The following obit is in the Chattanooga Times Freepress newspaper today (4/3/2011).
Georgia
TRION Elsie Mae Vanhorn, 77, died Saturday, April 2, 2011.Survived by husband of 52 years, D.F. Vanhorn, Trion; daughter, Evelyn (Grady) Brown, Trion; sons, David (Lola) Vanhorn, Bobby Vanhorn, both Trion; sister, Mary Frances Avins, Summerville; sister-in-law, Gussie Vanhorn; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Henry Hampton officiating.Interment: LaFayette Cemetery.Visitation: 6-8 p.m. today and all day Monday. Arrangements by Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home, LaFayette.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Researching My Wilkinson County GA Carr Family
Several years ago, while at the South Carolina Archives, I came across some information on the Carr family that I am related to from Wilkinson County GA.
My 3rd great grandparents are Aaron Carr and Elizabeth Faulk. Possible parents for him are William Carr and Charity (unknown). If you descend from this family, please contact me at the address in the masthead. I would like to compare notes. In the meantime I have posted some of the notes that I found in the source below during that trip to the SC Archives in Columbia.
From: Wilkinson County, Georgia Court of Ordinary Minute Book A, 1835-1858 By Miriam Mitchiner Brown, Location: South Carolina State Archives
Wilkinson County, Georgia Carr Family Information
Page 5: November Term 1835, page 20 B. Carr, Est - William Carr, Admr., makes a return.
Page 9: July Term 1836, page 36 John Ashely Estate- Allen Ashley is appointed Admr. $12,000 bond. James Stanley and Robert Rozar security John Smith, Robt Rozar, Allen Smith, William Carr and Anderson Ingram are appraisers.
Page 26: January Term 1841, page 120 [no name], Ward - William Carr, Gdn makes return.
Page 27: January Term 1841, page 121 [no name Ward] - William Carr, Gdn makes return.
Page 37: July Term 1843, page 164 Sam'l Carr, est - Green B. Burney, Admr has leave to sell all the real estate of the estate.
Page 39: January Term 1844, page 170 John Hughs, Est - Green B. Hughs and Benjamin J. Hughs have L of A on the Estate, $14,000 bond. William Hughs, Steven Whipple, S.M. Carr, Anson Ball and N.C. Hughes are appointed appraisers and distributers.
Page 39: January Term 1844, page 171 Sam'l Carr, est - Green B. Burney, Admr has leave to sell all the real estate of the estate.
Page 43: July Term 1844, page 184 Baily Carr, Orph - Aaron Carr is appointed Gdn for David W.M. Carr and James B. Carr, with $300 bond.
Page 44: Sept Term 1844, page 188 William Carr, Orph. - Baily Carr, Gdn makes a return.
Page 54: Sept Term 1846, page 230 William Carr, Est - John Smith and Aaron Carr are appointed Admrs. at $800 bond. Nathaniel Hughes, Robert Rozar, James Methvin and Bryant Smith are the appraisers.
Bales Carr, Orph - Aaron Carr is dismissed from his guardianship and John Smith is appointed Gdn. in his stead. $800 bond.
Page 60: Sept Term 1847, page 258 William Carr, Est - John Smith and Aaron Carr, Admrs have leave to sell the real estate of the Estate.
Page 61: Sept Term 1847, page 259 William Carr, Est - John Smith , Admr. makes a return. Bales Carr, Orph - John Smith, Gdn makes his return.
Page 61: Sept Term 1847, page 261 William Carr, Est - John Smith and Aaron Carr, Admrs make a return.
Page 62: January Term 1848, page 266 Francis M. Smith, Est - Robert Rozar, Wyatt Meredith, Willis Allen, A.W. Ard and Aaron Carr are the appraisers.
Page 68: January Term 1848, page 297 Luraney Smith, Elizabeth Smith - Gdn - A.B. Smith produces property which is ordered to be appraised by Eli Sears, Nimord Burk, Samuel Meredith and George W. Smith
Francis Smith, Est - Wyatt Meredith, Robert Rozar, Willis Allen, Nimrod Burk and Aaron Carr are appointed Distributers, to divide the Estate into "shears" and distribute them equally among the Distributees.
