I would like to thank my wife Inez for loaning me her ancient family tree and for reviewing an early draft of this manuscript, and for telling me gently but firmly that one family’s genealogy might not be interesting to everybody – even if it does include: Moses, I.
Ancestry By The Numbers ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1
Dixieland ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4
Jesus Christ, Daniel Boone, Pocahontas, Ethan Allen, Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, William Randolph, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Zachery Taylor, the two presidents Harrison, and at least one serial killer.
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Dramatis Personae ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5
I would also like to express my love and appreciation to my daughters who, after also receiving copies of the manuscript, III.
Love And Marriage …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9
demonstrated the fading appeal of American history by immediately booking trips to far off places, so I gave them the high points over the phone and sent them checks.
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Gimme That Old Time Religion …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13
A special nod of appreciation must go out to my new-found cousin and very good friend, Jakub Ciring, who suddenly
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The “Removes” …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….15
appeared out of the post-World War II rubble of lost souls and missing family histories - like a Phoenix from the ashes – and who has been teaching me that I my family really wasn’t the result of spontaneous generation after all, and that I did have one before VI.
From The North Down To Kentucky ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..17
the Holocaust.
VII. From The South Up To Kentucky ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19
Gratitude must also be extended to all the genealogists on whose work this current study rests – those who have been recording family records for thousands of years, on both sides of the Atlantic, and those who are now posting them on the Internet.
VIII. The Real Cradle Of The Pioneers ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….20
Special recognition should go to the late Dr. David Faris, and his book, “The Fugates of Russell County, Virginia,” and to Mary IX.
Forts of Southwest Virginia …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..22
D. Fugate former editor of the Fugate Family Newsletter, and to James Clell Neace, who wrote a book about the Nobles that I couldn’t put down, to George Washington Noble, who wrote a book about himself, “Behold! He Cometh In The Clouds!” which X.
Castlewoods ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….27
I had to put down after I realized the “He” was Wash himself,\, and to my late mother-in-law Vesta Noble Fugate, who taught me XI.
“Down” Into Kentucky ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….28
about the old days in the mountains - and to all the people in my own family – including the authors of the Old Testament - who couldn’t stop writing their own stories down.
XII. Up Ganderbill ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….31
There are many surprising discoveries in these pages, a few of which I can lay claim to, and there are no doubt many mistakes XIII. “Disappearance” and “Discovery” …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………33
as well - for which others are responsible.
I would like to thank my Editor for urging me to persevere despite the difficulties I have faced in over forty years of research.
XIV. Problems And Promises Of Genealogy …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..35
I would like to thank my editor, but I don’t have any. I thought I had caught one a few months ago, but it turned out he had pressed XV. What’s In A Name? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….38
“Reply” when he meant to press “Delete,” and was furious that he had missed nailing down a contract with a more promising project.
XVI. What’s Hot? What’s Not? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..40
Therefore, I must also extend best wishes to the emerging world of self-publishing, without which, this project would have Our Families, Part I, (Dixieland) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………42
been completed anyway, but no one would be able to read it.
XVII. Weird Hookups And A Great Mystery ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….503
Most of all, I want to express my appreciation to the taxpayers and the teachers of the Great State of New York, upon whom, since I retired ten years ago, I have come to rely for my teacher’s pension. Without their aid and continued contributions, this XVIII. The Connecticut Disconnection ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………506
project would never have been attempted, and I would still be working.
XIX. The Cradles That Rocked ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………507
May A Thousand Blessings Rest Upon You!
XX. Interegnum …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………510
Our Families Part II (The Golden Door) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….518
XXI. Quo Vadis? Dixieland ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….557
XXII. Quo Vadis? The Golden Door ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………563
XXIII. Final Thoughts ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………567
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