McCorkle Family Roots
The History and Genealogy of Samuel and Sarah McCorkle and their Descendants
(including McCorkel, McCorkell, McCorcle, McCorkhill, McCorkill, McCarcle, McKorkle etc.)
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The Ulstermen
About 1700, a clan of McCorkles and other Scot-Irish Presbyterians immigrated to America through Philadelphia and by 1713 had settled near the Susquehanna River in the Derry and Paxtang region of Lancaster County (now Dauphin County), Pennsylvania. Although some of these immigrates may have come directly from Scotland and else where, most of them were undoubtedly Ulster Scots that had moved from Scotland to Ulster during the King James “plantation” period which began in 1610. Since the Kintyre peninsula of Argyll, Scotland and Ulster, Ireland are separated by only about fifteen miles of the Irish Sea's North Channel, the logistics of this relocation plan were relatively uncomplicated.
Contrary to the popular American image of the kilted, Gaelic speaking, bagpipe playing, Highland Scot, the immigrant “Ulstermen” were mainly descendants of Lowland Scots and many had embraced Presbyterianism. Most were descendants of Saxons, Romans and Scandinavians (Vikings) and their customs and habits were more English than Scottish. That is not to say that there weren’t ethnic Scots in the Lowlands; however, even these people had been anglicized by the 17th century.
Whatever their ethnic origins, almost all were fleeing the persecution, religious wars, famine and other hardships that were rampant in both Scotland and Ireland. After the siege of Londonderry in 1689, the Ulster Scots felt abandoned by the monarchy that had earlier persuaded them to move from Scotland to Ireland. To the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterians were “dissenters” and they were compelled to pay tithes to support the state church. In addition, land ownership in Ulster was largely determined by the King of England who rewarded his well placed followers with large tracts which the landlords divided and rented to the Ulstermen. At the beginning of the 18th century, these rents were raised significantly increasing the financial burden on their already beleaguered tenants. All of these events led to a mass exodus from Ulster.
The Presbyterians came to Pennsylvania because William Penn had earlier been
granted a King’s charter for a Q
uaker colony that promised religious freedom to
all comers. The image at the right is from the 1887 research of William H. Egle,
the prolific historian of Pennsylvania. Derry Church (originally Spring Creek) was built in 1720 at a
site 14 miles east of modern day Harrisburg and Paxtang
Church (originally
called Fishing Creek) was located about 3 miles east of Harrisburg. Paxtang is
now a part of Harrisburg, the county seat and state capital. Samuel and
Alexander McCorkle are included in the record of the Rev. John Roan's
congregation of Derry, Paxtang and Mt. Joy (1745-1775).
Even though claims that these early Pennsylvania McCorkles came directly from Argyllshire, Scotland have been published, I have never seen any evidence at all to substantiate this assertion. It is much more likely that the McCorkles had previously moved from Scotland to Ireland and this event could have occurred over one hundred years before they came to the Colonies. From all accounts, the immigrant Ulstermen considered themselves to be Irish and they named their Pennsylvania settlements Derry and Donegal after their Irish homelands. Hearth tax lists from 1685 County Donegal contain almost all the same surnames found in early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and a little later in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, Virginia. In fact, James and Andrew M’Corckle were enumerated at this time in the Laggan region of County Donegal. For a very brief overview of the early Pennsylvania McCorkles, as well as other McCorkle historical information, see the “McCorkle Gleanings” link below.
Beverly Manor
By the 1730s, a subset of the Pennsylvania McCorkles and allied families had moved down the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road to the Staunton area of Augusta County (Orange County until 1738), Virginia. They purchased land from William Beverly in an area known as Beverly Manor. In 1732, Beverly, a renowned land promoter of the time, had petitioned the Colonial Council in Williamsburg to obtain land in the Shenandoah Valley. Beverly was sure he could entice a number of people from Pennsylvania to settle in the Shenandoah if he had land to sell.
