Hi -
I can understand your frustration completely - I have a similar situation -
no parents names, and until recently, no siblings names.
My John Cobb was born 1814 in KY, lived in Madison, Jefferson County, IND,
moved a lot, then to Muscatine County, IA, then Quincy, Adams County, ILL
where he married twice and took his young family across the prairie in 1850
for California. His biography is written in the 1881 Lake County
(California) History book. Nowhere does the biography (on the Jefferson
County
Hi listers...Anyone have evidence that ant McCammons resided in Jefferson County, before 1828. The McCammons were related to the Cains [Jacob] by marriage. Have lost treack of William and Patience [Chestnut] McCammon after
the left Clay County, Ky. Hope someone can help me.Thanks..........................................Mobie McCVammon
Recently, I made a trip to Madison, IND (Jefferson Co. IND) looking for the
names of the mother and father of Capt. John ARMSTRONG.
I found a county history written in 1889, three newspaper articles, and
obituaries for him and his wife. None of them listed his parents.
How can it be that nobody knew the names of the parents of this rich and
famous man who lived as late as 1880 and who had numerous descendants?
Here's the pertinent genealogical info:
He was born ca. 1786-1790 in Havre de Grace Maryla
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Hello Listers, I am a new subscriber so let me introduce myself. I am, Margaret and I live in northern Nevada. A few years ago, my youngest son, asked me to tell him more about his father. My son, was only 8 years old when his father was killed in an accident. That search has been full of many twists and turns. In a nutshell, it appears that my son and his siblings have several half-brothers that they had never met until this summer. I THINK their may be more in Indiana. My information is sketchy an
Regarding my search for the parents of Captain John ARMSTRONG of Jefferson
Co. IND who was born in Havre de Grace, MD ca. 1786-1790, and who grew up in
Montgomery Co. KY.
I may have found the second marriage of his widowed mother. There is a
marriage of William CARSON and Elizabeth ARMSTRONG in Bourbon Co. KY 19 DEC 1798 .
Another source says 1795 (I need to see the original to see what the year
really is). Does anybody know if Johnb
In a message dated 9/23/03 7:27:13 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
Bitbybug@aol.com writes:
<< I may have found the second marriage of his widowed mother. There is a
marriage of William CARSON and Elizabeth ARMSTRONG in Bourbon Co. KY 19 DEC
1798 .
Another source says 1795 (I need to see the original to see what the year
really is). Does anybody know if John's mother's name was Elizabeth?
Note: Montgomery Co. KY formed 1796 from Clark Co. KY.
Clark Co. KY formed 1792 from Bourbon Co. KY and Fa