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

Sephardic Jews have lived in the state for more than 300 years,(*) (*) (*) especially in and around Charleston (*). Until about 1830, South Carolina had the largest population of Jews in North America. Many of South Carolina’s Jews have assimilated into Christian society, shrinking Judaism down to less than 1% of the total religious makeup. In addition, Roman Catholicism is growing in South Carolina due to immigration from the North.

[...much MORE]

via South Carolina: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article.

For those who love history, dream of adventure, riches, and fame; for those really believe they’ll hit the jackpot on the lottery scratch-off, for those still look up at night to see the stars and passing clouds. and for those who love to touch the past, here’s a challenge to give meaning to your visions and put money in your pocket.: Whatever happened to the Confederate gold?

If you worry about the fiscal state of the country or the money in your own pocket, the gold spoils of the civil war offer hundreds of chances to expand your net worth.

Thought the Confederacy was poor and in a state of penury by the war’s end? The central government still had great wealth even as the war put the administration on the run. The last Confederate Cabinet meeting presided over by Jefferson Davis was held on May 2, 1865, in Abbeville, SC, at the Burt-Stark House.

By the time Lee surrendered, five wagons of gold and silver—coins, bricks, and bars, the remains of the Confederate treasury’s reserve–were loaded May 24, 1865 in Richmond, at the train depot. Captain Parker of the Navy and an escort of armed troops, guarded the gold on the ride from Richmond, Virginia, to Anderson, South Carolina. There the gold was reloaded to wagons for shipment to Savannah or Charleston.

Confederate president Jefferson Davis met the caravan at Washington, GA. Later, scouts observed Union troops near Augusta, and the caravan returned to Washington (which is now in Lincoln County).

Unknown raiders attacked the wagon train near the Dionysius Chennault Plantation (the home of an elderly Methodist minister)–only a 100 yards from the house. During the attack, the gold disappeared. Most researchers and contemporary observers believe it was hidden, but the location of this cache of riches remains a mystery.

via OnMilwaukee.com – Reader Blogs.

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.

…. 3 HANNAH HONEYCUTT b: July 1824 in BUNCOMBE COUNTY,NC d: in RED CREEK, IRON MTN.,UNICOI CO.,TN ……. +JOHN EASON PERRY PATE b: September 13, 1822 in BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NC d: December 23, 1911 in UNICOI COUNTY, TN Father: JOHN “BEE LOG” RANDOLPH PATE ……. 4 GEORGE WASHINGTON PATE b: 1844 d: August 28, 1862 in CUMBERLAND GAP, TN CIVIL WAR

via Family Tree Maker’s Genealogy Site: User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of MOSES HONEYCUTT.

Read an Excerpt

“Born Country”

How Faith, Family, and Music Brought Me Home

Chapter One
Home

Round Ole Baugh Road,
Is a great place for kids to grow
Some grow up and move away
Most of us decide to stay
Round Ole Baugh Road.
The neighborhood still looks the same
just new kids with the same old names
My Baugh Road’s in a Southern state
Yours may be anywhere, USA
Look around for your Baugh Road.

“Ole Baugh Road” by Randy Owen

My daddy’s name is Gladstone Yeuell Owen. My middle name is Yeuell, and so is my son, Heath’s. Why his parents gave him such an unusual name, I have no idea. His brothers had more familiar names like Johnny, Albert, Virgil, Riley, and Grady. Mama and some of Daddy’s close relatives always called him Gladsten, but the rest of the world just shortened it to G.Y. It made life a whole lot simpler.

via Born Country, Randy Owen, Book – Barnes & Noble.
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From this short excerpt I have learned quite a bit that I did not know.
Plus with little investigation on Rootsweb, I find that Randy and I are (distant) kin/cousins — via our SPEER ancestors…

I will be researching this matter further.

My initial research began when I was trying to find another couple of Randy’s relatives that he mentioned in one of his stories; when he spoke during the “One The Brink” Writer’s Conference (at Jacksonville State University, March 28, 2009).