While the government at Williamsburg and the Church of England (and America) did not relish the idea of Presbyterians in Virginia, they did approve of the barrier to the Native Americans that these settlers provided. So Beverly was provided with a large tract, but when the surveyors arrived in 1736, they noted that some people from Pennsylvania were already settled there. In fact, Beverly initiated an ejectment suit against a James McCorkle because McCorkle was already living on the tract when the survey team arrived. The court ruled that McCorkle could stay after he paid Beverly for the property. This small section of a 1736 settlement map
of Beverly Manor shows
the farm of Samuel McCorkle near the confluence of Mill and Christian Creeks,
about six miles southwest of Staunton. The entire map, by cartographer James
Hildebrand, may be viewed at the Augusta
County GenWeb site. James and Robert McCorkle owned farms a short distance
from Samuel. Some other male McCorkles mentioned in early records are: Alexander, Archibald, Andrew, Patrick, William, Benjamin, and John. From Beverly Manor, some of the McCorkles soon moved south down the valley to Rockbridge and Montgomery Counties, Virginia, then west on the Wilderness Trail into Green County, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Ohio and Ray County, Missouri. Other Virginian McCorkles continued south into South Carolina and, in about 1790, some of this clan moved north into Bourbon and Fayette Counties, Kentucky, then on to Miami County, Ohio.
The parents of Samuel McCorkle have not been proven, but they naturally have been the object of genealogical speculation. Various historians and genealogists have suggested several of the early Pennsylvania McCorkles as the father of Samuel, but none of these “theories” were backed by any facts and they can not be substantiated now. Samuel and Sarah McCorkle were married about 1752. Although Sarah’s surname has not been proven, very strong circumstantial evidence indicates that it was Buchanan. For a discussion of this evidence, see “The Buchanans of Green County, Kentucky” link below. Samuel Sr. died in September, 1788 in Augusta County. In his will, Samuel named his wife Sarah, children John, Sarah, Samuel, Robert, Elizabeth, Mary & Martha and two grandchildren, Samuel & William. Samuel Jr. received about 80 acres and, at the death of Sarah, John received the remaining property. Other evidence has led me to conclude that another son of Samuel McCorkle Sr. was Andrew. Andrew predeceased Samuel Sr. and was the father of grandchildren Samuel & William (See “Andrew, the Son of Samuel & Sarah McCorkle of Augusta Co., Virginia” below).
Patriots of the Revolution
John, Robert and Samuel Jr. served in the Virginia militia and army. John and Robert are recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution as Patriots of the War for Independence. The 1832 pension declarations of Robert and Samuel Jr. document their service during the war. The record for Robert is especially poignant, as it briefly relates his enlistments from October, 1776 until late 1781 and his participation in many battles from New York to South Carolina. With the rest of the Continental Army, he spent the winter of 1777/1778 in Valley Forge where some 2500 of his comrades died. Samuel also enlisted in October, 1776 and served three terms of duty until 1781. John died in 1814, but his son wrote that John was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
Augusta County Petition
On December 4, 1786, John and James McCorkle, along with hundreds of other Revolutionary War veterans and other concerned citizens, signed a petition in Augusta County. This petition reads in part: “We conceive that the Act for Incorporating the Protestant Episcopal Church is highly exceptionable. It establishes an immediate dangerous connection between the Legislature and that Church”. An exact image of the original petition and 422 similar documents may be viewed at “Early Virginia Religious Petitions” at the Library of Congress web site.
Gone to Kaintuck, Ohio Country, Illinois and Missouri Territory
On 17 September 1793, John and Lydia sold their 256 acres to Jacob Swallow and on 19 September 1797, Samuel Jr. and Agnes sold their farm to Michael Hite. Robert left Augusta County about 1791 and moved west into Bath County where John soon joined him. Andrew's son, Samuel, probably accompanied them and later made his home in Greenbrier County where he died. In the 1830s and 1840s, most of Samuel's children moved to Vermilion County, Illinois. About 1800, both Samuel Jr. and John McCorkle moved to Green County, Kentucky where they purchased farms. Robert moved to Kanawha County, Virginia about 1808 and then on to Lawrence County, Ohio about 1816. John was killed while traveling to visit Robert in Ohio and his widow, Lydia, soon moved, with her thirteen children, to the Ray/Clay/Clinton/Buchanan County area of northwest Missouri. Samuel Jr. died in Green County leaving a will. Robert died in Lawrence County and the testamentary record of his death has survived.
Details of the McCorkle's westward migration are described here.
