I will need some more information to see if I can help you. I will need the birthdate and place, wife’s name with marriage date and place, and his death date and place. If you have ANY info you your grandparents, please give me that also — even approximate dates and/or place of birth, marriage, and death, plus his wife’s name. Please send this info to me directly to my email address at Elaine64@aol.com. I have a cousin who lives in California who is a Drinkard. She told me that there was a Drinkard family who migrated to Oregon in a wagon train. The conestoga wagon that they used is in the Linn Co. Historical Museum! Read the story at http://www.ruralite-digital.com/ruralite/201104_CPI?pg=4#pg4
So there were Drinkards on the west coast. I look forward to hearing from you.
Elaine

Please help me. My father was a Drinkard though I’m not sure from what line. He passed a few years back from a motorcycle accident and I was his only child. I don’t know any information on my family name and in California where I live I have never heard of anyone with the same last name. All of my family on my Drinkard side lives in Texas if that’s helpful at all, although I don’t even know what my grandfathers name was. My dads name was Steven Dean Drinkard. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Thanks for contacting me. Was there some information you wanted to know about your Drinkard family? Your comment seemed to just end.

Elaine

You said “associated with the Drinkard family,” so I don’t know what you mean by that. I am not aware of any African American Drinkards. I do know that some of them owned slaves and there is always the possibility that a Drinkard man had a child with his African slave.

Do you know of any African American Drinkards?

Regards,
Elaine Powell

From: Brandy Smith
To: Elaine64
Sent: Fri, Jun 24, 2011 6:02 pm
Subject: Re: “DRINKARD Family Genealogy ”
yes ma am,i am a Drinkard..my grandfather is Eugene Drinkard,and it’s like a whole bunch of Drinkards everywhere..The singer Whitney Houston is a Drinkard as well,she is a cousin of mine,her mothers maiden name is Drinkard,and alot of them are from Blakely,Ga,Newark,NJ,Athens,Ga,just to name few.. I was just wondering,cause as i stated before,it’s not a common last name and i was curious as to where they come from and wanted to know more about them..
Brandy

June 27, 2011
Hi again Brandy,

Oh, yes. I do remember hearing something about being related to Whitney Houston but didn’t know the connection. I just did some research and found out a lot of information. A word document with a lot of information on Whitney Houston’s Drinkard ancestors is attached. You might already know a lot of this information.

If you look at the 3 census records, John is listed as black on the 1900 and 1920 census, but on the 1910 census he is listed as Mulatto. I still don’t know if there is a connection to my Drinkard family. I’ll do some more searching to see if I can find a connection. If I find something, I’ll let you know.

Regards,
Elaine Powell

From: Brandy Smith
To: Elaine64
Date: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 5:33 pm

HI MRS.ELAINE! I WANT TO FIRST THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS, ME BEING A STRANGER AND ALL, I WAS KINDA SKEPTICAL ABOUT EMAILING YOU, BUT IF YOU DO FIND OUT ANY MORE INFO ON THIS I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. IM GOING TO SEE WHAT ELSE I CAN FIND ALSO..AGAIN THANKS ALOT!!
Brandy

Do you have any other info that tells you that James did not die in Wilson Co., TN besides what you listed in your email?

I found two member trees on Ancestry that both list Dicey’s death place as Wilson Co., TN. I sent inquiries to those two people, but you might already have done that. I also saw your post on one of the sites I searched for info.

Your conclusion that James died in Virginia based on the facts that you state seem quite plausible. However, I can understand why the SAR won’t take just those facts as proof. Finding proof from the 19th century is sometimes quite difficult, especially for you because the Buckingham County courthouse was totally destroyed in 1869.

If you can get the book Genealogical Records of Buckingham County, Virginia from a local library or at
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4038538939&searchurl=afn_sr%3Dgan%26pfxid%3Da_573667603%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3DGenealogical%2BRecords%2Bof%2BBuckingham%2BCounty%252C%2BVirginia%26x%3D27%26y%3D7
it might give you some more info. And if you ever get to Richmond, VA then perhaps you can find some info there in their county records in books and microfilms.

I changed my Drinkard website at http://www.theheritagelady.com/family-histories/drinkard-family-genealogy/

Let me know if you do find any more info on your Drinkard family. Good luck.

Elaine Powell

—–Original Message—–
From: Richard Sheridan
To: Elaine64
Sent: Mon, Sep 12, 2011 9:27 am
Subject: Re: “DRINKARD Family Genealogy ”

Hello, Elaine! Yes, of course, you can use my comment on James Drinkard. The Drinkard book lists him as a son of John but the SAR reviewers recently rejected my application for membership unless I can provide another reference to prove relationship (which I do not have).

Thanks for updating your Drinkard webpage.

