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

[possible kin: Riggins/Dunlap, my maternal relatives in Al, Ga, Tx, Ar]

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9. Elizabeth Ann Riggins (William Gant, Littleton) born abt. 1815 in AL and died abt. 1895. She was married Mar. 17, 1833 in Bibb Co. AL to Alexander S. W. Dunlap son of James Dunlap & Nancy Unknown. He was born abt. 1806 in SC and died abt. 1866 in Monroe Co. AR.

Notes about Elizabeth Riggins Riggins

She is found in her father’s household in 1830 Bibb Co. AL census.

She is found in the 1870 & 1880 Monroe Co AR census as a widow.

Notes about Alexander Dunlap

He is found in the 1850 Shelby Co. AL census.

He is found in the 1860 Monroe Co. AR census.

Childrenof Elizabeth Riggins & Alexander Dunlap

52. i. Minerva C. Dunlap born abt. 1835 in AL.
53. ii. Nancy A. Dunlap born abt. 1837 in AL.
54. iii. Miller Dunlap born abt. 1842 in AL.
55. iv. Mary Malissa Dunlap born abt. 1843 in AL.
56. v. Milly Elizabeth Dunlap born abt. 1845 in AL.
57 vi. William G. Dunlap born abt. 1847 in AL.
58. vii. David A. Dunlap born abt. 1849 in AL.
59. viii. James B. Dunlap born Feb. 1853 in AL.
60. ix. Bascom Akin Dunlap born abt. 1854 in MS.
61. x. Almus Monroe Dunlap born Sept. 1856 in MS.
63. xi. Malona Julia Dunlap born June 1859.

via Littleton Riggins and Descendants-Generation 3.

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.

Descendants of Rev. William Speer (1652-?) of Aryshire, Scotland

Entries: 6801 Updated: Wed Jan 10 03:15:49 2001 Contact: Ed Speer Home Page: William Speer Family

compiled 9 Jan 2001 by Wade Edward Speer 34 Clear Creek Road, Marion, NC 28752-9423

# ID: I6410

# Name: Henry Boughton Teague

# Sex: M

# Death: 1999

Father: Henry Crawford Teague b: 1882

Mother: Mary Martha Elizabeth Talitha Cumie Speer b: 1887

Marriage 1 Living Goodman

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Descendants of Rev. William Speer (1652-?) of Aryshire, Scotland.

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Some of Randy Owen’s maternal ancestors.

– Cathy Abernathy

weavercat@gmail.com

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

Trails Leading to Texas

Entries: 52406 Updated: 2009-03-25 22:55:30 UTC (Wed) Contact: Pam

Updates made often — additions welcomed — Working this month on Bethel Cemetery in Frisco TX

# ID: I21428

# Name: Alice Valerie Spruiell

# RFN: 21428

# Change Date: 24 MAR 2006

# Sex: F

# Birth: in Crenshaw Co, AL

# Change Date: 24 MAR 2006

Marriage 1 Louis Milton (Lewis) Clinkscales b: 9 MAR 1860 in Benton, Calhoun Co, AL

* Married: 18 DEC 1890

* Change Date: 24 MAR 2006

Children

1. Hester Kate Clinkscales b: 3 OCT 1905 in Vincent, AL

2. Juda Jessie Clinkscales b: 15 OCT 1892

3. Reuben Franklin Clinkscales b: 1895 in Alabama

4. Robert Berry Clinkscales

5. John Wilkes Clinkscales

6. Grady Lowell Clinkscales b: 1901 in Alabama

7. Lige Turner Clinkscales b: 1903 in Alabama

8. Lewis Embry Clinkscales b: 1905 in Alabama

9. Lola Eugenia Clinkscales b: 1908 in Alabama

10. Clarence Minton Clinkscales b: 1910 in Alabama

11. Thomas Newton Clinkscales b: 1912 in St Clair Co, AL

12. William Milton (Noot) Clinkscales b: 22 OCT 1913 in Shelby Co, AL

13. Alice Mildred Clinkscales b: 22 OCT 1913 in Shelby Co, AL

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Trails Leading to Texas.

