Col. Boger’s (might be Roger’s) Va. Regiment, enlisting in the spring of 1781. He was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. (He was allowed a pension by the U. S. Government under the Act of 1832 while residing in Mercer County, Ky. Have number of pension claims). After the Revolutionary War and while he was still a young man he left his relations and “Went in search of a wife down in EASTERN TENNESSEE, and stopped in CARTER CO.” There he met and later, about 1788 married ELIZABETH BROWN, who was the daughter of BENJAMIN BROWN and SUSANAH (SUSAN) BROWN nee LONDERMAN. The said ELIZABETH GABBERT nee BROWN was born about 1768 and died in 1855 in Iowa. According to family tradition it is presumed that the said MICHAEL GABBERT (III.) may have known the Brown family in Virginia, (probably Albemarle County, Orange County, or the Shenandoah Valley), and went to visit them in EAST TENNESSEE. It is thought that the Brown family was probably German and spelled the name Braun. Also it is thought that MICHAEL GABBERT and ELIZABETH BROWN were married in East Tennessee about 1788 as their oldest child was born either in Tennessee or Virginia on October 23, 1789. Their children were: 1. HENRY GABBERT, see below; 2. Michael Gabbert (IV.); 3. David Gabbert; 4. Benjamin Gabbert; 5. Jesse Gabbert; 6. John Gabbert; 7. William Gabbert; 8. George Gabbert; 9. Jacob Gabbert; 10. Susan Gabbert; 11. Catharine Gabbert; 12. Mary Gabbert; 13. Celia Gabbert; 14. Elizabeth Gabbert.

(d) HENRY GABBERT, (see above), married KATHARINE HOLSAPPLE, and their daughter was ELIZABETH GABBERT who married ISAAC SHELBY BUSKIRK and their daughter KATHARINE ADELAID BUSKIRK who married WILLIAM HENRY YODER and their son was the undersigned Albert H. Yoder. Further ancestral lines of the above mentioned persons will be greatly appreciated. Especially regarding the GABBERT—KING—BROWN families. Address: ALBERT H. YODER, Director of University Extension, University of North Dakota, 507 Reeves Drive, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Query 69 for January 15, 1930

QUERY SIXTY-NINE

(a) HOWARD—GIBBS—SHARPE. Wanted: Additional information (1) ANNE HOWARD married JOHN GIBBS, marriage bond in Knox County, Tennessee, dated Aug. 4, 1797.  Matthew Harper bondsman and Hugh Lawson White witness. (2) JEAN HOWARD married DANIEL SHARPE. John Gibbs (her brother-in-law), bondsman and Andrew White witness. HOWARD GIBBS, and SHARPE ancestry desired.  (See address given below).

(b) GRILLS. Wanted: Communication desired with the descendants of JOHN and PHILADELPHIA GRILLS who were residents of Albemarle County, Virginia prior to 1764. They removed to Montgomery County, Virginia about 1764 and to Tennessee about 1975. Wills of both filed in Knox County, Tennessee in 1803. They named seven children, viz., 1. Richard Grills; 2. Elliot Grills; 3. John Grills; 4. Eleanor Grills who married the famous Col. Thomas Ingles; 5.  Mildred Grills who married a Johnstone; 6. Martha Grills who married John McAdoo, 2^nd; 7. Elizabeth Grills who married a Cox. Information desired regarding the ancestry of JOHN GRILLS and the maiden name and ancestry of his wife, PHILADELPHIA GRILLS. (See address given below).

(c) RHEA—BLAIR—ROGERS. Wanted: Further information regarding these North Carolina and Tennessee families. JESSE RHEA was born in North Carolina in 1779-1780 and married MARGARET BLAIR, (daughter of WILLIAM BLAIR), in 1802 in Blount County, Tennessee. She was born in Maryland in 1785, JESSE RHEA and wife Margaret removed to Monroe County, Tennessee. According to the census of 1850 they had living with them, viz., LEWIS RHEA, age 24 and RILEY RHEA, age 21, both born in Tennessee. Information is desired regarding the parents of this JESSE RHEA who was born in North Carolina in 1779-1780; also the names of his brothers and sisters. He had one brother, given name unknown, who died in Knox County, Tennessee, between 1806-1810. This brother died leaving a widow, (who married a Rogers and removed to Texas), and three sons, viz., Francis Rhea, William H. Rhea, and Lewis L. Rhea. The given name of the father of these three boys and the maiden name of their mother, and the given name of the Mr. Rogers that she married are particularly desired. Address: Mrs. JOHN McCURDY HEADMAN, (MARY HOSS HEADMAN), Haddonfield, New Jersey.