George Fristo McCorkle – Oregon Pioneer
A Case of Mistaken Identity
To my knowledge, the middle name or initial of Samuel McCorkle, the progenitor of this line, is not known. Samuel’s middle name is not mentioned in his will, the transcript of his Bible or anywhere else that has been documented. In particular, there is no proof at all that Samuel’s middle name was Eusebius. This assertion has caused considerable confusion because there was a Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle (1746-1811) that was a contemporary of Samuel McCorkle of Augusta. The proliferation of this whimsy and/or confused analysis is a disservice to the family history community. If anyone has any facts relevant to this issue, I would be very pleased to review them. My email address is at the bottom of this page.
Bibliography
A New Sett of Maps both of Antient and Present Geography, GENMAPS – British Isles
An Atlas of Lawrence County, Ohio, D.J. Lake &
Co., Philadelphia, 1887
Anderson, William. The Scottish Nation, c1860
Barton, O. S. My Three Years with Quantrill; A True Story Told By His
Scout, John McCorkle, 1914
Clem, Gladys B. It Happened Around
Staunton Virginia, McClure Print Co., Staunton, Virginia, 1965
Chalkley Lyman.
Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia,
GPC, Baltimore, 1989
D.A.R. Patriot Index
Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A. Notes and Queries Chiefly Relating to the
History of Dauphin County,
1887, The Daily Telegraph Print, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Hildebrand, J. R.
Map of Beverly Patent of 1736, including original grantees of 1738-1845,
Orange and Augusta Counties, Virginia , 1954
Lecky, Alexander
G. The Laggan and its Presbyterianism, Davidson & M’Cormack, Belfast,
Ireland, 1905
McCorkle, Louis W. From Viking Glory: Notes on the McCorkle Family in
Scotland and America, Herff Jones Co., Marceline, Missouri, 1982
Morton, Oren F. A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, McClure
Print Co., Staunton, Virginia, 1920
Pension Declaration of Robert McCorkle, National Archives
Pension Declaration of Samuel McCorkle Jr., National Archives
The American Revolution Home PageUSGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library, Pennsylvania County Maps
The links below will take you to McCorkle lineages
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The David Kent Freeman Family Tree Project
The Descendants of Walter McCorkle
the Descendants of their Great Grandson, Alexander M. McCorkle of Cabell Co., Virginia/West Virginia
and their Great Great Grandson, Alfred Leyburn McCorkle of Carroll Co., Missouri
Some Descendents of James Rae & Elizabeth Anderson McCorkle of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
with Emphasis on their Grandson, John Maugridge Snowden McCorkle of Green Co., Kentucky
McCorkle Images
(Please send me your McCorkle descendant photos)
History & images of descendants of Samuel & Elizabeth Simmons McCorkle of Lawrence Co., Ohio
UPDATED Images of descendants of John & Mary Holly McCorkle of Lawrence Co., Ohio
Image of descendants of James & Perlina Carthy McCorkle of Lawrence Co., Ohio
Images of descendants of Andrew J. & Elizabeth Smith McCorkle of Scioto Co., Ohio
Images of descendants of Samuel McCorkle of Green Co., Kentucky
Images of descendants of Alexander & Rebecca Fristo McCorkle of Buchanan Co., Missouri
Images of descendants of John & Mahala Long McCorkle of Clinton Co., Missouri
Andrew, the Son of Samuel & Sarah McCorkle of Augusta Co., Virginia
The Elusive Family of John McCorkle of 1850 Ray Co., Missouri
The Children & Grandchildren of Samuel McCorkle of Green Co.,
Kentucky
UPDATE
The Buchanans of Green Co., Kentucky in
the Early 1800s
Was John McCorkle, the Husband of Lydia Forrest, Really Killed in 1814?