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Tracking possible cousins via Rootsweb

Alice V. Sprueill was my maternal great-grandmother.

– Cathy

Ancestors of April (Wharton) Makerney and Connected Families

Entries: 44318 Updated: 2009-02-19 13:59:12 UTC (Thu) Contact: April

If there is no source or census info then I am in the process of researching the information. Also I am researching a lot of Choctaw Indian names, ie: Oakes, Everidge, Ervin, Cole, Belvin, McCurtain and several others. Please contact me with any questions, additions or corrections.

# ID: I17192

# Name: Alice Valerie SPRUIELL 1

# Sex: F

Father: William Robert SPRUIELL b: 8 DEC 1843 in Coweta Co., Newman, Georgia

Mother: Hester Ann Taylor SPEER b: 14 SEP 1848 in Fayette County, Georgia

Sources:

1. Title: Kinsey gedcom by Mills.FTW

Repository:

Media: Other

Text: Date of Import: 17 Nov 2005

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Ancestors of April (Wharton) Makerney and Connected Families.

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Tracking possible cousins via Rootsweb

Alice V. Sprueill was my maternal great-grandmother.

– Cathy

Ancestors of April (Wharton) Makerney

Entries: 26435 Updated: 2006-08-11 15:46:27 UTC (Fri) Contact: April Makerney

# ID: I17192

# Name: Alice Valerie SPRUIELL 1 2

# Sex: F

Father: William Robert SPRUIELL b: 8 DEC 1843 in Coweta Co., Newman, Georgia

Mother: Hester Ann Taylor SPEER b: 14 SEP 1848 in Fayette County, Georgia

Sources:

1. Title: Kinsey gedcom by Mills.FTW

Repository:

Media: Other

Text: Date of Import: 17 Nov 2005

2. Title: Garmon Tree.FTW

Repository:

Media: Other

Text: Date of Import: 29 Nov 2005

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Ancestors of April (Wharton) Makerney.

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Tracking possible cousin via Rootsweb

Alice V. Sprueill was my maternal great-grandmother.

– Cathy

Aaron Adkins

Entries: 12098 Updated: Mon Oct 21 08:19:26 2002 Contact: Patricia Mills

# ID: I108833295

# Name: Alice Valerie SPRUIELL

# Given Name: Alice Valerie

# Surname: Spruiell

# Sex: F

Father: William Robert SPRUIELL b: 8 Dec 1843 in Coweta Co., Newman, Georgia

Mother: Hester Ann Taylor SPEER b: 14 Sep 1848 in Fayette County, Georgia

via RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Aaron Adkins.

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Tracking possible cousin via Rootsweb

Alice V. Sprueill was my maternal great-grandmother.

– Cathy

CHAPTER 2

WILLIAM SPEER, SR. FAMILY

William Speer, Sr. was an Irish immigrant, American frontiersman, Revolutionary War militiaman, Indian fighter, merchant, homesteader, farmer, Presbyterian, and family man. He lived the American Dream and fulfilled the promise of the newly-formed United States. When he arrived in America, he brought with him youth, health, education, and those highly-desirable European Christian values of independence, self sufficiency, honesty and hard work. He also possessed a firm conviction of right and wrong and an unshakable belief and trust in God. By the time he died, William had passed these qualities to his children and thousands of his descendants have now carried this rich heritage forward. Those of us living today can find much of ourselves in William’s story, and much of William in ourselves.

We can be proud of our family’s accomplishments. We owe it all to a young man searching for a new life in the late 1700′s.

William was born about 1747 in Northern Ireland and immigrated to America in 1772 at the age of 25. In this book, he is William Speer, Sr.1 to distinguish him from his son William Speer, Jr.2 Much about his life in America is contained in a letter written in 1869 and a narrative written in 1874 by his son William, Jr. These writings are treasures of

information to the Speer family and because the earlier letter is so well written it has been published several timesA. See APPENDIX A for transcripts of these writings.

….(click link for MORE)

via CHAPTER 2.

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One om ymaternal ancestors…

– Cathy