Ginny: I answer to some of your questions about Fauquier County, Virginia. I that area there were iron ore deposits. The Governor of Virginia invited iimigrants from Iron producing region of Nassau-Siegen of Germany to come and work the Iron ore in Faquier. My Ancestor Peter Heite (Hitt) migrated to Virginia in 1714. They settled Germantown also named Germana in Prince William County, now known as Fauquier County. They became known as the Germana Settlement. Some of the names are Holtzclaw, Kemper, Martin, Fishback, Otterbach and Koontz. A David White married a Mary Koontz and were deeded land Feb 17, 1803 from John Koontz. There was a great migration from Fauquier County, VA. to Kentucky around 1790. My ancestor Aaron Hitt came about that time to Mason county. If you want more information on Fauquier County there is an organization called The memorial Foundation of the Germana Colonies in Virginia, Inc. Their address is PO Box 693 Culpepper, VA 22701, phone 540-825-1919. Web page _webmaster@summit.net_ (mailto:webmaster@summit.net) . They have many publications on the imigrants to Fauquier. The organization owns 270 acres of the orginal land and there is a College. There is also a excellent Book available "Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Imigrants to Virginia 1714-1750 by B.C. Holtzclaw.". Don Lee

Thank you for sharing that info with me. I recognize many of those names. .·:*¨¨*:·.~* Ginny *~.·:*¨¨*:·.

If this is in reference to my query if land in Mason Co KY was given to French & Indian soldiers from Fauquier Co VA, then there was a misunderstanding I have noticed that many families from Fauquier Co VA ended up in late 1780-1800 in Mason Co KY. My own did... William White Sr had 5 married children remove from Fauquier Co to Mason Co KY in late 1780-1790's. William White and 69 other men were listed on Capt. William Edmonds Virginia Troops in 1761 out of Fauquier Co VA. Then I saw some place something about Ohio Territory and wondered if Mason Co KY was part of that area early on. I have since learned , and been told by many, that the answer to that question is NO. .·:*¨¨*:·.~* Ginny *~.·:*¨¨*:·.

Farquier CO. was never part of Kentucky but I put that on a list other day. Here is rerun of what book says.. "Kentucky was part of Virginia until 1776. Prior to this time, 1 Dec 1772 to 31 Dec 1776 the area was Fincastle Co. VA."  "The three original counties of Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln were formed in 1780.  Together they encompassed all of current day Kentucky." aken from Kentucky Ancestry by Roseanne Hogan. This book explains much of the changes and  developments. Kentucky became a state in 1792 having 6  additional counties now.  Along with the original three above there was Nelson, Woodford, Mason, Madison, Bourbon and Mercer.  I am not sure how much I can quote legally but the next paragraph describes the boundaries better for Lincoln  which covered most of the sourthern part of the state. excepting what is  was taken for Madison Co. Jefferson  was reduced by the creation of Nelson Co.  Together with what today called the Jackson Purchase (  Chickasaw Indian Hunting Grounds) it made up all the counties. All other counties sprung from with in these counties.  Boundaries moved tremendously for some and minimal for others.  The last boundary change was in 1912. 120 counties were created the last was McCreary Co. Fayettes area was split to form Mason, Bourbon and Woodford.  It is also suggested you acquire or read Willaim Dollarhides Census Maps of Kentucky and Rones Historical Atlas of Kentucky and her counties  Rone  1965.. I have not seen this second one but have used the first one. Mason  Co. was formed from Bourbon Co. and 19 counties have been formed from Mason Co. . That ought to give you clue as to where to hunt.  :>) Hope this helps some out there. SusiCP@aol.com

http://sos.ky.gov/land/military/ This website has much info on Rev War military land grants...and digitized copies of same. Michele

In a message dated 2/2/2006 5:57:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, ginnykeefer@cox.net writes: > I wonder if land in Mason Co KY was given to soldiers from > Fauquier Co VA for their services My Joseph Allen received a Military Bounty Warrant after the RW which he used in Kentucky. That was a common practice after the ward with acreage being assigned by rank. Michele

