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techteach;37856 wrote: Autosomal. You can do it through Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA, or 23andMe. I think I read the cheapest way is to go Ancestry, download the results, and transfer them to FamilyTreeDNA which is free, although the free version is limited in listing the numbers of matches. You can also upload your DNA to Gedmatch for nothing. That way, you get the farthest possibility of matching someone.
Techteach
Is this the link for the correct test?
Yes. Ancestry only does an autosomal test. No comparison tools though so take the sample to Gedmatch or FamilyTreeDNA, although reports are both sites are overwhelmed by people uploading their Ancestry samples.
Techteach
Jonesin;37841 wrote: My Hortons came from Lee and Russell county Virginia sometime prior to 1835. William Kemp Horton came out with his two sisters Elizabeth and Lucy and lived near the Platte area of Missouri. He bought property from the outlaw Cole Younger and changed his name to Whorton. William Hortons wife Mary Ellen Tilton’s family has surnames Tilton, Lum, Moore, Medford, and Harrison.
Im not sure exactly where in VA my Hortons originate. As far as I know so far, Ezra Horton was born abt 1763 VA.
Him and his son Thomas (b 1787 VA) moved to Coshocton Co OH. Ezra Hortons name is on a “military land tract” record dated 1803 for OH, and is found on census of 1820 there. Ive posted about them in somewhat recent threads.
Maybe a connection will show up sometime. Regardless, it seems you have plenty of leads and connections 😀 that’s great!
Hello all I’m new to this site and I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Bruce and my dad’s family came from the Blue Ridge mountains. My ggggreat grandfather’s name was Peter H Mason and he was born sometime around 1814 in Amherst County. He married a woman by the name of Dianna Sorrells and he inherited land from an individual named Peter Hartless. All of those names were on Plecker’s hit list that was published in 1943. All of these families were listed as mulattoes during the 1800’s. I was wondering if anyone out your way who has any insight on these families names and possible tribal connection? The family had passed on a story that Peter Mason was Cherokee and that he was hidden out and adopted by the Masons and Hartless family. I’ve been working on this for years now, and I’m happy to hear what any of you might have to say.
Thanks B
Heya Bruce,
Welcome to Saponitown. My wife has Sorrells on Pleckers list from Westmoreland Co. I’ll get her to check her files to see what info she has. Also be sure to use the search feature here and post in any relevant threads to bring them to the top of forum and we will add your info to existing threads.
Again, welcome.
Bruce.. see the threads that I brought to the top of the Share Genealogy forum.
Hi Jonesin, I share the Potter name with you and TechTeach. If you get a DNA sample on GedMatch let me know. Using GedMatch tools TechTeach and I were able to identify a 7 centimorgan shared DNA segment shared between her and my mother and uncle – children of my Potter grandmother.
On your paternal names I also share, Jones, Smith, Miller and Schule (Schulyer?). The Jones out of VA, the Smiths from VA to (they changed their name) the Millers from WV, Schule out of PA, all lines eventually ended up in Indiana. The Jones/Smith lines passed the Blackfoot oral history through my family down to the Potter they married into. My Potters are a brick-wall past 1800, they were out of Darke County Ohio before Indiana, and likely PA before that, but there is little info. The Potters in my line were known for their coal black eyes and hair. Not sure if there is any connection to your lines. Your Essie Virginia Silvers Jones has some resemblance to people in my Potter line, like Pearl Cooley and Marion Howard Potter. The pictures are in my ‘other family members album’ if you want to judge for yourself.
Same story about hair color and eyes for my Ohio Potters. My great-great grandmother, Mary Lovina Potter who was born in Emeline, Iowa after her line went to IA, had dark eyes and long black hair that was never cut and worn in 2 braids.
Jonesin, you test DNA on one of the 3 major companies, and then download the results to your computer and upload to Gedmatch, a free site with more DNA tools than other sites. So if you test on Ancestry, you download the DNA sample and then upload to Gedmatch. Gedmatch lets you manipulate matching parameters which is how I got the match to Marc Snelling. It also has good tools for determining ethnicity.
Techteach
MarcSnelling;37893 wrote: Hi Jonesin, I share the Potter name with you and TechTeach. If you get a DNA sample on GedMatch let me know. Using GedMatch tools TechTeach and I were able to identify a 7 centimorgan shared DNA segment shared between her and my mother and uncle – children of my Potter grandmother.
On your paternal names I also share, Jones, Smith, Miller and Schule (Schulyer?). The Jones out of VA, the Smiths from VA to (they changed their name) the Millers from WV, Schule out of PA, all lines eventually ended up in Indiana. The Jones/Smith lines passed the Blackfoot oral history through my family down to the Potter they married into. My Potters are a brick-wall past 1800, they were out of Darke County Ohio before Indiana, and likely PA before that, but there is little info. The Potters in my line were known for their coal black eyes and hair. Not sure if there is any connection to your lines. Your Essie Virginia Silvers Jones has some resemblance to people in my Potter line, like Pearl Cooley and Marion Howard Potter. The pictures are in my ‘other family members album’ if you want to judge for yourself.
Thanks for the reply Marc Snelling,
Not sure what our Potter family looked like. Know they were married into the Turner/Black families of VA/NC. Know they migrated from Cocke County TN to the Clay/platte are of MO in the 1820’s/30’s. Smiths and Birds/Byrds are out out of VA. Miller’s/French’s come from PA. then into Indiana. When I get the DNA results in the next few weeks I will keep you all posted.
Yes some similarities in your photos to my family.
Thanks Marc
Chris
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