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This genealogy classic, written in the bad old days of shoe leather and courthouse basements before the Internet, tells of a Southern man's discovery of his Native American ancestry in the 1990s. Among fascinating regional and local stories, you'll discover how the Yateses of Virginia coped on the frontier…how some Cherokees escaped the Trail of Tears…what the Southern drawl really means…where The Tree That Owns Itself is…how Elisabeth Yates stole her cattle back from Gen. Sherman. Out of print for years, this sought-after family history is available in electronic form only. Fall under the spell of all its local color, storytelling and genealogy help also in the exciting audiobook version.
The Retirement Series documents Jefferson's written legacy between his return to private life on 4 March 1809 and his death on 4 July 1826. During this period Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and sold his extraordinary library to the nation, but his greatest legacy from these years is the astonishing depth and breadth of his correspondence with statesmen, inventors, scientists, philosophers, and ordinary citizens on topics spanning virtually every field of human endeavor.--From publisher description.
The descendents of John and Sarah Radford were found in Maryland in 1677. Evidence shows that they probably came from England. Descendants lived in Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, and elsewhere.
The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
John Christopher Miller was born at Werdenhausen, Germany, in 1759. He married Hanna Franciska Stratman (1765-1818), daughter of Christian Frederick Stratman in 1788. They had seven children, 1789-1803, all born at Hofgeismar, Germany. The family immigrated to the United States in 1805 and settled in Clay Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They migrated to Madison Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1815. He died at Lancaster, Ohio, in 1822. Descendants lived in Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and elsewhere.
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