In a message dated 2/2/2006 5:57:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, ginnykeefer@cox.net writes: > > Anyone know why so many lived in Mason Co KY in late 1700's that were from > Fauquier Co VA? Kenton, Marshall and other military and social leaders led out after the Revolutionary War and settled in Mason Co. They developed lands and opened lands for others who trusted them (from home county) to come. Michele

Sorry, I made a booboo. Correct addy is http://www.frontierfolk.org/wells.htm Patsy ----- Original Message ----- From: <hawkmann@adelphia.net> To: <KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [KYMASON-L] Re: early WELLS family in Mason > Hi, Hope this helps. Web site for Arron Wells. > http://www.frontierfolks.org/wells.htm > Patsy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <papabear0305@earthlink.net> > To: <KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:41 AM > Subject: [KYMASON-L] Re: early WELLS family in Mason > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBB.2ACI/2928.1.2 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Aaron Wells m. Ruth Wiggins in Mason Co., VA. (Ky) in 1790. MAY have >> been kin of Joseph Wells (perhaps nephew of Joseph and Robert Wells). Am >> trying to find more information now. In 1803, Aaron is in Nich. Co., >> died about 1813. Have you come across this Aaron? >> >> >> ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== >> List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received >> when you subscribed. E-mail List Mom at mailto:daisysroots@yahoo.com >> Visit Daisy's Roots! >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/1daisy.htm >> >> > > > > ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mason County Website! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymason/mason.htm > Be sure to bookmark it! > >

Hi, Hope this helps. Web site for Arron Wells. http://www.frontierfolks.org/wells.htm Patsy ----- Original Message ----- From: <papabear0305@earthlink.net> To: <KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:41 AM Subject: [KYMASON-L] Re: early WELLS family in Mason > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBB.2ACI/2928.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Aaron Wells m. Ruth Wiggins in Mason Co., VA. (Ky) in 1790. MAY have been > kin of Joseph Wells (perhaps nephew of Joseph and Robert Wells). Am > trying to find more information now. In 1803, Aaron is in Nich. Co., died > about 1813. Have you come across this Aaron? > > > ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. E-mail List Mom at mailto:daisysroots@yahoo.com > Visit Daisy's Roots! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/1daisy.htm > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBB.2ACI/2633.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your reply. I will check out your info. If I find a connection I will be in touch. Sarah Ann

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBB.2ACI/2633.1 Message Board Post: Edmund Collins m. Sally KENTON, niece of Simon Kenton, only child of Mark Kenton, Jr. Edmund is son of Ambrose Collins, of Culpeper Co. Va. Check FamilyTreeMaker.com - Mark Kenton.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBB.2ACI/2928.1.2 Message Board Post: Aaron Wells m. Ruth Wiggins in Mason Co., VA. (Ky) in 1790. MAY have been kin of Joseph Wells (perhaps nephew of Joseph and Robert Wells). Am trying to find more information now. In 1803, Aaron is in Nich. Co., died about 1813. Have you come across this Aaron?

