Are you interested in the Southern Pioneers Project? [closed]

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The Southern Pioneers project is about the pioneers who left the original colonial settlements and ventured into the wilderness to expand our early nation. Our mission is to preserve and protect the genealogy of these early pioneer families and to provide accurate connections between their immigrant ancestors and modern day descendants based on research and documented sources.

If you are interested please answer the question below   

Here is our project page:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Southern_Pioneers

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Ok I guess. I am in...  my family couldnt get more southern.

Answer 1

I am not profile manager but would like to see Leftwich-125 included as a southern pioneer. I take care of DNA for Leftwich and have been adding our Ancestor Report at WT. This fall our reunion is scheduled to be in Alabama. From Alabama descendants of this family moved into Texas, would that qualify as a Southern Pioneer? Based on the approved profile it appears the time frame fits the category.

Sherrie Mitchell-17863

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Hello Sherrie

Nice to see your post.  We will take a look at your ancestor's profile here in a bit.

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General Jabez Leftwich  has a very nicely done profile Sherrie.  And yes, I would say that he and his descendants do qualify as Southern Pioneers.  If he is a direct ancestor of yours you should submit your Pioneer Trail for review and approval.  Contact me if you have any questions about how to go about doing that.

Best regards

David Douglas

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Thanks David,

I am not a direct descendant, I am a 6th great niece, so will ask a current day direct descendant to do follow through. I was welcomed by Paula J, but have not added the sticker for Southern Pioneers because I don't have a "direct connection" to any family members who left Bedford County Virginia. My roots are deep in Virginia, but I'm hoping to add to Southern pioneers with our researched families.

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Sherrie

You dont need to have direct ancestors within the project to join.  If you have an interest in the project feel free to join.

Answer 2

I would like to join the Southern Pioneers Project.  My Southern roots run deep with settlers to governors to early pioneers and everywhere in between.  They lived in the Carolina's, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and beyond.  I LOVE finding new ancestors, understanding their struggles and triumphs, and then connecting to new relatives through DNA passed down from these very ancestors.  I am delighted to assist this project in any way.

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Hello Dianne

And we are delighted that you have an interest in joining the Southern Pioneers Project.  We look forward to getting to know you.  I will send you more information here in a few minutes.  I have spme four legged friends that are waiting on breakfast

Answer 3

Hi, I would like to join the project. My ancestor, Adam Ivey, was born in the Virginia Colony about 1723. His son, Ephraim Ivey, born in Virginia, migrated to Warren County, Georgia.

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Hi Karen,

You can contribute to a profile without being a PM  Here is our help page on collaboration:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Collaboration

You can add any profile to the project either by adding the sticker or just the category.  See our project page for more information about the project. 

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Southern_Pioneers

Thanks for your interest in adding to our project!

Paula 

Answer 4

I would like to join the Southern Pioneers Project. My roots are deeply southern with many pioneers, Revolutionary Patriots and Veterans of the Great Rebellion (Civil War). My family's migrations followed routes from Virginia into North and South Carolina. Then Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Others left Virginia and the Carolinas for Kentucky, the Tennessee Territory, Mississippi Territory with families finally in Mississippi and Alabama.

I am still fairly new to WikiTree but like it. I try to work on it a bit at a time building skills. I still struggle to get things to work.

This is a nice project.

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Linda, David is out of pocket on holiday and  Paula is out of pocket for the most part due to Dorian. 

Thanks for your interest in the Southern Pioneers Project. 

Go ahead and add the Southern Pioneers Member sticker {{Member|Southern Pioneers}}  to your profle.  Also follow Southern Pioneers in your watchlist.  and if you want to join the gmail group is WikiTree's Southern Pioneers Project <wikisouthernpioneers@googlegroups.com>  It helps to give them your WT-ID. 

And if you need any help with anything, holler. 

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Lynette, thanks for responding to Linda and getting her squared on joining.  Linda, if you have any questions in regards to joining the Southern Pioneer's Project you can contact one (anyone) of us and we will be happy to help.

Welcome to the Southern Pioneer's Project.  We look forward to getting to know you

David Douglass

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Lynette and David,

Thanks for your replies. I have joined and added the sticker to my profile.

I hope to be able to contribute. I am just a bit slow at figuring things out !

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Now David or Paula just has to give you the Badge.  You can always post on our profiles or or send a private message.  We, any of us, will help you navigate.

Answer 5

I would also like to join the project. My ancestor Robert Sheffield was a Revolutionary War patriot from North Carolina who was born in Virginia & settled in Georgia. Another ancestor, Samuel Jackson, was the son of Rev. Jacob Jackson & Ann Beals, Quakers, whose roots stretch from Pennsylvania to Tennessee to Texas & every where in between. I love history & discovering unknown or forgotten family stories.

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Hi Alisha, sorry for the delay.  

Thanks for your interest in the Southern Pioneers Project. 

Go ahead and add the Southern Pioneers Member sticker {{Member|Southern Pioneers}}  to your profle.  Also follow Southern Pioneers in your watchlist.  and if you want to join the gmail group is WikiTree's Southern Pioneers Project <wikisouthernpioneers@googlegroups.com>  It helps to give them your WT-ID. 

