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From: "Robert L. Cummins" <>
Subject: Re: [KYGRANT-L] Can we do a roll call??? I'm working on these families in Grant Co........
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:09:09 -0500
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I'm looking for a Elizabeth, Caroline Cummins or Elizabeth Caroline Cummins
. father was Eli Williams some time before 1855 when the rest of the family
came to Grant Co. In.. Caroline did no come. She was married [ 1840 to
John D. Cummins and they came in 1850 to Fayette Co. IND.
Please reply to


Bob Cummions

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Young" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:22 AM
Subject: [KYGRANT-L] Can we do a roll call??? I'm working on these families
in Grant Co........


> This is my list so far.
> Young (John, Morgan, Armilda)
> Green (Thompson)
> Frakes (William, Eli, etc.)
> Milner (Looking for Nannie who married a York)
> Noel (Ezekiel, Lunsford, but mostly any Noels in early Grant Co records)
> Carlton (Pleasant or Edmund)
> Foster (Mary "Polly" or related families)
>
> Also, looking for information on Wesley Williams. This is the excerpt I'm
> working off of:
>
> June 5th, 1830
> In Chancery - Hiram Zinn vs Wesley Williams Heirs
> It says "none are residents of KY"
> Elisha Williams
> Alfred Williams
> Jane Williams
> Harriett Williams
> James Williams
> America Williams
> Elias Williams
> Sally Williams
>
> Alfred did come to Grant Co, KY and he married Moses Theobald's daughter
if
> memory serves me correctly. I'm working on a theory that Sally Williams
> married Nathaniel Ponder. Nathaniel Ponder's estate settlement noted that
> he had business dealings with Thomas Clark Jr. And, I noticed quite a few
> of these families are related through marriage some way or another. Also,
I
> found a notation regarding Wither's Mill road maintenance - there were
quite
> a few Williams families as well as some Coleman families - of which I
> believe there was at least one Coleman/Williams marriage. Nathaniel
> Ponder/Nathan Ponders was listed with these families as maintainers of
> Wither's Mill Rd to the Bear Wallow. Ponder/Williams is not my direct
line,
> but Ponder connects to the Carlton line, and I believe Nathan Ponder might
> have had dealings with some of the other lines I'm working on. So, if
> anyone out there has information, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
>
> And last, thanks for all the tips on researching. After asking again, I
> found a clerk who pointed me to the right records in the hallway cabinets.
> There are a lot of records there, and it will take some time to go through
> them all. Does anyone know if there is a more modern index for these
> besides the old ones??? And, does anyone know where I can order those
court
> abstract books? Thanks again! ~ Mary (Clark) Young
>
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