The Virginia Genealogical Society

Newslet ter VOL. XM. NO. 1 POST OFFICE BOX 7469, RICHMOND, VA. 23221 January - February 1991

Brunswick Stew vs Chicken Muddle

A few years back, some good people in Brumwkk The gentry from Brunswick, then in County, VirgWa, were incensed that a Jamestown Williamsburg, who had so successfully lobbied publication gave that locality as the f?rst to serve the for the creation of Brunswick, were invited to hunters7 stew termed Brunswick. In other countries a the feast. stewed meat with a few fresh vegetables thrown in is termed chasseur (hunter), cacciatore (hunter), jager (hunter). A number of letters erupted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch pro and con over the on@n of our local version ofthe stew, for Virgi-mans are very touchy about our precedence in all things cultural. 7he best letter on the subject was that written by the Rev. Oliver K Brooke, of Empona, and it e f f d v e l y put an end to the exchange, at least for the time. We present it here for you folks out west so you can see that even our cooking is seasoned with the spice of history.

Correspondent LeeNora Everett is quite right in taking the stew story back to Brunswick County ("Officials Stew in

John Fontaine's journal, edited by Edward Porter Alexander and published by the Williamsburg Foundation in 1972, contains the following entry for April 19, 1716:

The seventh day, Christianna, after breakfast we assembled ourselves and read the Common Prayer. There were with us eight of the Indian boys who answered very well the prayers and understood what it read. After prayers we dined and in the afternoon we walked abroad to see the land which is well timbered and very good. We returned to the fort and supped. Nothing remarkable. -

This is a very apt and true description of Brunswick stew; at least it is historical.

Brunswick") for thk is 'where the confusion At the time this stew, Indian-style, was actually began. served to Governor Spotswood and John - -

Fontaine at Christianna in 1716, Fontaine was Roy L. Schreiner is also correct in in Virginia prospecting for land grants. At

connecting Jarnestown with the naming of the that time Brunswick was the backside of stew. The first "Brunswick Stew" was served in Prince George County. Formation of Jamestown, and its origins do go back to Brunswick took place in 1732. It was a fitting Brunswick County, Va. occasion to name the unremarkable delicacy

When Brunswick County was separated that was the subject of many tavern jokes at from Prince George in 1732, the court the time and continues to fire the imagination reporters at Williamsburg remembered or more than the appetite. r&urrected from the fil& the account of Governor Spotswood7s visit to Fort Christianna in April 1716. These records and the memories of the Tavern crowd resulted in a reenactment of Governor Spotswood's fun with John Fontaine, who accompanied him on the trip to the Indian fort where he was forced to eat the unnamed stew. They arranged for an Indian family near Jamestown to cook up a stew like that described by the governor.

An even older version of the colonial fast- food trade is "chicken muddle."e honor of concocting chicken muddle is claimed by the early residents of Greensville County, in and around Hicksford, which is now Emporia. It's much thicker and very rich, with a taste of hickory smoked bacon. Brunswick stew is a latecomer, easier made, much thinner, quick and easy.

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S e 1991 Date: 27 April 1991 Place: Richmond, Virginia Theme: "Genealogical Problem Solving"

Fall 1991 Date: 5 October 1991 Place: Richmond, Virginia Theme: "Genealogical Publications: Roses and

Cabbages"

News Items & Announcements

embership Renewals - Before the VGS ado ted a policy R of running memberships on a twelve-month bas~s om the date of receivihg dues payment, membership in the Society was based on the calendar year, and one massive billing went out every November for the January 1 payment. If someone joined in October, then the three previous issues of the magazine and the five previous newsletters had to be bundled up and sent. We now send out dues notices all year long, depending on the date of joining. The expiration date of a membership is printed on the mailing labels. In time, we hope to have the billing process spread evenly over the year. Owing to our former policy, however, we still have a heavy billing load at the end of the calendar year.

Many of you have received renewal notices in recent weeks, and for the most part, payments are being returned promptly. This consideration aids the Society to past the renewals on time, assures members of a steady flow of quarterlies and newsletters, and saves us the expense of rebilling. If you have received a dues notice but not yet responded, please help us in this matter. If you are not sure, please check your last mailing label and your check book.

As a society, we have enjoyed a high renewal rate when compared with other organizations. Some suffer a 40% annual turnover, but ours has been in the area of only 10% over the years. Happily this loss is relatively easy to make up with new memberships, so that accurate budgets can be planned. But the less we have to spend on rebilling for dues, the healthier we remain fiscally.

Officers contribute their time to the Society, helping to keep expenses and dues low. The latter are predicated on a carefully planned operating budget. For a $20 annual membership fee, one receives four issues of the Magazine of Virgin~a Genealogy (a total of 320 pages of mostly primary source material) and six issues of the VGS Newsletter (48 pages of announcements, reviews, and members' queries). The fee also underwrites

discounts on registration fees to our two annual conferences which feature the best speakers on a variety of topics of genealogical interest. We think you get a lot for your $20. Moreover, that fee covers the stipends of the Editor of the MVG, the Co-Editors of the Newsletter, the Executive Secretary, the typesetting of both publications, the printing of both, the rent and expenses of the Headquarters Office, plus the services of a Bookkeeper and the Auditor. So you see, your $20 covers a wide spectrum of expenses. Only by keeping the membership up and by relying on the volunteer help of Committee Chairmen as well as officers, is all this possible. . . . . . . . .

::::::+:+:. olonial Patent Fund Donations - Outside our operating budget, which covers the above materials and semces, we solicit gifts of money for the Colonial Patent Fund. These monies allow us to pay a skilled transcriber to read and abstract microfilms of the original hand-written Patent Books. Our current rate of transcription and publication is two Patent Books a year. To date, we have transcribed twelve books, continuing where the fourteen of Cavaliers and Pioneers left off. Yes, we want to continue that series in book form too, but in the mean- time the patents are being published and indexed. Land records are the basic resource for colonial genealogical research, and not until all these patents are published can we fully exploit their usefulness. Among those who have contributed recently to the Colonial Patent Fund are the following whose generosity is gratefully acknowledged. 6 Dorothy Amis

Joyce Appling Jessie Ashford

0 L B. Bagby Dixon Barr

0 Mary Etta &let Mr & Mrs Walter Brnuster

6 Sarah Bunn Davenport Cmington Mr & Mrs B. Chemside, J r Mrs James Cochran

4 Frances Colyer James Cook, Jr Mr & Mrs W. C. Costin Douglas Cox Henrietta Cragon M n Paul Crandall

0 Pollyanna Creekmore Mr & Mrs George Cunningham, Wilma Davis

0 L E. Diggq Sr Doris Flowers Mr & Mrs Dewey Fortune Gerald Gilliam

0 Mrs J. E. Gray William Green

0 J. M. Hamblin 0 Doris Hancock 0 Hazel Harvey

Hugh Hughes Mason Johnson Mrs W~lliam Kelly

Mrs Richard h m b Helen LaMonica Frances Lane

6 Mr & Mrs Bruce Locke Minla Massie Janelle McKown Mrs Mae Moore

0 Mrs Edmund Mulligan Mrs Allen Norris Juanita Patton June Plitt

6 Joyce Poole Mildred Price Edith Reeder Jean Ridgeway Mary Skelton

0 Sue Senter Andrea Sizemore

Jr Claiborne Smith, Jr Marshall Spradlin Charlotte Swift Elizabeth Taylor Eugene Taylor

0 Gray Thomas 6 Mrs Richard Thorpe

Bernice Vandehurg Mrs Arthur Vollertsen

0 Eleanor Wallace 0 Helen Watkim 0 Benjamin Weisiger

Pearle Wocds Linda Zablatnik

The VGS Newsletter is published six times per year in February, April, June, Augus~ October, & December. All members of the Society receive both the newsletter and the quarterly Magazine of Virginia G e n e a b ~ . Membership is $20 per year for individuals & institutions1 associations, o r $22 per year for families. Membership also includes substantial reductions in the cost of registration for the Society's conferences. Checks should be sent to the Secretary, c/o of the Society, PO Barc 7469, Richmond, VA 23221. Members who write to the Secretary must include their membership number (it appears on the first line of your mailing label), and if the letter requires a reply from the Secretary, the favor of a SASE is requested. Members may submit genealogical queries for publication in the VGS Newsletter which appear on a space available basis in the column entitled "Quest" See the heading of that column for instructions concerning preparation of copy. For members, the VGS Newsletter is happy to announce publications in progress, and dates and places of family reunions. The various regional and county genealogical societies in Virginia and neighboring states are cordially invited to run notices in these pages of upcoming meetings or conferences which they have scheduled. All such information should be sent directly to Coeditor Chris Hooper, P. 0 . Box 3684, Richmond, VA 23235 no later than the 15th of the month prior to the month of issue in which any announcement is to appear (see publication schedule above).

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Genealogical Problem Solving

All of us who do genealogical research get stuck. The trail runs out. The brick wall looms. After awhile, we retire defeated, with the faint hope that someday a clue will surface miraculously. Maybe we'll learn in Heaven. We love hearing of other people's serendipity, of their chance finds that make the brick walls come tumbling down. Sometimes we are told that we overlook clues sitting right there under our noses -our eyes being focused on distant glory.

One of the best talks we ever heard at a VGS conference was given by John Insley Coddington. It was an old-fashioned inspirational message - success in overcoming a genealogical obstacle. As this writer recalls, the answer was found in a Spanish archives although the problem lay in England and tied in with an American family. In other words, don't overlook diplomatic dispatches in your research. And as another speaker advised us one time, don't overlook prison records. In this regard, the Fairfax Genealogical Society a week after our VGS meet has the prestigious Elizabeth Shown Mills slated for a seminar entitled "Getting Around Brick Walls."

Our program for April 27 here in Richmond, "Genealogical Problem Solving," does not probe quite so far afield as the Coddington talk, but we are presenting speakers and topics that may suggest ways in which we should review our research as well as our research patterns. Too frequently this seeker in his apprentice days simply scanned records for desired names, totally disregarding possible in-laws, neighbors, employers. He wanted his ancestor to speak right out in his very own document, "I am the child of Abraham Patriarch and Sarah Lightfoot, and I am your great-great-great grandfather." Abraham, however, remained silent as did his son, and Sarah lightly footed in an obscure mist.

Four of our very own are scheduled to address us on April 27. Virginia Davis, author of the best-selling Edewater W r m a Families, has announced the topic "Rethinking Our Genealogical Problems." Joanne Lovelace Nance of the N. W. Lapin Press and a Governorat-Large will speak on "Hidden Treasures in the Attic of Possum County Courthouse," advising us to beware of thinking a courthouse is a courthouse is a courthouse. Robert Young Clay of the Virginia State Archives, also a Governorat-Large will expound on "Overcoming the Amateur Genealogists's 'Throw-in-the-Towel' Syndrome." Barbara Vines Little, the President-Elect of the Society, will speak on "Granny Possum's Pointers in Getting Back on the Right Genealogical Scent," warning of traps for the unwary and advising which nosedrops clear the sinuses.

Please join us for a refreshing review of research problems in a program which promises instruction and entertainment. Outaf- towners who wish accommodations should call Jean Pickett Hall at (804) 266-2189. Vendors who wish to rent tables should call Harriette Thorne Kent at (804) 741-1549. A detailed program and registration form will be contained in the March-April Newsletter and should be in your hands by April 1.

- Edgar MacDonald

Once again we would like to recognize the gift of $1000 we received for this project back in 1985, just as we were getting underway. It was from Mrs L. M. Crouch, Jr, of the great state of Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ::::M :.:.......-.:.: emorial Gifts - S ecial Projects, such as Marriages and Deaths in Richmond 2' ewspapm, in theory pay for themselves through sales, but seed money is needed to fund such projects from inception, through publication, to sales. And every society such as ours needs a reserve fund for possible budget overruns, emergency expenses, and supplemental interest income. Such income helps us to keep dues modest so that membership is possible for the less affluent. We invite taxdeductible contributions to our reserve fund as Memorial Gifts. In recent weeks we have received handsome donations in this category, and we herewith acknowledge them with gratitude.

Joya H. Appling in memory of Ida Pitts Cooper John C. Bell in memory of Irma L Bell Patricia K Cox in memory of L M. "Bill" Kirtley Weynette P. Haun in memory of Richard Slatten Mr & Mra Clyde Heath in memory of J. Clyde Heath Mrs Kenneth E. Lorente in memory of Richard Slatten Janelle V. McKown in memory of Walter Turner Via M n Sture Olsson in memory of Charles Keen Carter, Jr William W. Poulaon in memory of Arthur Ray P o u h n Florence L Fbger in memory of Richard Shtten Evelyn R Walker in memory of Susie Walker

As Richard Slatten wrote, "History is too fragile to be left to chance; only dedicated organization can be relied on to preserve it!'

n election of officers will take place at the April 27 meeting of the Society. The following officers will be elected for two-year terms, 1991-1993: Vice-president, Secretary, ~reasur&. Two Governors-at-Large will be elected for three- year terms, 1991-1993. The nominating Committee is composed of Netti Schreiner-Yantis, Chair, Jean Pickett Hall, and Peter McDearmon Witt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

'L:-:-.-.- ome years ago, when Richard Slatten decided to publish the Hanover County Superior Court minutes, he mulled over a number of names for a small publishing venture, one which would be associated with the local records he wanted to see in print. Cavalier, Colonial, James River were all names of existing presses. He settled on The Black Swan in honor of William Byrd 11, founder of Richmond. Born in an area that would become South Richmond, the gentleman was literary, and because of his black attire and handsome appearance his noble London friends dubbed him the Black Swan of Virginia. Richard consulted the Commonwealth authorities, and the Black Swan Press became a legal entity and was allowed to pay taxes.

Though others were planned, the first and only publications to come from The Black Swan were two volumes of court records edited with an Introduction by Richard Slatten, transcribed and indexed by Janice Luck Abercrombie (1987). For a record- scarce county, these minutes served to fill a void for the early 19th century. We are happy to report that the Iberian Publishing Company has acquired distribution rights. Vol. I, Superior Court o f Law, Hanover County, 1809-1 826; 1815-1 826 (paper, 257 pp, $20 + $2 handling); Vol. 11, Superior Court o f Law and Chancefy, Hanover Counfy, 1831 -1 838 (paper, 172 pp,

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$20 + $2 handling). Order from Iberian, 548 Cedar Creek Drive, Athens, GA 30605.

The Iberian Publishing Company has also announced that it will issue the Virginia Revolutiona~y War Public Service Claims, another Richard Slatten - Janice Abercrombie joint publication project. Even professional genealogists are inclined to overlook this important body of records listing the people who supplied and served the Revolutionary Armies at home. Misconceptions about these records abound, one myth passed on by Archives personnel being that these people were simply Tories getting their goods confiscated. This thinking transforms some of our most dedicated Patriots into Tories! In reality the long life of such misconceptions only emphasizes that these records are relatively unknown. For historians and genealogists alike, publication of these Public Service Claims will open a new vista on the Revolution.

aupin Family Reunion will be held November 2, 1991 in Williamsburg, VA. For details, send a LSASE to Mrs Dorothy Maupin Shafktt, Secretary, 1819 N. 82nd St, Kansas City, KS 66112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :;:;B ;

reedinmeeden Genealo ical Exchange Journal in the works. The first issue is rhedukd for Winter, 1991. It will be a semi-annual publication, fully indexed, for $12 per year. Subscriptions and materials for publication are solicited. For information and other particulars about the publication, send SASE to Bruce A. Breeding, 92MI W. Bellfort, #48, Houston, TX 77031 -231 8.

RESS RELEASE - November 21, 1990. A recently discovered Prince George County court record book is now available to researchers%n microfilm in the Archives reading room at the Virginia State Library and Archives. The volume, which is 276 pages in length, contains recorded deeds, wills, inventories and accounts of Prince George County residents for the period between January 9, 1710 and February 9, 1713.

The original volume apparently was taken from the Prince George court house during the Civil War and returned from Ohio to Bishop Knott, clerk of the circuit court of Prince George, in a "plain brown wrapper" earlier this year. The volume is in good condition, with some pages missing at the end. Most documents were recorded in the volume by Edward Goodrich, deputy clerk of court, during the early 1700s.

Researchers may use the microfilm of the Prince George County volume in the Archives reading room, 8:15 a.m. to 5:OO p.m., Monday through Saturday. Microfilm copies are also available from the Archives through the interlibrary loan system of your local library.

pJ .... . . . . RESS RELEASE - December 11, 1990. The Georgia Department of Archives and History is announcing that effective January 1, 1991, staff will no longer respond to mail inquiries for research from the public. The change is due to current and expected budget shortfalls and staff vacancies within the department.

The Archives currently responds to more than 12,000 research letters annually, with 75 percent coming from outside of Georgia. According to Archives Director Dr. Edward Weldon, current and anticipated budget reductions have forced a review of all services currently provided by the Archives.

"In these tough fiscal times, we need to do our best within our limited resources to continue to safeguard the recorded legacy of the state." Weldon said.

The Archives will still provide general information about the agency's holdings through finding aids and descriptive guides available within the building. Anyone requiring more specific information can visit the Archives or contract with independent researchers who charge for their services. A list of independent researchers is available from the Archives. The Archives is currently open Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., but is closed for most federal and state holidays.

pJ .......-.-.-- ewman. The Newman Genealogical Register is available to world-wide family historians to promote research cooperation. There is no charge for inclusion of information in the Register, and Newman genealogists receive a copy of the current issue on receipt of research details, providing a sufficiently stamped SAE, or SAE plus IRC's is tendered with the enquiry. Respond to Anthony E. Newman, 155 Laverock Avenue, Richmond Hill, Ontario LAC 4IU, Canada.

Book Reviews Society Policy on Book Notices and Reviews. For membcn: (1) Publications by members will be announced in the Newsletter (one issue) at no charge. This notice will take the form of a standard catalog entry, plus directions for ordering; (2) publications by members will be reviewed in the Newsletter (one issue) at no charge, if a complementary copy is donated to the Society. For non-membcn: (1) Publications by non-members can be announced on the same basis as for members, with the exception that a $10 fee is required; (2) publications by non- members can be reviewed in one issue of the Newsletter for a fee of $15 plus a complementary copy of the book Review copies will be deposited with a suitable public repository.

Juanita M. Patton, 7Be Family o f Isham and Betsy Hodges. From Virginia to Tennessee. (1990) xiii, 117 pp, illus, index, paper. $17.95 + $3.50 handling ($1 each additional book). Order from the author at D-12 Royal Arms Apts, 2011 Richard Jones Rd, Nashville, Tennessee 37215.

This work records some of the descendants of Isham Hodges and his wife Elizabeth Clay, Virginian emigants from Franklin county to Sumner county, Tennessee in 1812. All of the children of this couple, their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, where possible, are identified. Other - - surnames mentioned include Ausbrooks, Dm, Gilliarn, Johnson and Keen. Beyond this first Tennessee generation, the author develops the line of the seventh son Ezekiel C. Hodges (1802-187-), and further that of Ezekiel's son Daniel Smith Hodges (1835-1863). Daniel Hodges's two children married into the Gilliam family, and from these marriages present-day descendants are traced. The author has been scrupulous in documenting the evidence for the descendants of this couple, relying on censuses, deeds and other official data to underpin her conclusions. In addition, competent secondary sources, local histories and family histories help round out biographies and the historical context. Mrs Patton has foreborne to develop ancestry for the progenitors of this Tennessee family beyond their respective parents [Isham and ?Nancy (Hill) Hodges, and William and Milly Clay]. The book includes numerous family photographs, family trees and reproductions of pertinent documents. A number of illustrations further enhance the work, these by LeRoy Gilliam, likewise a descendant of Isham and Betsy Hodges.

Patrick G. Wardell, Timesaving Aid to Virginia- West Virginia Ancestors (A quick-andeasy guide to birth, marriage, and

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death information in publications concerning county history, churches, and families of residents of Virginia and West Virginia). Vol N. (1990) 128 pp, paper. $10 + $1 handling. Order from Iberian Publishing Company, 548 Cedar Creek Drive, Athens, Georgia 30605-3408.

This is the fourth volume of a series providing a surname index for important secondary sources which "do not have an index or have an inadequate index." The referenced works include 26 family histories, county histories, biographical directories, deed books, among others. This sort of compilation is welcome since it is not uncommon to come across the obvious able volume with alas, no index. In such cases, most researchers are loath not to scour each page, for fear of missing vital data. Although the Timesaving Aid is only an index to surnames, and one can still waste time looking up "Smith" references, these volumes are indeed timesavers. Curiously, Mr Wardell's Foreword states that "[tlhe absence of a page number from a particular reference indicates that information is found throughout the volume!' One presumes that these referenced works are themselves then adequate& indexed, and only here referenced to give a rare volume greater currency.

Netti Schreiner-Yantis comp, Genealogical and Local History Books in Print. 4th Edition (Supplement #I) (1990) 434 pp, index to (listed) family genealogies and newsletters, paper. $19.95 + $2 handling (Virginians add $90 tax). Order from Genealogical Books in Print, 6818 Lois Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22150.

This prodigious work continues the great service of Mrs Schreiner-Yantis in collecting the recent publications of interest to genealogists and local historians. Conveniently arranged by general topics, by state, and by family histories and newsletters this work contains new materials not included in the previous edition, most of which have been published since 1985. The author does not evaluate the specific materials included in the work, but provides a forum in which genealogical authors may inexpensively advertise their wares. The names and addresses of all vendors, as well as ordering information, are included to aid the reader in obtaining the listed publications.

Duane L. Borden and Jeanette Conner Ritenour, Marriages, Shenandoah County Virginia 1882-1 915 (1990) 1126 pp, index, paper. $45 + $5 handling. Order from Duane L Borden, 5995 West Arizona Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80226.

Some five thousand marriages are included in this six- pound volume. Two previous works, Bernice Ashby's Shenandoah County Marriage Bonds 1772-1850, and Duane Borden's for the period 1850-1882 cover the previous years in Shenandoah County. In addition to a transcription of chronological marriage registers of the county (which includes date, place of marriage, age, occupation, residence and parentage), the authors have included much genealogical data on brides and grooms, in some cases tracing through several generations. Noted often too, are burial and cemetery locations. Where the official county register at Woodstock was compared to original marriage licences, errors in the former have been flagged, and corrected in a separate Errata section. The

index is a complete name-index, and includes the bride under both maiden and married names.

Constance A. Levinson and Louise C. Levinson, Rockingham County, Virginia Minute Bmk No.2. Part I , January 1 791 - June 1793. (1990) 137 pp, index, paper. Part I1 Jub 1793- December 1794 (1990) 136 pp, index, paper. $18 + $2.50 handling, each volume. Virginia residents add 4.5% tax. Order from the authors at 46 Monument Avenue, Hamhumburg, Virginia 22801.

Rockingham county was formed from Augusta in 1777, and portions of it were later cut off for Pendleton (1787) and Page (1831) counties. The records of Rockingham were partially destroyed in 1864, those surviving being recopied into new volumes. The authors previously published the first book of the minutes of the Rockingham county court, and this new publication, in two volumes, from the microfilm in the Virginia State Library Archives, appears to represent faithfully the second book (1791-1793). Abbreviations, overstrikes, deletions and misspellings are all reproduced. In addition the authors have noted, on internal evidence, where leaves of the book were bound out of order and so indicated their proper position. The authors' Preface also gives a chronological list of court days, since some of them were likewise misplaced. Happily, the surnames of all persons are capitalized in the text, which facilitates scanning for specific individuals. An index lists, besides persons, those placenames, roads and streets, and occupations mentioned in the minutes. A small improvement would be a cross reference to different spellings of a name (Kertley, Kirtley) where they are not listed together. These volumes, in typescript, are a welcome addition to the growing number of public documents being made readily accessible to the public at large.

June Banks Evans, Lunenburg County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, 1764-1 767(1990) 54 pp, paper, maps, index, $12 postpaid. Order from Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 5600 Bellaire Dr., New Orleans, LA 70124. This publication continues the series by Mrs Evans. Lunenburg, formed in 1745 (the court began to meet 1 May 1746) from Brunswick County, comprised at its formation all the territory which would later become the counties of Bedford (f. 1754), Campbell (f. 1782), Charlotte (f. 1765), Franklin (f. 1786), Halifax (f. 1752), Henry (f. 1777), Mecklenburg (f. 1765), Patrick (f. 1791), and Pittsylvania (f. 1767). Many settlers who came early into Lunenburg would later move west. The number of Granville Co, North Carolina people selling property in Lunenburg indicates a migratory trail linking these regions.

June Banks Evans, Lunenburg County, Virginia, Deed Book 1 I, 1767-1 771 (1990) 77 pp, paper, maps, index, $12 postpaid. Order from Bryn FVyliaid Publications, 5600 Bellaire Dr., New Orleans, LA 70124. See description of Deed Bmk I1 above.

June Banks Evans, Lunenburg County, Virginia, Deed Book 12, 1771 -1 777(1990) 99 pp, paper, maps, index, $12 postpaid. Order from Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, 5600 Bellaire Dr., New Orleans, LA 70124. See description of Deed Book 11 above.

