I would love to see a scan or good transcription of these letters. Lot of common names with my research. Ballee is a townland in nearby Leckpatrick parish but Todd is a Donagheady Parish townland.
Peter Kincaid On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 6:45 PM, Nancy via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > My great-great-grandfather John Thomas Gibson was born in County > Tyrone, Northern Ireland (Strabane) in 1802. He attended Donagheady > Presbyterian Church. he came to America in 1830 with his wife Mary > Margaret Porter. They settled in Franklin , Kentucky. I’m trying to find > out who his parents were . The family received letters from Margaret Porter > (Mary’s Aunt) 1816-1894 she mentions her Brother James Porter 1800-1884 and > sister Rebecca 1806-1893.(the 3 never married) I can find their wills but > can’t find anything in a census where they lived with Mary Margaret or > John’s parents. The siblings had some kind of land they leased out . The > letters were written in 1833. She mentions Aunt Holmes..Thomas Boyd, Sir > John and Carol out of Mayors office and Humphreys is in. Mentions their > neighbors in Ballee Todd. In 1886 she mentions a Sarah Gibson getting 2 > letters from Kentucky and and 1 letter from Rebekah’s son (this is not the > same Rebecca ,her sister) Could Sarah be John’s mother.??? I sure hope > someone can help me..I sure would appreciate it. Thanks , Nancy > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/ > cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > > -- Best wishes! Peter Kincaid
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