January 18, 2001

Added 1870 Kentucky Census index; added NJ Birth Records, 1 May 1848 to 31 May 1878; added 1880 Shelby Co OH Census records; added Cherokee Co KS Cemetery Records.

Added a new section called Souder/Sowder Careers; added two Shelby Co Ohio Obituaries; added 1880 Butler Co KY census record; 1910 census index for Edmonson Co KY

Added Johnson Co Nebraska 1885 and 1900 census records; added 1870 Michigan census records; 1870 Hamilton Co OH census

Added Iowa Cemetery Records, added St. Paul, Minnesota City Directory, 1889-91; Perry County Ohio Cemetery Records;

November 11, 2000

Added the family of Robert Sowder of Grundy Co MO to the David/Michael/Peter family group sheet (file maintained by Nan Harvey.

Added the family group sheet of John Souders of Caldwell Co MO.  He came from Kentucky and possibly from Wayne Co KY.  He most likely had a brother named William and a brother named Abner.  This file was submitted by Maria Behnke.
 

Added links to California and Texas birth records.  http://www.oocities.org/~jdanielson/sowbirth.htm

Added links to California, Kentucky, and Texas death records. http://www.oocities.org/~jdanielson/sow-cem.htm  Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this page for the death record index.

Added some Tennessee deeds. http://www.oocities.org/~jdanielson/tn-deed1.html
Added some Virginia deeds. http://www.oocities.org/~jdanielson/va-deed1.html

October 25, 2000

Added Pennsylvania 1850 Census

Added Seneca Co., OH wills and deeds and a Guernsey Co OH will.  A couple of new queries were added.

Updated and added a great number of names to the following family group sheets:
          David/Michael/Peter Sowder - Nan Harvey's file
          John Souders - John Rogers' file
          John Souder/Souter - This file is a combination of research done by Cherry Souder Kinnunen and David Souder.

Added Bible Record of Jacob Sauder of Manor Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Added Transcipts of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Wills and Deeds
Added Transcipts of Frederick Co., Maryland Wills and Deeds
Note:  For the Pennsylvania and Maryland Wills scroll through the transcripts and then click where it indicates a transcription has been done.
All this information from Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania and Frederick Co., Maryland was contributed by Cherry Kinnunen.  A big thanks to Cherry for sharing her research!!!

I am always adding bits and pieces of info here and there, but can't keep track of every little thing that I add, so just check areas that you're interested in to see if I've added anything.

Also coming soon will be the Family Group Sheet for Jacob Souter of Lancaster Co PA ca 1730.  This is another of Cherry Kinnunen's files.  We have a few things to correct before we can publish it on the web site.  Also I'll be adding a will and some deeds from Seneca Co., Ohio as soon as I can transcribe them.

Added Indiana Death Records for Hancock, Howard, Madison, Perry, Putnam, St Joseph, Tippecanoe, and Vermillion Counties.
Added Indiana Marriage Records for Howard, Madison, St Joseph, Sullivan, and Tippecanoe Counties.
Added 1870 Whitely Co In Census.
Added updated family group sheet for David, Michael, Peter Sowder (Nan Harvey's file)
Added 1850 Floyd Co VA Census and 1850 Montgomery Co VA Census.

The following records were added:

Indiana Marriages for Blackford Co, Boone Co, Cass Co, Dekalb, Lagrange, and a few were added to Clark Co.
Indiana Census Records - 1880 and 1900 Hendricks Co Index for selected townships.
Claiborne Co, TN 1880 Census Records
Rockingham Co VA Cemetery Records
Grant Co, KY Tax List 1820-1829
More cemeteries were added to Edmonson Co, KY

The following records were added thanks to the help of Angela Kneller.