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Recent Reprints John W. Wayland, A History of Rockingham County, Virginia

(1912, facsimile reprint 1990) 554 pp, illus, maps, index, paper. $30 + $3 handling. Order from Heritage Books, Inc, 1540-E Pointer Ridge Place, Suite 300, Bowie, Md 20716.

Like many a great late-Victorian work of scholarship, this history is a compilation of a store of knowledge about Rockingham county. Records of the earliest Swiss-German settlements in western Spotsylvania, entries from diaries of Moravian missionaries, abstracts from Orange County Deed Books (1734 from Spotsylvania), Augusta militia payrolls (1738 from Orange), abstracts of the first Minute Books of Rockingham (1777 from Augusta), early marriage bonds (1778-1794), rosters from the Revolution, War of 1812, and the War between the States are all presented here. Geographical descriptions and maps of the county accompany sketches of prominent citizens, their occupations, industries (e.g. "Handweaving" pp 380-86), diversions and churchgoing. The history carries into the twentieth century. An index, original to the book, is adequate to the main topics and principal personages of the work, but this reprint would have been much better served by a new complete index reflecting as well the hundreds listed in various rosters of soldiers, sheriffs, justices, churchmen e t al, which fill the volume. Without such an index this work must be considered a store not yet catalogued.

Recent Accessions County and Municipal Records

Flwanna County. 1 reel of microfilm. Circuit Court. Records, 1794-1890, including Fiduciary records, 1794-1 852. No. 33379.

Isle of Wight County. 2 reels of microfilm. Circuit Court. Records, 1774-1847, including land records, unrecorded deeds, 1804-1847; Marriage records, 1774,1776-1 777,1779, 1793-1794, 1800, 1810. NO. 33374.

Organization Records

Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia. 1 volume, microfilm. Application papers, volume 16, Nos. 3000-3199. Photoduplication restricted. No. 33645.

Bible Records

Arritt Family. 2 pages, typed transcript. 1742-1864. Other surnames mentioned: Armentrout, Humphries, Myers, and Wolf(e). No. 33662.

Brandon Family. 20 pages, photocopy. Halifax County, 1789- 1889. Includes slave births, 1817-1863. Other surnames mentioned: Hamlett, McLain, and Smith. No. 33390.

Brummal Family. 3 pages, photocopy. Chesterfield County, Virginia, and Green County, Kentucky, 1798-1904. Other surnames mentioned: Blount, Chiles, Hundley, Lewis, Penick, Taylor, and Watlington. No. 33638.

Councill Family. 9 pages, photocopy. Nasemond County, 1775- 1875. Bible of Godwin Councill, printed in 1815. Other surnames mentioned: Lester and Pierce. No. 33643.

Ellis Family. 6 pages, photocopy. Lunenburg and Charlotte counties. Bible printed in 1806. Other surnames mentioned: Armes, Burk(s), and Crafton. No. 33680.

Embrey Family. 5 pages, photocopy. Stafford County, 1820- 1911. Bible printed in 1872. Other surnames mentioned: Cox, Halpenny, and Withers. No. 33681.

Ingram Family. 3 typescript pages. Princess Anne, Hanwer, and Henrico counties and Norfolk City, 1755-1881. Bible printed in 1816. Other surnames mentioned: Blakey, Calvert, Cornick, Drewr(e)y, Garland, Simpson, and Thorowgood. No. 33658.

Gholson Family. 5 pages, photocopy. Halifax County, 1817- 1940. Bible printed in 1911. Other surnames mentioned: Dillon, Pruitt, Vaughn, and Wright. No. 33388.

Greenhow Family. 6 pages, photocopy. Richmond City, 1814- 1827. With newspaper clippings and notes. Bible of Samuel Crofton Greenhow. Other surnames mentioned: Baker, Binford, Gassaway, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Lewis, Maury, Roberts, Smith, Warwick, and white. No. 33385.

Howse Family. 10 leaves and 10 pages, photocopy. Sussex and Greensville counties, 1779-1855. Includes slave births, 1810-1856, and colts foaled, 1812-1842. Other surnames mentioned: Brown and Stuart. No. 33370.

Meade Family. 2 pages, photocopy. Amelia County, Virginia, and North Carolina, 1768-17%. Other surnames mentioned: Eggleston and Ward. No. 33672.

Miscellaneous Bible Records Collection No. 30. 217 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by Jean M. Mihalyka, member of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, includes records for the following families: Addison, Ball, Boggs, Brickhouse, Bull, Chandler, Cropper, Custis, Dennis, Downing, Dunton, Fletcher, Floyd, Glenn, Goffigon, Hall, Hamilton, Harmanson, Holland, Joynes, Kellam, Kirwan, Mapp, Nottingham, Parker, Phillips, Pitts, Powell, Read, Roberts, Rogers, Rolley, Satchell, Scott, Small, Smith, Snyder, Stringer, Sturgis, Symes, Thomas, Upshur, Ward, Wessels, Wilkins, Williams, Willis, Wilson, and Windsor. No. 33403.

Miscellaneous Bible Records Collection No. 31. 124 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation, by members of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, includes records for the following families: Bible, Burks, Huffman, Hunstable, Miller, Propst, Rutledge, Stinson, and Tompkins. Records are also included for

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cemeteries in Lunenburg and Westmoreland counties and for Buena Vista. No. 33365.

Miscellaneous Bible Records Collection No. 32. 195 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by Jean M. Mihalyka, member of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, includes records for the following families: Bailey, Bell, Boggs, Bradford, Budd, Butman, Cropper, Custis, Downing, Dunton, Fairview, Finney, Firchett, Gordy, Groton, Hack, Haley, Hart, Henry, Hughes, Jarvis, Kellam, Kelley, Lambertson, Manchester, Mason, Melson, Moore, Nottingham, Outten, Plot, Rayfield, Riggin, Robins, Rodgers, Samplers, Savage, Scott, Snyder, Stetson, Stevenson, Thomas, Thompson, Torpel, Tyson, Waddey, Walker, and Wyatt. No. 33364.

Miscellaneous Bible Records Collection No. 33. 295 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by members of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, includes records for the following families: Adams, Ashby, Bauserman, Beasley, Blackwell, Bracey, Burson, Caldwell (Ralls County, Missouri), Cartright- Ellwood-Lester-Sanders, Chandler, David, Dening, Dogan, Finch, Follin, Gentry (Ralls County, Missouri), Harris, Herbert, Hicks, Iden-Keen-Morris, Kinchloe, Muncaster- Nourse-Van Sickler-Kephart-Legrys-Fayen, Meyer, Payne- Frost-Heath-MacCullum, Ramey-Jones-Anderson, Simmons, Smith, Stone, Thomas, Trafton, Triplett, Watson, Wefley, West, and Williams. No. 33404.

Miscellaneous Bible Records Collection No. 34. 138 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by members of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, includes records for the following families: Allen, Barton, Beans-Humphrey-Balderson-Paxson, Brawn/Browne,Burnside,Fish-Owen-Bartlett,Harshbarger- Shaver, Hunter, Janney-Thomas, Luke, Nichols-Piggott- Holmes-Thomas, Snyder, Thomas, WaidlWade, Wateman, and Wright-Otley-Young. No. 33419.

Mottley Family. 4 pages, photocopy. Amelia County, Virginia, and Green County, Kentucky, 1774-1861. Bible printed in 1797. Other surnames mentioned: Brummal, Hundley, Mottley, and Tucker. No. 33637.

Person Family. 8 pages, photocopy. Southampton County, 1798-1955. Includes transcript and notes. Bible of John Anthony Person, printed in 1832. Other surnames mentioned: Britt, Bryant, Claud, Harris, and Pack. No. 33394.

Pruett Family. 15 pages, photocopy. Halifax County, 1785- 1978. Other surnames mentioned: Arlene, Ashby, Baines, Brandon, Brown, Brumfield, Burgess, Carpenter, Charles, Clarke, Clayton, Condley, Cook, Cunningham, Curtis, Davis, Dillon, Doyal, Dye, Fisher, Frick(?), Guthrie, Hamlett, Hardy, Haskins, Henderson, Hobson, Hodnett, Hopkins, Hudgins, Hughes, Kirby, Lewis, Marshall, Mell, Pate, Phelps, Schafer, Showalter, Tingen, White, Wiles, and Wood. No. 33389.

Shepherd-Walton Family. 3 pages. photocopy. Fluvanna County, 1823-1980. Bible printed in 1873. Other surnames mentioned: Basham, Cowherd, Glass, Harris, Kayser, Nelson, Pace, Steger, Wade, Williams, and Wood. No. 33399.

Steger Family. 6 pages, photocopy. Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, and Powhatan counties, 1807-1899. Bible of Francis E. H. Steger, printed in 1851. Other surnames mentioned: Richardson, Taylor, and Walton. No. 33398.

Thorp Family. 6 pages, photocopy. Greensville County, 1788- 1941. With transcript and slave births, 1827-1834. Other surnames mentioned: Barnes, Hubbard, Long, and Sykes. No. 33382.

Wilson Family. 7 pages, photocopy. Portsmouth, 1786-1871. Bible printed in 1816. Other surnames mentioned: Bilisoly, Bland(?), Butler, Happer, Hoggard, Hudgins, Langhorne, Riddick, and Wormington. No. 33384.

Wright Family. 2 pages, typed transcript. West Virginia, 1818- 1%0. Other surnames mentioned: Arritt, Terry, and Wolfe. No. 33661.

Business Records

Dupuy, Joseph. 1 volume. Daybook, 1828-1830, for Dupuy's mercantile business in Charlotte Court House. No. 33654.

Smith, Marshall and Joseph. 1 volume. Ledger, 1816-1820, for accounts with Elk Run Church, Fauquier County, containing the date, purchaser, item bought, and amount of purchase in sterling. No. 33634

Cemetery Records

Augusta County. 298 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by Katherine G. Bushman, member of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, is a register of soldiers of the American Revolution who died and are buried in Augusta County. No. 33366.

Miscellaneous Cemetery Records No. 1. 100 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by members of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, consists of recordes for cemeteries in the following counties: Bedford, Brunswick, Campbell, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Pittsylvania, Surry, Tazewell, and Westmoreland. No. 33421.

Dinwiddie County. 28 pages, photocopy. Tombstone inscriptions for the Butterworth, Harris, and Winfield families of Dinwiddie County, and cemetery records for the Bott Memorial Presbyterian Church, compiled for the Frances Bland Randolph Chapter of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. NO. 33694.

Federal Records

War, Department of. 2,670 reels of microfilm. Revolutionary war bounty land warrant applications and pensions, 1800- 1900, consisting of 80,000 applications based on the participation of American military, naval and marine officers, and enlisted personnel in the war. No. 33682.

Genealogical Notes and Charts

Booth-Wheeler-Old-Hardaway. 154 pages, photocopy, notes. No. 33693.

Jefferson-Hall-Fuller. 129 pages, photocopy, notes. No. 33695.

Joynes. 14 pages, photocopy, notes. Northampton and Accomack counties. No. 33630.

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Lewis. 1 item, printed, chart. No. 33369.

Liggan-Ligon. 2 pages, photocopy, notes. Henrico County. No. 33416.

Miscellaneous Collection No. 12. 116 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by members of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, includes information on the following families: Anderson, Bullock, Burton, Cornish, Gilbert, Hankla, Henderson, Pettus, Pruitt, Staley, Stanley, Strickland, Storey, Strother, Thompson, Upsham, and White. No. 33367.

Miscellaneous Collection No. 13. 185 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by members of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, includes Pittsylvania County pensioners from the 1840 U.S. census. No. 33368.

Miscellaneous Collection No. 14. 154 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by members of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, consists of miscellaneious records of Virginia counties including marriage records for Chesterfield, Franklin, and Warren counties, 1785-1852, and selected records from Pittsylvania, Elizabeth City, Augusta, and Loudoun counties, 1714-1954. Also included are marriages for the Moon family of Virginia, 1709-1889, the marriage register of the Reverend Traverse D. Herndon, 1840-1854, and excerpts from the Alexandria Gazette newspaper. No. 33405.

Miscellaneous Collection No. 15. 240 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by Mary Jane Vaden, member of the Virginia State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, consists of information on the Vaden-Hailey- Ward family of Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. No. 33406.

Miscellaneous Collection No. 17. 105 pages, bound photocopy. This compilation by members of the Virginia State Soceity, Daughters of the American Revolution, consists of transcripts for the following records with genealogical information: Augusta County bonds, 1812, 1816; Halifax County deed, 1797; Hanwer County will, 1808, Patrick County minute book, 1828-1837; Lexington letter and deeds, 1733-1878, and Staunton wills, 1806-1820. No. 33422.

Paisley. 1 item, blue line print, chart. Family of William Paisley. No. 33641.

Patterson. 76 pages, photocopy, notes. Descendants of William Patterson of Augusta County. No. 33639.

Shively. 12 pages, photocopy, notes. Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia). No. 33415.

Short. 18 pages, photocopy, notes. Descendants of William Shorte. No. 33692.

Sims. 2 volumes, notes. Southwestern Virginia, Alabama, and Tennessee. No. 33397.

Taylor. 7 pages, photocopy, notes. Descendants of John Taylor. No. 33640.

Map and Plans

Virginia -Virginia land-ownership maps in the Library of Congress, 134 microfiche, 105 mm. These nineteenth

century maps are described in Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress by Richard W. Stephenson, 1%7. No. 4739.

Central Piedmont - Ward maps of the city of Richmond, Virginia, ca. 1809-1877, 6 microfiche, 105 mm. No. 4740.

Price, Prentiss. 8 cubic feet. Papers, 1%9-1979, of Prentiss Price, a nationally known genealogist. Included are materials arranged by families, geographic locations, correspondence, and printed material. No. 33401.

Wooldridge, Thomas. 6 pages, negative photostat. Will, April 29, 1757. The original will is in the Chesterfield County dead papers, 1757. No. 33683.

Quest Noticc to rukaibea Queries concerning ancestors submitted to "Quest" may take either of two forms. First, readers may request explicit information on specific individuals who should be identified by place (county or town, as a rule) & by date (year only, please!). Members submitting concise entries are more likely to have them printed as originally worded; verbose, rambling entries must be edited. Second, those interested in exchanging information on groups of people of a similar name may simply entitle their entry "Exchange", followed by the family names of interest. In either case, please follow the format in previous newsletters All queries accepted for publication must be accompanied by the subscriber's membership number which can be found on the first line of the mailing label affixed to your VGS Newsletter or Magazine of Virginia Gcmatw. Queries are printed in the order in which they are received. Multiple queries are printed on a space available basis. Please submit all queries to Chrir Hooper, Quay Editor, P. 0. Ba 3684, Richmond, VA 23235.

DARRACO'IT, MEUX/MEAUX, FARRELL, PRICE, WINSTON. seek info proving relationship of these families. Did Capt. John Darracott of Hanover Co m Elizabeth Farrell after first wife, Cecelia Massie Darracott, d in 1737? Was Elizabeth Farrell dau of John Mew who d 1727, New Kent Co, and widow of Daniel Farrell? Thomas Darracott was son of Cecelia and believe William Darracott son of Elizabeth. Rhoda L Fone, 1428 Neilaon St., Berkeley, CA 94702

EACHO: Blissland Parish Vestry Book lists items of John Eacho, d 1755 (page 131). Seek more info on John; his parents; his widow; his sons, John Jr and Benjamin; other children (if any); his place of burial. Have much info on other family members to exchange. James F. Eacho, 4407 Falcon St, Rochrille, MD 20853.

FORD: Sarah Ford m John Mann in Amelia Co 1764. Is Sarah sister to John Ford who m Frances Pryor in Cumberland Co? If not, who are her parents? Also, who are parents of Hezekiah Ford who m Elizabeth G. Ballow 1812? Who were her parents? Agnes J. Ranaeen, 132 Elmwood Ave., Evanstw, IL 60202

SHACgELFORD/SHACKLEFORD: Seek parents & gr- parents of Benjamin Shackelford b 1825 place unknown; d 1888 Fredericksburg; m 1848 Elizabeth Thomas in Spotsylvania Co.; children: James A., Virginia E., and Dora L., all b in Caroline Co. Janis Sebastian, 1410 Rose Vuginia Rd., Reading, PA 1%11.

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ASHLOCK Seek parentslsiblings of Jesse Ashlock b c1754-58 in Halifax Co. Were James, Richard, and William Ashlock of Halifax Co his brothers, cousins, or other? Was Anne Scott, m Jesse 1785 in Pittsylvania Co related to Sarah Scott, m Jesse 1842 in Overton Co, TN? 'Q Ashlock, 2923 San Mateo NE, Albquerque, NM 87110.

TUCKEX: Daniel Tucker (1747-1812) was an early mayor of Hamilton, Bermuda. The city seeks a likeness of him for their gallery. Robert D. Tucker, 405 Townsend Place, Atlanta, GA 30327.

