BTRVETC-L Digest Volume 99 : Issue 39 6 Aug 1999 Today's Topics: Re: Children of James and Mary Turner of Bedford Co VA My apologies TURNER, Bessie L. (Tribue) TN > KY > TX Re: Docie and Keziah "Kizzy" Ross from Iowa and Arkansas Administrivia: for the Burnett/Turner/Ross/Via/Etc Mailing List (BTRVETC-L) Post your queries to: btrvetc-l@genealogy.org (that's a lowercase ell, not a number one.) To unsubscribe, email btrvetc-d-request@genealogy.org with the SUBJECT: UNSUBSCRIBE. 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: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 12:06:52 EDT From: JJBB343@aol.com To: btrvetc-l@genealogy.org Subject: Re: Children of James and Mary Turner of Bedford Co VA Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Eddie, Many thanks again for your response to my Francis Turner query on the BTRVETC list recently! I have been meaning write you sooner, but I have been away and things have been a bit hectic (you know how summer can be, I'm sure!). Right now I have a feeling that unless some miraculous document such as a birth record or something turns up, Francis will be another one of those ancestors upon whose true origins we can just speculate...I received some really interesting reponses to my query (yours included) and they were of pretty much polar opposite opinions. A couple folks were pretty confident that Francis was indeed of the Bedford line, and another is adamant that Francis was Irish. Also, I came across a deed abstract for Halifax Co in the Rootsweb archives that mentions a Francis Turner and the names of this Francis' brothers didn't seem to fit the pattern of our Francis' line (I think one was named Tandy and another Terisha?). So, who knows at this point, right??! At least it's fun trying to figure it all out! :) By the way, I also want to thank you for submitting the wills of Alexander, James Sr and James Ingram to the Botetourt, Franklin and Patrick Co archives! Would it be possible for you to send me scanned versions of these wills? That would be so wonderful! I recently acquired from my mother a booklet on the 1975 bicentennial of the Town Creek Primitive Baptist Church (my granddaddy Posie Ingram was a preacher there). There are lots of old family names in there, including Shadrack and William Turner, and it's a pretty interesting in general. If you don't already have this booklet, I would be pleased to snail mail you a copy if you'd like? (I xeroxed up a batch to send to anyone who wants a copy!) Just let me know and I'll put it in the mail for you right away. Take care, Eddie, and best of luck on your research! Becky Olenchak Columbia, SC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 12:29:13 EDT From: JJBB343@aol.com To: btrvetc-l@genealogy.org Subject: My apologies Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My apologies to the list at large; I meant to send my most recent message to Eddie Vaden privately, and accidentally sent it to everyone instead! However, if anyone else is interested in a copy of the Town Creek booklet I mentioned as well, please email me with your name and address and I'd be glad to send it. Becky Olenchak Columbia, SC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:23:22 EDT From: Dojohn99@aol.com To: TNROOTS-L@listserv.indiana.edu, TURNER-L@rootsweb.com, BTRVETC-L@genealogy.org Subject: TURNER, Bessie L. (Tribue) TN > KY > TX Message-ID: <112bde05.24cf6f3a@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Fellow Researchers - Searching for any information on my paternal grandmother Bessie Lee TURNER's ancestors, and exactly where in Tennessee she was born, if indeed she was actually born there. Bessie Lee TURNER b. 13-Oct-1864 Tennessee d. 23-Nov-1941 Abilene, TX A very helpful fellow researcher found marriage records in Sumner Co., TN, showing that she and my grandfather, Thomas A. Price, were married on 20-Sep-1883. Thomas' census listing shows my grandmother, Bessie, to have been born in Tennessee, and her tombstone confirmed the vital dates. Her death certificate did not show the first name of either of her parents, only that her mother's very unusual maiden name was TRIBUE. Her obituary gave no other information not already known, except that a sister, Mrs. Jim Young of Rockfield, KY, was listed as a survivor. As yet, have had no results in finding any J., Jim or James Young in Warren Co., KY, who fits that description. The same fellow researcher who found her marriage records reported that her middle name was listed as Lee. Several middle initials have been used in various records. The 1900 census records have her middle initial as E, and her cemetery records show it as J., but her tombstone shows it as T, which is probably for Turner. I have Thomas' information back to the 1500s, in Wales, but can't get over that well known brick wall on finding any useful information about Bessie, her parents or siblings. Does anybody have any information on Bessie Turner's mother's first name, anything about her father, or her birthplace, or verification of any the above info? As always, will happy to share anything I have. John ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 19:43:23 EDT From: Bervi@aol.com To: btrvetc-l@genealogy.org Subject: Re: Docie and Keziah "Kizzy" Ross from Iowa and Arkansas Message-ID: <138c5834.24dccd1b@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Barbara Waddill, I have Kesiah "Kizzie" Ross, d/o Daniel Ross, Jr. and Nancy Ingram. Kizzie b. 24 Jul 1807, VA, m. James Conner 30 Nov 1826.One daughter listed: Adeline Lucy Conner, b. 1834, Patrick Co., VA. This Kizzie d. 12 March 1892. This Ross family is from Patrick Co., VA (I think) or possibly Henry Co., VA. Good Luck, Peter Ramsey Latrobe, PA -------------------------------- End of btrvetc-d Digest V99 Issue #39 *************************************