To All Pamunkey Davenport Family Association Members: On 26 September 1999, I went to Lexington, Virginia and met John Scott Davenport aka Jersey Doc. We left Lexington on Monday morning (27 September) and drove to Louisa, Virginia. We spent the remainder of Monday and all of Tuesday and Wednesday in the Louisa County Court Clerk's Office poring through records i.e. court orders, deeds, wills, marriages, etc. The Louisa Library was open on Monday and Tuesday nights until 9:00 PM and we availed ourselves of this opportunity on Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday, we left bright and early and drove to the Goochland, Powhatan, and Amelia County Court Houses. On Friday, we went to the Cumberland County Court House. We made a sight seeing tour late Friday after working hours and went south of Cumberland where Thomas Davenport and his family settled. Believe it or not, there was a road named Davenport Road going through the country side where Thomas and his family had owned about 2000 acres about 200 years ago. I was really excited and got my camera out and made about six pictures of the sign on both ends of the road, hoping at least one came out good. On Saturday, Doc guided us through parts of Louisa, Hanover, Spotsylvania, and Caroline Counties where Martin Davenport and his family had once resided. We proceeded down VA Route 30 to King William Court House and turned off to follow the county roads that led to where our progenitor, Davis Davenport, had his 200 acres on the Mattaponi River known as Davenport's Landing. We went from there over to the Pamunkey Indian Reservation, not much to relate about that stop. After family sightseeing, we drove over to Williamsburgh. This was an interesting place to visit. We didn't get to see as much as I would have liked to have seen because we arrived late and I was tired, but I would highly recommend it to everyone. We drove to Richmond and got a motel room and then took Doc to the train station at 2:30 AM so he could board his train back to New Jersey. This trip was undertaken to glean every last tidbit of data that was to be found to fill in gaps and correct any erroneous data previously posted. Our method of working was for Doc to tell me to get certain books and scan through them using the index and then page by page looking for any pertinent names. I put little slips of paper in the pages and then Doc would read the material and extract (in his own shorthand) necessary data. This proved to be an efficient method. I was amazed at the intensity and the ability to focus on the material that Doc has regardless of the noise or other distractions such as children making noises at the Louisa Library. Doc will write a report and forward it to me and I will then forward it to the Davenport list. This will contribute a large amount to our continuing investigation of the Pamunkey Davenport History. There was a balance in the PDFA account of $544.39. Our expenses were as follows: Lodging (5 nights only) $261.25 Meals (5 lunches only) 72.32 Mileage (500 miles only) 125.00 Total $458.57 Balance PDFA $85.82 We kept our expenses to a minimum by paying for our own evening meals, no motel charges except on working days, and no mileage for me to and from Virginia and no compensation for Doc's train fare home. I was gone nine days and travelled 1958 miles. We plan to make another trip next spring and concentrate on the Cumberland County Court House which has over 140 Davenport Deeds in their records. Comments??????????? Robert L. Davenport aka Billy Bob P.S. I forgot to mention that I stopped at the Albemarle Court House for about three hours last Monday morning on my way home and copied some Davenport marriages and deeds.