Exchange: DETER, FOGUS, HART, WOOD, BERRY, WOOLARD, E(H)RISMAN, SHULTZ WEIR. The following early Albemarle Co families - John Detter (d 1833), Henry Fogus (d 1827, Frederick Hart (Hurt?), Wood family with Berry connection before 1795, Samuel Woolard (early 1800s). Also the following Amherst/Nelson Co families- Jacob E(h)risman, Jacob Shultz, Frederick Weir, all before 1830. Mrs Dolores C. Rutherford, 1758 Carmelo Dr., Carmichael, CA. 95608.

PROFFI'IT/PROFlT/PROFFE'IT Seek info on Jane, b c1784 Fluvanna Co, who are her parents, husband? Are the people listed with her in 1830-1850 census her children? Julia Ann, b c1812 Nelson Co. Is Jane her mother, if not who are her parents, husband? Are William H. b 1830 and Jane b c1838 (Nelson Co) her only children? Clinton L Proffitt, G-12 Rivers Bend Apta, Carney8 Point, NJ 08069.

LEE: Wyatt Lee m Dolly Grant 1806 in Brunswick Co. Living in Dinwiddie Co 1810. Moved to Clarke Co, GA where appears in each census until his death at age 110. Who were his parents, siblings? Exchange with others researching this line. Mrs Leo T. Barber, Jr, 617 Third St., SW, Moultrie, GA 31768.

GILMORE, WEATHERRED, MURPHY: Seek infoon Joseph & Frances Gilmore family 1770s of Albemarle Co. Children: John, Catherine, Eliz. Meador (m John Weatherred), Anna, Frances F., Mary, Thomas, Wm. B., Eubank, Joseph. Also William Weatherred & Grace Murphy (gr-parents of John Weatherred). Freddy J. Brown, 865 Isam Bradley Rd., Scottsville, KY 43164.

Exchange: BENNEIT, COOPER, SIMS, TINCHER, WHANGER/WENGER, FLACK, LIVESAY, Z[MMERMAN,

LEWIS, CAUFFMAN, EAGLE. Exchange data on these families of Greenbrier Co late 1700s to ~1900. Elijah Bennet b c1700 & wife Nancy Cooper; Campbell C. Bennett b c1834 & wife Isabel M. Sims; Elizabeth M. (Tincher) Eagle b c1836; Jacob Whanger~Wenger b c1814 & wife Rebecca Jane Flack. Christopher Livesay, Sr b c1846 & wife Matilda; John J. Livesay, Sr b c1804 & wife Catherine Zimmerman; Chapman Simrns b c1795 &wife Sarah A. Lewis? John Whanger b c1770 & wife Frances Cauffman. Dorothy M. Mercy, 3324 Holly Ct., Falls Church, VA 22042

FOXWORTHY, NUBAL, JORDAN: Seek data and parents oE Sarah Foxworthy m 1750 Daniel Green; Thomas Foxworthy m Sarah Nubal 1751; Nicholas Foxworthy m 1752 Mary Jordan. Thomas & Sarah son John, b 1753. Nicholas & Mary, dau Catherine b 1753, and a son b1758. (refs. Boogher's & King's compilations of Overwharton Parish records, Stafford Co). Believe Thomas d 1766 in Pr. Wm Co per bond. Correspond with descendants. Donald F. Foxworthy, 510 Overbrook Rd., Baltimore, MD 21212

SPAIN/SPANE Seek birth, marriage, and death of James SpainJSpane, Sr and wife Antheny (Gilliam? Clanton?). Children from Albemarle Parish Reg, Sussex: Absalom b 1749 (m Margaret before 1770); child born (name omitted) 1756; Suky b 1758; James, Jr b 1762; Amy-Gilliam b 1765 (m William Hill Spain). Christine Levet Gerbel, 3143 Deer Meadow Dr., Blackhawk, Danville, CA 94506.

OLIVER, DURRElT, STODGHILL: Seek maiden name of Tabitha who m Durrett Oliver c1757 in Caroline or Orange; family connected to Benjamin Winn, Fortsons. Were they also related to Stapp, Head, Lindsey? Martitia (Martha) Oliver m Joel Stodghill (Stogdill) 1781; Olivers were on Pamunkey Neck, later Caroline; Durrett Oliver lived on land in Octonia Tract; descendants to Elbert Co, GA before 1800. Dorothy Haizlip Ward, 11030 sw 52nd Court, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33328.

DAUGHTElRY Capt James Daugherty, one of 6 founders of Morgantown, VA m Elizabeth ? c1760. Her name and background? W.D. Crittenberger, Jr, 7009 Arbor Lane, McLean, VA 22101.

LONG: Benjamin Long d in Richmond Co, NC 1815. His will names wife Elizabeth and children: Nancy Wall, James Long, William Long, and Susannah M. Long. Is said he came from VA, but what county? Who were his parents? Please help! Mrs Scott Kimball, 2921 Hwy. 82E, Apt. 5B, Greenwood, MS 38930.

TAYLOR: Seek parents and info on John Taylor and wife Avis ?. John's will proved 1758 Cumberland Co, mentions wife; children: James, Susannah Robertson, Mary Taylor. Grchildren Avis Amos, John Amos (father Francis Amos), John Taylor son of James: Martha Taylor, Mary Robertson, Sarah Robertson, John Taylor Ferguson, James Taylor. Brother William Taylor.' Esther Barnes Mulling, 2321 Robinson Rd. NE, Marietta, GA 30068.

CHRISTMAN, HTIE Elizabeth Christman, (wife of Willoughby Broughton) b c1730 was dau of Jacob Christman (his will dated 1777, Frederick Co) and Magdalena Hite (Heyd or Heydt). Jacob's will names all children. Seek ancestry of Jacob and wife Magdalena Hite. Mrs Gordon H. Woodward, P 0 Baa 611 Union Station, Endicott, NY 13760.

CAPPS: seek ancestry of Laura B. Capps b c1882 near Booneville, KY (Owsley Co) d 1934 Montgomery, WV, m Jessee Farley of Harlan Co, KY. They later resided in Pennington Gap, VA. Parents: Daniel B. and Nancy Hurst Capps. Mrs Wayne M. Plymale, Jr, 1909 Weetmoreland Dr., Oak Hill, WV 25901.

SHELTON, DALLAS: Seek parents of Alexander L. Shelton, b 1801 Louisa Co, d 1891 Manchester, Adams Co, OH, m Sophia Shelton, dau of James Shelton b 1777 Stafford Co, son of George Shelton b c1730. Need m data for James and spouse Francis Dallas? b 1767, Pr Wm Co; possibly dau of Thomas Dallas. Exchange Shelton info VA, OH, & KY. Linda Whitford, Bax 2066, Yellowknife, N.W.T. X1A 2P5 Canada.

CHAMBERLATN, HUGHES: Sarah Hughes Chamberlain, dau of William and Mary Chamberlain, and grdau of Anthony Hughes, lived Lunenburg/Mecklenburg Cos c1760. Whom did she marry? Donnadeane Depew, 1024 ApoIIo Way, Sacramento, CA 95822

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CLARK, JOHNSON: seek parents of Christopher Clark (b 1681 VA) his wife was Penelope Johnson (b 1684 N ~ W Dent Co). Also info about her parents. Mra Edgar Smith, Box 206, Lamben, MS 38643.

TCTRNER: Edward Turner m 1755-65? Elizabeth? Molly? Mary? He lived in Loudoun Co 1764 on land leased from Lord Fairfax and mwed c1796 to Fauquier CQ. He d ~180415. Issue: John, James, William, Sally, Lewis, Molly/Mary, Edward, Ann. Seek info on Edward's birth, marriage(s), and parents. Jean Smidt, 7725 Warwick Ave., Darien, IL 60559.

WARREN: Seek info on Robert Warren of Northampton Co. In Sussex Co, MD by 1681. Family members include Mathias, Argoll, Levi, and Alexander. This family originally brought to VA by Sir Francis Yeardley in 1640. In the 1740s three dau of Stephen Bennett of Sussex m sons of Robert. Also seek info on Valentine Warren, another son of Robert. He was b 1655 and later mwed to MD. Who were his children? Thomas Warren, 8 Course Brook Rd, Sherborn, MA 01770.

CRISP: Seek info on NC and TN Crisp family connections in VA prior to 1800. Specific interest in connections to Elizabeth and Jaret (her son) Crisp of Edgecombe Co, NC. David Crisp, 304 Gerber Dr., Fredericksburg, VA 22401.