Richard Sheridan
Sheffield, AL

I would need a lot more info to try to help you. If you can give me names with dates and locations of birth, marriage, and death for your Drinkard parents and grandparents then perhaps I can help you. Recent records are not available and the latest census is 1930, so that’s why we need to go back another generation.

This is my line…

1 William Drinkard b: Abt. 1705 in Probably England d: Aft. 1778 in Charles City County, VA
….+Mary Thompson b: Abt. 1706 in Charles City County, Virginia m: 1730 in VA d: 14 Aug 1771 in Charles City County, Virginia
……2 Francis Drinkard b: Abt. 1731 in Charles City County, VA d: Abt. 1751 in Prob. Prince Edward Co., VA
………+Ann Stanley b: 1731 in Dinwiddle County, Virginia m: Abt. 1751 in Prince Edward County, Virginia d: in Prince Edward Co., Virginia
………..3 Francis Drinkard Jr. b: Abt. 1752 in Amelia County, Virginia d: Bef. 1817 in Prob. Madison County, KY
………….+Nancy McDowell b: Abt. 1752 m: Abt. 1772 in VA, NC d: in Kentucky
……………4 Tabitha Stanley Drinkard b: Abt. 1775 Halifax County, VA d: 07 Jan 1841 in Madison/Ohio County, Kentucky
……………..+Samuel Arbuckle b: 1775 in Prince Edward Co., VA m: 02 Jan 1794 in Madison County, Kentucky d: Bef. 1821 in Ohio/Garrard County, KY
……………….5 Martha “Patsy” Arbuckle b: Dec 1812 in Garrard County, KY d: 15 Sep 1846 in Butler County, KY
………………..+Arthur Warren b: 28 Oct 1810 Garrard County, KY m: 19 Dec 1831 in Garrard County d: 14 Jul 1895 in Warren’s Mill, Butler County, KY
………………….6 Samuel Francis Warren b: 07 Aug 1835 in Garrard Co., KY d: 08 Dec 1911 in Warren’s Mill, Butler Co., KY
………………… +Evelyn Hobdy b: 28 Jan 1846 Ohio Co., KY m: 04 Feb 1863 in Corning, Clay Co., AR d: 16 Apr 1938 in McHenry, Ohio Co. KY
…………………… Alexander Arthur Warren b: 16 Apr 1868 in Butler Co., KY d: 15 Nov 1947 in Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL
………………………+Martha A. Short b: 20 Feb 1874 MO m: 02 Jan 1894 in Greene Co., IL d: 04 Feb 1899 in Warren’s Mill, Butler Co., Kentucky
………………………. 8 Catherine Evelyn Warren b: 12 Jan 1895 in Warren’s Mill, Butler Co., Kentucky d: 07 Oct 1983 in St. Louis City, MO
………………………….+Ora Ezrah Hatfield b: 08 Dec 1897 Lincoln Co., MO m: 10 Apr 1917 Madison Co, IL d: 14 Mar 1944 San Francisco, CA
…………………………9 Edsel Arthur Hatfield b: 02 Jan 1919 in East Alton, Madison Co., IL d: 05 Jul 2007 in St. Louis City, Missouri
……………………………+Jessie Louise Whitelaw b: 19 Apr 1921 St. Louis, MO m: 10 Oct 1942 Pulaski Co, AR d: 26 Feb 1991 St. Louis County, MO

Please give me any info that you can in that format for as far back as you can go. Also, if you know your father’s siblings names and your grandfather Drinkard’s sibling’s names that would help also, especially with a common name.

I did find a Jack Drinkard, b. 1917 in Alabama, married to Mary Lee Drinkard. Daughter Shirley Faye Bowman of Huntsville (is that you?); two brothers: Paul Drinkard of Oden Ridge, and Bobby Drinkard of Eva; four sisters, Bertha Fuller, Etoy McDaniel, Desmer Finnegan, and Carolyn Drinkard. He died March 2, 1987. He was a veteran and worked at the Redstone Arsenal. If that is him, I can give you his enlistment records from WWII.

Let me know.

Regards,
Elaine Powell

James Ervin Drinkard married to Anna McHargue had seven children: James Ervine, Sarah E, Abner, William, Francis, Mary H., and Joseph Harrison.

His son Judge Abner Drinkard was born Feb 1 1826. He married his second wife Caroline E. Clark on 7/4/1847 (according Aunt Polly ) I found that they had 5 children: Mary J. William E., John W. James Milton, and Sophrona “Fronie”.

Judge Abner and Caroline’s son William Ervine Drinkard married Sarabelle Fleak Drinkard in approximately 1875. Their daughter Rella Martin Drinkard married my great great gandfather William Jacob Martin on 12/24/1895.

Let me know what you think… My Great Aunt Polly is not sure about the children of Sarabelle but believes she lived to be 102 years old. As of yet she has the following names connected to her: Oakie, Glen, Nell, Lois, Rella,

Thank you sooo much!!!
Amber

Thank you