Re: Howards and McCartys from Nelson Co., KY to IN
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Howards and McCartys from Nelson Co., KY to IN
Conny Pontasch 3/31/03
I too am interested in this Howard family branch.It is my understanding that Elizabeth and Rebecca Lytle married brothers, Thomas and Joseph Howard.
I am related to Robert Howard who I believe is a son of Elizabeth and Thomas.Nelson County tax rolls link the names of Robert and Elizabeth Howard.
The Robert Howard family is Protestant.Robert married Diana Atherton and her family were English Baptists.
Among their children were names that link the families:Thomas, Nathaniel, Samuel, Nancy, Sarah, Elizabeth, Martin, and Susan(and possibly an Agness).
I know that Robert Howard fought in Rev. War in the Virginia State Line.I have his papers.He received 100 acres as bounty land (in KY) and that land was in what became Ohio County County.He died about or before 1810 and his wife remarried in 1815.
I am related to Robert Howard's son Nathaniel who became the head of his family after an older brother, Thomas, moved with a group of Atherton relatives and settled in Union County Illinois.
Nathaniel Howard and Elizabeth Fentress had 3 sons who became doctors (John, Thomas, and Oscar)and lived in Indiana.
In a note posted at this web site it refers to the Howards as the Giants of Nelson County.All of my Howard relatives are very tall.
I am interested in learning more about the family.
I have a great deal of information on Robert Howard's family to the present time.I am working on Robert Howard and Diana Atherton.
Lucy Howard Strait
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Re: Howards and McCartys from Nelson Co., KY to IN
Anita New 3/24/09