got your post and i have a elinor white married to george w dotson dodson not for sure but think whe was from maysville or nc i have not been able to run her family back any info helpful this was abt 1811 birth and her marriage was 1834 maysville, ky i do have her family which sophrona was my great grandmother glkail@netscape.net -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Richards <barich@fuse.net> To: KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:48:44 -0500 Subject: [KYMASON-L] Ky Rev.War military land Ginny, VA Rev. War veterans receiving bounty land got a warrant for land lst in western Ky and later in Ohio Military District. BUT they could always "assign" (or sell) that warrant and use the money to buy elsewhere. On this site you can research original VA warrants for land inKy http://sos.ky.gov/land/military/revwar/ Barb Ginny said Wish I could make contact with some White surname families [ or Waddell and Bailey] that moved from Fauquier Co VA to Mason Co KY ca 1785 or a bit later. Would like to know if Mason Co KY land was given for military service to Virginia soldiers? Anyone with any clues? .·:*¨¨*:·.~* Ginny *~.·:*¨¨*:·. KYMASON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > KYMASON-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 15 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [KYMASON-L] Fauquier Co VA [Hdlee9936@aol.com] > #2 Re: [KYMASON-L] Fauquier Co VA ["Virginia L. \(Ginny\) Keefer in L] > > Administrivia: > Administrivia: > Please consider supporting RootsWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > To unsubscribe from KYMASON-D, send a message to > KYMASON-D-request@rootsweb.com > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [KYMASON-L] Fauquier Co VA > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:23:11 EST > From: Hdlee9936@aol.com > To: KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com > > Ginny: > Mason County is a county in Kentucky, which at one time was a county in > Virginia called Kentucky County. Many Kentuckians migrated from Fauquier Co VA.. > The Hitt family was one of the families. > Don Lee > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [KYMASON-L] Fauquier Co VA > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:22:03 -0800 > From: "Virginia L. \(Ginny\) Keefer in LasVegas" <ginnykeefer@cox.net> > To: KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com > > Don, Thank you for contacting me about Mason Co KY being part of Virginia. > We covered that this past week on site telling what the original counties of > KY were and what names they became during the late 1700's. [ After state > being given over by Virginia. ] > > I did find one Hitt in KY census book of 1790. > Elias Hitt Fayette Co 2/27/1790 [ Fayette would have become Mason Co] > > There were several Hite's there in 1790 ; > Hite's were; > Abraham Sr. > Isaac > Joseph > Thomas > I would imagine sometimes, those two names were mixed up. > > Good to hear from you. > > Wish I could make contact with some White surname families [ or Waddell and > Bailey] that moved from Fauquier Co VA to Mason Co KY ca 1785 or a bit > later. Would like to know if Mason Co KY land was given for military service > to Virginia soldiers? Anyone with any clues? > > .·:*¨¨*:·.~* Ginny *~.·:*¨¨*:·. ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received when you subscribed. E-mail List Mom at mailto:daisysroots@yahoo.com Visit Daisy's Roots! http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/1daisy.htm ___________________________________________________ Try the New Netscape Mail Today! Virtually Spam-Free | More Storage | Import Your Contact List http://mail.netscape.com

This is of interest to me as I have roots in Fauquier and have seen the same names in Mason----while working on another line!!! thanks again! scarlett1@bwsys.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hdlee9936@aol.com> To: <KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [KYMASON-L] Fauquier Co VA > Ginny: > Mason County is a county in Kentucky, which at one time was a county in > Virginia called Kentucky County. Many Kentuckians migrated from Fauquier > Co VA.. > The Hitt family was one of the families. > Don Lee > > > ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. E-mail List Mom at mailto:daisysroots@yahoo.com > Visit Daisy's Roots! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/1daisy.htm >

Forgot to add You might also want to look on that website "Certificates of Settlement and Pre-emption Warrants". These had nothing to do with military service but settlers prior 1779 could purchase land. Barb

