In a message dated 10/22/1999 4:02:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
booley(a)netdirect.net writes:
<< James Jacob Bland, married Martha Jane Monk, on 7 Mar 1841 in Bloomfield,
Greene Co., IN. Martha's parents were George Shadrack and Anna Gillmore
Monk. >>
Wow ! These have got to be related somewhere.
I don't show a George, but he could be a brother of John Monk. This is what I
have on John's families;
Notes for JOHN MONK:
We find in the 1860 Greene Co. IN census:
Charles Monk age 26
Edmond Monk age 20
Elizabeth Monk age 20
They were in Lawarence County, Indian Creek Township.
Charles and Elizabeth were married within the past one year.
Children of JOHN MONK and Unknown are:
i. ELIZABETH MONK, b. 1830, Virginia.
ii. CHARLES MONK, b. 1831, Virginia.
iii. FANNY MONK, b. 1833, Virginia.
iv. POLLY MONK, b. 1836, Greene Co. Indiana.
v. NANCY MONK, b. 1837, Greene Co. Indiana.
vi. EDWARD MONK, b. 1841, Greene Co. Indiana.
Children of JOHN MONK and SYDNEY (STALCUP) HUNTER, MONK are:
vii. JOHN MONK, b. 1849, Highland Twp., Greene Co., Indiana.
viii. MARY MONK, b. 1855, Highland Twp., Greene Co., Indiana.
ix. SARAH J. MONK, b. 1857.
x. UNKNOWN MONK, b. 1859.
Regards;
Dave.