Kentucky) Magoffin County Historical Society (Salyersville
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1985
Physical Desc
1 v. in 3 (649 p., [314] p. of plates) : ill., facsims., ports.
Language
English
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"This book may well have been titled 'The Howard cousins of eastern Kentucky' for the reader will soon discover that the old adage commonly spoken of the different 'sets' of the Howards may now be changed to 'the branches' of the Howard family tree"--Foreword. This book (actually published as 1 v. in 3) includes chiefly family history and genealogical data about thirteen different Howard families (thirteen different "sets" of Howards) listed on p....
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
7 v. : ill., ports.
Language
English
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Jacob Shepherd was born in 1781, the son of John Shepherd, probably in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Hale who had been born in 1793. Their children included Lucretia, Bryson, John, David, Wilson, Sylvester, William, Elizabeth, Susannah and Abel. Jacob died in Magoffin County, Kentucky in 1858. .
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
3 v.
Language
English
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Robert Jenkins (1788-1860) was born in Virginia. He and his wife, Frances, moved to Floyd County, Kentucky ca. 1814-1815. He was living in Morgan County, Kentucky before 1850. Descendants lived in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Ohio, Illinois, and elsewhere.
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
4 v. : ill., geneal. tables, maps, ports.
Language
English
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Mark Whitaker was born in about 1670 in Baltimore County, Maryland. He married Catherine Teague, daughter of Edward Teague and Susan, in 1705. They had two children. He died in 1729. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
4 v. : ill., ports.
Language
English
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Nils Laicons was born ca. 1610/20 in Sweden or Finland. He and his family immigrated to America by at least 1648, where he followed the smithy trade at Philadelphia. He was the father of eight children. His great great grandson, Marquis (Marcus) Lykins (ca. 1740-1814), son of Peter Lykins (1699-1754), was possibly born in Robeson Township, Lancaster Couty, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret Howe (ca. 1745-1822) in Lanacaster County, Pennsylvania, in...
7) Arnett album
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1983
Physical Desc
2 v. : ill., geneal. tables.
Language
English
Description
Kinsmen and descendants of Stephen and Ruben Arnett who settled in the Appalachian section of Kentucky in the early 1800's. Includes Salyer, Risner, Wireman, Howard, and other related families.
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
3 v. : ill., coat of arms, ports.
Language
English
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Descendants of Alexander Montgomery of Virginia and North Carolina. The family later settled in Kentucky. Includes the related families of Cole, Howard and others.
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c2002-2004
Physical Desc
3 v. : ill., geneal. tables, ports.
Language
English
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Description
Stephen Miller was born in about 1750 in North or South Carolina. He married Mary C. Bishop. They had five children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky and Ohio.
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
1981
Physical Desc
240, 1B-12B : ill.
Language
English
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Samuel Salyer, nicknamed "The Legislator," was a descendant of William M. Salyer and Nancy Raney of North Carolina. Samuel married Malinda Arnett. Their Salyer descendants and related Salyers lived primarily in Eastern Kentucky.
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
4 v. ([4], 702 p.) : ill., coats of arms, facsims., map, ports.
Language
English
Description
"We are pleased to present to you a collection of Allen family genealogy. We have included primarily the families of William Allen and Caty Gearheart, Richard Allen and Edy Williams, George Allen and Cynthia Patton, James Allen and Nancy Louise Roberts, Samuel Patton Sr. and Elizabeth Allen, Isaac E. Allen and 1st wife Frances E. Pettit and 2nd wife Margaret Poplett ... Settlement of the Big Sandy, Licking and Kentucky River valleys was happening...
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
4 v. : ports.
Language
English
Description
Traces the family histories of several families surnamed May who moved to Kentucky in the late eighteenth century. Most were from Virginia, and many may have been related to each other.
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
3 v. : ill., ports.
Language
English
Description
This is a family history of John (Wierman) Wireman, son of John Wierman, I and Mary Morrow, and his three sons, who were born in the 1700's. They descended from William Wierman, the pioneer immigrant from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1683. Descendants and relatives lived in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and elsewhere.
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
1979
Physical Desc
[vi], 138p. : ill.
Language
English
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"William 'Uncle Billie' Adams 1802-1881 [was the] founder of Adamsville in Magoffin County, Kentucky. Adamsville is now known as Saylersville. William and Nancy Adams were among the earliest settlers in Eastern Kentucky. Descendants and relatives lived in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Virginia and elsewhere.
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
202 p. : ill., coat of arms, facsims., ports.
Language
English
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John Cooper was born in April 1759 in Washington County, Virginia. He enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in September 1776, and served in the Virginia Militia until his discharge in June 1781. He lived in Virginia and Kentucky. John married Patsey McDaniel in Greenbriar County, Virginia, in 1789. He taught school at Licking River above Salyersville, and was the first school master in what is now Magoffin County, Kentucky. John and Patsey's children,...
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
312 p. : ill., facsims., geneal. tables, ports.
Language
English
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George Sizemore was born in about 1781. He married Sallie Anderson, daughter of George Anderson. They had eleven, possibly fifteen, children. George died 6 May 1864 and is buried in Royalton, Kentucky. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky and West Virginia.
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
4 v. : ill., maps, ports.
Language
English
Description
"This book is a culmination of several years of work in obtaining stories of life along the Licking River, submitted by descendants of our people as seen through their eyes.... Some of these stories record the disasters of flooding, loss of life due to getting timber to market, and the ravages of illness and other ills of human life. The majority of the stories record the pleasures and joys of life along the Licking River and the love our people have...
Author
Publisher
Magoffin County Historical Society
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
3 v. : ill., facsims., geneal. tables, maps, ports.
Language
English
Description
Hezekiah Vanderpool, Sr. was the son of Abraham Vanderpool. He married Sophia Sexton in about 1808. Three of their sons, James, John M. and Hezekiah, Jr., migrated from Wise, Virginia to Kentucky. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky, North Carolina and Ohio.