The Virginia Genealogical Society
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Brunswick Stew vs Chicken Muddle
A few years back, some good people in Brumwkk
County, VirgWa, were incensed that a Jamestown
publication gave that locality as the f?rstto serve the
hunters7stew termed Brunswick. In other countries a
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-Dispatchpro and con over the on@n
of our local version ofthe stew, for Virgi-mansare very
touchy about our precedence in all things cultural.
7he best letter on the subject was that written by the
Rev. Oliver K Brooke, o f 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
Brunswick") for thk is 'where the confusion
actually
- began.
- served to Governor Spotswood and John
Roy L. Schreiner is also correct in
connecting Jarnestown with the naming of the
stew. The first "Brunswick Stew" was served in
Jamestown, and its origins do go back to
Brunswick County, Va.
When Brunswick County was separated
from Prince George in 1732, the court
reporters at Williamsburg remembered or
r&urrected from the fil& the account of
Governor Spotswood7svisit 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.
January - February 1991
The gentry from Brunswick, then in
Williamsburg, who had so successfully lobbied
for the creation of Brunswick, were invited to
the feast.
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.
At the time this stew, Indian-style, was
Fontaine at Christianna in 1716, Fontaine was
in Virginia prospecting for land grants. At
that time Brunswick was the backside of
Prince George County. Formation of
Brunswick took place in 1732. It was a fitting
occasion to name the unremarkable delicacy
that was the subject of many tavern jokes at
the time and continues to fire the imagination
more than the appetite.
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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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.
S e 1991 Moreover, that fee covers the stipends of the Editor of the
MVG, the Co-Editors of the Newsletter, the Executive
Date: 27 April 1991 Secretary, the typesetting of both publications, the printing of
Place: Richmond, Virginia both, the rent and expenses of the Headquarters Office, plus
Theme: "Genealogical Problem Solving" the services of a Bookkeeper and the Auditor. So you see, your
$20 covers a wide spectrum of expenses. Only by keeping the
Fall 1991 membership up and by relying on the volunteer help of
Committee Chairmen as well as officers, is all this possible.
Date: 5 October 1991 ........

Place: Richmond, Virginia

::::::+:+:. olonial Patent Fund Donations - Outside our operating
Theme: "Genealogical Publications: Roses a n d budget, which covers the above materials and semces, we solicit
Cabbages" 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
News Items & Announcements 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-
embership Renewals - Before the VGS ado ted a policy
of running memberships on a twelve-month bas~s om the date
of receivihg dues payment, membership in the Society was
R 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
based on the calendar year, and one massive billing went out their usefulness. Among those who have contributed recently
every November for the January 1 payment. If someone joined to the Colonial Patent Fund are the following whose generosity
in October, then the three previous issues of the magazine and is gratefully acknowledged.
the five previous newsletters had to be bundled up and sent.
We now send out dues notices all year long, depending on the 6 Dorothy Amis Mrs Richard h m b
date of joining. The expiration date of a membership is printed Joyce Appling Helen LaMonica
Jessie Ashford Frances Lane
on the mailing labels. In time, we hope to have the billing 0 L B. Bagby 6 Mr & Mrs Bruce Locke
process spread evenly over the year. Owing to our former Dixon Barr Minla Massie
policy, however, we still have a heavy billing load at the end of 0 Mary Etta &let Janelle McKown
the calendar year. Mr & Mrs Walter Brnuster Mrs Mae Moore
6 Sarah Bunn 0 Mrs Edmund Mulligan
Many of you have received renewal notices in recent weeks, and Davenport Cmington Mrs Allen Norris
for the most part, payments are being returned promptly. This Mr & Mrs B. Chemside, J r Juanita Patton
consideration aids the Society to past the renewals on time, Mrs James Cochran June Plitt
4 Frances Colyer 6 Joyce Poole
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and saves us the expense of rebilling. If you have received a Mr & Mrs W.C. Costin Edith Reeder
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M n Paul Crandall 0 Sue Senter
your check book.
0 Pollyanna Creekmore Andrea Sizemore
As a society, we have enjoyed a high renewal rate when Mr & Mrs George Cunningham, Jr Claiborne Smith, Jr
compared with other organizations. Some suffer a 40% annual Wilma Davis Marshall Spradlin
0 L E. Diggq Sr Charlotte Swift
turnover, but ours has been in the area of only 10% over the Doris Flowers Elizabeth Taylor
years. Happily this loss is relatively easy to make up with new Mr & Mrs Dewey Fortune Eugene Taylor
memberships, so that accurate budgets can be planned. But the Gerald Gilliam 0 Gray Thomas
less we have to spend on rebilling for dues, the healthier we 0 Mrs J. E. Gray 6 Mrs Richard Thorpe

remain fiscally. William Green Bernice Vandehurg

0 J. M. Hamblin Mrs Arthur Vollertsen
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one receives four issues of the Magazine o f Virgin~aGenealogy Mrs W~lliamKelly Linda Zablatnik
(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

The VGS Newsletter is published six times per year in February, April, June, A u g u s ~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.
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:.:.......-.:.: emorial Gifts - S ecial Projects, such as Marriages and
2'
Deaths in Richmond 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.
...............
ome years ago, when Richard Slatten decided to publish
'L:-:-.-.-
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, 1809-1826;1815-1826
+
(paper, 257 pp, $20 $2 handling); Vol. 11, Superior Court o f
Law and Chancefy, Hanover Counfy, 1831-1838(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~yWar 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
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; Society Policy on Book Notices and Reviews. For membcn: (1)
r e e d i n m e e d e n Genealo ical Exchange Journal in the
works. The first issue is r h e d u k d 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 77031-2318.
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.
p
J........ 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.
Vol. XW,NO. 1
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
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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
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-12Royal 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, D m , 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 informationin publications concerning county history,
churches, and families o f residents o f 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 $ 9 0 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 1882-1915 (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
Page 5
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 1791-
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,
1764-1767(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 1I,
1767-1771 (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,
1771-1777(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-EPointer 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, 1794-1852. No.
33379.
Isle of Wight County. 2 reels of microfilm. Circuit Court.
Records, 1774-1847, including land records, unrecorded
deeds, 1804-1847; Marriage records, 1774,1776-1777,1779,
1793-1794, 1800, 1810. NO. 33374.
Organization Records
Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of
Virginia. 1volume, microfilm. Application papers, volume
16, Nos. 3000-3199. Photoduplication restricted. No.
33645.
Bible Records
Vol. XVII, NO. 1
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- Miscellaneous Cemetery Records No. 1. 100 pages, bound
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.
Pa& 7
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.
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. Descendantsof 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
Vol. XVa NO. 1
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 G c m a t w . 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
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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, N M 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: D E T E R , 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~Wengerb 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
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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 ~ WDent 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 ~ 1 7 8 4m
, 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~OGMORTONof 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. Majorie 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
Vol. X M , NO. 1
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, N M 87110.
Exchange: WADDLEWADDELLfamilies 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, O H 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, N M 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~orieTurner, 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 ~ 1 8 2 6 .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
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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 ~ 602 Main
Bldg.,
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, I T 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 o f 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
Copyright Q 1991 for The Virginia Genealogical Society by Peter Witt and Chris Hooper, Editors
The Virginia Genealogical Society
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Address Correction Requested
Vol. XM, NO. 1
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 1808Washington 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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