1. Christian¹ Roth died Unknown.

More About Christian Roth:

Surname Variant: Rhodt, Roesch, Rhoads, Rhoades, Rhode(s), Rode

Child of Christian Roth is:

2. Heinrich² Rode (Christian¹ Roth)¹ was born 1686 in Mannheim, Palatinate, Germany^2,3, and died 1747 in Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA. He married (1) Elizabeth Ulrich Rhinehardt Bet. 1704 - 1707 in Germany, daughter of Ulrich Rhinehardt and Unknown. She was born Abt. 1686 in Germany^4,5, and died Abt. 1713 in Germany. He married (2) Catherine Rhinehardt 1716, daughter of Ulrich Rhinehardt and Unknown. She was born Bet. 1688 - 1698 in Mannheim, Germany^6,7,8, and died 07 April 1774 in Ursina, Bedford County, PA.

Notes for Heinrich Rode:

THE RHINEHARDT SISTERS

There is conflicting data on who the Rhinehardt sisters married (Capt. Henry Rhoads' father or his grandfather). I have placed them with Capt. Henry's grandfather because the ages seem to be more compatible. Heinrich married Elizabeth first in Germany and they had children. She died c1713 and Heinrich soon after remarried her younger sister Catherine. Catherine came to the US with Heinrich and they had children also. There is also confusion about which children belong to which mother and even as to how many there were. Again, I have tried to attach them where the ages seem to indicate the best connection.---Ron Myers

HEINRICH RODE AND HEINRICH RODE, SR.

There is conflicting material on the father and grandfather of Capt. Henry Rhoads. Some seems to indicate two Heinrich Rodes preceding Capt. Henry and some that indicates only one. The available information is variously included as one person or separated in two biographies. I have attempted to separate the two as best as possible, but, I am not yet satisfied about the actual true facts.,---Ron Myers

RODE, ROTH, RHOADS, ROESCH, ETC.

Rhodes, Rhoads and related families prominent in Frederick Co. history are believed to be descendants of Germanic Roth families (pronounced in Continental Europe Roat). The rapid change to Rhodes and other spellings may be accounted for by the old hizzing pronunciation of TH by the English and by confusion with the English word rot.

Henry Rothes (wife Catherine) sold part of Tasker's Chance back to Daniel Dulany in 1749. Henry Rode sold land to Jacob Baney (Beny) in 1760. Henry Roads bought from John George Arnold the tract Rhod's Purchase, a portion of Ramshorn with deed of 1749. Henry Rhodes (wife Catherine) sold the tract Cuckhold's Homs next to Ramshorn to Samuel Bussard in 1763. Henry Rhodes signed a petition led by Stephen Ramsburg against unjust taxation of German settlers. Henry Rhode Jr. bought land from Solomon Vickory in 1805. Henry Rott bought land from Barton Philpot in 1783. These are various ways that English officials wrote down what they heard Germans enunciate. There may have been a Rhodes family of English origin in Western Maryland. A John Rhodes had an estate settlement in Prince George's Co., in 1735; kin were Nicholas Roads and George Williams.

---"Monocacy and Catoctin Some Early Pioneers" page 73

FROM JEAN RHOADS CAMAS

OBTAINED FROM JEFF MURPHY DATABASE AT www.genealogy.org/~smcgee/cgi-bin/genweb.cgi/DB=murphy/INDE.../?LookupInterna

Brethren Encyclopedia, typeset by Brethren Press, printed by Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelly & Sons Co., Williard, OH

"Roth, Heinrich (Rhoads, Henry, Sr.) 1686-c1750. Born in Manheim, Germany, Roth immigrated to Pennsylvania c 1733 with his second wife Catherine, the daughter of ulrich Reinhardt. His first wife, Elizabeth, had been Catherine's sister. The Roths lived for a time at Germantown, then near Tulpehocken, PA, and entered the Ephrata Community before they moved to Frederick Co., MD, c1747. One son was Henry Roth (Rhoads), Jr. (1712-1774). About 1770 he moved to what later became Somerset Co., PA, where he, his wife, and his daughter were early members of the Stony Creek congregation, formed in their home. His descendants, including a son, Henry Rhoades (1739-1814), were prominent in western Pennsylvania and Kentucky."

FROM "TWO CENTURIES OF BROTHERSVALLEY'

p. 162

Henry Roth, (Heinrich Roth, Sr.), was born in Manheim, Germany, in 1686, and died in Ursina, Pennsylvania, in 1774, and is buried in the Rhoads Cemetery, on his tract of 1771, near Brooks Tunnel on the B & 0 Railroad, near Ursina, in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The father of Henry (Heinrich) was Christian Roth. [Note; is this the first Heinrich Roth who may have died at Ephrata in 1747 or the second who died in 1774?---RCM].

Heinrich Roth, Senior, was married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth Ulrich, sister to Catherine (Caterina). To this union were born four sons: Peter, who was a minister and on coming to America remained in Lancaster County. The other three sons, in order of their birth were: Frederick, Ulrich and John. To date no date of their births have been discovered by this author.

His first wife, Elizabeth, and his second wife, Catherine, were daughters of Ulrich Rhinehardt, also of Manheim, Germany. The wife of Ulrich died in Germany and he and his family came to America with Henry Roth on the Ship Hope, in 1733.

By his second wife Heinrich had the following children: Martin, who was elected to the ministry in the old Stony Creek Church in 1770; David, Abraham, Ulrich and a daughter, Catherine, who was born in Manheim, Germany before they came to America.

Catherine Roth married John Ulrich Rhinehardt, who moved to Frederick County, Maryland, and became an elder in the Pipe Creek Church, near the present site of Westminster, near "the Ridge." John Rhinehardt also moved into Frederick County, Maryland, into what is now Carroll County, and became an elder in the Pipe Creek Church. Frederick Rhinehardt moved to Frederick County, Maryland, "to the headwaters of the Little Pipe Creek," and also became an elder in that branch of the Pipe Creek Church. David Rhinehardt, brother of John, moved to Beaverdam, Frederick County, Maryland and became an elder in that branch of the Pipe Creek Church in 1771.

From the same notes of Dr. E. C. Saylor: Peter Rhinehardt was born, 1773, died, 1806. Martin Rhinehardt, born 1757, died, 1820; Abraham Rhinehardt, born, 1770, died 1842. David Rhinehardt married Jane Cronise (1832), daughter of Jacob Cronise, Monrovia Frederick County, Maryland. David was born, 1801; became a deacon in the Bush Creek Church at "Dunkard Hill," 1836, elected to the ministry, 1839. In,1867 he moved to Cabeltown, West Virginia. In 1869, Elder David Rhinehardt moved back into Maryland and settled near Weverton and became an elder in that congregation. He died in 1882.

Catherine Rhinehardt Roth was born in 1688.

Heinrich settled in the congregation of the old Trappe Church near Tulpehocken and became an admirer of Conrad Beissel. He left the Trappe Church and followed Beissel into his monastery at Ephrata (or Cloister) in 1742. In 1744, he met Elder George Adam Martin and followed him in his preaching. In 1748, Heinrich moved into the area of the present bounds of the Pleasant View Church of the Brethren, Middletown Valley, Frederick County, Maryland. [Note; is this the first or second Heinrich Roth? Or both?---RCM]

More About Heinrich Rode:

Given Name: 1686, Henry

Migration 1: 1733, Manheim, Germany, to America on the ship "Hope"⁹

Migration 2: Bet. 1733 - 1742, Germantown, PA, to Tulpehoken, PA?

Migration 3: 1742, Tulpehocken, PA, to Ephrata, PA

Notes for Elizabeth Ulrich Rhinehardt:

THE RHINEHARDT SISTERS

There is conflicting data on who the Rhinehardt sisters married (Capt. Henry Rhoads' father or his grandfather). I have placed them with Capt. Henry's grandfather because the ages seem to be more compatible. Heinrich married Elizabeth first in Germany and they had children. She died c1713 and Heinrich soon after remarried her younger sister Catherine. Catherine came to the US with Heinrich and they had children also. There is also confusion about which children belong to which mother and even as to how many there were. Again, I have tried to attach them where the ages seem to indicate the best connection.---Ron Myers

More About Heinrich Rode and Elizabeth Rhinehardt:

Marriage: Bet. 1704 - 1707, Germany

Notes for Catherine Rhinehardt:

THE RHINEHARDT SISTERS

There is conflicting data on who the Rhinehardt sisters married (Capt. Henry Rhoads' father or his grandfather). I have placed them with Capt. Henry's grandfather because the ages seem to be more compatible. Heinrich married Elizabeth first in Germany and they had children. She died c1713 and Heinrich soon after remarried her younger sister Catherine. Catherine came to the US with Heinrich and they had children also. There is also confusion about which children belong to which mother and even as to how many there were. Again, I have tried to attach them where the ages seem to indicate the best connection.---Ron Myers

More About Catherine Rhinehardt:

Date born 2: 1714, Germany¹⁰

More About Heinrich Rode and Catherine Rhinehardt:

Marriage: 1716

Children of Heinrich Rode and Elizabeth Rhinehardt are:

Children of Heinrich Rode and Catherine Rhinehardt are:

3. Heinrich³ Rode, Sr. (Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 23 January 1711/12 in Mannheim, Palatinate, Germany¹², and died 12 April 1774 in Brothers Valley, Bedford County, PA. He married Catherine Cable Bet. 1728 - 1738 in Palatinate, Germany. She died Unknown.

Notes for Heinrich Rode, Sr.:

THE RHINEHARDT SISTERS

There is conflicting data on who the Rhinehardt sisters married (Capt. Henry Rhoads' father or his grandfather). I have placed them with Capt. Henry's grandfather because the ages seem to be more compatible. Heinrich married Elizabeth first in Germany and they had children. She died c1713 and Heinrich soon after remarried her younger sister Catherine. Catherine came to the US with Heinrich and they had children also. There is also confusion about which children belong to which mother and even as to how many there were. Again, I have tried to attach them where the ages seem to indicate the best connection.---Ron Myers

HEINRICH RODE AND HEINRICH RODE, SR.

There is conflicting material on the father and grandfather of Capt. Henry Rhoads. Some seems to indicate two Heinrich Rodes preceding Capt. Henry and some that indicates only one. The available information is variously included as one person or separated in two biographies. I have attempted to separate the two as best as possible, but, I am not yet satisfied about the actual true facts.

For example, p. 164 of "Two Centuries of Brothersvalley", "The children of Heinrich and Catherine Rhinehardt Roth were: Jacob, Joseph, Daniel, Henry, Jr., John, Susanna, married John Swisher, Barbara, married Michael Sills (Sells). (Barbara listed in the 1762 member-

ship, Stony Creek Church), Catherine, married Frederick Sipe. [Note; this must be an error. It should be the children of Heinrich and Catherine Cable Roth---RCM]---Ron Myers

TULPEHOCKEN AND EPHRATA

From "Two Centuries Of Brothersvalley" p. 163

Heinrich settled in the congregation of the old Trappe Church near Tulpehocken and became an admirer of Conrad Beissel. He left the Trappe Church and followed Beissel into his monastery at Ephrata (or Cloister) in 1742. In 1744, he met Elder George Adam Martin and followed him in his preaching. In 1748, Heinrich moved into the area of the present bounds of the Pleasant View Church of the Brethren, Middletown Valley, Frederick County, Maryland.

The Arnolds were influential in bringing other Brethren families into the community, so that well before 1800 there was a large Brethren settlement in the Burkittsville area and at Broad Run. In many instances, the Arnolds sold land to the new Brethren families. For example, on Feburary 9, 1748, Henry Rhodes, Sr., bought land of John George Arnold and settled on it. Later this same Henry Rhodes moved to Brothers Valley and was active in forming a Brethren Fellowship at that place.

Heinrich Roth was not satisfied with the community at Pleasant View for the Brethren were of the Elder Daniel Leatherman following and Elder Leatherman was a strict follower of Alexander Mack and Peter Becker, the two strongest preachers in the Church, and founders of the denomination. Roth had Sabbatarian leanings and was a strict follower of Beissel and Martin. Elder George Adam Martin was in the Pleasant View area in 1758 but was not well received because Daniel Leatherman would not accept his preaching and thus the members did not receive him.--- "Two Centuries Of Brothersvalley"

TO MARYLAND

"Monoacacy and Cotoctin Early Settlers" page 170

Early German Baptist Brethren Congregations

The earliest evidence of the German Baptists, often called Dunkards, in the Monocacy area is in a letter to German Reformed leader Michael Schlatter written in 1748 by Christian Getzendanner, John Thomas Schley, Jacob and Eli Brunner, Jacob Storm, and Stephen Remensperger of the Frederick Reformed Church. They asked for advice from Rev. Schlatter on how to encourage their members from leaving to join the Dunkards. Already Nicholas Fink and Herman Rotts (Rhodes?) had joined the Pietist group. They were active in trying to convert others to the Dunkard beliefs. Fink and Rhodes held land on Tasker's Chance near Frederick. The Conoheague Congregation of Dunkards further west was begun by George Adam Martin. According to D. F. Durnbaugh in the book Brethren in Colonial America (1967), Jacob Danner or Tanner began his ministry in MD in 1747. Land records and a letter, which he wrote later to Alexander Mack, placed his later home in the Lingamore section. Anthony ??? was an assistant of Danner. Services were held in homes at first… The name German Baptist Brethren was changed in 1907 to Church of the Brethren.---"Monoacacy and Cotoctin Early Settlers"

GERMAN PROTESTORS

The following largely Germanic settlers of Monocacy Valley, led by Stephen Remsberg (Riemensperger) protested their treatment by tax collectors in June 1748 to the Maryland Council, which included Governor Samuel Ogle, Benjamin Tasker, Daniel Dulany, Edward Lloyd and Benedict Calvert:

Jacob Fout, Peter Apple, Henry Trout, Melchior Warfield, Christian Thomas, John Browner, Jacob Browner, Nicholas Reisner, Casper Windred, Peter Hoffman, Henry Roads, Conrad Kemp, Francis Wise, Isaac Miller, Joseph Browner, Henry Browner, David Delauter, Peter Shaffer, Christian Getzendanner, Jacob Smith, John Smith, George Loy, Thomas Johnson, Nicholas Fink*, Kenneth Bechdold, Martin Wetzel, Jacob Brunner.

Joseph Ogle testified in support of the harassed settlers and reported that several were planning to move to Virginia.---"Monocacy & Catoctin" page 632

ACROSS THE ALLEGHENIES

First Brethren Across The Alleghenies

"The first movement of Brethren across the Allegheny Mountains in Pennsylvania was to Bruederthal, Brother's Valley, in what is now Somerset County, PA. The congregation, known as Stony Creek, consisted of 17 members in 1770:

Elder George Adam Martin and wife; Henry Roth and wife and daughter; Henry Roth, Jr. and wife; George Newmoyer; Philip Aswald and wife and daughter; Abraham Gebel and wife; Wildebarger and wife."---"A History of the German Baptist Brethren" Martin Grove Brumbaugh, Brethren Publishing House, 1899 at www.cob-net.org/text/genbrm15.htm

STONY CREEK

The Stony Creek Chart of Organization shows that in 1769, Elder Daniel S. Arnold, from the Pleasant View congregation (which was then a part of Middletown congregation), was an elder in the Stony Creek Church, with oversight of the Eastern Allegheny Church, which was the forerunner of the old Wills Creek congregation, later mother-church to the Cumberland, Maryland Church. In 1784, Elder Arnold removed to

Kentucky, and in 1785, to the Beaver Run congregation, West Virginia.

Heinrich Roth and his family moved to Stony Creek in 1760. By courtesy of the late Mrs. W. H. Newmeyer, we have this note, 1954, a deed to land on the eastside of the Allegheny Mountain, in the Dunnings Creek section, not far from where Elder Daniel S. Arnold settled in 1769. (Indeed this may be the same tract.) Here is the deed as it is recorded in the Carlisle Courthouse:

"By the Proprietaries: Whereas Henry Rhoads, County of Cumberland and hath requested that we would allow him to take up (200) acres of land on the east side of Dunnings Creek---adjoining George Croghans land the said County of Cumberland. Providing said land does not interfere with the Manor Lowthers, And agrees to pay on terms of six months, from rate of fifteen pounds ten shiIlings yearly quit rent of one half penny sterling, July 7, 1762."

At that time Roth was living in the Glades of the Stony Creek in what is now Stonycreek Township.

THE FIRST MEETINGHOUSE

From "Two Centuries of Brothersvalley"

This mill was used for a meetinghouse of the Brethren until 1771, when Roth built the first large house in all Stony Creek. In 1770, he bought 200 acres of land that is now "Round Meadows" belonging to Mr. and Mrs. William Glessner, just across the road from the old John Glessner tannery. Heinrich Roth was a blacksmith by trade. One of the very interesting things about early education in Bruedersthal is that Henry Roth taught Sunday afternoon Bible lessons in his mill as early as 1769, which was the forerunner of the day school taught in 1770.

The name of Roth has undergone many changes, from the original name to: Roads, Rodes, Rhodes, Rhoads, Rode. This family has produced many ministers for the Church of Christ in her many denominational branches. Heinrich Roth was a man of great ability and fortitude. Though he disagreed with the elders of the Dunker side of the church, he remained a staunch supporter of his Seventh Day beliefs until his death in 1774.

His son, Henry, Jr., sold his land holdings in Stony Creek and moved to the Ursina tract in 1773, and lived there until his trek into Kentucky in 1785, where he spent his last days and died on March 6, 1814.

Following are the will and land survey of Heinrich Roth. The will is very interesting and quaint in wording. It is given here for it answers many questions about this important elder in the Old Stony Creek Church. The land survey is placed at this point in the story for it shows the original location of the old church. The author will go into greater detail about this area and its early settlers in his book, "The Church in the Wilderness."

The ownership of the land and old Roth Meetinghouse has followed this list from 1769-1962; Heinrich Roth, Sr., Joseph Roth, John Musser, Tobias Musser, Jacob Musser, Tobias Glessner, Edward Glessner, Leroy W. Glessner, William Glessner (1951-1962).

Situated on the East Branch of Stony Creek in Brothers Valley Township, Bedford County-and surveyed the 6th day of May 1774 by Warrent dated the 3rd day of October 1773.

This was the Henry Rhoads, Sr. homestead. His Will, January 28, 1774, states that Joseph has bought the "plantation." On June 19, 1773 Handry Rhoads deeded to Joseph Rhoads the following described property: "Lying in Brothers Valley Twp. Bounded by lands of Geo. Rimelon (Kimmel) on South and Michael Sell on the West and lands of John Rhoads on North, Bounded by a Creek with several courses to the mouth of said Creek and a west course from said creek to a hickory centaimny by estimation 300 acres. Consideration 150 f- pluss subject nevertheless to the purchase money & proprietary suit rent due or hereinafter due" (Deed Book A, page 180, Bedford Co.)*---pp. 165-166

"If you treat the Indians in a Christian way, you can get along with them." Heinrich Rode, Sr.---page 66

The Redstone Peace Treaty, 1768, and Stanwix, NY, Peace Treaty opened Borthersvalley for white settlement.---p. 102

Providing said land does not interfere with the Manor Lowthers, And agrees to pay on terms of six months, from rate of fifteen pounds ten shillings yearly quit rent of one half penny sterling, July 7, 1762." recorded at the Carlisle Courthouse.---p. 164

"...17 persons are baptized (at Stonycreek Church) and may be considered as the constiituents of the church, viz. Rev. George Adam Martin and wife, Henry Roth and wife and daughter, Henry Roth, jur. and wife, George Newmoyer, Philip Oswald and wife and daughter, Abraham Gebel and wife, Philip Kimmel and wife, Mr. Widdebarger and wife." on the 1770 organizing of Stonycreek Church [from "Materials Toward History of the Baptists" by Morgan Edwards]---p. 184

THE LOG MEETING HOUSE

The Henry Roth, Sr., log house stood in a low meadow on the north bank of Rhoads Creek, which empties into the Stony Creek an eighth of a mile west.

In 1771, there was a large log meeting house built on high ground in a clearing belonging to his son, Henry Roth, Jr. This became the first meetinghouse of the Brethren west of the Allegheny Mountain...

...This meetinghouse was still standing in 1921 when it was torn down.---p. 187

It was said that Henry Roth, Sr., "exhorted the people in his congregation." ...he was an "exhorting deacon,"...the elder in charge.---p. 192

There is another Henry Rhodes who came into New York harbor in 1723, but it seems that this Rhodes settled in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and was a Mennonite.

In 1770, when Elder Martin took his third trip into the South the church was without enough elders to service the growing church on both sides of the congregation, Henry was elected to the ministry.

On June 5, 1762, Henry Roth bought another piece of land, in Cumberland County, that section in what is now Bedford County, known as Flat Spring. This was a parcel of 50 acres. The deed and settlement was drawn up, September 18, 1772. Sealed by: Abraham Cable, *August 31, 1775. (*This must have been Henry, Jr., for Henry, Sr., died in 1774.)

In 1768, Heinrich Roth, Sr., built a grist mill and saw mill in Stony Creek. This was yet Indian hunting territory. The final settlement or peace treaty was not signed until the following year. The grinding stones or mill stones were made at Fort Cumberland of Allegheny flint and were hauled on a sled all the way over the rough terrain by a brace of oxen. This mill was used for a meetinghouse of the Brethren until 1771, when Roth built the first large house in all Stony Creek. In 1770, he bought 200 acres of land that is now "Round Meadows" belonging to Mr. and Mrs. William Glessner, just across the road from the old John Glessner tannery. Heinrich Roth was a blacksmith by trade. One of the very interesting things about early education in Bruedersthal is that Henry Roth taught Sunday afternoon Bible lessons in his mill as early as 1769, which was the forerunner of the day school taught in 1770.

The name of Roth has undergone many changes, from the original name to: Roads, Rodes, Rhodes, Rhoads, Rode. This family has produced many ministers for the Church of Christ in her many denominational branches. Heinrich Roth was a man of great ability and fortitude. Though he disagreed with the elders of the Dunker side of the church, he remained a staunch supporter of his Seventh Day beliefs until his death in 1774.

His son, Henry, Jr., sold his land holdings in Stony Creek and moved to the Ursina tract in 1773, and lived there until his trek into Kentucky in 1785, where he spent his last days and died on March 6, 1814.

Following are the will and land survey of Heinrich Roth. The will is very interesting and quaint in wording. It is given here for it answers many questions about this important elder in the Old Stony Creek Church. The land survey is placed at this point in the story for it shows the original location of the old church. The author will go into greater detail about this area and its early settlers in his book, "The Church in the Wilderness."

The ownership of the land and old Roth Meetinghouse has followed this list from 1769-1962; Heinrich Roth, Sr., Joseph Roth, John Musser, Tobias Musser, Jacob Musser, Tobias Glessner, Edward Glessner, Leroy W. Glessner, William Glessner (1951-1962).---pp. 164-167

Will OF HENRY RHOADS, SR., JAN. 28, 1774

Will Book No. 1, Page 5; Bedford Co.-

In the name of God Amen. I Handry Rhoads of the County of Bedford and Province of Pennsylvania Being weack in health but sound in mind & mamry do this Twenty eight Day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred & seventy four mack and ordain these my last Will and Testament in following manner first I do ordin all my just Debts to be paid and next that ny tow sons John Rhoads and Joseph Rhoads are to deliver unto my wife Caterina in yearly and every year as shee is a withe the sum of fourteen bushels of gut and clean wheat and to sow or cause to be sowet for her use one quarter of an acker of flocks and also to plant for her use one quarter of an acker of Potatoes and I do further will in this my last will and testament that the said John and Joseph Rhoads shall keep and feet two couse for her use also as long as she liveth and provide fler wod or case the same to be done and let her life where I life now during her life time but in case she marris again then all the above articles are to be void and I do further order in my last will and testament that all my children shall have an eckwill part of my estate of the sum of Sixty Pounds before my wife Caterina shall come in for her thords and I do further order in this my last will and testament that if all my children are of one eckwill sheer of the Sixty Pounds to each of them then John Rhoads and Joseph Rhoads is to take no more in sheer with the rest of my children Because the plantation is not offreset for them and I do further will and mack over to iny son Joseph Rhoads one plow and all the geirs and one Bolt Horse or gelten and the harrow and all the tacklinse there unto Belonging which the said Joseph Roads is to have and has cot to the plantation in his bargain of Beying the same and I do mack and order in this my last will and testament that the ececutators of this my will shall Bay a piece of land for my son Daniel Roads out of the first payment of my plantation as for his eckwill sheer with the rest of my children will allow for the same and I do hereby ordin and appoint Michael Syll and Abraham both of the County of Bedford to be the ececutators of this my last will and testament and lastly I do hereby revoke and mack void all former and other wills by me heretofore made Declaring this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I the said Handry Roads have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

Signed sealed & published & delivered by the said Handry Roads the testator as for his Last Will & Testament in the presence of us who in his presence have subscribed our names & written hereunto.