And if you need any help with anything, holler. 

I think Paula is still recovering from Dorian, is may be without power.  But they will catch up shortly.  And if you need any help with anything, HOLLER!!!

Answer 6

Hi Paula et al.,

Now that I have more reliable internet, I'd like to join the Southern Pioneer's Project. Paternal ancestors mostly hailed from VA, settling in Jackson, Oglethorpe and Walton counties, GA. Thanks for adding me.

Answer 7

I would like to join the Southern Pioneers project. I research ancestry for candidates of a lineage society in Arkansas. The ancestors of many of these candidates followed the typical migration routes from Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia across Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. Some ventured into Louisiana and Missouri.

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Hi Anne, I just posted on your profile, then saw this.  I'm glad you are interested in in Arkansas and the Southern Pioneers.  

Welcome Aboard!!!

Please add  {{Member|Southern Pioneers}}   below the ==Biography== line in your profile. 

Also we have wikisouthernpioneers@googlegroups.com  Send an email and please include your wikitree id Orsi-21 so we know right off who you are. 

Lynette

Answer 8

I would like to join . Thanks!

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Hi Teresa, Welcome aboard, glad to have have you. 

Please add  {{Member|Southern Pioneers}}   below the ==Biography== line in your profile. 

Also we have wikisouthernpioneers@googlegroups.com  Send an email and please include your wikitree id so we know right off who you are.  This is where you can keep up with what we are doing. 

Answer 9

I have many southern pioneer ancestors and would love to join this group to contribute and also learn more about my own ancestors. Am looking for VARNER-1561 ancestors, BREWER (unknown yet) ancestors related to Charity Elizabeth Brewer to whom I have tenuous DNA connections, and various others tagged on my page.

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Hi Kath!!  Glad to have you!!

Please add  {{Member|Southern Pioneers}}   below the ==Biography== line in your profile. 

Also we have wikisouthernpioneers@googlegroups.com  Send an email and please include your wikitree id so we know right off who you are.  This is where you can keep up with what we are doing.  

Answer 10

Quite a few of my ancestors came to South Carolina via the Great Wagon Road & the Carolina Road... and a few settled first in Charles Towne before trekking through the wilderness. Actually a few weren't actually pioneers, but were here all along! I'd like to help wherever I have something I can contribute.

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Hi Betty, Glad to have you!!!

I know what you mean about the pioneers who really weren't with the family coming in waves.

Please add  {{Member|Southern Pioneers}}   below the ==Biography== line in your profile. 

Also we have wikisouthernpioneers@googlegroups.com  Send an email and please include your wikitree id so we know right off who you are.  This is where you can keep up with what we are doing.   And lets us get to know you. 

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Thanks for adding Skelton-1756 to the Southern Pioneers Project!

Answer 11

I wish to join the Southern Pioneers Project. My mother comes from a long line of Friends (Quakers) who immigrated to Indiana from Virginia and North Carolina. I am currently attempting to unravel the story of the Small family's journey from Nansemond County in the Colony of Virginia in the late 17th century, thru North Carolina, back thru the western tip of Virginia, into Ohio before settling in Indiana at the beginning of the 19th century. Currently, it is in a state of a Small mess.

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Hi Charlie, Glad to have you!!   As wit hthe  above Please add  {{Member|Southern Pioneers}}   below the ==Biography== line in your profile. 

Also we have wikisouthernpioneers@googlegroups.com  Send an email and please include your wikitree id so we know right off who you are.  This is where you can keep up with what we are doing.   And lets us get to know you. 

Samlls don't ring a bell with me, but I know of several Jester and Teague families who were  Quakers and started Quaker and /or Nicholite colonies.  

Answer 12

I would like to do this I have a few to add to the project.

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Glad you want to join, Teresa

Please add  {{Member|Southern Pioneers}}   below the ==Biography== line in your profile. 

Also we have wikisouthernpioneers@googlegroups.com  Send an email and please include your wikitree id so we know right off who you are.  This is where you can keep up with what we are doing.   And lets us get to know you.   

Any Questions, holler. 

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Teresa

Welcome to the Southern Pioneer's Project.  We are very happy to have you join us.

David Douglass

Answer 13

Hi Paula, my grandfather's great-grandfather was Moses Killian-858 and I would like to have him added as a son of Hildebrand-573, and I would like to join Southern Pioneers Project.

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Sorry, Tamara, Been out of pocket a bit. Glad to have you, Welcome. 

Did you add the member sticker {{Member|Southern Pioneers}}   below the ==Biography== line in your profile. 

Also we have wikisouthernpioneers@googlegroups.com  Send an email and please include your wikitree id so we know right off who you are.  This is where you can keep up with what we are doing.   And lets us get to know you. 

Any questions, just holler. 