James and William McCorkle of Ireland and Montgomery Co., Virginia, c.1770
McCorkle Surname yDNA Project
(Male McCorkles that are interested in their heritage
should join this project}
Wright>McCorkle>McCorkle Mitochondrial DNA Analysis
The Fate of the McCorkle Family Bibles
My Years With Quantrill: A True Story Told By His Scout, John McCorkle
Sergeant James F. McCorkle – First West Virginia Cavalry
If This House Could Talk - The McCorkle Story
William McCorkell & the McCorkell Ship Line 1778 - 1897 (The Legend of the Three McCorkell Brothers)
A Map of Early McCorkle Homes & Travels
The Scots-Irish: The Thirteenth Tribe
A Short History of the Lowland Scots Migration to Ireland
5-Star Web Sites
Augusta Co., Virginia GenWeb
Historical Missouri Newspaper Project
West Virginia Death Certificates
Kentucky GenWeb Vital Statistics
The original focus of my research was on the McCorkles of Lawrence County, Ohio and surrounding area; however, this focus has been expanded to include the descendants of Samuel and Sarah McCorkle of Augusta County, Virginia. I invite other researchers to share information and images pertaining to the descendants of the children of Samuel and Sarah. I will gladly acknowledge your contributions and/or provide links to your online data. While most of the work on the descendants of Samuel and Elizabeth Simmons McCorkle of Lawrence County is my own, I have borrowed extensively from published records, online records and individual contributions for the genealogies of the other descendants of Samuel and Sarah McCorkle. Except where the data pertains to my direct line, I do not always attempt to verify the contributions of other researchers. In creating McCorkle Family Roots and the associated online database, one of my objectives was to provide a comprehensive, documented resource for those doing research on the descendants of Samuel and Sarah McCorkle. Hopefully, this approach will provide a base that other researchers of this line will enhance with their contributions. For much of this information, I am indebted to the following individuals, institutions and organizations:
Larry Abraham, Amy Adkins, Thomas Adkins, Bob Addleman, Corrine Afton, Joleen Altchison, Linda Amman, Nancy Hostetler Amster, Debra Jonson Anderson, A. T. Andreas, William Arbuthnot, Judy Arnold, Robert L. Bailey, Blair Baker, Rev. Jack William Balsley, D. D. Banzet, Carolyn M. Bartels, Edith Bastin, Sally Bauman, Cynthia Lucy Beach, Edwin Kemper Beard, Mickey Beard, Ken Beckman, Craig Beeman, Susan N. Bell, Lucy Reardon Bender, Michele Bender, Mary Alice Blacklock, Mark Blackman, Charley Blackstone, Ruth Wiburn Blair, Stacey Blanton, Daisy Turley Bobbitt, Karen Carmichael Boggs, Richard Bostron, Jean-Marc Boulle, Janice Bowman, Robert J. Boyce, Thelma Line Boyd, Jan Bradshaw, Doris Brewster, Rose McCorkle Broadway, Margaret McCorkle Bruckler, David Buchenroeder, Nancy E. Simmons Burke, Fran Burnett, Inez E. Burns, Jean Randolph Burns, U. E. (Bud) Bush, Katherine Gentry Bushman, Jewell M. Callicott, Kim Campbell, Lorna Campbell, Nanon Lucille Carr, Kimble Carter, Barbara Chapman, J. B. (Jack) Childers, Nancy Chiles, Barbara Chisler, Charles Graham Christensen, Charlsie Clark, Kenneth Madison Clark, Naarah Lee Clark, Debra Clarke, Marna L. Clemons, Bridget Clift, Deborah M. Colby, Helen Cott, Donald Cottam, Louise Muir Coutts, Jimmie & Pauline Courtney, Kenneth D. Cox, Polly Cox, Jack Crabtree, Stephen Craig, Lillian Cravens, Shelly Russell Crist, Michael Cross, Doris Creech, Virginia Weirich Crystal, Jean Custer, Julie Dalton, Dorothy Davis, Jerry Davis, Kacy Davis, Patricia Janet Davis, Sheryl Davis, Jane DeLisle, Kathy DeMetrick, David