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1	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F21
2	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F19
3	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F67
4	In at least one US Federal Census, the family name was transcribed incorrectly. It was spelled "Bridger" one time and "Bridget" another.	Family: F3
5	Sandstone, Vernon, Missouri, USA	Family: F6
6	The inscription on his tombstone reads: “the Honorable Joseph Bridger, Esq., councilor of State in Virginia to King Charles II.” Yet, today, he is almost forgotten in Virginia history. Born in 1628 at the manor of “Woodmancote” in the Parish of Dursley, England, he was the son of Samuel Bridger, subdean and auditor of the College of Gloucester. Of his boyhood and youth nothing is definitely known, but is likely that he attended the College of Gloucester and attained an education. A pronounced Royalist, Joseph Bridger came to the colony of Virginia about 1655, at a time when those holding views were fleeing the kingdom in order to escape Cromwellian persecution or possibly death. He did well in Virginia. He settled below Jamestown and south of the James River and probably patented more land than any other resident of Isle of Wight C., during the 17th century. Joseph Bridger was chosen to represent Isle of Wight County in the House of Burgesses in the session of 1658. After 1661 he filled the position without interruption until about 1672. As a Burgess he received 250 pounds of tobacco for each day the assembly was in session in Jamestown. In 1664, Captain Bridger and two other commissioners were sent up to Chesapeake Bay to confer with their Maryland opposites to settle dispute of a claim by the State of Maryland over a county line. Joseph Bridger's career in Virginia politics continued to rise. He was often named to deal with intercolonial problems, and in the House of Burgesses sat on important committees appointed to consider economic matters. He was also influential in subjects pertaining to military defense. He attained the rank of colonel in 1672, and in 1673 at the age of 45, became member of the Council of State and General Court of the aging Virginia governor, Sir William Berkeley. The Council of State usually was comprised of twelve members. They were the governor’s advisors and were allowed to hire 10 servants each at public expense. They were also paid a salary out of the taxes collected. Bridger was destined to take an active part in a series of historic events in Virginia history. The first was the governor'’ authorization of a 500-man army to fight the Indians and his appointment of Bridger as a colonel to organize it. As it turned out, the governor was dealing with the Indians for their valuable furs, and the army never marched against them. In view of this lack of protection, the farmers became rebellious and availed themselves of the help of Nathaniel Bacon, a dissatisfied member of the governor’s Council. In time, the governor was forced to flee Jamestown, and Bacon, who named himself “General by consent of the people,” called Joseph Bridger a “wicked and pernicious councilor” for his continued loyalty to the governor and the King of England. Bridger fled with the governor, but his son, Joseph Bridger, Jr. cast his lot with Nathaniel Bacon. For this, he was disinherited by his father and his name stricken from his will. Bridger witnessed the governor’s will while they were in exile, and was appointed by the King to continue as a member of the Council. The new governor of Virginia was instructed to rebuild Jamestown) it had been burned down by Nathaniel Bacon), and suggested that each Council member should build a home there. By 1682, Joseph Bridger’s house had been completed and the Council met in his new home on the afternoon of November 25, that year. The previous year, 1681, Lord Culpepper, the new governor, had commissioned Colonel Bridger sole commander against the Indians, and in 1683 he was appointed to a command so important and dangerous, the governor said he could appoint no other upon whom he could depend to carry it out properly. On May 29, 1683, the governor appointed Bridger deputy vice-admiral, with jurisdiction over all of Virginia’s maritime matters. Soon after that, the governor left for London. He never returned to Virginia. Joseph Bridger was active in keeping the government of the Colony alive, but he remained faithful to the reigning Royalty in England. In June 1685, the new governor turned the administration of the government over to Bridger and his eleven fellow Councilors when he was required to be away from Virginia for a period of time. Colonel Joseph Bridger was a man of strong emotions, given at times to angry outbursts. He did not hesitate to engage in a lengthy litigation over land titles with his own father-in-law―and won. He was a great land baron with extensive holdings in Virginia and Maryland. He lived in manorial splendor in a seventeen-room, brick mansion which must have been one of the