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--- In SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, "kenbunting@..." <kenbunting@...> wrote:
>
> I have posted in Photos an enlarged view of a part of the text from Jason's document "Joseph M Layton Land". This message is to clarify my position on the spelling of Ebe Layton.
> You will notice that the "i" in the words "belonging" and "heirs" has a sharp angle at the top and bottom with a straight line beween them and a dot over it each time. By contrast the final letter of Ebi/Ebe nods to the right at the top, is irregular in the middle, is curved at the bottom and has no dot.
> Mr Jones, the surveyor, used two styles to write the small letter "e". One style is like the longhand small letter in common usage. However the second letter of "belonging" and the next to last letter of "surveyed" and "plotted" as well as the name "Geo" in his signature use an alternate style. It is this alternate letter "e" that is most similar to the final letter in Ebe.
>

--- In SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, bluelightning75@... wrote:
>
> I have mention of Jenney's Addition in an abstract by Leslie and Neil
> Keddie
>
> Folio 570 Date: 09/19/1817
>
> Grantor : Ruth Long
> Dr. Paul Howard
> Betsey Howard, wife of Dr. Paul
> Grantee: Samuel Campbell
>
> For and in consideration of the sum of $225.00 current money, ... that was
> laid off by Ezekial Williams, Esq for the said Betsy Howard as her part of
> her father's land which tract or piece of land called Jinney's Addition and
> cont. 77 acres more of less and is adjoining a tract of land called
> "Dennis's Security" now in the possession of Benjamin and John A. Hudson now the
> meaning and intent of these premises is that the said Campbell does
> purchase and the said land that was left to the said Betsey by the last will and
> testament of her father Benjamin Long to have the same more of less
> excepting the land that is drowned and over flowed by the mill pond belonging to
> Josiah, Zeno and Joseph Long which said land has previously sold and received
> pay for and where the said Ruth has a dower right to the said land.
>
> Signed: Ruth Long (mark)
> Paul Howard
> Betsey Howard (mark)
>

>
> Two of our members, Jason Hudson and Ken Bunting published in the recent Bulletin, #148. Ken published his transcription of John Buntin's Will, 1813, witnessed by Benjamin Hudson and Samuel Hudson (This is also on our site). Jason published evidence that Benjamin Hudson, LWT 1840, md Polly LNU and was son of Hezekiah and Mary(Long)Hudson. (Jason we would be glad to have a copy on this site in the HUDSON file.) Congratulations guys!
>

On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 6:53 PM, KENNETH BUNTING <kenbunting@bellsouth.net> wrote:

 

There is a biography of John G Townsend Jr on Wikipedia.  I don't know who wrote it or how factual it is.

---

From: bluelightning7557 <bluelightning75@aol.com>
To: SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, December 24, 2010 9:44:05 PM
Subject: [SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy] John G. Townsend Birth Place ?

 

There is now a copy of an 1876 map for St Martin's Hundred.
It appears that John G Townsend Jr. was born near Ebneazer Church. It shows a John G. Townsend east of the church. This is probably his father. This is located almost in the center of the map.

--
Marjorie
"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

--- In SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, KENNETH BUNTING <kenbunting@...> wrote:
>
> Bishopville actually had a rather large population in 1871 because of local
> industry.  Besides the gristmill and two sawmills and a bank, there were three
> lumber yards and an assortment of related shops making crates, barrels and
> boxes.  It carried on a brisk transfer trade at the headwater of navigation on
> the St Martins River.  Many of the fine older homes were built in that era. 
> Selbyville never began to grow until the railroad came through in 1876. 
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: marjorie adams <marjea@...>
> To: SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, December 26, 2010 11:20:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy] John G. Townsend Birth Place ?
>
>  
> The references are listed at the end of the article. I can vouch that at least 2
> of them are "the best": John Munroe, History Prof at U of D and authorHistory of
> Delaware;  Dick Carter, genealogist, historian, journalist, author of Clearing
> New Ground, The Life of John G. Townsend, Jr.
>
> The only question I have about it is "born at Bishopville"; should it say NEAR
> Bishopville or did his parents live in town with farmland a couple of miles away
> near Ebenezer Church. In 1871 very few people lived IN Bishopville, or IN
> Selbyville for that matter. Could someone with access to one of the books above
> check this out?
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 6:53 PM, KENNETH BUNTING <kenbunting@...>
> wrote:
>
>  
> >There is a biography of John G Townsend Jr on Wikipedia.  I don't know who wrote
> >it or how factual it is.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> ________________________________
> From: bluelightning7557 <bluelightning75@...>
> >To: SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com
> >Sent: Fri, December 24, 2010 9:44:05 PM
> >Subject: [SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy] John G. Townsend Birth Place ?
> >
> > 
> >There is now a copy of an 1876 map for St Martin's Hundred.
> >It appears that John G Townsend Jr. was born near Ebneazer Church. It shows a
> >John G. Townsend east of the church. This is probably his father. This is
> >located almost in the center of the map.
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Marjorie
> "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play
> and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke
>

