Terri Rene, the surnames are there, but not those particular people in the subject book. Maybe someone else will have a "lead" for you. Flo. Brian & Terri Rene (DaVar) Howard wrote: > > I am interested in the COCHRAN & SUTHERLAND families. > I have a George W. Cochran (b. abt 1770?) who married a Mary Sutherland (b. > 1782). Their son, George J. was born in Berkeley Co. (formed in 1772 from > Frederick County), West Virginia on August 07, 1807. I'd love anything there > is to know about these two families. > > Thank You, > > Terri Rene > ************* > > "Flo. or Don Day" wrote: > > > Do you need something specific looked up? > > > > Flo. > > > > Flo. or Don Day wrote: > > > > > > Hello . . . > > > > > > The book is: > > > "Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia" by Cecil O'Dell, > > > Marceline, Missouri, Walsworth Publishing Company 1995. > > > > > > -- Winchester, VA, USA ~ ICQ uin 18874402 Mailing List Moderator ~ The Genealogy Help Network See the Web Site at ~ http://ghn.genealogy.org Subscribe~ http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/GenHelpNetwork Archives ~ http://www.onelist.com/archives.cgi/GenHelpNetwork RESEARCHING: VA,WV D~a~y,B~e~t~s~o~n,McD~o~n~a~l~d, K~i~d~w~e~l~l, H~i~a~t~t/H~i~e~t~t,E~m~m~e~t~t,C~o~o~p~e~r, M~i~l~l~s~l~a~g~e~l/M~u~h~l~s~c~h~l~a~g~l~e,R~u~t~m~a~n; C~a~s~t~l~e~m~a~n,N~e~s~m~i~t~h/N~a~e~s~m~i~t~h,R~i~p~p~l~e, FLANDERS > NYS V~a~n~d~e~r~s~t~y~n~e/v~a~n d~e~r W~o~e~s~t~i~j~n~e, M~a~b~e~l~i~s,V~a~n~d~e~r~l~i~g~h~t/v~a~n d~e~r L~i~j~c~k~e; OK,MO,IA,KS N~o~r~t~h~i~n~g~t~o~n,D~o~d~d

I am interested in the COCHRAN & SUTHERLAND families. I have a George W. Cochran (b. abt 1770?) who married a Mary Sutherland (b. 1782). Their son, George J. was born in Berkeley Co. (formed in 1772 from Frederick County), West Virginia on August 07, 1807. I'd love anything there is to know about these two families. Thank You, Terri Rene ************* "Flo. or Don Day" wrote: > Do you need something specific looked up? > > Flo. > > Flo. or Don Day wrote: > > > > Hello . . . > > > > The book is: > > "Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia" by Cecil O'Dell, > > Marceline, Missouri, Walsworth Publishing Company 1995. > > > >

Do you need something specific looked up? Flo. Flo. or Don Day wrote: > > Hello . . . > > The book is: > "Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia" by Cecil O'Dell, > Marceline, Missouri, Walsworth Publishing Company 1995. > > Flo. > > Brian & Terri Rene (DaVar) Howard wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a xeroxed copy of two pages from an unidentified book. Could > > someone please identify this book for me? Author? Publishing data? > > etc... > > > > I am also interested in trying to establish IF this COCHRAN family is > > related to *mine* .... > > > > Following is the material from this "source unknown" book: > > > > (pages 254 & 255 of a book, Source Unknown) > > GLOVER > > William Glover was the administrator of the estate of Edward Glover, > > deceased (probably his father) in Orange County, Virginia, on 28 July > > 1741. On 3 July 1736, Edward Glover was a witness to four land sales > > (deeds) by William Jollife and his wife Mary in Bucks County, > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > > List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that > > you received when you joined this list! You may also > > e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, > > mailto:[email protected] >>>snip<<< -- Winchester, VA, USA ~ ICQ uin 18874402 Mailing List Moderator ~ The Genealogy Help Network See the Web Site at ~ http://ghn.genealogy.org Subscribe~ http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/GenHelpNetwork Archives ~ http://www.onelist.com/archives.cgi/GenHelpNetwork RESEARCHING: VA,WV D~a~y,B~e~t~s~o~n,McD~o~n~a~l~d, K~i~d~w~e~l~l, H~i~a~t~t/H~i~e~t~t,E~m~m~e~t~t,C~o~o~p~e~r, M~i~l~l~s~l~a~g~e~l/M~u~h~l~s~c~h~l~a~g~l~e,R~u~t~m~a~n; C~a~s~t~l~e~m~a~n,N~e~s~m~i~t~h/N~a~e~s~m~i~t~h,R~i~p~p~l~e, FLANDERS > NYS V~a~n~d~e~r~s~t~y~n~e/v~a~n d~e~r W~o~e~s~t~i~j~n~e, M~a~b~e~l~i~s,V~a~n~d~e~r~l~i~g~h~t/v~a~n d~e~r L~i~j~c~k~e; OK,MO,IA,KS N~o~r~t~h~i~n~g~t~o~n,D~o~d~d