P. Derr, Henry S. Dillon, Lewis R. Dillon, Daniel Dixon, Jordan Dodd, Mary L. Dodds, John Frederick Dorman, Barbara Dowling, George Henry Drennon, Dana Dunbar, Donna Edmondson, Kelly McCorkle Earp, Carrie Eldridge, Elizabeth Prather Ellesberry, Randy Ellis, Mary Elizabeth Bungenstock Erwin, Perry L. Evans, Heidi Fackrell, Robert Farrar, Robert D. Ferguson, Norma Lee Penning Fink, Stephenie Flora, Lillian Follett-Hall, Candie Freeman, David Kent Freeman, James Huston Fristoe, Dennis Frush, Sandra Gall, Ellen Gammon, Daniel Glaesen, Jay Goodner, Sandi Goren, David Clayton Grace, Deborah Grace, Joe Graham, Norma Rutledge Gramner, Owen Graves, Lanice Green, Nancy T. Green, Fred Gregory, Darlena Miller Griffitts, Dale Grimm, Barbara Grover, Betty Hill Gundy, Maureen Hale, Richard Hale, R.C. Hall, Sonny Hall, Gerald Hanna, Pat Hanning, Lori Hardy, Wes Hare, Karla Harp, Ella King Morrison Harrington, Sherre L. Harrington, Joyce Harrison, Kathie Harrison, Don & Jeanine Hartman, Keith Marshall Hastie, Gina Heffernan, Elsie Heinrick, June A. Dreistadt Held, Helen Hedrick, Michele Elaine Herrmanns, H. Hershberger, Jody Himaya, Ernestine Hippert, Nadine Hodges, Sam Hoelter, John Hoff, Roxie Hogg, Danni Monn Hopkins, Eli Horton, Chad Hoshour, Diane K. House, Barry Huffstutler, Charles Edwin Hunger, Ashley Hunt, Ronald Hunter, Paul Ingles, John A. Jackson, Kent Jackson, Robert L. & Donna D. Jackson, Wiley Alton Jarrell, Phyllis Murnahan Jeffers, Patricia Jobski, Jeremy Johnson, Mike Johnson, Dennis R. Jones, Devota Easley Jones, Lotte E. Jones, Mary Brammer Jones, Trudy Jones, Samuel B. Judah, Bob Kastens, Valerie Keelin, Suzanne Dragoo Kelly, Glenn Kendall, Lois Kennedy, Trudy Kennedy, Chris Kerns, George W. Killian, Richard L. King, S. Z. Kirp, Len Kling, Charles Klingel, Mary Lou Klippel, Mary Jane Knights, Betty Knipp, Sharon Kouns, Martha J. Kounse, Leah Earles Knoff, Bob Knowles, Hubert W. Lacey, Charles Edwin Laffoon, Riley Lamkin, Jan LaMotte, Kathy Brehm LaPella, Judy Lawler, Thelma Leat, E. Jane McCorkle Ledermann, David Lee, Linda Lee, Rosetta McCorkle Legg, Boyd LeGrand, Suzanne Lehr, Doris E. Lett, Jay & Dot Lindsey, Catherine Theresa Lingenfelser, Donna Londeen, William Long, Joel Logsdon, Tara Loundree-Anderson, Linda Elaine Kathleen Lovatt, Sondra Lower, Athlyn Luzier, James Lynch, LeeSh Lynch, Chuck Mahaffey, John Mahey, Rudena Kramer Malloy, Harold L. Mansfield, Lorna Marks, Raymond L. Marris, John Martinson, Mary Mastripolito, Linda Maucelli, Cheryl Gunn Maxwell, Fred T. May, Linda Mayenschein, Sharon McAllister, Judy A. McClarnon, Ronald McComb, Dan McCorkendale, Cheryl Dixon McCorkle, Diana McCorkle, Gerald Steward McCorkle, Layna Janine McCorkle, Leon McCorkle, Leslie L. McCorkle, Rev. Louis Wellington McCorkle, Marjorie Dean McCorkle, Morgan Carney McCorkle, Randy McCorkle, Sean McCorkle, Sherrie Pritchard McCorkle, Tom McCorkle, Henrietta McCormick, Mary Hardin McCown, G. Lucy McCoy, Larry McGirr, Austin V. McIninch, Michael T. McIntosh, Esther Elizabeth McCorkle McKinley, Jennings Donell Means, Josephine A. McCorkle Wright Melroy, Constance Corley Metheny, Dave Milem, Ann Bush Miller, Paula Miller, Sharlene Miller, Dawn Lindsey Mills, M. Virginia Mills, Nancy Moore, Clela Fuller Morgan, Estella Morrison, Estella Rees Morrison, Evan Morrison, Oren F. Morton, Mims Gordon Moseley, Sandy McCorkle Moss, Jerry Mower, Marion Day Mullins, Nita Munoz, Carl Murdock, N. A. Murdock, Charles Musser, George Mustain, G. A. Nagel, Gloria Neal, Sandra Neidholdt, Chris Nelson, Abby Newell, Nadine Stark Newman, Raymond Nieder, Barb Norvell, Jeanette Johnson Nycz, Joe Ogle, Nancy P. Olson, Betty Orsi, Don Ort, Cecillia Ostermeyer, Patty