Karen's Family Kaleidoscope
A collection of several trees, some trees are people related to me. Some are research I have done for others.
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When the debate is lost,
slander becomes
the tool of the loser
~Socrates~
Consider your origins:
you were not made to live as
brutes,
but to follow virtue and
knowledge.
~Dante
Alighieri~
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes,
our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they
cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
-John Adams, Second President of the United States of America
If you can stay positive in a
negative situation,
you win.
—Unknown
Disregard those who persist in holding onto debunked folklore.
- Regina Lynch-Hudson, Family Tree DNA Blog 26 August 2024
Our dead are never dead to us,
until they are forgotten
-George Elliott
We are braver and wiser because they existed,
those strong women and strong men.
We are who we are because they were
who they were. It’s wise to know
where you come from,
who called your name.
– Maya Angelou
those strong women and strong men.
We are who we are because they were
who they were. It’s wise to know
where you come from,
who called your name.
– Maya Angelou
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 | WWII Draft Registration Proves date of birth, name of wife | 15 Oct 2025 | |
 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 14 Oct 2025 | |
 | Beck not Back | 13 Oct 2025 | |
| John William Beck tombstone Emmanuel's Union Church Cemetery Emanuelsville, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA | 13 Oct 2025 | |
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 | 1850 U. S. Census Breathitt County Kentucky Mary Polly Fugate in the household of her widowed father Andrew Fugate. Her great grandmother Hannah is in the adjoining household. Her widowed grandmother Mary Fugate is on the same page. | 17 Dec 2024 | |
 | 1870 U. S. Census Perry County Kentucky Mary (Fugate) Ritchie & husband Gabriel Ritchie same census page as her parents Martin & Betsey (Elizabeth) Fugate. | 17 Dec 2024 | |
 | 1920 Death Certificate Information given by her son Robert Clemons identifies her parents as Andy Fugate and Bettie Clemons. | 11 Dec 2024 | |
 | Plat of Harman's land in Culpeper Co VA Harman Back's land in relation to Vincent Tapp, Sarah Jett, George Wayman, and the original plat of Jacob Holtzclaw | 25 Sep 2024 | |
 | Hymns page 1 When Sarah died at sea, her husband arranged for a Mormon minister from Scotland to conduct a Church of England burial service. Thwaw EW the hymns from that service. | 3 Sep 2024 | |
 | Tombstone Photo from Find A Grave died 13 Dec 1868 age 83 years 5 mos 25 days calculated date of birth 18 Jun 1785 | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1848 Rebecca Garrison & Jonathan Jones Marriage Record Rebecca Garrison in entry for Johnathan Jones, “Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935” • FamilySearch. (n.d.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PS-YX5 | 21 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1836 Rebecca Garrison & Alexander Garrison Marriage Record Marriage record: Montgomery. Marriage records , marriage record indexes • FamilySearch. (n.d.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8B2K-5F9?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQK9L-9QSR&action=view | 21 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1830 Marriage Record William Garrison & Rebecca Garrison Marriage record: Montgomery. Marriage records , marriage record indexes • FamilySearch. (n.d.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8B2K-5NN?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQK9L-M2WB&action=view | 21 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1740 September 27 Ship Lydia list by Rupp List includes three men named BECK Rupp, I. Daniel. A collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727-1776 : with a statement of the names of ships, whence they sailed, and the date of their arrival at Philadelphia, chronologically arranged, together with the necessary historical and other notes, also, an appendix containing lists of more than one thousand German and French names in New York prior to 1712. Philadelphia: Leary, Stuart, 1927 c1898. | 16 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1740 September 27 Arrival of the Beck family that settled in Northampton County Pennsylvania The Beck Family in America, Chapter Three, beginning on page 8 https://archive.org/details/beckfamilyinamer00beck/page/n25/mode/2up?q=northampton | 16 Aug 2024 | |
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 | 1814 October 4 Marriage Consent Joseph Back signed consent for his daughter Elizabeth to marry Thmpson Burks | 15 Aug 2024 | |
 | Joseph Back family Bible page 1 Bible record of marriage and births. The copy posted to Find A Grave says this is Joseph Back's handwriting. | 20 Jul 2024 | |
 | Elizabeth's monument in Maggard Cemetery Such a beautiful, serene final resting place for all of the people in the cemetery. Notice Elizabeth's stone in the foreground of this photo. | 13 Jul 2024 | |
 | 24 July 1970 Obituary The Daily Progress Charlottsville Virginia Page 8 | 9 Jul 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 27 Jun 2024 | |
 | Thomas Prence Home | 23 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1988 Mountain Eagle, Whitesburg, Letcher County Kentucky Back Monument Dedication, Memorial Day, Monday May 30, 1988 Maggard Cemetery, Letcher County | 19 Jun 2024 | |
