I know there are Willcox researchers on NC mailing lists. Here is a quote from the web site shown below. The website has pictures of various artifacts from the Flowerdew Hundred plantation from early 1600s. I don't know if this is the same Willcox family as the NC ones, but this is an interesting web site for very early VA history.. "John Vaughn Willcox, a wealthy Petersburg merchant, married the heiress to the Poythress estate in 1804. Adding to his wife's inheritance through the purchase of adjacent tracts of land, Willcox and his son, John Poythress Willcox, assembled a 1400 acre tract. By 1855 the Willcox property included the original 1000 acre land grant. Mary Jane McGowan Willcox exercised full control of the property after the death of her husband in 1857." I thought some Willcox descendants might be interested. Betty Pace --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Roy Johnson" <roy.w.johnson@worldnet.att.net> To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:55:15 -0500 Subject: [PACE-L] Flowerdew Hundred Message-ID: <006501c260af$39f0c960$5e6c550c@brat> Flowerdew Hundred was near Pace's Paines. Karen Shriver (see below) found an error on the Pace's Paines page of the Pace Network and very kindly notified me of it. I thanked her and asked her for more about information on Flowerdew Hundred. Her response is below. I believe it is of interest to Pace researchers. Roy Johnson Dear Mr. Johnson, Your quite welcome. Forgive me for not listing our website. We are http://www.flowerdew.org. There are over 200 hundred artifacts that are available on our website as a searchable database. We are in the process of updating our site and welcome any comments that you may have. Our museum is open for tours by appointment during the week and our operating hours are from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm. Tours are given on demand on Sat. and Sun. The operating hours for Sat. are from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm and on Sunday from 1:00 pm-3:30 pm. Admission fees are $6 for adults, $4 for Seniors (55 and up) and children are $3. Children under 5 are free. We look forward to seeing you in the near future and please call ahead if you have 10 or more people in your party, for there is a group rate available at $4 per person. Also note, that during the week, if you happen to drive in there is a red phone at the entrance to the museum. It is a direct line to our administrative offices and will put you in touch with an interpreter for the next tour of the day. Sincerely, Karen K. Shriver Curator of Collections The Flowerdew Hundred Foundation kshriver@firstsaga.com ==== PACE Mailing List ==== To share info which may be of interest to others, reply to the mail list (PACE-L@rootsweb.com). To say thank you or otherwise reply personally, reply to sender.