Abraham Cable

Johanny Fraze (Gross)

Jacob Cable

April 12, 1774 John Gross & Jacob Cable attested to the fact that the above was the last Will of Henry Roads. The same day Michael Syll & Abraham Cable were appointed Executors.---end of will---

"Situated on the East Branch of Stony Creek in Brothers Valley Township, Bedford County---and surveyed the 6th day of May 1774 by Warrent dated the 3rd day of October 1773." This was the Henry Rhoads, Sr., homestead. His Will, January 28, 1774, states that Joseph has bought the "plantation." On June 19, 1773 Handry Rhoads deeded to Joseph Rhoads the following described property: "Lying in Brothers Valley Twp. Bounded by lands of Geo. Rimelon (Kimmel) on South and Michael Sell on the West and lands of John Rhoads on North, Bounded by a Creek with several courses to the mouth of said Creek and a west course from said creek to a hickory centaimny by estimation 300 acres. Consideration 150 f--- pluss subject nevertheless to the purchase money & proprietary suit rent due or hereinafter due" (Deed Book A, page 180, Bedford Co.).

More About Heinrich Rode, Sr.:

Date born 2: 23 January 1707/08, ? ^13,14

Died 2: 1774, Ursina, PA?

Burial: 1774, Rhoads Cemetery, Somerset, PA

Deed 1: 19 June 1773, Heinrich Rhoads deeds "the plantation" to his son Joseph

Deed 2: 07 July 1762, 200 acres, east side of Dunnings Creek¹⁵

Given Name: 1712, Henry

Historical 1: 1744, One of the four original families in Brothersvalley

Historical 2: 1762, 1st organization of Stony Creek Church held in Heinrich Rhoads home

Historical 3: 1771, Built first large house on Stony Creek

Land Grant: 1764, Antrim Twnshp, on Dunnings Creek, Cumberland Co, 6/6/1762, 285 acres

Migration 1: Bef. 1744, Pipe Creek, MD, to Brothersvalley, PA¹⁶

Migration 2: 1733, Manheim, Germany, to America on the ship "Hope"¹⁷

Migration 3: 1762, Antrim Twnshp to Stony Creek

Migration 4: 1770, Stony Creek to Ursina

Ministry: 1768, Henry Roth, Sr., elected to the ministry in Stony Creek

Occupation: Blacksmith

Probate: 12 April 1774, will recorded

Property 1: 1770, Stony Creek Twnshp, bought 200 acres called Round Meadows from Wm Glessner, north of Berlin, PA

Property 2: 1746, Bought 323 acres from Daniel Dulaney, near Frederick, MD¹⁷

Property 3: 02 September 1748, Bought land from John George Arnold of Arnoldstown, near Burkittsville, MD, titled "Olio"¹⁷

Property 4: 1749, Bought 150 acres of "Cuckholds Horns"

Property 5: 1749, Sold part of Taskers Chance back to Daniel Dulany¹⁸

Property 6: 09 February 1748/49, purchased "Rhod's Purchase", of portion of Ramshorn, from John George Arnold.^18,19

Property 7: 05 September 1749, Bought 102 acres of "Rams Horns" from John George Arnold

Property 8: 18 March 1749/50, deeded "Rhod's Purchase" to Jacob Keller¹⁹

Property 9: 29 September 1750, patented 50 acres, "Round Meadow", on Hunting Creek, Hauver's Dist., from Daniel Dulany²⁰

Property 10: 1760, Sold land to Jacob Baney (Beny)²¹

Property 11: 1763, Sold "Cuckhold's Horns" next to Ramshorn, to Samuel Bussard²¹

Property 12: 1764, Taxable list - 50 acres warrented--rent 4, acres cleared, 4²²

Property 13: 1765, Taxables, Antrim Twnshp

Property 14: 1766, Taxables, Antrim Twnshp, 4 a. cleared, 100 w., 2 horses, 2 cows

Property 15: 1767, Taxables, Antrim Twnshp, 100 w. 12 a. cleared, 2 horses, 2 cows, 2 sheep

Property 16: 1768, Built grist mill & saw mill on Stony Creek

Property 17: 1768, Taxables, Bedford Twnshp, 100 w. 5 a. cleared, 1 saw mill, 5 horses, 5 cows

Property 18: 1769, Taxables, Bedford Twnshp, 2 lots

Property 19: 1770, Taxables, Bedford Twnshp, 5 acres cleared

Property 20: 1771, Taxables, Bedford Twnshp

Property 21: Bet. 1772 - 1773, John C. Cassidy Assessment List-221 acres cleared land²³

Religion: 1762, Stony Creek Church organized in the home of Henry Roth, Sr.²⁴

Sponsors: 18 May 1747, Baptism of Heinrich Strahely, son of Jacob and Margaretha²⁵

Survey 1: 28 October 1754, 28 acres owned by Henry Rhoads called "Stones Enough"²⁶

Survey 2: 1763, "Round Meadow" into 375 acres with 1 log cabin & 13 acres of cleared land²⁶

Will: 28 January 1774, will written

More About Heinrich Rode and Catherine Cable:

Marriage: Bet. 1728 - 1738, Palatinate, Germany

Children of Heinrich Rode and Catherine Cable are:

17. Henry⁴ Rhoads, Capt. (Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 05 January 1738/39 in Germantown, PA^35,36,37,38, and died 06 May 1814 in Browder, Muhlenberg County, KY. He married (1) Elizabeth Stoner 19 October 1760 in Frederick, MD, daughter of John Stoner and Catherina Ramsburg. She was born 25 March 1744 in Pipe Creek, Frederick County, MD^39,40, and died 02 October 1807 in Browder, Muhlenberg County, KY. He married (2) Barbara Lauriman 09 February 1808 in Logan County, KY. She died Unknown.

Notes for Henry Rhoads, Capt.:

EXCERPTS FROM "TWO CENTURIES OF BROTHERSVALLEY" by H. Austin Cooper

Henry Rhoads, Junior, was the fourth son of Heinrich, born June 5, 1739, near Germantown, Pennsylvania. In the early days of his life he attended the school or Bible classes conducted for the youth at the Ephrata Cloisters. It is claimed by several researchers that Henry was born at Ephrata bacause his father was a follower of Conrad Beissel. If the family did not live at Ephrata they certainly must have lived nearby for the children were affected very much by the influence of the Cloisters as were most of the early Brethren of that day.

It is believed that at about 1744, Henry's father and his family moved into Antrim Township, of the present County of Franklin. Frederick County, Maryland, records show they lived there in 1748. Henry married Elizabeth Stoner, daughter of Elder John Stoner of the Pipe Creek Church, Frederick County, Maryland. Elizabeth was born March 25, 1744 and joined in wedlock October 9, 1760. This couple moved to Stony Creek that fall and are listed on the 1762 roster of organization of that congregation. Following is the record of the children born to this union:

John, born March 3, 1762; died August 5, 1779; Jacob born June 6, 1763; Jonathan born April 1, 1765; Daniel born July 11, 1766; Catrena born June 19, 1768; Elizabeth born October 12, 1770; Henry born March 20, 1772; Solomon born June 7, 1774; David born November 19, 1777; Hanna born March 23, 1780; died April 19, 1795

On the second page of [the family’s] Sauer Bible, 1763, Germantown, follows this record in broken English: "This day wen this Retin we was mared 34 yaer & 8 month by me Henry Rhoads and my Elizabathea beloved Companion on the bans of Green River in Logan County-Kantocke 3 sons mared and 3; three Daughters, and 20 Gran Children My Wife Dove die October the 2-1807 Marrid a gin 9 of Febry 1808 (Henry Rhoads)" This was copied exactly as it appears in the photostat. (p. 167)

Chapter XI (page 122)

Captain Henry Rhoads

In the Rhoads and Newmeyer family histories there are references to Henry Rhoads, Sr. (Henry Roth, Sr.), that he "exhorted the people in his congregation." This indicates that he was an "exhorting deacon." However, after Elder George Martin left the area from 1764-1768, Henry Roth, Sr. was the elder in charge. With the going of Henry Roth, Jr. and the fifteen families from Stony Creek to Kentucky in 1785, this left the congregation without leadership, for Henry Jr. seemed to have taken up the work of his father. Henry Rhoads, Jr. was a

pioneer in the Wilderness of Kentucky, at the time when the Indians were still lurking in the forests and every moment of the pioneers' time was utilized for protection ... Henry Rhoads (Henry Roth, Jr.) found time on the Lord's Day to stand before the congregation gathered from the sparcely settled neighborhood and read from his German Bible and translate it into the English language as he read, doing it better than most of the leaders in the Sacred Service did with an interpreter to assist.

The congregation here mentioned in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, was the Baptist Church. (More will be said in detail in the section of the Kentucky Brethren.) It should be stated that this man, Henry Roth, Jr., had served his country in many useful ways. He was a captain in the Revolutionary Army at Valley Forge, chosen a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia from Bedford County in 1776. He was commissioned a Justice of the Peace in Bedford County in 1776. A member of the Pennsylvania Legislature for Bedford County,

1778. (It must be remembered that this community was then located in Bedford County).

Five years after moving to Kentucky he served as a member of the Legislature of Kentucky from Logan County. That year he was given the honor to name the new county where he had lately settled. He named it after his beloved Brigadier General, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, under whom he served at Valley Forge.

Henry Rhoads first went to Kentucky in 1784 according to tradition. He spent the first winter of 1784-85 at Bardstown and Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He then moved them permanently in the spring of 1785 and settled at Rhoadsville on Green River. He remained at Rhoadsville for three years and spent the winter of 1787-88 at Barnetts Fort, now Hartford, Kentucky. He left Rhoadsville (Calhoun), because of not being able to retain the land he first settled on, due to a mix-up in recording land grants ... after the Dorsey heirs of Frederick County,

Maryland won out in the suit for the site of Rhoadsville (later Vienna and Calhoun, Kentucky) many of the Germans or Pennsylvania settlers moved about five or seven miles south of Calhoun / Rhoadsville) and settled around Sacremento, Bremen and Pond Station.

The first church organized at Pond Station was a Baptist church. Apparently most of the settlers were Baptists. The area around Sacremento and Bremen was commonly called the "Dutch Settlement" on account of the Pennsylvania Dutch settlers most of whom came from Bedford and Somerset, Pennsylvania. Henry Rhoads left the Church of the Brethren and became a member of the Baptist Church. There are Baptist churches in the "Dutch Settlement" area at Bremen and Sacremento.

There must have been great excitement in the homes and meetinghouses in the winter of 1783 and spring of 1784. Henry Rhoads, Jr. was planning his trip to Kentucky to get the land offered the Pennsylvania and Virginia Revolutionary veterans or pensioners. The old father, Henry Rhoads, Sr. had died in 1774 and the son was free to go. In 1774, Henry Roth, Jr. sold his large holdings. The town of Garrett was one plot of his land. In the spring of 1784 a love feast was held as the fifteen families prepared to leave for the new frontier in Daniel

Boone's country. Many were the preparations for the departure. Hearts were sad for this was a great decision. The party bade farewell and the congregation was weakened, never to remain for long as a Sabbatarian church. This was the second recorded love feast held west of the Allegheny Mountains by this church. The first was in 1762 when George Adam Martin organized the church. (p. 193)

The Church Roster, 1770

A detailed account of these people will not be related in this treatise. But there is considerable material available on the life and events surrounding these early people. As formerly stated, some remained faithful to the Sabbatarian practices, while others and their posterity remained active and faithful members of the German Baptist Brethren. There were twelve families in the original organization with seventeen members. The roster was represented by eight male adults. Removing the name of Elder George Adam Martin, who did not remain with the congregation as a long-time resident citizen, (but returned to Stony Creek in 1769 and died April 29th, 1794), there are seven male adults who were local land owners. This author has found deeds and warrents and survey maps bearing all of these names except Philip Oswald.

The following interesting information has been discovered: (this has helped in establishing the original bounds of Bruedersthal). Henry Roth, Sr. (Henry Rhoads, Sr.) owned the farm now owned and occupied by William Glessner and son, John. Henry Rhoads, Jr. owned 300 acres of land in the Elk Lick section along Castleman River known as "Introduction," deeded at Lancaster, Oct. 4, 1774. Henry Roth, Jr. (Henry Rhoads, Jr.) owned the farm where Mr. Joseph Croner lives south of Berlin. (It is on the William Glessner farm in Stonycreek

Twp. that the old "Stony Creek" meetinghouse stood)."

There is a little stream running between the Albert Glessner and William Glessner farms now called Rhoads Creek that was called Rhoad's Creek on Reading Howell's Map of 1795.

Henry Roth, Sr. Grist Mill

About five hundred yards up (east) this creek stood the Henry Rhoads, Sr. grist and saw mill. The foundation and race are visible yet today. This grist mill was standing in 1768. The Brethren held services in this mill before Henry Roth, Sr. built the dwelling-meetinghouse in 1771. The Henry Rhoads, Sr farm where the meetinghouse was located was called "Round Meadows," so named because the Stony Creek makes a large round bend in the meadow. Abraham Gebel's name appears as the first deacon in the 1770 organization. He was the first Justice of the Peace commissioned on November 23, 1771. He was a man of great means and had a good reputation. He received this distinction three times: 1770, 1771 and 1786.

The Kentucky Migration, 1785

The terrible winter of 1784-1785 all but depleted the hopes of the frontiersmen who had faith in the coming crops of the spring and summer. The snows began early in October and continued almost without letup until after Easter. This is not uncommon to the area as the storms both in summer and winter come quickly and violently and often last for long periods without diminishing in force and fury. The altitude and the formation of the mountains to the west and east cause the storms to funnel into this area. As related in the former section on

Brothers Valley the area is like an inverted saucer or dish lifted up above the surrounding countryside. Thus the storms beat heavily upon the land and the temperature drops quickly and holds on for many weeks sometimes without varying much either way. On Easter Monday when the sun shined warmly the snow measuring 85 inches on the level. This was one of the contributing factors for so many people leaving the area. However, this was only one.

Perhaps the other factors that induced the settlers to seek more pleasant settlement in the southern wilderness were the stories of some of their relatives such as Captain Henry Roth, Jr. and Phillip Aswald who had traveled extensively in the Kentucky country. They came back with glowing tales about the rich and fertile grasslands of the "blue grass region." At that early time most of the land was unsettled and there seemed to be room for all to settle in a more temperate climate. No doubt, the determining factor for their departure from Bruedersthal in the summer of 1785 was the dual fact that the State of Virginia offered free land to her soldiers who fought in the Revolution. Many of the young men who had joined the Brothers Valley Militia and followed General George Washington

throughout his campaigns against the British, received large land grants in what was then called "Western Virginia," which was the Kentucky country. Captain Henry Roth, Jr. led more than one hundred to Kentucky from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and what is now West Virginia. Several from New Jersey joined the band at New Market, Virginia, in the early part of the summer of 1785 and proceeded to the new "promised land."

For the most part the people in the party were listed as heads of families. To be sure, there were many children in the group. It seems that they went by way of Winchester, Virginia, and there met a group from Maryland, especially from Washington and Frederick counties. It is known that at least a dozen from the Pipe Creek country, in what is now Carroll County, met them at Winchester and accompanied them to New Market, Virginia. Here they rested for several weeks before going on to the Roanoke Settlement where many others met the band

and proceeded on their way.

The other reason for so many going along with the small band of leaders who received the "military grants" were those who were termed later in Kentucky as "squatters" on the land. These people had the approval of these who received the grants. They were the workers and the tillers of the soil for these large land holders. Many of them later bought tracts for their homes and settled permanently in Kentucky. About 1800 there was another movement from Kentucky across the Ohio River into Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and into the Black Hawk country of Iowa. (p. 200)

Brothersvalley Militia

The first known Brethren youth, (or at this time he was a Sabbatarian) was Henry Roth, Jr. He enlisted in the militia, went to Bedford and drilled at the Fort and was advanced to the rank of Captain by 1772. He was finally advanced to the rank of General by the close of the Revolution. (p. 83)

Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (July 22, 1776)

Henry Rhoads represented Bedford County at the convention and gave a strong speech in support of the section concerning religious tolerance. Benjamin Franklin reportedly complimented him on the speech. (p. 170)

"MATERIALS TOWARD HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS" by Morgan Edwards

"...17 persons are baptized (at Stonycreek Church) and may be considered as the constiituents of the church, viz. Rev. George Adam Martin and wife, Henry Roth and wife and daughter, Henry Roth, jur. and wife, George Newmoyer, Philip Oswald and wife and daughter, Abraham Gebel and wife, Philip Kimmel and wife, Mr. Widdebarger and wife." on the 1770 organizing of Stonycreek Church---included in "Two Centuries of Brothersvalley" (p. 184)

Ben Franklin

While at Valley Forge, Capt. Rhoads was delegated to serve at the Commonwealth Constitutional Convention, held in the State House,

Philadelphia, july 15-16, 1776. Capt. Rhoads was to serve as delegate for all that portion of territory west of the Allegheny Mountain in what was known as Bedford Township, now Somerset County. He signed the document on July 16, 1776, and Dr. Benjamin Franklin was appointed president of the session and signed the document....One of the most important parts of the Constitution was that dealing with religious tolerance in the Commonwealth. It is said that Henry Roth was one of the strongest proponents of that article, and that Benjamin

Franklin congratulated him for his speech on the subject.---end of excerpts from "Two Centuries of Brothersvalley"

FROM "THE CHURCH OF THE SINGING HILLS" by H. Austin Cooper

Battle of Blue Licks

Blue Licks, KY, was the last battle of the Revolutionary War. Gen. Toombs was killed and Capt. Henry Rhoads took command and defeated the British and Native Americans. Afterwards he was honored with the rank of General.---"The Church of the Singing Hills" (p. 383)

FROM "HISTORY OF MUHLENBERG COUNTY"

Henry Rhodes was dedicated to his church and military leader, General Peter Muhlenberg, who was prominent in the American revolt for independence. On a statue of General Muhlenberg in Philadelphia, he is quoted: "There is a time for all things - A time to preach and a time to fight and now is the time to fight."---farewell sermon, Woodstock, VA, 1776---( p. 5).

The first of the early settlers of whom we have any tradition or history were Henry Rhoads and his brothers, who settled Rhoadsville, which later became Calhoun. Of the original party who began this station only a few remained permanently in the immediate neighborhood. Henry Rhoads was probably the first to leave it. After living a few years near what later became Hartford, Ohio County, he settled in the neighborhood of what is now Browder, Muhlenberg County. In 1790 James Inman left Rhoadsville and moved five miles south, where he built Pond Station in the territory which, in 1798, became a part of Muhlenberg County, and in 1854, McLean County was organized, became in turn a part of that county. (p. 10).

Among the pioneers who first settled that section of the Green River country which is included in what is now the northern part of Muhlenberg County were some who had fought in the Revolution under General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg. Most of the first settlers in the central and southern sections of the county were Virginians and Carolinians, mainly of English, Scotch and Irish extraction.

Representatives of General Muhlenberg's army drifted to this part of Green River country from Southern Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia. Most of General Muhlenberg's soldiers were born in America, but their fathers came from Germany and Holland long before the Revolution. Among these was Henry Rhoads, "the Godfather of Muhlenberg County," who not only procured the name of his general for the county but was also a prominent pioneer in Western Kentucky and identified with the early development of Muhlenberg and the entire

western section of the Green River Territory.

In Perrin's "History of Kentucky," page 99, a brief sketch of the life of Rhoads is incidentally introduced in a biography of Professor McHenry Rhoads, the wellknown educator, who is a son of Absalom J. Rhoads, a grandson of Solomon Rhoads, and a great-grandson of Henry Rhoads. From this sketch I quote:

"Henry Rhoads was born in Germany in 1739 and died in Logan county 1814. [He died in Muhlenberg, County.] He and two of his brothers came to America about 1757 and settled in Bedford county, Pennsylvania. In 1760 he married Elizabeth Stoner of Maryland. He fought for his adopted country through the great struggle for Independence, under the leadership of General Muhlenberg. After the war for Liberty, having lost heavily in the cause, he, with his two brothers and their families, came to Kentucky. They stopped first at Bardstown

where they left their wives and children, and then went out in the wilderness to find a site to build a town. The place selected was at the falls of Green river where they started a settlement and called it Rhoadsville. After three years of peaceable position, an action was entered in the Ohio circuit court, styled "John Hanley vs Henry Rhoads and others," for the possession of the land on which the town stood. The suit was gained by the plaintiff. Henry Rhoads and all of his friends then removed to Barnett's Station, on Rough Creek, where they lived five years, during which time the present town of Hartford was about and a few houses built. He next moved to Logan County and settled . . . where he owned 7,000 acres of military land. He represented the county [Logan and what became Muhlenberg] in the legislature of Kentucky in 1798, and on its formation in December, 1798 as a county, named it in honor of General Muhlenberg."

The name Rhoads is occasionally spelled Rhoades and Rhodes, but pioneers Henry and Solomon Rhoads and their descendants never so wrote it.

From a letter written by Judge Lucius P. Little to the author:

"When Henry Rhoads came to this part of the Green River country, he stopped at Barnett's Fort on Rough River above Hartford. he first located his claim for land at the site of the present town of Calhoun and laid out a town in 1784 and called it Rhoadsville. When Rhoads was defeated by Captain John Hanley, agent for the Dorseys, of Maryland, the name of the town was changed to Vienna. Rhoads then went back to Barnett's Fort for a short time and soon after located in the bounds of the present county of Muhlenberg, five miles from

Paradise on Green River and a mile from the present town of Browder on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

"Simultaneously, with the departure of the Germans to the south side of the river, they erected a fortification about five miles south from Rumsey for refuge in case of Indian attack. This was called 'Pond Station.' This was in Muhlenberg, until the territory embracing it was made a part of McLean County. About the same time such of the residents of Fort Vienna as owned slaves quit the fort and opened up farms north of the river, where some of their descendants are still to be found.

"As late as 1840 the settlement south of Cypress Creek and extending far enough south to embrace Sacramento and Bremen was commonly called 'The Dutch Settlement.' While these people were thrifty, yet few of them owned slaves.

"In 1798, a few years after settling in Logan County, Henry Rhoads became a member of the State Legislature and on December 14, 1798, an act was passed creating a new county out of parts of Christian and Logan. It was Henry Rhoads who proposed and secured the name of Muhlenberg for the new county."

Ed Porter Thompson in his "Second History of Kentucky," page 162, says:

"General Muhlenberg was at no time a resident of Kentucky. His name and his deeds, however, are of interest to us because some of the gallant members of his church who followed him when he left his pulpit to fight for Independence, had grants of land for military service, which they located on and below Green River, soon after the close of the Revolution, and made their homes in what are now Muhlenberg, McLean and Ohio counties. One of them, Hon. Henry Rhoads, was a member of the legislature in 1798 when Muhlenberg county was

established, and procured it to be named in honor of his pastor and general. . . .Through the influence of one to whom General Muhlenberg had been a pastor in peace and a valiant captain in the fight for freedom, his ever enduring monument (a county's name) was erected, not in his own land, but in the wilderness of Kentucky.

While faithfully and successfully serving the public, Henry Rhoads had, for a number of years, more or less trouble in establishing his claim to the land to which he was entitled and on which he lived after he moved into what later became a part of Muhlenberg. This land, of which he finally gained possession, lay in what was up to 1798 a part of Logan County. It was part of a grant of almost 7,000 acres which he had surveyed in 1793 for General Alexander McClanahan, with the understanding, that he was to receive part of it. It is possible that 1793 was the year Henry Rhoads first settled in what is now Muhlenberg. In 1797 the State of Kentucky issued to McClanahan and Rhoads a patent for this survey. In October 1801, a commission of six men was appointed to divide this tract between the two and issue a deed to each for his share. Order Book No. 1, page 1, gives the names of these commissioners. . .Deed Book No. 1, page 66 shows that they granted Henry Rhoads two thousand acres of the survey for which he received deed October 26, 1801. Thus, after a long and patient struggle, he held a title to land against which no priority of claim was ever brougt. In 1798, he bought an adjoining survey of five hundred acres that had been granted to General George Matthews...

It was on this 2,500-acre tract that he built his home [photo, p. 31], shortly after his arrival from Hartford. The original dwelling has undergone many changes, but is still standing, near the Greenville and Rochester Road about nine miles from Greenville. The farm on which this house stands has passed from father to son for more than a century, and is now owned by Professor McHenry Rhoads.

