German Lutheran Cemetery

A message regarding the German Lutheran Cemetery in Detroit:

If you need records the St. Thomas church in Eastpointe...has written records of baptism, marriage and death records.. They will let you look at them.Records date from 1850's. They will do a look up for you for a donation. Here is the address and phone number:

SAINT THOMAS LUTHERAN CHURCH

23801 Kelly Road (at Stephens)

Eastpointe, Michigan 48021 

586-772-3370

Loyalist Grahams

Ontario Department of Lands and Forests : Loyalist List : C-2222 (Image 104):

Grahams

Graham, William, Home District

Graham, John, E. District

Graham, Isabella, alias McDonell, Lancaster

Graham, Mudock, son of Thomas

Graham, Oliver, soldier, King's Rangers

Graham, Robert, Loyalist, New York

Graham, Thomas, E. District, has a wife and four children

Graham, William, sergeant, 84th Regiment

Ann M. Baker, In Mrs. Snow's Probate

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Probate File# 6299

Baker, Ann M.

daughter of Caroline Matilda Snow

of New York

Source: HeritageQuest

Warren Snow, husband of Caroline, was listed as of "Lowell, Michigan" in a document dated January 18, 1872

Name: Caroline M Snow

Probate Date: 1 Dec 1870

Probate Place: Wayne, Michigan, USA

Case Number: 6299

Item Description: Packets, 6262-6300, 1870-1871

Source Citation (HeritageQuest)

Probate Estate Packets, 1797-1901; Author: Michigan. Probate Court (Wayne County); Probate Place: Wayne, Michigan

Census 1870

Event Place Michigan, United States

Warren Snow M 79 Nova Scotia

Caroline M Snow F 52 New York

Mary Pates F 30 Michigan

Was Caroline's maiden name Martin?  And married 1st to Alanson P. Hurd? NO, NOT THE CAROLINE WHO MARRIED WARREN SNOW.

Did Caroline Martin Hurd marry 2nd Henry G. Snow on 28 January 1862 in Detroit? And move to Bay City (still living there in 1870)? YES.  Her sister, Angeline (Martin) Guion was mentioned in the 1884 Bay County, Michigan, Probate Estate Files.

Bryan In Court

Source

In the case of David Bryan and John C. Owings vs. Caleb Wallace, it is testified that James Bryan, John Bryan and Samuel Bryan saw the letters D.B. marked on an elm tree by John Bryan at the request of James Bryan. [Source: Message Board]

The Bryan and Owings v. Wallace case is in the Reports of Civil and Criminal Cases Decided by the Court of ..., Volumes 1-2:

See a blog post about Bryan's Station in early Kentucky.

Will Of William Steen

South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977  Union Wills book, 1792-1815, Vol. A:

Book A

Pages 112-114

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See a partial transcript at in this message

Stephen Cameron And The Confederate Secret Service

Source

There was a reference to Stephen Cameron on the Lincoln Assassination message board:

"...the handwriting in the Register may very well be Stephen Cameron...".

In this message, The Reverend Stephen Cameron was mentioned in conjunction with Sarah Slater.

Stephen Cameron's picture was published in Raiders of the Civil War: Untold Stories of Actions Behind the Lines,  By Russ A. Pritchard.

Roark And Evans Security For Everly

Posted on a message board [Everly] by a fellow Roark descendant [ancestor William Roark's wife may have been Elizabeth Everly]:

Kentucky Historical Society Quarterly "The Heritage" Vol. 8, page 44:

"Caroline Everly and Emily Everly orphans of William Everly deceased. Chose Jesse Everly as their guardian.  David Evans and William Roark were sec."

This Caroline Everly?  The Martins are related to the Roarks and the Roarks are related to the Evans'.

Census 1850

Muhlenberg, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Hugh Martin M 50 Kentucky

Ary Martin F 43 Kentucky

Wm Martin M 18 Kentucky

Jas H Martin M 16 Kentucky

Mary H Martin F 14 Kentucky

Robt Martin M 11 Kentucky

Templeton Martin M 6 Kentucky

Alney Martin M 42 Kentucky

Caroline Everly F 24 Kentucky

Robt Maxville M 68 Kentucky

Sarah Maxville F 68 Kentucky

Samuel Arrington's Estate

Illinois Probate Records, Gallatin Probate records, Volume 1:

15 May 1850
...value the goods, chattel, and personal estate of Samuel Arrington, dec.....

Samuel Arrington is a name that surfaced while researching my Greers and Bandys.  This message board entry at GenForum explains the connection:

Elizabeth [Bandy] married Aquilla Greer. Aquilla died abt 1783.... She married Dec 20, 1800; Samuel Arrington. By Apr 1802 inventory papers were filed on Samuel... .

My connected family line eventually moved to Gallatin County, Illinois.

Aquilla Greer, Jr. m. Elizabeth Bandy

Asa Greer m. Rebecca Neighbors

Mary (Polly) Greer m. John Johnson

James Johnson m. Nancy Graves 

James D. Johnson m. Katie Rice

Katherine Johnson m. James H. Garrett

Living m. Richard N. Powers

Me [Cathy (Powers) Palm]

Was the Samuel Arrington in the Gallatin County Probate record above, related to the Samuel Arrington who died by 1802?  I do not know.


Was he the Samuel Arrington who married Martha Henry in Gallatin County, Illinois? Probably.

United States Census, 1850
Name: Martha Arrington
Equality, Gallatin, Illinois, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Jemimah Henry F 60 Virginia
Cary Ann Henry F 23 Virginia
Martha Arrington F 37 Virginia

Asked And Answered - A Harris / Powers Query

 I posted the query below on an Ancestry message board:

Michael and Mary (McGovern) Powers were living in Grimsby Twp. when the 1851 census was taken. Living nearby were their presumed children, John N. (my ancestor, b. ca 1834), William, b. ca 1838, and Margaret, b. ca 1841.

What happened to William after 1851? Margaret may have married a George Harris. Michael and Mary may have moved to Middlesex Co., Ontario.

http://detourthroughhistory.blogspot.com/2011/05/michael-pow...

Would like to correspond with anyone who is familiar with this family.

Received this response almost immediately:

Death:
Margueretta Elizabeth Harris, died 16 May 1880, aged 28, died of pernicious anemia/6mths, informant: George Harris, bookkeeper of 570 Talbot Street London Ontario, Middlesex County. Registration # 009301.

George Harris is listed as a bookkeeper on 1881 census so this may be them.
Her age is about 10 years too young from age on 1851 census.
Census are notorious for wrong information.