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Nina Bunting <beberingler@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Marjorie, I will try to find out about Gov./Sen. Townsend's birthplace. Franklin is hunting friends of his greatgrand son's ( Roger and Paul)but give me a few weeks. Franklin just got home from the hospital for the 2nd time this month---12/11-12/14 and 12/24-12/28 YES!! we haven't been able to have Christmas yet. We hope to have the procedure done to remove the infected kidney stone in a week or two.  Nina Lou --- On Thu, 12/30/10, marjorie <marjea@wildblue.net> wrote: From: marjorie <marjea@wildblue.net> Subject: [SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy] Re: John G. Townsend Birth Place ? To: SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 6:57 PM   Ken, I violated my own rule by speaking off the top of my head with no source to back me up. I don't doubt what you say about Bishopville in 1871 but can you document it? Quickly checking wikipedia I found that Bishopville was never incorporated as a town (I'm not saying it wasn't a bustling community in the 1870s). Selbyvile was incorporated in 1902 according to wikipedia but in the DE code I posted else on this site it appears to me to have been 1901. --- In SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, KENNETH BUNTING <kenbunting@...> wrote: > > Bishopville actually had a rather large population in 1871 because of local > industry.  Besides the gristmill and two sawmills and a bank, there were three > lumber yards and an assortment of related shops making crates, barrels and > boxes.  It carried on a brisk transfer trade at the headwater of navigation on > the St Martins River.  Many of the fine older homes were built in that era.  > Selbyville never began to grow until the railroad came through in 1876.  > > > > ________________________________ > From: marjorie adams <marjea@...> > To: SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sun, December 26, 2010 11:20:54 AM > Subject: Re: [SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy] John G. Townsend Birth Place ? > >   > The references are listed at the end of the article. I can vouch that at least 2 > of them are "the best": John Munroe, History Prof at U of D and authorHistory of > Delaware;  Dick Carter, genealogist, historian, journalist, author of Clearing > New Ground, The Life of John G. Townsend, Jr. > > The only question I have about it is "born at Bishopville"; should it say NEAR > Bishopville or did his parents live in town with farmland a couple of miles away > near Ebenezer Church. In 1871 very few people lived IN Bishopville, or IN > Selbyville for that matter. Could someone with access to one of the books above > check this out? > > > > On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 6:53 PM, KENNETH BUNTING <kenbunting@...> > wrote: > >   > >There is a biography of John G Townsend Jr on Wikipedia.  I don't know who wrote > >it or how factual it is. > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: bluelightning7557 <bluelightning75@...> > >To: SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com > >Sent: Fri, December 24, 2010 9:44:05 PM > >Subject: [SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy] John G. Townsend Birth Place ? > > > >  > >There is now a copy of an 1876 map for St Martin's Hundred. > >It appears that John G Townsend Jr. was born near Ebneazer Church. It shows a > >John G. Townsend east of the church. This is probably his father. This is > >located almost in the center of the map. > > > > > > > -- > Marjorie > "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play > and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke >

--
Marjorie
"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

--- In SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, wolong@... wrote:
>
> Marjorie,
> Did the Selbyville civil war soldiers join the union army or Confederate
> army or did they split? (I would think that there would have been a lot of
> sympathy for the secessionist's cause)
> Bill
>
>
> ____________________________________
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/3/2011 8:53:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> groupsupdates@yahoogroups.com writes:
>
> _SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy-Baltimore Hundred, Sussex Co, Delaware_
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy/?prop=eupdate)
> mellenadams posted a file Selbyville soldiers.txt mellenadams posted a
> file "Soldiers fr Selbyville, List by David James Long" to the -Soldiers
> from Selbyville folder mellenadams added a photo to the Soldiers from
> Selbyville folder
>
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy/photos/album/573966186/pic/1366800956/view?prop=eupdate)
>
>
>
> ____________________________________
>

