Re: Harriett E. Crank of Halifax VA,and MO
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In reply to:
Re: Harriett E. Crank of Halifax VA,and MO
4/28/00
Orita....I have some family mysteries..And wonder if you can shed some light...
Here is what I suspect...I suspect that the Cranks and the Wilburns knew each other in Halifax, VA....I have later Crank and Wilburn marriages but these take place in Carter Co KY...
For example there was a Preston Crank b. 1811 in VA and later a Preston Wilburn b. 1829 in TN...and by 1853...both Preston Crank and Preston Wilburn lived in Carter Co KY...Preston Wilburn was also married to a Dunaway and the Dunaway families also had roots in Halifax, VA...along with the Belts and Jordans (who also lived in Halifax, Va during the same era...)
Now I have a William Pondexter (a three year old youngster in 1850) living with A Wilburn family in Hancock Co TN...and I am beginning to feel that there is a line that connects these Wilburns and Cranks long before they appear in marriage records in Carter KY after 1860...
I must sound terribly confused and indeed I am...For I have threads but cannot tie anything together...
Do you have any opinions that you would care to share?I would be most pleased to hear anything that you believe might shed some light on these mysteries..
Thanks so very much for your time..
vikky wilburn Anders in San Diego