Added more Whitley Co IN Marriages
Added the following Whitley Co IN Tombstone pictures, C.L. Souder MD, his wife Lura B. Souder; Christopher Souder, MD and his wife Sabina Souder, Floyd C. and Nora E. Souder; and James M. and Sarah A. Souder

See Angela Kneller web page at http://www.kneller.com/WhitleyIN/

The following records have been added:
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Baltimore City
Old Lake Cemetery, Franklinville, Gloucester Co,, NJ
Silver Spring Cemetery, Lancaster Co
Shelby County Ohio Cemetery Records
Whitley Co Indiana Cemetery Records
Montgomery Co MD Marriage Licenses
1850 Clinton Co KY Census (Beckett-Dewesse only)
1860 Carbon Co PA Census
1880 Clark Co Indiana Census
Biographies - Jonathan Souders and William A. Souders, Johnson Co, Nebraska
           Jonathan Souders Obituary and Family History
           James W. Irwin, husband of Mary Souder d/o Christopher & Margaret Souder, Whitley Co IN
           Philip Sowders biography - Coffey Co, Nebraska
           T. J. Sowders biography - Greenwood Co, Nebraska
Miami County Ohio probate index
Floyd Co VA births 1853-1873

Added Maryland (mostly Frederick/Montgomery), Virginia (Loudoun Co),  Kentucky (Fayette/Grant) and Pennsylvania (Cambria/Eastern PA) Obituaries; biography of John A Souder of Montgomery Co MD --> Wayne Co IA; Perry Co OH Births

Added Maryland Census Index,  1870 Pennsylvania Census Index, 1870 Indiana Census Index and 1870 Jackson Co., IN Census.

Added 1850 Wapello Iowa and 1860 and 1870 Iowa Co, Iowa Census Records, and a Grayson Co TX cemetery listing.

Added a number of Missouri marriages, a few Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Texas marriages.

Added Sowder Cemetery in Montgomery Co., VA; 1860 and 1870 Claiborne County Tenn Census records.

Added following census records:  1850 Pike Co OH; 1850 Atlantic & Warren Co NJ; 1850 Carbon Co PA; 1860 Baltimore City; 1880 Mercer Co NJ.

Added 1850 Philadelphia PA County Census.

Added 1850 Illinois Census.

Added a number of Illinois Marriages.

Added 1900 and 1920 Census for Whitley County IN.

Added 1850 Perry Co PA Census records and 1850 Seneca Co OH Census Record.

Added some Whitley Co Indiana Biographies.

Added some Iowa marriages.

Added some Salem and Cumberland County New Jersey Church Records.  (Mostly birth records.)

Added miscellaneous Kentucky Marriages and Lafayette Sowder's obituary, Bell Co KY, 1939, 1870 Hendricks Co., Indiana census

Added 1850 Rockcastle Co KY census records and Whitley County Indiana Obituaries.

Added numerous New Jersey Marriages.

I made so many additions that I won't be able to list them all. Some of the census records I added were 1850 Franklin Co., VA; 1850 York Co., PA; 1850 Warren Co., NJ.
Marriage records - 1851-1929 Albermarle Co., VA; 1851-1929 Loudoun Co., VA; 1851-1929 Patrick Co., VA; Edmonson Co., KY; Altantic Co., NJ
Miscellaneous cemetery records especially in Bell Co KY.

Added some Loudoun and Patrick Co., VA marriages, 1860 and 1870 Patrick Co VA census.

Added some Virginia birth records for Floyd and Rockingham Counties.

Added more Indiana 1850 Census Records.

Added 1830 and 1840 Census Records for Campbell and Scott County, Tennessee.

Added extract of Joshua Souders' will, 1846, Miami County, Ohio

Added some Maryland marriagesand cemetery listing for Loudoun Co VA.

Added the following Indiana marriages: Delaware, Elkhart, Hancock, Knox, Marion, Pulaski, Putnam and Warren counties. 

Added Washington Co IN Births 1882-1920 and Washington Co IN Marriage Records 1850-1920.

Added 1820, 1830 and 1840 censes records for Rockcastle Co, KY provided by Nan Harvey.

