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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Tombstone Tuesday – Enos Bennett

08 Tuesday Sep 2009

Posted by lvonlanken in Indiana, Johnson County, Russell County, Kentucky, Tombstone Tuesday

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Bennett Enos

Enos Bennett was my great-grandfather.  He was born in Russell County, Kentucky on 14 Sept, 1885 to Silas Jackson Bennett and Mary Elizabeth Rumbo.  He spent some time in Oregon around 1915, but returned to Russell County and married Lelar George on 4 Mar. 1917.  After Lelar passed away in 1927, he married Ledora Helen Christman McQueary.  He went to Indiana to find work around 1932 and later brought his family to Franklin, Indiana to live.  He passed away in Franklin on 3 June 1965.  He is buried in Clear Springs Cemetery in Russell County.

1915 Enos Bennett in Oregon

1915 Enos Bennett in Oregon

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Looking for Answers

06 Sunday Sep 2009

Posted by lvonlanken in Research

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Every year, about this time, I start whining about how I don’t have time to do my genealogy the way that I do during the summer.  But I started thinking about how the majority of genealogists have more traditional, year round jobs and I realized that I’m quite lucky!  So I’ve been contemplating how I usually do my research during the school year vs. the summer time.  During the school year, I usually spend a couple of hours at the library each week – usually on a Saturday.  I spend that time scanning microfilm records.  I don’t take the time to read anything, I just scan and scan so that I can analyze things little by little during the week.  Sometimes I find time to “analyze” and sometimes I don’t.  What I generally end up with is tons of scans that I’m behind in actually reading.  In the summer time, it’s “full steam ahead” on my lines plus traveling to different locations that I can’t get to in the summer.

For example, last week, I made a list of page numbers from a Deed book that my surnames were listed in.  I scanned those records whether they were my direct line or not.  My intention is to read each of them, looking for clues to fill in family group sheets.  But I spent my free time this week working on transcribing the entire index because I can do those in “chunks” and so that I can decide which microfilm to order next.  I usually get just a little obsessive compulsive over the transcribing and I end up trying to transcribe everything rather than just my surnames.  After all, you never know when a NEW surname will be added to my list!  (At least, that’s my reasoning.)

So am I short changing myself with this approach?  Is it worth my limited time to upload every photo from a cemetery onto Findagrave.com?  Is it worth my time to transcribe the entire index rather than indexing my surnames only?  I have a great desire to add information to the web that other genealogists can access.  But am I shortchanging my own research?  As I do work on uploading the transcribed index for the Russell County Deeds, I can see that I might not be finished with this by this time next year!  It’s great to have something I can work on in fits and starts and I love adding the info for others, but perhaps I need to take the time over this holiday week-end and come up with a better plan for my specific research. 

My gut reaction to this is that I’m not ready to make a plan.  How sad is that?  Who would I start with?  Do I have everything up to date?  I almost feel like I would spend so much time figuring out where I left off, that I want to run right back to my transcribing!  Sometimes, I believe I have “genealogy ADD”.  I read an article in a magazine and think “that’s a great resource!” and off I run!  Or I read a blog that mentions a web page that mentions a book and off I run!  I have got to have better focus – which probably means a better research log – which I’ve always had trouble keeping.

So, what’s the answer?  Concentrate on my own lines?  Concentrate on adding web information during the school year and leave my personal research for holidays and summer breaks?

I wish I knew the answer.

