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From: Chuck <> (by way of Wally Garchow <>
Subject: [MERCER] William & Charles Bodkin, Rachel Preston
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 21:23:16 -0800

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>
> Subject: [MERCER] Bodkin deed
> Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 14:27:14 -0800
> From: "Terry Chevako Bava" <> (by way of Wally
Garchow <>)
> To:
>
> Thanks Chuck. If you happen to pass by the courthouse again, could I
> trouble you to get the info on the William Bodkin land? I think I'm
> close to cracking this one, and any little bit of info could do the
> trick. I'm also interested in the Charles Bodkin mentioned, because I
> thought he went straight from Clark to Shelby. Of course I would be
> happy to reimburse you for costs. And if you find James Bodkin I will
> kiss your feet. :)
> Terry Bava
>
>
> P.S. I'm off on vacation tomorrow, so I may be a little slow
> responding to email.
>
>

Terry,

I would be happy to check for your info in the Mercer County court house,
but it is a "purdy fur
piece" from my house here in Southwest Missouri to Mercer County. I hope to
get back there next
spring or summer. Hopefully, we can get more about the Bodkins sorted out
between now and then. If
not, I will be glad to look for the info for both you and myself.

Chuck


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>
> Subject: [MERCER] Re:PRESTONS IN MERCER CO
> Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 21:58:51 -0800
> From: "Sue Kramer" <> (by way of Wally Garchow
<>)
> To:
>
> To Chuck Preston
> I saw your answer to Terry on first land deeds. I would be
interested to
> know if you have any knowledge of the Rachel Preston mentioned. I am
> wondering if she was the wife of Solomon Preston, of Franklin Co Ohio. Does
> Rachel connect with any of your Preston family.
> Thanks
> Sue
> ----------

Sue,

I haven't determined for sure just who that Rachel Preston is yet, but I
think she is probably
Rachel (Roll) Preston wife of Robert Simpson Preston who came up to Mercer
from Hamilton County,
Ohio. Robert was probably a brother to my ggggrandfather William Preston who
is buried in Bodkin
Cemetery near Montezuma, Ohio. That Rachel was born in New Jersey and Robert
was born in
Pennsylvania. I have yet to find a connection of my Hamilton/Mercer Prestons
to the Franklin County
Prestons, although I did start searching for them first in Franklin County
before I found them in
Mercer and tracked them back to Hamilton. I also have much on the Rolls, a
quite predominate name in
Hamilton County at one time, but not many of them went to Mercer.

Let me know if you need more info, especially on the Mercer/Hamilton
Prestons. And I would
appreciate anything on Pennsylvania Prestons(Washington and Centre Counties).

Chuck

> > From: by way of Wally Garchow <> <>
> > To:
> > Subject: [MERCER] BODKIN
> > Date: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 10:05 PM
> >
> > Terry,
> >
> > I seem to keep skirting on the fringes of being able to help you, but I
> was
> > in the Mercer County
> > court house last month and while noting the first land deeds in Mercer
> > County I did see a William
> > Bodkin. One never knows when a tiny clue will turn the trick. Here is a
> > small piece from some of my
> > notes:
> >
> > Among the list of first-time owners of land in Mercer County in the years
> of
> > 1821 to 1839, were the
> > names Jacob Whallon, Thomas Lacy, George Long, John Coil, Peter Coil,
> > William Beauchamp, William
> > Bodkin, Simon Whalon, Manuel Circle, William Ballinger, Sam V. Roll,
> > Charles Bodkin, James Circle,
> > John Vorhees, Robert Burdge, Willis Beauchamp, Asa Beauchamp, Robert S.
> > Preston, David J. Rude,
> > Joseph H. Hickman, Joseph Lacy, Thomas Kearnes, William P. Long and Susan
> > Long. William Preston and
> > Robert S. Preston were involved in many early land transactions during
> > succeeding years including
> > selling land back and forth to each other. Some other names involved in
> > early land transactions were
> > Rachel Preston, J.S. Mc Gilliard, Isaac Preston, Benjamin W. Preston,
> > William Preston, Jr., Samuel
> > Anderson, Margaret Preston, James Vorhees, as well as other related
> family
> > members.
> >
> > Chuck Preston
> >

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