 | Graves of John & Catherine Back, photo taken by Karen Back Simmons 2005
The cemetery is across from the old Noctor Post Office, behind the Church, across Quicksand, up the hill. We had quite an adventure, crossing an old swinging bridge and trudging through the brush to take this photo. | 18 Jun 2024 | |
 | Third tombstone Elizabeth Huffman Back dedicated May 30, 1988 Wilgus Bach placed the first stone. After much research, it was replaced with one with more correct information. The second stone was later replaced by this larger, nicer stone. The first two were placed in a plot on the estate of Wardie and Hazel Bach Craft. | 4 Jun 2024 | |
 | Tombstones one and two Elizabeth Huffman Back First two tombstones were retrieved by Hazel Bach Craft as they were replaced by updated stones. Hazel created a memory garden for these and other abandoned tombstones on her property. Photo taken on a visit to Hazel's home in June of 2008 by Karen Back Simmons. | 4 Jun 2024 | |
 | Second tombstone Elizabeth Huffman Back Replaced the stone placed by Dr. Wilgus Bach. After this one was replaced with stone number three Hazel Bach Craft placed this one on her property along with the first stone. | 4 Jun 2024 | |
 | First tombstone Elizabeth Huffman Back Placed by Wilgus Bach, showed her place of birth as Thuringia, removed after her father's Bible proved her place of birth was Virginia. Hazel Bach Craft placed the discarded stone in a memory garden on her property along with the second stone which replaced this one. | 4 Jun 2024 | |
 | Elizabeth Huffman Back's first two tombstones. The stone on the left was placed by Dr. Wilgus Bach who mistakenly identified her place of birth as Thuringia. This stone was later replaced by other members of the Back family with a larger more detailed stone after her correct place of birth was proven by her father's family Bible. Other mistakes on the first stone were also corrected by the second. These two abandoned stones were retrieved by Hazel Bach Craft and placed at her Memory Hill Museum. She laughed when she told me the story of them being "thrown over the hill" and that she went and got them. | 3 Jun 2024 | |
 | Pennsylvania German Passengers by Strassberger page 278 | 29 May 2024 | |
 | Pennsylvania German Passengers by Strassberger page 277 | 29 May 2024 | |
 | Pennsylvania German Passengers by Strassberger page 276 | 29 May 2024 | |
 | Pennsylvania German Passengers by Strassberger | 29 May 2024 | |
 | Pension file of widow Nancy Miller McIntosh Complete file is 108 pages | 28 May 2024 | |
 | Daughters of the American Revolution Karen Jane Back Simmons with Illinois State Regent Debra Coe at a Patriot Grave Marking September 10, 2022, Eldorado, Illinois | 6 Sep 2023 | |
 | Joseph Hand's grave, Hand Cemetery, Macoupin County IL | 3 Sep 2023 | |
 | Charles Edgar Garrison | 2 Sep 2023 | |
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 | Joseph Back Family Bible page 2 | 20 Aug 2023 | |
 | Marriage bond from Wilgus Back research A thorough search of the marriage bonds of Fayette County revealed bonds for the other children of Harman Jr. but this one was not found. It appears to have gone missing some time after Dr. Wilgus Back recorded this information, in a time before photocopiers. Dr. Back's research notes, Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library, Frankfort, Kentucky. | 20 Aug 2023 | |
 | Henry Back & Francis Blair Bible | 19 Aug 2023 | |
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| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 29 May 2023 | |
 | NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE UNION Qualifying ancestor proven by Karen Back Simmons 2023 | 15 Apr 2023 | |
 | National Society Descendants of American Farmers Qualifying ancestor for membership, proven by Karen Back Simmons 2022 | 15 Apr 2023 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 29 Mar 2023 | |
 | Civil War | 1 Dec 2022 | |
 | 1761-1770 Colonial Virginia Map 1734 Orange formed form Spotsylvania 1749 Culpeper formed from Orange 1793 Madison formed from Culpeper 1730 Prince William formed from King George and Stafford 1759 Fauquier formed from Prince William 1769 Botetourt formed from Augusta 1772 Fincastle formed from Botetourt 1776 Washington formed from Fincastle 1786 Russell formed from Washington 1792 Lee formed from Russell | 26 Nov 2022 | |
 | Plymouth Colony | 23 Nov 2022 | |
 | Jamestowne acceptance letter | 12 Nov 2022 | |
 | Mayflower Passenger | 20 Sep 2022 | |
 | Mayflower Descendant Mercy White Sweet was a descendant of the following Mayflower passengers: William White Susanna Jackson White Resolved White Edward Doty William Brewster Mary Wentworth Brewster Silas Sweet was a descendant of the following Mayflower passsengers: Henry Sampson Myles Standish William Mullins Alice Mullins John Alden Priscilla Mullins | 19 Sep 2022 | |
 | 1908 Affidavit Notarized affidavit mentioning family Bible in possession of his brother William | 22 Jul 2022 | |
 | Old Simpson Chapel Cemetery
Washington Township
Monroe County, Indiana | 24 Jun 2022 | |
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 | Price Burnam Back 1919-1989 shared by Larry Back Jr. | 23 Jun 2022 | |
 | Jerry Alfred Back 1939-1999 Shared by Larry Back Jr. | 23 Jun 2022 | |
 | Larry Wynn Back 1941-1917 shared by Larry Back Jr. | 23 Jun 2022 | |
