Anna - that's the fun part of genealogy! Years ago I went to Va, rented a car & drove all over counties there, and I went to the VA State Library. I jumped over streams & waded Rivers in King & Queen Co., Spotslvania, Orange, Botetourt. I found a lot of info, and it was way cool to walk around my 6th gr.grandfathers original 5,000 acres in Spots & Orange...1732 land grant. Part of it was shopping centers & parking lots, but it was interesting to imagine how it was when Anthony owned it. JanC ----- Original Message ----- From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > There is an LDS Family History Center here in Newport News, VA. I have > found some material there that I didn't have before. I had an > interesting day: I received a letter from an old colonial parish here > in Matthews County, VA saying that they had my gr. grandfather, Asbury > McKendree Boyd recorded as buried at a small country church now known > as St. James but formerly Trinity Church, part of a larger parish named > Kingston. I'd looked for the Trinity Church but since it no longer > exists as such couldn't find it. Today my sister and I went to the St. > James (formerly Trinity) cemetery and after much searching, sure enough > there it was beside his second wife, Mary Mason Roy Boyd. I don't think > anyone on this clan ring is connected except collaterally but it's > exciting to find something you've just heard about. > Anna Grace Boyd Foster > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > >

Once every few years I drive over to my gr. grandfather's Plantation, Green Plains, in Matthews County. I have really old photos of the place, of his wife and daughter, of the place before someone with lots of money gentrified it, sometimes even sit on the porch if no one is around and view the ice house where, it is told, his sister in law locked the Yankee soldier in. (Someone said that if all the stories of Yankee soldiers in ice houses were true there wouldn't have been any Northern Army left to fight) On Jul 11, 2005, at 12:26 AM, Jan Curtis wrote: > Anna - that's the fun part of genealogy! > > Years ago I went to Va, rented a car & drove all over counties there, > and I > went to the VA State Library. I jumped over streams & waded Rivers in > King > & Queen Co., Spotslvania, Orange, Botetourt. I found a lot of info, > and it > was way cool to walk around my 6th gr.grandfathers original 5,000 > acres in > Spots & Orange...1732 land grant. Part of it was shopping centers & > parking > lots, but it was interesting to imagine how it was when Anthony owned > it. > > JanC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > >> There is an LDS Family History Center here in Newport News, VA. I have >> found some material there that I didn't have before. I had an >> interesting day: I received a letter from an old colonial parish here >> in Matthews County, VA saying that they had my gr. grandfather, Asbury >> McKendree Boyd recorded as buried at a small country church now known >> as St. James but formerly Trinity Church, part of a larger parish >> named >> Kingston. I'd looked for the Trinity Church but since it no longer >> exists as such couldn't find it. Today my sister and I went to the St. >> James (formerly Trinity) cemetery and after much searching, sure >> enough >> there it was beside his second wife, Mary Mason Roy Boyd. I don't >> think >> anyone on this clan ring is connected except collaterally but it's >> exciting to find something you've just heard about. >> Anna Grace Boyd Foster >> >> >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >> >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >> trees >> >> >> > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >

Especially ice houses in VA! Karen -----Original Message----- From: agfoster@headscheme.com [mailto:agfoster@headscheme.com] Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:32 AM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE Once every few years I drive over to my gr. grandfather's Plantation, Green Plains, in Matthews County. I have really old photos of the place, of his wife and daughter, of the place before someone with lots of money gentrified it, sometimes even sit on the porch if no one is around and view the ice house where, it is told, his sister in law locked the Yankee soldier in. (Someone said that if all the stories of Yankee soldiers in ice houses were true there wouldn't have been any Northern Army left to fight) On Jul 11, 2005, at 12:26 AM, Jan Curtis wrote: > Anna - that's the fun part of genealogy! > > Years ago I went to Va, rented a car & drove all over counties there, > and I > went to the VA State Library. I jumped over streams & waded Rivers in > King > & Queen Co., Spotslvania, Orange, Botetourt. I found a lot of info, > and it > was way cool to walk around my 6th gr.grandfathers original 5,000 > acres in > Spots & Orange...1732 land grant. Part of it was shopping centers & > parking > lots, but it was interesting to imagine how it was when Anthony owned > it. > > JanC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > >> There is an LDS Family History Center here in Newport News, VA. I have >> found some material there that I didn't have before. I had an >> interesting day: I received a letter from an old colonial parish here >> in Matthews County, VA saying that they had my gr. grandfather, Asbury >> McKendree Boyd recorded as buried at a small country church now known >> as St. James but formerly Trinity Church, part of a larger parish >> named >> Kingston. I'd looked for the Trinity Church but since it no longer >> exists as such couldn't find it. Today my sister and I went to the St. >> James (formerly Trinity) cemetery and after much searching, sure >> enough >> there it was beside his second wife, Mary Mason Roy Boyd. I don't >> think >> anyone on this clan ring is connected except collaterally but it's >> exciting to find something you've just heard about. >> Anna Grace Boyd Foster >> >> >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite >> >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- >> trees >> >> >> > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees