Corel Cousins

I had started working on researching to write up a page for Jemima Morris Corel, daughter of Henry Highland Corel and Nancy Matney.  When working on this line, I had to refer to the writing of Jemima’s daughter, Agnes Salathiel Hall.  It is a wonderful writing, even if some of the facts are a bit [...]

For today’s Madness Monday I have decided to not search for an individual or a family, but see if any of my fellow genealogists can help me figure out a bit of a mystery! Before I have even wrapped things up here, I think I have solved my own mystery!
I have a brief manuscript written [...]

Today marks the 195th anniversary of the birth of Henry Highland Corel.  Henry was born on April 2, 18141 in Tazewell County, Virginia.  Henry was the second child and first son born to Rebecca Oney and William Corel.
Henry Highland Corel married Nancy Matney on August 2, 1938 in Tazewell County, Virginia2.  Nancy and Henry would [...]

Very little is actually known about Rebecca Oney, but what has been able to be pieced together by census records, land warrants, and the like makes me feel quite honored to call her my fourth great grandmother.
Rebecca Oney was born August 26, 1791 either in Richlands, Russell County, Virginia or a short distance away in [...]

I’ve been working away here on Corel Cousins and just realized that I hadn’t shared with you all what I’ve been doing and what new pages I have added!
The last update blog post I did, I wrote about how I did not think that Robert Emmitt McGlothlin was a child of Judith Leathers and John [...]