The highlighted links below point to web pages about that family group. After you click on one of the links and jump to the web page for that family name, you will see the GEDCOM file below a dotted line. Put your mouse cursor below the dotted line, in front of the first line of data, which begins with '0 HEAD'. Hold down the mouse button and drag the cursor over '0 HEAD' to highlight it. Then jump to the bottom of the page, hold down the shift key, and drag over the last line, '0 TRLR'. The entire file will be highlighted. Then, from your browser's menu bar, click Edit and Copy. All that highlighted data is now copied into your computer's memory, or "clipboard" as Windows calls it. Then, open a plain-text editor, such as Windows Wordpad, tell it to create a new text file, and then paste the GEDCOM file currently in memory into a new file. Give the new file any name you want, but be sure it ends in .ged, e.g., somename.ged. Save the new GEDCOM file to disk, and be sure to save it as a text file. Remember, this GEDCOM file must be identical to the text you copied from this page. Then, import the file into whatever genealogy program you use.
Individual biographical pages have been written for some people; you can link to the Biographical Data page from the file-cabinet icon at the right of this page. Please send any comments to Lee Hill.
The databases I have created thus far include:
- Elmore. The PAF source file for the Elmores is about 545 KB in size. It includes 850 individuals, 326 marriages, 180 citations, and 224 note entries. Some Elmores date to the 17th century (e.g., Peter Elmore I, b. 1672, York County, VA). Most of the individuals in this database were born in, lived in, or died in Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky, and Tennessee, but other states are also involved. Besides Elmore, this database includes the following surnames: Agnew, Allen, Apple, Arron, Austin, Baker, Barringer, Batson, Beltz, Bennett, Biggs, Blackwell, Blackwood, Blair, Blaylock, Blazebrook, Borders, Boulton, Bradley, Brandon, Brann, Branstetter, Bratton, Bridges, Brock, Brooks, Brown, Burton, Butler, Byford, Carber, Chapman, Clark, Clements, Cobb, Cochran, Cole, Coleman, Conley, Connell, Cottingham, Craig, Crandock, Crane, Crenshaw, Damron, Davie, Davis, Dickson, Dillon, Downs, Dunning, Duscel, Elam, Ellis, Ellyson, Farley, Featherstone, Fitzpatrick, Fly, Fulcher, Gallop, Gaston, Gathright, Gibson, Gist, Grammer, Green, Greer, Gunn, Gurley, Hale, Hamlett, Harms, Harris, Harvey, Hauckens, Hawkins, Haworth, Haynes, Hearn, Herndon, Hicks, Hill, Hiller, Hines, Hogan, Holland, Hollaway, Howell, Hunsaker, Hunter, Hutchins, Jeans, Johnson, Jolly, Jones, Jordan, Keith, Kerr, Kessler, Landis, Lea, Lewis, Lighthorn, Lindsey, Long, Lumpkin, Lutrell, Lykins, Lynch, Mahulda, Majors, Marshall, Martin, Martz, Mason, Mathis, McCain, McCaul, McCollough, McDonald, McGee, McGraw, McKelvey, McSwain, Meador, Mendenhall, Miller, Mills, Mitchel, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Mounts, Murphy, Nance, Neal, Nesbett, Noel, Norris, Nunn, O'brien, Oden, Oller, Orr, Parrish, Parsley, Pass, Peak, Pearce, Penix, Penrod, Pharr, Pritchett, Ragle, Rayburn, Reed, Renfro, Rhoades, Rice, Rich, Rippy, Roberts, Roper, Roselle, Ross, Royster, Russell, Sanders, Saxon, Scott, Slade, Spires, Stafford, Stanley, Stewart, Stice, Strond, Summers, Tarpley, Taylor, Teeter, Thomas, Thompson, Thornburg, Tilden, Townes, Trammel, Treece, Tygett, Ussery, Vancil, Vaugh, Vaught, Vincent, Waddill, Walker, Warren, Watson, Web, Whitaker, Wilkins, Williams, Wilson, Winn, Wooday, Woodcock, and Woodward. This data was posted on 4 June 2001.
