Ron Goodman posted the children of Ralph Fuqua and I noticed that some of them were in Knox Co., IL. It caught my interest as my dad was born in Galesburg, Knox Co., IL. My Douglas line came to Knox Co., also. My McCurdy/ Rutledge line came from PA. to IL where they married into this line. I noticed that you had Reynolds listed also, and I happen to have Reynolds in my line also.My first Reynolds was Elizabeth Reynolds who married Charles Moorman in Virginia. Although it's not documented, except for what my grandparents passed down in the family Bible, this is what I believe to be my line. I would love to know more about the Knox Co., IL branch. Jan from IL Guilliame Fuqua m. Jane Eyre William Humphreys Fuqua, Sr., m. Elizabeth Marie Faure Joseph Fuqua m. Elizabeth Bedford Mary Fuqua m. Thomas Smith Mary Elizabeth Smith m. Charles Douglas Stokley Smith Douglas m. Anna Glennan Elvie Lucretia Douglas m. William McCurdy Rutledge Freeland Douglas Rutledge m. Mina Lutrell Willis Marshall Rutledge m. Jean Eloise Elliott Janice Lynn Rutledge (me) m. Laurits Richard Roggy Ron Goodman wrote: > Virginia Land Grants, abstracted from Library of VA Digital Collections by > Ron Goodman: > > To Fuqua, Thomas. 7 August 1770, 570 ac.... both sides of Long branch, a > branch of Otter River ... Fuqua's corner .. Fuqua's line .. Pointers in > Walton's line ... along Hughs's line ... along John Fuqua's line. > > To Fuqua, Thomas, 1 June 1782, 120 ac. ... N. fork of Otter River ... on > Austin's Creek ... Henderson's line ... to Otter R. down as it meanders ... > to the mouth of Austin's Creek and up said creek as it meanders. > > To Fuqua, Joseph, 29 May 1797, 120 ac., on the S. fork of Otter River ... at > John Fuqua's. > > Then, from Bedford Co. Deeds: > > Richardson, John, and Susannah his wife, 26 Nov 1766, sell to Zachariah Neal > for ?15, 238 ac in Bedford Co., on branches of Elk Creek... to Walker's > corner. > > The branches of Elk Creek are NW of Lynchburg, and flow SW until Elk Creek > joins the Big Otter R., less than 3 mi. N. from its junction with the Little > Otter. These references seem to place the homeplaces of the Richardsons, > Neals and the Fuquas, around the main road between Bedford and Lynchburg, > and about 1/2 way between the two. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Babb McClintock [mailto:jbabb914@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 12:18 > To: FUQUA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FUQUA] Ralph Fuqua and Bedford Co VA > > Ralph Fuqua purchased 350 acres on the south fork of the Otter River from > William Callaway in 1756. He purchased 382 acres on Jack's Branch from John > Payne in 1767. In 1761 Ralph deeded to James Roberson 100 acres on the South > Fork of the Otter River. In 1762 he deed 100 acres on Jack's Branch to Henry > Fuqua. There is a deed recorded in 1766 whereby Henry Fuqua deeds to Ralph > Fuqua 100 acres on Jack's Branch. In 1767 Ralph purchased 217 acres on Elk > Creek from George Gaddy. Apparently the term "Mansion House" was used to > designate the main living house on the property; not necessarily a mansion > as we know the term. Jan > > ==== FUQUA Mailing List ==== > You are invited to visit the new Fuqua website at: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~fuqua > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237