largest of its day in colony. His plantation was called “Whitemarsh” and was located not far from the James River. There, Otta, an old Negro man and Isee, an old Negro woman were in charge of operating his handsomely furnished house, while nine other slaves and four indentured servants farmed the soil or otherwise helped to maintain the estate. It was Thursday, April 15, 1686 when death came suddenly to Joseph Bridger, the honored and trusted “servant of the King.” He was buried at Whitemarsh, and to mark his grave a huge, granite slab was inscribed and brought from England. In 1894, after much persuasion, the then owner of Whitemarsh (from the site of which the original mansion had long since disappeared) consented to the removal of Bridger’s tomb to the Old Brick Church near Smithfield, and on Oct 11, his remains were placed there in this chancel. In Isle of Wight Couunty, Va., “A Smithsonian Institution scientist shrugged off claustrophobic working conditions Monday to recover the remains of a late-1600s skeleton buried under the floor of America’s oldest standing English church.” The colonist in question is/was Joseph Bridger–one of the 10 wealthiest men in the colony, and richest landholder south of the James River. Bridger paid for St. Luke’s well-appointed interior woodwork and the third floor of its distinctive bell tower. His generosity is still remembered by a late Victorian stained-glass window installed above the altar space of the church. But it wasn’t until more than 60 of his descendants began talking about organizing an archaeological study of Whitemarsh - the old family property located about two miles from the church - that Williamsburg-based archaeologist Merry Outlaw saw the potential for adding her prominent ancestor to Owsley’s study. From the church’s website: http://www.historicstlukes.org is some history of the building and parish (although the part about Jefferson kneeling down to worship there may raise an eyebrow): Venerable Historic St. Luke’s, Mother Church of Warrosquyoake County (later called Isle of Wight) was affectionately known as “Old Brick Church” long before it was given its present name in 1820. It is the oldest existing church of English foundation in America and the nation’s only surviving Gothic building. It forms a unique bridge between the early civilization of our country and the rich culture of Medieval England. Its structure reflects the architectural and spiritual descendents of the great Gothic cathedrals of England. By tradition and recollection of the first Vestry Book, “Old Brick Church” is dated to 1632. It closely relates to the Tower Church at Jamestown, dated circa 1638/39. As was common at the time, it took four or five years to erect such a church; and the finishing of the interior fittings required an additional number of years, even in this parish, already numbering 522 persons in the year 1634. In 1640, John Day (direct ancestor of Henry Mason Day, the first President of the foundation) came from England with his own fine household furniture and personal servants. Colonel Joseph Bridger of “White Marsh” long associated with “Old Brick Church”, a man of significant wealth, and a member of the Council of State to Charles II for Virginia, is known to have settled in the parish at least as early as 1657. According to tradition, Colonel Bridger brought members of the Driver family from England to do “finish” work on the church. Colonel Bridger was given increasing acknowledgement for the important contributions he made in bringing the church to completion. His remains, relocated to the church in the 1890’s, are in the church’s chancel marked by a marble ledgerstone. By the Order of Assembly issued in March 1623, this parish was one of only four locations, other than Jamestown, where the General Court of the Colony was permitted to convene. Since the Court convened in the church, there was urgency to make it suitably reflect this important function. The “Lord Governour and Captaine Generall” would be present and during their stay attend church service. The high box-pews were designated for their use. Those who first assembled in “Old Brick Church” knew much of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, John Rolfe and Powhatan, who were still regarded as contemporary figures, and the tragic Indian Massacre of 1622, which wiped out nearly a third of the Virginia settlers. Nathaniel Bacon, the scourge of Governor Berkeley, passed not far from “Old Brick Church” on his way to burn Jamestown in 1676. In the stirring days before the Revolution, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Patrick Henry, and many other of our great patriots must have knelt here before the altar and asked for guidance on their passage to or from Williamsburg, as they slowly shaped the destiny of a nation. Perhaps it was as great an honour to him to be the son of the man who built Old Smithfield Church as to have been one of the Councillors of the corrupt Charles II., and to have acted with Sir William Berkeley against him who is called the rebel Bacon. This intimates that his father, Samuel Bridger, had also come to America. Samuel Bridger, however died on 31 Jul 1650 in Gloucester, England. So perhaps he came to America and later returned to England. Samuel Bridger's wife was Mary Pitt. Born in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Samuel died in Gloucester and was buried in the city's cathedral under this epitaph:HERE LYES THE BODY OF SAMUEL BRIDGER, GENT. WHODEPARTED THIS LIFE UPON THE 31ST DAY OF July, AN. 1650.RECEIVER OF THIS COLLEGE RENTS, HE PAIDHIS DEBT TO NATURE, AND BENEATH IS LAIDTO REST UNTIL HIS SUMMONS TO REMOVEAT THE LAST AUDIT TO THE CHOIR ABOVE.	Col. Joseph Bridger