Added Family Group Sheets for Martin Souder family of NJ, then Wells Co IN; 1900 and 1920 census records for Wells Co IN; Marriage Records for Wells Co, IN; Wells Co Cemetery Records, Death Records and Obituaries. Wells Co information provided by Wendy Hendricks.

Added Cemetery Listing for Fulton Co PA provided by John Rogers.

Updated the family group sheets for John Souders (ca 1750-1817, Bedford Co PA) with descendants living in Fulton Co., PA, and Johnson Co., NE.  Information provided by John Rogers

Added Johnson Co NE marriages.

Updated the family group sheets for Simon and Reuben Souder of NJ to show Reuben as Simon's son as provided by Win Wood.

Added some more will extracts for Pennsylvania wills and administrations; Mercer Co MO census record for 1860/1870; added a link to Win Wood's web page which has Salem and Cumberland NJ deed records.

Added some more Indiana marriages and Missouri marriages for various counties.

Added family group sheet for Amos W. Souder (1814-1894) of Maryland/Washington DC - ancestor of Cherry Souder Kinnunen.

Added cemetery records for Caldwell County, Missouri; Calhoun County, Iowa Death Records;

Added cemetery records for Grundy/Mercer County, Missouri, Limestone County, Texas, and Tarrant County, Texas.
Added biography of B. F. Souder of Nemaha, Nebraska.

Added the following Pennsylvania church record information: Philadelphia County Birth Records, various other county birth records, Death Records, and Marriage Records.

Added cemetery information for Johnson County, Nebraska and Hendricks County, Indiana.

Added several Woodson County, Kansas marriages and some more Pennsylvania birth records.

Added Pennsylvania birth records and some more Pennsylvania marriage records.

September 14, 1998

Added Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913-1937

Added a Biography of George Souder of Fairfield Co., OH and then Cherokee Co., KS.

Added Missouri Cemetery Records; 1850 Pontotoc Co Mississippi Census Record; Frontier County Nebraska Marriage Records; Grady Co Oklahoma Census Record.

Added some more early Pennsylvania Marriage Records; added some more Indiana Deaths; and some excerpts from the Lutheran Newspapers (Maryland and South Carolina) Marriages and Deaths (note this covered other areas besides).

Added Indiana Birth Records.

Added numerous Indiana marriages.

Added an Index of the BLM Indiana Land Patents.

Added 1860 Indiana Census Records and an Index of the Bureau of Land Management Missouri Land Patents.

Added miscellaneous cemetery records for Lehigh Co, Cumberland Co, and Perry Co, PA; Berks Co, PA death records; 1718-1780 Lancaster Co, PA tax records; 1810-1840 Bedford Co, PA census records; 1850-1860 Westmoreland Co, PA census records; 1850 Monroe Co IN census records; several NJ marriages.

Added to and corrected the Kansas cemetery information. Added Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania deeds and naturalization; added to Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania wills, and . Added descendants to the Jonathan Sowder family group sheet for Hiram N. Sowder, provided by Jana Slagle.

Added Family Group Sheet for John Souders (ca 1750-1817) of Bedford Co., PA, with descendants living in Fulton Co., PA and Johnson Co., NE.

Added Vinton Co., Ohio Obituaries of Israel Souders (Nov 9, 1886) and Susanna (Weller) Souders (Nov 1915) sumitted to Rob Weller.  Added 1870 Greenup Co KY Census.

Added Sowder/Sowders burials in Greenwood County KS submitted by Jerri Barton.  Added descendants of Jefferson Sowder/Souder and Mary Ellen East (son of Harrison Sowder and grandson of (John) Jefferson Sowder who died in Lawrence Co, IN in 1854), submitted by Nan Harvey. Added descendants of Emanuel Sowder  (son of Emanuel Sowder and Milly Ferrell, grandson of Adam Sowder and Elizabeth McFarland), submitted by Jenny Sowder.  Added descendants of George Sowder and Lillie Hall  (son of William Harrison Sowder and Adeline Buchanan), submitted by Margret Evans.  Updated Sowder/Souder queries.