Page 69: March Term 1849, page 303 S. Carr, Est - G.B. Burney, Admr makes a return.
Page 116: June Term 1857, page 503 Robert Garrett, Est - Joseph Carr has L of A on the Estate with the Will annexed, $2,000 bond.
Page 117: Sept Term 1857, page 508 Robert Garrett, Est - Joseph A.I. Carr, Admr. has leave to sell all the land belonging to the Estate.
My 3rd great grandparents are Aaron Carr and Elizabeth Faulk. Possible parents for him are William Carr and Charity (unknown). If you descend from this family, please contact me at the address in the masthead. I would like to compare notes. In the meantime I have posted some of the notes that I found in the source below during that trip to the SC Archives in Columbia.
From: Wilkinson County, Georgia Court of Ordinary Minute Book A, 1835-1858 By Miriam Mitchiner Brown, Location: South Carolina State Archives
Wilkinson County, Georgia Carr Family Information
Page 5: November Term 1835, page 20 B. Carr, Est - William Carr, Admr., makes a return.
Page 9: July Term 1836, page 36 John Ashely Estate- Allen Ashley is appointed Admr. $12,000 bond. James Stanley and Robert Rozar security John Smith, Robt Rozar, Allen Smith, William Carr and Anderson Ingram are appraisers.
Page 26: January Term 1841, page 120 [no name], Ward - William Carr, Gdn makes return.
Page 27: January Term 1841, page 121 [no name Ward] - William Carr, Gdn makes return.
Page 37: July Term 1843, page 164 Sam'l Carr, est - Green B. Burney, Admr has leave to sell all the real estate of the estate.
Page 39: January Term 1844, page 170 John Hughs, Est - Green B. Hughs and Benjamin J. Hughs have L of A on the Estate, $14,000 bond. William Hughs, Steven Whipple, S.M. Carr, Anson Ball and N.C. Hughes are appointed appraisers and distributers.
Page 39: January Term 1844, page 171 Sam'l Carr, est - Green B. Burney, Admr has leave to sell all the real estate of the estate.
Page 43: July Term 1844, page 184 Baily Carr, Orph - Aaron Carr is appointed Gdn for David W.M. Carr and James B. Carr, with $300 bond.
Page 44: Sept Term 1844, page 188 William Carr, Orph. - Baily Carr, Gdn makes a return.
Page 54: Sept Term 1846, page 230 William Carr, Est - John Smith and Aaron Carr are appointed Admrs. at $800 bond. Nathaniel Hughes, Robert Rozar, James Methvin and Bryant Smith are the appraisers.
Bales Carr, Orph - Aaron Carr is dismissed from his guardianship and John Smith is appointed Gdn. in his stead. $800 bond.
Page 60: Sept Term 1847, page 258 William Carr, Est - John Smith and Aaron Carr, Admrs have leave to sell the real estate of the Estate.
Page 61: Sept Term 1847, page 259 William Carr, Est - John Smith , Admr. makes a return. Bales Carr, Orph - John Smith, Gdn makes his return.
Page 61: Sept Term 1847, page 261 William Carr, Est - John Smith and Aaron Carr, Admrs make a return.
Page 62: January Term 1848, page 266 Francis M. Smith, Est - Robert Rozar, Wyatt Meredith, Willis Allen, A.W. Ard and Aaron Carr are the appraisers.
Page 68: January Term 1848, page 297 Luraney Smith, Elizabeth Smith - Gdn - A.B. Smith produces property which is ordered to be appraised by Eli Sears, Nimord Burk, Samuel Meredith and George W. Smith
Francis Smith, Est - Wyatt Meredith, Robert Rozar, Willis Allen, Nimrod Burk and Aaron Carr are appointed Distributers, to divide the Estate into "shears" and distribute them equally among the Distributees.
Page 69: March Term 1849, page 303 S. Carr, Est - G.B. Burney, Admr makes a return.
Page 116: June Term 1857, page 503 Robert Garrett, Est - Joseph Carr has L of A on the Estate with the Will annexed, $2,000 bond.
Page 117: Sept Term 1857, page 508 Robert Garrett, Est - Joseph A.I. Carr, Admr. has leave to sell all the land belonging to the Estate.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Opening Up My FTDNA Test Results
Thanks to the Vanhorne Family FTDNA project manager, Marleen Vanhorne, I opened up my FTDNA test results from just our group matches to the entire FTDNA database. Whoa Nelly did that clear my sinus' up this morning.
I won't go into details now, since I don't want to make someone elses DNA stuff public unless we have prior communication, but I found some new possible avenues for research.
Bottom line, it still appears based on the existing lines of DNA test/genealogy research that our Vanhorn/Van Horn lines descends from Christian Barentsen Van Horn (1626-1658).
Here is my immediate line of research
1. William Larry Van Horn
2. Warner Lee Van Horn
3. Witt Lange Van Horn
4. Willie Law Van Horn
5. Dr. William Law Van Horn
6. Thaddeus Damascus Van Horn
7. James Vanhorn
8. William Vanhorn-Eleanor Hiett m. 1790 Winchester VA (based on all my research, I believe this is the parents of James Vanhorn. This is very tentative and needs more research work in Winchester). Can you say road trip to the Shenandoah Valley!
You can see more detail on my Van Horn Public Family Tree at Ancestty.com at
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/20484129/family
I won't go into details now, since I don't want to make someone elses DNA stuff public unless we have prior communication, but I found some new possible avenues for research.
Bottom line, it still appears based on the existing lines of DNA test/genealogy research that our Vanhorn/Van Horn lines descends from Christian Barentsen Van Horn (1626-1658).
Here is my immediate line of research
1. William Larry Van Horn
2. Warner Lee Van Horn
3. Witt Lange Van Horn
4. Willie Law Van Horn
5. Dr. William Law Van Horn
6. Thaddeus Damascus Van Horn
7. James Vanhorn
8. William Vanhorn-Eleanor Hiett m. 1790 Winchester VA (based on all my research, I believe this is the parents of James Vanhorn. This is very tentative and needs more research work in Winchester). Can you say road trip to the Shenandoah Valley!
You can see more detail on my Van Horn Public Family Tree at Ancestty.com at
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/20484129/family
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Welcome to the Mallory family a famous actress and singer
Jack Fisk, Sissy Spacek and their two daughters Schuyler and Madison.While doing some extended research on my various Mallory family lines, I made an interesting discovery. Actress and singer Sissy Spacek is also a descendant of my colonial Mallory ancestral line. See my post at http://larry-family-history.blogspot.com/2011/01/magna-carta-sureties-descenedant.html.
Spacek was born on Christmas Day, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, the daughter of Virginia Frances (née Spilman) and Edwin Arnold Spacek, Sr., a county agricultural agent. Her mother was a Mayflower descendant, and her paternal grandparents, Mary Cervenka and Arnold A. Špacek (who served as Mayor of Granger, Texas in Williamson County), were of Czech ancestry. Spacek's mother was from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Spacek was given the nickname "Sissy" by her older brothers.
Spacek married production designer and art director Jack Fisk in 1974. They have two daughters - Schuyler Fisk and Madison Fisk. Schuyler has appeared in several film roles and is pursuing a career as a singer. Spacek and her family live on a horse ranch near Charlottesville, Virginia.
Her line to the old Virginia colonial Mallory family is through Captain Roger Mallory's son, Roger Jr. Her direct ancestral line to the Mallory family follows.
1. Mary Elizabeth Spacek - Jack Fisk
2. Edwin Arnold Spacek - Virginia Spilman
3. Thomas Hall Spilman - Elizabeth A. Holliday
4. Major Thomas Percival Spilman - Almira H. Randall
5. John B. Spilman - Amelia Percival
6. Timothy Percival - Nancy Parker
7. Richard Parker - Hannah Cave
8. William Cave - Mary Mallory
9. Roger Mallory - Sarah Street
10. Roger Mallory - Mary Holderly
11. Captain Roger Mallory - Immigrant
So to Sissy and her two daughters, welcome cousins to the growing family of Mallory family descendants.
Friday, January 14, 2011
I'm a Magna Carta Sureties Descendant
Well, it is always neat to confirm a really cool lineage and now I have confirmed one -- a lineage to one of the Magna Carta signers. I have some other alternate lines that will trace back, including another line to another signer - Robert de Roos.The actual lineage looks like this (starting at my Mallory branch):
5. Dr. William Law Van Horn - Mattie Parry Mallory: Biography
6. Dr. William Wesley Mallory - Rosannah Margaret Parry
7. Lt. John H. Mallory - Virginia Gilmer
8. William Mallory - Lucy Harrison
9. Philip Mallory - Lucinda Pynes
10. Thomas Mallory - Elizabeth Higgason
11. Captain Roger Mallory - [--?--]
12. Rev. Thomas Mallory, B.D. - Jane [--?--]
13. Rev. Thomas Mallory, D.D. - Elizabeth Vaughn
14. William Mallory, Knight - Ursula Gale
15. William Mallory, Knight - Jane Norton
16. John Mallory, Knight - Margaret Thwaites
17. Joan Constable - William Mallory, Knight
18. John Constable, Knight - Lora Fitz Hugh
19. Margaret Umfreville - John Constable, Knight: Biography
20. Thomas Umfreville, Knight - Agnes Gray: Biography
21. Thomas de Umfreville, Knight - Joan de Roddam: Biography
22. Robert de Umfreville, Earl of Angus/Baron of Prudhoe - Lucy de Kyme: Biography
23. Elizabeth Comyn - Gilbert de Umfreville, Knight/Earl of Angus in Scotland: Biography
24. Elizabeth de Quincy - Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan: Biography
25. Roger de Quincy, Knight/Earl of Winchester - Ellen of Galloway: Biography
26. Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester - Margaret de Beaumont: Biography
Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, was born in 1155. (1) He was the son of Robert de Quincy Lord of Buckley and Fawside and Orabella de Leuchars. (1,2) In 1175 Saher, married Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert "ès Blanchemains" unknown 3rd Earl of Leicester and Pernel de Grandmesnil. (1,2,3) Saher de Quincy Earl of Winchester was created Earl of Winchester in 1207. (3) Saher de Quincy was one of the twenty-five sureties of the Magna Charta, for which he was excommunicated. His singular christian name of Saher, or Saier, is a likely a corruption from the Saxon Segher, Sigher, or Seagar, a Conqueror. Eliza S. Quincy refers to him as "John de Quincy, created Earl of Winchester by King John, 1207. He was a leader of the Barons who forced John to sign the Magna Charta. (1)" He died on Sunday, 3 November 1219 in Damietta, Holy Land, at age 64 years. (1)
Citations
1. Sewell Genealogy Site.
Online http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/sitemapweb.html
2. Barlow, Lundie W. "The Ancestry of Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CXII (January 1958).
3. Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. volume VII. London: The St. Catherine Press, 1929).
4. Directory of Royal Genealogical Data.
Online http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
5. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson
Monday, January 10, 2011
The Family Album
The Rev TD Jakes wrote this piece and Gayle shared it with me, so I thought it would be neat to share it with our fellow genealogists.
"Pull out that old family photo album and scan the faces. The people on these pages brought you to this point. Their lives are the cornerstones of your life. Their sacrifices are your mandate to continue building...to invest in yourself—and in all that comes next. Just as they formed your foundation—your work lays a foundation for lives after you.
"Your family album is a picture of the tenacity and strength in your DNA. It is a study in perseverance. Secrets of survival that course through your veins.
"To settle for less than you are capable of is to squander not just your life—but their lives—and your legacy to future generations. One generation's position is the next generation's reposition. Picture that."
Rev. TD Jakes (Thought of the Day)
"Pull out that old family photo album and scan the faces. The people on these pages brought you to this point. Their lives are the cornerstones of your life. Their sacrifices are your mandate to continue building...to invest in yourself—and in all that comes next. Just as they formed your foundation—your work lays a foundation for lives after you.
"Your family album is a picture of the tenacity and strength in your DNA. It is a study in perseverance. Secrets of survival that course through your veins.
"To settle for less than you are capable of is to squander not just your life—but their lives—and your legacy to future generations. One generation's position is the next generation's reposition. Picture that."
Rev. TD Jakes (Thought of the Day)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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