In a message dated 5/31/04 8:12:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj: {not a subscriber} Andersons in Virginia > Date: 5/31/04 8:12:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent from the Internet > > > > I'm not sure who will receive this email as I'm new to the RootsWeb system, > so I'd better introduce myself. My name is Bill Anderson. I live in > Bethesda, Maryland and practice as an attorney in Washington, D.C. Over the last 2 > years or so I have gotten very invested in researching my family history. My > line passes from John Anderson of N. Ireland, to his youngest son William, > to Capt. John, and from there through William II, William Pleasant, John > William, William Eugene, and my father Demus Eldrige Anderson. This group > migrated through Tennessee into Mississippi and then to Northern Arkansas right > after the Civil War. I was born and raised there and that's where most of my > family now lives. > > I am very interested in assembling information on the history of Capt. John, > his father William, his father John and anything we know of them in the > Ulster area and prior to that in Scotland. I have assembled quite a bit of > information on my own (and I'm certainly willing to share it), including about 20 > books on the subject, a copy of the deed to the Blockhouse property and its > reconstruction last year through a Congressional grant, and information on > Capt. John's role in early native attacks and what appears to be his role in > forming the aborted State of Franklin. The RootsWeb site made me aware that a > number of people have been at this for many years, however, and I would very > much like to collaborate. > > If any recipients of this email are interested, please respond, or perhaps > forward to another person who might be interested. Thanks so much for your > time. > > Bill Anderson > 5502 Charlcote Road > Bethesda, MD 20817 > > Bill, I am forwarding your message on to the Anderson listmembership. But remeber, you need to subscribe to the lists before you can post messages directly. Check out the web page below and see if you have some ifomation you would lke to contribute. Patrick J. Anderson http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~anderson/virginia.html