Queries 64-65 for December 15, 1930

QUERY SIXTY-FOUR

HOLLOWAY—BURCH—Wanted: Information concerning these families and especially military service records and ancestral lines. (a) JOHN HOLLOWAY was born in Culpeper County, Virginia on January 17, 1764; married WILLIE BURCH in 1791 in Clark County, Kentucky; soldier in the War of 1812; and died in Scott County, Illinois in September 11, 1844—Queries: 1. In what company and regiment did he serve; what was the length of his service in the War of 1812; was his service in the Kentucky or Illinois state troops; or did he serve in the regulars? 2. What were the names of his parents and what were their ancestral lines? —(b) MILLIE BURCH, (wife of JOHN HOLLOWAY), both above mentioned, was born on October 19, 1771; married, as above stated; and died on August 28, 1851 in Scott County, Illinois. Query: What were her ancestral lines? Any information will be appreciated. Address MRS. HENRY WILLIAM ENGLISH (SARAH JOHN ENGLISH), Regent, Chapter Daughters of 1812, 844 West College Ave., Jacksonville, Ill.

QUERY SIXTY-FIVE

NIXON—(WYNNE?) —DARBY—Wanted: Further information concerning certain branches of said families. (a) WILLIAM NIXON married JANE ______, (maiden name probably WYNNE), about 1771 in Chester County, Penn., or in New Jersey. Query 1. Where were they married and where is said marriage recorded? 2. Can copy of records be obtained and what are the details of said record? —(b) HENRY DARBY and JAMES DARBY, (brothers), died soon after the Civil War and their home was located near the battlefield of the Battle of the Hatchie which was very likely near the Hatchie River and in Tennessee. It is thought that their father lived in South Carolina prior to migrating to Tennessee. Query 1. Where was the Battle of the Hatchie fought and was it so named on account of the Hatchie River in Tennessee. 2. Where are relatives of the above named DARBY brothers located and what were their ancestral lines? Desire to communicate with any relatives of said HENRY DARBY and JAMES DARBY. —Address: MRS. L. D. TEMPLE, P. O. Box 67, Upland, San Bernadino Co., California.

Query 60 for November 30, 1930

ROGERS—Wanted: Any information pertaining to the REV. DANSWELL ROGERS, SR., and his two sons, namely, WILLIAM ROGERS and DANSWELL ROGERS, Jr.—The said REV. DANSWELL ROGERS, SR., was born in Ireland in 1730; lived in Virginia; migrated to Tennessee; and died in Hawkins County, in said state in 1809—His son, WILLIAM ROGERS, was born in Virginia in 1760 and died in White County, Tennessee in November 1829, (one account says Nov., 1824). DANSWELL ROGERS, JR., (son of the REV. DANSWELL ROGERS, SR.), was born June 29, 1789 in Henry County, Virginia and died in Cedar Grove, Walker County, Georgia, on September 9, 1866. He was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Names of their wives with the dates of their births, marriages, and deaths are desired. Any information regarding the ancestral lines of the above married persons and their wives will be appreciated. Address: MRS. P. A. (LILLIE ROGERS) METHVIN, 29 Peachtree Circle, Atlanta, Georgia.

Query 56 for November 15, 1930

QUERY FIFTY-SIX

(1) PATTON—POINTS—COWAN—BENNETT. —Wanted: Information desired concerning these North Carolina, Kentucky, and Indiana families. Data regarding ancestry and descendants desired, likewise all military service records. (a) JOHN MERCER PATTON, was living in North Carolina during the Revolution. Record of service desired. (b) ANDREW PATTON married MARY PATTON who was the daughter of JOHN and FANNY PATTON nee POINTS. (c) ANDREW DUNLAP PATTON married NANCY _________ in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1821 (d) DAVID PATTON married CLARA BENNETT and migrated to Indiana. (Editor’s note: Where does the COWEN (sic) family enter into the above data?) Information appreciated. Address (see below).

(2) KOONCE: Wanted: Information desired concerning JORMAN (JARMIN) KOONCE, who, prior to the Civil War, lived in Somerville, Tennessee. Personal data and ancestral lines requested. Address (see below).

(3) BEAN—TROUP—Wanted: The ancestral lines of WILLIAM BEAN and SUSAN TROUP. They were married before 1820 and migrated from Union County, South Carolina, about 1837, to Alabama. She had a brother named Matthew Troup. Address (see below).

(4) McQUEEN (QUEEN) —JONES—COLLEY—CARSON—Wanted: Information regarding these North Carolina families. (a) WILLIAM McQUEEN, a Revolutionary soldier and a bugler, was permanently lamed by being shot through both knees, changed his name to WILLIAM QUEEN after the said war. He lived for a while in North Carolina, migrated to Georgia, and lived near Atlanta, in said state during the Civil War. (b) JOEL QUEEN married URSULA JONES. (c) OLIVE QUEEN who was born in 1821; married in 1842. DANIEL CARSON COLLEY, who was born in 1820. (d) DR. JOSEPH CARSON (COLLEY?) born April 6, 1847; married, in 1880, CLEMMIE DAVIS. Data solicited about any of the above named persons. Address: MISS EDNA MERLE BROWN, 1128 N. W. 14^th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Queries 49-50 for October 31, 1930

QUERY FORTY-NINE

HARRISON—GIBSON—Wanted: Any Genealogical data about the HARRISON and GIBSON families. JAMES HARRISON was one of the early settlers in Sumner County, Tenn. He came there from South Carolina about 1785. There is a tradition in the family that he was a Revolutionary War soldier and related to Ex-President William Henry Harrison. (Editor’s note: Ex-President William Henry Harrison was descended from an early Virginia family.) The said JAMES HARRISON, (see above), married CYNTHIA GIBSON before coming to Tennessee. Their children were: 1. James Harrison; 2. Nat Harrison; 3. Cynthia Harrison who married Robert Wynne of Sumner County, Tenn.; 4. A daughter who married a Williams; 5. SUSAN HARRISON born 1789 and married ARCHIBALD McKISSACK. (Editor’s note: See query McKISSACK—HUDSON in this issue).—Query: Who were the parents of JAMES HARRISON, from South Carolina, see above, and what was his Revolutionary War service? CYNTHIA HARRISON nee GIBSON, see above, had a brother named Roger Gibson who was also an early settler in Sumner County, Tenn. She had a sister named Rhoda Gibson who married James Odom who was also an early settler in Sumner County and a half-sister who was named Susan Black who married General James Winchester of Sumner County, Tenn. The said CYNTHIA HARRISON nee GIBSON had two half-brothers named John Black and Gabriel Black. Query: Who were the parents of CYNTHIA GIBSON who married JAMES HARRISON, (SR.), both above mentioned? Would like to correspond with any descendants of the HARRISON and GIBSON families. Address: MISS SALLIE LEE LIGHTFOOT, 212 Church Street, Paris, Lamar County, Texas.

QUERY FIFTY

HILL—Wanted: Any genealogical information concerning the parents of ISAAC HILL and their ancestral lines. Also any information regarding his wife and her ancestral lines. The family of ISAAC HILL moved from Virginia to North Carolina. The following children of the said ISAAC HILL are known, namely, 1. John Hill who married Huldah Jackson; 2. Abraham Hill—no further record; 3. James Hill born 1759 who married Anne Robinson; 4. Eliza Hill who married Burwell Lanier. Any information regarding the above named persons will be appreciated. Address: J. D. HILL, Box 335, Bishopville, South Carolina.

