Family Genealogy and History
M. M. Black
Your Trip Down Black Road Begins Now
 


PurposeWelcome cousins! I have been researching my family genealogy since 1995.  I began with the help of my great-grandmother, Mrs. Lerlean H. Black, who provided me with names, dates and pictures of some ancestors.  I am most grateful to her for this information.  During the past ten+ years, I have worked very actively on my research and have visited numerous cemeteries, courthouses, and libraries.  Besides Georgia, my family interests span into Alabama, Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, Massachusetts, England, and Scotland where I have visited.  This site is dedicated to the current family of M. M. Black with hopes they will explore their family history and genealogy.  

Research GuideMichael's recommendations for researching at your state archives facility (February 17, 2006).

FTM SourcesList of book references used in my Family Tree Maker software (July 19, 2008).

PatriotsList of my 1812, Confederate, Indians Wars, Cherokee War, and Revolutionary patriots (June 23, 2008).

Name IndexPDF report of all 15,945 individuals in my family file (November 16, 2008).  The following are descendant reports for several of my direct ancestors, grouped by surname.  There is overlap between some generations and surnames; reports do not include living generations. (July 19, 2008).

Black

Lane

Perry

Thomas Black (c1740-1801)

William Carr Lane (1737-1770)

Thomas Perry, Jr. (1768-1844)

Robert Culbertson (1750-1840)

Richard Stephenson (  -1765)

Hix

Martin Streetman (c1770-c1835)

Francis Adams

Nathaniel Hix (c1750-1821)

John Williams (1679-c1755)

William Peake

James Thomas (1751-1838)

Martin Deadwyler (c1734-1809)

Thomas Stonestreet (   -1706)

Norris

Young William Short (1775-c1852)

Obediah Overton (c1745-1811)

Warren Norris (1803-c1889)

George Allen (c1770-1806)

Jonathan Finnell (c1699-1755)

James Rylee, Sr. (1755-1835)

Yelland

Martin Nalle (1675-1728)

David Taylor (1791-1877)

John Yelland (1795-1870)

James McAfee (1707-1785)

Michael McElwreath (c1766-c1857)

John Ponsford (    -1742)

Benjamin Bohon (c1737-c1785)

Daniel Dowdy

Maxwell

Nathaniel Ely (1737-1823)

Dale

John Maxwell/Elizabeth Banks

Elisha Winchell (1728-1798)

James Dale (1745-1810)

James Henderson

Christopher Threlkeld (1675-1710)

Richard Riley (c1726-   )

John Scott/Jane Cowan

 

William Blackman (c1784-c1841)

John Scott/Lettice Brown

 

William Levett (c1790-c1836)

Thomas Peel (1709-1786)

 

Joseph Colston (c1748-    )

Alexander Walker

 

 

 

File IndexI am sharing a listing of over 23,230 files of my research which I have subdivided into my principal eight surnames (Black, Dale, Hix, Lane, Maxwell, Norris, Perry, & Yelland).  These directories (in alphabetical order) contain primary source material such as estate records, pictures, grave pictures, certificates, census records, obituaries, etc. that I have scanned and saved for various individuals.  I have worked several years scanning my research for this index to be available.  For privacy, I have removed folders of living individuals.  The documents will open with hyperlinks however my files are not available on the internet so clicking will produce no result.  If you locate a name of a newspaper, it is probably the obituary for that person; if you locate a name of a cemetery or church, it is the grave picture for that person (Apr. 5, 2008).

·         Black - includes Adams, Allen, Anthony, Bales, Bartlett, Bone, Bray, Bullock, Cash, Chandler, Clayton, Colbert, Cooper, Culbertson, David, Deadwyler, Denney, Duncan, Edwards, Ginn, Glenn, Goolsby, Griffin, Hopper, Jennings, Jouett, Keeling, Lester, Long, Massey, Maxwell, Minish, Poss, Seagraves, Shelnutt, Shields, Short, Streetman, Williams, Walker, Wynn (also check Hix)
    Locations: Madison Co GA, Oglethorpe Co GA, Elbert Co GA, Wilkes Co GA, Jackson Co GA, VA (revised Jan. 23, 2007)

·         Dale - includes Blackman, Colston, Huckaby, Humpherson, Lawrence, Levett, Mitchell, Turnock
    Locations: England, MA (revised Sept. 25, 2007)

·         Hix - includes Anderson, Bird, Chandler, Clements, Fitzpatrick, Gober, Hicks, Lord, McGinnis, Minish, O'Kelley, Seagraves, Streetman, Thomas, Williams (also check Black and Perry)
    Locations: Jackson Co GA, Madison Co GA, Oglethorpe Co GA, SC, Richmond Co VA (revised Jul. 19, 2008)

·         Lane - includes Adams, Anderson, Bohon, Curry, DeGaris, Dryden, Ely, Finnell, Gibbs, Glasgow, Holcombe, Hurlbut, Knight, Magoffin, McAfee, McCamey, McConnell, McCormick, McGeehan, Miller, Morthland, Nall, Overton, Peake, Porter, Shannon, Stephenson, Stonestreet, Summers, Threlkeld, Wilson, Winchell, Winlock, Yancey, Youse, Zwick
    Locations: Fairfax Co VA, Mercer Co KY, Marion Co MO, Loudoun Co VA, Madison Co VA, Scott Co KY, Hartford CT, West Springfield MA, Platte Co MO, Orange Co VA (revised Mar. 21, 2007)

·         Maxwell - includes Aitken, Bates, Candage, Fogg, Galloway, Harcourt-Cooze, Henderson, Langley, Martin, Peel, Regan, Scott, Tyson, Walker
    Locations: England, MA, Scotland (revised Sept. 25, 2007)

·         Norris - includes Adams, Alewine, Beasley, Bigby, Brown, Dowdy, Foreman, Gearing, Greenway, Guthrey, Marlow, McElreath, Miller, Rylee, Smith, Taylor, Wilson
    Locations: Claremore IT, Madison Co GA, Lumpkin Co GA, Hall Co GA, Cherokee Co NC, Elbert Co GA, SC, NC, AR (revised Jul. 19, 2008)

·         Perry - includes Adams, Barnett, Bennett, Bridges, Dodson, Haggard, Kesler, Rogers, Sanders, Seagraves, Swindle, White (also check Hix)
    Locations: Jackson Co GA, Madison Co GA, Pittsylvania Co VA, Richmond Co VA (revised Jul. 19, 2008)

·         Yelland - includes Bentley, Benton, Bullen, Durell, Hamlin, Horswell, Newton, Ould, Ponsford, Thomas
    Locations: England, MA (revised Jul. 19, 2008)

Pedigree ChartsMichael's Ancestor Charts beginning with my grandparents (January 23, 2007).

                    Black & HixPerry & NorrisMaxwell & DaleYelland & Lane

VignettesI am starting to write Genealogical Vignettes about my ancestors.  Look for them to appear in this section (April 1, 2008).

Old PicturesThe family pictures which I have scanned can be found in the above File Index; however, I have posted some of these old family pictures to this website. 

Grave PicturesTo make more of my research available online, I am starting to upload all grave and tombstone photographs to www.findagrave.com   If you click here http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSmpid=22012499& you can retrieve a listing of all photos I have submitted that are related to my principal family groups of Black, Dale, Hix, Lane, Norris, Perry, and Yelland (April 21, 2008).

BookmarksThis is a listing of my genealogy bookmarks (March 20, 2007).

ContactIf you find someone or something listed in the index, email me at michael_m_black@yahoo.com and I can email you a copy of the primary documents I have. 


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