Has been a long time, but as I recall, the Slaughters and Fields of Culpepper intermarried several times. That area is not a normal migration route to old Dobbs but my, the identical surnames abound in both places. Discovered many of the families in the Culpepper area went into Ky. Rolling stones is a really good way to put it. Martha At 05:30 PM 12/10/01 -0800, you wrote: >Martha and Christine, >I was checking the 1850 census for Page Co. VA and found in the surrounding >area of Culpeper VA Reubin Slaughter...so yes our ancestors were all over >the place. >They were Rolling Stones... > > > >I'm proud to be an American where at least >I know I'm free and I won't forget the men who died who >gave that right to me and I gladly stand up next to you and >defend her still today cause there ain't no >doubt I love this land, GOD BLESS THE USA >by LEE GREENWOOD >Gayle L. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Martha Marble" <mmarble@erols.com> >To: <NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:39 AM >Subject: [NCLENOIR] 1790 Orange Co., Va. Census & Taylors > > >Christine, your observation re the surnames found in Orange and the old >Dobbs area puts you in good company. Ima and Aileen Mewborn made that >observation 25 years ago when they discovered some of the Fields family of >Culpepper County (formed from Orange) bought property in Onslow and maybe >in Dobbs. They said the old street names that are surnames in both Madison >and Culpepper were identical to Farmville yet they could find no >connections other than the Fields family in Onslow. > >It has always been written that at least my Taylor family started with >Richard Taylor who married Catherine Davis and Richard was out of Orange >Co, Va. The Taylor family of Orange Co is considered a FFVA with a pedigree >a mile long but it is certainly not connected with the Lenoir Taylors. The >Orange Co family was written up in the Smithsonian Mag many years ago. Not >to mention that most of us think William was the one who married Catherine >Davis, or did think that until this past week. > >Martha > > >>Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 19:02:50 -0700 >>X-From_: CGT714@aol.com Sun Dec 9 19:02:45 2001 >>From: CGT714@aol.com >>Old-Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 21:02:37 EST >>Subject: 1790 Orange Co., Va. Census >>To: NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com, NCLENOIR-L@rootsweb.com, >NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com >>X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10536 >>X-Diagnostic: Submission size exceeds 20000 bytes >>X-Envelope-To: NCLENOIR-L >> >> Hi All, this was sent to me by Laurie Sullivan, have a Grimes/ Sullivan >>connection in Duplin Co., NC. >> anyway looking at these names from Va, have seen a lot of the surnames on >>the mailing list, ie just today Martha mention Taylors, well there are some >>Taylors, a few Suttons, Croom, Jones etc. one Grymes :-(, >> this is a long file but i wanted others to see this , maybe it will help >>someone. >> Good luck to all >> >>The intro of this census transcription is interesting. You'll find a >>'Benjamin Grymes' listed here. Some of these names - i.e. Sullivan, Minor, >>Booth, Kendall, Atkins... These are all my family lines. I find the >>Minor/Atkins and Kendall/Booth living together in Indiana (Sullivan too), >>and Alabama. If you find any Grimes/Grymes that are neighbors of the above >>surnames...remember me! >> >>The Grimes tag-along with Sullivan/Parker/Wheat...or visa-versa:) >> >>Heads of Families - Orange County,Va. 1782 >> >>The original copies of the first census in 1790 for Virginia were burned >>during the War of 1812. In an effort to reconstruct the census, manuscript >>lists of state enumerations for the years 1782, 1783, 1784 and 1785 were >>compiled. Please note that this list is NOT complete. >> > > > >