 | George Burnam Back 1889-1965 Originally shared by L. Back Jr. | 23 Jun 2022 | |
 | Paul Gregory Back | 23 Jun 2022 | |
 | Four sons of Hiram D and Mary Jane Bach | 23 Jun 2022 | |
 | Dr. Wilgus Bach | 23 Jun 2022 | |
 | Susannah Back Holbrook Daughter of John Back & Catharine Robinson, married John Holbrook | 22 Jun 2022 | |
 | Miles Wilgus Back 1853-1940 | 16 Jun 2022 | |
 | Rachel Combs Back, tombstone at cemetery across from the Noctor Post Office | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Lee Back, son of Lazarus Back and Mary Ritchie Back | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Lee Back and Zack Back, sons of Lazarus Back and Mary Ritchie Back | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Doshia Back Chaney tombstone | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | America Back Thurston and James Thurston | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Lazarus Back and Edna Back Blevins, brother and sister | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Luther Back 1956 | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Nelson McIntosh and Mary Elizabeth "Ollie" Back Married the same day his sister married her brother | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Lazarus D. Back and wife Mary Ritchie Back | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Henderson's tombstone, Burlington Cemetery, Burlington, Kentucky | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Ira Douglas Back and daughter Rita June Back | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Rita Jane Back Burgess | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Isaac Back tombstone in cemetery across from the Noctor Post Office | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Woodrow & Pearl, 1967 | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Herald James Back | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Lazarus D Back | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Pearl William Back, 1975, age 67 | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Joseph Lee Back, about 1910, age 26 | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Buck Back and son Laz D Back | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | William Berriman and Margaret Dickinson Back | 15 Jun 2022 | |
 | Back Brothers Pearl, Doug, Woodrow, & Laz Back at their brother Henderson's funeral. Brother Herald was too ill to attend. | 7 Dec 2019 | |
 | Moses Clemons funeral His funeral was held six years after his death. It was a mountain tradition to hold the funeral after the burial, but usually in the same year. Several preachers usually preached the funeral. | 25 Sep 2019 | |
 | Martha Ann "Mattie" Smith & William Alfred Hand Marriage Witness Adele "Gordon" is Mattie's sister, raised by a Gordon family | 27 Aug 2019 | |
 | Sarah Elizabeth Smith Chalcraft probably taken at Fairfield, Illinois | 20 Aug 2019 | |
 | Oliver Clinton Smith b. 1923 photo probably taken at Fairfield, Illinois | 20 Aug 2019 | |
 | Kenneth Garrison Taylor | 17 Jan 2019 | |
 | Daniel Howard Garrison | 17 Jan 2019 | |
 | Archie & Bessie Rush | 17 Jan 2019 | |
| Bessie Rush Family | 17 Jan 2019 | ||
 | Oliver Clinton Smith Sr. | 17 Jan 2019 |
Documents
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 | 1789 Culpeper Co VA Deed Deed from Harman Back and his wife Catherine to Fletcher. One of the witnesses was the Backs neighbor James Jett. | 12 Nov 2025 | |
 | 1810 U. S. Census, Spartanburg, SC FamilySearch microfilm 181,420. | 14 Oct 2025 | |
 | 1820 US Census Spartanburg South Carolina, FamilySeaarch microfilm | 14 Oct 2025 | |
 | 1786 Fauquier VA Religious Petition Moses Tapp and Harman Back signatures adjacent, Moses' father Vincent Tapp and brother-in-law Joseph Back on same page Legislative petitions, Fauquier County 1784-1786 FamilySearch Film # 008993667 Images 669-671 | 22 Sep 2025 | |
 | BIG Y TEST RESULTS Six of the participants in the Bach to Back DNA project have results for the comprehensive Big Y 700 test. This test is for SNPs, not STRs, and is more accurate for predicting the time to the ancestor in common. The results suggest an even closer relationship than the paper trail supports. Descendants of Harman Jr., Joseph, and Henry are confirmed to share a paternal ancestor born perhaps as recently as 1837. This means there are even fewer mutations for these descendants than the average for the Big Y database. The Big Y results plus the paper trails to Harman Back Sr. of Culpeper Co VA confirm the ancestor in common. Two of the six descendants are close relatives so their haplogroup has been further refined to reflect that relationship but still within the same broader haplogroup as the other four descendants. All six are listed in subgroup A1. https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/E-FT198173/story In addition, FTDNA now assigns a haplogroup to men who tested with Family Finder. That process added two more men to the family group, both with Letcher Co KY roots. They are listed in subgroup A2 along with a man who only tested Y67, not Big Y. These three are also identified by DNA results to be of the same broader haplogroup as the Big Y testers. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Bach_to_Back?iframe=ydna-results-overview None of the nine men in subgroups A1 and A2 have matches to anyone except the other members of those Back/Back subgroups. They are distinctly different from the descendants of John & Jacob Back of Wayne Co KY who are subgroup J. It is not possible for the two groups to have a common paternal ancestor within the time frame of surnames. The Big Y test changed the paradigm of Y-SNP testing. Before the Big Y, SNP testing was primarily useful before the advent of surnames; but today, SNPs are useful in determining genetic lines of both closely and distantly related men. SNP markers mutate at a much slower rate than STRs, which makes them more stable for determining relationships. But you need to test millions of locations to find the relevant markers, which is exactly what the Big Y test does.-Family Tree DNA https://help.familytreedna.com/hc/en-us/articles/4414479800463-Introduction-to-the-Big-Y-700-Test#h_01HXCWFG5046BJKD627JT3YC0A | 28 May 2025 | |
 | 1789 Culpeper VA Deed BK P page 187 The underlined phrase means Harman Back owns all of the rights to the property he is selling. "Estate of Inheritance" is a property law term means that the person owns the right for his heirs to inherit the property. It DOES NOT mean that the person selling the property inherited it from someone. The first page of this deed contains language proving the Harman Back selling this property is the same Harman Back who purchased the land form Jacob Holtzclaw in 1748. An Estate of Inheritance is the opposite of a Life Estate which ends at the death of the person and cannot be inherited. See https://dictionary.findlaw.com/definition/estate.html | 12 Oct 2024 | |
 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 10 Oct 2024 | |
 | 1825 Fayette County Kentucky apprentice John Harley Seven year old orphan John Harley apprenticed to Joseph Back to learn the trade of shoe making. Fayette County Kentucky Order Book 6 June 1824-October 1827 Family Search Film # 007646991, image 353 | 10 Oct 2024 | |
 | 1843 Nancy Ann Buchanan baptized to parents Nauvoo Illinois (names spelled BACK not Bache) Posted by descendant Joseph Buchanan to profile of Nancy Ann Bache 22 May 2023 Nancy Buchanan baptized in the temple for her parents • FamilySearch. (n.d.). FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/memories/memory/174591044?returnLabel=Nancy%20Ann%20Bache%20%28KWVM-75F%29&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fchangelog%2FKWVM-75F | 9 Oct 2024 | |
 | 1936 Obituary | 5 Oct 2024 | |
 | Third Page 1779 Deed 1779 Jul 19, deed from John Back and Margaret Back to Peter Glore for 20 acres on Deep Run, proves this John Back was not in Washington County, bur was Culpeper Co VA. It was the other John Back (I445) who was in records in Washington County Virginia at the same time. Culpeper Deed Book I, pages 382-384 | 24 Sep 2024 | |
| First Page 1779 Deed 1779 Jul 19, deed from John Back and Margaret Back to Peter Glore for 20 acres on Deep Run, proves this John Back was not in Washington County, bur was Culpeper Co VA. It was the other John Back who was in records in Washington County Virginia at the same time. Culpeper Deed Book I, pages 382-384 | 24 Sep 2024 | |
| Second Page 1779 deed 1779 Jul 19, deed from John Back and Margaret Back to Peter Glore for 20 acres on Deep Run, proves this John Back was not in Washington County, bur was Culpeper Co VA. It was the other John Back who was in records in Washington County Virginia at the same time. Culpeper Deed Book I, pages 382-384 | 24 Sep 2024 | |
 | 1821 Northamptom Co NC Petition for Widow's Allotment Estates, Northampton County, North Carolina: Northampton. Probate estate case files 1786–1936 • FamilySearch. (n.d.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBHK-DXK?view=fullText&keywords=Mason%20Smith&groupId=TH-1961-25459-7595-27 | 22 Sep 2024 | |
 | 1820 Probate Northampton County North Carolina widow and four "infants" Joseph, Milly, Sarah, & Martin. EsTates, Northampton County, North Carolina: Northampton. Probate estate case files 1786–1936 • FamilySearch. (n.d.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BHK-D42?view=fullText&keywords=Mason%20Smith&groupId=TH-1961-25459-7595-27 | 22 Sep 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 21 Sep 2024 | |
 | John Back Sr and John Jr designated as Senior and Junior Analysis of some of the many time they were shown as "Sr" or "Jr" to distinguish them from each other. | 16 Sep 2024 | |
 | BEWARE OF FAKE DOCUMENTS
Fake DAR image You must verify anything from websites with this and other fake documents. Several examples will be posted here to illustrate the need to be skeptical of any page or contributor that contains this type of fake document, claiming it is legitimate. | 15 Sep 2024 | |
 | 1913 October Marriage of Nellie Pike and Luther Back in Fort Scott, Kansas. | 7 Sep 2024 | |
 | 1783 Culpeper County Virginia tax list John Jett, Stephen Jett John Wigginton's list, same list as Harman Back and Joseph Back | 4 Sep 2024 | |
 | 1803 Madison County Virginia tax list, first year Joseph appeared in his own household, having married the year before, listed next to his father Henry Back and aunt Margaret Back | 4 Sep 2024 | |
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 | 1850 Deed Back to Phipps Original deed (not a copy) Isaac Back and his wife Rachel (Combs) sold land to Preston Phipps | 2 Sep 2024 | |
 | 1807 Madison County Virginia Tax List Aaron Back, the first year he was past 21 years of age at tax time. He was not near the other Backs. He and his mother Margaret Back moved to Rockingham County Virginia and purchased land together in April 1809, proven by 1816 deed selling the property. | 29 Aug 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 28 Aug 2024 | |
