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French & Indian War


Colonial Militia

Revolution

War of 1812

 Mexican War

Civil War

Indian Wars of the Western Frontier

Spanish American War

WWI

WWII

Korea

Vietnam

Cold War

Gulf War

Enduring Freedom

 
A Tree in the Forest : Ten Generations In America - A Genealogical History of the Conner Family

-  Intro -

- Table of Contents-


  Chapter 1: Irish Roots - Name Source and History
 
Our Ancient Celtic Name Spoken

An Irish King

O'Connor Kings

Clan of County Kerry

Carrigafoyle Castle

Carrigafoyle Ruins

Fall of Carrigafoyle

Heraldry/Hills of Conemara/Coat of Arms/Origins

Dublin/St. Catherine's resolved


Chapter 2: Lawrence Conner

Indentured Servitude/Trouble With Natives

History and Indian Wars of Western Virginia

Lord Dunsmore's War & Battle of Point Pleasant

In the Service of George Washington's Continental Army

Valley Forge/Germantown
Monmouth/Guilford
Stoney Point/Camden
(wounded at Camden)

Bounty for Service

Battle Accounts

Chesterfield Roll

Westward Migration

First Conner Marriage
in America

Land Grants in Kentucky

Estate of Lawrence Conner

Documentation: Indentures
Pension/Payrolls
Chesterfield Roll

In the National Archives

Pension Records

Marriage Bond
Virginia Maps

Estate Questions Resolved

1810 & 1820 Cumberland County Census

Marker at Old Mulkey


Virginia Militia
in the
Revolutionary War


 Chapter 3: Joseph B. Conner

War of 1812
Walker Line

Overton County History


Legislative Petitions
1860 Mortality Census


Mohawk Valley document

Mohawk Valley
Service Records/Widow's Pension


 Chapter 4: James C. Conner

Cherokee Applications
James C. and Margaret Conner


Cherokee Applications
Catherine Summers Dennis


Dennis Cherokee Applications
Maps of Overton County


Court Records

Census

Gold Stories


Chapter 5:
George Washington
"Bob" Conner

Two Sarah's

Family Farmer


Chapter 6: James Elijah Conner

Tennessee to Kentucky

Later Years


Chapter 7: William "Willie" George Conner

River Steamboats of the Cumberland

Timber and Farming

The Safari Hat

Photo Album

Interview with son, Jay Conner

Chapter 8:
Elijah Raymond Conner

Rebuilding A Nation

Family Life in Kentucky


Chapter 9:
Paul Allen Conner

Life on the Farm

Army Service

Retirement


Chapter 10:
Steven Ray Conner

School Days

Career

Next Generation

Chapter 11:
Mother's Side

Photo Album

Parents and
Grandparents

Great-Grandparents

2nd Great Grandparents

Connecting Origins



Chapter 12:
Family Trees



Chapter 13: Missing Links



Chapter 14: Genealogy Data/Sources
End Credits

Applications for Membership

Helpful Forms



Chapter 15:
Index of Names




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In Honor of Those Who Served....


Rayburn L. Conner
Paul A. Conner
Billy E.Conner
Roger L. Conner
This page is dedicated to all those who came before me, who's sacrifices and service gave us all the freedoms we enjoy today, making this the strongest and the most open society  in the history of mankind. Please take a few moments to remember the veterans in your own family, or those in your community.

Listed below are links to my forefathers as well as their service to their country. 


Conner Family Reunion

Clora, Judy, and Raymond at the Conner Reunion - Jamestown, Kentucky









French & Indian Wars

Lawrence Conner - Botetourt County Virginia Militia
Ralph Shelton Jr. - Henry County Virginia  Militia
William Nathan Gunnels - Georgia Militia
William Posey Gunnels - Georgia Militia
Joseph Daniel Gunnels - Georgia Miliia
Daniel Gunnels - Georgia Militia

Revolutionary War

Lawrence Conner - 8th Virginia Regimaent
Joseph N. Taylor - New York Regiment
William Posey Gunnels - Georgia Regiment
Eliphaz Shelton - Captain in Virginia Regiment
George Huckleberry - Pennsylvania Regiment
Samuel Packwood II - Henry County, Virginia Militia
Frederick Hovis- York County, Pennsylvania Militia
 Shadrack Turner and sons: William, John, and Josiah Turner- Henry County, Virginia Militia

War of 1812

Joseph B. Conner - William Wood's 7th Reg't. Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia
James L. Conner - William Wood's 7th Reg't. Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia

Civil War

Union

George Irvin Polston- Private, Co F 37th Regt. KY Inf. Volunteers
David H. Stearns - Private, Co E 13th Kentucky Cavalry
Cyrus Alexander Conner - First Missouri Cavalry
John Foreman - private, Co F 31st Regiment of Indiana Infantry

 
Clemens F. Phillips- Co G 29th IN Infantry

World War I

Lawrence Newell Huckleberry

Civilian Conservation Corps

Elijah Raymond Conner - Company 2511

World War II

Charles Forest Phillips - 702nd Quartermaster Company Truck Aviation


Korea

Paul Allen Conner
Bobby H. Huckleberrry - A.I.C., U.S.A.F.


Vietnam

Roger Leroy Conner - Troop A, 1st Sqadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division


Gulf War



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