- Fleeman.
The Fleeman database contains 248 individuals, 80 marriages, 99 sources/citations, and 106 textual note entries. This family group begins in 1730 with the birth of Thomas Fleeman and progresses through the Fleemans' settlement in Tennessee, including the marriage into the Stafford family in Illinois. Another early Fleeman is Thomas Fleeman (b. 1749). Family surnames associated with the Fleeman database include Anderson, Artz, Barrow, Blair, Blevins, Carr, Carter, Cox, Dillman, Dillow, Fulkerson, Gebert, Glascook, Gooch, Gothard, Griffin, Haley, Hammond, Harwell, Hill, Hodges, Huff, Hughs, Kee, Leath, Lookadoo, Matthews, Mitchell, O'brien, Perkinson, Reynolds, Richardson, Riggs, Rollow, Shirley, Simmons, Stafford, Steel, Taylor, Thomasson, Thompson, Tolliver, Tumpack, Warner, Warren, White, Whittiker, Williams, Woodmore, Worbes, and Wright. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Haley. This database includes 93 individuals, 34 marriages, 11 sources, 15 citations, and 42 note entries. Family surnames associated with the Haley database besides Haley include Anderson, Averet, Barnett, Beasley, Blankenship, Blankinship, Blanks, Bradley, Carpenter, Cummings, Davis, Gold, Gregory, Grissom, Hail, Hailey, Hale, Harrison, Johnson, Jones, Marshall, McKee, Miller, Perry, Samson, Shaw, Williams, and Wilson. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Hill.The Hill database contains 83 individuals, 36 marriages, 21 sources, 106 citations, and 220 note entries. Most of the Hills in this database were born in or lived in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois. Besides the Hill name, surnames in the Hill database include Berry, Caple, Chatman, Davis, Durham, Galey, Hager, Harrington, Hogue, Hong, Hudson, Kemmerling, Kirkpatrick, Korando, Mahalovitz, Marks, Moore, Petit, Ray, Smith, Stafford, Stout, Stowers, Thornley, Tolliver, Townes, and Weller. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Hiller. The Hiller database has been very heavily researched by Frances Widdows Ashley. It begins in 1790 with the birth of Johannis Hiller and traces his descendants to present times. The database includes 801 individuals, 334 marriages, 327 sources and citations, and 229 textual note entries. Surnames included are: Abbott, Ahl, Allen, Anderson, Andrews, Artz, Ashman, Atkins, Bacon, Baker, Barbara, Bates, Batson, Beltz, Benton, Bernreuter, Bevis, Biggs, Bird, Bishop, Black, Boner, Bonham, Boswell, Bowlin, Boyd, Bradlaw, Bradley, Brandon, Brewer, Brooks, Bryant, Buchanan, Bulliner, Bush, Butcher, Byers, Cannon, Canter, Caraway, Carver, Clayton, Clifton, Clinton, Coleman, Collins, Combs, Cook, Cooper, Crawshaw, Crowder, Crowell, Culp, Damron, Davenport, Davis, Demming, Dial, Dobbs, Douglas, Elmore, Etherton, Evans, Fischer, Fisher, Fleeman, Frank, Franklin, Fry, Fulkerson, Gamble, Gardner, Garth, Gaston, Goode, Goodman, Gowins, Grammar, Gregory, Grissom, Gurley, Hagler, Hailes, Hamilton, Handleman, Hanks, Hanson, Harris, Harrison, Harter, Hartline, Helmer, Henley, Herndon, Hickey, Hickman, Hicks, Hill, Hiller, Hines, Hodgens, Hogg, Hogue, Holder, Holland, Holoman, Horning, Howell, Hudson, Jetton, Johnson, Jones, Kean, Kellerman, King, Kirkpatrick, Krous, Krumsiek, Lacy, Landis, Laney, Leaton, Lewis, Lilley, Lindsey, Lingle, Lingle-Crowell, Lipe, Long, Lott, Magyar, Mandrell, Mannering, Mannino, Maxwell, McNier, McCaul, McClelland, McClusky, McCormick, McKenzie, Meyer, Meyers, Miller, Miner, Mitchell, Montbach, Montgomery, Moorehouse, Morris, Moss, Mountain, Moyer, Murphy, Murray, Myers, Neal, Nelson, Noel, North, Novotny, Paul, Pearce, Penry, Pensoneau, Phillips, Pippin, Pirtle, Powell, Quinn, Radford, Raulston, Rausch, Rendleman, Reynolds, Richerson, Ripley, Robertson, Robinson, Rogers, Rollins, Roltsch, Roth, Rowen, Rule, Rushing, Russel, Sanders, Scarborough, Sheley, Sims, Sitter, Smith, Sours, Spires, Spohn, Stafford, Stanley, Steinhauer, Stevers, Stoty, Stover, Sykes, Teeter, Thomas, Trammel, Treece, Trobaugh, Tygett, Ugo, Ulmer, Umholtz, Vancil, Wadley, Waldrop, Ward, Watkins, Weaver, Wheatly, Whitaker, Widower, Wilcox, Williams, Williamson, Willson, Wilson, Winchester, Wolf, Wright, and Yoggerst. This data was exported by Lee Hill from the PAF database and posted in the GEDCOM format on this page on 06 June 2001.
- Holland. The Holland GEDCOM database has 283 individuals, 126 marriages, 81 sources/citations, and 76 note entries. Besides the Holland name, surnames in this database include Altom, Apple, Artz, Ballard, Batson, Bloodsworth, Boals, Brandon, Brooks, Bryan, Buskirk, Cannon, Carr, Chaille, Cowan, Crowell, Crutcher, Davis, Denison, Dent, Elmore, Exby, Findley, Gentry, Goodman, Gordon, Gould, Griffith, Griffiths, Gurley, Hagler, Harris, Henderson, Hiller, Holliman, Hopkins, Houghland, Hudspeth, Humphrey, Hunsaker, Jenion, Lane, Leafty, Linebarger, Marberry, Mason, May, Mayes, Mayo, McCaul, McKinney, Moulton, Murphy, Noel, Ogden, Owen, Parker, Peak, Pearson, Pennewel, Peyton-Krause, Powell, Purdom, Roberts, Row, Rowland, Rushing, Rutledge, Seuberth, Shadowens, Shaffer, Shaw, Shemwell, Shockleys, Sivia, Smith, Stafford, Stanley, Staton, Stoker, Stokes, Stout, Sutton, Swaim, Tanner, Thompson, Toler, Townsend, Walker, Wallop, Ward, Warner, Widdows, Wiese, and Williams. This data was exported by Lee Hill from the PAF database and posted in the GEDCOM format on this page on 06 June 2001.
- Noel. This database includes 159 individuals, 67 marriages, 38 sources, 57 citations, and 36 note entries. Surnames in this database besides Noel include Baker, Boman, Boyd, Burklow, Cannon, Chase, Clark, Davis, Deming, Dillard, Dobbins, Gentry, Gregory, Hallmark, Hiller, Holland, Honeycutt, Howell, Kesler, Lane, Marmaduke, Martin, Monk (or Mouk), Morgan, Peak, Pettit, Rendleman, Roach, Sheppard, Siddall, Smith, Spiller, Spires, Stout, Suckey, Taylor, Thompson, Tippy, Trull, Watson, Whitlow, Wiley, Winfield, and Wright. This data was exported by Lee Hill from the PAF database and posted in the GEDCOM format on this page on 06 June 2001.