 | Important Evidence Proof with citations to sources that Elizabeth Huffman Back did not move to Rockingham County Virginia. | 28 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1897 Marriage Record "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S7-M1CL?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-4ZJ%3A1300205335 : 21 December 2016), 004260419 > image 271 of 809; Madison County Courthouse, Richmond. | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1802 Deed Franklin County Georgia, filed 1803 Zebulon Garrison and Rebekah his wife, confirms the spelling of her first name. Deed records and mortgages 1785-1903, and, index to deed records and mortgages 1785-1856, 1889-1898 [Franklin County, Georgia]. (n.d.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-ZSR5-B?i=160&cat=342823 | 23 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1848 Elias A. Garrison, a minor petition Elias A. Garrison, a minor heir of William B. Garrison petitioned the court to have Zebulon Garrison (Jr) appointed his guardian. Granted 1 November 1848, Montgomery County Illinois Montgomery County Illinois Circuit Court Records 1821-1862, accession # 4/0216/02 Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) system. (n.d.). https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/IRAD/home.html | 22 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1835 Montgomery County Illinois Non-Recuperative Will Non0Recuperative Will of William B Garrison entered in Montgomery County Illinois court 4 August 1835. Identifies his wife Rebecca Garrison and mentions "his little children." Witnessed by his brother John W. Garrison and Zebulon Garrison, likely Rebecca's brother as the father Zebulon Garrison may have been deceased by that time. Montgomery County Illinois Circuit Court Records 1821-1862, accession # 4/0216/02 Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) system. (n.d.). https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/IRAD/home.html | 22 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1830 Census Montgomery County Illinois Malaki Smith-married Zebulon’s daughter Susannah Zebulon Garrison-two young males in household (Zebulon Jr & Caleb) James Baker-Delilah Baker Garrison’s brother Isham P Pool-Zebulon’s son-in-law, married Tryphenia Garrison John W Garrison-Zebulon’s nephew, son of his brother John Garrison Delilah Garrison-Zebulon’s sister-in-law, widow of his brother John Garrison Illinois. Census • FamilySearch. (n.d.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY1-9DLW?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHPY-2W4&action=view | 22 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1848 sale of land to settle estate Names all of the heirs of Alexander Alderdice Garrison Deed Record: Franklin. Deeds 1832–1853 • FamilySearch. (n.d.). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37S-QS84-B?view=fullText&keywords=Rebecca%20Garrison%20Rebecca%20Garrison%2CIllinois&groupId=M9MD-57S | 21 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1848 Public Land Purchase, Alexander Alderdice Garrison, Franklin County Illinois Patent Details - BLM GLO Records. (n.d.). https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=IL1780__.044&docClass=STA&sid=zdvnyx0k.qbv | 21 Aug 2024 | |
 | Letter from great grandson of Rebecca Garrison Gives details about Rebecca, her parents, her children, her three marriages | 21 Aug 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 10 Aug 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 10 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1906 Double Wedding "The families of Buck Back and Ira McIntosh are mixing up considerably. Ira’s boy married Buck’s girl and Buck’s boy married Ira’s girl at the same time." Breathitt County News, 03 Aug 1906, page 2 Nelson McIntosh married Mary Elizabeth “Ollie” Back Joseph Lee Back married Mary Jane McIntosh 28 July 1906, at Ira McIntosh’s | 9 Aug 2024 | |
 | Descendant of Joseph Back to descendant of John Back of Breathitt Co. | 6 Aug 2024 | |
 | Y111 test result interpretation Three descendants of Haman Back Sr. of Culpeper Co VA and Garrard Co KY, one each from Harman Jr., Joseph, and Henry, have received Y111 marker test results. This graphic from their FTDNA accounts shows the likelihood of sharing a common male ancestor within eight generations, which is how far these testers are from Harman Sr. This precise prediction is possible because of the number of markers tested. Those who have tested fewer markers will have a less exact prediction. | 6 Aug 2024 | |
| 1794 Administration of the Estate of John Back Administrators of John's estate were Margaret Back and Henry Back. The information given by others that a Joseph Back administered John's estate is false. There is no "Joseph Back" mentioned anywhere in the probate papers. Madison Court Order Book 1 page 336 and Madison County Will Book 1 pages 27-28. | 6 Aug 2024 | |
| BEWARE OF FAKE DOCUMENTS Misleading and altered proofs, an attempt to prove a fact about Elizabeth Huffman Back that does not exist. Elizabeth Huffman Back was not on the 1815 tax listing or any other tax list in Rockingham County Virginia. The altered image can also be found on page 18 in the following book, available for loan from Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence MO through WorldCat. The Bach (Back) family from Southeastern Kentucky Author:T. Bach Print Book, English, 2013 Publisher: Dakota Summerhill, Inc., Winnsboro, Texas, 2013 https://search.worldcat.org/title/1144612513 The real document can be found on Family Search Film # 007893691 Image 369 | 6 Aug 2024 | |