7	Joseph Bridger was removed from his fathers will because of disobedience. The subject of this disobedience is most likely because he sided with Nathaniel Bacon instead of his father during Bacon's Rebellion. As you can see, the Bridger's fought on both sides of the Revolutionary War. It is unknown exactly how many children General Joseph Bridger, Jr. had, only 2 sons have been documented "General Bridger was the son and heir of the Joseph Bridger who superintended the building of St. Luke's, (the Brick Church,) in Newport parish, Isle of Wight county." My friend adds these words:-- "The above is taken from a copy made by the late Mrs. Anne P. P. Cowper, of Macclesfield, from the tombstone, which is erected on a farm about three miles below the Old Brick Church, and is still in a perfect state. This farm was a part of an immense landed estate which descended to Mrs. Cowper from her mother, who was a widow Bridger, and married Colonel Josiah Parker, of Revolutionary celebrity." I have also referred to a small parish, called Chuckatuck, in Nansemond county, of which I could say nothing for want of any documents. A friend has sent me the copy of a portion of an old vestry-book of this parish, which contains the proceedings of the vestry from December of the year 1702 to 1709. I will first give the names of the gentlemen composing the vestry during that period:-- "Captain Edmund Godwin, Major Thomas Swann, Captain L. Havield, Mr. James Davis, Mr. Oliver Slaughter, Mr. James Cewling, Mr. Thomas Drury, Colonel Thomas Godwin, Captain John Pitt, Mr. Thomas Corbell, Colonel George Norsworthy, Captain Charles Drury, Mr. John Brasseur, Major Thomas Jordan, Captain B. Kearne, Mr. John Lear, Peter Best, Thomas Cutchins, John Isles." The vestry seems to have been an energetic and decided one. In April, 1703, is their first action:-- "The vestry, being willing to embrace the first opportunity for the service of God, have therefore entertained and agreed with Mr. William Rudd, minister, to preach a sermon every intervening Thursday until the 1st of October next, at the rate of three hundred and eight pounds of tobacco per sermon, and also to pay twelve shillings for his ferrying over the river: which Mr. William Rudd accepts, and promises, with God's assistance, to perform his duty. During the summer they invite him to become their minister and preach every other Sunday, for eight thousand pounds of tobacco." Mr. Rudd was then the minister of Norfolk, in Elizabeth River parish, and it was customary to ask the consent of the Governor to a separation; wherefore the vestry addressed a letter to Governor Nicholson. Mr. Rudd became their minister, and remained such for some years. After this they had the services of the Rev. Thomas Hassell, but how long is not known. It was during the infancy of this vestry that Governor Nicholson was endeavouring to establish his authority over the vestries in relation to induction of ministers and the supply of vacancies. The opinion of Sir Edward Northy, the King's Attorney, was sent to all the vestries and ordered to be recorded on the vestry-books. The vestry of the little Chuckatuck parish obeyed the Governor's order and placed the document on record, but added this spirited resolution to it:-- "But as to presenting our present or any other minister for induction, are not of opinion, [here is something not very intelligible by itself, but rendered perfectly so by what follows,] but are willing to entertain our present minister upon the usual terms, as formerly hath been used in this Colony." I do not know that there was ever more than one church in this parish. That is still standing, and has been occasionally supplied by ministers from Suffolk and Smithfield. I have often been in it, and enjoyed the services held therein.	Joseph Bridger, Jr
8	Name: Samuel Bridger son of Col. Joseph Bridger of the council, was justice and lieutenant colonel of the militia of Isle of Wight county and burgess in 1705-1706. IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons	Samuel Bridger
9	the man who built Old Smithfield Church. Born Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England Samuel died in Gloucester and was buried in the citys cathedral under this epitaph: HERE LYES THE BODY OF SAMUEL BRIDGER, GENT. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE UPON THE 31ST DAY OF July, AN. 1650. RECEIVER OF THIS COLLEGE RENTS, HE PAID HIS DEBT TO NATURE, AND BENEATH IS LAID TO REST UNTIL HIS SUMMONS TO REMOVE AT THE LAST AUDIT TO THE CHOIR ABOVE.	Samuel Bridger
