BTRVETC-L Digest Volume 98 : Issue 47 27 Jul 1998 Today's Topics: Silas E.Burnett Benjamin F. Burnette Test - Sorry - Delete this Burnett Family John McAlexander Searching for Rakes, Smart, Thomas Administrivia: for the Burnett/Turner/Ross/Via/Etc Mailing List (BTRVETC-L) Welcome to all our new subscribers; please send us a message to let us know what lines you are working on. :-) We became automated 19 Jan 1998, with everyone that had been on Nyla Creed DePauk's list of subscribers being subscribed to the digest, which (kind) replaces the compilations. There is also a regular list, where you receive messages one at a time. If you wish that version, unsubscribe from the digest, and subscribe to the regular list (see below). Please do not send your emails to Nyla any longer; if you do, she will send them to the list. 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To subscribe to the regular list, email btrvetc-l-request@genealogy.org with the SUBJECT: SUBSCRIBE You can also use the web page at: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/BTRVETC/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:31:27 -0700 From: Jim Wright To: BTRVETC-L@genealogy.org CC: jwright@centex.net Subject: Silas E.Burnett Message-ID: <35AE9B5F.6956@centex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Everyone, My first time to post information.I am looking for a Silas E.Burnett (B) 1809 in Virginia and who married Melinda Howell (B) June 8,1812. I believe Silas's parents were Edward Burnett and Rhoda Roper. Jim Wright Brady,Texas ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:29:02 -0400 From: "Jonathan M. Parker" To: Blind.Copy.Receiver@compuserve.com Subject: Benjamin F. Burnette Message-ID: <199807171929_MC2-5372-E69@compuserve.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline I've been a member of this list almost since the beginning, as I have TUR= NERs in my tree, but I recently came across a BURNETTE connection I would like= to explore. I bought a house in San Diego County, California late last year, and have= been doing some research on the builder and architect. I recently discovered t= hat the builder's name was Benjamin F. BURNETTE, and that he was born in Miss= ouri in 1860 or so. He lived for 20 years in Ashville, NC, in the vehicle and implement business. He came to San Diego in 1908, and worked in real esta= te and as a high school teacher. He died in 1934. His wife was named Lutie B. (Nancy Lucretia), and her maiden name may hav= e been ELLSWORTH. She died in 1943 at the age of 81. Do any of you have information about this BURNETTE family? Thanks, Jonathan M. Parker jmparker@compuserve.com 4:29 PM Pacific time, Friday, July 17, 1998= ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:52:06 -0400 (EDT) From: "Christine E. Gaunt" To: btrvetc-l@genealogy.org Subject: Test - Sorry - Delete this Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 14:18:55 PDT From: "Mary Smith" To: btrvetc-l@genealogy.org Subject: Burnett Family Message-ID: <19980718211856.16837.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain I am a descendant of John McAlexander, who married Agnes Burnett 25 March 1780 in Amherst Co., VA., with the consent of her parents, John and Elizabeth Burnett. Later John McAlexander appears in a 27 Oct. 1788 deed with his wife, Nancy. Were Nancy and Agnes the same person? Or was Nancy a second wife? If anybody has any information about this branch of the Burnett family, I'd be happy to exchange information with them. Mary C. Smith (e-mail: carthage42@hotmail.com) 1740 No. Rhodes St., #298 Arlington, VA 22201 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 16:18:00 -0700 From: jbbork@ix.netcom.com To: BTRVETC-L@genealogy.org Subject: John McAlexander Message-ID: <35B12D28.1D2@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John McAlexander's wife was AGNES Burnett shown on their marriage bond 1780 in Amherst Co, Va. A copy of this bond is in Burnetts and Their Connections, Vol. 2, p.57. "Nancy" Burnett was shown on the marriage return. The diminutive "Nancy" was generally given to women with the given name of AGNES or ANNE or HANNAH. I have found in most cases, any with the above names, are interchanged. One time it will be Hannah, then Anne, then Nancy, all for the same girl. I believe this naming pattern was caused because most named their children after another relative or relatives and then later as they grew, the duplication of names became confusing - thus nick-naming began and later a middle name was commonly used to distinguish one John from the other. /s/ June http://www.junebaldwinbork.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 18:38:09 EDT From: To: BTRVETC-L@genealogy.org Subject: Searching for Rakes, Smart, Thomas Message-ID: <6579965d.35bd0153@aol.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hi everyone! I have just started to look for my family history. I have done pretty well on the Rakes side but the Smart, Thomas and Cox are still hard for me. All of these families were from Patrick County, VA. My father is Gary Smart. His father was Raymond Bruce Smart. Raymond's father was Nathaniel Smart and his mother was Gladys Cruise Smart. That is as far as I have on that part. I know that is not much to work with! I also have Smarts on my mother's side. My grandmother was Vernice Thomas Rakes. Her parents were Posey A Thomas and Rosa Lillie Smart Thomas (1891-1965) . Rosa's father was Andrew Smart (1855-1943) and her mother was Alice Turner (1864-1960). Andrew' was the son of William C. Smart and Malinda Boyd Posey Thomas' (1888-1934) father was John Thomas and his mother's name was Angeline. He had 5 brothers and two sisters. That is all I know about the Thomas'. I do know Posey shot and killed a Cox man in the 1930's. He also had TB. Anyone who has any information about any of these branches, please let me know!! Thanks! Traci Smart Arwood TraciSA@aol.com -------------------------------- End of btrvetc-d Digest V98 Issue #47 *************************************