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From: "James Greene" <>
Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Re: 1850 Gallia County, Ohio Census - John Rodgers
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 10:07:06 -0400
Would anyone know if the Rogers listed be of the family of Roy Rogers the
country singer. My grandmother grewup next to him and we have photos of him
as a boy with his black pig. My great uncle went on to play with him in a
band later so we have photos of Roy in his older years also.
Julie
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From: kelly greer <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 1:00 PM
Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Re: 1850 Gallia County, Ohio Census - John Rodgers
>Brian,
>
>> Regarding your request for information about a man named JOHN RODGERS
who was
>> listed on the 1850 Census of Gallia Co., OH., I'm afraid your Broderbund
Census
>> index is incorrect. There was noone by that name listed on the 1850
Census of
>> Gallia Co., OH., Gallipolis, Twp., on page #5. However, there were two
men
>> named John Rodgers and John A. Rodgers listed on page #8 of Gallipolis
Twp., in
>> Gallia Co., OH., on the 1850 census.
>
>> Last year I put together the book "Gallia County Ohio An Abstract of
the
>> 1850 Federal Census", which is available for sale via the Gallia County,
OH.,
>> Historical/ Genealogical Society in Gallipolis, and currently I am
working on
>> finishing the 1920 Census Abstract book for Gallia Co., OH. These books
are and
>> were compiled for just this sort of inquiry, and can save you many hours
worth
>> of travelling to and from the library trying to look up specific
individuals
>> time, after time, after time; in case you are interested in having a
resource
>> that allows you to look up individuals on the 1850 or the 1920 census of
Gallia
>> Co., OH., quickly and easily.
>
> The two men named John Rodgers and John A. Rodgers, who were
mentioned
>previously, were listed as follows:
>Hse # Name Age Sex Occup. R.E. $ POB
> 1304 Rodgers, John 68 M Farmer $3000 PA
> Mariah C. 39 F OH
> Eliza 36 F
OH
> Margaret 31 F OH
> Alexander 29 M Farmer $ 0 OH
>
>Hse # Name Age Sex Occup R. E. $ POB
>1306 Rodgers, John A. 39 M Farmer $800 OH
> Christena 31 F
OH
> Esther 10 F
(A) OH
> Thomas 7 M (A)
OH
> Anne 6 F
(A) OH
> Robert 5 M (A)
OH
> Aniel 3 M
>OH
> James 2 M
OH
>
> The (A) stands for individuals who have attended school within the
previous
>year.
>Living between these two men named John Rodgers, in Hse # 1305, was a man
named
>Samuel Rodgers, age 27, a male farmer who owned $1425 worth of land and his
POB
>was given as Ohio. His wife was listed on the 1850 census as Mary, age 21,
a
>female who was also born in Ohio. They also had a mulatto male named James
Mason,
>who was 13 years old and was born in Virginia, and a black man named James
>Robinson, who was 41 years old and was born in Virginia, both of whom were
living
>in the home of Samuel Rodgers.
> Also, there was a man named Thomas Rodgers listed on page #9 of this
same
>census of Gallipolis twp., Galllia Co., OH., who appears to have been an
older
>brother to the John Rodgers who was born in Pennsylvania. This man was
listed as
>Thomas Rodgers, age 77, a male farmer who owned $5800 worth of land and was
born
>in PA. His wife's name was listed as Christian, age 66, female, born in
>Scotland. They had the following children listed with them on the 1850
census.
>Mary, age 30, female, born in Ohio; Rosina (?), age 26, female born in
Ohio;
>Isabella, age 21, female, born in Ohio. Also, living in this home were the
>following individuals: Hayward, Hellin, age 28, female, born in Ohio and
>Thomomas (?) , age 7, male born in Ohio.
> There were a number of other Rodgers households listed in the1850
census
>abstract book, including a John Rodgers of Walnut twp. Hope that helps to
some
>extent. Best wishes/Kelly
>
>
>
>
>> Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Need look-up in the 1850 Federal census
>> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 17:24:16 -0400
>> From: Brian Rodgers <>
>> To:
>>
>> Does anyone know of a volunteer who can do a 1850 Federal census
>> look-up for me? I need information on the John Rodgers who is listed,
>> according to the Broderbund index, as living in Gallia County,
>> Gallipolis Township, pg. 005. I'm trying to determine if this is "my"
>> John Rodgers. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Brian Rodgers
>>
>> Grove City, Ohio
>>
>> ______________________________
>>
>>
>
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