– Cathy Ann Abernathy
weavercat@gmail.com

Irish Roots And Lots of Others

# ID: I13212
# Name: James E Pratt 1
# Sex: M
# Title: Captain
# Name: James E Pratt 2 3 4
# Birth: 11 DEC 1830 in , Abbeville, SC 2

# Death: 31 AUG 1911 in prob , Abbeville, SC 2

# Occupation: 1870 Farmer 3
# Reference Number: 13327
# Note:

[Full database1.FTW]

He was the eldest son of Mary Kay and John Pratt, and was a great grandfather of President Jimmy Carter. General Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, serving under Stonewall Jackson and later Ambrose P Hill. He was born December 11, 1830 in the northern part of Abbeville District, SC, near the confluence of Hogskin Creek and Little River. The Pratt’s were among the early white settlers on Little River, but where they came from has never been determined.

Captain Pratt’s great grandfather, William Pratt, had operated a gristmill at “Pratt Shoals” on Little River, and by family tradition the mill had been burned by Tories and Indians during the Revolution. It is evident from his Revolutionary War claim that William Pratt had been involved in the battle at Pratt’s Mill, having lost his horse and saddle during the fight with the infamous Tory, “Bloody Bill” Cunningham…

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Persons of Interest.
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James E. Pratt was my maternal second cousin 3 times removed (common ancestor: Francis Clinkscales); and third cousin 3 times removed (common ancestors: William B. Franklin who married Elizabeth Brawner).

– Cathy

# Sen. Robert Smith Todd

# Given Name: Sen. Robert Smith

# Surname: Todd

# Sex: M

# Birth: 25 Feb 1791 in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY

# Death: 15 Jul 1849 in Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL (probably of cholera)

# Burial: Lexington Cemetery 1

# Occupation: Merchant, Banker

# _UID: BD26D90CBCFA44F89BBD96961AECB75C57DD

# Change Date: 31 Mar 2007 at 17:22

# Note:

FATHER OF FIRST LADY MARY TODD LINCOLN

FATHER-IN-LAW OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

KENTUCKY STATE SENATOR, 1848

Robert had 16 children, seven by his first wife Eliza Parker and nine by his second wife Betsy Humphreys. Eight of those children supported the Confederacy in the Civil War, while six children supported the Union. The Todds were a prominent family, fairly wealthy and owned slaves.

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: The Ancestry of Overmire Tifft Richardson Bradford Reed.

Stamps Family History & Lineage

Entries: 29106 Updated: 2007-03-05 14:19:09 UTC (Mon) Contact: Will Stamps

# ID: I9519

# Name: Frank A. CLINKSCALES

# Surname: Clinkscales

# Given Name: Frank A.

# Sex: M

# Reference Number: 73s2

# _UID: 07CC09749E02544A96437546C063DFA6CA54

# Change Date: 28 Feb 2006 at 05:59:04

Marriage 1 Sarah HICKS

Children

1. Has Children Viola Adelia “Ola” CLINKSCALES b: 16 Apr 1878 in Wilsonville, Shelby Co, AL, USA

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Stamps Family History & Lineage.

# ID: I22822 View Post-em!

# Name: Robert HARDY 1

# Sex: M

# Birth: 1799 in Edgefield District, South Carolina

# Death: 1843 in Dollar, Coosa County, Alabama

# Note:

Robert Hardy and his wife Nancy Peebles Browning both came to Montgomery Co AL where they met and married in 1823. Nancy came with her parents in a wagon from Greene Co GA.

Robert´s cousin Susannah Hardy Crenshaw and her husband Stephen Crenshaw, related to the Charles Crenshaw(also Greenshaw) family, were born in the Tyger River area and went to Alabama with Robert Hardy about 1817 where they both bought property. I think Stephen was the son of Charles.

By 1818 Robert was paying taxes on land in Montgomery Co.- later became part of Lowndes County near Hayneville. Stephen was a surveyor and a Revolutionary soldier, with a large family, stores and stock, etc., and moved from Edgefield District, S.C.. He entered the land known today as Lowndes County, Hayneville, cutting the roads and bridges as they moved. Like Robert, he may have also still owned land in SC. Robert Hardy took Nancy back to his plantation in Edgefield SC where she gave birth to John B. Hardy in 1825. In 1828 Robert and Nancy sold land in Edgefield. See below. They probably lived a long distance marriage with slaves helping them in both Alabama and in Edgefield. Nancy probably stayed in SC where she had the luxury of a home and Robert spent time clearing land and building in Loundesboro. According to OUR FATHERS FIELDS, the Hardys worked side by side with their slaves in those early generations.

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Family Connections of William “Darrell” Hosey.