10	Name: Colonel William Bridger of "White Marsh," son of Colonel Joseph Bridger, of the council, was born in Isle of Wight county, in 1678, married Elizabeth Allen, daughter of Major Arthur Allen, of Surry, was a burgess for Isle of Wight county, 1714, 1718 and 1720-22. His will was proved in Isle of Wight county November 23, 1730. He left a son William, whose son Joseph, was a burgess, and a son James, who was also a burgess (q. v.).	William Bridger
11	William married Elizabeth Godwin, supposedly in 1717. This would have been difficult since Elizabeth was born 15 October 1716, so perhaps it was an arranged marriage. Either way, William was 20 years older than Elizabeth.	William Bridger
12	Home in 1860: Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas Home in 1880: Austin, Cass, Missouri U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Missouri Regiment Name: 11 Missouri Infantry Regiment Name Expanded: 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry Company: A Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Film Number: M380 roll 2 Regimental History 11th Missouri Infantry Rgt. Cols. DeWitt C. Hunter, Simon P. Burns, LtCol. Thomas H. Murray, S. P. Burns, Maj. T. H. Murray, James Phillips The regiment was originally organized as the 2nd (Hunter's) Mo. Infantry Rgt. in the summer of 1862 and served as cavalry until dismounted on Aug. 31, 1862. In September 1862 it was designated the 8th (Burns) Mo. Infantry Rgt. The regiment was assigned to Parson's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. It fought at Cane Hill, Prairie Grove and Helena where it lost 14 killed, 82 wounded and 67 missing. On July 6, 1863 it had 467 effectives. During the winter of 1863-1864 it was redesignated 11th Mo. Infantry Rgt. to conform to the CSA War Department number. It was assigned to Parson's, S. P. Burns' brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. It lost five killed and 44 wounded at Pleasant Hill and two killed and 15 wounded at Jenkins' Ferry. It disbanded in early 1865. In the 1880 Census, Aaron Bridges lived in Austin, Cass County, Missouri where it appears they may have run a boarding house. They had at least 1 boarder. Samuel Goodwin, whose occupation is listed as "Doctor of Medicine", lived in the same residence. Samuel Goodwin is also listed as being married, although his wife's name is not listed in the census	Aaron Bridges
13	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	C.O. Bridges
14	Name: Chester M Bridges Birth Year: 1923 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Missouri State: Missouri County or City: Howell Enlistment Date: 4 Dec 1945 Enlistment State: California Enlistment City: San Francisco Branch: Air Corps Branch Code: Air Corps Grade: Corporal Grade Code: Corporal Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for Hawaiian Department Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source: Enlisted Man, Philippine Scout or recall to AD of an enlisted man who had been transferred to the ERC Education: Grammar school Civil Occupation: Riveter, Pneumatic Marital Status: Single, with dependents Height: 87 Weight: 479 The last two years of his life, Chester had US Secret Service Agents watching him 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This was because he had said, while being treated in a VA Hospital, that “the only thing wrong with John Hinckley was that he didn't use a big enough gun”. Chester did not like President Ronald Reagan even when he was the Governor of California, he wasn't a Democrat he just didn't like Ronald Reagan. All during this time, the only places that Chester was able to go was to the VA Hospital for treatment and back home. He had a hole in his back from the cancer that had to be packed with 10 yards of gauze twice daily.	Chester Marion Bridges
15	I served in the U.S. Army from 1975 to 1976. Some of that time was on inactive reserves.	Edward Arthur Bridges
16	Alma was married twice, to cousins. died on 18 Aug 1998 in Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri of complications due to age and diabetes.	Elma Narcis Bridges
17	Married: Leonard C. Messenger 24 May 1898 in Carter County, MO	Fannie Mae Bridges
18	James was a deacon at Buffalo Baptist Church and served as a spy on the Indian expedition in 1779 and as "Captain of Horse" in 1780-1781 during the Revolutionary War. James is listed in the 1790 York County census as "Saml." (which should be read as "Jams.") Brigs (per "Bridges to the Past newspaper article").	James Aaron (Shoal Creek) Bridges
19	Five of the sons of John Bridges served in various regiments during the Civil War, all on the side of the Confederacy. Aaron Bridges served in the 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry. Ephraim D. Chiswill Bridges served in the 36th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry. Thomas Stone, John S., and Samuel G. H. Bridges all served in the 28th Regiment of the North Carolina Infantry. Samuel and Aaron would seem to have been twins, having been both born in 1823.	John Bridges