Query 46 for October 31, 1930

QUERY FORTY-SIX

BOONE—GRISSOM—Wanted: The ancestry of NAHAN BRYANT BOONE and his wife, MATILDA BOONE nee GRISSOM. NATHAN BRYANT BOONE was born April 1, 1811, Deer Creek, Tennessee (?), died July 11, 1893, Coldwater, Miss; married April 5, 1835, MATILDA GRISSOM who was born May 16, 1808, Carthage, Tennessee and died April 18, 1892, Coldwater, Miss. The brothers and sisters of NATHAN BRYANT BOONE were: Ezekiel Boone who went to Mexico; Henry Boone who went to Kentucky; Charles Boone who went to Missouri; Rebecca Boone who married a Brown and lived in Missouri; Barbara Boone who married a Mitchell and lived in Lee County, Miss.; and Lydia Boone who married a Vinson and lived in Mississippi. The children of NATHAN BRYANT BOONE and MATILDA BOONE nee GRISSOM were: 1. Adelia Boone born July 17, 1836, married a Ingram, and died December 2, 1909; 2. John Henry Boone born September 12, 1839 and died October 11, 1903; 3. Pickney (?) C. Boone born September 8, 1841, died July 8, 1910; 4. Laura Rebecca Boone born July 16, 1843, married A. DeShazo, and was living in 1930; 5. William Alonzo Boone born October 1, 1846 and died January 26, 1928; 6. Charles Franklin Boone born January 8, 1854 and died February 9, 1921. Address: MRS. LINNIE WRIGHT, 3803 Travis Ave., Dallas, Texas.

Query 41 for October 15, 1930

QUERY FORTY-ONE

GANNAWAY—MacGREGOR—GREGORY—Wanted: To correspond with (or secure any information concerning) any families named GANNAWAY or any descendants from said family. There was presumed to be but one family of this name in the colonies in the days of the early settlements.

The first two of record were two brothers named JOHN GANNAWAY and MARMADUKE GANNAWAY who were living in Virginia in 1721 and perhaps, arrived there prior to said date. (Date of their arrival desired). 1. JOHN GANNAWAY according to “an old sampler” married MARY MacGREGOR whose ancestry is not known. The said MARY GANNAWAY nee MacGREGOR had a son who was named GREGORY GANNAWAY and as there was a neighbor named Edmund Gregory there is a possibility that there was a relationship between the MAC GREGOR and GREGORY families. (Information is desired concerning relationship, if any.) The said JOHN GANNAWAY had a son named WILLIAM GANNAWAY who was born in New Kent Co., Va., in 1723. (See records St. Peter’s Parish Registry). A land transaction is shown in King William Co., Va., in 1723 between JOHN GANNAWAY and William Johnson. The said JOHN GANNAWAY, (later known as SR.), died in Buckingham Co., Va., in 1783. His son JOHN GANNAWAY II, who married MARY _________, died in 1770, and she died in 1793. The names of some of their children are known, viz., (a) William Gannaway (born 1747—died 1800) who married Elizabeth Wright; (b) Gregory Gannaway (born 1753—died 1804) who married Rhoda Robertson; (c) John Gannaway III (born 1748—died 1827) who married Martha Woodson; (d) Thomas Gannaway who married Sally _______; (e) Robert Gannaway who may have married Lucy Woodson or Warren; (f) Edmund Gannaway whose wife’s name is unknown. (The descendants of Robert Gannaway and Edmund Gannaway have not been traced; (g) A daughter who married Robert Sanders; (h) a daughter who married James Johns; (i) a daughter who married John Woodson; (j) a daughter who married Charles Walker; (k) a daughter who married Reuben Seay; (l) a daughter who married Edward (?) Morgan. Some of the descendants of the above family were named Molloy, Jones, Shepard, Greene, and also many of said descendants lived in Rutherford Co., Tenn. 2. MARMADUKE GANNAWAY, (who married HANNAH _____________), had at least two daughters, namely, Hannah Gannaway who was born in New Kent Co., Va., in 1734 and Sarah Gannaway who was born in said country in 1736. Names and addresses of any descendants of this family named GANNAWAY or any information will be welcomed. Correspond solicited. Address MISS KATHARINE K. ADAMS, 1837 Greenleaf Ave., Rogers Park, Chicago, Ill.

