Sturgills in America

Howard, Elizabeth Wells

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Ephriam is said to have been married to Elizabeth Howard, though proof is lacking. Howards did live beside these Osborns on the Yadkin River, NC.

Osborns and Howards did travel together from NC to VA to Harlan Co., KY.

Jeff Weaver in a letter dated 30 Jan. 1995, said that he is not

convinced that Elizabeth was the wife of Ephriam, and certainly not

convinced that Ephriam was married twice. In regards to the Ashe Co., NC

Heritage Book, Vol 2, Jeff had the following to say about the article on pg. 173

by Joseph Dixon: "I have no clue where he got his information on the

Howards, but his information on the Osbornes is GOOOOOFY, so I don't put

much stock in anything he submitted. Maybe a well-meaning soul, I don't

know him, but he is repeating the same old Osborne stuff which was

"invented". I have seen other folks claim that Ephriam Osborne was

married twice, however, I have never been convinced that his wife was

Elizabeth Howard. This whole story began when Will Daniels, an attorney

hired a professional, name escapes me now, but both are dead, submitted

his report with the Greata Holman business et al. When reputable folks

tried to followup and obtain more information they could find none of

these folks in records for Tidewater Virginia. An investigation of the

professional revealed that he was prone to invent something to satisfy

his clients. I suppose he figured since someone hired him they didn't

have time or ability to do the research on their own. At any rate, Will

Daniels discovered he had been hoodwinked, but not before he had spread

this stuff all over New River Valley and beyond. He did some on the

Hashes which is equally as goofy, still causing problems with that stuff

too. Mrs. Myrtle Greer Johnson and her sisters, excellent

researchers in their own right as well as Rita Sutton whose stuff seems

to be sound, never bought into this stuff. In fact Myrtle was the one

who discovered that the professional genealogist was a fraud. I suspect

that the Ephriam Osborne on New River originated in Dutchess Co., NY as

one of the right age disappears about the right time, but this is only

speculation on my part. If this could be proven, then a lineage of

several more generations should be easy to construct. There is a lot

done on the Osbornes in CT, where the Dutchess Co. group was originally

from. Others suspect NJ or PA as points of origins for Ephriam.

Possible, but no one, as far as I know, has come up with a good clue."

"Settlement of the Northwest Carolina Frontier, 1747-1762", Robert W.

Ramsey. Pub. by The University of NC Press, Chapel Hill, 1964. Pg. 76 &

131. In Frederick Co., MD from 1749-1754. Removed from Anne Arundel

Co., MD to the Forks of the Yadkin, Rowan Co., NC.

Pedigree Chart from Cathy Bell of Lincoln, NE. 13 Apr 1993

Families & History of Sullivan Co., TN, Vol.1, 1779-1992. Pg 545

!aka Betty

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