PRIMM: William Primm d 1819. Primms lived in Fauquier and Stafford Cos. Fauquier Co Minute Book 1819 from Reel 55 show a reference to William Primm's will and codicil being presented in court. A careful search of the 1819 will records of Fauquier Co on microfilm have not revealed his will or appraisal. Is there some reason why this will is mentioned as being presented in court yet not appearing in the will records? Is the will possibly recorded some place else? Are there copies of loose wills in the Fauquier Co Courthouse? Is there someone I could hire to check these for me? Berylyn C. Bazzoon, 13617 Washington, Santa Fe, 'IX 77510.

Exchange: WEAVER. Seek parents and siblings of Moore Weaver, b c1755, m before 1780 to Drusilla McGehee (b 1759 in Amelia Co). Moore & Drusilla (McGehee) Weaver had 8 ch in Pr Ed Co: Elizabeth b 1780 m Parker 1802 in KY; William b c1782; John b ~1784 , m Sharp in 1804 in KY; James b 1785, d 1844 KY, m 1812 in KY to Ketchum; Nancy Moore Weaver b c1787, m 1809 to Beckley in KY; Sarah b c1788, m 1824 to McCaslin in KY; Mary W. b 1789, m 1823 to Sharp in KY; Polly b c1791, d before 1825. Moore & Drusilla (McGehee) Weaver emigrated 1795-1800 from Pr Ed Co to Shelby Co, KY where they both died after 1820. Drusilla was ciau of Jacob & Eleanor (DeJarnette) Mackgehee of Pr Ed Co. Dorothy M Sparks, 1600 Fagan Dr., Ft. Worth, TX 76131.

THROCKMORTON~OGMORTON of Henrico Co: Seek info on ancestors of this name. Evidence of early Throgmorton was a William Throgmorton, 1705, one of 12 per. trans. by Abraham Michaux who rec'd a patent of land in Henrico Co. Will share info. Ma jorie T. Robinson, 811 San Eduardo Ave., Henderson, NV 89015.

PULLEY: Seek info on John Robert Pulley, b c1785 VA, d 1849 New Orleans, LA, m (1)Mary Ann Wall c1826 (2) Ellen Brush c1835 New Orleans. Possibly son of John Robert Pulley b c1759 VA, d 1819 New Orleans. Anne K Maruhn, P 0 Box 507, Kalama, WA 98625.

NEWMAN, WAUGH: George Newman b c1798 VA, d 1843 Warren Co KY. m Elizabeth Waugh 1825 Orange Co. Son

Alexander b 1825 Orange Co. Was Andrew and Mary Ann Fennel Newman George's Parents? How related to George Newman a Rev. soldier? Evelyn Dinm, 6620 Alexander St., Hammmd, JN 46323.

KING, MATLOCK, WEBB, HORSLEY, PAYNE, WEBB, LAWSON, BROWN: Martin King sold land to John Webb and William Matlock 1734, Goochland Co adj Robert Horsley, dec'd, n side of James R; Robert Payne witness. William Matlock sold to Richard Brown, 1744. Martin King sold land to John Witt in Albemarle Co 1747. David Lawson sold to Anne Horsley 1740, on Little Byrd Cr, adj George Payne and Jonas Lawson. Exchange info on these families. Joe E Greene, 611 Tarragom Way, Daytona Beach, FL 32114.

THURMAN, BROWN, BURKS, ASHLOCK, COX, DOSS: Seek info on children of William Thurman who m Susamah Brown 1781 Pittsylvania Co. 1817 Cumberland Co, KY deed lists sons Labum (deceased), Thomas, Fleming, Jesse, sons-in- law Charles Burks, Isaac Ashlock, Abel Cox, Ezekiel Doss. Was Priscilla Thurman a daughter? 5 Ashlock, 2!323 San Mateo NE, Albquerque, NM 87110.

Exchange: WADDLEWADDELL families in VA, especially in Washington Co. Ruby B. Hawkins, 11615 Sagevale h., Houston, TX 77089.

HAWES, WOODEND, GEORGE, ROBINS: 1848 in Norfolk Co, William Hawes and William Woodend signed deed of trust selling all of Hawes' assets and household items to Woodend for care of Hawes' children, Pennsylvania (female) and Troyikia. Afterwards children did not live with mother. No provision made for wife, Ann Johnson Hawes. After Hawes' death, Ann m Edward George. Seek info on Pennsylvania and Troyikia. Also seek m or d record for Elizabeth Robins (1860-1870) b c1847 to Jefferson and Fannie Rowe Robins. Ruth Glaser, 1610 28th St, Apt 715, Portsmouth, OH 456622698.

JONES: Seek descendants of Jared Armstrong and Isabella (Elizabeth) Fleming Jones, who lived at Hightown, VA; children: Clarence, Andrew, Mary, William, Margaret, Robert. Jared d 1910 and buried in Hightown Methodist Cem. Jack Hemming Layton, P 0 Box 95, Inninfail, AB, Canada, IOM 1AO.

YOUNIUN, JUNGHEN, SCHERER, HOCKMAN1 HACgMAN: Will share info on family of RudolphBalph Younkin b 1766 Bucks Co, PA. Son of Johann Henirich (Henry) Junghen and Katherine Scherer. M 1780 to Elizabeth Hockman/Hackman. To Loudoun Co by 1790s. Left Loudoun Co for Perry Co, OH after 1810. Children: John b 1791; Samuel b 1797; Elizabeth b 1787; Henry b 1795; SaraWSally b ?; Jacob b 17%; Joseph b 1806. Marian Smith Posey, 12709 Dorina Place, Granada Hills, CA 91344-1418.

HILL, CHISSELL, TURNER: William and Ann (Chissell) Hill from Northumberland Co in 1695, per Richmond Co deed. Beverly Fleet noted that Ann Chissell mentioned as gr-dau of Hezechia Turner 1677 Essex (Old Rappahannock Co) will. Were they the William & Ann Hill whose children's births recorded 1698-1718 in Christ Church (Middlesex Co) Parish Register? He d there 1720, and she in 1726. Felix Earle Luck, 8 St. Joha's Ave., P 0 Box 506, Mt. Tabor, NJ 07878.

NEWLAND, GRAY: Seek birthplace and parents of John Newland, a Rev soldier, b c1743, d 1833 Wythe Co, m Margaret Gray 1768; Savina (?) 1780, Elizabeth Wright Gannaway 1804.

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Gerry Newland, 6318 Youngs Branch Dr., Fairfax Station, VA 22039.

GRIFFITH: Seek info on family of David Griffith who was granted land in 1734 in Frederick Co with Benjamin Borden and Andrew Hampton. He entered land on Pigg R in Lunenburg Co in 1747. In 1752 as David Griffith of Lunenburg Co, he gave Power of Attorney to Morgan Morgan and John Lindsey of Frederick Co to sell land granted him in 1734. In 1767, as David Griffith of Craven Co, SC, he sold his land on Pigg R in Halifax Co to Wm. McDaniel. Margaret G. Harlow, 21 Welch St, Clarksville, TN 37040.

PURYEAR: William Puryear d 1808 in Mecklenburg Co. Known children: Thornton, John, Robert, William, Samuel, Thompson, Nancy, Sarah m Royster, and Elizabeth m Melrone (sic). Seek wife and Rev War service. Mrs Lloyd E Nelson, 1427 Eason, Memphis, TN 38116.

KENDRICIC- Seek info on family of Patrick Kendrick who d in Russell Co in 1805. He was son of Solomon Kendrick who was killed by Indians on the Holston R in Washington Co in 1777. Birth of some of Patrick and Jane Kendrick's children was recorded in the Overwharton parish Register, Stafford Co. They were: James b 1752; Isabelle b 1754, m John Horton; William; Jane m John Locke; Frances m Samuel Ritchie; Patrick (1758-1825); Rachel m Daniel Johnson; Mary Jane m William Horton. Michael A. Ports, 754 McHenry St., Baltimore, MD 21230.

BOBBITI', FARISS, NESTER Exchange info with anyone researching the Bobbitt, Fariss, or Nester families from the Carroll Co/Hillsville area. Nancy W. Peters, 8348 Lyndale Dr., Richmond, VA 23235.

MAYO: Seek info on descendants of Joseph Carrington Mayo (1785-1872), Mayor of Richmond (1853-1865). Articles, references, records appreciated. CR. Mayo, 5304 Dunleigh Court, Burke, VA 22015.

CAYLER, YEARGIN, BENNETT, FLOWERS: Seek info on Adam Cayler b c1770 m c1795 Susannah, Loudoun Co; William Yeargin m 1796 Rebecca Bennett, Brunswick Co; Austin/August Flowers probably Baptist minister VA before 1800. Marcia L Logsdon, Rt. 9, Boor 53-C, Santa Fe, NM 87505.