Added family group sheet for Jacob Souder (1800-1859) and Susanna Wright > Madison Co KY > Owen Co KY, submitted by Johnny Mack Souder.

Added cemetery records for Montgomery Co., OH, Hamilton Co., IN, Hancock Co., IN, Greenwood Co., KS.  Also added additional marriage records for Montgomery Co., OH, Hamilton Co., IN, Greenwood Co., KS. All the above information was provided by Jerri Barton.

Added some cemetery records for Maryland; added Pennsylvania Revolutionary War information.

Added a number of descendants of Peter Sowder. This family was in Wayne Co KY and then moved to Lawrence Co IN.

Added approximately 400 descendants to the Jacob Sowder (1734-1819) family group sheet. This included a number of descendants of Eliza Poff and Adam Furrow (Eliza being the daughter of Sarah Sowder and Henry Poff); added descendants of Adam Sowder and Anna Dunn ,including Jennifer Sowder's input; added descendants to William Harrison Sowder and Adeline Buchanan's daughter, Polly Ann, which was provided by Bettye Burchfield; added descendants to Elizabeth Sowder and Benager Harp (Elizabeth being the daughter of Daniel F. and Nellie Sowder), which was provided by Michael Cole.

Added Monroe County Indiana cemetery records and Monroe County Indiana 1900 census. This information was provided by Damon Floyd.

Updated the 1830 and 1840 Indiana census, added 1850 Crawford Co IN census, 1850 and 1860 Lawrence Co IN census, 1850 Washington Co IN census, and 1880 Monroe Co IN census. This information was provided by Nan Harvey.

Added family group sheets for Jacob Sauter/Souder (1690-1745) and Anna Rosenberger of Montgomery Co., PA and Christian Sowder (1713-1774) and Margaret of Franconia Twp., Montgomergy Co., PA.

Added estate records for Jefferson Sowder of Lawrence Co., Indiana provided by Nan Harvey.

Added Will Index for Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Added 1850 Edmonson Co, KY census provided by Lonnie Fink.

Updated descendants of Jacob Sowder to include descendants of Martha Buchanan and Peter Baird provided by Fran Molloy.

Added miscellaneous family group sheets for Souders of Frederick Co., Maryland.

Added family group sheet for Frederick Souder (1732-1786) of Shenandoah Co., VA.

Redid the family group sheet for Jacob Sowder to include seven generations vs five generations previously. Also added descendants of Mary Sowder and Jesse DeWeese provided by Eugene Embry.

Added Lawrence County, Indiana Civil War Files provided by Sandy Schonegg.

Added more Claiborne County TN cemetery information provided by Margret Evans.

Added Whitley County, Kentucky cemetery records provided by Lonnie Fink.

Added Index to the Will Book and Intestate Records of Lancaster Co, PA, 1729-1850.

Added some Ohio marriages.

Added some marriages from Greenwood Co., KS; and the 1860 Census Index for Monroe Co., IN.

Added Index of Wills for New Jersey, NJ Birth Records, and 1850 Gloucester Co Census, provided by Marilyn Souders.

Added a few more cemetery records for Bell Co., KY; Butler Co KY Births, 1852; Butler Co., KY Marriages, 1852; Johnson Co., KS Marriages 1870-1879.

Added Confederate Pension Files at Texas State Archives.

Added Sowder Cemetery information from Floyd Co., VA, provided by Ken Powers.

I've been busy adding things.
Added Gloucester NJ marriage records provided by Marilyn Souders, and 1790 PA census records also provided by Marilyn Souders. Marilyn has sent me a lot of information, but it's going to take awhile to type it and get it on the web page.

Kathy Jones also provided a huge package of information about a Sowders line from Edmonson/Butler Co KY. Based on the letters and notes Kathy received, we have tried to put this family together. See the FGS for Henry Sowders. Also included are the obituary for Samuel Sowder of Edmonson Co KY, a biography of John Sowders of Edmonson Co KY, who moved to MO.

Added miscellaneous York Co PA info, 1779 Tax List, Probate Inventories, & Will Abstracts and Index.

