Everything but the kitchen sink.

Okay, let’s do a quick wrap-up here…

The PARK family has descendency ties to Robert E. Lee; his ancestor who was George Washington’s wife (maiden name CUSTIS); PARK/PARKE/PARKS descendants are connected to the Burchfields — the Burchfields via the Park line (somewhere) are kin to the Gustafsson/Justice family originally from Sweden; and how did I get here (this time)?

Tracing the Davis-Smathers connection of Aunt Betty Davis (married – Jack Abernathy) — trying to learn about her father’s family.

The other point of interest is the ties to a Cherokee Chief Oowahooskie (various spellings found). His ‘wife’ had been captured from a white settlement/group when she was about six years old. They had three sons; she and the sons were later released — they lived as white men, and were land-holders. This made for Cherokee heritage claims with US courts unsuccessful — but the Indian connection seems valid from research/sources found online, now.

There is also a connection between the PARK family and a CHANDLER line in Georgia…will follow this up later.

Another connection exist between the DAVIS line and the CARPENTER (ZIMMERMAN) families from North Carolina — this warrants further research, since my mother and my father’s ancestral line include connection to the CARPENTER (ZIMMERMAN) lines from the Carolinas.

NO direct Patey/PATE/PATTY connections — but have found AYERS/AYRES, PAYNE, and McClellan connections in the Carolina regions (where my husbands family were from)…The PAYNE connection may link up with the TEAGUE, SPEER, PERRY, OWEN or other related families who later migrated to NE Alabama (near Ft. Payne).

With the research from the past three days — “We are all kin” has more meaning then is previously did, for me.

Each friend I have helped with their family tree research, I have also found something that fit with prior research for my own complicated ancestral lines.

Are your ancestors included in this tangle of kinfolks?

Contact me with a bit of your grandparents vital statics (dates, location, family members) — I will see what I can find.

– Cathy Ann Abernathy

weavercat@gmail.com

Re: George Silvers,MD. NC.b late 1700

Posted by: Cindy Ray Peters Date: February 28, 1999 at 11:57:35

In Reply to: Re: George Silvers,MD. NC.b late 1700 by Phil Rutledge of 352

Hi Phil,

I am sorry ,I was incorrect about My Rachel being Charlies sister. She was his fathers Jacob sister.There were 12 of them, I have there names if you want them.

According to the Toe River Valley Heritage Vol 1 &2.

Your Jacob was a brother of my grandmother Rachel m Edward Wilson. There father was George J. Silvers Jr. b 10-28-1753 Fredrick Co. Md. m Nancy Ann Griffith b 1766, they had 12 kids.

George Jr. father was George Silver Sr. (Jurg Silbers) b 2-1731 Germany m Sissy Market (Elizabeth Schmieden)Germany.

Jacob married Elizabeth Wilson they had 1 child Charles 10-3-1812 Elizabeth died during child birth. Jacob married Nancy Reed and they had 12 children.

I have a good story.

Jacob was a farmer and a Babtist min. in the Kona area for 50 years. Because he couldn’t read or write. His wife Nancy Reed would read the bible to him and he would memorize the scripture he used in his sermon.

He married Nancy on 10-6-1814 in Buncombe Co. Nc. She was the daughter of Samuel Reed.

They are buried at Silver Family Cem. in Kona, Nc.

Hope this helps!

Cindy Ray Peters

via Re: George Silvers,MD. NC.b late 1700.

John’s History Corner

Henry Gilbert Silver

Henry Gilbert Silver (1801-after 1880) was the ninth child born to George Silver Junior and Nancy Ann Griffith. Henry was born on October 26th, 1801, into an Evangelical Lutheran family. He would have been about five years old when the Silver family arrived in what is now Kona. Unfortunately, Henry did not leave us a lot of information on himself. It is sufficient to say that he did leave 17 offspring.

Henry married first Sarah Martha “Sally” Wilson, daughter of Edward Wilson. She was born about 1800 and died about 1842. This marriage produced seven children: (1) Nancy N. Silver who married George Silver “Big George” Wilson. (2) Rachel Silver married Thomas “Tommy” Thomas. (3) Elizabeth Silver married Thomas A. Wilson. (4) Eliza Jane Silver married Ervin Ray. (5) Lucinda Silver married Isaiah Henson. (6) Martha Silver (Martha must have died very early in that we have no information on her whatsoever.) (7) Sarah A. Silver married H.L. Hensley and moved to Georgia.