Ginny, VA Rev. War veterans receiving bounty land got a warrant for land lst in western Ky and later in Ohio Military District. BUT they could always "assign" (or sell) that warrant and use the money to buy elsewhere. On this site you can research original VA warrants for land inKy http://sos.ky.gov/land/military/revwar/ Barb Ginny said Wish I could make contact with some White surname families [ or Waddell and Bailey] that moved from Fauquier Co VA to Mason Co KY ca 1785 or a bit later. Would like to know if Mason Co KY land was given for military service to Virginia soldiers? Anyone with any clues? .·:*¨¨*:·.~* Ginny *~.·:*¨¨*:·. KYMASON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > KYMASON-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 15 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [KYMASON-L] Fauquier Co VA [Hdlee9936@aol.com] > #2 Re: [KYMASON-L] Fauquier Co VA ["Virginia L. \(Ginny\) Keefer in L] > > Administrivia: > Administrivia: > Please consider supporting RootsWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > To unsubscribe from KYMASON-D, send a message to > KYMASON-D-request@rootsweb.com > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [KYMASON-L] Fauquier Co VA > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:23:11 EST > From: Hdlee9936@aol.com > To: KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com > > Ginny: > Mason County is a county in Kentucky, which at one time was a county in > Virginia called Kentucky County. Many Kentuckians migrated from Fauquier Co VA.. > The Hitt family was one of the families. > Don Lee > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [KYMASON-L] Fauquier Co VA > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:22:03 -0800 > From: "Virginia L. \(Ginny\) Keefer in LasVegas" <ginnykeefer@cox.net> > To: KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com > > Don, Thank you for contacting me about Mason Co KY being part of Virginia. > We covered that this past week on site telling what the original counties of > KY were and what names they became during the late 1700's. [ After state > being given over by Virginia. ] > > I did find one Hitt in KY census book of 1790. > Elias Hitt Fayette Co 2/27/1790 [ Fayette would have become Mason Co] > > There were several Hite's there in 1790 ; > Hite's were; > Abraham Sr. > Isaac > Joseph > Thomas > I would imagine sometimes, those two names were mixed up. > > Good to hear from you. > > Wish I could make contact with some White surname families [ or Waddell and > Bailey] that moved from Fauquier Co VA to Mason Co KY ca 1785 or a bit > later. Would like to know if Mason Co KY land was given for military service > to Virginia soldiers? Anyone with any clues? > > .·:*¨¨*:·.~* Ginny *~.·:*¨¨*:·.

Don, Thank you for contacting me about Mason Co KY being part of Virginia. We covered that this past week on site telling what the original counties of KY were and what names they became during the late 1700's. [ After state being given over by Virginia. ] I did find one Hitt in KY census book of 1790. Elias Hitt Fayette Co 2/27/1790 [ Fayette would have become Mason Co] There were several Hite's there in 1790 ; Hite's were; Abraham Sr. Isaac Joseph Thomas I would imagine sometimes, those two names were mixed up. Good to hear from you. Wish I could make contact with some White surname families [ or Waddell and Bailey] that moved from Fauquier Co VA to Mason Co KY ca 1785 or a bit later. Would like to know if Mason Co KY land was given for military service to Virginia soldiers? Anyone with any clues? .·:*¨¨*:·.~* Ginny *~.·:*¨¨*:·.

Ginny: Mason County is a county in Kentucky, which at one time was a county in Virginia called Kentucky County. Many Kentuckians migrated from Fauquier Co VA.. The Hitt family was one of the families. Don Lee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lashbrook, Griffin, Grant Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBB.2ACI/1483.2.1 Message Board Post: Just combing through the message boards on Ancestry.com and came across your request. Am also descended from William Lashbrook, perhaps it is the same William as yours. His son, John, had Jane who married George Grant, etc. Have you found the Lashbrook-Murphy house yet?? I believe it can be found in Old Washington in Mason County. Have visited the Lashbrook Family Cemetery in Mason County - it's located just off of Strode's Run Road on the site of an organic farm. It's in a terrible state of disrepair.

GINNY, At 26-01-06 10:55 PM, you wrote: >Anyone know why so many lived in Mason Co KY in late 1700's that were from >Fauquier Co VA? Your families' migration seems similar to my families. Families from VA;s northern neck migrated to Mason Co. KY until some of the Ohio (Indian) Territory opened up during the early part of the 1800's. As territories became less hostile, people moved into the Northwest Territory. There were VA military lands in Clinton and Green Cos. OH--even some as far west as the eastern parts of Clark and Champaign Cos. I have not studied the Military lands. Others may know a lot more than I do. I just know where I've come across them. Many of the people who migrated to these above mentioned counties were from VA's northern neck. Nancy Halvorson Santa Fe, NM