Sherry Nay mentioned the article on The Little Fork Colony. This 7-part series was first posted to this List in December 2002, by Thom Faircloth. Rootsweb has changed the way one accesses List Archives and it's a little and and time-consuming for lots of people; so, I'm reposting here (hope Thom doesn't mind). Just in case anyone wants to do a search for Archives of past posts to the List, here are the procedures: (FOR THREADED ARCHIVES, by Month and Year) 1 Go to <http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/germanna_colonies> (FOR ACCESSING OTHER THREADED ARCHIVES, by Month and Year) 1) Go to <http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index>; 2) Type in the name of the List, such as GERMANNA_COLONIES, WILHITE, WILHOIT, etc.; 3) That will bring up a table of all the Archives, by Month and Year, from the earliest postings to present. 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To look through an Index of Lists, go here: <http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html> As an example, if you're looking YAGER, YEAGER, or other spellings, click on "Y" and look at the list. You'll find Lists for YAGER, YAEGER, and YAEGER. If you're looking for CLORE, CLAAR, etc., click on "C" and look through the list. You'll find CLORE and CLOER. If you look in the I'm sending Thom's 7-part postings in separate emails to follow this one. (Originally posted on this List, 8 Dec 2002, by Thom Faircloth.) Today I will begin posting the 1960 article by Dr. B. C. Holtzclaw on the Little Fork Colony. It was published in the 1960 annual report and was I believe the typescript of Dr. Holtzclaw's address to the 1960 Annual Reunion. It will take several days to post as it is a long article. Dr. Benjamin C. Holtzclaw was author of "The Holtzclaw Genealogy" and of many other important studies. He was the Head of the Department of Philosophy and served as Dean of the Graduate School, University of Richmond. He was also the official Historian for The Germanna Foundation. THE LITTLE FORK COLONY The Second Colony from Nassau-Siegen near Jeffersonton, Culpeper Co., VA. The First definite reference to this colony is found in the report and diary of Brother Matthias Gottschalk, a Moravian Missionary from Pennsylvania, who visited the various German settlements in Virginia in March and April, 1748. These reports are to be found in Volumes 11 and 12 of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, and quite clearly identify this colony, which has been confused in the past with the first Nassau-Siegen group that settled, first at Germanna on the Rapidan River in 1714; then later removed to Germantown on Licking Run in what is now Fauquier County. The second colony was settled in the Little Fork of the Rappahannock River in the northern part of Culpeper Co., where the Hedgeman and Hazel Rivers meet to form the north branch of the Rappahannock, The present town of Jeffersonton was laid out on land that belonged to one of the colonists, Joseph Coons. My colleague, Professor Woodford B. Hackley, who was reared near Jeffersonton, has been of great help in tracing the members of the colony, and particularly in showing how their land adjoined around Jeffersonton. Brother Gottschalk's "Report" states that after visiting the large and prosperous colony of Lutherans near Hebron Church he next traveled 26 miles towards the Potomac to the Great Fork of the Rappahannock (i.e., the vicinity of Germanna), where he found only three German Families still living. Then, under the heading, "The Little Fork of the Rappahannock", he has the following to say (Va. Mag., Vol. 11, pp. 232-3) "It is situated about twenty-two miles from the Great Fork toward the Potomik, Twelve families of the Siegen district, being of the Reformed religion, live there close together. They are very fine, neighborly and friendly people, who love each other in their manner and live together very peacefully. The brother of our Matthew Hoffman, John Henry Hoffman, also lives there and I lodged with him. They built a small, neat and suitable church, and engaged one of their number, John Jung, to be the Reader of the church, who conducts services for them every Sunday. They can not get a minister, because they are so few in number." Brother Gottschalk then goes on to state that he preached for the Little Fork group on April 10, 1748; that then John Jung and Hoffman accompanied him across the North River of the Rappahannock (i.e., the Hedgeman River); that very late in the afternoon he came to the home of Jacob Holtzclaw, the reader and schoolmaster at Germantown; and that he stayed there until April 12, 1748. {to be continued} Thom Faircloth