Descendants of James Lauderdale (d. 1796, Sumner County, Tennessee): Sarah M. Lauderdale (1785/6 – abt. 1866) with Husband Thomas Lewis Leonard

March 1, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “She by her example and precepts impressed her good qualities on her daughters” As the previous posting says, I’m now launching a new series of postings on another ancestral line of mine, after I’ve completed my series about George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) of Orange, Augusta, and Botetourt County, Virginia, and Sullivan … More Descendants of James Lauderdale (d. 1796, Sumner County, Tennessee): Sarah M. Lauderdale (1785/6 – abt. 1866) with Husband Thomas Lewis Leonard

A New Series of Postings Focusing on a Lauderdale Family of the U.S. South

February 27, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “In consideration of the Sum of fifty pounds of my Daughter Sarah Lauderdale left to her by her grandfather which I have wasted & run through” As I’ll be telling you in more detail in a day or so, I’m now going to launch a series of postings about my Lauderdale family line, … More A New Series of Postings Focusing on a Lauderdale Family of the U.S. South

New Material Added to Previous Postings about Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens and John Ewing Colhoun with Wife Floride Bonneau

February 26, 2025

This is a note to let readers know about new information I’ve added to a previous posting about Ezekiel Pickens, son of Andrew Pickens and Rebecca Calhoun, and Ezekiel’s wife Elizabeth Bonneau, and to a posting about John Ewing Colhoun, Rebecca’s brother, and wife Floride Bonneau, a sister to Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens. As the first … More New Material Added to Previous Postings about Elizabeth Bonneau Pickens and John Ewing Colhoun with Wife Floride Bonneau

Children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by Wife Mary (3): William, James, Joshua, Mary, and Jane

February 10, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “Four instruments of writing purporting to be relinquishments of a tract of land in Davidson County” With this posting, I’m finishing my series of postings about the children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) of Augusta and Botetourt Counties, Virginia, and Sullivan County, North Carolina (later Tennessee). My initial posting in this … More Children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by Wife Mary (3): William, James, Joshua, Mary, and Jane

Children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by Wife Mary (2): Joseph, Moses, and John

January 31, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “Died at my father’s house near Mt. Enterprise, Texas, at the age of 84 years. He was never sick in his life, never had a chill nor a fever” This posting continues a series of postings discussing the children of George Birdwell (bef. 1721 – 1781) by his first wife, whose name is … More Children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by Wife Mary (2): Joseph, Moses, and John

Additional Notes about Isaac Lindsey, Who Died in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, in April 1833

January 28, 2025

Or, Subtitled: When DNA Unearths a Previously Unknown Relative I’d like to add a few notes now to two postings I made previously (here and here) about an Isaac Lindsey (abt. 1776 – 1833) whose male descendants’ DNA matches that of other males who can trace their ancestry to the immigrant ancestor of my branch … More Additional Notes about Isaac Lindsey, Who Died in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, in April 1833

Children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by Wife Mary (1): George, Elizabeth, and Benjamin

January 25, 2025

Or, Subtitled, “They traveled mostly by keel boat down the Ohio River. Thence into Missouri like all other pioneers by covered wagon” This posting continues a discussion I began in a previous one in which I discussed the children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by his first wife, whose name is not known. As … More Children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by Wife Mary (1): George, Elizabeth, and Benjamin

The Claim that George Birdwell (bef. 1725-1781) Was a Bridwell from Stafford County, Virginia: DNA Evidence?

January 20, 2025

Or, Subtitled: DNA Doesn’t Lie In a previous posting, I noted that after researcher Edythe Rucker Whitley linked George Birdwell (bef. 1725-1781) to a Bridwell family of Stafford County, Virginia, in research she undertook in the 1950s for Texas descendants of George Birdwell, it has been persistently claimed that George was a Stafford County Bridwell, … More The Claim that George Birdwell (bef. 1725-1781) Was a Bridwell from Stafford County, Virginia: DNA Evidence?

Children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by His First Wife

January 16, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “Thirty Lashes on her bare back well Laid on” In this posting, I’d like to start winding down my discussion of my family line stemming from George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by providing an outline of basic information about his children. As two previous postings have shown (here and here), George is … More Children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by His First Wife

Benjamin Green (abt. 1766 – after 1805) of Abbeville and Pendleton District, South Carolina: New Information

January 13, 2025

Or, Subtitled: The Potential of FamilySearch’s New AI All-Text Search Tool to Discover New Information The following are several new pieces of information I’ve uncovered recently regarding a Benjamin Green Junior who was son of Benjamin Green Senior of the Long Cane settlement in what became Abbeville (and McCormick) County, South Carolina. As a previous … More Benjamin Green (abt. 1766 – after 1805) of Abbeville and Pendleton District, South Carolina: New Information