20	John Bridges served in the French and Indian War and was awarded 50 acres of land by King George of England.	John Bridges
21	The family moved quite a bit. In the 1850 census, they lived in the Indian Territory attached to Harrison County, Missouri where he was born. In the 1860 census, they lived in Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas. In the 1870 census, they lived in Johnson, Polk County, Missouri. In the 1880 census they lived in Mill Creek, Morgan County, Missouri. In the 1900 census John was listed at “J.S. Bridges” and the family lived in Pike Township, Carter County, Missouri. In the same census, his youngest daughter, Bertha (born about 1898), was not listed and although the birth date for John Thomas was listed as 1889 in the original document, he is shown as age 40 at the time of the census. In the 1910 census, the family name spelled “Bridget” and they lived in Carrollton, Boone County, Arkansas. According to verbal family history, John tracked some bank robbers from Oklahoma to Texas. This is confirmed by a May 17, 1901 article in the Altus, Oklahoma, Plain Dealer newspaper titled “Altus Burglarized”. This means that the family also lived in Navajoe, Texas/Oklahoma in 1901 on the Indian reservation at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. As you can see from the census records, John moved around quite a lot. Keep in mind that these records are 10 years apart, and I have found other records which place them in at least two more locations. One was from pictures taken in Devil's Gap, Nebraska taken in 1887. The other is from the newspaper article quoted above in 1901. Then put that together with the places of birth for his children and you get a picture of a family that moved every couple of years.	John Simpson Bridges
22	John had an illustrious career in the military and General Services Administration. 1. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. Regular Army, Multiple Medals. 2. Korean Conflict. Regular Army. 3. US Army (Old Regulars). Multiple Medals (Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, 3 recommendations for Congressional Medal, refused field commissions, accepted commission to Warrant Officer, etc). 4. GSA Tugboat operator in the Viet Nam Conflict until injured. His tugboat got shelled, but he was injured when he fell through the hole and broke his leg. 5. GSA Heavy Equipment Operator in Alaska, injured when the truck he was driving went off the side of a mountain. The Captain riding in the passenger seat was killed when the Caterpillar on the low-boy trailer crashed through the cab and crushed him. John Thomas had both legs broken in the accident. The doctors said he would never walk again, but he did.	John Thomas Bridges, WO2Rt
23	Married: Anna Isabel Dunning on 19 Jan 1917 Carthage, Jasper County, MO John worked for the Rock Island Railroad when he was young. He could tell you every whistle stop along the route from Kansas City to Willow Springs. During the Great Depression, most of his family moved back to the Cherokee Indian Reservation in Oklahoma. The tribe wanted John to move back also, because he had a good job with the railroad. John declined saying that he could take care of his family better by himself. John was a staunch Republican. He said that he only ever voted for one Democrat in his life, and that ended up being a mistake. During the Great Depression, that Democrat was climbing on John's grain bins and saying that he had too much of some ingredient. He told John that the government was going to come confiscate the grain. John got his gun and told the man that if he didn't get off his land he was going to shoot him off the grain bin. The Democrat said that he would come back with officers, and John said that he had 10 children there and that all of them could shoot and would shoot anything or anyone he told them too. He said that the grain was for his family to eat. The Democrat did not return. Early in their marriage, John and Anna moved to North Dakota to try to farm the land owned by her father. A record of the land patent is on the web at Land Patent . The land patent shows the acreage is on the US Indian Reservation. John was known to have said that the land was so poor “you couldn't even grow black-eyed peas” on it. This, plus the birth places of his children, and Census records show that the family moved around every few years. John told his children “don't tell anyone you are part Indian”, therefore most of the information to determine the Indian heritage is unverifiable. It was thought that the records were burned in a fire on the Cherokee Reservation in Oklahoma. The reason Cherokee was hinted at was because of a story within the family that our ancestors had been on “The Trail of Tears”. I can find no record of any of the family living on the Cherokee Reservation, but Navajoe (where his family lived when his father tracked the bank robbers) is just outside the Kiowa/Comanche Oklahoma Reservation. See the attached document about Navajoe, Oklahoma. This does not mean that our ancestors were not on The Trail of Tears because tribes other than the Cherokee were forced on this march as well. John Thomas' wife was supposed to be Blackfoot, but the property for Fountain Brown Dunning is on the Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. Fountain Brown's wife, Clementine O'Dell Rhea, was Sioux by adoption. Her mother was Arikara from the Nebraska/Iowa area. I found this by tracing stories told within the family. Clementine would go to the Custer National Battlefield Monument because her uncle was a guide for George Armstrong Custer. Of the 39 scouts that rode with the 7th Cavalry, only the 6 Arikara scouts did not turn back before the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Clenny would tell everyone in the family that her uncle's name was on the monument. At that time there were only 6 Indian Scout names on the monument. All were Arikara. I think I have been able to figure out which of the scouts was our ancestor by looking at the pictures of each of them. More than one member of our family looks like Bloody Knife and none have even a passing resemblance to any of the other scouts.	John Thomas Bridges
24	Spouse first name: Mytrle Daughter first name: Josephine	Joseph Jackson Bridges
25	Married: John Dykes, date unknown Resided: 403 North Delaware, Independence, Jackson County, MO	Lillie C. Bridges
26	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	M.O. Bridges, Sr
27	died 2 September 1994 in San Mateo, California of tuberculosis.	Mary Odell Bridges
28	Megan N. Bridges is Marine. And just returned from Iraq a couple of months ago. I am not sure of her rank, but she is in the Combat Engineers.	Megan N. Bridges
29	She was last mentioned in the 1930 US Federal Census. According to the family, she died when she was accidentally pushed down a flight of stairs by her older sister Mary.	Myrtle I Bridges
30	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	R.L. Bridges
31	William Bridges died in 31 December 1743 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He had married Elizabeth Medcalf. It is my firm suspicion that this William Bridges is the same person as the William Bridger who had married Elizabeth Godwin. My reason for this is because the birth year for this William Bridges is 1700, when his father would have been 4 years old! Perhaps they changed the family name because of the age difference, or because they didn't want to be associated with the Bridger who fought against independence in the Revolutionary War, or because of a misspelling in a census, we will never know for sure why the family name was changed.	William Bridges
32	Five of his seven sons served in the North Carolina Milita during the Revolutionary War.	William Bridges, Jr
33	George DeBolt served in the Revolutionary War and is listed in the Partior Index of the Daughters of the American Revolution. He was a preacher and a veterinarian. In his 1924 report, Norman Fuller Overturf gives a thorough description of him: "He had steady, brillian black eyes that seemed to see the very soul and spirit of all about him; had an abundant hair on his crown, did not wear a beard, was strong built and very tall, rumor was DeBolts had a slight strain of Indian blood." And, he added that DeBolts in general had "rather piercing black or dark eyes, profuse dark hair, were stocky, quick motioned, rather inclined to be eccentrically erratic and inclined to be religiuos." Martha Katherine Smith Whited claimed that her people were "Black Dutch" in origin. The phrase, which has long been a source of confusion, may simply mean "darker toned, darker haired, Germanic peoples." (In early America, the word "Deutsch" was commonly mispronounced as "Dutch.") George DeBolt married Elizabeth Teagarden in what is now Frederic County, Maryland. Their children were William, David, Daniel Aaron, Abraham, mary, George Jr, Rezin, Jacob, Jeremiah, and Teagarden Solomon. All but William were born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. George DeBolt and his wife are buried on the family farm, in Fayette County.	George DeBolt
34	Hans Michael DeBold came to America on the Robert and Alice, arriving in Philadelphia on September 3, 1739. He settled in the Conococheague Valley in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He may have been a French Huguenot from Alsace-Lorraine in northeasern France, which is just across the Thine from BAden. He is probably a son of Johannes Michel DeBoldt, who married a Maria Magdalena Baender in 1714 in nearby Wurttemberg. In 1765, he and wife Elizabeth settled 340 acres in what is today Hampshire County, West Virginia. In about 1770 they moved to Fayette County, where Hans Michael died in 1787. He and his wife are buried in Fayette County.	Hans Michael DeBolt
