Back in the Saddle once again.

Sorry for the absence, but my sinus' acted up and I was out of it for about two weeks.  But, I overcame and am ready for a few walls to break down.

My Autosomnal test results for D9S919 came back with a value of 17/17.  Now, to find out what that really means.  Seems my internet searches only brought confusion and some reports with a lot of big words. :)

When I did feel like researching these last few weeks, I was able to fill in some holes in the STATHAM, DONALDSON, COLEMAN, and DAVIS families.  Nothing earth shaking just housekeeping.

Issues I am following closely:

John Davis.  Served with the Florida Infantry, but no record of his pension application (according to Florida Memories) by anyone in the family.  Who did file for his pension after his death in the war.  He died in Knoxville, did they issue a death certificate, no record in Florida that I can find.

Learning how to use the Bureau of Land Management database. Found the Patent for the land William Davis-1797 obtained in 1831 in Baldwin County Alabama. Even located John Davis-1824 Patent for his land in 1853 in Monroe County Alabama.

The marriage certificate for John Davis and Ann Fogg was issued in Monroe County FL.  What was he doing down there?

Ambitious, Yes ... Possible, Somewhat!

Rainy Days

Spent some time with the Statham and Price Family, this included Blue, McDuffie, McLeod, Willcox and Thomson families.

While I found no earth shattering facts, I did manage to fill in  a few holes.

Still looking for facts about the early life of Seaborn, like prior to 1835. Seems he like to hide move around a lot.

My Civil War snapshot of my relatives has grown to 174 individuals.  It is perhaps the fastest growing thing on the whole blog site.  :)

My Top 7 List:
  1.  William Davis' parents.
  2.  Hezekiah Elbert Byrd's parents. 
  3.  Selimea Thompson's parents.
  4.  Seaborn Statham's first wife.
  5.  Anything on Ann M Fogg ... John L's first wife.
  6.  William Davis's grave location.
  7.  Location of Sarah Elizabeth Annie Statham's grave and circumstances of her death.

 

Scanning the Horizons

Continuing my searches with the Byrd's, Coleman's, and a few Native American sites.

My link with Hezekiah still eludes me.  I have emailed several people in Wiki that have relatives, that I have info on but they have no information. Hopefully we can connect.

Mom has started the paperwork exercise to get a "Florida Pioneer  Certificate."  Could a DAR submission be far behind?

Did Seliema Slay re-marrry after William died?

Brick Walls

These are my brick walls that seem to resist my best efforts to bring them down.

1. William DAVIS, Born 1795-1800 in North Carolina, After 1870 in Florida.
     - Parents, possible first marriage prior to 1824 and any information prior to 1830

2. Hezekiah Elbert BYRD, Born 1844 in South Carolina, Died 1926 in Florida.
     - Parents

3. Selimea Caroline THOMPSON, Born 1802 in South Carolina, Died 1892 in Florida.
     - Parents, family lore suggests she was native american.

If you have any information, no matter how small, Please contact me at: fam_hound@blackhawke.net

As You Guessed ... I have done the DNA Testing!

I used FTDNA to do all my testing and this is the result.

My "Y Haplogroup" is R-Z284
     - I have tested out to 111 markers

My "mtDNA Haplogroup is U5b2b3a

I am waiting for the results of my D9S919 tests.

Maternal (MTDNA)

My maternal tree looks like this:

Selimea Thompson Slay – 1802-1892

Julian Slay Register  -  1844-1912

Sarah Ann Register Nelson -  1865-1946

Everetta Dinson Nelson Anderson  -  1883-1952

Everetta Nelson Anderson Heisner  -  1912-1990

Shirley Anne Heisner Davis  -  1933-Present

William J. Davis  -  1952-Present

[Bold Last Surname is their Married Surname Name]

My "Y DNA" Family

William J. Davis     1952-Present
Billy J. Davis          1933-200

Louis S. Davis        1896-1948

John M. Davis        1857-1934

John L Davis           1824-1862 

William Davis          1800(?)-1880(?)                                                                                                          

I'm Back

Well, after a brief but extended absence, I have returned to this blog spot.  But, I am going to slightly modify the content.  Since I do a lot of Genealogy, I will use this site to present a lot of the information I uncover and use it as a communications tool.