i was out loafing around yesterday evening on the river and stop on a sand bar and started a fire and mould some 390s for my rifle.and across the shoal was a big rock and i notice something and went over and look and carved into it was J.h hamblen 1802.they was some more but i couldnt make it out.that was on the middle fork of the ky river.

HOLLOWRAT! Try taking a carbon bubbing like they do to read the inscriptions on headstones,lots of times that works.Paper layed over the inscription and bubbed over with a big artist carbon pencil is how I do it when I'am graveyard sluthing.Now what will you do, you have a mystery to solve,checking old tax maps,census reports, families in the area with the last name,good luck.It would appear that person either wanted to be remembered or wanted all to know this was his property of he may be buried near by and you found his marker.See you on the other side,shinning times are coming.

I found a J H Hamblen in the 1810 census records. It shows him as being from Oneida, Ky. Does the middle fork run through there?

tommag! where did you go for the Census Records is there a web sight?I need one for Maine.

Walking Crow, try this one http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/me/mefiles.htm
If that one doesn't have what you are looking for, there are lots of free and pay sites. Google terms like geneology, census archives, census, etc.

HEY TOMMAG MIDDLEFORK IS IN THE SAME COUNTY VERY CLOSE . THAT IS NEAT THAT YOU FOUND THAT I COULDNT FIND ANYTHING ON HIM BUT I REALY DIDNT KNOW HOW THANKS A BUNCH.

Hollowrat, try this. http://www.us-census.org/inventory/inventory.htm http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&gsfn=...&gss=IMAGE&gst=&so=3

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Oops, the feller I found was J H Hamlin, not J H Hamblen.

NOT so fast! They often goofed on official records when spelling surnames. It's still probably the same guy. He might have "updated" his name spelling by 1810, eh??

LD

L. Dave is right. My own ancestors changed the spelling of our last name while they still dwelt in Tennessee and before joining the migration to these ol' hills. Once they cleared Tennessee they changed it back. Don't know why.

Fiddlesticks

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Originally posted by Fiddlesticks:
My own ancestors changed the spelling of our name while they still dwelt in Tennessee ...

Mr. Sticks how do you change the spelling of Fiddlesticks?

Mr and Mrs. Pick-up Sticks?
Mr and Mrs. Throwin-sticks?
Mr and Mrs. Stick in the spokes?
Mr and Mrs. Stick in the MUD?



We gotta know man! Don't keep it from us!!!

Uncle Buck

aka buck

hey Buck, that answer was a hoot. looks like Mr. Sticks might just have some new nick names

Uncle Buck, if I can ever find your cache and catch up with you, it's gonna be "Mr. Stick-In-Your-Eye"! HAW! HAW! HAW! HAW! HAW! HAW! HAW! HAW!

Lookin'high-an'-lowforUncleBuck'sticks

Ok if you say so...

Your ancestors changed their name to

"Mr. Stick-In-Your-Eye"!?? temporarily?

HAW! HEE! HEE!

buck