Walter B. Kennedy was born abt 1778 in PA. He had 2 brothers and they were
taught weaving, etc by their guardian. Walter went to KY with some Quakers
after he was married to one (no proof of this). in 1812-1813 he received a patent
for a machine that sheared cloth and by abt 1820 he was in Knox CO, TN and
owned a mill. Most of his family worked in the milling business with him. I
appreciate your help and interest in this.
Diane
In a message dated 1/22/2009 4:15:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
textique(a)aol.com writes:
Diane, I have checked my files and books and locate nothing on this
weaver. There are patent records to check.
What can you tell me about him that will aid in my search?
Jan
DFSn180(a)aol.com wrote:
Jan, I have just started researching my Campbell line as I just
recently
found out about it, but I was interested in your research of historic
textiles
(how interesting!). Not really sure what that involves, but my
question
is: did
you ever do any research in KY or east TN? My Kennedy ancestors
were into
textiles - mills, carding, etc. One had a patten in 1813 in KY.
Diane Snyder
In a message dated 1/2/2009 3:39:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
textique(a)aol.com writes:
Amen Cuz! I just want to add this to these comments. I have been an
historic textiles researcher for over 23 years. That involves a lot of
genealogy, in the attempt to learn about the time period and makers of
primarily 18th and 19th textiles. It leaves little time for my Campbell
family from Westmoreland Co., PA, but at the same time, puts me in a lot
of large, small and out-of-the-way resource locations. I carry info
about all the thousands of names I research (which now has to go on
flash drives since my brain seems to have less memory), JUST in case.
Because, as I know you all know - the quest never ends - I spend a few
(ok, sometimes more than a few) minutes going over the files and shelves
in each place looking at the other surnames. This year while traveling
OH, I found Campbell records in two locations.
Just FYI: A _Campbell and Rea_ family book turned up in an archives
file titled The Fultons of Westmoreland Co., PA. I own a signature
quilt dated 1858 and signed by some Fultons from there. The file was at
the Clark Co. Historical Society in Springfield, OH. Another file of
more than 100 loose papers turned up in the Hocking Co. Public Library
in Logan, OH. Hocking Co. is in an exquisitely beautiful area of the
state. I found that is the last 5 minutes before they closed but I will
return there in the spring and they will allow me to pen scan the file.
Since I work with old fibers, I am conservation-minded. I won't use
shaving cream on a gravestone or the pen on anything delicate. I wish
every repository could afford a right-angle copier or have their files
digitized but, let's face it, there's nothing like holding the original
in your nitrile-covered hands.
On to the official records and space. Most states have a certain
organization(s) that *_will _*take the records for which there is no
longer room. I just find out who that is, as a courtesy for allowing me
to see the records...or not, and put the two together. I can do no less
as a researcher, historian and genealogist. "Pay It Forward and Thank
Those Who Paid Forward for You"
That being said; is anyone on the list researching _*Campbells from
County Kerry, IRE?*_ The County Kerry list is mute on the subject.
Thanks to y'all and Happy New Year!
Jan Thomas in the Springs
Searching: CAMPBELL, PLUMMER/PA and just starting CUMMINGS, CARNES/PA,
& RUCKER, FANNIN/OH,
KY,SC
Atpowelljr(a)aol.com wrote:
> ...As one noted lecturer-genealogist-editor explains in her lectures,
The
>
papers
> we genealogists want are usually in the basement or the attic of some
>
unknown
> repository!!! Wear old clothes to the courthouse, she cautions.
Another
> lecturer tells of prying people [genealogists] finding
official records
> tossed out by clerks who need more storage room. Having
visited
>
courthouses across the
> nation, I can understand the need for more storage.
>
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