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Paula- the emailyou agve me is no good, just bounces back.  And I really would like to see Moses Killian to Hilderbrand-573 as a son added since he listed in the Bio. My profile for him is Killian-858

Answer 14

I have been working on multiple family migrations into the frontier. I could use some help in sourcing and categories. I have letters from 1830's - 1850's from ancestors in Northwest and Midwest I have traced back to Virginia NC. and SC. I am currently able to do some on the ground research in SC. and Western NC. Interested in Nolichuky River and Watauga settlement.

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Hi David, are you saying you would like to join the Southern Pioneers Project? Welcome aboard!!

Answer 15

Yes, I would love to be apart of this project.  I have many in my lineage who left the original colonies and moved southward.  Especially into Texas.

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Hello Lynn

You have come to the right place.  The Southern Pioneer's project was created to document and improve ancestral lineages such as yours.  All you need to do is add the project member sticker to your WikiTree profile page.  That is done by adding this bit of code to your page under the Biography heading,   

This code goes below the ==Biography== heading on your profile page  (copy and paste)  

{{Member|Southern Pioneers}}

Once you have done that head on over to our project discussion board and join.  Be sure to include your WIkiTree ID when joining,  You will be able to follow insider news and ask questions of fellow project members when you join as a member.

Regards, David Douglas

Answer 16

Yes.

My wife's tree includes Reames, Merrimoon / (Marmon), Outland, Johnson, Ricks, and several others who were early in Virginia and North Carolina.  Many were Quakers and migrated to Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. We still search for more detail and sources for their stories.

Walter Joslin = Joslin-1025

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Thanks for joining us Walt.  Great to have you !

Answer 17

Greetings! I would like to join! I am descended from Gideon Johnson Sr! Thanks!

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Hi Samantha

All you need to do is add the project member sticker to your WikiTree profile page.  That is done by adding this bit of code to your page under the Biography heading,   

This code goes below the ==Biography== heading on your profile page  (copy and paste)  

{{Member|Southern Pioneers}}

Once you have done that head on over to our project discussion board and join.  Be sure to include your WIkiTree ID when joining,  You will be able to follow insider news and ask questions of fellow project members when you join as a member.

By the way, I am another Gideon Johnson descendant.  Will be very interested to see your family connection.

Regards, David Douglas

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For now, i have a tree on ancestry i can share the link if that's allowed. Thank you!!

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Sure thing Samantha.

You can post here or in our discussion group.  Or you can send it to me by posting a comment on my page.  You can even send it to me by private message if you would like.

Thanks for joining us !

Answer 18

I would like to join this project.  My family has been living in the South for generations, moving from the eastern seaboard down through the South.  Please let me know how I can assist!

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Hello Pam,

We would be pleased to have you join the project.  All you need to do is add the project member sticker to your WikiTree profile page.  That is done by adding this bit of code to your page under the Biography heading,   

This code goes below the ==Biography== heading on your profile page  (copy and paste)  

{{Member|Southern Pioneers}}

Once you have done that head on over to our project discussion board and join.  Be sure to include your WIkiTree ID when joining,  You will be able to follow insider news and ask questions of fellow project members when you join as a member.

David Douglas

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Hi David,

Thank you very much for adding me!

Pam Parker

Answer 19

Hi!  I'd like to join the Southern Pioneer's Project as most of my families were Southern and I have people going back to Colonial times from Maryland to Virginia, and the Carolinas as well.

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Hi Sue, Glad to have you. Our project page Southern Pioneer's Project. And thanks for your interest.  We are looking forward to getting to know you and collaborating on your pioneer ancestor profiles. To join us please add the project sticker to your profile and join us in the Southern Pioneer's Discussion Group.

{{Member|Southern Pioneers}}  

Please Follow Southern Pioneers on your TAG list. (Profile right sidebar)

And if you need any help Holler!!!

(Thank you David Douglass, I stole it.)

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Thank you!  This should be fun.

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Oh We are. Just please remember, I'm the snarky one.

Answer 20

Hello. I would like to join this project. I live in Tennessee and most of my ancestors lived in Tennessee and in the south.

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Greta, thanks for your interest. The US Southern Colonies project is undergoing a re-organization that will likely result in its focusing on pre-1776 southern colonies (Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia).  I encourage you to check out the Tennesse Project:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Tennessee

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Thanks for the update on Southern Colonies Jillaine.  Southern Pioneers is the sister project so to speak, beginng where Southern Colonies takes off in 1776.  Greta thanks for joining Southern Pioneer's.  

We look forward to working with you on our shared interests

David Douglass

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David, I'm so sorry. I wasn't paying close enough attention.

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Hi Jillaine! I am trying to join the Tennessee Project. The g2g post link for the Tennessee Project is this g2g post.

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Hi David! Thanks, I look forward to being part of the Project! :)

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Greta we are glad to have you.

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No problem Jillaine.  SC and SP are similar projects with Southern Pioneer's taking up where Southern Colonies leaves off.  Im thinking we might do a newsletter for SC, or a combined one for both SC and SP together ?

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I want to join Southern Colonies as well whenever it comes back. :)

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You would be welcome to join Southern Colonies Greta.  I dont know the timeframe for reorganization but we should know something in the near future.

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Sounds good!