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Allene Moore Chapin 1915 – 2010 Newspaper Woman

July 7, 2010 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Her brother Dick Moore called her Mary Allene, but when she and I first began to share family information she instructed me to call her Allene. Allene will always be thought of in my mind as one of those “grand gals” with spirit and the spunk to speak her mind. Sadly, I never got to [...]

Filed Under: DAR, Genealogy, Obits Tagged With: Allene Moore Chapin 1915 - 2010 Newspaper Woman, American women writers, Chapin, Howell County Missouri, Moore, Newspaper woman, Osgatharp, Revolutionary War, Smith, West Plains Missouri, West Plains Quill, Yates

COG 75th Edition: Justice and Independence

July 1, 2010 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Note: Elisha Bailey was in court on this day, 176 years ago! REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION RECORD of ELISHA BAILEY – W. 8344 State of Kentucky Adair County On this 1st day of July 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the county court for the County aforesaid now sitting Elisha Bailey a resident of Adair [...]

Filed Under: DAR, Genea-Bloggers, Genealogy, Revolutionary War Tagged With: Albemarle County, Alex Walker, Cabinpoint, Capt. Barnett, Capt. Leak, Charles Scaggs, COG 75th Edition: Justice and Independence, Cornwallis, Elisha Bailey, Fredericksburg, Genealogy, General Lawson, General Nelson, General Washington, Harrison M. Gill, Jackson Atkins, Revolutionary War, Samuel Wilson, VA, Zachariah Roberts

John Osgatharp In Rev War Record At Footnote

May 6, 2010 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

I started using the new website Footnote last week, and within about 15 minutes I found a record with my 3rd Great Grandfather’s signature on it. John Osgatharp was a Justice of the Peace in Jackson County, Tennessee when the document was signed on 20 Dec. 1843. As a certified handwriting analyst, I was interested [...]