Sources
1. Marriage License #10702, State of CO., City and County of Denver
2. “Scrap Book,” Greg Lasley, Austin, TX, handwritten entries by Eleanor Catherine Adams titled “my family”.
3. “Holy Bible, Lasley family from Mississippi, 1940s,” xerox copies of “family record” page in poss. Greg Lasley.
4. “Federal Pension File,” Pension application filed for children of James P. Lasley (Leslie) by Sarah Jane Lasley, U.S. Federal Archives, copy with G. Lasley.
5. “family oral history,” copy with Greg Lasley, Jack Elliott, Billie Lasley Chapman., single sheet of paper given to Billie Lasley Chapman by Sarah Blanche Lasley ca 1970, This “family tree” was written in 1939 by Sarah Blanche Lasley with information provided by James Dennis Lasley.
6. “Marriage Certificate,” In poss. of Greg Lasley, Austin, TX.
7. “Information from Carla L. Mills (nee Johnson),” 6 Dec 2000, 23 Nov 2002, oral interviews with her notes on several occasions.
8. 1900 PA census, Reading, Berks Co., Dist. 7, Enu. Dist 65, sheet 7
9. Tombstone Inscriptions in Bernhard Adam Private Burying Ground. Formerly Cumru Township, Now 18th Ward, Reading, PA. File number BE/26A in Collection of Historical Society of PA in Philadelphia.
10. Epitaphs “Handbook of Historic Family Graveyards in Berks Co., PA”. By Jacquelin B. Nein, Joan Texter, Cynthia Jimenez. pp184-187
11. “Eighteenth-Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America” Vol. 1:The Northern Krachgau (Breinigsville, PA, The Pennsylvania German Society, 1983)“Eighteenth-Century Emigrants from German-speaking Lands to North America” Vol. 1:The Northern Krachgau (Breinigsville, PA, The Pennsylvania German Society, 1983). page 34
12. Karpowich, Jim. 2001. 108 page file on decendents of Nicholas Adam. This information contains information from a variety of sources, most of which are listed in the text. Mr. Karpowich is also an Adam descendant.
13. Cemeteries of Clay County, Mississippi., Vol. 1. Clay County Genealogical Society, West Point, MS. 1999.
14. Confederate widow’s pension application, Mississippi State Archives, Jackson MS, copy of this document in G. Lasley files.
15. Clay County History Book Committee, History of Clay County, Mississippi, Curtis Media Corp., 1988.
17. Confederate Service Record, Mississippi State Archives, Copy of this document in G. Lasley files., Enlisted 44th Miss Inf., May 1861 at age 21.
18. Confederate Service Record, Mississippi State Archives, Copy of this document in G. Lasley files.
19. Barbara Exum Higgins, descendant of Exum line. Pers comm to G. Lasley, July 2005
21. Pers comm from Steven E. Ross, a decendant of Robert Hardy & Emily Hyche., November 2003
22. “Oktibbeha Co. Marriage Record Book (1861-1870),” Starkville, MS.
23. Virginia P. Ellis, pers. comm., August 2004. Ms. Ellis is a great grandaughter of Robert Hardy through his second wife.
24. “Clay County Marriage Record Book #1,” Marriage bond for J. W. Harvey and Mrs. Nancy Ball, 22 Jan 1873, Bondsmen: J. W. Harvey, B. F. Doster, W. A. Elliot (sic), married on 23 Jan 1873 by A. C. Harris M.G.
25. Quartermaster General Office, Alphabetical Index to Places of Interment of Deceased Union Soldiers, published 1868; Rolls of Honor I-XIII, Central District of Texas page 10.
26. Union Soldiers Buried at Victoria, by Greg Lasley, 2001
http://www.viptx.net/vcgs/UnionSoldiers.html#union
27. “Holy Bible, Johnson and Munson Family,” Cheryl Johnson, Austin, TX (bible traditionally handed down to youngest daughter), handwritten entries into family bible.
28. Vava Vieda "Sue" Johnson (nee Munson) personal files & interview 11 Sep 2002
29. “Hardy Family tree, published on genealogy.com as gedcom file,” 2001, Hilland Hardy, all info about Henry H. Hardy’s decendants from this source.
30. “PA census,” 1910, Census lists “Succa” but this is a typo and should read “Lucca”.
32. Sylvia Sine Whittaker, pers. somm., August 2003
33. “Federal Pension File,” file on children of Commodore Curtis by Sarah Curtis (formerly Lasley), U. S. National Archives, Civil War Soldiers.