Near this historic house is the old family graveyard. In it, among five generations of Rhoads buried there, is the grave of the ‘Godfather of

Muhlenberg County,’ on which was placed, almost a century ago, a sandstone about two feet high and marked: ‘H.R., B.J. 5, 1739. D.M. 6, 1814.’ [photo of gravestone, p.32]" (pp. 29-32)

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF HENRY RHOADS

Written 4/15/1812

Witnessed by J. W. McConnell and Wm. Sumner

Recorded in 1813

Probated in August, 1814 and attested by C. F. Wing, Clerk, in Will Book No. 1,

page 194

In the name of God, Amen. I, Henry Rhoads, of the county of Muhlenberg and State of Kentucky, being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, to make and ordain this my last will and testament.

First, I recommend my soul to the Almighty God, and as touching my worldly effects wherewith He has helped me. I give and dispose of them in the following manner.

First. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife barbay Rhoads all the property she brought with her after we were married, agreeable to contract and one cow, a large heifer and one iron pot and the corner cupboard and chest and my large Bible, and the low posted bedstead, one large and one small wheel including all the furniture we have got since we were married. I also give and bequeath to my beloved wife Barbay all that is allowed to her agreeable to the courts of a bond on my son David Rhoads bearing date of August 23, 1810.

Secondly, I give and bequeath all my debts, dues and demands and all the property I own in this world except what is expressly mentioned in this my last will to my children, namely my sons, Jacob Rhoads, Daniel Rhoads, henry Rhoads, Solomon Rhoads, David Rhoads, Susannah Highmyoir and Caty Jackson, Elizabeth VanMeter and hannah Jackson, all my daughters, to be equally divided among them, at the discretion of my executors at my decease.

Lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint my brother Daniel Rhoads and Solomon Rhoads and David Rhoads as executors of my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me made as witness and seal this 15th day of April in the year of our Lord 1812 and the presence of viz:

Henry Rhoads [seal]

(pp. 32-33)

SOME OF THE FIRST-COMERS

Tradition does not say who were the first white people to come into what is now Muhlenberg County. It is, however, probable that the first men who made this locality their home were Revolutionary soldiers who wandered westward immediately after that war. Tradition goes no further back than about 1784, to which time a few of the families in the county can trace the arrival of their ancestors.

After Pond Station had been started and after Henry Rhoads began inducing more German-Americans to locate near that station and in other houses, in most locations, were impracticable, religious exercises were in turn in the homes of the pioneers. These services were conducted in English. In some homes there were no Bibles other than German copies that had been brought by the German-American pioneers, nevertheless, the services were conducted in English. Henry Rhoads, it is said, frequently addressed audiences and read

chapter after chapter from a German Bible, translating them into English with more grace and rapidity than some of his contemporaries who on other occasions read a Bible printed in English.

Hazel Creek Baptist Church was organized December 3, 1798, and was the first church organized in the county. This is not only the first but also the oldest church organization in Muhlenberg. Furthermore, it is the only church in the county of which a history has been published. In 1898 Professor William J. Johnson, who then lived near Wells, printed a seventy. page pamphlet entitled "History of Hazel Creek Baptist Church." This church, like many of the other early churches, became the mother of other organizations.

Relative to the twelve churches originating from Hazel Creek, Professor Johnson says:

"In 1799, twelve members were authorized 'to continue an arm at George Clark's, on the west side of Pond Creek, which doubtless led to the formation of Nelson Creek church, June 10, 1803. June 1, 1805, eighteen members were dismissed from Hazel Creek church to form Midway church, now Monticello. August 2, 1806, eighteen members were dismissed to form what is now Cave Spring, near Pond river, on the road from Greenville to Hopkinsville. Cypress church, McLean county, was formed from this church in 1808. Antioch, Todd county, was formed from this church and also Whippoorwill church in tile year 1819. May 6, .1820, the arm known as Hebron (now Aft. Vernon) was made a constituted body. In 1840, thirteen members from this church formed new Hebron church (Muhlenberg). Ebenezer was organized with twenty-six members from this church, January 3, 1851. Macedonia was formed from this church on November 22, 1856. New Hope church (Muhlenberg) was formed of material mostly from this church, in 1858, but is now extinct. Sugar Grove was constituted with twenty-five members, mostly from this church, in January, 1873.

"It may be well to add that the Hazel Creek congregation built its first house in 1800, its second in 1807, and its third in 1857, all of which were of logs. Its fourth (the present) building was erected in 1906.

Mount Olivet (three miles northeast of Central City) is probably the oldest Methodist church in Muhlenberg. Mount Zion (one mile east of Central City) is among the oldest Presbyterian organizations. Although Mount Zion was organized as early as about 1802, the congregation, it is said, did not erect its first house until about twenty years later. As a rule, the church houses built by the pioneers were union churches, that is, buildings erected jointly by two or more denominations, who conducted their services independently of one

another. In Greenville, up to about 1825, the academy building, served the purposes of a school and a union church. As far as t have been able to ascertain. the Presbyterians of Greenville were the first in that town to erect a building of their own." (pp. 127-128)---end of excerpts from "History of Muhlenberg County"

>>>continued at Notes of Elizabeth Stoner, wife of Capt. Henry Rhoads<<<

More About Henry Rhoads, Capt.:

Date born 2: 05 June 1739, ?Germany?

Burial: 1814, Rhoads Cemetery, Browder, KY

Census 1: 1790, ?

Census 2: 1795, ?

Census 3: 1800, ?

Census 4: 1810, ?

Church Record: Bet. 1764 - 1768, Elder in charge of Stony Creek church

Civic 1: 1798, Proposed name for Muhlenberg County, KY

Civic 2: 24 September 1799, Appointed Trustee for the town of Greenville

Deed 1: 04 October 1774, 300 acres in Elk Lick section, Brothersvalley, on Castleman River known as "Introduction"

Deed 2: 26 October 1801, 2,000 acres of the 7,000 acre survey

Education: Ephrata Cloisters

Given Name: 1739, AKA Henry Rhoads, Jr.

Historical 1: 1776, Hwy Marker #1735-Rev War Soldiers honored⁴¹

Historical 2: 1771, Henry Rhoads large log meeting house was the first meetinghouse of the Brethren west of the Alleghenys

Historical 3: 1776, Served under Gen. George Washington at Valley Forge

Historical 4: 1785, Pioneer settler of Muhlenberg County, KY

Historical 5: Abt. 1792, Hwy Marker #1946-Henry Rhoads' house commemorated⁴²

Historical 6: December 1798, Known as the "Godfather of Muhlenberg County"

Land Grant 1: 13 December 1773, Warrant #29, 500 acres, Brothers Valley Township, PA

Land Grant 2: 12 June 1793, 6,666 acres on Rock Creek

Land Grant 3: 1797, 1,000 acres on Long Fall Creek, Hardin Co.

Land Grant 4: 1797, 255 acres on Green River

Land Grant 5: 1797, 525 acres on Muddy Creek

Legal: 1788, John Hanley vs Henry Rhoads & Others---Ohio Circuit Court

Migration 1: Bet. 1784 - 1785, Brothers Valley, PA, to Green River area of Kentucky

Migration 2: 1744, One of the 1st 4 families to cross the Allegheny Mts and arrive in Brothersvalley

Migration 3: 1744, to Antrim Twnshp, presentday Franklin Co

Migration 4: 1773, Stony Creek to Ursina

Military 1: 1776, Pennsylvania Militia⁴³

Military 2: 1776, Captain, 3rd Co, Brothers Valley, 1st Batt, Bedford Militia⁴⁴

Military 3: 11 September 1777, Served at the Battle of Brandywine Creek

Military 4: 04 October 1777, Served at the Battle of Germantown

Military 5: Bet. 18 - 19 August 1782, Served at the Battle of Blue Licks, KY⁴⁵

Military 6: August 1795, Promoted to General at the end of his service

Military service 1: 1776, American Revolutionary War

Military service 2: Bet. 1777 - 1778, Valley Forge, PA

Military service 3: 22 July 1788, 8th Virginia Bgde, under Gen. Gabriel Muhlenberg⁴⁶

Occupation: Aft. 1759, Blacksmith, potter

Political 1: Bet. 15 - 17 July 1776, Delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention

Political 2: Bet. 1776 - 1778, Member of Pennsylvania Assembly

Political 3: 1778, Justice of the Peace, Bedford County, PA

Political 4: Bet. 1798 - 1800, 1st state legislator from Logan/Muhlenberg County, KY

Property 1: 19 March 1767, Appeared in Frederick County, MD, to dispose of property

Property 2: Aft. 1744, Owned the Joseph Croner farm south of Berlin

Property 3: Aft. 1744, Owned the land of the town of Garrett, PA

Property 4: 1763, Bought a lot at Fort Bedford

Property 5: 18 September 1772, 50 acres known as Flat Spring, Cumberland Co (now Bedford Co)⁴⁷

Property 6: 1773, Sold his holdings on Stony Creek

Property 7: 04 October 1774, 300 acres, in Elk Lick, on the Castleman River, known as "Introduction" deeded at Lancaster⁴⁸

Property 8: 1783, Bought land from Barton Philpot (?)⁴⁹

Property 9: 1785, 7,000 acres of military land in Logan County, at Browder (now Muhlenberg County)

Property 10: 1798, 500 acres adjoining his property from Gen. George Matthews

Property 11: 1805, Bought land from Solomon Vickory (?)⁴⁹

Religion 1: 1739, Church of the Brethren and later German Baptist Church⁵⁰

Religion 2: 1774, released from membership of the church for taking up arms

Residence 1: Bet. 1784 - 1785, Spent winter at Bardstown and Elizabethtown, KY

Residence 2: 1748, Frederick Co, MD

Residence 3: Bet. 1787 - 1788, Spent winter at Barnetts Fort

Settled: Bet. 1785 - 1788, Laid out town of Rhoadsville, KY, (now Calhoun)

Signer: 16 July 1776, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Constitution⁵¹

Tax Roll: Bet. 1779 - 1780, Turkeyfoot Township, Bedford County, PA

Notes for Elizabeth Stoner:

>>>continued from Notes of Capt. Henry Rhoads, husband of Elizabeth Stoner<<<

FROM "THE DESCENDANTS OF HEINRICH ROESCH"

Henry Rhoads Jr.

[from: "The Descendants of Heinrich Roesch" at

www. geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5417/GenReports/HRoads11.htm]

The following text from: "Antecedents and Descendants of Margaret Ann Rhoads Smith (1860-1949)", Created primarily by Frances Smith Brownlee with later help for subsequent printings from Mary Ellen Philips and George Willson White. Other sources were gathered from this very good Scott McGee GenWeb site on which I have searched, added the results to the end of this page, and referenced as found:

1. "A History of Muhlenberg County", Otto A. Rothert, John P. Morton & Co., 1913.

2. Perrin’s "History of Kentucky"

3. Henry Rhoad’s will written April 15, 1812.

4. Bud Newman, Correspondence, Feb 1996.

5. Jean Rhoads Camas, Correspondence, May 1996.

6. From. "Gary Hiles" AMLINK@INFINET.COM Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998

Henry Rhoads II was a man of some distinction. After an early trip to Kentucky, during which time he pre-empted and marked out land for himself, (*) he returned home just at the initial excitement of the Revolution. He immediately became captain of a colonial company in Brothersvalley, and he represented his county in the General Assembly of 1778. There are no records of Henry’s military service after 1779, the year in which Wm. Tissue was serving temporarily for Capt. Rhoads. Henry's service was under Col. Wm. Parker and Gen. Peter Muhlenburg, who gathered their troops along the disputed southern border of Pennsylvania. (**)

Henry served two terms in the Kentucky Legislature, one before (***) 1800 when he represented Ohio Co. and one after 1800 when he represented Muhlenburg Co. He probably moved his family (most of his children were now in their own homes) to Ohio County when he was a candidate. Since the Indian problem had now become less grave, his three brothers had probably brought their families to this region also.

(*)It is a family tradition that the Rhodes came to Kentucky with Daniel Boone. There is some evidence that some of the older Rhodes may have been in that region even earlier than Boone. It also seems likely that they came with some of the earlier scouts from their own country rather than with Boone. These Rhoadses did not bring their families to Kentucky until about 1784. Their interest in the West was probably aroused early by the Harrods, Stoners, and Bushes, their neighbors in Bedford County. With the last two families, the Rhoadses had marriage alliances. James Harrod was born in Bedford County in 1742, Michael Stoner, b. In 1748, and Christopher Bush were, like

the Rhoadses, Palatine Germans. Henry Rhoads had married Elizabeth Stoner (b. March 25, 1744 in Maryland) in 1760. As early as 1767, Samuel Harrod and Michael Stoner, described as a veritable giant in strength and physique, explored Kentucky. In 1774, James Harrod laid out Harrodstown and in the next year, Boone and Stoner blazed the Wilderness Trail. They also laid out Boonesboro, which Black Fish attacked Apr. 24, 1777. Boone was hurt and Stoner was shot in the arm. The German made his way to the fort and cried as he shoved his rifle to another man, "Schoodt one tem Cot-tamm yellow rascals! " Capt. Billy Bush tried to help the gigantic Stoner inside. "Push, Push, don’t make so pig a mark; we is too pig a lump to schoodt at " Stoner was a surveyor, so large and strong that he never removed his pack when he carved a name on a tree. He died in Wayne Co., Ky. in 1813. Henry Rhoads and possibly some of his younger brothers, all of whom were surveyors, may have came to Kentucky with Stoner on at least one of his early trips. We do not expect to find any Rhoadses on the lists of the defenders of these earlier settlements in Ky., as the Rhoadses were then in military service in the East. Henry was fighting under Gen. Muhlenburg then, but the records show that he had been in Kentucky a bit earlier. Two records of old Kentucky Courts read as follows: "Henry Rhoads, ass'ee of Wm. Plummer by Wm. McConnell this day claimed a pre-emption of 1000 acres at state price in the Dist. of Ky. on acc’t of marking and proving same in 1775, lying on the north fork of McConnell's Run about 2 1/2 miles from Stamping Ground and 3/4 mile above the forks of said run and a buffalo road to include improvements. Satisfactory proof being made to Court, they are of the opinion said Rhoads has a right to pre-emption of 1000 acres location, and that a certificate be issued accordingly." Also: "Michael Stoner this day appeared and claimed a right of settlement and pre-emption on Stoner's Fork of the Licking, twelve miles above Licking Station, by making corn in the country in 1775 and improving said land in 1776. 400 acres and pre-emption of 1000 acres adjoining same."

(**)Gen. Peter Muhlenburg, b. in Penna., was a clergyman in the Lutheran Church. About 30 years old, at the opening of the Rev., he was pastor at Woodstock, Va. near the Penna. border. In 1776, he was commissioned Colonel to raise a regiment of Germans in his region. All school children used to be familiar with T. B. Reed's poem, The Rising of 1776. The poet says that Muhlenburg entered the pulpit with sword and cockade, preached his farewell sermon, inflamed the people with a passion for liberty, and next day marched out at the head of a whole regiment, which became The Eighth Virginia. This corps behaved with honor at Brandywine, Monmouth, Germantown, and

in other campaigns. In later years, Henry Rhoads, then a member of the Kentucky Legislature, had Muhlenburg county named for his friend and hero.

LDS film #1000053, "A History of Muhlenberg County", Otto A. Rothert, John P. Morton & Co., 1913.

Page (7): on the name of the county: Nevertheless, pioneer Henry Rhoads, in 1798, very fittingly procured for the entitlement of the county the name of the man who was a friend, pastor, and general to many of its earliest settlers.

Page (8-9): After Pond Station had been started and after Henry Rhoads began inducing more German-Americans to locate near that station and in other sections of the country, and while Caney Station was being built by Virginians, the inflow of newcomers began to increase rapidly.

Page (29-35): ... Most of General Muhlenberg’s soldiers were born in America, but their fathers came from Germany and Holland long before the Revolution. Among these was Henry Rhoads, "the Godfather of Muhlenberg County," a prominent pioneer in Western Kentucky and identified with the early development of Muhlenberg and the entire western section of the Green River country...

Bud Newman, Correspondence, Feb 1996.

When Henry Rhoads settled on his tract of land Muhlenberg was practically an unbroken wilderness. Many wild animals, large and small, held sway. A number of stories are told about the game that roamed over these hills in olden times. I here repeat two of these stories, because they are characteristic of life in the wilderness and because they are incidents from the life of Muhlenberg’s first great pioneer, handed down by local tradition.

When Henry Rhoads was building his log house his neighbors were few and far between, but all came with a helping hand and a happy heart to take part in his "house-raising." These old-time house-raisings were attended as much for the sake of their social features as for the purpose of building a house. One afternoon, while the crowd was busily engaged on the roof of this building, a large bear leisurely wandered into sight. When the men saw the animal they stopped work and immediately started on a bear chase. Some ran after him with axes and others with guns. The women of the wilderness always lent a helping hand. In this instance one woman followed in the bear chase with a pitchfork. After an exciting time old Bruin was finally killed. That night a large bearskin was stretched on the new log wall and barbecued bearmeat was served in abundance at all the other meals prepared for the house-raising party.

But the noise made by the bear-chasers evidently did not scare all the wild animals out of the neighborhood. About a year after that event Henry Rhoads, while walking in his wood, which is still standing a short distance north of the old house, espied a large drove of wild turkeys. He slowly raised his flint-lock rifle for the purpose of shooting a fine gobbler strutting under a white oak within close range. When he was about ready to pull the trigger he heard a rustling in the dry leaves behind him. Rhoads looked around, and to his great surprise saw a huge panther preparing to spring upon him. Without stopping to take sure aim he fired at the threatening beast. Luckily, the bullet hit the animal between the eyes and killed it instantly. A half-hour later Rhoads walked back home with the panther skin on his arm and his trusty flint-lock on his shoulder.

These old flint-locks were, as a rule, fine-sighted and unerring. They were slow but sure, although they did not kill every panther they were aimed at. Compared with modem rifles they were slow in all the operations that preceded and resulted in the discharge of the bullet. Most of the local traditions are subject to a variety of versions. The old panther story, as I have related it, has probably changed very little from the original since Henry Rhoads' day. However, another version of this incident has also crept into circulation, and shows to what extent some traditions are changed. This new version has it that when Henry Rhoads saw the wild turkey in the woods he took steady aim and then pulled the trigger of his flint-lock. He had no more than pulled the trigger when he heard the panther back of him. Rhoads turned, immediately swing his gun around and aimed at the panther, then in the very act of making a long leap from a limb down upon the hunter. But the old pioneer was quicker than the discharging powder or the charging panther, for he had the gun pointed at the animal before the bullet left the barrel, and thus killed the panther with the load that, a few seconds before, had been started toward the turkey! This same version continues with the statement that the animal did not drop to the ground after it was shot, but fell across the shoulder of the hunter, who then leisurely walked home and did not throw the panther down on the ground until he reached the front of his house. I do not adopt this version, but merely record it for its vivacity and novelty. Henry Rhoads, as already stated, was a member of the State Legislature from Logan County when, in 1798, Muhlenberg was formed, and he was the first man to represent the new county in the House of Representatives. He was sixty years of age when the county was organized. Although he declined various county offices offered to him, he nevertheless continued to work for the good of the community, and probably did as much for the county, if no more, than any of the other early pioneers. He helped draw the plans for the first courthouse and also did much toward promoting the interests of Greenville, the new county seat. He was bondsman and adviser to a number of the younger men whom he successfully recommended for office. Tradition says that many, and probably all, of the German-American pioneers in Muhlenberg came to the county through his direct or indirect influence. During his last years Henry Rhoads spent much of his time looking after his farm, tanyard, and other personal affairs, but nevertheless lost no opportunity to bring in new settlers and perform such acts as he thought would advance Muhlenberg County and its people. Today a small sandstone is all that marks the spot where rest the bones of this influential pioneer. Some day his labors will be more fully appreciated and an appropriate memorial will then, I dare say, be erected over the grave of the Godfather of Muhlenberg County.

Sources of Information: New Testament of Henry Rhoads; Gravestone at Rhoads Cemetery; Genealogical newspaper columns of Ohio County, KY; info compiled by Fonda Lawhead, 5301 Carriage Dr., Evansville, IN.

Jean Rhoads Camas, Correspondence, May 1996

He lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Kentucky. By trade he was a blacksmith. He was active in the Brethren religion (German Baptist). He served in the Revolutionary War as a captain in the Pennsylvania Militia of Bedford County.

From: "Gary Hiles" <AMLINK@INFINET.COM Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:19:24-0500

I am a great grandson of Henry Rhoads. Thx for your fine work. It might be of interest to you that Capt. Rhoads, the founder of Muhlenburg Co., was personal friends with Ben Franklin and others. He was in the inner circle of our nation’s founding. He was given the land of Muhlenburg Co. by the Continental Congress and President Washington for his service during the American Revolution. My family has a document with his and Ben Franklin’s signature on it. Something else that may be of interest is that he was a direct grandson of Charlemagne, the Great Head of the Roman Empire and author of the Magna Carta.

Capt Rhoads served with Col Hawes under Gen Muhlenburg. He named your county after him because of his devotion and love for Gen Muhlenburg.---end of excerpts from "Descendants of Heinrich Roesch"

MUHLENBERG COUNTY KENTUCKY HIGHWAY MARKERS

[1735]

Revolutionary War Soldiers

(Greenville, Courthouse Lawn, Muhlenberg County)

Those who settled in Muhlenberg County:

Josiah Arnold, Elisha Atkinson, John Bone, James Craig, Albritain Drake, David Edward, Joshua Elkin, David Engler, Mathew Ganey, Sikes Garris, Andrew Glenn, Isaiah Hancock, John Harper, Nathan Harper, Michael Hill, Richard Hill, Hardy Hines, William Hopkins, John Hunt, Edward Jarvis,

(reverse) Revolutionary War Soldiers

Peter Kincheloe, John Littlepage, Ephraim McLean, John McMahon, Hugh Martin, Benjamin Neal, Abraham Newton, Jesse Oates, Joseph Pitt, William B. Rice, Richard D. Reynolds, Henry Rhoads, Michael Roll, Thomas Tetterton, Abraham Unsell, Jr., Frederick Unsell, Henry Unsell, Lewis Webb, Arrington Wickliffe, Britton Willis, William Worthington, William Young, Matthew Zimmerman.

[1946]

Capt. Henry Rhoads, Jr. 1739-1814

This house was built ca.1792 by Henry Rhoads, Jr., a Capt. in Rev. War under Gen. John Muhlenberg. Rhoads led settlers from Penn. to Green River area of Ky. in 1785. He laid out town of Rhoadsville, now called Calhoun. In 1798, as state legislator, he proposed name of Muhlenberg for new county. Presented by Rhoads Descendants.

(reverse)

Capt. Henry Rhoads, Jr.

Before moving to Ky., Henry Rhoads served as captain in Pennsylvania militia during Revolutionary War. He was a delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention of 1776. As member of Kentucky state legislature, he suggested that newly formed county be named for his beloved commander, Gen. John Muhlenberg. he bcame this county's first state legislator (1798-1800).

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Kentucky Historical Society

Kentucky Department of Highways

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More About Elizabeth Stoner:

Burial: 04 October 1807, Rhoads Cemetery, Browder, KY⁵²

Christening: Aft. 1785, Browder, Muhlenberg County, KY⁵³

Property: 19 March 1767, Appeared in Frederick County, MD, to dispose of property

More About Henry Rhoads and Elizabeth Stoner:

Marriage: 19 October 1760, Frederick, MD

Marriage Record: 19 October 1760, "Jined wedlock 19 of October 1760, " from the Rhoads family bible⁵⁴

More About Henry Rhoads and Barbara Lauriman:

Marriage: 09 February 1808, Logan County, KY

Children of Henry Rhoads and Elizabeth Stoner are:

20. Joseph⁴ Rhoads (Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1753, and died 28 November 1799 in Muhlenberg County, KY^56,57. He married Elizabeth Unknown. She died Unknown.

More About Joseph Rhoads:

Deed: 19 June 1773, Heinrich Rhoads deeds "the plantation" to his son Joseph--300 acres for f150⁵⁸

Property: 06 May 1774, 291 3/4 acres, War: 10/3/1773

Will: 1799, recorded Muhlenberg County, KY

Children of Joseph Rhoads and Elizabeth Unknown are:

27. John⁴ Rhoads (Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 08 February 1746/47, and died 12 July 1816 in Roxbury, PA⁵⁹.

Notes for John Rhoads:

John Rhoads was one of the largest landowners in Bedford Township, PA.