 | 1783 AMENDMENT Fayette Co KY survey "Joseph Back and Stephen Jett assee make the following amendment to their Entry of 791 acres on a Treasury Warrant No. 13855 Strike out the word Hinkston and insert a large branch of Licking Creek." SOURCE: Fayette County, Virginia [KY as of 1792] Land Entries, Entry Book 2, p. 166 (image 405, left), at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-T9NR-J?i=404&cat=428127. The amended description of "big branch of Licking Creek" had taken on the name of Slate Creek by the time Joseph the survey was made. Several others had that same change at the same time. Joseph paid taxes on his remaining portion of the land while living in Garrard Co KY. | 29 Jul 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 29 Jul 2024 | |
 | Joseph Back Signatures Joseph Back family Bibls 1786 Fauquier Legislative Petition 1791 Lincoln Co KY marriage bond 1796 Mercer Co KY marriage witness | 27 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1823 Harlan county Kentucky Deed 9 Aug 1823, Harlan County Kentucky Deed Book A, pg 100-101, Andrew Cope to Elizabeth Back for 100 acres on the Poor Fork "tract of land on which above Elizabeth Back now lives." See 1815 tax list for Knox Co KY. Elizabeth Back had been paying taxes on that land since at least 1815. Son Lewis Back was on that 100 acres on the 1811 tax list, next to his brother John Back. The 1812 tax list is unreadable, 1813 & 1814 are not extant. Witnesses to the deed were Elizabeth's son John Back and Catharine Robinson Back.In an era before loan companies and local banks the seller did not deed the land until he had received all of the money agreed upon so deeds were often issued several years after the initial agreement. | 22 Jul 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 22 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1809 Rockingham County Virginia Minute Book September 1809 session Court minutes record of the 1809 deed from Embry to Back Witnesses were Henry Hammer, John Hammer, Henry Hammer Jr. This was two years before Aaron Back married Elizabeth Hammer so the families were already acquainted. In 1816 Henry Hammer purchased half of this land from Aaron Back & Elizabeth his wife. Original deed destroyed in a courthouse fire. Film # 008191484 image # 536 | 22 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1816 Rockingham County VA Deed Book 3 page 250 Proof of relationship of Margaret Huffman Back to Aaron Back. The sellers of this property are identified five times within the deed as “Aaron Back and Elizabeth his wife.” This 1816 deed describes the 1809 sale of 50 acres from John Embry and his wife Elizabeth (Margaret’s daughter) to Margaret Back and Aaron Back dated 10 April 1809. Aaron was unmarried in 1809, marrying Elizabeth Hammer 12 March 1811. The surviving land lists between 1809 and 1816 list “Aaron Back and mother.” Margaret's sister Elizabeth Huffman Back did not move to Rockingham County VA. She moved to SE KY with her sons John, Lewis, and Henry. She is never mentioned in any record in Rockingham County. The only Elizabeth Back found in Rockingham County was clearly identified as Aaron’s wife. *The Rockingham Courthouse suffered fire damage during the Civil War but some damaged deeds were restored. The original burnt copy of this deed is available on FamilySearch, Deed Book 3, page 250. Burnt deed Family Search film # 008313074 image 268 Clerk's transcription of the burnt deed Family Search Film # 008360926 Image 595 | 22 Jul 2024 | |
| 1907 Letter W. J. Tapp to Frank Tapp Letter from W. J. Tapp to Frank P. Tapp, September 28, 1907, Tapp Family Folder #817, Adlai Robin Yates Papers (MSS 167), Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina. Original source of Mary's name from her great grandson /w, H, /taoo, | 20 Jul 2024 | |
 | Birth Certificate Identifies parents | 19 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1918 Death Certificate Died of Spanish Influenze, her husband W. J. Back was the "undertaker" who buried her | 19 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1935 Death Certificate | 19 Jul 2024 | |
 | 2001 Obituary | 19 Jul 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 15 Jul 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 15 Jul 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 15 Jul 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 15 Jul 2024 | |