34. Thomas L. Downey, pers. comm., July 2004. Thomas is the grandson of Roy & Blanche Snider.
35. Collection of Ima Eula Mewborn
36. Information provided to GL by Gayle Hardy, 2002
37. Following The Foorprints On The Sands Of Time; chapter 10, the Shilling Family. Compiled by James Lee Wignall, 1986. This is a 28 page document sent to me by Roxanna Stevens. Unknown if it is published anywhere.
38. Jim Shilling, Starke Co., IN, pers comm. Dec. 2007
39. Data supplied by Bruce & Joan Cantrell. Joan is a Shilling descendant. November 2002
40. Morton L. Montgomery, Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks Co., PA, 1909.
41. Lee Sulzberger, Shilling researcher, Huntsville, AL. Mr. Sulzberger has an extensive Shilling file with numerous references.
42. Information provided by Roxie Stevens concerning her ancestors and relatives, October 2002 and May 2005. Pers comm to G. Lasley.
43. Mervine's Recap of Adams family, page 349, Vol. 24
44. The Descendants of Peter and Sophie (Lauer) Ruth. 1994. Compiled by Jack Ackerboom and Anna Ruth Salzman. L of C Catalog Number 94-66676
45. David Adams, Adams Family Research Center, Reading, PA
46. Karpowich, Jim. 2001. 108 page file on decendents of Nicholas Adam. This information contains information from a variety of sources, most of which are listed in the text. Mr. Karpowich is also an Adam descendant. Gives the Washington Co., MD info.
47. Pers Comm from Suzy Bettac, October 2003. Ms. Bettac is a direct descendant of Julianna Margaretha Adams and John Fasnacht.
48. Alice Rhoda, Chatham, IL, 10/2001, pers. comm. data on her family.
49. Sharon Gavin, a descendant of Jestina Adam and Peter Barr., Pers. Comm to G. Lasley, August 2004.
51. Martha Marble, pers. comm, August 2004
52. Letter to Mrs. Bryan (apparently in West point, MS) from Moses Lawrence Westbrook of Houston, Texas, GG grandson of Charles Westbrook. Letter dated 1 April 1972.
53. Data received from Rose Ann Parks, April 2003. Pers Comm.
54. Data Received from Chalmers Omberg, a descendant of Tabitha Exum and Benjamin Smith. July, 2005, Pers Comm to G. Lasley
55. Jack Elliott, Jr. West Point, Clay Co., MS, pers. comm., December 2002
56. Charles Westbrook Bible, photo copy in the West Point, Mississippi library
57. Westbrook and Allied Families. Compiled and published by Blair Jones, Pell City, Alabama.
58. Family Bible, owned by the Mrs. Walter Brame nee Margaret Westbrook family.
59. Information from Alice Anne Parsons TeKolste, pers comm., July 2003
60. Ron Bird, Germantown, WI. Ron is a great nephew of Oakie Clapsaddle. Pers. Comm., August 2004
62. Nancy Watkins, pers. comm., April 2003. Ms. Watkins is a descendant of the Kennedy family
63. Information received from John Klopp, Chester Co., PA in November 2002
64. Berks Co., PA cemetery records
65. Information received from Mary Bobbit 11/02, a Klopp descendant
66. Information received from Dave Rigney, a Klopp descendant. Pers. comm. to G. Lasley, November, 2006
67. Pers comm from Ellen Baney, November 2003
68. information received from Sharon Beth “Betsy” Klopp, February 2003 and July 2005
69. Barbara Jane Gosnell Norton, grandaughter of Eulalie Clopp, pers. comm. September 2003
70. Information received from Brian York, a descendant of Jacob P. Putt. May 2003 & March 2004
71. Dick Hunsinger, pers comm, July 2004
72. Gail White & Wandalee Brown, email correspondence January & April 2004.
73. Geoffrey D. Decker, great grandson of John Adam Klopp. Pers Comm to G. Lasley, March, 2007.
74. Information received from Kristine Ritter from PA in December 2002
75. Don Thomen, pers. comm. to G. Lasley January-February 2005
76. Steve Downey, pers comm to G. Lasley, Feb. 2006
77. 4. BATTLE BOOK A Geneology of the Battle Family in America by H B Battle, L Yelverton, W J Battle The Paragon Press, Mongomery, Alabama, 1930