B’s part 5

06 Sunday Sep 2009

Posted by lvonlanken in Land Records, Russell County, Kentucky

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 1895 Blankenship, David McClure, B.S. L
1894 Beard, Wm H.  c Campbell, Sidney C. L
1875 Barger, D.E. & c Sims, J.M. L
1875 Blakey, Milton & c Wheat & Williams L
1875 Brooks, G.W. McClure, B.S. L
1871 Blankenship, Joel  c Blankenship, R.E. L
1876 Bennett, Charles Nelson, William L
1875 Biku, Allen & c Holt, B  L
1873 Bennett, Green C & c Johnson, Joel B. L
1876 Brown, Berry & c Brown, Joy L
1874 Bunch, Milton & c Stapp, Jamer L
1876 Brooks, G.W. Dunbar, Reuben L
1876 Blankenship, Charles & c Wooldridge, Aaron L
1876 Blair, Warriner & c Delner, Jacob L
1876 Ballenger, Berryman McClure, B.S. L
1876 Beck, Martha Williams, G.W. L
1876 Bolin, Isham Brown, Micoger L
1873 Brents, J.A. conv. McWharter, Ephraim L
1876 Bolin, John C. & c Dunbar, R.B. L
1875 Bell, R.P. & c Wilson, W.F. L
1876 Blakey, J.W. & c Bebu, S.K. L
1875 Blankenship, Joel & c Cook, Edward L
1876 Brooks, G.W. McClure, B.S. L
1876 Bennett, G.C.  C Stephens, A.J. L
1872 Beard, W.H. & c Miller, J.P. Admr. L
1874 Bunch, Burton & c Warriner, W.B. L
1877 Butter, J.W. conv. Garnett, James L
1875 Blankenship & Cook Triplet, Lewis L
1876 Brown, McCager & c Minton, J.L. L
1877 Bolin, John C. & c Winfrey, T.C. L
1877 Bledsoe, F.H. & c Allen, W.L. L
1877 Bernard, J.S. & c Campbell, John W. L
1877 Barger, John E. McClure, B.S. L
1875 Beshears, J.M. & c Flanagan, Wesley L
1877 Ballenger, John & c Welch, W.W. L
1877 Blankenship, W.S. Lawless, Austin L
1877 Buckhanan, B. Morgan, A. atty L
1877 Burden, Nancy J. Wilson, Silas L
1878 Burbridge, John M. Barger, F.J. L
1878 Brown, Charlotte Brown, John S. L

Deed Work – B’s Part 4

03 Thursday Sep 2009

Posted by lvonlanken in Land Records, Research, Russell County, Kentucky

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1854 Blair, William Wolford, Mahala B F-224
1854 Buckhanan, Aaron McClure, Aaron F-225
1854 Bernard, John T. Bernard, W.W. F-231
1854 Bashears, James M Moore, Wm H. & c F-253
1853 Bryan, George Kerns, Mary F-268
1854 Brockman, Thomas Hadley, John F-273
1855 Ballinger, Daniel Wright, Mary Jane F-276
1855 Barger, Stephen Karnes, Charles T & c by something F-305
1855 Brown, Benjamin F Morris, Albert G F-338
1854 Blankensheip, George W. Blankenship, John F-344
1855 Bradshaw, F.M. Mase, Isaac F-346
1855 Ballew, Harry Coffey, Jackson F-352
1855 Bernard, W.W. Prather, Gideon H F-362
1855 Blankenship, James atty Blankenship, John & c F-366
1855 Bernard, John T. Bernard, W.W. F-385
1856 Ballinger, John & c Blankenship, David F-409
1856 Bennett, Green C Coffey, Joseph F-428
1856 Bradshaw, Seth J Wells, William F-456
1856 Barger, Joniah  c Wolford, James L F-467
1855 Bernard, W.W. Stone, N.B. & c Conv F-475
1855 Bernard, W.W. Owens, Hector F-477
1856 Bernard, W.W. Prather, Gideon H F-478
1854 Blaky, John P Payne, Reubin D. Sheriff F-482
1856 Butler, E Rowe, Hiram F-485
1856 Ballenger, Berryman Ballenger, David F-512
1856 Butler, Reubin Rexroat, John Sr. F-522
1857 Bradshaw, Tinolen Bradshaw, Seth F-540
1856 Blankenship, Cornelius Blankenship, Jesse F-546
1857 Brockman, Thomas Hadley, John E G-8
1857 Brockman, Thomas Coffey, John B & c G-9
1856 Bradshaw, Elijah Bradshaw, Jonas & c G-22
1856 Belk, Mary F. Jackman, Alexander & c G-44
1855 Bregley, Bryant W Brown, William J G-57
1856 Bradley, Polly Holt, Burchett L G-59
1857 Boyd, James Boyd, John & c G-61
1854 Barger, Jonah Barger, Daniel B G-72
1858 Blankenship, Hudson Helen, Bartholomew G-75
1858 Burns, Michael Nashville & Rowena Coal Co G-87
1858 Boyd, James & c Buster, Lucy & c G-105
1858 Buster, Lucy & c Boyd, James & c G-105

