From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Aug 21 00:16:04 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 k7L6G4jb002744; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:16:04 -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 k7L6G3Tc006557 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:16:03 -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 k7L3a4FI007074 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:36:04 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7L3a4Dx007073 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:36:04 -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 k7L25AFI006765 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:05:10 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7L4iwU6001719 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:44:58 -0600 X-Envelope-From: justrootin@gmail.com Sun Aug 20 22:44:58 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 k7L4iwjb001707 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:44:58 -0600 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.237]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7L4iuAv026135 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:44:57 -0600 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id t4so1519826wxc for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:44:58 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:to:references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole:from:sender; b=Rp6WXOl11XhP1SPiLulfQ6+EInijcLaHI2CIuAudaxHgUdyT6FeVyE1hjTllHRRyVBMhLHLQvqRZMCNA4PCrr99/JhlFlzuCHRmEaKu18wcWicvmBThKtZZf52QsGKRVAvNDBJkReNUtjU9sCpDpyucHa6Ec9EdDCqgIKyD3iqk= Received: by 10.70.125.2 with SMTP id x2mr8657152wxc; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SUZY ( [66.61.159.149]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id i14sm6596310wxd.2006.08.20.21.44.55; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:44:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <000301c6c4dc$834479f0$959f3d42@SUZY> To: "huggins huggins" , References: <20060819004327.47631.qmail@web51806.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Q about the Ohio River and Monongalia County, WV Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:44:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 From: Suzy McGrew Krol Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Spam-Score: 1.293 (*) BAYES_00,RCVD_BY_IP,RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET Hi Dee, I found a John Huggins, age 48 born in PA in the 1850 census. I'm sending you the record behind list. HTH, Suzy Hugs & Smiles are great gifts: One size fits all & nobody cares if you exchange them! ----- Original Message ----- From: "huggins huggins" To: Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 8:43 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Q about the Ohio River and Monongalia County, WV > I'm trying to find an ancestor in the 1850 census. > (John Huggins b. 1803 in VA/PA). > > These things I know: > > Abt 1840 - John came down the Ohio River and bought > land in (now) Sistersville, Tyler Co., (W)VA. In 1840, > he sold the land. > > 1843 - John bought land on Proctor's Run, Wetzel Co., > (W)VA. > > 1848 - He sold the Proctor's Run land. > > Bef 1850 - He was a riverboat pilot on the Ohio River. > > 1850 - ? > > Dec 1851 - Married Anna Barbara Eddy in Monongalia > County, (W)VA. > > 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 - Lived in Wetzel County, WV. > > Since I know he was in Monongalia County at some point > because he married Anna there in 1851, I wonder if he > could have been living in there and still have been > able to work on the Ohio River. > > I've looked at maps and it doesn't seem the Ohio River > is in Monongalia but was it within traveling distance > back in 1850? > > Thanks, > dee > >