OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 611 State Route 97 W Bellville OH 44813-8813 419-886-1903 www.ogs.org OGS FINDING AIDS Users of this collection should credit the Ohio Genealogical Society in any reference citing. The OGS Archives is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 9 AM to 5 PM. Inquiries may also be made using the OGS Copy Service (Library section of web site) where a Manuscript Key and OGS Finding Aids may also be found. MSS: 338 Title: Rusk Family Association Papers Bulk Dates: 1990 to 2000 Inclusive Dates: 1900 s-early 2000 s. Description: Seven boxes with 173 files. This collection contains copies of marriage records, war records, censuses, birth and death certificates, newspaper articles, obituaries, etc. There is also information about the Rusk Family Association. Organization: Box 1 File 1: Adam s Documents File 2: Montgomery Adams: Civil War Records File 3: Adams Family: Iva Adams File 4: Iva and Jack Adams File 5: Adkins Part 1 File 6: Adkins Part 2 File 7: Hugh and Ruth Adkins File 8: Misc. Adkins File 9: Chuck Bailey File 10: Jane Blackburn File 11: B.D. Adkins The Fox and Hound File 12: Etheldred Boone File 13: House of Boon File 14: Boone Misc. File 15: Boone Wills File 16: Boone Scout of Washington File 17: Virginia Border File 18: Agnes Brooks File 19: Cemeteries
File 20: Chancery Record Box 2 File 21: Sylvia Coler Dixie Kirkbride Letters File 22: Correspondence Mary File 23: Patricia Cutrell and Cynthia S. File 24: Drake Bible File 25: Drake Documents File 26: Elizabeth Jane Drake (As told by Ruth Hamilton Kelsey) File 27: George Clinton Drake File 28: Drake Genealogy Sheets File 29: Drake Misc. File 30: Misc. Drake Genealogy Studies File 31: Drake Numerical File 32: Drake Thelma Haney File 33: William F. Drake (Bile) File 34: Kelsey Dwellings File 35: Email Correspondence File 36: Betty Garbers File 37: Genealogical Charts File 38: Genealogy Emails File 39: Genealogical Organizations File 40: Brad Goff File 41: Meg Grey File 42: Jean R. Grove File 43: Hamilton Documents File 44: Sue and Roger Hanson File 45: Nadine Heppell (Rusk) File 46: Carol R. Hunt File 47: Kelsey-Hamilton Charts Box 3 File 48: Kelsey Documents File 49: Everett Kelsey - Bettie Kelsey McDermott File 50: Kelsey Genealogy Sheets File 51: Rosalie Kelsey
File 52: Mary Landkamer File 53: Don and Marianne Mauck File 54: Margo McBride File 55: McDermott File 56: Evelyne Miller File 57: Misc. Part 1 File 58: Misc. Part 2 File 59: Misc. Part 3 File 60: Misc. Letters File 61: Misc. Notes File 62: Morgan County Historical Society File 63: Nesbitt File 64: Newspaper Articles File 65: Nolen Documents File 66: Uriah Nolen Civil War Records File 67: Ohio Genealogical Society File 68: Ohio Rusk Association File 69: Ohio Rusk Association Membership File 70: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 1990 File 71: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 1991 File 72: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 1992 Box 4 File 73: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 1993 File 74: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 1994 File 75: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 1995 File 76: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 1996 File 77: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 1997 File 78: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 1998 File 79: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 1999 File 80: Ohio Rusk Association Newsletter 2000 File 81: Ora Newsletter 1995-1999 File 82: Dorothy Lee Palmer File 83: Deeds for Perry County Ohio File 84: Personal
File 85: Barbara Pike File 86: Possessions File 87: Powers File 88: Powers Articles File 89: Powers Charts File 90: Powers Documents File 91: George Luther Powers File 92: M.C. Power Obituary File 93: Nettie Powers Conner File 94: Powers Reunion File 95: Thomas A. Powers File 96: Trust: Powers File 97: Georganne Price (Rusk) Box 5 File 98: R.F.O. Finances File 99: Kim Running File 100: James Rush File 101: Allen Eugene and Mary Newlon Rusk File 102: ASA Rusk File 103: ASA C. Rusk and Mary L. Turner File 104: Cathy Rusk File 105: Rusk Coat of Arms File 106: Rusk Charts File 107: Rusk Correspondence File 108: Rusk, Daniel Family 1820 Census File 109: Daniel Rusk and Jane Faulkner File 110: Delilah Rusk and Anthony Townsend File 111: Diadama Rusk and Daniel Sawyer File 112: Rusk Family Organization Directory File 113: Rusk Documents File 114: Don and Virginia Rusk File 115: Elizabeth Rusk and Finley Kirby File 116: Elizabeth Rusk and Jason Mils
File 117: Elsendana Rusk and James A. Sands File 118: Eric Rusk marriage File 119: Georgia Rusk File 120: Gerald E. Rusk File 121: Gerry and Esther Rusk File 122: Gwen Rusk File 123: Hannah Rusk and Clinton D. Drake File 124: Rusk Inquiries File 125: James A. and Ann M. Little Rusk File 126: James D. and Ann Robb Rusk Box 6 File 127: James Rusk File 128: James Jr. and Sarah McKibben Rusk File 129: James Rusk Revolutionary War Record File 130: Jane Rusk and Mathew Donaldson File 131: Jane Rusk and Stephen Tomliuson File 132: Jeremiah A. and Mary Martin and Elizabeth Johnson Rusk File 133: Jerry Rusk File 134: John D. and Elizabeth Carver Rusk File 135: John and Mary Ann Rusk/Ann Rusk and Daniel Hearing File 136: John M. Rusk and Samantha Chamberlain File 137: Joseph N. Rusk File 138: Rusk Letters File 139: Rusk Mailing File 140: Margaret Rusk and William McKittrick File 141: Marge Rusk File 142: Mary E. Rusk File 143: Marshall Rusk File 144: Rusk Misc. Part 1 File 145: Rusk Misc. Part 2 File 146: Nancy Rusk and Nathan Daugherty File 147: Rogers Rusk NSSAR File 148: Roger and Sarah Rusk
Box 7 File 149: Rogers and Sarah Rusk Info. File 150: Rogers and Sarah Rusk File 151: Rusk Queries File 152: Rusk Roundup File 153: Ruel S. Rusk/Daniel and Matilda D. Rusk File 154: Samuel and Elizabeth Brown Rusk File 155: Sarah Rusk and Seth Hart File 156: Susannah Rusk and Jacob M. Smith File 157: Rusk: Va. Settlers in MO. File 158: Watts, Mrs. Melvin Edwin Rusk File 159: William A. Rusk File 160: William and Ann Sturgen Rusk File 161: Russ and Ruth White File 162: Ann and George Rutan File 163: Kerri Scarbrough File 164: Slayden File 165: Joyce Sluss File 166: Connie Stephens File 167: Stories of Jeanne File 168: Edwin Tann File 169: Evelyn Tann File 170: Teegard File 171: Tennessee Settlers File 172: Helen Wood File 173: Margie Zimmerman (Kenneth) Scope and Content: This collection was compiled by Thomas and Virginia Powers. The collection mainly pertains to the Rusk surname and the association dedicated to the Rusk lineage, The Rusk Family Association. Other surnames include Drake, Powers, Kelsey, Adams, and Adkins. The documents in the collection indicate that the Rusk family has ancestral ties to Sir Francis Drake, the famous explorer/pirate. Access: No Restrictions. Provenance: This collection is from the first three boxes that were donated to OGS. There may be additional material coming. The boxes were donated by Thomas Powers of Indian River, Michigan. They were first donated to the Morgan County Chapter OGS in 2014 and then the Morgan County Chapter gave the first three boxes to OGS in June of 2015.
Key Words: Rusk family, Adams family, Adkins family, Boone family, Drake family, Sir Francis Drake, Powers family, Revolutionary War, American Civil War, Kelsey family. Processed By: Shayla Kenniston, OSU Mansfield Intern September 2015.