After Sarah Martha passed away, Henry married Nancy Ann Howell, born about 1824 and died after 1880. She was a daughter of Thomas Howell and Piety Wilson. This marriage produced 10 children. (1) Piety Louella Silver married Thomas S. Willis. (2) Frances “Frankie” Silver married Joseph Honeycutt (3) Cynthia Silver of whom we know nothing. (4) Thomas C. Silver married Rachel E. Allen and Amanda Jane Honeycutt. (5) John Britt Silver married Elizabeth Nancy Jarrett. (6) William Jasper Silver married Sarah C. Ball and Lula Mildred Gill. (7) Rev. Henry Gilbert Silver married Judith Lavette Grindstaff and Ruie Catherine Dills. (8) Margaret M. Silver, again we have no information on Margaret. (9) Malinda “Linda” Silver married Albert Laws. (10) Levi D. Silver m. Mandy L.

Henry is buried in the Rose Branch Cemetery in an unmarked grave. Most of Henry’s children moved east into McDowell, Rutherford, Gaston and Cleveland Counties.

via SILVER THREADS.

<a href=”http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH6&CISOPTR=57976″>Cansler Family In America – http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH6&CISOPTR=57976</a><BR>

Okay, so here’s where I try to make brief sense of the jumble of posts up until now.
Quite simply I am searching for answers to questions — the majority of them, these days, are about Native American heritage/genealogy and where my ancestors actually “came from”.

One page of hand-written notes from the past few days include the following locations:

In NORTH CAROLINA:
1- Dimsal, NC
2- Weaverville, NC
3- Buncombe County
4- Big Lick, Stanley County
5- Orange County
6- Swain County
7- Hickory, NC
8- Hollow Poplar
9) Montgomery County
10) Catawba County
11) Honeycutts, NC
12) Sampson County

Other locations:
1- Scott County, Virginia
2- Ellijay, Georgia
3- Roane County, Tennessee
4- Carter County, Tennessee

Surnames I am hoping to find further information on in these areas include:

Bailey, Briggs, Byrd, Griffith/Griffin, Garland, Honeycutt, Hampton, Letterman/Leatherman, Radford, Silvers, Wright…

NOTE: Names in bold are most like ancestors (if not noted as KIN, by an ITALICS).

And so, this is where I am at with finding my answers — somewhere in the “Toe River Valley” of North Carolina — with an interwoven genealogy of a community of people who MOST likely have Native American heritage; but have hidden it for so long, that finding solid proof is not easily done.

I will keep searching.

As time, energy and new leads permit me.

– Cathy Ann Abernathy

weavercat@gmail.com

Fifth Great-Grand father:

George William Byrd [46062]
B: abt 1755 in Richmond, Virginia
D: abt 1825 in Jacks Creek, Yancey County, North Carolina
Married: Margaret Annie Hudson/Hutson
B: abt 1760 in New York or England
D:
bef 1870 in Yancey (now Mitchell) County, North Carolina

Children:
1) Annie Byrd – Married: John Griffith
2) William Kinsey Byrd – Married Elizabeth Williams
3) (Christopher) Samuel Dempsey Byrd – Married: Mary “Polly” Briggs
4) George Washington Byrd
- – - – - -
Possible connection through “J. H. Honeycutt” (one of several possible John Henry Honeycutt’s as a direct ancestor – Virgie Ann Honeycutt‘s father).
Will be looking into this further…

NOTE

: Virgie Ann Honeycutt married Ivey Lee Abernathy - they were my PATERNAL grandparents.

– Cathy

A collection of records and links for those researching their Creek – Muskogee Indian ancestors.

via Creek Indian Researcher – records and links.

Southeastern United States Indians, Traders, Commissioners, Agents, Interpreters, and Others Involved in Indian Affairs

-A Bibliography-

via IndianTradeBiblio.

