From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Aug 8 20:27:32 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k792RWjb018872; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 20:27:32 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k792RUBJ006305 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 20:27:30 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k78NmEFI018066 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:48:14 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k78NmEHo018065 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:48:14 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k78N7MFI017934 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:07:23 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k791kRFI022012 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:46:27 -0600 X-Envelope-From: burnsba@earthlink.net Tue Aug 8 19:46:27 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k791kRjb022001 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:46:27 -0600 Received: from pop-scotia.atl.sa.earthlink.net (pop-scotia.atl.sa.earthlink.net [207.69.195.65]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k791kQXE021690 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:46:26 -0600 Received: from dialup-4.230.39.17.dial1.houston1.level3.net ([4.230.39.17] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by pop-scotia.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1GAd9P-0003jT-00 for roots-M@rootsweb.com; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:46:27 -0400 Message-ID: <44D95A6F.90803@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:45:51 -0700 From: Boice and Ruth Burns User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: roots-M@rootsweb.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Subject: [ROOTS-L] Long lost Jameses Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Searching(for years and years)for the family of James Edwin James, my GGF and a very elusive character. He appeared immediately after the Civil War at the home of another James family in Southampton County, VA. I have been going on the assumption that he was a member of that family, but at long last it has dawned on me that he had no connection to them other than that he had the same name. Now I seem to be learning of other James E. Jameses (one in what now is West VA in 1850 and another in 1860 in Moultrie County, IL). I know my GGF was in southern IL because he married my GGM there in the 1870's, produced a family and died in southern IL(all in Johnson County)in 1885.Where he came from and who his family members were is still a mystery to me. It' s in the records in Johnson County,IL that I have seen that he was from VA. The James family that I located in Harrison County, VA (now in west VA)in the 1850 census consisted of the following: Wesley James age 40, Abasha James age 35, James E. James, age 16, Blackburn James age 15, Joseph James age 14, Rachel age 12, Emaline age 10, Frances age 8,Basha age 6 and another male named "James"(which I guess is an error by the census taker)age 4. In the 1860 census for Moultrie County, IL there is also a James E. James along with his young family. His age indicates he was born two years before the man with the same name who was in Harrison County, IL ten years earlier. It could conceivably be the same man. However, Moultrie County, IL and Johnson County, Il are some distance apart. My GGF James E. James had evaded me and other members of my family for quite a number of years. It's very frustrating to have photographs of a man, know where he is buried and be acquainted with all of his descendants and still be unable to know exactly where he came from, where his birth family was and what he was like. Any suggestions about the problem would be appreciated. Boice Burns