Lewis Floyd - Half Siblings of Elizabeth Floyd Linn

Hi Alex:

I was following this as a resource:

From Descendants of John Floyd:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://familyt...

Though he's in there on this secondary source, it also has the following qualifiers:

Children of DAVIS FLOYD and SUSANNAH JOHNSTON are:
*4. iv. BENJAMIN FLOYD,
**b. Abt. 1807.
***Notes for BENJAMIN FLOYD: There is a Benjamin mentioned in the disposition proceedings of Davis' Florida estate, but I have no other reason to impute his being their child here.

*1. v. LEWIS7 FLOYD [461],[462],[463],
**b. Abt. 1811.
***Notes for LEWIS FLOYD: About this Lewis, Alex Luken of Louisville says:
****"I think Lewis is incorrect. I believe they (ed.: the Tuley book) are referring to Gabriel. He ran the hotel in Indiana, although he also lived in Fla. for part of that time, and was living in St. Louis when he died in 1842. (ed.: see Lewis' half brother Gabriel.)
****"Tuley said Lewis was a long time resident of the Indiana side of the river. Yet he isn't on the census, and he isn't on the 1834 affidavit of Davis' children. If he was born in 1811, and died before 1834, that would hardly qualify him as a long term resident as he would only be 23. Gabriel, on the other hand, was about 46 when he died..."
****I agree that Lewis seems suspect based on this.... and there is apparently a will that names a son Robert....

The rest of the passage on the family is located in the About section of his father's profile.

My relation to the family is rather distant. At the time I entered in the data and conforming the tree to this source, I was assisting a more direct relation to the family.

Alex luken your hard to find ive read all the stuff you have put in paper s on us first I wana say we never left wv and 87 yr old rev George Floyd is my dad when one day we were at his daughter s and my sisters in raleigh beckley wv and seen were none of us live here in your writing my sister lives there but most live in Fayette County but my dads brother still lives in mingo were my dad was raised he still owner of 25 us va gov son land I was just there son of John Floyds 25 VA Gov col George Rodgers Clark Floyd he didnt sell all of it to uncle John B Floyd civil war General my dad and his brother that ownes the land are in church my whole life we hold our history close it hert reading your stuff on us I must say well the part we dont live here no more do you still write for papers here in wv us Floyds are in Fayette and Mingo WV and I do have a sister in Raleigh wv still William Mike Floyd is who you need to talk to he moved from here 15 yr ago to VA he has all proven Document s and the Gov Mansion in Richmond Borrow s his pic to hang in the Gov home of our 4th Great Grandfather 25 VA Gov John Floyd . I enjoy everything you wrote just the part were we not here no more and no way to get back at ya on that finally you can be reached mr Angel only uses facts he will help you good to get to talk to you finally keep writing I enjoy it greatly good stuff indeed sincerely G Jason Floyd the Lewis Cemetery is private now and pop pop Gov John his grave is not unmarked I have a pic here of it when I go back your invitation is here. God bless have a great day sincerely. JASON Floyd. ..

Hi Jason -
So nice to hear from you! George Rogers Clark Floyd, the son of the Gov. (not to be confused with his uncle, who married Sarah Fontaine here in Louisville) has been an illusive individual to document. I don't write for a paper; I do research for Pat Stevens, IV who is a descendant of John Floyd's daughter from his first marriage to Matilda Burford, Mourning Floyd.

I went to Burke's Garden and Amherst Co. VA last summer, and am hoping to get to Mingo Co. before too long. I exchanged emails with someone earlier this year that mentioned William Mike Floyd to me, and e-mailing him is on my to-do list.

One item I have never seen commented on elsewhere is an entry in Gov. John Floyd's Diary. There is the following entry for November 1831:
Fourth Day. This day my wife arrived and her children, John and his wife, William, Lavalette, Nicketti, Coralie and Woushippakniga. (According to the birth order, "Woushippakniga" would appear to be a nickname for George Rogers Clark Floyd.)

Most of my work has been done on Robert Clark Floyd's family, of which Davis Floyd is a member.

Regards,
Alex

Wow thats cool I never made that connect tion is it safe to add his nickname then I only want facts on my line same as Pat does for Mourning s line we have made contact before I know my Grandfather enjoyed Mourning s company shes his half sister well you Know for sure can I ask what do you know of our native blood and what are your views ive been to the grave of Grandfather John and will be at his dads as soon as I make it to KY I see were pat says its in despare I wana see if I can get it repaired in the 90s family fixed his son John s but its getting bad that land is out of the family now and the cemetery gated and posted but its being handled is what i here. This is fact tho Gov John has a big family and mine still have the native blood from a closer grandmother thats my dads mom so it got regeneration lol and they didnt like when I told them the graves were bloked and posted but seriously tho I do wana see if anything can be done about both places getting attention William got alot in 07 from Pat he also showed him our line its not hard DaD is 87 his brother ownes the land of Gov Floyds Son in mingo uncle Ted Ownes George Rogers Clark Floyd s land and land deeds and his sister takes care of cemetery we have a reunion every year and a huge family know Gov Floyd is there Grandfather but we showed that many yrs ago the most I see is now here its crazy the stuff here not sure why everyone ive never seen at reunion are so into our line for sure guess im asking what are your views on this indeed