---"Two Centuries of Brothersvalley" page 105

More About John Rhoads:

Deed: 19 June 1773, John Rhoads is mentioned in the deed transferred from his father to his brother, Joseph⁶⁰

Property 1: 03 October 1774, From Antrim Twnshp, Franklin Co, 35 acres, situated on Stony Creek, Brothersvalley Twnshp,

Property 2: 03 October 1774, 350 acres, War: 9/30/1774

Property 3: 10 September 1784, 191 1/2 acres called "Chestnut Ridge", War: 8/23/1784. Situated on E. Stony Creek

Property 4: 14 October 1784, 268 acres, War: 10/3/1784. Called "Saw Seat." Situated next to Roth Mill

Property 5: 14 October 1784, War: 10/3/1784. Situated on Allegheny Creek waters of Stony Creek, called "Many Springs"

Property 6: 19 October 1785, 37 1/2 acres, called "Pine Swamp." War: 8/23/1784. On Stony Creek, north of Shanksville, vol 1 p. 206

Property 7: 10 October 1793, 398 1/4 acres, War: 1/23/1793. Called "Hopewell." Later owned by Daniel Rhoads.

Property 8: 28 April 1797, 100 acres, War: 12/13/1793. Situated on Stony Creek

Religion: Stony Creek Church

Child of John Rhoads is:

28. Daniel⁴ Rhoads (Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 05 October 1755 in Bedford County, PA⁶¹, and died 26 April 1839 in Kentucky, Edgar County, IL. He married (1) Eva Faust 10 February 1777 in Nelson County, KY, daughter of John Faust and Catherine Matheas. She was born 19 November 1761 in England, Buck County, PA, and died 15 January 1792 in Nelson County, KY. He married (2) Elizabeth Newman 10 March 1794, daughter of Thomas Newman and Mary Unknown. She was born Abt. 1773 in Pennsylvania, and died Unknown.

Notes for Daniel Rhoads:

FROM: "ANTECEDENTS AND DESCENDANTS OF MARGARET ANN RHOADS SMITH (1860-1949"

by Frances Smith Brownlee who was assisted by Mary Ellen Philips and George Willson White

[obtained at: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5417/GenReports/DRhoads1]

Daniel Rhoads Minuteman

The role of Daniel Rhoads, Katie's ancestor, in the Revolution was shorter than his brother's, but far more romantic. Although only a private, he was one of the famous MinuteMen.* At the time of the stirring events around Boston in the spring of 1775, it was decided to send MinuteMen from the general colonies for the relief of the Bostonians. The response was so generous that three colonies alone furnished the eight units called for, and Penna. sent six of them. Her expert riflemen, used to fighting Indians, were most acceptable. Capt. Francis Cluggage, in whose company our Daniel Rhoads was a 19-year-old private, was ordered to march to Boston. By the last of

August, Cluggage was on his way. Under the date of August 25, 1775, Philip Fithian comments on the sorrow of Mrs. Cluggage, at whose home he was visiting in Bedford:

"One of her sons has gone as a captain of a company of riflemen to Boston. Just now gone. her tears are not yet dried since his departure. Another of her sons has been chosen captain of the militia here. There are five brothers of them, and all appear to be men of prudence and understanding."

One may also read about Cluggage's riflemen in the Pennsylvania Archives:

"Cluggage' s men were at Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) and Breed's Hill. On the first of January, 1776, the organization of the Continental Armies began, and this company became a part of the First Regiment of the Continental Army, (aka First Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment) consisting of 693 officers and men. By March, they were ordered to Dorchester and later to New York to serve under Gen. Sullivan. Their standard, which now belongs to the state of Pennsylvania, depicts a green tiger with a spear atternpting to pass, but being held back by riflemen. The company's motto was Molo Domari (I will not be conquered). When the time for the riflernen expired on June 30, 1776, they

nearly all reenlisted."

Daniel Rhoads did not re-enlist. He was homesick for his mountains and for Eva Foust, the girl he left behind when he had set out for Boston. Before he was 22, he married this girl, who became sixteen only one day before her first child was born. After a few more years in Penna. and after the fourth child was born, Daniel brought his family in company with his three brothers and their families to Kentucky. They were part of a large migration from Bedford County under the leadership of Henry Rhoads, now a man of 45...

...The marriage bond read: "Knowall men by these presents that Daniel Rhoads, am held and firmly bound unto ----, Clerk of Nelson County, State of Kentucky, in the just and full sum of $500.00, by which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, and assigns for and in the whole, sealed with my seal and dated this 10th day of March, 1794.

"The condition of the obligation is such that whereas the above bound Daniel Rhoads has this day made application for license to join in matrimonial bonds together with Miss Elizabeth Newman, now if said Daniel Rhoads does not well and truly marry the said Miss Elizabeth Newman without any fraud, partiality, or illegality attending the said marriage, then this obligation is to be void; otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue of the law. Bondsman, James Murphy. "---

More About Daniel Rhoads:

Burial: 1839, Ogden Cemetery, Paris, IL

Historical: 17 June 1775, Battles of Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill

Migration: 1785, Pennsylvania to Kentucky

Military: 1775, Joined Bedford Militia, 1st PA Riflemen, under Col Thompson

Military service 1: 1775, one of the MinuteMen in Boston⁶²

Military service 2: 1775, Rhoad's units under Capt. Francis Cluggage were at Bunker Hill & Breed's Hill⁶²

Military service 3: 1776, Long Island

Pension: Revolutionary War pension #20,142

More About Daniel Rhoads and Eva Faust:

Marriage: 10 February 1777, Nelson County, KY

More About Daniel Rhoads and Elizabeth Newman:

Marriage: 10 March 1794

Child of Daniel Rhoads and Eva Faust is:

Child of Daniel Rhoads and Elizabeth Newman is:

29. David⁵ Rhoads (Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth)⁶³ was born 19 November 1777 in Bedford County, PA^64,65, and died 08 July 1855 in Muhlenberg County, KY. He married (1) Elizabeth Vaught 02 December 1798 in Logan County, KY⁶⁶, daughter of Gilbert Vaught and Mary Martin. She was born 29 March 1779 in Lancaster, PA^67,68, and died 01 November 1822 in Muhlenberg County, KY. He married (2) Sarah Eaves 22 March 1824. She was born 1794 in Virginia, and died 1853 in Kentucky.

More About David Rhoads:

Burial: 1855, Rhoads Cemetery, Browder, KY

Census 1: 1800, ?

Census 2: 1810, ?

Census 3: 1820, ?

Census 4: 1830, ?

Census 5: 1840, ?

Census 6: 1850, ?

Ethnicity: 1777, German-Irish descent⁶⁹

More About Elizabeth Vaught:

Burial: 1822, Rhoads Cemetery, Browder, KY

Census: 182

More About David Rhoads and Elizabeth Vaught:

Marriage 1: 02 December 1798, Logan County, KY⁶⁹

Marriage 2: 02 March 1798, ?

Notes for Sarah Eaves:

Sarah's daughter, Temperance, married David's son, Gilbert.---Scott McGee website

More About David Rhoads and Sarah Eaves:

Marriage: 22 March 1824

Children of David Rhoads and Elizabeth Vaught are:

31. Jacob⁵ Rhoads (Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 06 June 1763 in Fort Pitts, Bedford County, PA⁷¹, and died 1830 in Medora, Macoupin County, IL. He married Alcinda Van Meter 1786. She died Unknown.

More About Jacob Rhoads:

Burial: Unknown, Medora, Macoupin County, IL

More About Jacob Rhoads and Alcinda Van Meter:

Marriage: 1786

Children of Jacob Rhoads and Alcinda Van Meter are:

34. Daniel Boone⁵ Rhoads, Sr (Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 11 July 1766 in Bedford County, PA⁷², and died 01 March 1819 in Warrick, Pike County, IN. He married (1) Mary Keith 11 November 1789. She died Unknown. He married (2) Mary Kimberly 27 June 1816. She died Unknown.

Notes for Daniel Boone Rhoads, Sr:

Named after his father's friend, frontiersman Daniel Boone.

More About Daniel Rhoads and Mary Keith:

Marriage: 11 November 1789

More About Daniel Rhoads and Mary Kimberly:

Marriage: 27 June 1816

Children of Daniel Rhoads and Mary Keith are:

35. Catherine⁵ Rhoads (Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 19 June 1768 in Bedford County, PA⁷⁴, and died 30 October 1857 in Louisiana, Pike County, KY. She married Christopher Jackson 15 February 1790. He died Unknown.

More About Catherine Rhoads:

Died 2: Missouri?⁷⁵

Given Name: Catrena, Cathy

More About Christopher Jackson and Catherine Rhoads:

Marriage: 15 February 1790

Children of Catherine Rhoads and Christopher Jackson are:

36. Elizabeth⁵ Rhoads (Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 12 October 1770 in Bedford County, PA⁷⁶, and died 29 February 1852 in Meade County, KY. She married Jacob Van Meter 07 October 1786. He died Unknown.

More About Jacob Van Meter and Elizabeth Rhoads:

Marriage: 07 October 1786

Children of Elizabeth Rhoads and Jacob Van Meter are:

37. Solomon⁵ Rhoads (Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 07 January 1771 in Bedford County, PA⁷⁷, and died 19 November 1849 in Browder, Muhlenberg County, KY. He married (1) Nancy Bradley 03 February 1795 in Logan County, KY. She was born 13 March 1772, and died Bef. 05 February 1798. He married (2) Rachel Boone 05 February 1798, daughter of Squire Boone, Jr.. She was born 1779 in South Carolina, and died 30 January 1865 in Browder, Muhlenberg County, KY.

More About Solomon Rhoads:

Date born 2: 07 June 1774⁷⁸

Burial: Unknown, Rhoads Cemetery, Browder, KY

More About Nancy Bradley:

Died 2: 1796

More About Solomon Rhoads and Nancy Bradley:

Marriage: 03 February 1795, Logan County, KY

Notes for Rachel Boone:

Rachel Boone was the niece of pioneer Daniel Boone.

More About Rachel Boone:

Died 2: 30 January 1865

Burial: Unknown, Rhoads Cemetery, Browder, KY

More About Solomon Rhoads and Rachel Boone:

Marriage 1: 05 February 1798

Marriage 2: 05 June 1798

Children of Solomon Rhoads and Nancy Bradley are:

Children of Solomon Rhoads and Rachel Boone are:

38. Henry⁵ Rhoads III (Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 29 March 1772 in Bedford County, PA⁷⁹, and died 05 September 1840. He married Elisabeth Noffsinger 15 June 1808. She was born 1776, and died 1848.

More About Henry Rhoads III:

Burial: Unknown, New Hope Cemetery, Warrick, IN

More About Henry Rhoads and Elisabeth Noffsinger:

Marriage: 15 June 1808

Children of Henry Rhoads and Elisabeth Noffsinger are:

43. Rachel⁵ Rhoades (Daniel⁴ Rhoads, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 25 November 1780 in Nelson, Bedford County, PA, and died 11 June 1823 in Muhlenberg County, KY. She married Isaac Newman 11 October 1797 in Russellville, Logan County, KY, son of Thomas Newman and Mary Unknown. He was born 07 June 1775 in Botetourt, VA, and died 14 September 1862 in Penrod, Muhlenberg County, KY.

More About Isaac Newman and Rachel Rhoades:

Marriage: 11 October 1797, Russellville, Logan County, KY

Children of Rachel Rhoades and Isaac Newman are:

44. Thomas Foster⁵ Rhoades (Daniel⁴ Rhoads, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 13 July 1795 in Boone's Fort, KY, and died 20 February 1869 in Minersville, UT. He married (1) Elizabeth Forster 21 February 1817 in Muhlenberg County, KY. She died Unknown. He married (2) Mary Miranda White 24 March 1852 in Salt Lake City. She died Unknown. He married (3) Mary Vible Walch 06 September 1853 in Salt Lake City. She died Unknown. He married (4) Aaranetta Caroline Maale 20 November 1853 in Salt Lake City. She died Unknown. He married (5) Eliza Cecilia Johnson 09 December 1853 in Salt Lake City. She died Unknown. He married (6) Olive Larnden 09 June 1854. She died Unknown. He married (7) Wilhelmina Matilda Mary Peterson 01 August 1854 in Salt Lake City. She died Unknown. He married (8) Wilhemina Sophia Jorgenson 25 March 1855 in Salt Lake City. She died Unknown.

More About Thomas Foster Rhoades:

Religion: Mormon⁸¹

More About Thomas Rhoades and Elizabeth Forster:

Marriage: 21 February 1817, Muhlenberg County, KY

More About Thomas Rhoades and Mary White:

Marriage: 24 March 1852, Salt Lake City

More About Thomas Rhoades and Mary Walch:

Marriage: 06 September 1853, Salt Lake City

More About Thomas Rhoades and Aaranetta Maale:

Marriage: 20 November 1853, Salt Lake City

More About Thomas Rhoades and Eliza Johnson:

Marriage: 09 December 1853, Salt Lake City

More About Thomas Rhoades and Olive Larnden:

Marriage: 09 June 1854

More About Thomas Rhoades and Wilhelmina Peterson:

Marriage: 01 August 1854, Salt Lake City

More About Thomas Rhoades and Wilhemina Jorgenson:

Marriage: 25 March 1855, Salt Lake City

Children of Thomas Rhoades and Elizabeth Forster are:

45. Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads (David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 28 April 1800 in Muhlenberg County, KY^{82,83,84,85,86}, and died 04 January 1862 in Muhlenberg County, KY⁸⁷. She married Henry Myers in Kentucky⁸⁸, son of Philip Myers and Elizabeth Unknown. He was born 20 August 1786 in Logan County, KY^88,89,90, and died 14 October 1846 in Muhlenberg County, KY⁹¹.

Notes for Mary Martin Rhoads:

1830 CENSUS, LOGAN COUNTY, KY

p. 73

Henry Myers

males: <5=1, 5-10=2[Soloman, James], 20-30=2, 40-50=1[Henry]

females: <5=1, 5-10=1[Susan], 15-20=1[Elizabeth], 30-40=1[Mary]

slaves, male: <10=1, 10-24=1

slaves, female: <10=1, 36-55=1

total persons=5 [? why not 14?

1840 CENSUS, LOGAN COUNTY, KY, 221 No Twp L, enumerator 222

Henry Myers

males, <5=1[David], 15-20=2[Soloman, James], 50-60=1[Henry]

females, <5=1[Nancy], 10-15=1[Susan], 30-40=1[Mary]

slaves, male, <10=3, 10-24=2

slaves, female, <10=3, 10-24=1, 24-36=2

total persons=25

1850 CENSUS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY

p. 123

649/649

Mary M. Mires, 50, farmer, $3918, ky

Nancy C., 15, ky

David H., 11, ky

Sarah C., 9, ky

1860 CENSUS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY

p. 17

293/293

Mrs. M. M. Myres, 60, domestic, $2,000, $500, ky

Mrs. N. C. Newman, 24, C., school teaching, $300, ky

David H. Myres, 22, merchant, $1,500, ky

FROM THE BIOGRAPHY OF SON DAVID MYERS IN "KENTUCKY: A HISTORY OF THE STATE"

DAVID H. MYERS, Muhlenberg County, was born in Logan County, KY, June 18, 1838, and is the eighth of nine children born to Henry and Mary (Rhodes) Myers, natives of Logan and Muhlenberg Counties, KY, respectively and of German and German-Irish descent. Henry Myers was a son of Philip Myers, a native of Pennsylvania; he was a farmer. The mother of our subject was the daughter of David Rhodes, who married a Miss Vaught. David H. was reared on a farm in the south part of Muhlenberg County until twelve years of age. His parents came to this county about 1840; the father held the office of justice for several years; he died in 1846; he had also been a surveyor for many years. The mother of our subject died in 1862.

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MARY MYERS

WHO WAS BORN APRIL 28, 1800 AND, DIED JAN 4, 1862

Muhlenburg County Ky. Feb 15, 1859

I Mary M. Myers being of sound mind and disposing memory do make this my last will and testament.

1rst I will and bequeath to David H. Myers my house and lot. I live on the main street in the town of Greenville, also one bed and bedroom furniture-- I and bequeath to Nancy G. Newman and Sarah G. Pool the two hundred acres of land on Clifty, and my household and kitchen furniture (after the bed and furniture above devised) to be equally devided between them. I have on hand some cash notes, which I will hereafter dispose of and they are to be held by those who I deliver them to before my death or those persons whom I assign them to. I constitute and appoint David H. Myers and P. H. Baker the executors of this my last will. In witnesses whereof I have hereunto assigned my name.

M. M. Myers

Witnesses

Jesse H. Reno

Thomas P. Boggefs

Muhlenburg County Court Set

March term 1862. March 31, 1862

The foregoing last will and testament of M. M. Myers deceased was exhibited into court on the date aforesaid, and proven to be the act and deed of said decedent by the oaths of Jesse H. Reno and Thomas P. Boggefs the subscribing witnesses thereto- which was endorsed to be

recorded.

Att. Tho. J. Jones Clk---...end of will...

More About Mary Martin Rhoads:

Burial: January 1862, Myers Chapel, Muhlenberg County, KY

Census 1: 1830, Logan County, KY⁹²

Census 2: 1840, Logan County, KY⁹³

Census 3: 1850, Muhlenberg County, KY, Greenville⁹⁴

Census 4: 1860, Muhlenberg County, KY⁹⁵

Will: 15 February 1859, Last Will and Testament of Mary Myers⁹⁶

Notes for Henry Myers:

1795 CENSUS FOR LOGAN COUNTY KENTUCKY

The 1795 census records show Henry's father, Philip, living in Logan County, KY, and 9 year old Henry would have been living in that household.

1810 CENSUS, LOGAN COUNTY, KY

p. 264

Henry Myres

free white males: <10=1, 10-16=1, 16-26=1[Henry], >45=1

free white females: <10=2, 10-16=1, 16-26=2, >45=1[?Abigail Wilcox?]

slaves=10

1830 CENSUS, LOGAN COUNTY, KY

p. 73

Henry Myers

males: <5=1, 5-10=2[Soloman, James], 20-30=2, 40-50=1[Henry]

females: <5=1, 5-10=1[Susan], 15-20=1[Elizabeth], 30-40=1[Mary]

slaves, male: <10=1, 10-24=1

slaves, female: <10=1, 36-55=1

total persons=5 [? why not 14?

1840 CENSUS, LOGAN COUNTY, KY, 221 No Twp L, enumerator 222

Henry Myers

males, <5=1[David], 15-20=2[Soloman, James], 50-60=1[Henry]

females, <5=1[Nancy], 10-15=1[Susan], 30-40=1[Mary]

slaves, male, <10=3, 10-24=2

slaves, female, <10=3, 10-24=1, 24-36=2

total persons=25

FROM THE BIOGRAPHY OF SON DAVID MYERS IN "KENTUCKY: A HISTORY OF THE STATE"

DAVID H. MYERS, Muhlenberg County, was born in Logan County, KY, June 18, 1838, and is the eighth of nine children born to Henry and Mary (Rhodes) Myers, natives of Logan and Muhlenberg Counties, KY, respectively and of German and German-Irish descent. Henry Myers was a son of Philip Myers, a native of Pennsylvania; he was a farmer. The mother of our subject was the daughter of David Rhodes, who married a Miss Vaught. David H. was reared on a farm in the south part of Muhlenberg County until twelve years of age. His parents came to this county about 1840; the father held the office of justice for several years; he died in 1846; he had also been a surveyor for many years. The mother of our subject died in 1862.---end of bio.

Henry was living in Logan County and moved to Muhlenberg County in 1835. Muhlenberg County was formed out of Logan and Christian Counties in 1799. He first bought land in Muhlenberg County, KY, in January, 1840, -- 100 acres from Matthew Willis on Rocky Creek. Two years later, he bought 200 acres from Franklin Gray on Clifty Creek and 118 acres from Jacob Anthony, also on Clifty Creek. The names Clifty and Rocky are interchangeable.---"History of Kentucky"

DID HENRY HAVE A SECOND WIFE? (ANOTHER HENRY MYERS?)

Henry may have had a first wife named Abigail Wilcox (---Gayle Carver, researcher, Greenville, KY), however, there was another Henry Myers who lived in the adjacent Christian County and the two may have sometimes been confused.

COOKSEY'S MILL

Henry took over Cooksey's Mill on Clifty Creek. Myers Chapel was built near Clifty Creek around 1840. Or might this be the other Henry Myers of Christian County? Although there are connections between our Myers family and the Cooksey family.---"History of Muhlenberg County"

WILL OF HENRY MYERS

Logan County records indicate that the settlement of Henry's estate was dated 3/8/1850. Three sons in law are listed as heirs.---"Last Will and Testament of Henry Myers"

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF HENRY MYERS WHO WAS BORN AUG 20, 1786 AND DIED OCT 14, 1846

In the name of God Amen

I Henry Myers of the county of Muhlenburg and state of Kentucky, being sick and weak of body: but of sound mind, and disposing memory (for which I thank God) and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as I have, which God have helped me with-- I give and bequeath the same in manner following, that is to say-- First, I desire that all of the perishable parts of my estate be immediately sold after my decease, and out of the money arising therefrom I wish all my just debts funeral expenses be paid. Secondly I give to my beloved wife M.M. Myers, one third part of all my estate both real and personal for and during her natural life, and after her decease, I give the same to my children hereinafter mentioned ( ? ) Eliza Amanda Hughpith, Elizabeth Ann Baker, Solomon B. Myers, J. G. Myers, Susan Kingsley, Nancy G. Myers, David Henry Myers, and Sarah G. Myers; equally to be divided amongst them, though before such division takes place between the children I give to Nancy G. Myers and Sarah G. Myers five hundred dollars each, and that amount to be apportioned to them out of the money left after my debts are paid, after which each each one of the children to share equally in what may belong to me-- and thirdly, my servants Martha and her increase I give to my wife M. M. Myers, During her natural life, after which the same to be divided as aforesaid-- Fourthly the servants under my control who are free at twenty one years of age; they to be hired and the money applied to the education of my children, that is to say, D. H. Myers, N. G. Myers, and S. G. Myers--

Lastly I do hereby constitute George Richardson and James G. Myers executors to this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all others or former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this l3th day of October 1846-

Henry Myers

Signed, sealed, published, and declared as

and for the last will and testament of

the above named Henry Myers in the

presence of us--

Teste Teste

Samuel Turner

Elvira G. Myers

Benjamin Linton

State of Kentucky

Muhlenburg County October County Courts 1846

The foregoing last will and testament of Henry Myers deceased was exhibited into court, and proved to be the act and deed of said Henry Myers by the oaths of Samuel Turner and Benjamin Linton: subscribing Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded- which is thereupon truly recorded.

att. W. G. Wing

PROBATE OF WILL OF HENRY MYERS (& PHILIP MYERS ?)

page 83

We the undersigned commissioned for Logan County have this day < ? > with George Richardson Executor of Henry Myers who was Executor of Philip Myers, Decd, < ? > < ? > Henry Myers as Executor < ? > < ? > to the estate of Philip Myers Decd < ? > as above states. Given under our hands this 8th March 1850.

Richd W. Counts

< ? > < ? > Bigger (?)

Logan County < ? > :

At a County Court held for sd county at the courthouse in Russellville on the 22nd day of April 1850 the above < ? > with George Richardson Exr of Henry Myers who was Exr of Philip Myers Decd will produced in court approved and < ? > to be recorded. Whereupon < ? > < ? > together with this certificate hath been duly < ? > my < ? > my < ? > as clerk of Sd court the date above.

< ? > < ? >

$ 400.00 1850 < ? > George Richardson Exr of Henry Myers who < ? > of Philip Myers Decd. < ? > of 1st sale Bill in Logan Co of property sold by H. Myers in his life for (?)

192.21 " 2nd sale as above

1016.00 " as sold in Muhlenberg

500.00 " Cash on hand at death of P. Myers

_______

$1757.09

$1757.09 Deduct amt of <?>

1262.25

$ 476.84 Bal due estate

<?> Cr

$ 131.64 By < ? > (A)

385.00 " Amt to Ed Kingsley heir <?> (B)

451.96 " do " Sarah Baker, heir & recpts (C)

100.00 " do " Edw Laramon do (D)

30.25 " do " <?> <?> recpts do (E)

7.00 " do " George <?> do (F)

5.50 " do " " <?> " do (G)

1.75 " < ? >

3.00 " 2 <?> for these

" 2 <?> or doubtful debts <?>

17.90 misc <?> & <?> <?> 25th Oct 1843

35.25 <?> <?> of George Richardson <?> 10th Aug 1843 ?

________

$1200.25 <?>

60.00

________

$1260.25 ?

? <?> $1200 at 5 / <?> c---...end of probate record...

More About Henry Myers:

Appraiser: 17 November 1818, Henry Myers serves as an appraiser for probate court⁹⁷

Burial: October 1846, Myers Chapel, Muhlenberg County, KY

Census 1: 1810, Logan County, KY⁹⁸

Census 2: 1820, ?

