Are you related to BRUCE BUZBEE of RootsMagic.com? With an unusual name like that, I couldn't help but ask.

Hello Monica,

Did you join the Wallbank Group? If so, you seem to have disappeared.

Ian

Are you related to the great Bruce Buzbee? We would love to have you part of World History! http://www.genealogywise.com/group/worldhistory

We may be researching some of the same lines. My ggreat grandmother was a Matthews, her mother was a Gatlin and her grandmother was a Hank(s). States involved are NC, TN, MS and TX.

Hi Monica, it is so nice to put a face with the name! I am sorry that I have been absent from the Willbanks site...but life has been intruding with my genealogy! LOL. I hope you are having a great summer and I am really looking forward to getting to know you better!

Monica, I have a Jesse S. Gatlin listed as the son of Jesse and Mary Polly Prescott Gatlin. I have approximate dates of birth but his will was written in Hopkins Co., KY 22Feb1855. He and Susan M. Moore had 9 children. I have a couple of other Jesse's but none within your specific time frame. I'd love to add your family to my database and, hopefully, connect-the-dots as further research continues on these elusive ancestors of ours.

My line from Lazarus, Sr. is through his son William James Gatlin (abt 1765-1842) and Sarah Hanks > Susan S. Gatlin (Thomas E. Matthews) > Louisa Frances Matthews (John H. Wakefield) > Louisa Frances Wakefield (William Thomas McHenry) > my mother. It was the land grant given to William James Gatlin, Jr. killed in March 1836 in the Goliad (TX) Massacre that brought my Gatlin and Matthews families to TX.

Here is Jesse S. Gatlin's will:
In the name of God Amen I Jesse S. Gatlin of the County of Hopkins & State of Kentucky being Sick and weak in body but of Sound mind and disposing memory (for which I thank God) and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and being desirous to dispose of all such worthy estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath the same in manner following to wit
First I give to my son Ephraim R Gatlin one hundred and fifty dollars in cash as his entire portion of all my Estate to be paid to him when my estate is settled up.
Second, I give to my daughter Amanda M. Gatlin one Sorrel mare and Saddle at one hundred dollars. One bed & furniture & mattress(?) at twenty dollars
Third, I give to my daughter Rebecca Good(?)(late Gatlin) One horse & Saddle to be worth one hundred dollars, one bed and furniture at twenty dollars.
Fourth, I give to my son Lewis W. Gatlin one Brown horse & saddle to be worth one hundred dollars & one bed & furniture at twenty dollars.
Fifth,I give to my son Martin V. Gatlin one bed an furniture to be worth twenty dollars also one hundred dollars in cash to be equal to the horse & saddles given the others.
Sixth,I give to my daughter Mary Jane Gatlin one bed an furniture to be worth twenty dollars & also one hundred dollars in cash to be equal to the horse & saddles given the others.
Seventh, I wish all the rest of my personally property to be sold & equally divided between my five last named children, also my land to be equally divided between them and as three of them is under twenty one years of age if either of them dyes without heirs or will my estate is to be divided equal between the others of the last named children also if Ephraim R. Gatlin dyes before he receives his ???? it is to be divided between the other children.
And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my friend Peter ???? executor of this my last will an testament.
In Witness whereof I have herewith Set my hand and affixed my seal this 22nd day of March in the year 1855. Jesse S. Gatlin
Signed Sealed & declared to be the last will and testament of the above named Jesse S. Gatlin in presence of us,
Dawson Gatlin
W. C. Hanks

Monica
Not sure where to begin. My grandfather was Harold Jarvis Haley, who was adopted in 1905. The Haley line he was adopted into are mostly in Massachusetts, back into Nova Scotia, and then into Ireland, though I don't have much beyond Nova Scotia presently. What else do you need? Alan

Monica
Can you tell me what sources you have looked at thus far? For example, did you know there is a Haley group in Rootsweb, and maybe a bulletin board as well. I never got much out of them but most of the discussion seemed to deal with Haley's in the South. You might try them, its all free.

Good luck to you as well, and if you ever need a suggestion, etc., feel free to get back to me. My father's side of the family are all through Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, areas

Monica. I am interested in the Brickley name. My gr grandmother was a Brickley. The family seemed to have been located mostly in Iowa, however they did migrate there. Do you have Brickley's in your ancestors?

That would be great! I'll do some checking on MyHeritage tonight and see if I can tell where they originated from.

Hi Monica,
My mom is a Willbanks descendent. I am Cloud as that is my father's name :-)

Best,
Beth

Hi Monica, You actually have been corresponding with my mom, Fabel Konicke. I wll try to get some of the dates from my mom - she has done most of the work!

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