JAMES ARTERBURN, Sr. (1772 — 1861-1863)**

• MARY "Polly" (Elzia/Elsea) ARTERBURN (ca. 1773 — 1850-1860)***
• Married: 8 Jan 1798 (license); 16 Jan 1798 (ceremony)

** (Died 1861-63, no death/burial record; LW&T drafted, 1861; courthouse fire, 1863; LW&T re-recorded, January 1864; gravesite lost.)

*** (Died between 1850-60 Censuses, no death/burial record; courthouse fire, 1863; gravesite lost.)

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The following reference works represent progressive stages of research, and are accessible in Family History Centers (LDS) and in some libraries. Items #1, #2, #3, and #4 below can also be viewed online at libcat.familysearch.org (copy and paste the complete title or author's name). Some Research Notes (#4) includes a discussion of British public records of individuals with the anomalous surname spellings, "Atterburn" and "Arterburn," which later discoveries proved were not related to us. Supplemental Notes (#3) includes primary and secondary source materials, and revisits the families of Peter and William in the censuses and tax lists of Shenandoah County. Some interpretive details have been successively corrected or superseded across the three books of Notes. For example, the initial focus on a search for European patrilineal ancestry in Some Research Notes (#4) was superseded by later discoveries of Southwest Asian (Indian) patrilineal ancestry, and confirmed by the Arterburn Y-DNA Project (#7), which culminated in Final Notes (#2). The final work, The Arterburn Story (#1), presents a concise narrative summary of the most important findings in the three books of Notes, and further clarifies the composition of the families of Peter and William. Although lacking the new discoveries about ancestral origins and early history, The Arterburn Cousins (#6) and a second edition (#5) connect the branches and generations of descendants, and include brief individual and family profiles.

1. Arterburn, Charles R. The Arterburn Story. 2023.

2. Arterburn, Charles R. Final Notes on the Origin and History of the Arterburn Family in America. 2019.

3. Arterburn, Charles R. Supplemental Notes on the History of the Arterburn Family in America. 2013.

4. Arterburn, Charles R. Some Research Notes and Current Hypotheses of the Origin of the Arterburn Family and Surname: Based on Historical and Genealogical Sources and Recent DNA Analyses. 2010.

5. Arterburn, Michael N. The Arterburn Cousins. 2012.

6. Arterburn, C. Norben and Janet D. Arterburn. The Arterburn Cousins. 1977.

7. Arterburn Y-DNA Project (Family Tree DNA).

https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/arterburn/about/goals

(Postscript: Peter Arterburn, his children, and his patrilineal descendants have a distinct history and genetic heritage and were not identified with or related to Melungeon families of Virginia, Tennessee, or Kentucky.)

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(SEE ALSO: Thomas Elzia/Ellzey/Elsey, Memorial 232079853)