Overfield, Valeria K. Pahl, Darren Page, Kit Parker, Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, Bill Penington, Lloyd Peternell, Gene Phillips, Ellen Joann Geralds Pierce, Vivian Herrin Pope, Diana Powell, Clarence Pratt, Barbara Proffitt, Carol Proffitt, Gilbert Puckett, Betty Pulley, Nick Questell, Debra Wagner Quillen, Martha Woodruff Rains, Lorna Remy, Charles Rhea, James & Ruth Ann Ricketts, Mitzi Roberts, Terry Roberts, Shay Rockman, Anthony Rockefeller, Marilyn Heuett Rowell, Thomas Llewellyn Samuel, Marge Samuelson, Barbara Wooley Saxon, Dick Say, Clifford Scarberry, Peter Schlup, Bryan T. Schneider, Sandy Sealy, Karla Willis Sharp, Tammy Sharp, Nancy Shaw, Thomas Wilson Shawcross, Doneva Shepard, Terri Sherrod, Larry G. Shuck, Andre' Jack Shye, F. Leonard Sibel, Nancy J. Silkey, Helen T. Sills, Darwin Simmons, Joyce M. Slack-Sadler, Lisa Smalley, Karen Dunagan Smith, Susan Ellis Smith, Terry Smith, Janet Smoot, John Snowden, Mary Fern Vanpool Souder, Jeannie Southers, Cantrella Speed, Sandy Spradling, Robert Allen Spurgeon, J. Allan Stanard, Cleda Stephens, Lillian Florence Stephensen, David Scott Stewart, Jennifer Stewart, Kathline Stewart, Nancy Jones Stickley, Helen S. Stinson, Joseph H. Stoker, John Stroud, John Hale Stutesman, John Stutzman, Patricia Suiter, Betty Summers, Ben H. Swett, Diane Szeliga, Chrystal Bailey Talbott, Mary Tarr, Tresa Tatyrek, Joseph Taylor, Sandra Taylor, Linda J. Arthur Tejera, Paulette Bevins Templeton, Richard A. Thomas, John Thomason, Judith Thorp, Sandra L. Tidwell, Angeline Milbourn Tucker, Bill Turley, Barbara Turner, Mary F. Twyning, Pat Tyler, Roger Van Cleve, Jeannie W. Vaught, Don L. Verdiani, Patricia G. Viellenave, Frederick Adams Virkus, Darrell G. Waddell, Daraleen Wade, Robert Waldron, George Seldon Wallace, Sandra Walls, Chris Warack, Faye Ware, Jack Ware, Inez Line Warf, Denise Waterforth, Kenneth E. Weant, Helen Billups Webb, Robert Webster, Michael Wedell, Lela C. McCorkle Welch, Mary Wells, Robert M. Wells, Donna Welsch, Carolyn Whitaker, Donna White, E. S. White, Julie Whitfield, Barbara Whitters, Ray V. Willardson, Michele Williams, DeWayne Wilson, George F. & Maryhelen Wilson, Gwendolyn Wilson-McSwain, Robert Wilson, Ronald C. Wilson, Carolyn Winch, Dianne Wintch, Eliza Warwick Wise, Carol S. Wolfe, Meldon J. Wolfgang, Moria Wolfinger, Howard W. Woodruff, Louise McCaffrey Woody, Barbara Wright, Glenn Wright, Carol Van Tine Yocom, Judy Zaros, the staff of the LDS Family History Centers in Decatur, Alabama; Port Charlotte, Florida; Fort Myers, Florida; Naperville, Illinois; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Green Tree, Pennsylvania; & Knoxville, Tennessee, the staff of the Chicago Branch of the National Archives, the staff of the Wheaton Library Genealogy Department, Wheaton Illinois, the staff of the Briggs Lawrence Co. Library Genealogy Department, Ironton Ohio, the staff of the Fort Myers – Lee Co. Library, Fort Myers Florida, the staff of the Mid-County Regional Library Reference Department, Port Charlotte, Florida, the staff of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knoxville, Tennessee, the volunteers of the Cass Co., Missouri Historical Society and the staff of the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Any omissions are unintentional.
I am especially grateful to the transcribers of old documents. This is a very difficult task and every serious researcher should try their hand at transcription. Copies of original census records are a good place to start. Most of the authors of the transcriptions that I have used are included in the above list.
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