- Stafford, Bird LaFayette. Sources for this database include Hardeman County TN; and Polk and Dallas Counties, MO. Family surnames associated with Bird LaFayette's group include Chapman, Cheek, Franklin, Gott, Harmon, Hastings, Johnston, Maddox, Nimmo-Wingo, Parker, and Stafford. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Staffords, Illinois. The Illinois Stafford database includes 396 individuals, 178 marriages, 72 sources, 210 citations, and 376 note entries. Many of the people in this database were born in, lived in, or died in Jackson, Alexander, Williamson, Franklin, and Union Counties, IL; Grayson County TX; and Macon County TN. Family surnames associated with the Illinois-Stafford group include Abbott, Armstrong, Artz, Ashley, Batson, Beltz, Bloodworth, Bryant, Carr, Cochran, Colp, Cooper, Cox, Crowder, Damron, Davis, Dillow, Drake, Elmore, Elnigenberg, Evans, Farlow, Fleeman, Goodwin, Grammar, Grammar-Hagler, Haley, Hall, Haney, Hill, Hiller, Holland, Hong, Hunsaker, Jepson, Justice, Kee, Klank, Le Bar, Lea, Lemons, Lewis, Lilley, Lineberry, Manis, Mann, Martin, McCormick, Metten, Meyers, Michaels, Mountain, Mull, Noel, Parks, Pearce, Peyton-Krause, Phemister, Post, Rahn, Rendleman, Roberts, Rolens, Royster, Rushing, Schwartz, Scott, Sitter, Smith, Staton, Stout, Sullivan, Swartz, Tarpley, Taylor, Toler, Tomlinson, Townes, Treece, Tygett, Van Buskirk, Venable, Vincent, Watkins, Widdows, Womack, and Worbes. Data posted on 06 June 2001.
- Stafford, Laban Senior. This database includes 74 individuals, 34 marriages, 35 sources, 36 citations, and 26 note entries. Sources for this database include the Johnston family bible; cemeteries in Davidson County NC; Court minutes, Caswell County, NC; estate records; marriage records for Caswell, Davidson, Person, and Rowan Counties NC; tax lists; mortality schedule for Forsyth County NC; US Census for Caswell, Davidson, Jackson, and Stokes Counties NC; US Census for Jackson County TN; US Census for Virginia; and wills. Family surnames besides Stafford include Bevell, Cole, Cook, Eskridge, Forshee, Gillespie, Hanks, Heady, Johnston, Monroe, Morgan, Nimmo-Wingo, Parker, Payne, Peeler, Porter, Rothrock, Rudd, Taylor, Webster, Whitlow, and Williams. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Stafford, Labon. This database includes 7 individuals, 1 marriage, 1 source, and 1 citation. Counties involved are Caswell and Person Counties NC; and Humphries County TN. Individuals include George, Jane, Labon, Rufus, Thomas, and William Stafford. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Stafford, Laban (Labon) W.. This database includes 15 individuals, 3 marriages, 3 sources, 3 citations, and 4 note entries. These people were born in, lived in, or died in Jackson and Humphries Counties TN; Douglas County MO; and Caswell County NC. Family surnames associated with the Laban Stafford, Senior, group, besides Stafford, include Bevel, Cole, Cook, Doe, Eskridge, Forshee, Gillespie, Hanks, Heady, Johnston, Monroe, Morgan, Nimmo-Wingo, Parker, Payne, Peeler, Porter, Rothrock, Rudd, Taylor, Webster, Whitlow, and Williams. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Staffords, Miscellaneous. This database includes 110 individuals, 31 marriages, 8 sources, 9 citations, and 38 note entries. Sources for this database include Dorchester County MD; Johnson, Williamson, Franklin, Massac, and Pope Counties IL; Effingham County GA; and Essex County NY. Family surnames besides Stafford associated with the Miscellaneous Stafford group include Carpenter, DuBois, Felts, Freezor, Gindrat, Greene, Ivy, Murray, Robson, Sayles, Spencer, Sweet, Taylor, Tison, Wescott, and Williams. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Staffords, Missouri. This database includes 19 individuals, 4 marriages, 3 sources, 2 citations, and 6 note entries. This data comes from Cape Girardeau County MO. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Staffords, North Carolina. This database includes 241 individuals, 95 marriages, 38 sources, 60 citations, and 118 note entries. Most of these Staffords were born in, lived in, or died in Davidson, Randolph, Guilford, Mongomery, Orange, Alamance (formed from Orange), Person, Forsyth (formed from Stokes), and Rowan Counties NC; and Effingham County GA. Family surnames associated with the North Carolina Staffords include, besides Stafford, Adeline, Albright, Amick, Branson, Brown, Coggins, Cole, Cosand, Davis, Dixon, Farabee, Faust, Forbes, Gamble, Gilchrist, Hendricks, Hershman, Hornaday, Hudson, Huff, Lambeth, Law, Ledenheim, Lloyd, Lockridge, Ludlum, Mallet, Maner, May, McCauley, McClintock, Mebane, Moffitt, Monroe, Mungey, Partlow, Patterson, Payne, Pritchard, Pugh, Redwine, Reed, Reeves, Reitzel, Ridge, Roberson, Rogers, Ross, Sapp, Shaff, Shaw, Simmonds, Smith, Spoon, Stokes, Stone, Thomas, Thompson, Verhart, Weatherly, Welch, Westbrook, Williams, and Wood. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Staffords, Tennessee. This database includes 126 individuals, 37 marriages, 25 sources, 152 citations, and 60 note entries. These Staffords were born in, lived in, or died in Obion, Smith, Macon, Dickson, and Trousdale Counties, TN; and Caswell County, NC. Family surnames associated with the Tennesse-Stafford family group include, besides Stafford, Carman, Faxton, Gilbert, James, Jones, Knowles, McClanahan, McClard, Parker, Peterson, Powell, Quine, Quinn, Roark, Roberts, Robison, and Watson. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Stafford, Zorobable. This database includes 22 individuals, 6 marriages, 6 sources, 8 citations, and 7 note entries. These Staffords were located in Stoddard County MO. Family surnames besides Stafford associated with Zorobable's group include Davis, Quinn, and Smith. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Townes. This database contains 1289 individuals and 441 marriages. It goes further back in time than any other database on this page. It begins in England, with the marriage of John Townes (1575-1627) and Elizabeth Alice Clarke (1575-1630). One son, William Towne (1598-1673) was born in England but died in Topsfield, MA. He came to the US in about 1630. Family surnames associated with the Townes group include Allen, Atkins, Babcock, Barlow, Bennett, Bradfield, Bridge, Brown, Browning, Broyles, Brutten, Bybee, Chambers, Childress, Clinchscales, Cloyes, Coleman, Comstock, Crane, DiSalverio, Durham, Esty, Farlow, Fuqua, Garver, Hall, Hill, Hinkle, Hong, Howell, Humenik, Jennings, Kayes, Kemmerling, Lawson, Ligon, Lowe, Mack, McCammon, McFadden, Mefford, Merk, Miller, Nurse, Ogle, Perkins, Pickering, Price, Pride, Purdy, Rhodes, Richards, Robertson, Rogers, Salley, Sarkela, Schaeffer, Schmidt, Scott, See, Sherry, Smith, Stephenson, Shockley, Shoemaker, Stafford, Stowers, Smart, Steproe, Symonds, Thurston, Van Hoozer, Vincent, Wade, Westfield, White, Winsett, Young, and Zimmerman. This data was posted on 18 April 2001.
- Widdows. This database includes 110 individuals, 59 marriages, 13 sources, 82 citations, and 29 note entries. Family surnames associated with the Widdows group, besides Widdows, include Ashland, Ashley, Ashton, Beltz, Chambers, Colvill, Cooper, Dix, Dicks, Elmore, Fleeman, Haley, Hiller, Hilton, Hodges, Holland, Jackson, Kennedy, Lea, Leslie, Maddock, Maddox, Meyers, Nicholls, Oliver, Pearce, Potts, Pye, Roberts, Simcock, Simpson, Stafford, Staton, Stevens, Stout, Tarpley, Thatcher, Throckmorton, Van Princin, and Woodas. This data was posted on 06 June 2001.
- Worbes. The Worbes database includes 24 individuals, 11 marriages, 1 source, 2 citations, and 3 note entries. Family surnames associated with the Worbes group, besides Worbes, include Bailey, Dillow, Caddell, Moore, Sinclair, and Stroman. Data posted on 06 June 2001.
Last Updated 20 January 2005
