Hi all, Mona Kennedy just found the following in going through some of her stuff from Wanda June Goad Worland's research: Old Rappannacock Co, Va Deed and Wills 1656-1684. page 100. Richard Goad, Parish of Sittlingbourn (sp), in the county of Rappahannock doe sell to John Walker of Rappahannock Co. 15 acres of land. (Date missing. ) Recorded Jan 12, 1667. ANNALS OF ESSEX CO., VIRGINIA, EARLY LAND SURVEY, 1670. Richard Goard recieved 250 acres of land "between the Chickahominy River and the Great Swamp". RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY COURT MINUTES, page 242, November court, 1674, Richard Goade and Sarah my wife having bargained and sold unto Thomas Short, "120 acres being a part of a greater quantity granted to me by patent, Sept 29, 1674". Sarah, wife of Richar Goad do appoint my beloved brother, THOMAS PARKER, my lawful attorney, at the next court to acknowledge unto Thomas Short my third of 120 acre of land sold and made over unto him by my husband, Richard Goad, November 30, 1674. WILLS AND DEEDS, ESSEX CO, VIRGINIA, 1691-1722, Book 2, page 201, November 1, 1705. SARAH CURTIS. "all my wearing clothes and household goods I brought to John Curtis plantation we we was married to go to my dearly beloved daughters Elizabeth Blake, Mary Dougherty and Sarah Howlett" (list and division follose) "twenty five acres of land, being a part of a greater quantity granted to Richard Goad by patent 1 Aug 1670, not to be appraised, but sold to the highest bidder, also the tack and plantation equipment I brought with me when I was married to John Curtis. The proceeds to be divided equally between my dearly beloved sons, ABRAHAM, THOMAS and RICHARD GOAD". VIRGINIA COUNTY RECORDS, Volume VI. Edited by Wm Armstrong Cozier, General Publishing Co, Inc. Baltimore, Md. 1971. Rappahannock Co., Va. 11 June 1674. Will of Elias Blake. Witnesses: Catherine Williams and Abraham Goad. Mike

Hi all, This message is picking up from a series of messages from July of 1999. At that time, I sent the following: At 02:45 AM 7/17/99 +0000, mgoad@cswnet.com wrote: >WILLS AND DEEDS, ESSEX CO, VIRGINIA, 1691-1722, Book 2, page 201, >November 1, 1705. SARAH CURTIS. "all my wearing clothes and household goods >I brought to John Curtis plantation we we was married to go to my dearly >beloved daughters Elizabeth Blake, Mary Dougherty and Sarah Howlett" (list >and division follose) "twenty five acres of land, being a part of a greater >quantity granted to Richard Goad by patent 1 Aug 1670, not to be appraised, >but sold to the highest bidder, also the tack and plantation equipment I >brought with me when I was married to John Curtis. The proceeds to be >divided equally between my dearly beloved sons, ABRAHAM, THOMAS and RICHARD >GOAD". Last week, I stopped by the Essex County, Virginia, Courthouse to see if I could locate anything on this. Unfortunately, the reference is totally messed up. Deeds and Will Book 1 and Book 2 were the Old Rappahannock County books. (Old Rappahannock County was split into Essex and Richmond Counties, with a new Rappahannock County being established later elsewhere.) Also, the date range is really off for that to be one of the books. Deeds and Wills, book 2, for Rappahannock County, had dates in the early 1660s. Essex County numbering picks up at book 3 and November 1, 1705 is found in Deed and Will book 12. Unfortunately, the will of Sarah Curtis was not on page 201 of Book 12. I had stopped there for what I thought was going to be a quick lookup and was not prepared for a longer stop as Karen and I were on our way to Williamsburg from visiting family in McLein, Virginia. The courthouse transcript of the will may very well be in one of the books. However, not being well studied in early 18th century script, I had no chance to find anything in the short time I had available. With the help of one of the clerks, I was able to find one reference to a Sarah Curtis, but that was in an index that told us she was referenced in the will of a Dorothy Henry (which Mona Kennedy has mentioned here previously). I was really hoping to be able to share something new with y'all, but, all I've managed to do is verify that the reference is wrong. Now all we have to do is find the right reference and the will. Maybe I'll be lucky in the future. My sister-in-law and her husband are thinking of building a retirement home on the Potomac side of the Rappahannock. If so, we may be visiting them a bit more often. Mike