--- In SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, KENNETH BUNTING <kenbunting@...> wrote:
>
> Bill, if Marjorie doesn't mind, I'll put in my two cents worth.  Sussex County
> was strongly pro-secessionist and voted for Breckenridge, the Southern
> Candidate, who of course lost to Lincoln.  The state failed to secede by one
> vote.  After the war began a few young men did leave to join confederate forces
> in Virginia.  Maryland was forcibly occupied very early by Union forces which
> patrolled the Bishopville area and other points next to Sussex.  Most who served
> from Sussex County were drafted into the Union army whether they wanted to be or
> not.   Many from the Selbyville area served in the Ninth Infantry Regiment
> (Delaware) of the Eighth Army Corps.  There is a list of these in the veterans
> file on ancestry.com. 
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "wolong@..." <wolong@...>
> To: SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 9:31:43 AM
> Subject: [SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy]
> SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com
>
>  
> Marjorie,
> Did the Selbyville civil war soldiers join the union army or Confederate army or
> did they split?  (I would think that there would have been a lot of sympathy for
> the secessionist's cause)
> Bill
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> In a message dated 1/3/2011 8:53:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> groupsupdates@yahoogroups.com writes:
> SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy-Baltimore Hundred, Sussex Co, Delaware
> > mellenadams posted a file Selbyville soldiers.txt
> > mellenadams posted a file "Soldiers fr Selbyville, List by David James Long"
> >to the -Soldiers from Selbyville folder
> >
> > mellenadams added a photo to the Soldiers from Selbyville folder
> > 
> ________________________________
>

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Nina Bunting <beberingler@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

I "fake" fried chicken in that pan in June 1959 when I was Miss Delmarva  XII  !!   Nina Lou Ringler Bunting        --- On Tue, 1/4/11, kenbunting@bellsouth.net <kenbunting@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: kenbunting@bellsouth.net <kenbunting@bellsouth.net> Subject: [SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy] Regarding Isaiah Mumford's Frying Pan To: SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 11:30 PM   One of the cooks was Pete Richardson, former member of the House of Delegates in Maryland, owner of the Chicken Koop in Ocean City, and goodwill ambassador for the Delmarva Poultry Industry. I believe he was a cook at every chicken festival until his health failed.

--
Marjorie
"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:06 PM, kenbunting@bellsouth.net <kenbunting@bellsouth.net> wrote:

 

Marjorie, I have some question about your Union Army identification of Elisha Hudson, David Murray, both William Murrays and Isaac Long. I'm not certain these were the same as "our" boys of Sussex Co., but were people with similar names. According to the regimental records in NARA, the 1st Delaware Infantry, in which you place all but David, was conscripted entirely in the western wards of the city of Wilmington. The 4th, in which you place David, was conscripted from Wilmington and parts of Newcastle Co and Kent Co.
The enlistment dates I have given in my file "Partial List of Veterans of the Civil War" are based on the regimental records for unit assembly, training and discharge which I assume then as now would be the same for everyone conscripted to an outfit.
I wish the records gave an indication of whether men other than officers were drafted or enlisted.
Have you found any of the other names that Mr Long mentioned? I've tried and had no luck.

--
Marjorie
"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

--- In SelbyvilleHistoryAndGenealogy@yahoogroups.com, "kenbunting@..." <kenbunting@...> wrote:
>
>
> Marjorie, I have some question about your Union Army identification of Elisha Hudson, David Murray, both William Murrays and Isaac Long. I'm not certain these were the same as "our" boys of Sussex Co., but were people with similar names. According to the regimental records in NARA, the 1st Delaware Infantry, in which you place all but David, was conscripted entirely in the western wards of the city of Wilmington. The 4th, in which you place David, was conscripted from Wilmington and parts of Newcastle Co and Kent Co.
> The enlistment dates I have given in my file "Partial List of Veterans of the Civil War" are based on the regimental records for unit assembly, training and discharge which I assume then as now would be the same for everyone conscripted to an outfit.
> I wish the records gave an indication of whether men other than officers were drafted or enlisted.
> Have you found any of the other names that Mr Long mentioned? I've tried and had no luck.
>