Added some death and cemetery records from Perry County, PA; 101st PA volunteer infantry; Patrick Co VA death records; additional cemetery records for Bell Co KY, and burials at Rock Island Illinois.

Added the deed of William H. Sowder of Claiborne Co TN for the Sowder Cemetery and updated the list of people buried in the Sowder Cemetery submitted by Margret Evans.

Added the will of William H. Sowder of Claiborne Co TN submitted by Margret Evans.

Added biography for Emanuel Sowder, son of Emanuel Sowder and Milly Ferrell. The biography can be found under the Texas biographies.

Added Souder/Sowder's in the Civil War in Maryland.

Added Souder/Sowder Ohio Land Record Index.

Added Souder/Sowder list for Illinois Civil War Veterans and Illinois Public Domain Land Sales Records.

Added the information for Souder(s)/Sowder(s) in the Confederate Army from VA. This information came from the Library of Virginia's on-line electronic card file.  Added Sauter marriages from the "Marriage Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever" of Lancaster Co PA, a few more Souder/Sowder marriages for PA, and a few more in IL.

Added Souder biographies from Washington Co Indiana.

Announced a new book to be published on Jacob Souders (1790-1866) of Loudoun Co VA/Ohio.

Added Lee County Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists, 1795-1807, 1809-1813.  Also added the Fonde-Pruden Cemetery records for Bell Co Kentucky.

Added cemetery records of Campbell County Tennessee.

Added a new family group sheet provided by Nan Harvey for David, Michael, and Peter Sowder who were in Lincoln Co KY in 1800, and then Rockcastle Co KY in 1810.  It is believed that they were brothers; however, the father's name is unknown.

Added Kentucky Land Grants provided by Lonnie Fink.

Added more Bell County Kentucky marriages for male SOUDER(S)/SOWDER(S) for the years 1885-1937.

Added the Bell County Kentucky Turner/Sowders fued article provided by Trecia Northrup.

Added Family Group Sheet for John Sowder/Mary Hackler of Rockcastle Co KY provided by Nan Harvey
Added more descendants to Christian Souder's family group sheet.
Added will abstract of Lemon Dawson Souder of Washington Co IN.
Added various military pension extracts.

I found out that when I added people to my genealogy data base, if I didn't have a marriage date, I was neglecting to enter a marriage event. This resulted in the spouse's name not appearing. Thus, I have corrected the family group sheets for Christian Souder, David Souder, and Frederick Souder so that the spouse's name now appears.  If anyone finds this problem in any of the other group sheets, please bring it to my attention so I can fix it.

Added descendants of John⁶ Sowder (William Harrison⁵, Daniel⁴, Jacob³, Adam2, Jacob¹) provided by Margret Evans.

Added or corrected information on descendants of Rachel Sowder and Willis Rowland (Rachel², Jonathan¹) provided by Jackie Pollard

Added Claiborne Co TN marriages (1895-1928) provided by Margret Evans.

Added Sowders/Souder/Soders/Sodders information from "Early East Tennessee Tax Lists."

Added one generation of descendants of Frederick K. Souders, son of Christian and Polly Souders from information provided by Win Wood.  Also, added descendants of Reuben Souder (1835-1885) of NJ and Simon Souder from information provided by Win Wood.

Added Rockcastle Co KY marriages provided by Nan Harvey.

Added several Pennsylvania marriage records prior to 1790.

Updated and added information to the descendants of China Sowder and James Marsee from information provided my Myra Crawford

Descendants of Adam Owens and Sarah Marsee was added with information provided by Lonnie Fink.

The 1870 and 1880 Rockcastle County Kentucky census records have been added.

A new family group sheet has been added for Peter Souder of Lee Co VA and Piatt Co IL.

The family group sheet for Jacob Sowder has been updated to include the descendants of Jacob's son, Adam. This is a compilation of information that Margaret Sowder put together from several sources.  Please use the information only as a guide. If you find any errors, please notify Margaret Sowder.