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From: Hermon B Fagley <>
Subject: Re: [KYBRACKEN] George Mains and Mary Vane
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 21:24:37 -0400


My own Enoch Abrahams married to Jane "HAMILTON" were in Georges
township,and at least
Jane Abraham m Buchanan and Absaom Wood,at Alexander Buchansn's fort a
mile west of
Germantown,in Bracken. Then,1795-96 winter,Jane Buchanan and party and
the founders of
Wood and Manning's fort crossed to Washington township,Clermont Co. The
Buchanan's and
John Abraham,if not my own Margaret Abraham m David Brown,settled near
Calvery Methodist-now
something else,a mile east ,on Ohio Rt 756,from Rt 743. Wood and
Manning's fort was on
Collier Road,north of Rt 756,another mile west,or 5-6 miles north of
Moscow and Neville,Ohio,on the
Ohio River. Neville's across from nw Bracken,and Moscow from Pendleton
Co,Ky's Carntown limestone mine.
Warner Wynne,and Levi Wells,and Lemuel Stephenson are associated with
aBRAHAM,IN Georges,Pa and Clermont,Oh
On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:01:30 -0500 "Annette D Towler"
<> writes:
> Thanks Mary Ann, Hey Ann don't go away......
>
> Since several of you responded with wanting a copy of the will,
> Bracken Co,
> must have a full copy. Bill Owens, probably yours and my cousin,
> wrote a
> History and finished it about 27 April 1927. He sent a letter to my
> grandmother, his first cousin, Catherine Emma Ellis DeCourcy, about
> completing it and also pictures of Uncle Jo & Aunt Kati. He
> mentions the
> amount of money they left to nieces and nephews. My grandmother was
> apparently one of them.
>
> The History that Bill Owen wrote prior to April 1927, (which I have
> a typed
> copy,the original envelope and letter. There were only two typed
> copies) was
> later published in the "William and Mary Quarterly" Series 2, Vol
> 17 no. 3
> page 399- 408 (July 1937). William and Mary Quarterlies are found
> in most
> college libraries and in a good genealogical library, as this set of
> quarterlies is and was published by the College of William & Mary,
> Williamsburg, VA. (by the way, an excellent source for early VA
> Church and
> county records) Because of my line of George Mains and Mary Vane,
> and
> Bill's, The families of George Lewis and Rees Evans are also
> published in
> both the original copy and WM & Mary Quarterly.
>
> The part that was in the Bracken Co Historical Society newsletter
> was part
> of the pension file from George Mains request for money for serving
> in the
> American Revolution.
>
> The will states that these are the children: Probated Dec 1833
> "Deeds conveying the 100 acres and 20 acres on Locust & Willow
> Creeks are
> signed by George Mains and Alse (Brannon), his wife; Abraham Thorp
> and Mary,
> his wife; Mark Weatherington and Elizabeth, his wife; James Wood and
> Catherine, his wife; Peter Mains and Elizabeth (Wood), his wife;
> Philip
> Mains, and Mary (Wood), his wife; Jacob Mains and Sarah (Bypher),
> his wife;
> and Levi Mains and Rachel (Hamilton), his wife."
>
> I count 8 children. His Pension Papers say his children are
> Philip and
> Lewis (Levi ?) Mains and one daughter, mentally ill. The 1790
> Census
> shows George Mains of Georges Township, Fayette Co., PA as head of a
> family
> with four males under 16 years of age and 3 females. Who would
> probably be
> Philip, Peter, Jacob and George and three females are Mary,
> Elizabeth,
> Catherine (Caty). I have through the last 20 years corresponded
> with many
> researchers looking for Mains/Maines, and connections to George
> Mains. I
> have 9 children, 7 above mentioned, Levi and unnamed daughter.
> There have
> been many suppositions that Laban is Levi, and he is one of the
> children. I
> have no conclusive evidence to prove this.
>
> Tony Mains lives near Falmouth and has been in the past
> corresponding with
> me. There are a few cousins still living both in Bracken, Pendleton
> and
> Campbell Co.
>
> Which line are you?
> According to my (& Bill's)information Elizabeth Wood and James Wood
> are
> brother and sister and their parents are: Samuel Wood and Sarah
> Hamilton.
> (Mary's ????)
>
> My line is George Mains, Mary Vane
> Rev. Peter Mains & Elizabeth Wood (Methodist Minister)
> Peter Mains & Catherine Lewis
> Joseph Robert Ellis & Asenath Mains
> Katherine Emma Ellis and Oliver Miles DeCourcy (my
> grandparents)
> Rev. Frank DeCourcy & Genevieve May Pack (Methodist
> Minister)
>
> Bill Owens Line is George Mains, Mary Vane
> Rev. Peter Mains & Elizabeth Wood
> Peter Mains & Catherine Lewis
> Thereas Mains & Robert Wallace Owens
> William Arthur Owens (unmarried)
> Sorry I got so long winded. Please share your relationship to
> George Main
> and Mary Vane
>
> Thank you and next message will tell about the Laban Maines I have
> information on and the Young Family and Mains combination.
>
> Annette DeCourcy Towler
> Home page for DeCourcy & Pack
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~decourcy/
> Web page for St. Cloud Area Genealogists, Inc.
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnscag/SCAG/index.htm
> Family Researching in SE KY PACK, CHANDLER, WHEELER, FAIRCHILD,
> RAMEY,
> MILLER/MILAM/MILLAM, JAYNE, McSPADDEN
> Researching in NE KY DeCOURCY, ELLIS, BALL, MAINS, LEWIS, EVANS,
> SPILMAN,
> HUTCHINS, HAMILTON
> Researching in PA, IL WESSLING, SOMERS, SCHULER, PLAGGEE
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:05 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [KYBRACKEN] George Mains will
>
>
> The item that was in the Bracken County Historical Society
> newsletter was
> not
> a will, if any of you are thinking that. Someone else on the list
> has the
> will.
> Mains is also in my line from Bracken County, thus my interest.
> Mary Ann Case Ashworth
> Pasadena, California
>
>
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