| 1737 Fake Birth Record A thorough search of the records on Family Search failed to turn up any trace of this record in any form. A search of records in Germany specifically for this record failed to turn up any record like this. The birth record for Anna Ella Bach was found but there was no twin birth record. This appears on both Find A Grave and Ancestry as "proof." | 15 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1853 September 23 Power of Attorney John Back and Catharine Back his wife assigned Power of Attorney to Lewis Back and Isaac, witnessed by Solomon Back and John Back Jr., to represent them in the estate of Thomas Robertson in White County Tennessee. It was recorded by the clerks in both Breathitt Co KY and in White Co TN. White Co TN DB T page 42 | 10 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1810 Rockingham County Virginia US Census The 1810 census cannot be used to prove who was in the same household with Aaron in 1810. Prior to 1850 the census only listed the name of the head of the household, not other names. Other members were just a mark in an age column. | 10 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1787 Washington County Virginia tax list Jacob BECK | 3 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1789 Washington County Virginia Deed Jacob's surname spelled both BECK and BACK in the same instrument. | 3 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1793 Green County Tennessee 1793 Greene County Tennessee Court Minutes page 306, Jacob "Beck" and his brother-in-law Nicholas Lloyd to help lay off a road | 3 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1774 Militia Service Dunmore's War 1774, October, John Beck Junr. served 30 days with the Finastle Co VA militia.Washington County was formed from Fincastle in 1776. Company commander: David Campbell. Library of Virginia, Fincastle County, Recorded on: p. 267 | 3 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1809 Tax List Wayne County, Kentucky Several more tax lists before and after this one show Jacob paying taxes on land that was entered by Mary Back, surveyed for Jacob Back. One of his other parcels was entered by Nicholas Lloyd, Jacob's wife's brother, and the third one by Thomas Lloyd, Jacob's wife's father. | 3 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1808 Land Certificate Mary Back Jacob Back owned and paid taxes on this land beginning in 1809. Certificate # 619, Wayne County Kentucky, DGS film # 7899014, image 323 FamilySearch, | 3 Jul 2024 | |
 | 1748 Orange County Virginia Deed Jacob HOLZCLAW to Harman BACK, 100 acres on Little Fork of Rappanannock River, Orange County Virginia Deed Book 11, pages 85-86 | 29 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1803 Madison County Deed Book 3, pages 395 & 396 Deed from Margaret Back and her daughters to Lewis Crigler. Her son Aaron Back was still under 21 years of age in 1803 so he did not sign. | 27 Jun 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 27 Jun 2024 | |
 | Comparison of the date of birth of Elizabeth Huffman, daughter of John Huffman who died in Madison County Virginia and Elizabeth Back's entry in the English catechism book which served as the Back family Bible for recording births and deaths. It can be viewed free online. https://breathittcountylibrary.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/F205BDDD-5762-488A-9128-294767510600 | 26 Jun 2024 | |
 | Title: A Course of Lectures Upon the Church Catechism: In Four Volumes, Volume 1
Author: Thomas Bray (Anglican/Church of England)
Publisher: printed by Oxford University
Length 343 pages This copy is archived at the Breathitt County Library, Jackson, KY and has been in the Back Family for more than two centuries. It can be viewed online free. https://breathittcountylibrary.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/F205BDDD-5762-488A-9128-294767510600 | 26 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1835 Preble County Ohio Deed Book 17, page 116 "Aaron Back & Elizabeth his wife" deed | 25 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1817 Rockingham County Virginia Land Tax List After her son Aaron sold his half of the 100 acres in 1816 the land was no longer taxed as Aaron Back & mother. Margaret was taxed for the remaining 50 acres. | 25 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1816 Rockingham County Virginia Personal Property Tax "Back, Aron" and "Back, Margaret" listed adjacent | 25 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1812 Rockingham County Virginia land tax list "Back, Aron & mother" Aaron Back and Margaret Back had purchased land together in Rockingham County in 1809. See 1809 Court Minutes and 1816 deed on this page. | 25 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1810 Rockingham County Virginia Personal Property Tax List "Aaron Back & mother" | 25 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1797 Madison County Virginia Deed Book 2, pages 63-64 Henry & Elizabeth Back to Henry Miller | 25 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1805 Kentucky & Virginia When John and Henry were living and paying taxes in Lee County Virginia the bordering county was Knox County Kentucky where they moved before 1811. Catharine Robinson Back's relatives were in Lee County and Knox County also. | 25 Jun 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 25 Jun 2024 | |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 25 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1830 Census Harlan County KY The U.S. census listed only heads of household prior to 1850, with the other household members being just a mark in an age column. It is reasonable to assume that the 80-89 year old woman in the Henry Back household was his mother Elizabeth Hoffman Back born in 1746, who would have been 84 years old that year. The following year, 1831, Henry Back, his wife Susannah, and his near neighbor in this census Samuel Maggard were three of the witnesses when Elizabeth deeded her land to her son Lewis. | 24 Jun 2024 | |
