Bill, Charlotte, et al; My FLEMING is also James FLEMING, Jr b 31 Mar 1773 Hampshire Co, VA; d 11 Oct 1846 in Flemington, (W)VA; m 16 Mar 1797 Elizabeth WELCH b 29 Nov 1777; d 15 Mar 1847. Her parents were Sylvester WELCH will d 30 Sep 1800, prob 19 Feb 1810 in Hampshire Co and wife Jemima CARROLL (dau of Dempse CARROLL and Frances SANFORD). I have James Jr's father as the James FLEMING b 1744; d 1823 who with wife Ann bought and sold land in Hampshire Co in the late 1700s. Some say Ann was a JOHNSON, but I've not seen any record to verify that. I believe a WFT CD sez James parents were William & Margaret... Children of James, Jr. and Elizabeth include: - Patrick 1800-1872 m Mary C. BARTLETT - Mary 1806-a1850 m Samuel BARTLETT - Sarah 1809-1854 m John H BARTLETT (my ancestors) - Minor S 1812-1888 m Martilda Ann BARTLETT - Johnson C 1815-1900 m Mary BARTLETT and others... I'm interested in finding more early records on this family, and where they came from - I'll have to study Bill's info - unless the 1782 James FLEMING moved from Hardy back to the remaining Hampshire Co, then we've got 2 of them at least and my James, Jr. wouldn't come of age until 1791, and his wife was Elizabeth not Ann. I had always presumed there was just the James, Sr & Ann, until James, Jr was of age, and that there was only this one James FLEMING family in the area. I believe these 2 James' are the ones in the Harrison Co 1810 census, but I don't know when they moved... Like others, I'm still looking for records which would show where they came from before Hampshire Co... Jim Web Site: http://customers.doubled.com/~bartlett/genealog.htm Descendants of Thomas BARTLETT (c1730-1806) of Fauquier and Harrison Co, VA and 80 other surname ancestors, mostly from Colonial Virginia -----Original Message----- From: William Gehling <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 12:54 AM Subject: Hampshire Co. >>Hi Jim, >> >>I, too am looking for a Fleming family in Hampshire Co. I am trying to >>find information on the parents of James F. Fleming, b. Hampshire Co >>1775, d. Taylor Co 1846. He married Elizabeth Welch 16 March 1797. >>Several of their children married Bartletts and I am wondering if you >>might possibly have any information on his parents. >> >>Charlotte >>in Tucson AZ >> > The Tax Enumeration of 1782 lists a James Fleming with 3 in family >living in what is now Hardy County, formed from Hampshire in 1786. In 1784, >a James Fleming, 9 in family, the Capon Bridge area and another James >Fleming, 4 in family, south of the above that overlaps with Hardy. This >from Mary E, Pugh, Hampshire Co. Public Library, in response to a query. >There are no James Flemings in the tax lists from 1800-1814 or in the 1810 >or 1820 census. > She also sent me some exerpts from Allegheny Passage, Churches and >Families, West MarVa District, Church of the Brethren, 1752-1990 by Emmert >F. Bittinger, 1990. On p. 205, begins a section on The Fleming Family that >states: > Several Fleming families were established in Hampshire Co. by 1800, >some becoming Brethren there. James Fleming became a minister. > At least some of the Hampshire Co. Flemings came from Frederick Co., >MD, where numerous Flemings lived. In a letter to the author, 18 Sep 1986, >Nancy Kiddo states that James Fleming's mother married secondly a Castle and >that he (p. 206 starts here) was raised with the Castles. He lived in >Frederick Co., MD, and served as an officer in the Revolutionary War. >Immediately after the War, he and his family bought lands offered by Fairfax >and settled in Hampshire Co. > ... > A James Fleming of Frederick Co., MD, frequently signed documents >for Brethren people. ... > In Hampshire Co., a James Fleming began purchasing land in the >1780's. In 1784, he purchased 107 acres of land on Beaver Run from Matthias >and Ann Beaver, who had purchased it 2 years earlier from Peter Beaver, >Matthias's father. Apparently, James Fleming already owned land in >Hampshire Co., for on 12 Jun 1793, he sold 212 acres to Dunker Henry Miller >from MD (Sage and Jones, 69, 18). > In fact, James Fleming may have been something of a land speculator, >for he made nearly a dozen sizable land purchases, most lying along Beaver >Run and Mill Creek. ... Land records reveal that his 107 acre lot on >Beaver Run lay adjacent to Henry Neff and Samuel Arnold. Thomas Smoot, >possibly a son-in-law of Dunker, Henry Neff, also purchased land from James >Fleming. His transactions took place on 10 Mar 1795, 2 days before Smoot >sold parcels to Jacob Biser and Daniel Eller. > A James Fleming also speculated in land further west in Harrison Co, ... > The James Fleming from whom descend the Dunker families lived on 500 >acres of land on Lick Run which is a tributary of Mill Creek. His land lay >just west of Mill Creek on what is called today, Fleming Road, about a mile >or so from Junction. It lay close also to the Arnolds, Ludwicks and Bisers, >less than a mile distant. He also bought land from Dunker, Henry Neiff (Neff). > ... >(p. 207) > ... > The following year, on 10 and 12 Mar 1795, Thomas Smoot and his wife >Catharine sold 21 acres to Daniel Eller and 60 acres to Jacob Biser, both >lots lying adjacent to each other on Mill Creek (Sage and Jones, 54). >Witnesses to these transactions were James Fleming, John Biser and Peter Engel. > ... > Bill > [email protected] >