Tombstone Tuesday – Lelar Bennett

01 Tuesday Sep 2009

Posted by lvonlanken in Russell County, Kentucky, Tombstone Tuesday

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Bennett Lelar

Lelar (George) Bennett was my great-grandmother.  She was born on Dec. 25, 1896 in Russell County, Kentucky.  Her parents were William George and Mary Elizabeth Stephens.  She married Enos Bennett in Russell County on March 4, 1917.  She had 4 children, including my grandmother, Vesper Mary Bennett, before she passed away from tuberculosis on Oct. 2, 1927.  Her youngest child, William, died a short time later on Oct. 16, 1927 at the age of 4 months. 

Lelar in 1915

Lelar in 1915

I’ve had a poor quality black and white photo of her tombstone for quite awhile, but was finally able to visit Clear Spring Cemetery and take this photo in August.  I also did a foil rubbing of the stone, which was an improvement, but not perfect.  I wish I could tell what the words below the death date are, but I had no better luck on that with the foil.  I took photos of all of the stones in the cemetery and am in the process of uploading them to Findagrave.com.

Bennett Lelar foil 2

Deed Work – B’s Part 3

01 Tuesday Sep 2009

Posted by lvonlanken in Land Records, Research, Russell County, Kentucky

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Going backward to the rescans of the low resolution screens I had made at the beginning.

Sample

1852 Bernard, Abner Brown, Joel E-487
1852 Browder, William & c McClure, Nathan E-491
1852 Browder, William & c Lawless, Christopher E-493
1852 Brown, G.W. Godbey, C E-503
1852 Bryan, William & c Foley, James G. E-509
1851 Bryan, George Conv McGowand, Andrew E-523
1853 Bryan, George & c Bernard, W.W. E-556
1849 Belk, Logan Helen, Barthalomew F-3
1853 Bruding, George Richards, Daniel F-11
1853 Bingham, Eliza Coffey, R.T. atty F-15
1853 Ballenger, David & c McDougle, John F-39
1853 Bernard, John Bernard, Slaughts F-91
1852 Bernard, W.W. Dockery, Hugh F
1853 Bryan, George Barger, Daniel B F
1853 Bernard, Allen Bailey, John F
1855 Ballinger, David McDougle, John F
1854 Bryan, George atty Wanley, G.W. F
1854 Bowlin, B.P. Eubanks, George W F
1850 Bolen, John C. Bowlin, Isham F
1854 Buster, M Skinner, A.J. F-167
1854 Bowlin, B.P. Rexroat, John F
1852 Bowlin, John C. Gaskin, John F
1854 Bowlin, John J. Stone, Shelby F
1854 Bryan, George Trustee Twidwell, G.W. F-205
1854 Bradshaw, Seth Wooldridge, Alexander F-210
1854 Barger, Verlanda Barger, John H F
1854 Bernard, W.W. Bernard, John F
1854 Boyd, George McKinley, Sarah F
1854 Bryan, George Conv McFarland, James M F
1854 Blair, Robert Popplewell, Saven F
1839 Bryan, George Conv Ellis, John F
1850 Browder, James & c Gaar, Lewis F
1855 Bryan, George Conv Denton, James T F
1853 Bryan, George Conv Denton, James T & c F
1855 Bryan, George Conv Haynes, John H F
1855 Brown, James C & c Dunbar, James Sr. F
1855 Brown, Benjamin T Vaughan, Benjamin T F
1855 Bernard, James S Prayther, Gideon H F
1854 Blankenship, John & c Blankenship, George W F
1855 Bailey, James Gossage, William F
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