Posted by admin on Oct 4, 2008 in
family It seems that if you were a Hart in the 1700’s then Thomas Hart was the name to have! At least in the Hart families in Augusta Co. VA and Pennsylvania. Every family seems to have had at least one Thomas. This makes finding the parentage of my lines James Hart rather difficult. Peter Hart who was born about 1740 is our last known and documented direct line relative. Some believe James Hart who traveled with him as he moved from VA, to NC, to GA and then back to NC and VA was his brother. I believe the research most likely points to this James being his father. More research points to the father of James being a Thomas Hart… the question is WHICH ? Thomas Hart! I believe after much research that he is probably the son of the preacher Thomas Hart from the Buck Co. PA Hart family. This Thomas was the son of John Hart and Susannah Rush. Thomas had nephews who later are living in Augusta Co. VA and Charleston SC.
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Posted by admin on Sep 7, 2008 in
FORE,
Genealogy,
family Genealogy has been a hobby of mine for a few years. I’d like to be able to document the family lines for my children and future generations. Of course, like most researchers I hit “brink walls” in my research. My current wall is Richard FORE. (b. abt 1750 in SC, NC or VA & d. 1817 in Marion Co. SC) I have looked and looked but can’t seem to locate his parents. So, this week I have been following other family lines of those known to have married into the family or had a close relationship with a FORE family. Another small detail that makes the search difficult is that the FORE name is spelled in many different ways in the records. FORES/FORD/FOREE/FAURE/FAURI/FORE and probably others… So, it’s important to document everything and find additional sources to verify questionable name changes or issues. Then there is also the issue of county formation at that time in history. A person could live in the same place all their life and live in more than one state and in several counties! This makes the research a huge puzzle that continues to stump me, and that can get frustrating at times. I think my next step is to convince a FORE male relative to do the DNA testing. It will perhaps identify where to search next…. (Ummm… any of my male uncles or cousin reading this? LOL)
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