 | Our Bach Family Ancestral Heritage, by Tilden “Sam” Bach 2003, Appendix II page 7-b "1. Elizabeth Back was born the 13 of July 146,. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Hoffman and Maria Sabina Folg. She married Henry Bach about 1775 and they had 5 sons and likely 2 daughters. Their youngest son Lewis’ birth date is penned in the Catechism by a beautiful flowing hand. Henry died about 1808" (regarding the entries in the catechism archived at the Breathitt County Kentucky library) | 12 Jun 2024 | |
 | Descendants of Early American Governors life membership Thomas Prence, Governor of Plymouth Colony | 8 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1820 Harlan County Kentucky tax list Elizabeth Back and her sons John, Henry Jr., and Lewis. Lewis paid only a poll tax. Elizabeth continued paying the tax on the 100 acres she bought from Andrew Cope through 1827, Lewis just paying a poll tax. In 1828 Lewis took over the taxes and in 1831 Elizabeth deeded the land to him. | 4 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1820 Harlan County Kentucky census Elizabeth Huffman Back and her sons John Back and Henry Back Jr. Her son Lewis had not yet married. The 1820 tax list shows Elizabeth, John and Henry Jr. being taxed for land and Lewis for a poll tax. | 4 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1814 Henry Back Susannah Maggard marriage "Annals of Floyd County, Kentucky" By Charles Wells, Pg. 141: "Bond dated 29 March 1814 by Henry Back and Spencer Adams for a marriage shortly to be had between Henry Back and Susanna Maggard. Sir, this is to certify that I have given my consent for the marriage of Henry Back and my daughter Susanna Maggard. 25, day of March 1814. (Signed) Henry Maggard." | 1 Jun 2024 | |
 | 1738 March 13 Original emigration record from Freudenburg Emigration, not immigration No arrival information in this record | 2 Mar 2024 | |
 | 1806 Madison County Virginia Personal Property Tax List Henry, Joseph, Benjamin adjacent listings. This was the last year Benjamin appeared. John and Henry were on the Lee County Virginia tax list in 1806. | 7 Feb 2024 | |
| The Catechism-
Church of England/Anglican (not Roman Catholic) One page from "The Catechism" formerly in the possession of the Back/Bach family of southeastern Kentucky, now archived at the Breathitt Library, Jackson, Kentucky A course of lectures upon the church catechism in four volumes. Vol. I. Upon the preliminary questions and answers by a divine of the Church of England.(Anglican) Thomas Bray became the Commissary for Maryland Colony and was responsible for establishing libraries and distributing nearly 34,000 religious books throughout the colonies. www.americanantiquarians.org Bray, Thomas, 1658-1730. Oxford: Printed by Leonard Litchfield, Printer to the University, for the author, 1696. University of Michigan Library, http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A29256.0001.001 | 7 Feb 2024 | ||
 | Deed 1809 Madison Co VA Bk 4 page 500, Elizabeth signed, meaning she did not have a living husband | 6 Feb 2024 | |
 | "Mr. Henry Back" The name of Henry Back in the inside back cover of the book of catechisms used to record the names and dates of his family. High resolution scans of this and other pages can be viewed on the Breathitt County Library website. It does NOT say John Henry Back as others have stated. It merely says "Mr. Henry Back." It is NOT a Catholic catechism as others have stated, it is Church of England. | 6 Feb 2024 | |
 | 1907 Letter compared to 1912 Book A. D. Cloyd's book made a mistake in the spelling of the last name of Moses Tapp's wife. The phrase is identical to the letter except for one important letter in her maiden name. | 9 Oct 2023 | |
 | 1793 Land Tax List, Madison County Virginia John, Henry, and Harman Jr. responsible for taxes on the same list. Madison County Land Tax, microfilm, Library of Virginia | 27 Sep 2023 | |
 | Descendant of Harman Back Jr to Descendant of John Back of Breathitt | 21 Sep 2023 | |
 | DNA Analysis based on Y-DNA 111 markers All of the kits in this analysis have been upgraded to 111 markers which shows a more precise prediction linking the descendants of Joseph, Harman Jr, and two sons of Henry Sr together. The graphic images with the predictions are copied exactly as they appear on the Family Tree DNA website. | 21 Sep 2023 | |
 | 1789 Culpeper County Virginia Personal Property Tax List Harman Back, no tithes (age?), three horses Joseph Back, one tithe, two horses Joseph and his father Harman Back were adjacent, both assessed on May 25 Harman Jr. was taxed in Fauquier County | 21 Sep 2023 | |
 | 1830 Orange County Virginia Census Name: Rachael Back Event Date: 1830 Event Place: Orange, Virginia, United States Event Type: Census Page: 299 Affiliate Film Number: 196 Affiliate Publication Number: M19 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Digital Folder Number: 005156060 Microfilm Number: 0029675 Image Number: 00595 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5H-ZXJ : 20 February 2021), Rachael Back, Orange, Virginia, United States; citing 299, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 196; FHL microfilm 29,675. | 21 Sep 2023 | |
 | 1802 Madison County Virginia Personal Property Tax List Henry and Benjamin, first year Benjamin was listed | 21 Sep 2023 | |
 | 1850 census Augusta County Virginia James M. Back, sister Lucy Back Randolph/Randal/ mother Rachel Huffman in adjoining households | 21 Sep 2023 | |
 | 1862 James M. Back to Susan Fairburn Taylor (widow) Shows the names of James' parents as Benjamin Back and Rachel Huffman | 18 Sep 2023 |
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