Records of John Posey on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Posey in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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DNA

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Posey and the Posey Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Posey Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Posey family tree.

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Posey Family Tree Databases

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Posey Forums

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Some Famous People called John Posey

John Wesley Posey

: For entries on other people named John Wesley, see John Wesley (disambiguation).John Wesley Posey (1801–1884) was a significant figure in the Underground Railroad in Indiana, America. Posey was one of the organizers of the Anti-Slavery League of Indiana.

A significant source of information on the Underground Railroad in Indiana is William Cockrum's 1915 work, History of the Underground Railroad, as It Was Conducted by the Anti-Slavery League. According to Cockrum, Posey owned a coal mine that served as a way station for as many as 1000 escaped slaves. (This is one of the rare instances in which the underground railroad was actually subterranean.)

Posey also helped to organize the activities of the Anti-Slavery League. According to Cockrum, the League operated a spy network in Kentucky. Agents of the League masquerading as traveling peddlers would make contact with slaves and help the slaves escape.

Posey was a medical doctor. He volunteered as a surgeon for the Union army during the American Civil War, and served at the Battle of Shiloh. He was also politically active, and was elected as a Whig to be Treasurer of Pike County, Indiana, serving from 1844 to 1848.

Posey married Sarah Blackburn in 1838. He was the father of Francis B. Posey.

Source: John Wesley Posey, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

John Posey (actor)

John Sanford Posey (born February 7, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dr. Conrad Fenris in MTV's show Teen Wolf and Judge Will Millstone in the primetime drama How to Get Away with Murder.

He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Joan (Armstrong) and William McCutcheon Posey Jr. He is father of three children; one of them is actor Tyler Posey.

John Posey was chosen to play Danny Tanner on the television series Full House and was cast in the unaired pilot; however, he was replaced by Bob Saget for the series premiere.

Source: John Posey (actor), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Posey

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