Census 3: 1830, Logan County, KY⁹⁹

Census 4: 1840, Logan County, KY¹⁰⁰

Civil War: 23 September 1861, A Company of CSA soldiers spends the night at Myers Chapel¹⁰¹

Deed 1: January 1840, 100 acres on Rocky Creek¹⁰²

Deed 2: 02 February 1842, 200 acres on Clifty Creek¹⁰³

Deed 3: 23 March 1842, 118 acres on Clifty Creek¹⁰⁴

Deed 4: 02 January 1843, Acreage on east side of Long Creek¹⁰⁵

Deed 5: 02 February 1846, Relinquishment to Henry Myers¹⁰⁶

Land Grant: 14 February 1799, 200 acres, West Fork, Pond River¹⁰⁷

Legal: 04 April 1847, John Edwards vs heirs of Henry Myres¹⁰⁸

Migration: Abt. 1840, Logan County, KY, to Muhlenberg County, KY¹⁰⁹

Occupation 1: Bet. 1806 - 1846, farming, justice, surveyor¹⁰⁹

Occupation 2: Aft. 1810, Cooksey's Mill on Clifty Creek¹¹⁰

Residence: Aft. 1840, Paradise, KY, area¹¹¹

Will 1: 13 October 1846, Last Will and Testament of Henry Myers¹¹²

Will 2: 08 March 1850, Last Will and Testament of Henry Myers¹¹³

Will Administrator: 25 July 1842, Named administrator to his father's will^113,114

More About Henry Myers and Mary Rhoads:

Marriage: Kentucky¹¹⁵

Children of Mary Rhoads and Henry Myers are:

49. Barnabus Wing⁶ Rhoads (David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 11 June 1805 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died 1897 in Muhlenberg County, KY. He married Mary Roll 1831 in Muhlenberg County, KY, daughter of Michael Roll. She was born 1808 in Hardin County, KY, and died 1855 in Muhlenberg County, KY.

Notes for Barnabus Wing Rhoads:

Barnabas Wing Rhoads was no doubt named for Barnabas Wing, one of the wealthiest and most influential people in New Bedford, MA, and father of Charles Fox Wing, well known and highly regarded circuit clerk for Muhlenberg County. See the chapter on Charles Fox Wing (1788-1861) in the "History of Muhlenberg County." Charles Fox Wing was at the Battle of the Thames and saw the body of Tecumseh after he had died.

More About Barnabus Rhoads and Mary Roll:

Marriage: 1831, Muhlenberg County, KY

Children of Barnabus Rhoads and Mary Roll are:

53. John Christopher⁶ Rhoads (David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1813 in Muhlenberg County, KY¹²³, and died 1849 in Mississippi. He married (1) Sarah A. Downing, daughter of Edward Downing and Elizabeth Wildy. She died Unknown. He married (2) Eleanor Smith 08 August 1831. She died Unknown.

More About John Christopher Rhoads:

Migration: Abt. 1829, Kentucky to Mississippi

More About Sarah A. Downing:

Migration: 1836, Kentucky to Mississippi

More About John Rhoads and Eleanor Smith:

Marriage: 08 August 1831

Child of John Rhoads and Sarah Downing is:

58. Rev John Van Meter⁶ Rhoads (Jacob⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1787, and died 1854. He married Lucy Elliott. She died Unknown.

Children of John Rhoads and Lucy Elliott are:

93. Bradford⁶ Rhoads (Solomon⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 18 September 1795, and died 08 September 1828. He married Susan Noffsinger 02 January 1817, daughter of William Noffsinger and Susan Stoner. She was born 08 October 1797 in Virginia¹²⁵, and died 18 October 1859.

More About Bradford Rhoads:

Date born 2: 1795

Died 2: 1828

Burial: Unknown, Rhoads Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, KY

More About Susan Noffsinger:

Date born 2: 08 October 1797

Burial: 1859, Scott Cemetery, Bremen, KY

More About Bradford Rhoads and Susan Noffsinger:

Marriage 1: 02 January 1817

Marriage 2: January 1819

Children of Bradford Rhoads and Susan Noffsinger are:

94. Sarah⁶ Rhoads (Solomon⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 04 November 1796, and died 03 February 1875. She married Samuel Noffsinger, son of William Noffsinger and Susan Stoner. He was born 28 April 1787 in Botetourt County, VA¹²⁶, and died 28 October 1869.

More About Samuel Noffsinger:

Burial: 1869, Noffsinger Farm, Muhlenberg County, KY

Child of Sarah Rhoads and Samuel Noffsinger is:

102. Henry⁶ Rhoads (Solomon⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1806 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died 1864 in Muhlenberg County, KY. He married Elizabeth Morton. She was born 1808 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died 1907 in Muhlenberg County, KY.

Children of Henry Rhoads and Elizabeth Morton are:

103. Polly⁶ Rhoads (Solomon⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 19 September 1799, and died 28 August 1842. She married Peter S. Baker, Sr 07 December 1815. He was born 1795, and died 1816.

More About Peter Baker and Polly Rhoads:

Marriage: 07 December 1815

Child of Polly Rhoads and Peter Baker is:

109. Absalom Johnson⁶ Rhoads (Solomon⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 15 December 1814, and died 21 February 1888. He married Tabitha Rice Dennis. She was born 13 December 1825, and died 26 September 1883.

More About Absalom Johnson Rhoads:

Burial: Unknown, Rhoads Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, KY

More About Tabitha Rice Dennis:

Burial: Unknown, Rhoads Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, KY

Children of Absalom Rhoads and Tabitha Dennis are:

116. Malinda⁶ Newman (Rachel⁵ Rhoades, Daniel⁴ Rhoads, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1802 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died 27 October 1867 in Schuyler County, MO. She married James Dudley Welborn 25 September 1823 in Muhlenberg County, KY, son of James Welborn and Elizabeth Dudley. He was born 20 March 1803 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died 16 November 1915 in Liberty, Schuyler County, MO.

More About James Welborn and Malinda Newman:

Marriage: 25 September 1823, Muhlenberg County, KY

Children of Malinda Newman and James Welborn are:

117. Jacob⁶ Newman (Rachel⁵ Rhoades, Daniel⁴ Rhoads, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) died Unknown. He married Elizabeth Welborn 1822, daughter of James Welborn and Elizabeth Dudley. She was born 1802 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died Unknown.

More About Jacob Newman and Elizabeth Welborn:

Marriage: 1822

Children of Jacob Newman and Elizabeth Welborn are:

120. Soloman B.⁷ Myers (Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 16 February 1821 in Kentucky¹³⁵, and died 23 February 1871 in Muhlenberg County, KY^136,137. He married Elvira C. Acock 10 August 1844 in Robertson County, TN^138,139, daughter of William Acock and Rachel Marshall. She was born 14 November 1829 in Kentucky^140,141, and died 1922.

Notes for Soloman B. Myers:

1830 CENSUS, LOGAN COUNTY, KY

p. 73

Henry Myers

males: <5=1, 5-10=2[Soloman, James], 20-30=2, 40-50=1[Henry]

females: <5=1, 5-10=1[Susan], 15-20=1[Elizabeth], 30-40=1[Mary]

slaves, male: <10=1, 10-24=1

slaves, female: <10=1, 36-55=1

total persons=5 [? why not 14?

1840 CENSUS, LOGAN COUNTY, KY, 221 No Twp L, enumerator 222

Henry Myers

males, <5=1[David], 15-20=2[Soloman, James], 50-60=1[Henry]

females, <5=1[Nancy], 10-15=1[Susan], 30-40=1[Mary]

slaves, male, <10=3, 10-24=2

slaves, female, <10=3, 10-24=1, 24-36=2

total persons=25

1850 CENSUS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY

p. 123

654/654

Soloman Myses (or Myers), 29, farmer, $1200, ky

Elvira C., 21, ky

Rachael C., 4, ky

Wm. H., 1, ky

1860 CENSUS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY

p. 80

529/495

Soloman B. Myers, 39, farmer, $1,200, $500, ky

Elvira C., 32, dom., ky

Rachael C., 14, ky, 2

William H., 11, ky, 2

George R., 9, ky, 2

David R., 4, ky

Mary C., 1, ky

1870 CENSUS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY

p. 66

487/490

S. B. Myers, 49, male, farmer, $600-$300, ky

Elnora C., 43, ky

William H., 21, ky, $400

George R., 19, ky

David R., 14, ky

Mary C., 11, ky

Rufus C., 8, ky

John, 5, ky

Samuel P., 4, ky (twins)

Panelope S., 4, ky (twins)

male not named, 1/12, born April, ky

LOGAN AND MUHLENBERG COUNTIES, KENTUCKY

The Myers properties were near present-day Lake Malone State Park, Muhlenberg County, KY.

FROM "A NEW HISTORY OF MUHLENBERG COUNTY" BY PAUL CAMPLIN

"Families in and around Paradise include the names of ...Hill...Rhoades...Sturm...Baker...Myers..."

MUHLENBERG CO, KY, DEED BOOK 17 P 264-265

July 1854

Wm H C Wing

MYERS

&

DEWITT

This Indenture made and entered into this the 6 th day of April one thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty three between Solomon B Myers of the County of Muhlenberg Commonwealth of Ky of the one part & Alanson C DeWitt of the County and Commonwealth aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that the said Solomon B Myers for and in consideration of the Sum of Seven Hundred Dollars to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted Bargained and Sold unto the said A C DeWitt & his heirs forever a certain parcel of land lying and being in the County aforesaid on the waters of Clifty Containing by Survey Two Hundred and Ninety acres more or less and bounded as follows towit: Beginning at2 Gums John Armstrong's corner and running thence with his line N45 E134 ? crossing Clifty Creek to an Elm. Thence S42 E41 ? to a Rock marked ACD at a Poplar & White Oak. Thence N72 W20 ? to a double white oak. ? Bickerstaff beginning corner. Thence N74 1/2 E 135 ? crossing the creek to three white oaks. Thence N30 W85 crossing the creek to a Beech and Hornbean (?). Thence N76 W114 ? to a Rock marked ACD & JHW at a Poplar. Thence S46 W54 ? to a white oak, Black Walnut, Poplar and Red Oak & Black Jack at a stake. Thence S41 W41 ? to two small white oaks and Red Oak at a stake. Thence S20 E245 ? to the Beginning Containing 290 acres with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining unto the said A C DeWitt his heirs and assigns forever against the charm of them the said Solomon B Myers & Elvira his wife their Heirs and all persons claiming by from or under them or any of them and also against the claim of all and every other person or persons whatever and shall & will forever warrant and defend by the testaments. In Witness whereof that said S B Myers and Elvira his wife have hereunto set their hands and affixed their Seals.

S B Myers

E C Myers

State of Kentucky

Muhlenberg County Set:

I William H C Wing clerk of the County Court for said County certify that the foregoing deed from S B Myers & E C Myers his wife to A C DeWitt was on the 6th day of April 1853 produced to me and acknowledged by said S B Myers to be his act & Deed and on the 6th day of May 1853 the Same was acknowledged by said E C Myers wife of the said S B Myers to be her act & deed which is thereupon admitted to and truly recorded.

Given under my hand

W H C Wing---end of deed book entry

FROM BOOK 22, P. 550, MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY

This Indenture made the the 10th day of April 1856. One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty Six between S. B. Myers of the County of Muhlenberg and Commonwealth of Kentucky of the one part and of J. W. Welborn of the County of Muhlenberg and Commonwealth of aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said S. B. Myers for an in Consideration of the Sum of Five Dollars per acre to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained and Sold unto the Said J. B. Welborn his heirs and assigns a

certain parcel of land Supposed to be Seven acres m. more or less < ? > and being in the County of Muhlenberg on the waters of Clifty Creek. This is a corner of the Andrew Parks Survey taken off the North east end bounded as follows towit. Beginning on a white oak and Elm on the North East Corner of the old Andrew Parks Survey, thence South with the old line forty poles to a hickory and a poplar, thence West fourteen Poles to a white oak and two Black oaks, thence North thirty three poles to a white oak and black oak, thence East thirty

poles to the Beginning. Containing Seven acres more or less together with all and Singular appertenances thereto belonging or in any wise appertaining. To have and to hold hereby with the appertanences unto the Said J. W. Welborn his heirs and assigns forever and the Said S. B. Myers for by himself his heirs and executors and administrators the aforesaid tract of land and appertenances unto the said J. W. Welborn his heirs and assigns the claim or claims of all and every person or persons whatsoever doth an will forever Warrant and defend by these presents In Witness whereof the Said S. B. Myers together with his wife Elvira C. Myers who hereby relinquishes her dower of in an to said Survey in this deed hath hereunto set their hands and seals the day and date above written. Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of

S. B. Myers

E. C. Myers

State of Kentucky

Muhlenberg County | < ? >

I, B. J. Shaver Deputy Clerk for Tho Bruce Clerk of the Muhlenberg County Court do Certify that this deed from S. B. Myers & wife E. C. Myers to J. W. Welborn was on the 19th day of March 1866 produced to Tho J. Jones former Clerk of this Court and acknowledged by S. B. Myers to be his act and deed as appears from an official endorsement thereon. And on the 9th day of April 1867 was produced to me in my County and acknowledged by E. C. Myers to be her act and deed. And the Same is duly Stamped as required by Law. Whereupon Said

deed together with this Certificate is admitted to and truly recorded in My office this 18th day of April 1867.

Witness My hand

B. J. Shaver D.C.

for Tho Bruce clk---end of deed record---

MYERS CHAPEL

Records show the transfer of 1 and 1/2 acres to the trustees of Myers Chapel. Myers Chapel and Grangers' Hall was built in 1840 (1880?) on Russellville Road, near Clifty Creek. It was abandoned in 1895.---"History of Muhlenberg County"

MUHLENBERG CO, KY, DEED BOOK 20 P 14

(notation in upper left margin--

DeWitt & wife

to | deed

Trustees of Myers Chapel

I delivered to W M Blackwell

July 4th 1860)

This Indenture made and entered into between Alanson C DeWitt and Julia Anne his wife of the one part and Wm M Blackwell, Benj Linton, Solomon B Myers, Wm Whitaker, Elias A Moser and Alexander Posey, Trustees < ? > of the other part witnesseth that the said A C and J A DeWitt do hereby bargain and transfer to the said trustees the lot or parcel of ground on which Myers Chapel Stands to be held by them in trust for the use and benefit of the Methodist Episcopal Church South who hold membership and begining at at stake on the west side of the Russellville and Greenville Road running a northward course with Said road about 14 < ? > to a Hickory thence Westward about 19 < ? > to a white oak on Robert < ? > line thence Southward with said line about 8 2/11 (?) < ? > A Sasafras. Thence Eastward about 25 5/11 (?) <?> to the begining conataining one acre and a half more or less with all its appurtenances except one poplar tree Standing near the South West corner of Said lot. The Said A C and J A DeWitt < ? > themselves their heirs < ? > to the said trustees and their Successors in office So long as the Said premises are occupied for the use and Benefit before Said April 12th 1859.

Alanson C DeWitt

Julia A DeWitt

~?~

State of Kentucky Muhlenberg County Set:

I Thos J Jones county clerk for J W Reno < ? > County Court for the Count aforesaid do certify that the foregoing deed from A C DeWitt & Julia A DeWitt his wife to Sd Wm M Blackwell, Benj Linton, Solomon B Myers Wm Whitaker, Elias A Moser & Alexander Posey - trustees - was this day forward is in my county and acknowledged before and by the Said A C DeWitt & Julia A DeWitt his wife to be their act and deed. I further certify that this deed together with this certificate has been truly recorded in my office. Witness my hand as the county clerk for J H Reno Clerk of the Said Court this 17th day of November 1859.---end of deed book entry

SOLOMAN AND ELVIRA

Soloman's wife Elvira is something of a mystery. Her maiden name has been variously reported as Cloud, Welborn and Acock or Adcock. The source of the name Cloud is unknown although her middle initial often appears as "C" and she signed papers as E. C. or Elvira C. The Acock-Welborn confusion apparently resulted from the 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, which reported that children Rufus and Penelope (twin of Samuel) were living with their aunt and uncle, E. B. and Fannie Welborn. It seems likely that Fannie or Frances Acock Welborn was the sister to Elvira rather than E. B. being her brother.

Descendants of Fannie have a letter written to Solomon Myers of Laurel, KY, from "N. N." The letter is addressed "Dear brother and sister." Soloman had a sister, Nancy Myers Newman who would have been 19 at the time. "Brother and sister" could have meant her brother Soloman and "sister" could mean Soloman's wife, Elvira. The descendants have never known who Solomon was or why this letter was kept with the papers that have been handed down in the family. An explanation could be that Elvira and Fannie were sisters.

Family tradition holds that Elvira lived until 1922 but her place of death is unknown and what she did after Soloman's death in 1871 is also unknown.

Why were two of their children living with an aunt and uncle in 1870?---RCM

THE 1855 LETTER FROM "N N" TO SOLOMON B. MYERS

Courtesy of Leslie Harbison

Mr Solomon B. Myers

Laurel Bluff

Ky

Oct 9th 1855

River Valley

Dear Brother & Sister-

Once again I take up the pleasing task of writing to you. It has been a long time since I wrote to you personally but I have written to others of the family and felt assured that you all heard from same.

My school lacks nearly one month of being out that will soon slip away and then the time will be here that I have promised myself to start home. Now it begins to be a serious matter for I cannot tell how I am to get there unless I come in the stage to Little Rock and I have always said I would not do it but there has been no rain to raise the river and (??torn??) all concluded there never will be again.

Cousin Isaac is engaged yet in his school and will be until February. he says if I will stay till then he will come and bring me but I have not promised as dont think (??torn??) shall for it will be an expensive trip which nothing else would induce him to make. I guess I have gained publicity enough now to travel alone. I dare say that if the captain of a steam boat would turn it to account it would be a money making trip to him. However the excitement has subsided into quite a calm here. I,m afraid that when I leave Arkansas that a reaction will take place

which will throw some of these people into convulsions.

We have pleasant weather, just enough rain to sow wheat not enough to raise the waters sufficient to grind any.

The blaze of know nothing excitement has just attained its greatest hight. The election for circuit Judge has just come off and the R P candidate came off victoriously with a majority of 100.

They are meeting with a warm opposition and I rather think they’ll go union in this state.

The folks are gathering corn and sowing wheat. I’ve got the sore eyes pretty badly. I am going to cousin Isaac’s as soon as my school is out.

I wish it was as easy to go to Ky.

Write to me soon. Tell all the news,

N N

tell Ma to be patient. I never forget her long at a time if I do stay long.---end of letter.

Note: The last line was written vertically up the left side of the page. "N N" may be Nancy Myers, the sister of Soloman B. Myers. Her married name was Newman. This letter was transcribed from a photocopy of the original as closely as possible to the actual spelling, punctuation, etc. The envelope has a postmark stamp of "Oct." Nancy Myers was a school teacher and would have been about 19 when this letter was written. She could have been away attending a school for teachers. Nancy Myers had at least two first cousins that

were named Isaac. This letter was provided by Leslie Harbison, a descendant of Frances "Fannie" Acock Welborn who may have been the sister of Elvira, wife of Soloman B. Myers.---RCM

It would be interesting to know what the letter writer means when she writes "I guess I have gained publicity enough now to travel alone." And "I,m [sic] afraid that when i leave Arkansas that a reaction will take place which will throw some of these people into convulsions."---RCM

More About Soloman B. Myers:

Burial: February 1871, Myers Chapel, Muhlenberg County, KY

Census 1: 1830, Logan County, KY¹⁴²

Census 2: 1840, Logan County, KY¹⁴³

Census 3: 1850, Muhlenberg County, KY, Model Mills (Skilesville)¹⁴⁴

Census 4: 1860, Muhlenberg County, KY¹⁴⁵

Census 5: 1870, Muhlenberg County, KY¹⁴⁶

Deed 1: 06 April 1853, sale of 290 acres on Clifty Creek^147,148

Deed 2: 07 March 1856, 190 acres¹⁴⁹

Deed 3: 10 April 1856, 7 acres on Clifty Creek to J. W. Welborn¹⁵⁰

Deed 4: 12 April 1859, Trusteeship for Myers Chapel¹⁵¹

Deed 5: 18 April 1867, S. B. & E. C. Myers to J. W. Welborn, 7 acres on Clifty Creek¹⁵²

Occupation: Abt. 1841, farming¹⁵³

Notes for Elvira C. Acock:

WFT #2057 gives Soloman B Myers' wife's name as Elvira C. Cloud, 1822-1853/1922.

SOLOMAN AND ELVIRA

Soloman's wife Elvira is something of a mystery. Her maiden name has been variously reported as Cloud, Welborn and Acock or Adcock. The source of the name Cloud is unknown although her middle initial often appears as "C" and she signed papers as E. C. or Elvira C. The Acock-Welborn confusion apparently resulted from the 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, which reported that children Rufus and Penelope (twin of Samuel) were living with their aunt and uncle, E. B. and Fannie Welborn. It seems likely that Fannie or Frances Acock Welborn was the sister to Elvira rather than E. B. being her brother.

Descendants of Fannie have a letter written to Solomon Myers of Laurel, KY, from "N. N." The letter is addressed "Dear brother and sister." Soloman had a sister, Nancy Myers Newman who would have been 19 at the time. "Brother and sister" could have meant her brother Soloman and "sister" could mean Soloman's wife, Elvira. The descendants have never known who Solomon was or why this letter was kept with the papers that have been handed down in the family. An explanation could be that Elvira and Fannie were sisters.

Family tradition holds that Elvira lived until 1922 but her place of death is unknown and what she did after Soloman's death in 1871 is also unknown.

Why were two of their children living with an aunt and uncle in 1870?---RCM

LETTER FROM DEBBIE FRANK

Letter from Debbie Frank to RCM, postmarked Evansville, IN, 24 Jan 2000

Debbie Frank, Henderson, KY, is a descendant of Frances Acock Welborn.

"Dear Ron,

Sorry for the delay in mailing the info. I kept thinking of things I thought you might appreciate. I wanted to Note something in my digging that you may have already picked up on. Did you note in the 1880 Census the spelling of Myres? I assume this is wrong due to the letter to Solomon from his sister Nancy. What is odd is that this is how the pic I have enclosed of Katie Myres has it spelled also. I say this as

much to tell you to also look for this spelling when checking other records in Muhlenberg Co. The photos are the only Acock's and Myers I found labeled. As I said in my e-mail I unfortunately have many many pic's without names. I will also tell you I am only 95 % sure of the ones I am enclosing. These tin types were in an old album and the names were written across the top. I can only hope that they were in their original sleeve and titled correctly.

1-The first couple are believed to be E.B. & Francis. Not labeled but the look is of her.

2-The two women together is labeled as Lucy & Alice Acock.

3-The bottom left young girl was labeled as Francis Acock. She had to be very young here.

4-The women standing top right was labeled as Alice Acock but she doesn't look the same as the Alice standing in the previous pic. What do you think?

5-The other young lady middle right was labeled as Katie Myres.

I also have enclosed some other copies. The monument is where an old cemetery stood in Auburn KY. They removed all the tomb stones to build a factory. Note the Acocks. We also have hand drawn pics of the tomb stones possibly before they were removed In memory of William Acock who was born Feb. 21st, 1788 and departed this life Oct. the 20th, 1833.. Sacred to the memory of Miss Elizabeth Jane Acock was born Aug 12th, 1815 and departed this life April the 8th, 1833.. In memory of William C. Acock who was born March the 13th, 1818 and departed this life Nov. the 30th, 1833..Do you think they died in the flu epidemic?(1833) I also have decedents buried in Rosebud, TX, and have written down names of Acocks buried there also. It was believed my Great Grand father went to TX with the Acocks from Muhlenberg.

1-Robert F. Acock Oct. 23, 1869-Sept. 14,1919

2-Sallie Acock Nov. 13, 1874-Feb. 7, 1931

3-Baby Robbie Lee Acock. April 1905-Sept. 1905

4-J.M. Acock March 14, 1880-March 21, 1910

The copies of the Bible are priceless to us. I hope you enjoy them also. It does seem logical that Francis and Elvira were sisters. You have peeked our interest in the Acocks again. Will have to add to my Library file and do some more digging. Hopefully Gail Miller will share what she finds also.

Debbie"

Enclosed with this letter were 13 photos and the following notes:

"History Hazel Creek Baptist Church. The oldest Baptist Church in the state of Kentucky west of the L.& N. R.R. with Biographical sketches of the pastors and the church roll by Wm. J. Johnson and Particulars of the Centennial Day by Elder F. M. Welborn 1898.

This is the opening of this book. F. M. Welborn was a son of E.B. and Francis. This is also where the first Welborn's in Muhlenberg Co. are buried. We are so lucky to have this book. I found it by accident in a Library in Evansville IN. Just across the river from where I live. Some of us attended the 200 Anniversary of this church a few years ago. It is still going strong."

This is an excerpt of that book.

