Kay, thank you so much for typing this up. I enjoyed it immensely. I have
some of those names connected to my family history also. The SELLERS &
LITTELL'S intermarried and seems I have Boss connected with BAKER and and
these connect with ROBERTSON ~ ~ and WYMAN'S connect to KERNS/CARNES ~
I have a KNOTTS line but have no information on that except my 3rd great
grandmother was a Patsy KNOTTS married to Frederick WAUGHTEL ~
I have a family history website at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~waughtel/index.htm in case you find
anything of interest to connect to your "story".
Nevertheless it was very "moving" to read of the times back then.
Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kay Armstrong" <kayarm(a)swbell.net>
To: <INWASHIN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 6:42 PM
Subject: [INWASHIN] Pioneer Memories
My ggg-grandmother, Polly Hamilton Baker Wilson, came to Washington
Co. IN
from Lincoln Co. NC in 1817. Soon after her death in 1905, her daughter,
Susannah Baker Boss, decided to write down the stories her mother told about
her life in NC, the trip to Indiana and their first months in the newly
created state of Indiana. I have transcribed her notes on my webpage at
http://home.swbell.net/kayarm/PollyHamilton.htm.
Some of the surnames mentioned are Hamilton, Bridges, Hayden, Litton,
Knotts, and
Wyman. It gives a very good idea of what the everyday life of
the pioneers was like. I'm know that many Washington Co. researchers can
trace their roots to NC. I hope you enjoy the stories as much as I did.
Kay Armstrong
Researching: Armstrong, Boss, Breeden, Jack, Moore, Raper, Wilson and
Wininger
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