Queries 39-40 for October 15, 1930

QUERY THIRTY-NINE

McADOO—Wanted further information concerning JOHN McADOO, WILLIAM McADOO, and ANDREW McADOO. 1. JOHN McADOO was in Augusta County, Va., as early as 1753; and was in that section of Augusta County that was later formed into Botetourt Co., Va. In 1770. He sold his lands in Botetourt Co., Va., in September 1778 and his wife ANNE McADOO, signed the Virginia deeds, also in the same year he entered lands in Washington Co., N. C. (now Greene Co., Tenn.). He appears as a Juror in Washington County in 1780 and his wife, ANNE McADOO, appears in the Washington County records in 1780 in a deposition in behalf of Mary Greer against WILLIAM McADOO. The said JOHN McADOO disappears from the records of Washington County, Tenn., when Greene Co. was formed in 1783; and later sold his lands in Greene Co., Tenn.; and the family appears to have removed to Anderson Co., Tenn. No record has yet been located of the death of the said John McAdoo. Are the above named of JOHN McADOO the names of one and the same person? 2. WILLIAM McADOO was paid for service in Botetourt Co., Va., in 1775; and appears as a Juror in Washington Co., in 1780. After Greene Co., Tenn., was formed from Washington Co., in 1783 he does not appear in the records of either Greene or Washington Counties, Tenn. 3. ANDREW McADOO died in Jefferson Co., Tenn., in 1806, leaving five daughters. Queries. 1. When and where did JOHN McADOO die? 2. What was the date of his birth and the date of his marriage to ANNE McADOO nee _____? 3. What were the names of both their parents and what were their ancestral lines? 4.  What was the relationship (if any) of the said JOHN McADOO to WILLIAM McADOO of Botetourt Co., Va., (and Washington  Co., Tenn.), and ANDREW McADOO of Jefferson Co., Tenn.? Any information will be appreciated. Address, MARY HOSS HEADMAN. (Mrs. John McCurdy Headman), Haddonfield, New Jersey.

QUERY FORTY

GIBBS—Wanted: Information concerning the ancestral lines of NICHOLAS GIBBS and wife name unknown, (tradition says that her name was Evelyn, Eveland, or England), also any further details regarding them, or their descendants. The said NICHOLAS GIBBS settled in Knox Co., Tenn., about 1790 and was a Magistrate there as early as 1795-1796. He died in said county, in 1817, leaving a widow named MARY GIBBS nee ________. He names thirteen children, namely, John, David, Jacob, George, Nicholas, Daniel, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Catharine, Silphena, Sophia, and Barbara. Kindly address, MARY HOSS HEADMAN. (Mrs. John McCurdy Headman), Haddonfield, New Jersey.

Query 38 for October 15, 1930

QUERY THIRTY-EIGHT

READ (REED-REID)—Wanted: To correspond with (or secure information concerning) the descendants of JOHN READ, (born 1757—died 1817), and his wife, MARGARET READ nee ______, (born 1762—died 1829), who moved into Tennessee. They were among the earliest of pioneers in said state. The name was spelled READ in Virginia but was later spelled REED in Tennessee and Alabama. Their children were: 1. Robert Read (or Reed) who married Betsy Harvey; 2. Mary Read (or Reed); 3 Margaret Read (or Reed); 4. Daniel Read (of Reed) who married Martha Lyon; 5. Nancy Read (or Reed); 6. John Read (or Reed) who migrated to Missouri and Texas; 7. James Read (or Reed) who married Jane Norvell; 8. William Read (or Reed); 9. Carson Read (or Reed) who married Tranquilla Jenkins; 10. Andrew Read (or Reed); 11. Matthew Read (or Reed); 12 Harvey Read (or Reed). One of the above mentioned daughters married a BROCK in East Tennessee.—Address: MRS. LUCILE GIBSON PLEASANTS 1186 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif.