RE: [Fwd: Re: Branson and Town Fork Settlement and Goode etc]

From: Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:21:32 -0800

Hi Brad,

I still haven't fixed the issues with attachments in the list program.
Elgivia isn't on the list (at least not yet). If you send a plain text
(only) copy, I'll forward it on to her.

-Michael

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> Dear Elgivia et. al.=2C I read your letter with great interest. My Cooley
> =
> line is known to begin with Anna Elizabeth Cooley b. 1830 in Hickman
> County=
> =2C KY or TN?. She m. Isaiah Alexander Faris. They named children George
> Wh=
> ite Faris=2C Benjamin=2C and Edward Jonathan. Anna Elizabeth appears with
> =
> her seemingly widowed mother Amy (White? Cooley) in 1840 Wolf Island=2C
> Mis=
> sissippi County=2C MO. census with 3 boys and 2 girls. In 1850 Wolf
> Island=
> census Amy appears with son G. D. Cooley b. TN 1827=2C now married
> daughte=
> r Ann b. 1830 TN ( subsequent census records state KY) =2C daughter Isabel
> =
> b. 1839 KY. Also appearing in 1850 Wolf island census is William "M".
> Coole=
> y b. 1825 TN ( probable son of Amy White Cooley). In 1840 Wolf island
> censu=
> s appears A.J.C. Cooley b 1810-1820 (probable son of Amy White Cooley as
> sh=
> e was b. 1802). The name William "M". Cooley leads one to suspect a link
> to=
> William Matthews Cooley of Stewart County=2C TN as progenitor to this
> line=
> . My problem lies with the fact that William M. Cooley of Stewart County
> ha=
> d a son named Jonathan (likely husband of Amy White Cooley) that appears
> to=
> have died in Marshall County=2C KY in 1839 (no record). However=2C there
> =
> is also a "Jonathan" Cooley in 1830/1840 census of "Henry" County=2C TN
> (po=
> ssibly the son of William M Cooley). I have no way of proving/disproving
> my=
> relation to Jonathan Cooley who apparently died prior to 1840 ( his widow
> =
> appearing in 1840 Wolf Island=2C MO census).I am hoping that you will
> recog=
> nize my dilemma and have some data that might aid me in my quest to PROVE
> m=
> y lineage to William Matthews Cooley. I am very grateful for any data you
> =
> may have. Bradley Gibson
> > Date: Sat=2C 10 Mar 2012 12:58:48 -0700
>> From: michael_at_newsummer.com
>> To: undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net
>> Subject: [Fwd: Re: Branson and Town Fork Settlement and Goode etc]
>>=20
>> ---------------------------- Original Message
>> ---------------------------=
> -
>> Subject: Re: Branson and Town Fork Settlement and Goode etc
>> From: "Michael Cooley"
>> Date: Sat=2C March 10=2C 2012 11:55 am
>> To: "Elgivia Lisle"
>> Cc: "rubyslippers"
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
> -
>>=20
>> Hi Elgivia=2C
>>=20
>> My John Cooley of Stokes county had son John who had son Thomas Hutchins
>> Cooley. There's this will that pulls in the Hutchinses=2C Goodes=2C and
>> Cooleys. Major Gray was the father-in-law of William Cooley.
>>=20
>> --quote--
>> Will of John Good=2C Lincoln county KY=2C will book C page 23=2C dated 6
>> =
> Apr
>> 1800=2C recorded 8 Jul 1800. Names wife Junny Good=2C son Timothy
>> Good=2C
>> daughters Nancy and Ellender Good=2C father Thomas Good. Executors are
>> Ma=
> j
>> Joseph Gray of Washington co KY=2C Thomas Hutchins and Jinny Good.
>> Witnes=
> ses
>> are William Cooley=2C Joseph Ayre and John Cooley. Thomas Good was the
>> un=
> cle
>> of Major Richard Goode of Stokes county=2C NC. As young men=2C Richard
>> Go=
> ode
>> and John Cooley (also later of Stokes county) enlisted into the Virginia
>> Regiment=2C 1755=2C at Caroline county VA.
>> --endquote--
>>=20
>> Thomas Hutchins Cooley (c1820-1879) married Letitia Anderson. Their son
>> George T Cooley (1848-1931) married Elizabeth R Hutchins.
>>=20
>> John Cooley of Stokes county had several sons. Here are their movements
>> a=
> s
>> best as I can make out. John himself went to KY c1805/6. Edward Cooley
>> is
>> my line.
>>=20
>> 1. William Matthews Cooley (c1759-1823) m Anna Gray=2C 1780s->KY=2C
>> c1805=
> ->TN
>> 2. John Cooley (1761-1844) m Sarah Willis=2C 1790s->KY
>> 3. Edward Cooley (1763-1822) m Martha Raper=2C 1811->IN
>> 4. Daniel Cooley (1765-1826) m Mildred Ball m2 Elizabeth Grundy=2C
>> 1790s->KY=2C 1820s->MO
>> 5. Joseph Cooley (1767-1826) m1 unk m2 Kaziah Casey=2C 1790s->KY=2C
>> 1811-=
>>MO
>> 6. Perrin Cooley Sr (1769-1840 MO) m Sarah=2C c1806->KY=2C 1811->MO
>> 7. James Cooley (1772-1821) m Elizabeth=2C c1806->KY=2C 1811->MO
>> 8. Rice Cooley (1776-c1800)
>> 9. Reuben Cooley (1779-1859) m1 Mary Harris m2 Elizabeth Followell=2C
>> c18=
> 06->KY
>> 10. Cornelius Cooley (1781-1815) poss m Lucinda Cherry=2C prob
>> c1806->KY=
> =2C
>> c1812->TN
>>=20
>> Do you have approximate dates for you Rebecca (Hutchins) Cooley? Would
>> sh=
> e
>> have been born=2C for instance=2C before or after 1800?
>>=20
>> I'm forwarding this to the John Cooley Mailing List. Let me know if
>> you'd
>> like to subscribe to it.
>>=20
>> -Michael
>>=20
>> > My Rebecca Hutchins who married an unknown Cooley was the daughter of
>> J=
> ohn
>> > Hutchins and Sybella Angel Hutchins . She was born Stokes Co NC date
>> > unknown
>> > and married Cooley date unknown.
>> > I identified her through a letter she wrote from Bloomington=2C Macon
>> > County=2C
>> > MO 17 Feb 1848 to the County Clerk in Stokes Co. She stated she
>> > understood
>> > her father John Hutchins was long since deceased (1840)
>> > and she had never received anything from his estate. She inquired
>> abou=
> t
>> > that and stated she had been a widow 15 years and needed the money.
>> Sh=
> e
>> > signed it
>> > Rebecca Cooley/
>> > The file did not contain a reply from the Clerk but her father
>> disposed=
> of
>> > his estate in the early 1830's and did not leave a will.
>> > Macon Co Mo was formed in 1837 from Randolph Co so I assume her
>> husband
>> > may
>> > have died there.
>> >
>> > I have information on the Cooley's after they were in Stokes and some
>> o=
> f
>> > the
>> > family after they left Stokes.
>> > Some went to Mo.Ky=2C IN. I don't know if this information would help
>> =
> you.
>> > Where did your Cooley's migrate to?
>> > Elgivia
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>> > To: "rubyslippers" <rubyslippers_at_kc.rr.com>
>> > Cc: "Michael Cooley" <michael_at_newsummer.com>=3B "Elgivia Lisle"
>> > <lecl32_at_cox.net>
>> > Sent: Friday=2C March 09=2C 2012 12:41 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Branson and Town Fork Settlement and Goode etc
>> >
>> >
>> >> You mentioned the Cooleys of Pittsylvania county VA in an earlier
>> emai=
> l.
>> >> This is what I have for the patrilineal lineage. I'm looking for
>> someo=
> ne
>> >> of this group to test their yDNA to see if it matches the Stokes
>> count=
> y
>> >> group.
>> >>
>> >> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/pittsylvaniaVA-desc.h=
> tml
>> >>
>> >> -Michael
>> >>
>> >>> Michael...meet my cousin Elgivia......Elgivia meet Michael who has
>> th=
> at
>> >>> wonderful website with Ham=2C Cooley=2C Blackburn=2C etal
>> >>>
>> >>> Sending this to both of you. This might be a clue.
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikegoad/html/tree0011.htm
>> >>>
>> >>> Note on that page first that the oral history seems to be that
>> Richar=
> d
>> >>> Goode of Cornwall...settled first upon "the eastern shore". Meaning
>> =
> of
>> >>> course Maryland. Richard must be a relative of John Coode "loving
>> >>> friend"
>> >>> and executor appointed by Thomas Cooley of St Mary's and Cornwall
>> in
>> >>> his
>> >>> 1676 will.
>> >>>
>> >>> Richard Goode of Essex died 1719 in his will mentioned his daughter
>> >>> Margaret Farmer Richard Goode was wit to a sale of land between Robt
>> >>> and
>> >>> Mary Moss and Thomas Farmer of Essex in 1704. Richard bonded along
>> >>> with
>> >>> Thomas Ayres for the Thomas Farmer estate in 1717 - his wife was
>> >>> Margaret.
>> >>>
>> >>> (Interesting because almost 100 years later in Patrick Co=2C VA
>> Thoma=
> s
>> >>> Farmer will be surety for the marriage of my grgr...grandfather
>> >>> Valentine
>> >>> Branson.
>> >>>
>> >>> Second it seems there is speculation that Richard Goode and Abraham
>> >>> Goad
>> >>> are related.
>> >>>
>> >>> Abraham Goad born prob around 1670 married Katherine Williams.
>> Abrah=
> am
>> >>> Goad=2C Jr born Mar 15=2C 1708/9 in North Farnham Parish=2C Richmond
>> =
> Co=2C VA
>> >>> died
>> >>> in 1779 in Pittsylvania Co=2C VA. Married Johanna Wheatley - dau
>> Rut=
> h
>> >>> Goad.
>> >>> Ruth Goad married Thomas Dillard born 1750 died Patrick Co=2C VA
>> 182=
> 0.
>> >>> Their daughter Sarah Sally Dillard married John Branson born about
>> >>> 1780.
>> >>>
>> >>> Abraham Goad and Katherine Williams had another son John Goad born
>> No=
> v
>> >>> 27=2C
>> >>> 1700 married Catherine Jennings. Their daughter Elizabeth Goad born
>> >>> July
>> >>> 12=2C 1726 No. Farnham Parish died 1799 Grayson Co=2C VA and married
>> =
> John
>> >>> Cocke born 1724. John and Elizabeth's daughter Sarah born about
>> 1755
>> >>> married Jarred Branson=2C Sr - who magically appeared about 1776 in
>> >>> Montgomery Co=2C VA around the time Absalom Branson appeared in
>> >>> Pittsylvania
>> >>> and John Branson appeared in Town Fork Settlement across the border
>> i=
> n
>> >>> NC.
>> >>>
>> >>> The Ten Thousand Name Petition came in from various counties. It
>> was
>> >>> published by "Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly". Whatever
>> >>> county
>> >>> (I believe it would be Essex Co=2C VA) John Branson=2C Jr and Larkin
>> =
> were
>> >>> in
>> >>> they appeared in Vol 38 No 4:
>> >>> John Branson=2C Jr p 227
>> >>> Larkin p 237
>> >>>
>> >>> Index Vol 38 No 4 Goode:
>> >>> Bennet p 223=2C
>> >>> John 236=2C
>> >>> Richard 236
>> >>>
>> >>> In same volume but I don't have the page is William Ham and I copied
>> >>> some
>> >>> names near him...
>> >>>
>> >>> Vol 38 No. 4 Jermiah Hamner William Ham William Morrison John Lewis
>> G=
> eo
>> >>> Draper James Cooper
>> >>>
>> >>> The Baptist church that John Branson=2C Jr was a charter member of
>> >>> straddled
>> >>> the county line between Essex Co and upper King & Queen Co although
>> h=
> e
>> >>> paid taxes in Essex Co.
>> >>>
>> >>> I found these references to Ambrose Blackburn clearly making him a K
>> =
> &
>> >>> Q
>> >>> resident....
>> >>> Ambrose Blackburn appears in Vol 28 No 3 "A Merchant's Account Book=
> =2C
>> >>> King
>> >>> and Queen Co=2C VA 1750-1751"
>> >>>
>> >>> Same title as above in Vol 29 No 1 Ambrose appears in what looks
>> like
>> >>> "James Wellmore's Estate" and before Ambrose name is "McAgon &"
>> >>>
>> >>> Another with Ambrose Pilkinton Rev'd Robert Innes=2C Todd=2C
>> William
>> >>> Cumming=2C
>> >>> Robert Carden Vol 29 No 2
>> >>>
>> >>> Vol 29 No 3 - refers to ship of Capt Blackburn
>> >>>
>> >>> I have always suspected that the records for my Montgomery Co
>> Branson
>> >>> were
>> >>> lost in Fincastle Co ....
>> >>>
>> >>> 1773 Blackburn Akers in Fincastle Co delinquent tax list later -
>> 178=
> 7
>> >>> Montgomery delinquent tax list with Jacob Blackburn
>> >>>
>> >>> (I wonder if Akers is a mistranscription of Ayres as in Thomas Ayres
>> >>> that
>> >>> bonded for Thomas Farmer in 1717 Essex)
>> >>>
>> >>> 1787 Montgomery Delinquent Tax List James Cooley 2 away from John
>> Coc=
> k
>> >>>
>> >>> 1791 Elizabeth Cooley Land Tax Patrick Co 110 acres
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>=20
>> --
>> <a href=3D"http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
>> informa=
> tion.
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> Dear Elgivia et. al.=2C<BR>&nbsp=3B<BR>I read your letter with great
> intere=
> st.&nbsp=3B My Cooley line is known to begin with Anna Elizabeth Cooley b.
> =
> 1830 in Hickman County=2C KY or TN?. She m. Isaiah Alexander Faris. They
> na=
> med children George White Faris=2C Benjamin=2C and Edward
> Jonathan.&nbsp=3B=
> Anna Elizabeth appears with her seemingly widowed mother Amy (White?
> Coole=
> y) in 1840 Wolf Island=2C Mississippi County=2C MO. census with 3 boys and
> =
> 2 girls. &nbsp=3BIn 1850&nbsp=3BWolf Island census&nbsp=3BAmy appears with
> =
> son G. D. Cooley b. TN 1827=2C now married&nbsp=3Bdaughter Ann b.
> 1830&nbsp=
> =3BTN ( subsequent census records state KY) =2C&nbsp=3Bdaughter Isabel b.
> 1=
> 839 KY. Also appearing in 1850 Wolf island census is William&nbsp=3B"M".
> Co=
> oley b. 1825 TN ( probable son of Amy White Cooley). In 1840 Wolf island
> ce=
> nsus appears A.J.C. Cooley b 1810-1820 (probable son of Amy White Cooley
> as=
> she was b. 1802). The name William "M". Cooley leads one to suspect a
> link=
> to William Matthews Cooley of Stewart County=2C TN as progenitor to this
> l=
> ine. My problem lies with the fact that William M. Cooley of Stewart
> County=
> had a son named Jonathan (likely&nbsp=3Bhusband of Amy White Cooley) that
> =
> appears to have died in Marshall County=2C KY in 1839&nbsp=3B(no
> record).&n=
> bsp=3B However=2C there is also a&nbsp=3B"Jonathan"&nbsp=3BCooley in
> 1830/1=
> 840 census of "Henry" County=2C TN (possibly the son of William M Cooley).
> =
> I have no way of proving/disproving my relation to Jonathan Cooley who
> appa=
> rently died prior to 1840 ( his widow appearing in 1840 Wolf Island=2C MO
> c=
> ensus).<BR>I am hoping that you will recognize my dilemma and have some
> dat=
> a that might aid me in my quest to PROVE my lineage to William Matthews
> Coo=
> ley.&nbsp=3B I am very grateful for any data you may
> have.<BR>&nbsp=3B<BR>B=
> radley Gibson<br>&nbsp=3B<BR><div><div
> id=3D"SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>&gt=
> =3B Date: Sat=2C 10 Mar 2012 12:58:48 -0700<br>&gt=3B From:
> michael_at_newsumm=
> er.com<br>&gt=3B To: undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net<br>&gt=3B
> Subjec=
> t: [Fwd: Re: Branson and Town Fork Settlement and Goode etc]<br>&gt=3B
> <br>=
> &gt=3B ---------------------------- Original Message
> ----------------------=
> ------<br>&gt=3B Subject: Re: Branson and Town Fork Settlement and Goode
> et=
> c<br>&gt=3B From: "Michael Cooley"<br>&gt=3B Date: Sat=2C March
> 10=2C=
> 2012 11:55 am<br>&gt=3B To: "Elgivia Lisle"<br>&gt=3B Cc:
> "rubys=
> lippers"<br>&gt=3B
> --------------------------------------------------------=
> ------------------<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B Hi Elgivia=2C<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B
> =
> My John Cooley of Stokes county had son John who had son Thomas
> Hutchins<br=
>>&gt=3B Cooley. There's this will that pulls in the Hutchinses=2C
>> Goodes=2C=
> and<br>&gt=3B Cooleys. Major Gray was the father-in-law of William
> Cooley.=
> <br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B --quote--<br>&gt=3B Will of John Good=2C Lincoln
> coun=
> ty KY=2C will book C page 23=2C dated 6 Apr<br>&gt=3B 1800=2C recorded 8
> Ju=
> l 1800. Names wife Junny Good=2C son Timothy Good=2C<br>&gt=3B daughters
> Na=
> ncy and Ellender Good=2C father Thomas Good. Executors are Maj<br>&gt=3B
> Jo=
> seph Gray of Washington co KY=2C Thomas Hutchins and Jinny Good.
> Witnesses<=
> br>&gt=3B are William Cooley=2C Joseph Ayre and John Cooley. Thomas Good
> wa=
> s the uncle<br>&gt=3B of Major Richard Goode of Stokes county=2C NC. As
> you=
> ng men=2C Richard Goode<br>&gt=3B and John Cooley (also later of Stokes
> cou=
> nty) enlisted into the Virginia<br>&gt=3B Regiment=2C 1755=2C at Caroline
> c=
> ounty VA.<br>&gt=3B --endquote--<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B Thomas Hutchins
> Coole=
> y (c1820-1879) married Letitia Anderson. Their son<br>&gt=3B George T
> Coole=
> y (1848-1931) married Elizabeth R Hutchins.<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B John
> Coole=
> y of Stokes county had several sons. Here are their movements as<br>&gt=3B
> =
> best as I can make out. John himself went to KY c1805/6. Edward Cooley
> is<b=
> r>&gt=3B my line.<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B 1. William Matthews Cooley
> (c1759-18=
> 23) m Anna Gray=2C 1780s-&gt=3BKY=2C c1805-&gt=3BTN<br>&gt=3B 2. John
> Coole=
> y (1761-1844) m Sarah Willis=2C 1790s-&gt=3BKY<br>&gt=3B 3. Edward Cooley
> (=
> 1763-1822) m Martha Raper=2C 1811-&gt=3BIN<br>&gt=3B 4. Daniel Cooley
> (1765=
> -1826) m Mildred Ball m2 Elizabeth Grundy=2C<br>&gt=3B 1790s-&gt=3BKY=2C
> 18=
> 20s-&gt=3BMO<br>&gt=3B 5. Joseph Cooley (1767-1826) m1 unk m2 Kaziah
> Casey=
> =2C 1790s-&gt=3BKY=2C 1811-&gt=3BMO<br>&gt=3B 6. Perrin Cooley Sr
> (1769-184=
> 0 MO) m Sarah=2C c1806-&gt=3BKY=2C 1811-&gt=3BMO<br>&gt=3B 7. James Cooley
> =
> (1772-1821) m Elizabeth=2C c1806-&gt=3BKY=2C 1811-&gt=3BMO<br>&gt=3B 8.
> Ric=
> e Cooley (1776-c1800)<br>&gt=3B 9. Reuben Cooley (1779-1859) m1 Mary
> Harris=
> m2 Elizabeth Followell=2C c1806-&gt=3BKY<br>&gt=3B 10. Cornelius Cooley
> (1=
> 781-1815) poss m Lucinda Cherry=2C prob c1806-&gt=3BKY=2C<br>&gt=3B
> c1812-&=
> gt=3BTN<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B Do you have approximate dates for you Rebecca
> =
> (Hutchins) Cooley? Would she<br>&gt=3B have been born=2C for instance=2C
> be=
> fore or after 1800?<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B I'm forwarding this to the John
> Co=
> oley Mailing List. Let me know if you'd<br>&gt=3B like to subscribe to
> it.<=
> br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B -Michael<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B &gt=3B My Rebecca
> Hutchi=
> ns who married an unknown Cooley was the daughter of John<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B
> =
> Hutchins and Sybella Angel Hutchins . She was born Stokes Co NC
> date<br>&gt=
> =3B &gt=3B unknown<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B and married Cooley date
> unknown.<br>&gt=
> =3B &gt=3B I identified her through a letter she wrote from Bloomington=2C
> =
> Macon<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B County=2C<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B MO 17 Feb 1848 to the
> Co=
> unty Clerk in Stokes Co. She stated she<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B
> understood<br>&gt=
> =3B &gt=3B her father John Hutchins was long since deceased (1840)<br>&gt=
> =3B &gt=3B and she had never received anything from his estate. She
> inquir=
> ed about<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B that and stated she had been a widow 15 years
> and=
> needed the money. She<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B signed it<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B
> Rebecca=
> Cooley/<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B The file did not contain a reply from the Clerk
> b=
> ut her father disposed of<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B his estate in the early 1830's
> a=
> nd did not leave a will.<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B Macon Co Mo was formed in 1837
> fr=
> om Randolph Co so I assume her husband<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B may<br>&gt=3B &gt=
> =3B have died there.<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B I have information
> o=
> n the Cooley's after they were in Stokes and some of<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B
> the<b=
> r>&gt=3B &gt=3B family after they left Stokes.<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B Some went
> t=
> o Mo.Ky=2C IN. I don't know if this information would help you.<br>&gt=3B
> =
> &gt=3B Where did your Cooley's migrate to?<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B
> Elgivia<br>&gt=
> =3B &gt=3B ----- Original Message -----<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B From: "Michael
> Coo=
> ley" &lt=3Bmichael_at_newsummer.com&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B To: "rubyslippers"
> =
> &lt=3Brubyslippers_at_kc.rr.com&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B Cc: "Michael Cooley"
> &l=
> t=3Bmichael_at_newsummer.com&gt=3B=3B "Elgivia Lisle"<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B
> &lt=3Bl=
> ecl32_at_cox.net&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B Sent: Friday=2C March 09=2C 2012
> 12:41=
> PM<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B Subject: Re: Branson and Town Fork Settlement and
> Good=
> e etc<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B You
> mentione=
> d the Cooleys of Pittsylvania county VA in an earlier email.<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=
> =3B&gt=3B This is what I have for the patrilineal lineage. I'm looking for
> =
> someone<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B of this group to test their yDNA to see if
> i=
> t matches the Stokes county<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B group.<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&=
> gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B
> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineag=
> es/pittsylvaniaVA-desc.html<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B
> -=
> Michael<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Michael...meet
> =
> my cousin Elgivia......Elgivia meet Michael who has that<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&g=
> t=3B&gt=3B wonderful website with Ham=2C Cooley=2C Blackburn=2C
> etal<br>&gt=
> =3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Sending this to both
> of=
> you. This might be a clue.<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&=
> gt=3B&gt=3B
> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikegoad/html/tree0011.htm<br=
>>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Note on that page
>> f=
> irst that the oral history seems to be that Richard<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&=
> gt=3B Goode of Cornwall...settled first upon "the eastern shore". Meaning
> =
> of<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B course Maryland. Richard must be a
> relativ=
> e of John Coode "loving<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B friend"<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=
> =3B&gt=3B&gt=3B and executor appointed by Thomas Cooley of St Mary's and
> C=
> ornwall in<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B his<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> 16=
> 76 will.<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Richard
> =
> Goode of Essex died 1719 in his will mentioned his daughter<br>&gt=3B &gt=
> =3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Margaret Farmer Richard Goode was wit to a sale of land
> bet=
> ween Robt<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B and<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> Mar=
> y Moss and Thomas Farmer of Essex in 1704. Richard bonded along<br>&gt=3B
> =
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B with<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Thomas Ayres for the
> =
> Thomas Farmer estate in 1717 - his wife was<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> Ma=
> rgaret.<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> (Interest=
> ing because almost 100 years later in Patrick Co=2C VA Thomas<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=
> =3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Farmer will be surety for the marriage of my
> grgr...grandfa=
> ther<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Valentine<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> Br=
> anson.<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Second it
> =
> seems there is speculation that Richard Goode and Abraham<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&=
> gt=3B&gt=3B Goad<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B are related.<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B=
> &gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Abraham Goad born prob around
> 167=
> 0 married Katherine Williams. Abraham<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> Goad=2C=
> Jr born Mar 15=2C 1708/9 in North Farnham Parish=2C Richmond Co=2C
> VA<br>&=
> gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B died<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B in 1779 in
> Pitts=
> ylvania Co=2C VA. Married Johanna Wheatley - dau Ruth<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=
> =3B&gt=3B Goad.<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Ruth Goad married Thomas
> Dill=
> ard born 1750 died Patrick Co=2C VA 1820.<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> Thei=
> r daughter Sarah Sally Dillard married John Branson born about<br>&gt=3B
> &g=
> t=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B 1780.<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&=
> gt=3B Abraham Goad and Katherine Williams had another son John Goad born
> No=
> v<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B 27=2C<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B 1700
> marr=
> ied Catherine Jennings. Their daughter Elizabeth Goad born<br>&gt=3B &gt=
> =3B&gt=3B&gt=3B July<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B 12=2C 1726 No. Farnham
> Pa=
> rish died 1799 Grayson Co=2C VA and married John<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=
> =3B Cocke born 1724. John and Elizabeth's daughter Sarah born about
> 1755<b=
> r>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B married Jarred Branson=2C Sr - who magically
> ap=
> peared about 1776 in<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Montgomery Co=2C VA
> aroun=
> d the time Absalom Branson appeared in<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> Pittsyl=
> vania<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B and John Branson appeared in Town Fork
> S=
> ettlement across the border in<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B NC.<br>&gt=3B
> &=
> gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B The Ten Thousand Name
> Petiti=
> on came in from various counties. It was<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> publ=
> ished by "Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly". Whatever<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=
> =3B&gt=3B&gt=3B county<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B (I believe it would be
> =
> Essex Co=2C VA) John Branson=2C Jr and Larkin were<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&g=
> t=3B in<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B they appeared in Vol 38 No 4:<br>&gt=
> =3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B John Branson=2C Jr p 227<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=
> =3B Larkin p 237<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> =
> Index Vol 38 No 4 Goode:<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Bennet p
> 223=2C<br>&=
> gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B John 236=2C<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Richard
> 2=
> 36<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B In same
> volume=
> but I don't have the page is William Ham and I copied<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=
> =3B&gt=3B some<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B names near him...<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=
> =3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Vol 38 No. 4 Jermiah Hamner
> Wi=
> lliam Ham William Morrison John Lewis Geo<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> Drap=
> er James Cooper<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B
> T=
> he Baptist church that John Branson=2C Jr was a charter member
> of<br>&gt=3B=
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B straddled<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B the county line
> =
> between Essex Co and upper King &amp=3B Queen Co although he<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=
> =3B&gt=3B&gt=3B paid taxes in Essex Co.<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=
> =3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B I found these references to Ambrose Blackburn
> clearl=
> y making him a K &amp=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Q<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=
> =3B&gt=3B resident....<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Ambrose Blackburn
> appea=
> rs in Vol 28 No 3 "A Merchant's Account Book=2C<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=
> =3B King<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B and Queen Co=2C VA
> 1750-1751"<br>&gt=
> =3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Same title as above in
> =
> Vol 29 No 1 Ambrose appears in what looks like<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B=
> "James Wellmore's Estate" and before Ambrose name is "McAgon
> &amp=3B"<br>&=
> gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Another with Ambrose
> =
> Pilkinton Rev'd Robert Innes=2C Todd=2C William<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=
> =3B Cumming=2C<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Robert Carden Vol 29 No
> 2<br>&g=
> t=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Vol 29 No 3 - refers
> t=
> o ship of Capt Blackburn<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=
> =3B&gt=3B I have always suspected that the records for my Montgomery Co
> Bra=
> nson<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B were<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B lost
> in=
> Fincastle Co ....<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=
> =3B 1773 Blackburn Akers in Fincastle Co delinquent tax list later -
> 1787<=
> br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B Montgomery delinquent tax list with Jacob
> Blac=
> kburn<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B (I wonder
> i=
> f Akers is a mistranscription of Ayres as in Thomas Ayres<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&=
> gt=3B&gt=3B that<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B bonded for Thomas Farmer in
> 1=
> 717 Essex)<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B 1787
> M=
> ontgomery Delinquent Tax List James Cooley 2 away from John Cock<br>&gt=3B
> =
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B 1791 Elizabeth Cooley Land
> =
> Tax Patrick Co 110 acres<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=
> =3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=
> =3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&gt=3B&=
> gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B&gt=3B<br>&gt=3B
> &gt=3B&=
> gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B<br>&gt=3B &gt=3B<br>&gt=3B <br>&gt=3B --<br>&gt=3B
> &=
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