Richard S. & Delores Sue (Green) Willey

Entries: 29555 Updated: 2008-07-15 05:45:38 UTC (Tue) Contact: Delores Willey

# ID: I648924645

# Name: Andrew LETTERMAN

# Given Name: Andrew

# Surname: Letterman

# Sex: M

# Birth: 26 Jan 1820 in Yancey Co, NC

# Death: 1 Aug 1897 in Yancey Co, NC

# Census: 12 Aug 1850 Yancey Co, NC, Brush Creek Twp, pg 401, image 37, 281:0 Andrew Leatherman, 30, Farmer, NC; Joseph, 6; Jeremiah, 2; Sarah, 30; Mary, 4

# Census: 6 Jul 1860 Yancey Co, Day Book, pg 77, image 73, 505/505: Leatherman, Andrew, 41, Farmer; Sarah, 41; Joseph, 16; Mary, 14; Jeremiah, 10; James, 7; Nancy, 4; David, 2; Unnamed female 2/12; Jonas Carroll, 27 (Al

# Census: 1 Jul 1870 Yancey Co, NC, Brush Creek Twp, pg 2, image 2, 16/16; Leatherman, Andy, 50, $1000/$500, NC; Sarah, 50, NC; James, 19; Nancy, 16; David, 12; Sarah, 8; Hughes, Jackson, 19 (nephew, son of brother, Dav

# Census: 1 Jun 1880 Yancey Co, NC, Green Mountain, Twp 5, Dist 235, image 6, 49/53: Andrew Letterman, 60; Sarah, 59

# Burial: 1897 Old Cemetery on Manassa Bailey farm, Pig Pen, Yancey Co, NC

# Note:

Ancestry.com Contact Jennifer Schaming

Roger Letterman

Note: Much of the information about Andrew’s descendants has been provid

ed by his great grandson Spencer Charles Deyton of Rock Hill, SC.

Father: Joseph LETTERMAN

Mother: Sarah “Sally” ??????

Marriage 1 Sarah HUGHES b: 6 Apr 1820 in Yancey Co, NC

* Married: Abt 1843 in Yancey Co, NC

Children

1. Has No Children Joseph LETTERMAN b: 5 Apr 1844 in NC

2. Has Children Mary L. LETTERMAN b: 29 Mar 1846 in Yancey Co, NC

3. Has Children Jeremiah LETTERMAN b: 24 Jun 1847 in Yancey Co, NC

4. Has Children James Carter LETTERMAN b: 17 Dec 1850 in Yancey Co, NC

5. Has No Children John LETTERMAN b: 15 Apr 1853 in Yancey Co, NC

6. Has Children Nancy LETTERMAN b: 6 Jul 1855 in Yancey Co, NC

7. Has Children David A. LETTERMAN b: 26 Jul 1857 in Yancey Co, NC

8. Has Children Sarah LETTERMAN b: 25 Mar 1860 in Yancey Co, NC

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Richard S. & Delores Sue (Green) Willey.

# ID: I08083

# Name: James W. Bailey

# Sex: M

# Birth: 1822 in Buncombe Co., NC

# Death: 27 NOV 1882 in Yancey Co., NC

# Burial: James W. Bailey Cem., Jacks Creek, Yancey Co., NC

Father: Charles N. Bailey b: ABT. 1789 in Burke Co., NC

Mother: Margaret Riddle b: ABT. 1795 in Buncombe Co., NC

Marriage 1 Susannah “Sookie” Byrd b: 15 OCT 1831 in Jack’s Creek, Buncombe Co., NC

* Married: 12 APR 1849 in Yancey Co., NC

Children

1. Has No Children Melissa Jane Bailey b: 10 JAN 1853 in Yancey Co., NC

Marriage 2 Susannah Luseba Hampton b: 9 NOV 1838 in Jack’s Creek, Yancey Co., NC

* Married: AFT. 1856 in Yancey Co., NC

Children

1. Has No Children Mary A. Bailey b: 3 MAR 1861 in Jack’s Creek, Yancey Co., NC

2. Has Children Josephine Bailey b: 12 FEB 1862 in Jack’s Creek, Yancey Co., NC

3. Has Children Margaret Ann Bailey b: 26 JUL 1866 in Jack’s Creek, Yancey Co., NC

4. Has Children Wade Augustus Bailey b: 1 APR 1868 in Jacks Creek, Yancey Co, NC

5. Has Children Charles Horace Bailey b: 13 JUL 1872 in Yancey Co., NC

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: The Toe River Valley, NC.