GABBERTIGABHART, ROBERTS, CHILDERSI CHILD-, OAKSIOAICES: Seek help with these families in VA 1700s: GabbertIGabhart in Frederick/Shenandoah/Augusta; Roberts in LunenburgMalifaxlPittsylvania; Childers/Childress in AlbemarleIAmherst; OaksIOakes in PittsylvanialHenry. Will Exchange. Mrs Mar~orie Turner, 22257 Panama, Warren, MI 48091.

WARD: Martha (Patsy) Ward, dau of Daniel and Elizabeth Ward, m Elijah Lyon(s) 1814 in Franklin Co. Moved to Claiborne Co, TN ~1826. Returned to visit his parents Elisha and Rhoda Hatcher Lyon, Franklin Co in winter of 1828. Elijah d March 1828. Nuncupative will. Patsy on 1830 Federal Census, Franklin Co 1830 with 7 children. Need names and other info on children. Mildred W. Campbell, 847 King James St., SW, Roanoke, VA 24014.

ROLE!: Seek any info on John Rolfe, wife Mary and an Indian woman that came to Surrey Co by indenture in the year 1658. Could this be son of Thomas Rolfe that was left in England to be raised by his uncle Henry. Thomas did m Elizabeth

Washington and they had a child named Ann Rolfe. Could Ann and John be twins since the mother Elizabeth died in child birth? William Aubry Roife, 2209 Persimmon Trek, Richmond, VA 23233.

JAMES CITY CO: Seek info on sources of material on James City County (Jamestown, Williamsburg). I am presently collecting the Postal History of this co and have some collateral material and wish to expand same. Anything in back issues of magazine? Craig Mathewson, 636 Ocean Ave., Ocean City, NJ 08226.

CREASONICRESONICRESSON, STEWART: Seek info on children of Willis Creason and wife Ruth Moody: Isaac, Andrew, Riley, James, Howard, Perry, Jane, Nancy all b MO c1818-1834. And any Creason/Creson/Cresson. Also, Alexander or Ellick Stewart and son, William Stewart b c1828 and his wife Mary Tarwater and Mary Erickkson and their daus Sarah and Jane all b in MO. Philip Mohney c1809 his wife Elizabeth Smith? Their son Abraham Mohney c1839 his wife Mary Matilda Maiden b 1841 MO and her parents Elisha Maiden and Nelly ? (could be Neff or Whipple). All names known in MO, OK, AR, KY, VA, IN, IL, OH, IA, WV, NC, SC, and TN. Mary AM Cream Rohde, 5797 Sycamore, Rialto, CA 92376.

SHIELDS, CURRY Nancy Shields, b 1782 VA, m Henry Sloan Curry, b 1783 NC, 1806 by Presbyterian minister, Montgomery Co (Mt Sterling), KY. They settled Crane Creek on Little Sandy River, Greenup Co. Seek ancestors of both. Will exchange info. James C Curry, 701 G w ~ M ~ Bldg., 602 Main St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

GOAD, UTLEY, LEWIS, FRAIM: Ruben Goad b 1770 Pittsylvania Co. Who were his parents? Also like to correspond with anyone researching Utley, Lewis (Goochland Co), Fraim or Goad surnames. Robert Ray Faukner, 5208 N. Harlan Ave., Evansville, IN 47711.

ROCHELLEJROTCHEL. Seek info on John Rotchel and wife Sarah of Southampton Co who sold land to James Powell in 1765. Children: Ann, Dorcas, Amos, Etherington. Moved to Holly Shelter district of New Hanover Co, NC in 1767. Will exchange info on any Rochelles of Southampton, Sussex and Surry Cos of VA and NC. Sloan S. Mason, 125 Durham Dr., Fayetteville, GA 30214.

ROGERS: Who was Rachel Rogers of Loudoun Co? In 1782 she petitioned for a share of the estate of Hezekiah Rogers of Bucks Co, PA. What was her relationship to Hezekiah? E L Kinney, 1015 West 47th St, Miami Beach, IT 33140.

TALLAVAIL Seek info on parents of Mariell (Marie) M. (possibly Mamie) Tallavall b 1888-89 in VA, d 1934 Wash DC, m Clarence M Price of Price's Forks, VA 1908. They lived in Roanoke during 1920s and had small variety store. Had sister Mrs Milton Garland. Janet Satterfield, 5709 36th Ave., Hyattsville, MD 20782.

CARDERJCORDER 1850 census for Hampshire Co shows Abner Carder, age 28 b VA with wife, Emma A. age 28, b VA and two children: Sarah V. age 3 and Benjamin F. age 1. 7he History of Hampshire Co. by Maxwell, gives his name as Corder. Which is correct? Who were his parents? Mrs K.R. Mercy, 3324 Holly Ct., Falls Church, VA 22042

RILEYJRYLEEiRILIE: Seek info on family of Daniel Riley (Rylee, Rilie, etc) a Rev veteran who settled on Holston River

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after the war. Name(s) of his first wife(s) are unknown. He m last Susannah Jackson in Russell Co in 1807. He d 1837 in Washington Co. His children were: Charles b ~1788, m Margaret Orr; William b ~1790, m Lydia ?; Elizabeth b ~1792, m Joseph Pendleton 1801; Andrew b c1794, m Rhoda ?; Thomas J. b c1817, m (1)Celia Johnson (2)Mary Jane Munsey (3)Eliza Fraley; Jackson b 1819. Michael A. Ports, 754 McHenry St., Baltimore, MD 21230.

MORRIS: Seek wife and parents of William Morris, d 1837 Breckinridge Co, KY. Children born in VA were: Jonathan b 1792; Tabitha; Sally; William G, James. Mac Blair, 720 Northwood Dr., Huntingdon, TN 38344.

PENNINGTON. Will of James Pennington, Mecklenburg Co 1803, shows legacy to Robert Pennington. Seek any info on Robert Pennington. Also, wish to correspond with anyone familiar with private academy operated by Miss Viola D. Judkins at 125 S. Adams St. in Petersbury, VA, 1893-94. Norma Judlrins Pennington, P 0 Bcx 84, Moeeley, VA 23120.

LAWSON, RANDOLPH, BURKE, POYTHRESS, BLAND: Were Phillip Lawson (b c1765, d by 1828 VA) and Mary Ann Randolph (b 1785 VA, d 1852 Richmond) the parents of Peter P. Lawson alias Burke (b c1815 VA, d 1873 Henrico Co)? Mary Ann Randolph m Phillip Lawson in 1820. Her father was John Randolph (b 1743 VA, murdered by his son Richard Bland Randolph 1803 Chesterfield Co); her mother was Anne Poythress (b 1757, d 1804). John Randolph's parents were Henry Randolph and Tabitha Poythress. Anne Poythress's parents were Peter Poythress and Elizabeth Bland. James

HMamhU, 27 E. Madison Ave., Flabam Park, NJ 0793Z2605.

HOXFORD, JAY, MASON: By 1687, John Hwford of Rappahannock Co had m Saint&) Jay. Sainty had an illegimate child Ann Mason by Josiah Mason, who d in Rappahannock Co in 1687 (Sainty Jay and Ann received bequests in his will). Seek info. Also, seek info on Mary Starkey, servant of John Goss who had a bastard child sometime in 168617 in Rappahamock Co. What happened to this child and who was its father? Michael John Neill, RR #3-Bar 222, Carthage, IL 62321-9803.

BISHOP, WALLING/WALLEN, POUGE: Seek info on parents and siblings of John Bishop d 1819 Scott Co, wife Elizabeth. Children: Thomas b 1760-70, m Hannah; William b 1780 VA, m (1)Elizabeth Pouge 1808 Washington Co, (2)Frances Walling 1825 Scott Co; Peter b 1775-94, m Jane; Samuel b 1775-94, d by 1839 Scott Co, m Mary b 1790; John b 1775-94, m Lydia; George b 1794-1800, m Hannah; Sampson b 17% PA, d 1861 Scott Co. Records located have been in Russell, Lee & Scott Cos. Will share. Eleanor Talliver Waters, 308 Hidden Court, Woodstock, GA 30188.

MAUPIN: Maupin Family History update is planned for publication in late 1991 or early 1992. Looking for Maupin descendants who would like to be notified of this book concerning the lineage and descendants of Gabriel and Marie (Hersent) Maupin Family who came to America in 1700 and settled in Williamsburg. If you have documented lineage data concerning your line of Maupins, send it along with LSASE, ASAP. Phyllis J. Beuer, 3312 W. Fairway Dr., McHemy, IL 60050.

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