"F M was called to pastor in the fall of 1882 and served till 1885. He was bom on a little farm on the edge of the cliff, north of Pryer's creek and west of Myers' Chapel, on the Russellville and Greenville road, in the southern part of Muhlenberg Co. Ky. July 18, 1841. He is the great grandson of James Welborn, a pioneer to Kentucky from North Carolina about 1800. He was the eldest son of the ten children of Ephraim B. and Frances K. Welborn. His mother was an Acock, a grand daughter of Wm. Acock [note comment on error below] a Revolutionary soldier," "His great grandfather was Jas. Welborn and wife Elizabeth became members in the first decade of the century and died members. Many of their children became members of whom was Capt. Robert Welborn with his wife Nancy. Most all of their large family of children became members among whom was his father Ephraim B. Welborn with his wife Fanny. They were here in the sixties to give him the had of fellowship. Four generations of us have sheltered under this vine. His matemal grandmother, Rachel Acock died a member here.""

"I believe that the quote about her being the grand daughter of Wm. Acock is incorrect and should read Robert Acock. I believe William to be her father. To back this he later quotes that his matemal grand mother was Rachel Acock and we know from William's will that his wife was Rachel."

"Deacon Ephraim Brank Welborn died March 10, 1884, after four days painful suffering, he was a native of Muhlenberg County, Ky, in which he spent his life of 67 years. He was a resolute, athletic, liberal, cheerful man. Having embraced religion at the age of 20, he became a member of Hazel Creek church, which church set him apart to the office of deacon, he served ably in securing pastors support, always laying the pattern of ability himself,. Afterwards he did the same for Mt. Carmel church, in which till his death, he outlived his wife, Frances K., only 17 months. They delighted to entertain their pastors and beloved Baptist brethren, they leave nine children four sons and five daughters- all church members, most of whom have families. These distressed ones gathered at the desolate homestead where the funeral services were conducted by the writer before interment. Parents could not labor more lovingly for their children, never grew careless about them at any time, but preferred to live poor and struggle hard than see them or the Master's cause suffer, it was not his privilege, his speech being paralyzed, to give the parting blessing to his children and grandchildren, as it was his wife's. After he began rapidly sinking he said to his son, Rev. F. M. Welborn "I have despaired of the doctors." The son said "Pa, if you can't depend on

the doctors trust in the Lord," He answered, "Yes, yes, that's my only hope." "Pa, did you know you were almost gone?" The ghastly face beamed with a light triumphant smile, and that voice toned its last words "O yes, yes!" Rockport, Ky. J.T. Casebier.---end of material from Debbie Frank to RCM.

1850 CENSUS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY

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Soloman Myses (or Myers), 29, farmer, $1200, ky

Elvira C., 21, ky

Rachael C., 4, ky

Wm. H., 1, ky

1860 CENSUS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY

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529/495

Soloman B. Myers, 39, farmer, $1,200, $500, ky

Elvira C., 32, dom., ky

Rachael C., 14, ky, 2

William H., 11, ky, 2

George R., 9, ky, 2

David R., 4, ky

Mary C., 1, ky

More About Elvira C. Acock:

Burial: 1922

Census 1: 1850, Muhlenburg County, KY¹⁵⁴

Census 2: 1860, Muhlenburg County, KY¹⁵⁵

Census 3: 1870, Muhlenburg County, KY¹⁵⁶

Census 4: 1880, ?

Surname Variant: Adcock

Marriage Notes for Soloman Myers and Elvira Acock:

Marriage Book 1, p. 104, Robertson County, TN, Archives:

Solomon B. Mize & Elvirey Adcock, 10 August 1844, I solemnized the rites of matrimony between the within parties August 10th, 1845, James Woodward, JP.

More About Soloman Myers and Elvira Acock:

Marriage: 10 August 1844, Robertson County, TN^157,158

Children of Soloman Myers and Elvira Acock are:

122. Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers (Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 12 September 1819 in Kentucky^174,175, and died 14 October 1881^176,177. She married (1) John R. Armstrong^177,178. He was born 1838 in Kentucky, and died Unknown. She married (2) Israel Jacob Baker, Sr 02 October 1837 in Logan County, KY, son of Jacob Baker and Salome Grable. He was born 1815¹⁷⁹, and died 26 October 1858.

More About Elizabeth Ann Myers:

Burial: 1881, Myers Chapel, Muhlenberg County, KY

Census 1: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census¹⁸⁰

Census 2: 1830, Logan County, KY, census¹⁸¹

More About John R. Armstrong:

Date born 2: 1838, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census¹⁸²

Census: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census¹⁸³

Occupation: 1880, farmer¹⁸³

More About John Armstrong and Elizabeth Myers:

Marriage: ^184,185

More About Israel Baker and Elizabeth Myers:

Marriage: 02 October 1837, Logan County, KY

Children of Elizabeth Myers and John Armstrong are:

Children of Elizabeth Myers and Israel Baker are:

123. James Gwinn⁷ Myers (Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth)^187,188 was born 22 October 1824 in Russellville, Logan County, KY¹⁸⁹, and died 08 July 1886 in Logan County, KY¹⁹⁰. He married (1) Elizabeth Jane Willis 27 July 1851 in Muhlenburg County, KY. She died Unknown. He married (2) Sarah C. Dill 25 December 1871¹⁹¹, daughter of George Dill. She was born 1850 in Kentucky¹⁹¹, and died Unknown.

Notes for James Gwinn Myers:

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Muhlenberg Co.

JAMES GWINN MYERS, Muhlenburgh [sic] County, was born in Logan County, Ky., near Russellville, on October 22, 1824. His early education was acquired in the schools of Russellville, Greenville and Franklin. In 1835, he came with his parents to Muhlenburgh County. They located on Rocky Creek, where James G. resided until 1845. In that year he began to do a general merchandise trade in Skilesville, on Green River. In 1856, he erected a store-room and a tobacco warehouse one mile from Skilesville, where he continued the trade, and to that added the business of buying and shipping leaf tobacco, and in 1878 became, through the failure of other parties, a bankrupt. In the same year, he took a homestead claim on 125 acres of land, where he now resides; his farm is well improved with frame cottage, two barns, tobacco warehouse, three wells, two good cisterns and orchard of 400 trees. His farm is all enclosed with good fences, eighty-five acres under high cultivation, principally in tobacco, corn and wheat. Mr. Myers has been twice married; first to Miss Willis, whom

he married in 1851; they had seven children, five of whom are living: David H., Bernard G., Martha E., Philip E., and Medora. Those deceased are Charles B. and James T. Mr. Myers' second marriage occurred on December 25, 1871, with Sarah C. Dill, of Muhlenburgh County. She is a daughter of George Dill. To this marriage was born one daughter - Luroe - who died in infancy. Mr. Myers on account of bad health did not enter the army, but during the years 1861 and 1862, enlisted many recruits in the Federal service. His sympathies were with the Federal Government, and he suffered much loss in consequence. Mr. Myers has been during his life a man of business

qualifications; he held for ten years the office of county examiner, and for two years was postmaster at Skilesville. He is a member of McLean Lodge, No. 120 of the I.O.O.F. He is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Although not a Prohibitionist he is an advocate of temperance. His youngest son, Philip E. Myers, has charge of the farm, and is known as a gentleman of sterling integrity and one of the rising young farmers of Muhlenburgh County.---end of bio.

On 3/5/1855, the post office name was changed to Model Mills and James Myers was appointed postmaster.---"New History of Muhlenberg County"

More About James Gwinn Myers:

Burial: 1886, Union Chapel, Logan County, KY

Census 1: 1830, Logan County, KY, census¹⁹²

Census 2: 1840, Logan County, KY, census¹⁹³

Census 3: 1850, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census-Model Mills¹⁹⁴

Census 4: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census¹⁹⁵

Civil War: Bet. 1861 - 1862, James Myers¹⁹⁶

Education: Bef. 1845, Russellville, Greenville, Franklin¹⁹⁷

Homestead: 1878, homestead claim¹⁹⁸

Membership: Aft. 1845, Mason¹⁹⁸

Migration 1: 1835, Logan County, KY, to Muhlenberg County, KY

Migration 2: 1845, to Skilesville, KY

Occupation 1: Aft. 1845, retailer, tobacco farmer, county examiner^198,199

Occupation 2: Aft. 1845, county examiner for 10 years

Occupation 3: Aft. 1845, postmaster for two years

Property: Aft. 1845, Muhlenburg County, KY²⁰⁰

Religion: Methodist²⁰¹

Witness: 16 October 1852, Muhlenburg County, KY, Wills²⁰²

More About James Myers and Elizabeth Willis:

Marriage: 27 July 1851, Muhlenburg County, KY

More About Sarah C. Dill:

Census: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁰³

More About James Myers and Sarah Dill:

Marriage: 25 December 1871²⁰³

Children of James Myers and Elizabeth Willis are:

Child of James Myers and Sarah Dill is:

124. Susan C.⁷ Myers (Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1828, and died Unknown. She married (1) Edward Kingsley. He was born 20 October 1817 in Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts²⁰⁷, and died 11 October 1852 in Muhlenburg County, KY²⁰⁸. She married (2) Pinkney Poole 23 December 1858 in Muhlenburg County, KY. He died Unknown.

Notes for Edward Kingsley:

Grave marker says Edward drowned.

More About Edward Kingsley:

Burial: Unknown, Myers Chapel, Muhlenburg County, KY

Cause of Death: drowned²⁰⁹

Census: 1850, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²¹⁰

Occupation: 1850, farmer²¹⁰

More About Pinkney Poole and Susan Myers:

Marriage: 23 December 1858, Muhlenburg County, KY

Children of Susan Myers and Edward Kingsley are:

126. David Henry⁷ Myers (Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth)^211,212 was born 18 June 1838 in Logan County, KY²¹³, and died 1919 in Greenville, Muhlenburg County, KY²¹⁴. He married Martha Jane Martin 02 May 1866 in Muhlenburg County, KY²¹⁵, daughter of Thomas Martin and Mahala Bell. She was born 1839 in Muhlenburg County, KY^216,217, and died 1902 in Greenville, Muhlenburg County, KY²¹⁸.

Notes for David Henry Myers:

His home in Greenville, KY, is on the National Register.---Gayle Carver

DAVID H. MYERS, Muhlenberg County, was born in Logan County, KY, June 18, 1838, and is the eighth of nine children born to Henry and Mary (Rhodes) Myers, natives of Logan and Muhlenberg Counties, KY, respectively and of German and German-Irish descent. Henry Myers was a son of Philip Myers, a native of Pennsylvania; he was a farmer. The mother of our subject was the daughter of David Rhodes, who married a Miss Vaught. David H. was reared on a farm in the south part of Muhlenberg County until twelve years of age. His parents came to this county about 1840; the father held the office of justice for several years; he died in 1846; he had also been a surveyor for many years. The mother of our subject died in 1862. David H. received a good education, and attended Greenville College two years. In

January, 1854, he engaged as a salesman for his brother in the grocery business until 1856, when he engaged in the drug and dry goods business; in 1859, engaged in business with his brother until 1876, when he commenced business for himself. He and brother operated a steam saw-mill for two years, also ran a drug store at South Carrollton eight years; he owns 180 acres of land. He married Mattie J. Martin of Muhlenberg County, in May, 1866; she is the daughter of Thomas L. and Mahala (Bell) Martin, natives of Virginia. To this union were born three children, two living: Thomas H. and Della. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are members of the Presbyterian Church.---"History of Kentucky"

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Mrs. M. M. Myres, 60, domestic, $2,000, $500, ky

Mrs. N. C. Newman, 24, C., school teaching, $300, ky

David H. Myres, 22, merchant, $1,500, ky

More About David Henry Myers:

Biography: David Henry Myers²¹⁹

Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenburg County, KY

Census 1: 1860, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²²⁰

Census 2: 1840, Logan County, KY, census²²¹

Census 3: 1850, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²²²

Census 4: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census-Greenville²²³

Deed: 08 August 1892, Deed²²⁴

Education: Greenville College²²⁵

Occupation 1: druggist & retailer in Greenville^{226,227,228,229}

Occupation 2: Saw mill and drug store in South Carrollton

Property: Greenville, Muhlenburg County, KY²³⁰

Religion: Presbyterian²³¹

Residence: South Carrollton, KY, for eight years as a druggist

More About Martha Jane Martin:

Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY

Census: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²³²

More About David Myers and Martha Martin:

Marriage: 02 May 1866, Muhlenburg County, KY²³³

Children of David Myers and Martha Martin are:

127. Sarah G.⁷ Myers (Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1841 in Kentucky, and died 1927 in Rochester, KY. She married Pinkney Poole 23 December 1858, son of Joseph Poole and Elizabeth Guiler. He was born 11 March 1824 in Harlan Lake, Union County, KY²³⁸, and died 1911 in Rochester, KY.

More About Sarah G. Myers:

Census: 1850, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²³⁹

Forename Variant: MI possibly C.

More About Pinkney Poole:

Migration: Bet. 1852 - 1856, Overland trip to California to work in the gold fields

Occupation: Flat-boating & trading in timber on Green River

Residence: Aft. 1865, Butler County, KY

More About Pinkney Poole and Sarah Myers:

Marriage: 23 December 1858

Children of Sarah Myers and Pinkney Poole are:

128. Isaac W.⁷ Rhoads (Barnabus Wing⁶, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1832, and died Unknown.

Child of Isaac W. Rhoads is:

132. Jacob B.⁷ Rhoads (Barnabus Wing⁶, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1837 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died 1914 in Ohio County, KY. He married Elizabeth J. Clark 24 January 1860 in Muhlenberg County, KY, daughter of George Clark and Isabella Glenn. She was born May 1835 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died 21 September 1898 in Ohio County, KY.

More About Jacob Rhoads and Elizabeth Clark:

Marriage: 24 January 1860, Muhlenberg County, KY

Children of Jacob Rhoads and Elizabeth Clark are:

149. Samuel Worthington⁷ Rhoads (Bradford⁶, Solomon⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Abt. 1821, and died 1888. He married Nancy Plain 1855, daughter of Daniel Plain. She was born 24 March 1834, and died 1927.

More About Samuel Worthington Rhoads:

Burial: 1888, Sacramento, McLean Co, KY²⁴¹

More About Samuel Rhoads and Nancy Plain:

Marriage: 1855

Child of Samuel Rhoads and Nancy Plain is:

153. Bradford⁷ Noffsinger (Sarah⁶ Rhoads, Solomon⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) died Unknown. He married Elizabeth Jane Shaver. She died Unknown.

Child of Bradford Noffsinger and Elizabeth Shaver is:

159. McHenry⁷ Rhoads (Absalom Johnson⁶, Solomon⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 27 July 1858 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died Unknown.

More About McHenry Rhoads:

Education: Bet. 1876 - 1880, West Kentucky College

Occupation 1: Bet. 1880 - 1885, Chair of Natural Science at West Kentucky College

Occupation 2: Bet. 1885 - 1891, Vice President of the Hartford College and Business Institute

Occupation 3: Bet. 1891 - 1900, Superintendent of Frankfort Schools

Occupation 4: 1900, Appointed State Supervisor of High Schools & held professorship of secondary education at State Univ.

Occupation 5: Bet. 1900 - 1910, Superintendent of Owensboro Schools

Child of McHenry Rhoads is:

162. William Hutcherson⁷ Welborn (Malinda⁶ Newman, Rachel⁵ Rhoades, Daniel⁴ Rhoads, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 14 February 1826 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died 17 December 1895 in Muhlenberg County, KY. He married Catherine C. Moore 24 July 1845. She was born 12 May 1827 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died 10 February 1906 in Muhlenberg County, KY.

More About William Welborn and Catherine Moore:

Marriage: 24 July 1845

Children of William Welborn and Catherine Moore are:

173. Samuel Preston⁸ Myers (Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 28 June 1865 in Greenville, Muhlenburg County, KY^{243,244,245,246}, and died 04 October 1914 in Altus, Jackson County, OK^247,248,249. He married (1) Jessie Lee Beaty²⁵⁰ 12 December 1893 in Ellis County, TX^251,252, daughter of Thomas Beaty and Annie Hill. She was born 12 December 1873 in Bonham, Fannin County, TX^253,254, and died 24 April 1910 in Altus, Jackson County, OK^255,256. He married (2) E. Addie Finney Aft. April 1910 in Jackson County, OK. She died Unknown.

Notes for Samuel Preston Myers:

TWINS

Samuel and Penelope were twins according to the 1870 census records for Muhlenberg County.--Gayle Carver

CROSSING THE RED

In 1900 Samuel moved his family to Greer County, Oklahoma Territory, to take advantage of the land available for homesteading. They travelled by wagon and drove livestock with them. They probably spent the night at Doan's Crossing at the Red River. This was where the Great Western Cattle Trail crossed the wide shallow river. Doan's store was located on the south side of the river and was convenient for travelers.

The Red River was normally "a mile wide and a foot deep" but could be treacherous after a rain upstream. It also contained pools of quicksand that were usually not discovered until it was too late.

When the Myers family crossed they did lose at least one head of cattle to the quicksand. After the otherwise successful crossing, the family journeyed north and settled near Humphreys in Jackson County. Samuel perhaps homesteaded at this location.

FIRE

On 1/30/1907, the Myers family home burned. It was originally a dugout and later a frame structure was built over it above ground. Roscoe and Samuel Cleo were sleeping upstairs and the rest of the family was sleeping in the dugout. Samuel Cleo died in the fire and Roscoe's ears were severely burned. This house was one mile east and one mile south of the Francis Cemetery, near Humphreys in Jackson County, OK. Samuel had pneumonia or caught pneumonia while fighting the fire.

FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY

In September 1907 Samuel purchased a quarter section of land (160 acres) in the Friendship Community, one mile north of the town. The purchase price was $4,500.00. He built a large house on this property and farmed it until he died in 1914.

THE SOUTHEAST ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 19

The legal description of the land which was to be the home place of the Myers family for over 50 years:

"The South East One quarter of Section Nineteen (19) in Township Three (3) North, of Range Nineteen (19) West of the Indian Meridian, containing in all One Hundred Sixty (160) acres, more or less, according to the Government survey, in Greer County, Territory of Oklahoma."---Abstract Of Title Number 46026

DEATH OF JESSIE LEE BEATY MYERS

In 1910, one or more of the children came down with the measles. Jessie Lee had never had the measles as a child and soon contracted the disease which eventually caused her death.

SEPARATION AGREEMENT WITH SECOND WIFE

Samuel remarried a lady named Addie (E. A. Myers, maiden name and previous married name unknown). This marriage did not last and in June 1914, Samuel and Addie had a legal separation in which for consideration, Addie relinquished any claim to any Myers property. The legal separation declared:

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA )

County of Jackson, ) ss.

This agreement, made and entered into this 6 day of June, A. D., 1914, by and between S. P. Myers, party of the first part, and E. A. Myers, party of the second part, husband and wife, of the County of Jackson, and State of Oklahoma, WITNESSETH:

First::-That, whereas, certain differences have arisen between the said parties of the first part and second parts, by reason whereof they have consented and agreed, and do hereby consent and agree to immediately separate, and to live separate and apart from each other in the future and during their natural lives, and in consideration of such immediate and continued separation, the said parties do hereby make and enter into the following division of property, rights and effects, claims and demands of every nature belonging to said union, or accumulated by them by reason thereof, or accumulated while said marriage relation has existed or claimed by them by reason of said

marriage relation as follows, to-wit:

Second:-That said party of the first part agrees to give, and does hereby give to the said party of the second part in full satisfaction of his obligation to support and maintain the said party of the second part, the following personal property, to-wit: One Hundred and no/100 Dollars in money, and one certain gray horse, about 16 1/2 hands high, 9 years old, name Bob, valued at $125.00, clear of all incumbrances. And said second party does hereby accept said property as a complete settlement of all claims for maintenance and support which the said party of the second part may or might have against the said party of the first part, said property herein given and conveyed shall vest absolutely in the said second party, and she shall have full power to convey or bequeath the same.

Third:-In consideration of the above gift and device, the said second party does hereby agree to and with the said party of the first part to convey to the said first party all the right, title or claim to all or any of the property now owned by the party of the first part or that may be hereafter acquired, and does hereby waive any and all claim to the same or any part thereof, and does hereby agree to convey the same by good and sufficient deed to the said party of the first part forever.

Fourth:-It shall be lawful for the said parties to live apart and separate from each other, without the restrict or control of the other and without hendrance or molestation as fully as if they were unmarried.

Fifth:-There being no children born to this marriage, but each having children by former marriages, each shall, without the interference of the other, have control of their respective children.

Sixth:-It is further agreed that these articles of agreement shall be binding on the heirs, executors, administrators and asigns of the several parties hereto, or either of them.

In witness whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their hands this the 6th day of June, A.D., 1914, at Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma.

S. P. Myers, Party of the first part,

E. A. Myers, party of the second part.

Acknowledged June 6, 1914, before S. E. Hickman, a notary public in and for Jackson County, Oklahoma. (Seal) Commision expires 2-7-1917.

Filed for record in the office of the Register of Deeds of Jackson County, Oklahoma, June 6, 1914, at 11 o’clock A.M., and recorded in Book 3 of Miscellaneous, Page 310 of said records.---end of separation agreement.

Jessie Lee had died on 24 April 1910. This second marriage would have taken place after that date and before the 6 June 1914 date of the separation document. The length of the second marriage is unknown.

DEATH OF SAMUEL PRESTON MYERS

However, within four months of the separation agreement, Samuel died, 4 October 1914.

Samuel was working in the field on his farm one mile north of Friendship when he collapsed. Some of his children found him and took him to the house. Dr Fox and Dr Abernathy were summoned and they performed surgery on him in his home, but, were unable to save him. The doctors hung white sheets all around the surgery area and the family boiled water for them. Apparently he had collapsed from the pain caused by kidney stones and complications therefrom.---Mackie Myers Terry, as told to Carroll Myers

Samuel and Jessie Lee are both buried at the Francis Cemetery only two miles from their original home in Jackson County.

Within five days of his death, Addie files a petition with the Jackson County Court to, in effect, declare her as the administratrix of the estate, thus nullifying the provisions of the separation agreement. On 20 October 1914 the court grants the petition.

SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF S. P. MYERS

Filed Aug. 28, 1924

IN THE COUNTY COURT WITHIN AND FOR JACKSON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.

In the Matter of the Estate of S. P. Myers, Deceased.

Mrs. Addie Myers, Administratrix.

JOURNAL ENTRY

Now on this the 27th day of May, 1924, same being a regular day of the regular April term of said Court for said year, came on to be heard the final report of the said Administratrix filed in this cause on the 26th day of January 1924, and the exceptions thereto filed herein by Roscoe Myers, Mackie Myers acting for themselves and by Roscoe Myers, next of Friend of Homer Myers and Truman Myers, minors.

And upon said day, said cause having been duly assigned for hearing, the administratrix, Mrs. Addie Myers, appeared in open Court in person and by Attorney T. M. Robinson; and also appeared the above named contestants Roscoe Myers, Mackie Myers and Homer Myers and Truman Myers by next of Friend Roscoe Myers and E. E. Gore, their attorney, and all parties announced ready for the hearing of said final report and the exceptions thereto, and the record shows that notice of the time and place of hearing of said report has been given by publication, as required by law.

Thereupon the evidence was introduced, and the Court heard all the evidence and the pleadings and argument of counsel upon said report and exceptions, and finds as follows, to-wit;

1st.

That by an order of court duly entered on the 7th day of November 1914, the said Court set aside in a summary proceeding, the following personal property to the widow and minor children of said decedent, S. P. Myers, to-wit:

$ 40.00...1 Sorrell mare, 17 years old, of the value of

40.00...1 Bay Mare, 16 years old, of the value of

50.00...1 Brown Mare, 14 years old, of the value of

30.00...10 Small pigs, of the value of

112.00...8 Bales of cotton not gathered, of value of

288.00...16 Bales of cotton not gathered but mature

99.00...Life Insurance policy

156.00...J. E. & J. T. Patrick Note

120.60...W. A. Davis Note

40.00...J. M. Ship Account

150.00...Two horses of the value of

100.00...Two cows of the value of

100.00...20 Hogs of the value of

100.00...Farming Implements of the value of

100.00...Household & kitchen furniture of the value of

$1515.00...All of the total value of

2nd.

The Court finds that by virtue of said decree, the title to the above described personal property vested one-third (1/3) thereof in Addie Myers and Two-Thirds (2/3) thereof in Roscoe Myers, Mackie Myers, Homer Myers and Truman Myers, the minor children of said decedent, S. P. Myers, at the date of said order.

3rd.

The Court further finds that after the making of said decree, the minors above named have for good cause refused to reside with the said Addie Myers, said administratrix.

4th.

