This William's Great grandfather was George Anderson , owned land in the Rapidan, Kenderbrook and Hood , near Standersville area,Va. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah Kincaid <skincaid@cwv.net> To: <ANDERSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 11:40 PM Subject: Re: [ANDERSON-L] George W. ANDERSON m. VANNOY > You think you are having trouble finding your John Anderson , you need to > try and find this William H. Anderson . I have started with his third > ggrandfather > back in Orange Co. Virginia in 1764 and got to Green Co. to his first > marriage > to a Betty Bryant and their three children , and then his second marriage to > Virginia > A. Smith they have six children in Green Co. , Virginia , but have not in > the 31/2 > years that I have been searching found the second wife and him on any > records . > A few years before their deaths , I find them in W.V. , and still find no > records for them anywhere. > NOW THIS IS A BRICK WALL. > SARAH > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Smlathrum@aol.com> > To: <ANDERSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 8:53 PM > Subject: Re: [ANDERSON-L] George W. ANDERSON m. VANNOY > > > > Oh, how I wish I had a DOB, DOD, spouse, anything on this John Anderson. > All > > I know is that he is mentioned over and over again in family oral history > and > > the story is consistent: He lived in Charlestown, Jefferson County, VA > (now > > WVA), he was a friend of George North, he may have been a cooper, he had a > > son David born April 15, 1797 in Charlestown who grew up in Charlestown, > > attended the old Charlestown Academy (an educational institution to teach > > Latin and the classics to young boys). > > He was probably pretty well off for the times and also well educated > himself. > > The Norths were both and probably would not have been good friends with a > > family that was not peers (not snobbishness, just reality!), especially > since > > John's grandson and George's granddaughter married. There are sooooooo > many > > John Andersons but I can't get a connection on this one! > > Any help would be much appreciated as this is my last significant brick > wall! > > Susan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ANDERSON Mailing List ==== > > All the past mail list messages are stored in an archive. Try a search for > ANDERSON at this link to <a > href="http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl"> Rootsweb Mail > List Archives</A> > > > ==== ANDERSON Mailing List ==== > Try this link to <a href="http://www.qni.com/~anderson/AndersonTOC.html">Colonial Massachusetts and Maine Anderson Families</a>