35	Verbal family history says Anna Isabel Dunning was half-Blackfoot Indian	Anna Isabel Dunning
36	Fountain Brown Dunning had a Federal Land Grant Patent in South Dakota.	Fountain Brown Dunning
37	Shadrach DUNNING b.c. 1750 NC, d. bef. 12 Nov 1838 Trigg Co., KY, m(1)c. 1774 Bertie Co., NC, Mary BARNES b.c. 1755 Bertie Co., daughter of John BARNES Jr. and wife Elizabeth _______, d. bef. 1829 Trigg Co. Shadrack first appeared in 1771 in the tax book of Bertie Co., and last in 1803. On 30 Jun 1804 he bought a tract of land in Christian Co., KY. In 1805 he appeared in the tax books of Christian Co. He was in the 1810 census of Christian Co., the 1820 census of Caldwell Co. and the 1830 census of Trigg Co. [The county lines changed around him. He did not move one inch.] He m(2) 12 May 1829 Caldwell Co. Mrs. Peggy McCORD. He last appeared in the Trigg Co. tax book of 1836. His will was dated 2 Jul 1829 and was recorded in Trigg Co. 12 Nov 1838.	Shadrach Dunning
38	His family decided to leave Guilford NC with an ox team and wagon March 1836 and arrived near Mulberry Grove, IL in September.	Frederick Kimbro
39	Samuel and Lucinda were married on January 24, 1838, in Maury County, Tennessee. Daughter Martha Jane was born in Maury County eighteen months later. In 1844, Samuel and Lucinda moved to Polk county. Samuel's younger brother, John McCrory, also move to Polk County, probably at the same time. It appears there was a direct path from Maury County to Plk in the middle of the nineteenth century, as several Maury names later turn up in Polk. The children of Samuel and Lucinda include Marth Jane, Margaret, Louisa, Samuel Evans, and Leonard Judson. Samuel's parents are unknown. His father was born in Ireland, and his mother in South Carolina. His father was probably William McCrory, a neighbor of his in the Maury 1840 census; William was listed between the ages 60 and 70, with a wife who was 50-60. In 1785, a William McCrory emigrated to South Carolina from Ireland; in 1813 he petitioned for citizenship in Fairfield County, South Carolina. This same William was also a veteran of the War of 1812. More work remains to be done on Lucinda Woody's ancestry. Several Woody families lived in Tennessee in the first half of the nineteenth century. She was born in North Caorlina but moved to Tennessee at a very young age. Samuel and Lucinda are buried in the Barren Creek Cemetery, about three and ahalf miles east of Fair Play, in Polk County.	Samuel McCrory
40	Narcissa was the daughter of James Freeman Nichols whose first wife was Elizabeth, the sister of Solomon. Narcissa was the daughter of James' second wife, and therefore not related by blood.	Narcissa (Narcice) Ann Nichols
41	Baden, like Wurttemberg to its east, is in the Black Forest in southwest Germany, just north of Switzerland and east of France.	Baltasar Oberdorf
42	Simon may have had a twin brother, Samuel, who died young. Simon was baptized at Christ Lutheran Church in York County, Pennsylvania, in March 1771. Before 1785, Simon and his parents had relocated to Fayette County, in extreme southwest Pennsylvania. In about 1793 he married Mary DeBolt, whose family also lived in the German township of Fayette County. In 1809, Simon and Mary moved to Licking County, Ohio, where they settled 262 acres of land in the Newton township. Simon was a house carpenter and later the Justice of the Peace in his township, a position he held from 1816 until his death. In a 1924 family report, Norman Fuller Overturf wrote the following passage about his ancestor: "Simon was a wood mechanic, a cabinet maker, and it must have been well steeped in his blood and spirit, as the ability oozed out graciously and almost universally in his descendants, as natural woodworkers. The family was regarded as Pennsylvania Dutch, and the older members made frequent utterances in that tongue, without any German accent." And, regarding the Overturfs, he remarked that some Irish blood may have been mixed in the Overturf blood, "as the sandy complexion and occasional red head and usual quick, keen retorts give the strong indication of Erin quality." Simon and Mary had ten children: Solomon (1794), Elizabeth (1796), George (1798), Eli (1801), Simon (1803), Minerva (1806), Orpha (1807), Jeremiah D. (1811), Mary (1813), and William Martin (1815). Simon is buried in the Evans Cemetery, in Licking County. After her husband's death, Mary DeBolt Overturf maintained the family home until 1832, when she joined her youngest son in nearby Delaware County. She is buried in the Old Eden Cemetery in Delaware County, just north of Kilbourne.	Simon Overturrf
