From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Mar 2 14:16:38 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 k22LGcjb026916; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:16:38 -0700 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 k22LGbGS026391 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:16:37 -0700 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 k22IknFI020249 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:46:49 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k22IknVU020248 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:46:49 -0500 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 k22IRPFI020162 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:27:25 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k22Kv2RN002271 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:57:02 -0700 X-Envelope-From: juanita2@cox.net Thu Mar 2 13:57:02 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 k22Kv2jb002262 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:57:02 -0700 Received: from centrmmtao02.cox.net (centrmmtao02.cox.net [70.168.83.82]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k22KuvXj016394 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:56:57 -0700 Received: from DH433L51 ([24.255.150.191]) by centrmmtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060302205652.WNEC8484.centrmmtao02.cox.net@DH433L51>; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:56:52 -0500 From: "juanita" To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com, "Panzer" Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:57:07 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Clark Co. KY. volunteers in Mexican War Message-ID: <440707C3.493.5130D404@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <005001c63e30$600c50d0$2da35340@dell> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Have you checked the Archives for a military pension for your ggggrandfather's service in he Mexican War? I found my ancestor had served in the Mexican war before he & my 2nd gr grandmother married. After he died in 1875 a law was passed authorizing pensions for veterans. My gggrandmother filed a claim for his pension and was granted one. She had to send numerous affidavits to the Gov't. about his military service....most of which she said she didn't know since he served before they married. The papers she did submit had much info I'd never found, such as his birthplace, date of birth, etc. He was not with the Kentucky troops but with Ohio. Although you say he may have not actually been in the military, I'd check Archives anyway if I were you. There's a book published that might help you. It's INDEX TO MEXICAN WAR PENSION FILES, Virgil D. White (1989). It lists names of veterans and/or their widows drawing pensions. Check your library to see if they have a copy. Check http://www.dmwv.org "Descendants Mexican War Veterans". juanita > I am looking for information regarding the Clark County Kentucky > volunteers, organized and commanded by Captain John Stuart Williams > ("Cerro Gordo" Williams), during the Mexican War. > > My ggggrandfather ROBERT T. SHANKS (born 1799, location unknown) > supposedly left Clark Co. KY. in 1846/7, to participate in the Mexican > War. He may possibly have driven wagons for the volunteers rather > than being an actual soldier. He appears to have abandoned his family > (wife JANE BOWLES SHANKS) and 7 children to go on this adventure. > Nothing is known of him after this time. > > He is a very large brick wall, so am hoping to track down any > information on this group. > > Thanks > > Dolores > >