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Marriage: Children:
  1. HARRIET LYVESTRA* Gurganus: Birth: DEC 1844 in Pitt County NC. Death: 1908 in Pitt County, NC


Notes
a. Note:   4/16/12. 23&Me match with William Alfred Simmons, Jr.
 Hi Lorraine,
  Thank you for comparing genomes and information with my husband Bill. We were excited to find you matched on chromosome 1 from 240000000-247000000 for a 8 cM segment, chromosome 5 from 38000000-51000000 for a 5.3 cM segment and chromosome 17 from 58000000-64000000 for a 9 cM segment.
  Bill shares the Gurganus and possibly Everett surnames with you and has ancestors or collateral relatives in all of the counties in NC you list. Do you have a online tree I could view? Have you uploaded your results to GedMatch.com? I noticed that Bill has several matches on chromosome 1 who overlap your match or are slightly less. You are his first match on the specific segments of chromosome 5 and 17.
  I look forward to hearing from you again.
  Regards,
  Elizabeth Robinette Simmons
  4/20/12
 From: Lorraine Blount Peckham (Smurfette)
  Subject: Re: 3 segment match William A Simmons
  Yes I have a tree in anscetry.com-The Blount Tree-you dont need an invite to see the tree.
 No I dont about the GEDMatch.com.What is that?
 4/21/12
 I appreciate your response. Unfortunately I did not find your tree using the search feature. It produced 50 pages of results and did not have time to search through all of these. Can you provide a link to your tree. My email for genealogy is [email protected]@gmail.com if you had rather use it.
  Bill's2nd great grandfather was Lemuel Gurganus b abt 1810 d abt 1855 both in Pitt County, NC. He married Athey Woolard about 1833. His father is said to be Reuben Gurganus, Jr. His great grandmother was Susan L Evett/Everett b abt 1848 Beaufort Co NC. She married John R Boyd about 1871. I have not found her with parents. She was in the home of William P Boyd, father of John R. on the 1860 Beaufort County NC census.
  Gedmatch is a site that provides a tool for making comparisons between genealogies and DNA test results to help identify possible hidden ancestral connections with distant cousins. Just enter GEDmatch.com in your browser to go to the site.
  Regards,
  Elizabeth Robinette Simmons
  4/21/12 23&Me match with William Alfred Simmons, Jr.
  From: Lorraine Blount Peckham (Smurfette)
  Subject: Re: 3 segment match William A Simmons
  my ggg grandfather is Lemuel Gurganus-my gg grand father is william H gurganus-my great grandfather is John Ed Gurganus-my grandfather is Cecil Garland Gurganus who married Eva Hazel Ayers of martin county,they ended living in washington county
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 4/22/12
 Lorraine, thank you for the update on Guganus family. I finally located your tree on Ancestry.com. It appears you and Bill are 3rd cousins once removed. Please let me know if this is not correct. Bill's great grandmother was Harriet Lyvesta Gurganus sister to your William H Gurganus. She was the second wife to William Alfred Ross. Their daughter Mary Alice Ross married William Nathanial Simmons 5 Feb 1890 Greenville, Pitt County, NC. They are the parents of Bill's father.
  Regards, Elizabeth Simmons
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 4/22/12
 Lemuel Gurganus
 [Samuel Gurganus]
 Age: 40
 Birth Year: abt 1810
 Birthplace: North Carolina
 Home in 1850: Perkins, Pitt, North Carolina
 Gender: Male
 Family Number: 1086
 Household Members: Name Age
 Lemuel Gurganus 40
 Atha Gurganus 38
 Mary Ann Gurganus 15
 Tabitha Gurganus 13
 Wm Gurganus 11
 Frances Gurganus 9
 Sylvester Gurganus 7
 Sophia Gurganus 5
 Robert Gurganus 2
  Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Perkins, Pitt, North Carolina; Roll: M432_641; Page: 66B; Image: 138.
  Source Information:
  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
 Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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 2/12/11
  Name: Lemuel Gurganus. Age in 1860: 50. Birth Year: abt 1810
 Home in 1860: Pitt, North Carolina
 Gender: Male
 Post Office: Pactolus
 Value of real estate: View image
 Household Members: Name Age
 Lemuel Gurganus 50
 Atha Gurganus 47
 H L Gurganus 15
 Sopha Gurganus 14
 Robert Gurganus 11
 Maria Gurganus 9
 Mc G B Gurganus 8
 Redden Gurganus 6
 G B Gurganus 2
 J E Bullock 23
 Tilitha Bullock 23
 E E Bullock 3
 M A Bullock 2
 S E Bullock 1/12
  Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Pitt, North Carolina; Roll: M653_910; Page: 29; Image: 58; Family History Library Film: 803910.
  Source Information:
  Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
 Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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 Name: Lemuel Gurganus
 Age: 40
 Estimated birth year: abt 1810
 Birth Place: North Carolina
 Gender: Male
 Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Perkins, Pitt, North Carolina
 Family Number: 1086
 Household Members: Name Age
 Lemuel Gurganus 40
 Atha Gurganus 38
 Mary Ann Gurganus 15
 Tabitha Gurganus 13
 Wm Gurganus 11
 Frances Gurganus 9
 Sylvester Gurganus 7
 Sophia Gurganus 5
 Robert Gurganus 2
  Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Perkins, Pitt, North Carolina; Roll: M432_641; Page: 66B; Image: 138.
  Source Information:
  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
 Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.


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