Category Archives: Howell

Research into the Howell Family Line Including the following individuals with

  • 2. Clarence Fletcher Howell.
  • 92. Lewis Bryan.
  • 184. Robert Bryan.

My Best of 2016 & Expectations for 2017

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Don Taylor

Happy New Year – 2017 My Best of 2016 I changed my blogging platform during 2016. Switching from Blogger to WordPress was a challenge and switching from blog.dtaylorgenealogy.com to www.dontaylorgenealogy.com was even worse.  My former domain, dtaylorgenealogy.com was supposed to redirect … Continue reading →

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Ancestor #34 – Thomas A Pankey (c. 1760-1829)

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Don Taylor

 Howell-Darling-2016 Research Howell/Pankey Line By Don Taylor Sadly, the 1790 Census and the 1800 Census records for Virginia were lost. Apparently destroyed by the British during the war of 1812. This loss has a major effect on tracing this family … Continue reading →

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Deed Transfer – Robert Bryan to Lewis Bryan

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Don Taylor

Amanuensis Monday – Howell Research – 3 April 1794 Transcription & Interpretation by Don Taylor [Source: Martin County Old Deed Records. Book C, Pages 248 and 249.] This Indenture made this the 3rd day of April in the year of … Continue reading →

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Will DNA Testing provide the Answer for my Howell Brick Wall?

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Don Taylor

By Don Taylor I have completed my initial writing about Generations 3, 4, and 5 on my Howell line research. (See my blog on Howell Research for a list of people and articles.) My next person to research in that line … Continue reading →

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Inconsistencies with Samuel Aquilla Long (1817-c.1870)

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Don Taylor

By – Don Taylor Sometimes, I feel like I am marching to the beat of a different drummer.  Or as my mother might say, “Look at my son, he is in step, but everyone else is out of step.” Once … Continue reading →

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