43	Valentine Overturf was born in Wurttemberg, which is located in the Black Forest in southwest Germany. In the 1600's this region was hit hard by religious wars and by such epidemics as typhoid and the plague. By the early 1700's, economic privation, high taxes, and simmering religious tensions inspired thousands from the Black Forest to emigrate to America. Valentine arrived at the Port of Philadelphia on September 24, 1753, on the ship Neptune. He signed an Oath of Allegiance, which indicates he was at least 16 years old. He lived in York County, Pennsylvania, from about 1762 to 1780. By 1785, he was in Fayette County. Shortly before his death, he joined son Conrad in Bracken County, Kentucky. He is buried there on the family farm. The maiden name of Agnes Elizabeth Overturf is unknown. She and Valentine had seven children: Johannes (1760), Martin (1762), Catherine (1766), Anna Marie (1768), Simon and Samuel (1771), and Conrad (1774).	Valentine Overturrf
44	Name: Caleb Rhea Side: Union Enlisted: 25 Jun 1861 Regiment State/Origin: Illinois Regiment Name: 22 Illinois Infantry. Regiment Name Expanded: 22nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry Company: D Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Film Number: M539 roll 75	Caleb Rhea
45	Clenny O'Dell Rhea told the family that she had either a brother or uncle who was buried at the Battle of Little Big Horn. He was an Indian Scout for the US Army, his indian name is currently unknown. Here is the list of Indian Scouts listed on the monument: Lonesome Charley Reynolds, Chief Scout Isaiah Dorman, Negro-Indian Interpreter Indian Scouts Mitch Bouyer, half-breed Bloody Knife Bob-Tailed Bull Little Brave Another point of confusion: W.A. Graham names the Ree scouts killed at the Little Bighorn as Bloody Knife (a guide, actually), Bobtailed Bull and Stab, but Stab apparently didn't die in the battle. Hardorff and most recent writers name the third dead Ree scout as Little Brave, but the name Little Brave isn't even on Graham's list of Arikara scouts. You get the idea. Ree is apparently a shortened name for tha Arikara tribe.	Clementine (Clenny) Odell Rhea
46	Listed in 1850 Census as a pauper.	Henry Dill Rhea
47	U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about John Rizley Name: John Rizley Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Missouri Regiment Name: 31 Missouri Infantry Regiment Name Expanded: 31st Regiment, Missouri Infantry Company: D,C Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Film Number: M390 roll 40	John Risley
48	Verbal family history says Mary Rizzley was half-Cherokee Indian. Name: Mary Ann Risley Age in 1860: 3 Birth Year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Missouri Home in 1860: Duck Creek, Stoddard, Missouri Gender: Female Post Office: Indian Ford	Mary Ann L. Risley
49	George Daniel Smith and Lucinda Belle Welsh were first cousins wo married, a phenomenon that was not uncommon in those days, especially in such sparsely populated areas. They married on April 4, 1886, in Polk County, and raised four children: Martha Katherine (1887), Bessie Ellen (1889), Charles Samuel, who was known as "Doc" (1895), and Easter Cleo (1905). Two sons died in infancy - Jesse T., in 1892, and an unnamed baby in 1897. In the early 1920's, George and Lucinda moved to southern Jackson County and resided near their daughter Bess and her husband, Bob Kostecka, in Martin City. They are buried in the Belton Cemetery, in Cass County, Missouri.	George Daniel Smith
50	There remains much to be learned about John Wesley Smith. He was likely born in 1835, though early census records suggest 1843 or 1844. Throughout his life, John Wesley appears in several counties in southwest Missouri. In 1850, a John Wesley Smith is listed in the Polk County census with the Leonard West Family. In Polk County 1860, he's found with the A.C. Mitchell family. (A.C. Mitchell was married to mahala Smith, daughter of Darling Smith. Research of Darling Smith's will shows no heirs named John. This does not disprove a father-son relationship, but does make it unlikely.) In Polk 1870, he's married to Mary and has children George Daniel, James J., and Eliza C. In 1880, he shows in nearby Greene County, with his second wife, Frances Katherine Hoover. In 1900, he's in nearby Dade County, married to Frances. In 1910, he's again in Greene County, living with wife Frances and their son Leonard. In 1920, he appears in Dade County, again with son Leonard. However, Frances is no longer listed, and is likely deceased. John Wesley Smith's parents may have died young, since he lived with other families in his youth. His burial site is unknown. The Hoovers had a small family cemetery in Dade County, but it was either moved to make room for Lake Stocton, or is under water. John Wesley Smith may be buried in that cemetery, with his second wife. Mary Katherine Welsh Smith likely died during the 1870's. Her tombstone in the Welsh Cemetery lists her date of death as February 28, 1864. This date is probably wrong, since the 1870 census shows John Wesley Smith still married to a Mary. In addition, the fact that John Wesley remarried in 1875 is a clue; a single man with young children probably would not wait eleven years to remarry. It's reasonable to assume that Mary Katherine died on February 29, 1874, and that the engraver notched an incorrect digit. John Wesley's children with wife Frances included John H., Leonard A., Franklin C., Cora Bell, and Alexander.	John Wesley Smith