Cliff,
Yes, what you posted WAS of help to me!! I've been trying for so long to get John "Jack" DYAR/DYER's and James' wives names!!
Now let me give you some info- the relationship between Rachel SANDERS DYAR/DYER and Nathan SANDERS: Nathan's father Elias JR, was Rachel SANDERS brother. So they were aunt and nephew. I can give you my SANDERS info if you would like.
On GenForum there was much speculation that James DYAR/DYER's wife was Polly Mary TROLLENDER or Anne DYAL/DYEL/DYELL and that left me totally confused. I wonder if maybe TROLLENDER was the maiden name of John "Jack" DYAR/DYER's wife?
Also, I kept seeing Amie DYAR/DYER's name as Annie. I have a dark copy of Amie/Annie and Nathan SANDERS' son Elias Harrison's death certificate w/ his parents' name on it, but I can't quite tell how Amie/Annie's name is spelled, nor could I tell how they spelled DYAR/DYER. To be honest, I am really tired of typing both spellings of her first name and DYAR/DYER and would welcome ANY correct info on how it is spelled!! I keep seeing both spellings, so I constantly type both in my posts/emails so not to confuse anyone and give/get wrong info.
Now- I have somewhat of a mystery that I hope you could solve for me- I obtained a copy of the 1850 Franklin Co, GA census w/ Elias SANDERS and the ppl living w/ him at the time:
Elias SANDERS 75 Farmer, b in NC
Mary 75 b in SC
Jane DYER 35 b in GA
Julia 12 b in GA
I am wondering, if Jane DYER was Rachel SANDERS daug. of Elias/Mary SANDERs, who m. Joel DYAR/DYER. Maybe she went by her middle name, Jane. I also am wondering if that Julia mentioned on the census was Rachel/Joel's daughter. Do you know any of their children's names? I'm thinking maybe Joel died and Rachel Jane went to live w/ her parents. But after subtracting the age, this Jane was born 10 yrs after Rachel. Do you know when Joel died? Maybe that info could clear this up. Then again, maybe this Jane was a granddaughter of Elias/Mary SANDERS or something.
I have little on Melvina WHEELER, and the stuff I DO have is a little sketchy:
Melvina's parents:
Martin WHEELER and Priscilla ROBERTS
Martin's parents:
John WHEELER and ________
John's parents:
John WHEELER and _________
John's parents:
Henry WHEELER and _________
Like I said, it's a little sketchy. Any info on the WHEELER's would be appreciated!!
OK I better close, this turned out to be an email!! If you would like a copy of any of the documents I listed above, I'll gladly scan/email you a copy of them. W/in the next week, I am going to scan and put all my documents on a web page- it will be easier showing ppl the URL to view all these documents. Just post here or email me at
jawajuh@yahoo.com and let me know what you want.
Thanks again!!