The Court further finds that said Addie Myers has appropriated the above described property to her own use and benefit, and that the value of said property remaining after deducting therefrom all expenses of administration and all debts of said decedent paid by the said Addie Myers, is of the value of $625.00, and that the said Addie Myers is liable to account to the said Court for the use and benefit of Homer Myers, Truman Myers, Mackie Myers and Roscoe Myers, the sum of $450.00, the value of their Two-Thirds interest in and to said property.

5th.

It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that the said Homer Myers, Truman Myers, Mackie Myers and Roscoe Myers have and recover of and from said Addie Myers the sum of $450.00. And the said Addie Myers is hereby directed and required to pay into this court on or before the lst day of November 1924, the sum of $450.00 for the use and benefit of the said contestants above set out, in equal shares, to-wit: $112.50 each, and upon her failure to do so, she may be proceeded against as for contempt, and execution may be issued hereon against the property, both real and personal, of the said Addie Myers.

6th.

The Court further finds that the sole and only heirs of the said decedent, S. P. Myers, entitled to take all of the estate of said S. P. Myers deceased, except the personal property above described, or the proceeds thereof, and the shares in and to said estate which each of them are entitled to, are as follows, to-wit:

Mrs. Addie Myers, Altus, Oklahoma, Route 6, One-Seventh

Mrs. Willie Terry, Altus, Oklahoma, Route 6, One-Seventh

Roscoe Myers, Altus, Oklahoma., Route 6, One-Seventh.

Mackie Myers, Altus, Okla., Route 6, One-Seventh.

Homer Myers, Altus, Okla., Route 6, One-Seventh.

Truman Myers, Altus, Oklahoma, Route 6, One-Seventh.

Gladys Finney, Altus, Okla., One-Twenty-first.

Matton D. Finney, Altus, Okla., One-Twenty-first.

D. C. Finney, Altus, Okla., One-Twenty-first.

The Court further finds that the said S. P. Myers died seized and possessed of the following described real estate, situated in the County of Jackson, State of Oklahoma, particularly described as follows, to-wit:

The Southeast Quarter of Section Nineteen, Township

Three North of Range Nineteen West of Indian Meridian,

and with real estate was at the time of the death of said decedent, the homestead of himself and wife, Mrs. Addie Myers, and Homer Myers, Truman Myers, Mackie Myers and Roscoe Myers, the minor children of the said decedent at the said time.

7th.

The Court further finds that by a decree duly entered on the 8th day of November 1914, the above described real property was decreed to be the homestead of said widow and minors, and not subject to the jurisdiction of this court and this proceeding;

but the Court finds that the title to said homestead vested in shares to all of the heirs at law of said decedent S. P. Myers, as above set out, subject to the homestead right of said widow and minor children. And the Court therefore finds that so much of the final report of said administratrix, Addie Myers, as undertakes to account for $997.00, the proceeds of the sale of fifty acres of the above described land is not subject to the jurisdiction of this court, nor subject to be accounted for in this proceeding.

It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that upon the payment of all cost of this administration into this Court and the $450.00 for the use and benefit of said Homer Myers, Truman Myers, Roscoe Myers and Mackie Myers, that the said Addie Myers may be discharged but that she and her bondsman are fully held to account as in this decree adjudicated to pay all cost in this behalf accrued, together with said $450.00 as herein directed; and the clerk will disburse the said $450.00 by paying E. E. Gore, as attorney for said contestants, $100.00, the remainder to be disbursed. to contestants, one-fourth each.

[Seal of County Court of Jackson County, Oklahoma]

J. M. Williams

County Judge---end of document---

FROM ARMOND CLINTON BEATY

See "Notes" for John William Beaty for information regarding the Jessie Lee Beaty-John William Beaty-E. Addie Finney-Samuel Preston Myers connection.---RCM.

1870 CENSUS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY, KY

p. 66

487/490

S. B. Myers, 49, male, farmer, $600-$300, ky

Elnora C., 43, ky

William H., 21, ky, $400

George R., 19, ky

David R., 14, ky

Mary C., 11, ky

Rufus C., 8, ky

John, 5, ky

Samuel P., 4, ky (twins)

Panelope S., 4, ky (twins)

male not named, 1/12, born April, ky

1900 CENSUS, GREER COUNTY, OK

Samuel P. Myers not found

1900 CENSUS, TEXAS

Samuel P. Myers not found

1910 CENSUS, JACKSON COUNTY, OK, NAVAJO, roll 1255, T-624

101/102

Myers, Samuel P., head, m, w, 43, widower, read-yes, write-yes, owned, mortgaged, farm, farm schedule #109, ky, england, usa, english

Sybal Vane, d, f, w, 15, single, read-y, write-y, school-y, tx, ky, tx, english

Willie Jones, d, f, w, 13, single, read-y, write-y, school-y, tx, ky, tx, english

Roscoe C., s, m, w, 10, single, read-y, write-y, school-y, tx, ky, tx, english

Mackie C., d, f, w, 8, single, read-y, write-y, school-y, ok, ky, tx, english

Homer L., s, m, w, 5, single, ok, ky, tx, english

Truman C., s, m, w, 1 10/12, single, ok, ky, tx

More About Samuel Preston Myers:

Burial: October 1914, Francis Cemetery, Jackson County, OK

Cause of Death: prostatic hypertrophy

Census 1: 1870, Muhlenburg County²⁵⁷

Census 2: 1880, ?

Census 3: 1890, N/A

Census 4: 1900, Texas & Greer County, OK TR, not found²⁵⁸

Census 5: 1910, Jackson County, OK²⁵⁹

Deed: 06 June 1914, Quit claim deed granted by E. A. Myers to S. P. Myers

Historical: 1900, Forded Red River at Doan's Crossing

Lease: 27 June 1914, Oil and gas lease to Jackson County Oil and Gas Co.

Migration 1: 1900, Ellis County, TX, to Humphreys, Greer County, OK TR

Migration 2: Bet. 1870 - 1893, Muhlenberg County, KY, to Ellis County, TX

Migration 3: 1907, Humphreys, OK, to Friendship, OK²⁶⁰

Mortuary: 05 October 1914, funeral service record²⁶¹

Occupation: Abt. 1885, farmer²⁶²

Property 1: 05 September 1907, Purchase of land to become Myers home²⁶³

Property 2: 19 February 1925, Mortgage of September, 1907 satisfied

Will Administrator 1: 09 October 1914, E. A. Myers files petition as heir to S. P. Myers

Will Administrator 2: Aft. October 1914, E. A. Myers sells 50 acres of S. P. Myers estate

Will Administrator 3: 20 October 1914, Court approves petition of E. A. Myers

Will Administrator 4: 26 January 1924, E. A. Myers petitions for settlement of S. P. Myers estate

Notes for Jessie Lee Beaty:

DEATH

Jessie Lee died of complications resulting from measles. It seems that the children caught the measles and Jessie had never had them as a child. She perhaps died on a Sunday as the family had been singing hymns on the day she died. Jessie Lee had been ill for some time and had just finished singing her favorite hymn when she was stricken and later died.---Mackie Myers Terry as told to Carroll Myers

FROM ARMOND CLINTON BEATY

See "Notes" for John William Beaty for information regarding the Jessie Lee Beaty-John William Beaty-E. Addie Finney-Samuel Preston Myers connection.---RCM.

More About Jessie Lee Beaty:

Burial: April 1910, Francis Cemetery, Jackson County, OK

Cause of Death: complications from measles

Census 1: 1880, ?

Census 2: 1890, N/A

Census 3: 1900, Not found in Texas or Greer County

Photo: August 1892, Jessie Lee Beaty²⁶⁴

Marriage Notes for Samuel Myers and Jessie Beaty:

Marriage records for Ellis County confirm the marriage date and that the ceremony was performed by C. McPherson, Minister of the Gospel (page 159, G, 624).

More About Samuel Myers and Jessie Beaty:

Marriage: 12 December 1893, Ellis County, TX^265,266

Notes for E. Addie Finney:

Addie Myers had children from a previous marriage when she married Samuel Preston Myers. She and Samuel had no children together during their few married years.

FROM ARMOND CLINTON BEATY

See "Notes" for John William Beaty for information regarding the Jessie Lee Beaty-John William Beaty-E. Addie Finney-Samuel Preston Myers connection.---RCM.

More About Samuel Myers and E. Finney:

Marriage: Aft. April 1910, Jackson County, OK

Separation: 06 June 1914, Legal separation^267,268

Children of Samuel Myers and Jessie Beaty are:

176. William H.⁸ Myers (Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1849 in Muhlenburg County, KY^274,275, and died 1898. He married Elizabeth Hunt. She was born 1856, and died 1938.

Notes for William H. Myers:

NAME

WFT #2057 shows the middle name to be William Henry Myers.

More About William H. Myers:

Census 1: 1850, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁷⁶

Census 2: 1860, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁷⁷

Census 3: 1870, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁷⁸

Census 4: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census-Paradise²⁷⁹

Child of William Myers and Elizabeth Hunt is:

177. George R.⁸ Myers (Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1851 in Muhlenburg County, KY²⁸⁰, and died Unknown. He married Melvina Unknown 1880 in Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁸¹. She was born 1855 in Kentucky²⁸¹, and died Unknown.

More About George R. Myers:

Census 1: 1860, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁸²

Census 2: 1870, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁸³

Census 3: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census-Paradise²⁸⁴

Occupation: 1880, ferryman²⁸⁴

More About Melvina Unknown:

Census: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census-Paradise²⁸⁴

More About George Myers and Melvina Unknown:

Marriage: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁸⁴

Children of George Myers and Melvina Unknown are:

184. William⁸ Armstrong (Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1866²⁸⁴, and died Unknown. He married Unknown. She died Unknown.

More About William Armstrong:

Census: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁸⁴

Child of William Armstrong and Unknown is:

187. Minerva Jane⁸ Baker (Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1840, and died Unknown. She married Duff Green Simmons, Sr. He died Unknown.

Children of Minerva Baker and Duff Simmons are:

188. Philip Russell⁸ Baker (Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1845, and died Unknown. He married Margaret Kinimult. She died Unknown.

Child of Philip Baker and Margaret Kinimult is:

190. Jacob S.⁸ Baker (Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1848, and died 1899. He married Jeanetta Clark. She was born 1856, and died 1935.

Children of Jacob Baker and Jeanetta Clark are:

191. Maria Catherine⁸ Baker (Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1851, and died Unknown. She married Unknown Knight. He died Unknown.

Child of Maria Baker and Unknown Knight is:

192. Nancy Caroline⁸ Baker (Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1854, and died 1932. She married (1) James A. Rattiff. He died Unknown. She married (2) William Edward Cooksey, son of Summersett Cooksey and Rebecca Laramon. He was born 1854, and died 1934.

Child of Nancy Baker and James Rattiff is:

Children of Nancy Baker and William Cooksey are:

205. Mary Susan⁸ Myers (David Henry⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1828 in Muhlenburg County, KY^285,286, and died Unknown. She married Edward Kingsley²⁸⁷. He was born 1818 in Mississippi, and died Unknown.

More About Mary Susan Myers:

Census: 1850, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁸⁷

More About Edward Kingsley and Mary Myers:

Marriage: ²⁸⁷

Children of Mary Myers and Edward Kingsley are:

206. Thomas Henry⁸ Myers (David Henry⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1868 in Muhlenburg County, KY, and died 1952²⁸⁸. He married Annie Hancock. She was born 1874²⁸⁸, and died 1941²⁸⁸.

More About Thomas Henry Myers:

Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY

Census: 1880, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census²⁸⁹

More About Annie Hancock:

Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville, KY

Child of Thomas Myers and Annie Hancock is:

217. Ernest Emmett⁸ Rhoads (Jacob B.⁷, Barnabus Wing⁶, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1867 in Ohio County, KY, and died 1931 in Muhlenberg County, KY. He married (1) Ella Montgomery, daughter of Jeremiah Montgomery and Keziah McDonnal. She was born February 1878 in Daviess County, KY, and died 1906 in Ohio County, KY. He married (2) Lillie Bobbitt Markwell 1909. She died Unknown.

More About Ernest Emmett Rhoads:

Occupation: farmer and coal miner²⁹³

More About Ernest Rhoads and Lillie Markwell:

Marriage: 1909

Children of Ernest Rhoads and Ella Montgomery are:

Children of Ernest Rhoads and Lillie Markwell are:

220. Samuel Worthington⁸ Rhoads (Samuel Worthington⁷, Bradford⁶, Solomon⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1865, and died 1937. He married Lorena Pillow. She was born 1873, and died Unknown.

Child of Samuel Rhoads and Lorena Pillow is:

221. Samuel Rhoads⁸ Noffsinger (Bradford⁷, Sarah⁶ Rhoads, Solomon⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) died Unknown. He married Amanda Maria Richey. She died Unknown.

Child of Samuel Noffsinger and Amanda Richey is:

227. Thomas Buchanan⁸ Welborn (William Hutcherson⁷, Malinda⁶ Newman, Rachel⁵ Rhoades, Daniel⁴ Rhoads, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 21 December 1856 in Muhlenberg County, KY, and died 20 March 1940 in Logan County, KY. He married (1) Martha F. McPherson. She was born 24 April 1857 in Logan County, KY, and died 08 June 1901. He married (2) Mary T. Hardison Heltsley 12 September 1907. She was born 15 April 1867, and died 28 October 1952 in Logan County, KY.

More About Thomas Welborn and Mary Heltsley:

Marriage: 12 September 1907

Children of Thomas Welborn and Martha McPherson are:

Children of Thomas Welborn and Mary Heltsley are:

228. Roscoe Clinton⁹ Myers (Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth)^294,295 was born 03 September 1899 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX^296,297, and died 13 October 1983 in New Braunfels, Comal County, TX^298,299,300. He married Mattie Irene Jones 22 January 1921 in Altus, Jackson County, OK³⁰¹, daughter of John Jones and Martha McDaniel. She was born 08 April 1902 in Hillsboro, Hill County, TX^302,303, and died 30 March 1977 in Altus, Jackson County, OK^304,305.

More About Roscoe Clinton Myers:

Activity 1: Bef. 1940, bridge

Activity 2: Bet. 1942 - 1944, Attends World Series in St Louis.

Burial: October 1983, Restlawn Memorial Park, Altus, OK

Cause of Death: cerebrovascular accident, arteriosclerotic vascular disease

Census 1: 1900, Texas & Greer County, OK TR (not found)³⁰⁶

Census 2: 1910, Jackson County, OK³⁰⁷

Census 3: 1920, Jackson County, OK^308,309

Historical 1: November 1947, Witnessed the flight of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" in Long Beach, CA

Historical 2: 1900, Texas Almanac re: Doan's Crossing³¹⁰

Historical 3: 1968, Met Astronaut Neil Armstrong at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX

Legal: 27 May 1924, Jackson County Court Case #206 resolves estate of S P Myers³¹¹

Migration 1: 1900, Ellis County, TX, to Greer County, Oklahoma Territory

Migration 2: 1900, Doan's Crossing, Wilbarger County, TX³¹²

Military: 1918, US Army^312,313

Occupation 1: Bet. 1911 - 1969, farmer-rancher, custom wheat harvesting

Occupation 2: 19 December 1968, Public auction held upon retirement³¹⁴

Property 1: Bet. 1914 - 1969, one mile north of Friendship, Jackson County, OK

Property 2: February 1925, R. C. Myers purchases other heirs' interests to estate of S. P. Myers

Religion: Methodist

Residence: Bet. 1907 - 1981, Friendship, OK

Social Security Number: 24 November 1942, 441-22-7824^315,316

Will: 23 December 1970, Jackson County, OK³¹⁷

More About Mattie Irene Jones:

Activity: Bef. 1940, bridge

Burial: April 1977, Restlawn Memorial Park, Altus, Jackson County, OK

Cause of Death: myocardial infarction, fracture of ribs left and right-fall down stairs

Census 1: 1910, ?

Census 2: 1920, ?

Migration: Bef. 1914, Hill County, TX, to /Jackson County, OK

Occupation: Bet. 1921 - 1977, housewife, farming

Religion: 1902, born a daughter of a Baptist preacher

More About Roscoe Myers and Mattie Jones:

Anniversary: 20 January 1971, 50th Wedding Anniversary³¹⁸

Marriage: 22 January 1921, Altus, Jackson County, OK³¹⁹

Children of Roscoe Myers and Mattie Jones are:

229. Sybal Vane⁹ Myers (Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth)³²⁰ was born 13 September 1894 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX, and died 31 August 1918. She married R. F. Finney. He was born 1891 in Jerico, Donley County, TX, and died Unknown.

More About Sybal Vane Myers:

Residence: Wellington, TX

Children of Sybal Myers and R. Finney are:

230. Willie Jones⁹ Myers (Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth)³²¹ was born 25 April 1896 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, TX, and died 24 October 1998 in Boise City, OK. She married R. F.Terry 01 August 1914. He was born 1892, and died Unknown.

More About Willie Jones Myers:

Burial: Unknown, Colorado Springs, CO

More About R. F.Terry and Willie Myers:

Marriage: 01 August 1914

Children of Willie Myers and R. F.Terry are:

233. Homer Lee⁹ Myers (Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth)³²² was born 08 September 1904 in Friendship, Jackson County, OK Ter, and died 21 May 1993 in Long Beach, CA. He married Artie Mae Humphry in Double ring ceremony with Doc Jones & Bess Wilhite³²³. She was born 1898, and died Unknown.

Notes for Homer Lee Myers:

GUARDIAN

On 8 July 1924 the Jackson County, OK, Court appointed R. E. Jones to be the guardian of Homer Myers, Truman Myers, Gladys Finney and Matton D. Finney.--see Myers family property abstract

More About Homer Lee Myers:

Migration: Bet. 1932 - 1933, Oklahoma to California, part of the Dust Bowl migration³²⁴

More About Homer Myers and Artie Humphry:

Marriage 1: Double ring ceremony with Doc Jones & Bess Wilhite³²⁵

Marriage 2: Doc Jones' brother, Rev. John Jones officated

Children of Homer Myers and Artie Humphry are:

236. Elvira⁹ Myers (William H.⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1881, and died 1944. She married David Hopkins. He was born 1874, and died 1925.

Child of Elvira Myers and David Hopkins is:

250. Cleopatra Alwilda⁹ Simmons (Minerva Jane⁸ Baker, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) died Unknown. She married Unknown Crosthwaite. He died Unknown.

Child of Cleopatra Simmons and Unknown Crosthwaite is:

259. Charles S.⁹ Baker (Jacob S.⁸, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1878, and died 1958. He married Zeper Poyner. She was born 1884, and died 1965.

Child of Charles Baker and Zeper Poyner is:

262. Maggie⁹ Rattiff (Nancy Caroline⁸ Baker, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1873, and died Unknown. She married John Adams. He died Unknown.

Child of Maggie Rattiff and John Adams is:

265. James Henry⁹ Cooksey (Nancy Caroline⁸ Baker, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1879, and died 1963. He married Lillian Bell Finley. She was born 1889, and died 1984.

Children of James Cooksey and Lillian Finley are:

266. Johnathon D.⁹ Cooksey (Nancy Caroline⁸ Baker, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1883, and died 1922. He married Dora Ellen Miller. She was born 1884, and died 1967.

Child of Johnathon Cooksey and Dora Miller is:

267. John William⁹ Cooksey (Nancy Caroline⁸ Baker, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1883, and died 1960. He married (1) Lillie Burton Miller. She was born 1889, and died 1952. He married (2) Francis Kate. She died Unknown.

Child of John Cooksey and Lillie Miller is:

268. Mary Jane⁹ Cooksey (Nancy Caroline⁸ Baker, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1884, and died 1947. She married Albert Newton Rogers. He was born 1860, and died Unknown.

Child of Mary Cooksey and Albert Rogers is:

269. Volney Baker⁹ Cooksey (Nancy Caroline⁸ Baker, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1889, and died Unknown. He married Luci Johnson. She died Unknown.

Children of Volney Cooksey and Luci Johnson are:

271. Nancy E.⁹ Cooksey (Nancy Caroline⁸ Baker, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1892, and died Unknown. She married (1) Jim Joe Johnson. He died Unknown. She married (2) Ed Gilley. He died Unknown.

Child of Nancy Cooksey and Jim Johnson is:

272. Sisla M.⁹ Cooksey (Nancy Caroline⁸ Baker, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1893, and died Unknown. She married Allan Tarlton. He died Unknown.

Children of Sisla Cooksey and Allan Tarlton are:

275. Delia L.⁹ Kingsley (Mary Susan⁸ Myers, David Henry⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 30 August 1848^326,327,328, and died 27 June 1876^329,330. She married Joseph Davis Yonts 1872 in Greenville, Muhlenburg County, KY³³¹, son of Philip Yonts and Adeline Davis. He was born 25 October 1841 in Paradise, Muhlenburg County, KY³³², and died 09 June 1896 in Greenville, Muhlenburg County, KY³³².

More About Delia L. Kingsley:

Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY

Census 1: 1850, Muhlenburg County, KY, Census³³³

Census 2: 1860, Muhlenberg County, KY³³⁴

Notes for Joseph Davis Yonts:

---Joseph enlisted as a private and after the Battle of Shiloh, he was promoted to 1st Lt. He was wounded several times but remained with his company until the end of the war. In 1865, he became a store clerk in Greenville and later managed the Greenville Grange Store. In the late 1870's, he and his brother rehandled tobacco and in 1880, he opened a drug store.---"History of Muhlenberg County"

More About Joseph Davis Yonts:

Burial: Unknown, Evergreen Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY

Military: Co H, 11th Kentucky Infantry (Federal), 1st Lt³³⁵

Occupation: retail

Photo: 1864, History of Muhlenberg County, KY³³⁵

More About Joseph Yonts and Delia Kingsley:

Marriage: 1872, Greenville, Muhlenburg County, KY³³⁵

Children of Delia Kingsley and Joseph Yonts are:

294. Carroll Rufus¹⁰ Myers (Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. He married (1) Bettye Jane Rollins Private³³⁷, daughter of Raymon Rollins and Margaret Harvey. She was born 31 October 1930 in Cooperton, Kiowa County, OK^338,339,340, and died 21 August 1968 in Billings, Yellowstone County, MT³⁴¹. He married (2) Carolyn Kilburn Private, daughter of John Kilburn and Hattie Baker. She was born 03 July 1933 in Ardmore, Carter County, OK, and died 28 January 1997 in Altus, Jackson County, OK^342,343.

More About Bettye Jane Rollins:

Activity 1: bridge

Activity 2: Bet. 1945 - 1947, High School basketball

Burial: August 1968, Altus Cemetery, Altus, OK

Cause of Death: auto accident near Mussellshell, MT³⁴⁴

Education: 1947, Friendship High School

Occupation 1: Bet. 1949 - 1968, housewife, farming

Occupation 2: Bet. 1947 - 1949, nursing

Religion: 1930, Baptist

More About Carroll Myers and Bettye Rollins:

Private-Begin: Private³⁴⁴

Notes for Carolyn Kilburn:

---Carolyn spent her childhood in Ardmore and attended high school at Hockaday, a private school in Dallas, TX.

She attended Oklahoma University where she met John Badger of Altus, OK. They were later married and after his military service took them to Fort Dix, NJ, and Las Vegas, NV, they settled in Altus.

The couple had five children and were later divorced.

Carolyn married Carroll Myers in 1975 and they remained married until her death in 1997.

Carolyn was active in civic affairs, including having run for mayor of Altus only a few months before her death. She had been elected freeholder of Altus and was instrumental in drafting a new home rule charter. The signing of the new city charter was to have been held later in the day of her death. The official ceremony was postponed and special dedications were made with her family present.

Carolyn was also active in the Downtown Merchant's Association Christmas Parade, serving for several years as secretary of the Altus Women's Bowling Association and co-chairing the reservoir tree planting program. She also served on the Community Policing Leadership Council and the Altus Community Work Center Advisory Committee. She was chairman of the Oklahoma Reformatory Advisory Council, was active in the Altus Human Rights Commission and the Oklahoma Justice Fellowship Task Force. She was also instrumental in raising funds for the "graffiti machine" to give the City of Altus the "Graffiti Wagon."

Carolyn was an avid bridge player, being a board member of the Sooner Unit of the American Contract Bridge League in Oklahoma City. She was their Duplicate Bridge Tournament Coordinator and was chairwoman of the Altus Duplicate Bridge Tournament. Carolyn had achieved the Life Master designation of the ACBL.---Ron Myers

More About Carolyn Kilburn:

Achievement: Life Master, ACBL³⁴⁵

Burial 1: Unknown, funeral announcement³⁴⁶

Burial 2: Altus Cemetery, Altus, Jackson County, OK

Civic 1: mayoral candidate and campaign manager³⁴⁷

Civic 2: Freeholder for City of Altus in rewriting its city charter

Education: Hockaday (Dallas), University of Oklahoma

Occupation: travel agent, bookkeeper

More About Carroll Myers and Carolyn Kilburn:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Carroll Myers and Bettye Rollins are:

295. Roscoe Marvin¹⁰ Myers (Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 08 January 1922 in Jackson County, OK, and died 1980 in Hobbs, NM. He married Virginia Mae Surratt Private. She was born Private.

More About Roscoe Marvin Myers:

Cause of Death: auto accident

Education: Friendship, OK, High School

Occupation: Custom wheat harvesting

More About Roscoe Myers and Virginia Surratt:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Roscoe Myers and Virginia Surratt are:

296. Leta Marie¹⁰ Myers (Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 01 November 1930 in Jackson County, OK, and died 28 May 1999 in Loma Linda, CA. She married Richard Eugene Bloom Private, son of George Bloom and Kate Bullard. He was born Private.

Notes for Leta Marie Myers:

DEATH

Leta Bloom died from an aneurism or hematoma to her brain which was caused by a fall in her home. Paramedics treated her at home she responded positively. The following morning, she did not awaken and after being taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center, she underwent surgery. Leta, however, never regained consciousness. This hospital (a Seventh Day Adventist Hospital) is a highly regarded one, particularly known for the baboon heart transplant performed there several years ago.

More About Leta Marie Myers:

Cause of Death: injuries (aneurism) resulting from a fall in her home

More About Richard Bloom and Leta Myers:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Leta Myers and Richard Bloom are:

297. Yvonne Irene¹⁰ Myers (Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 03 August 1942 in Altus, Jackson County, OK³⁴⁸, and died 28 February 1995 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TX^349,350. She married Christopher Columbus Smith, Jr. Private, son of Christopher Smith and Kleber Beazley. He was born Private.

More About Yvonne Irene Myers:

Activity: volunteer

Burial: 03 March 1995, Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX³⁵¹

Cause of Death: brain anneurism

Education: Friendship High School, BA

Illness: 12 February 1995, Anneurism

Occupation: teacher

More About Christopher Smith and Yvonne Myers:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Yvonne Myers and Christopher Smith are:

300. James Altus¹⁰ Terry (Willie Jones⁹ Myers, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. He married Unknown Private. She was born Private.

More About James Terry and Unknown:

Private-Begin: Private

Child of James Terry and Unknown is:

305. Herbert Norman¹⁰ Hopkins (Elvira⁹ Myers, William H.⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1917, and died 1956. He married Willa Louise Cundiff Private. She was born Private.

More About Herbert Hopkins and Willa Cundiff:

Private-Begin: Private

Child of Herbert Hopkins and Willa Cundiff is:

307. Harold¹⁰ Baker (Charles S.⁹, Jacob S.⁸, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born 1909, and died 1993. He married Alberta Pearson Private. She was born Private.

More About Harold Baker and Alberta Pearson:

Private-Begin: Private

Child of Harold Baker and Alberta Pearson is:

314. Nettie¹⁰ Cooksey (James Henry⁹, Nancy Caroline⁸ Baker, Elizabeth Ann⁷ Myers, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. She married Matt Whitley Private. He was born Private.

More About Matt Whitley and Nettie Cooksey:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Nettie Cooksey and Matt Whitley are:

327. Ronald Carroll¹¹ Myers (Carroll Rufus¹⁰, Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. He married (1) Rhondalynn Rene Harris Private, daughter of Vern Harris and Yaita Rogers. She was born Private. He married (2) Dianne Douglas Private, daughter of Charles Douglas and Mary Currie. She was born Private.

More About Ronald Myers and Rhondalynn Harris:

Private-Begin: Private

More About Ronald Myers and Dianne Douglas:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Ronald Myers and Rhondalynn Harris are:

328. Tawna Dianne¹¹ Myers (Carroll Rufus¹⁰, Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. She married David Lynn Shultz Private, son of Cecil Shultz and Edna Shirley. He was born Private.

More About David Shultz and Tawna Myers:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Tawna Myers and David Shultz are:

329. Shawn¹¹ Myers (Roscoe Marvin¹⁰, Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. He married Unknown Private. She was born Private.

More About Shawn Myers and Unknown:

Private-Begin: Private

Child of Shawn Myers and Unknown is:

335. Deborah Ann¹¹ Bloom (Leta Marie¹⁰ Myers, Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. She married Steve Hecox Private. He was born Private.

More About Steve Hecox and Deborah Bloom:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Deborah Bloom and Steve Hecox are:

336. Carol Lee¹¹ Bloom (Leta Marie¹⁰ Myers, Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. She married (1) Terrance Sean Connolly Private. He was born Private. She married (2) Michal Vance Lerner Private. He was born Private.

More About Terrance Connolly and Carol Bloom:

Private-Begin: Private

More About Michal Lerner and Carol Bloom:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Carol Bloom and Terrance Connolly are:

337. Roger Alan¹¹ Bloom (Leta Marie¹⁰ Myers, Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. He married Valerie Jane Parrish Private. She was born Private.

More About Roger Bloom and Valerie Parrish:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Roger Bloom and Valerie Parrish are:

339. Christopher Michael¹¹ Smith (Yvonne Irene¹⁰ Myers, Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. He married Kristi Lynn McCormick Private, daughter of William McCormick and Marjorie Mounts. She was born Private.

More About Christopher Smith and Kristi McCormick:

Private-Begin: Private

Child of Christopher Smith and Kristi McCormick is:

341. Sharon Lee¹¹ Hopkins (Herbert Norman¹⁰, Elvira⁹ Myers, William H.⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. She married Dale Elmer Learnhardt Private. He was born Private.

More About Dale Learnhardt and Sharon Hopkins:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Sharon Hopkins and Dale Learnhardt are:

345. Michael Derek¹² Myers (Ronald Carroll¹¹, Carroll Rufus¹⁰, Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. He married Amy Elizabeth Johnson Private. She was born Private.

More About Michael Myers and Amy Johnson:

Private-Begin: Private

Child of Michael Myers and Amy Johnson is:

346. Jared Scott¹² Myers (Ronald Carroll¹¹, Carroll Rufus¹⁰, Roscoe Clinton⁹, Samuel Preston⁸, Soloman B.⁷, Mary Martin⁶ Rhoads, David⁵, Henry⁴, Heinrich³ Rode, Sr., Heinrich², Christian¹ Roth) was born Private. He married Jodi Scott Private, daughter of Rickey Scott and Georgia Jones. She was born Private.

More About Jared Myers and Jodi Scott:

Private-Begin: Private

Children of Jared Myers and Jodi Scott are:

1. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree# 751, cd#5, Heinrich Rode, Sr, father of H R, Jr, gfather of capt Henry Rhoads, ggfather of David Rhoads, gggfather of Mary M "Polly" Rhoads who m. Henry C Myers.

2. Jean Rhoads Camas, Rhoads family researcher., at Jeff Murphy Database.

3. Jeff Murphy, Jeff Murphy Electronic Database, (www. genealogy.org/~smcgee/cgi-bin/genweb.cgi/DB=murphy/INDE.../?LookupInterna), "Electronic."

4. Jean Rhoads Camas, Rhoads family researcher., at Jeff Murphy Database.

5. Jeff Murphy, Jeff Murphy Electronic Database, (www. genealogy.org/~smcgee/cgi-bin/genweb.cgi/DB=murphy/INDE.../?LookupInterna), "Electronic."

6. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:xqpf-cb.

7. Jean Rhoads Camas, Rhoads family researcher., at Jeff Murphy Database.

8. Jeff Murphy, Jeff Murphy Electronic Database, (www. genealogy.org/~smcgee/cgi-bin/genweb.cgi/DB=murphy/INDE.../?LookupInterna), "Electronic."

9. H. Austin Cooper, Church of the Singing Hills, (1988), 382.

10. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:3rz8-xl.

11. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 162.

12. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:3rz8-wf.

13. Jean Rhoads Camas, Rhoads family researcher., at Jeff Murphy Database.

14. Jeff Murphy, Jeff Murphy Electronic Database, (www. genealogy.org/~smcgee/cgi-bin/genweb.cgi/DB=murphy/INDE.../?LookupInterna), "Electronic."

15. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 164.

16. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 11.

17. H. Austin Cooper, Church of the Singing Hills, (1988), 382.

18. C. E. Schildknecht, editor, Monocacy and Catoctin Some Early Settlers, (Volumes I, II, III), 73.

19. Grace L. Tracey & John P. Dern, Pioneers of Old Monocacy, (Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 1987), 33.

20. Grace L. Tracey & John P. Dern, Pioneers of Old Monocacy, (Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 1987), 275.

21. C. E. Schildknecht, editor, Monocacy and Catoctin Some Early Settlers, (Volumes I, II, III), 73.

22. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 68.

23. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), xx.

24. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 187.

25. C. E. Schildknecht, editor, Monocacy and Catoctin Some Early Settlers, (Volumes I, II, III), 98.

26. Grace L. Tracey & John P. Dern, Pioneers of Old Monocacy, (Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 1987), 275.

27. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 105.

28. Descendants of Heinrich Roesch (Henry Rhoads), (www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5417/GenReports/DRhoadsl.htm), "Electronic."

29. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 105.

30. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 84.

31. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 105.

32. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 164.

33. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 102.

34. H. Austin Cooper, Church of the Singing Hills, (1988), 381.

35. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree #2057, cd#4.

36. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree# 751, cd# 5.

37. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:19f2-q2.

38. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 167.

39. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree#751, cd#5.

40. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:ccvf-p7.

41. Muhlenberg County, KY, Highway Marker, 1735.

42. Muhlenberg County, KY, Highway Marker, 1946.

43. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 15.

44. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree# 751, cd# 5.

45. H. Austin Cooper, Church of the Singing Hills, (1988), 383.

46. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 170.

47. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 164.

48. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 194.

49. C. E. Schildknecht, editor, Monocacy and Catoctin Some Early Settlers, (Volumes I, II, III), 73.

50. History of Muhlenberg County, 236.

51. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 15.

52. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, 25.

53. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:ccvf-p7.

54. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 11.

55. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:8pol-q0.

56. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), xx.

57. Descendants of Heinrich Roesch (Henry Rhoads), (www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5417/GenReports/DRhoadsl.htm), "Electronic."

58. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 166.

59. Descendants of Heinrich Roesch (Henry Rhoads), (www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5417/GenReports/DRhoadsl.htm), "Electronic."

60. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 166.

61. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), xx.

62. Descendants of Heinrich Roesch (Henry Rhoads), (www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5417/GenReports/DRhoadsl.htm), "Electronic."

63. Unless otherwise indicated, the source for this generation & earlier is "Rhoads Family Genealogy" website.

64. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree #751, cd#5.

65. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:8lvg-bt.

66. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

67. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree# 751, cd#5.

68. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:8ltn-vb.

69. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

70. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, 24.

71. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:8lvg-hp.

72. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:3frh-kc.

73. History of Muhlenberg County, 50.

74. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:8pol-r5.

75. Jeff Murphy, Jeff Murphy Electronic Database, (www. genealogy.org/~smcgee/cgi-bin/genweb.cgi/DB=murphy/INDE.../?LookupInterna), "Electronic."

76. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:19f2-k6.

77. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:8pol-mg.

78. History of Muhlenberg County, 33.

79. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:8lvg-md.

80. private individual, Rhoads line, Patricia Bracken, email to Ron Myers of 2/5/00.

81. Descendants of Heinrich Roesch (Henry Rhoads), (www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5417/GenReports/DRhoadsl.htm), "Electronic."

82. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

83. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

84. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

85. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree# 751, cd# 5.

86. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:8pom-gq.

87. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 91.

88. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

89. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

90. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

91. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 91.

92. 1830 Logan County, KY, Census, page 73.

93. 1840 Logan County, KY, Census, 221 NO TWP L.

94. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 123.

95. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 17.

96. Last Will and Testament.

97. Logan County, KY, Abstract of Wills and Settlements, 1795-1838, page 41.

98. 1810 Logan County, KY, Census, page 264.

99. 1830 Logan County, KY, Census, page 73.

100. 1840 Logan County, KY, Census, 221 NO TWP L.

101. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), Page 254.

102. unknown, 9-467.

103. unknown, 10-403.

104. unknown, 10-447.

105. unknown, 11-240.

106. unknown, 12-267.

107. Grants South of Green River, KY, page 370.

108. Abstracts of Wills and Settlements, Logan County, KY, page 62.

109. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

110. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 124.

111. Paul Camplin, A New History of Muhlenberg County, p 96.

112. Last Will and Testament.

113. Logan County, KY, Abstract of Wills and Settlements, 1795-1838, page 73.

114. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree# 751, cd# 5.

115. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

116. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 17.

117. Ron Myers, Myers Chapel Cemetery, (Photographs of Myers Chapel Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co, KY.), "fig."

118. Gail Miller, Professional genealogist, Bowling Green, KY, email to rcm 12/7/99.

119. Ron Myers, Myers Chapel Cemetery, (Photographs of Myers Chapel Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co, KY.), "fig."

120. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 123.

121. 1840 Logan County, KY, Census, 221 NO TWP L.

122. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 17.

123. Familysearch.org, (LDS ancestral files), "Electronic," afn:8p0m-hw.

124. J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin & G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky, A History of the State, (1885), 918.

125. Robert R. Weber, Stoner Brethren, (1993), 150.

126. Robert R. Weber, Stoner Brethren, (1993), 90.

127. Paul Camplin, A New History of Muhlenberg County, 59.

128. Ron Myers, Myers Chapel Cemetery, (Photographs of Myers Chapel Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co, KY.), "fig."

129. Gail Miller, Professional genealogist, Bowling Green, KY, email to rcm 12/7/99.

130. Ron Myers, Myers Chapel Cemetery, (Photographs of Myers Chapel Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co, KY.), "fig."

131. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 17.

132. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 123.

133. 1840 Logan County, KY, Census, 221 NO TWP L.

134. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 17.

135. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

136. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 91.

137. Ron Myers, Myers Chapel Cemetery, (Photographs of Myers Chapel Cemetery, Muhlenberg Co, KY.), "fig."

138. Gail Miller, Professional genealogist, Bowling Green, KY, Robertson Co, TN, marriage record, email of 12/4/99: "Solomon B. Mize and Elivirey Adcock, 10 Aug 1877."

139. Robertson County, TN, Marriage Book 1, 104.

140. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census., page 123.

141. Yvonne Smith.

142. 1830 Logan County, KY, Census, page 73.

143. 1840 Logan County, KY, Census, 221 NO TWP L.

144. 1850 Census, Muhlenberg County, KY, page 123.

145. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 80), page 80.

146. 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 66), page 66.

147. Muhlenberg County, KY, Deed Book #17, pages 264-265.

148. Logan County, KY, Archives, (Russellville, KY).

149. unknown, 18-178.

150. unknown, 22-550.

151. Muhlenbburg County, KY, Deed Book #20, page 14.

152. Muhlenberg County, KY, Deed Book #22, (County Record), p. 550, photocopy of deed from KY Dept of Libraries & Archives.

153. Muhlenberg County, KY, Census Records.

154. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census., page 123.

155. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 80.

156. 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 66), page 66.

157. Gail Miller, Professional genealogist, Bowling Green, KY, Robertson Co, TN, marriage record, email of 12/4/99: "Solomon B. Mize and Elivirey Adcock, 10 Aug 1877."

158. Robertson County, TN, Marriage Book 1, 104.

159. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589), page 590.

160. 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 66), page 66.

161. 1850 Census, Muhlenberg County, KY, page 123.

162. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 80), page 80.

163. Ron Myers, Myers Chapel Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, KY, Photographs of Myers Chapel Cemetery..

164. Logan County, KY, Cemetery Records, (inc. Myers Chapel, p. 50.), page 50.

165. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 91.

166. Logan County, KY, Cemetery Records, (inc. Myers Chapel, p. 50.), page 50.

167. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 91.

168. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 80), page 80.

169. 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 66), page 66.

170. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 80), page 80.

171. 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 66), page 66.

172. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589), page 589.

173. 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 66), page 66.

174. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 91.

175. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

176. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 91.

177. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

178. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

179. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree #751, cd#5.

180. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

181. 1830 Logan County, KY, Census, page 73.

182. 1880 Muhlenburg County, KY, Census, J B Armstrong, age 42, farmer, husband of Elizabeth and father of William

183. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

184. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

185. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

186. private individual, Julie DePoyster Miller, email to Ron Myers of 12/27/99.

187. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104, biographical sketch of James G Myers.

188. J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin & G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky, A History of the State, (1885), contains bio's of James and David Myers.

189. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, Union Chapel Cemetery.

190. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 5.

191. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

192. 1830 Logan County, KY, Census, page 73.

193. 1840 Logan County, KY, Census, 221 NO TWP L.

194. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census., 755 Model Mills P O, sub-division #2.

195. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

196. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

197. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

198. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

199. Paul Camplin, New History of Muhlenberg County, KY, page 111.

200. Paul Camplin, New History of Muhlenberg County, KY, page 109.

201. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 104.

202. Muhlenberg County, KY, Wills, page 60.

203. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

204. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 5.

205. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

206. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 5.

207. Ron Myers, Myers Chapel Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, KY, Photographs of Myers Chapel Cemetery., grave marker.

208. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 91.

209. Ron Myers, Myers Chapel Cemetery, Muhlenberg County, KY, Photographs of Myers Chapel Cemetery., grave marker of Edward Kinglsey.

210. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 123.

211. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), pages 104-105, biographical sketch of David H Myers.

212. J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin & G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky, A History of the State, (1885), contains bio's of James and David Myers.

213. Ron Myers, Greenville, KY, Evergreen Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig.," grave marker.

214. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 1.

215. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 105 & p 383.

216. Ron Myers, Greenville, KY, Evergreen Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig.," photograph.

217. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 105.

218. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 1.

219. Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, (2nd ed., 1885, Muhlenberg Co.), p 104-105.

220. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 17.

221. 1840 Logan County, KY, Census, 221 NO TWP L.

222. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census., 600, Greenville.

223. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

224. unknown, 42-237.

225. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 105.

226. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig.," drug store.

227. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), pages 104-105.

228. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 354.

229. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

230. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig.," drug store.

231. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), pages 104-105.

232. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

233. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 105 & p 383.

234. Jeff Murphy, Jeff Murphy Electronic Database, (www. genealogy.org/~smcgee/cgi-bin/genweb.cgi/DB=murphy/INDE.../?LookupInterna), "Electronic," Prof. Coates.

235. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

236. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 1.

237. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

238. Jeff Murphy, Jeff Murphy Electronic Database, (www. genealogy.org/~smcgee/cgi-bin/genweb.cgi/DB=murphy/INDE.../?LookupInterna), "Electronic."

239. 1850 Census, Muhlenberg County, KY, living with mother.

240. History of Muhlenberg County, 33.

241. Robert R. Weber, Stoner Brethren, (1993), 243.

242. H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley, (Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1959 & 1962), 252-254.

243. Kentucky, "map."

244. Muhlenberg County, KY, "map."

245. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

246. Certificate of Death.

247. Certificate of Death, a7106.

248. Francis, OK, Cemetery, (Grave marker.), "fig."

249. Tims Funeral Home, Altus, OK.

250. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig.," 1888 photo of Jessie Lee Beaty.

251. Rites of Matrimony.

252. Ellis County, TX, Marriage Records for Myers/Beaty, 159.

253. Vivian and Brenda Newingham, Pioneer Families, (the Damron and Nelms families of Ector Co, TX), p 18.

254. Certificate of Birth, #7459.

255. Francis, OK, Cemetery, (Grave marker.), "fig."

256. Certificate of Death.

257. 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 66), page 66.

258. Ron Myers, Coppell, TX, Ron Myers, Private individual associated with Myers family line., Census search, Samuel Preston Myers not found.

259. 1910 Jackson County, OK, Census, ed #145, sheet 9b, Navajo.

260. Abstract of Title, (Abstract Number 46026, Jackson County, OK).

261. Invoice, Timm's Funeral Home.

262. Certificate of Death.

263. Abstract of Title, (Abstract Number 46026, Jackson County, OK).

264. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

265. Rites of Matrimony.

266. Ellis County, TX, Marriage Records for Myers/Beaty, 159.

267. Abstract of Title, (Abstract Number 46026, Jackson County, OK).

268. Register of Deeds of Jackson County, Oklahoma, page 310 book 3 of misc..

269. photograph of Samuel Cleo Myers, "fig.," 1903.

270. Francis, OK, Cemetery, (Grave marker.), "fig."

271. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Apr 26, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.28477.55

272. Francis, OK, Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig."

273. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Apr 26, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.28477.55

274. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census., page 123.

275. World Family Tree, WFT Local & Family Histories, NE, 1600-1900s, (FamilyTreeMaker Online genealogy library and ancestral files), "CD-ROM," tree #2057, cd #4.

276. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census., page 123.

277. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 80.

278. 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 66), page 66.

279. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589), 28.

280. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 80.

281. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

282. 1860 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 80), page 80.

283. 1870 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 66), page 66.

284. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

285. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 123.

286. History of Muhlenberg County, KY, p 337.

287. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 123.

288. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 1.

289. 1880 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, (Page 589).

290. Ron Myers, Greenville, KY, Evergreen Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig."

291. Muhlenberg County, KY, Cemeteries, page 1.

292. Greenville, KY, Evergreen Cemetery, grave marker of Joseph Myers shows death of 1946

293. Paul Camplin, A New History of Muhlenberg County, 236.

294. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig.," Roscoe Myers, 1917.

295. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig.," Roscoe Myers, 1903.

296. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

297. Certificate of Death.

298. Certificate of Death, page 45 vol xxiv-d.

299. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

300. Last Will and Testament of Roscoe Myers, (Jackson Co, OK, records).

301. Marriage Record for Myers/Jones, 164.

302. Marriage Record for Myers/Jones, #164.

303. Certificate of Death.

304. Ron Myers, Altus, OK, Restlawn Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig."

305. Certificate of Death, 07217.

306. Ron Myers, Coppell, TX, Ron Myers, Private individual associated with Myers family line..

307. 1910 Jackson County, OK, Census, ed #145, sheet 9b, Navajo.

308. 1920 Jackson County, OK, Census, Navajoe, 2-a, 27-29.

309. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

310. Dallas Morning News, Texas Almanac, (cattle drives at Doan's Crossing, TX).

311. Abstract of Title, (Abstract Number 46026, Jackson County, OK), 34.

312. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

313. Military Registration Card, serial #1799, order #1453.

314. Roscoe Clinton Myers, Private individual associated with Myers family line., Auction Notice.

315. Certificate of Death.

316. Social Security Administration, (SSA records), application for account #.

317. Last Will and Testament.

318. "Altus Times-Democrat," Altus, OK.

319. Marriage Record for Myers/Jones, 164.

320. photograph of Sybil Myers, "fig.," 1903.

321. photograph of Willie Myers, "fig.," 1903.

322. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig.," Homer Myers, 1903.

323. Richard E. Bloom, Private individual associated with the Myers family line..

324. Carroll Rufus Myers, Altus, OK, private individual.

325. Richard E. Bloom, Private individual associated with the Myers family line..

326. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 123.

327. Ron Myers, Greenville, KY, Evergreen Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig."

328. History of Muhlenberg County, KY, p 337.

329. Ron Myers, Greenville, KY, Evergreen Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig.," grave marker.

330. Ron Myers, Greenville, KY, Evergreen Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig."

331. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 337.

332. Ron Myers, Greenville, KY, Evergreen Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig."

333. 1850 Muhlenberg County, KY, Census, page 123.

334. Jeff Murphy, Jeff Murphy Electronic Database, (www. genealogy.org/~smcgee/cgi-bin/genweb.cgi/DB=murphy/INDE.../?LookupInterna), "Electronic," living with step father, John H. Morton.

335. Otto A. Rothert, History of Muhlenberg County, KY, (1913), page 337.

336. Ron Myers, Greenville, KY, Evergreen Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig."

337. Certificate of Death, 68-4035.

338. Certificate of Birth, #10938-502.

339. Certificate of Death, 68-4035.

340. Ron Myers, Photograph, "fig."

341. Certificate of Death, 68-4035.

342. Lowell-Tims Funeral Home, Altus, OK.

343. Ron Myers, Altus, OK, City Cemetery, (Grave marker), "fig."

344. Certificate of Death, 68-4035.

345. "Altus, OK, Times," Altus, OK.

346. Lowell-Tims Funeral Home, Altus, OK.

347. "Altus, OK, Times," Altus, OK, political advertisement.

348. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: May 17, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.83868.114

349. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, re: gravesite of Yvonne Irene Myers Smith.

350. Friendship, OK, High School Reunion, Annual reunion pamphlet.

351. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: May 17, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.83868.114