Hello . . . The book is: "Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia" by Cecil O'Dell, Marceline, Missouri, Walsworth Publishing Company 1995. Flo. Brian & Terri Rene (DaVar) Howard wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a xeroxed copy of two pages from an unidentified book. Could > someone please identify this book for me? Author? Publishing data? > etc... > > I am also interested in trying to establish IF this COCHRAN family is > related to *mine* .... > > Following is the material from this "source unknown" book: > > (pages 254 & 255 of a book, Source Unknown) > GLOVER > William Glover was the administrator of the estate of Edward Glover, > deceased (probably his father) in Orange County, Virginia, on 28 July > 1741. On 3 July 1736, Edward Glover was a witness to four land sales > (deeds) by William Jollife and his wife Mary in Bucks County, > Pennsylvania. (source #171) At Edward’s estate sale, William Glover > purchased horses, cows and miscellaneous items including: six calf > skins, 176 pounds of nails; 409 pounds of grey deer skins, nine pounds > of beaver and other fur; 30 pounds of drist leather; a large parcel of > thread and brass, 11 gimbletts (small tools for punching holes), some > knitting needles and mohair; buttons, pins and needles; seven pieces > of tape and remnants; remnants of carsey, sowing silk, silk laces, two > remnants of callico, two pieces of gustin and two pieces plus a > remnant of Douglass. Evidence suggests from these items that both > Edward and William were tailors and furriers, fashioning leather coats > and leather breeches (trousers) . (source #172) > > William purchased 215 acres from Thomas Rutherford on 28 April 1742; > this land was located on the east side of the main road from the > Potomac River to Jost Hite’s land. (source #173) (Tract 56A, Map 7) > The “main road” is present-day U.S. Highway 522, as it was before the > construction of Interstate Highway 81. > > On 6 March 1760, William received a Fairfax grant for 355 acres. > (source #174) surveyed on 4 November 1752, this land (adjacent east of > his 215-acre patent land) ran along U.S. Highway 17/50. He and his > wife Susannah sold the 355 acres to Hugh Lenox, William Scott and John > Mitchell (merchants of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia) > for 214 pounds, 8 shillings on 7 February 1765. (source #175) > > William Glover was deceased by 2 June 1789 when his will (dated 1786) > was proved in Frederick County Court. His will instructed his wife > Susannah to sell the land lying on the north side of the Great Road > leading from Winchester to Falmouth (U.S. Highway 17, southeast to > Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia). He willed the remainder of his > 215 acres to his grandson William Coughran (Cochran). Glover also > mentioned grandchildren Agnes, Elizabeth, Mary and Rachel, younger > daughters of William Cochran, Sr. He bequeathed one shilling to > William Cochran, Sr., stating in his will “he having had enough given > him already.” Glover appointed his wife Susannah and grandson William > Cochran, Jr. as his executors. (source #176) As executors, Susannah > and William sold the nine acres 97 poles on the northeast side of the > road leading from Winchester to Berry’s Ferry and to Fredericksburg > (adjacent south of Falmouth), on 3 June 1789. It was sold to > Susannah’s grandson Robert Cochran (William’s brother) for 37 pounds. > (source #177) (part of Tract 56A) > > A John, Samuel and Robert Glover were in Albemarle County, Virginia > where they sold land in 1747. (source #178) > > William Cochran Sr. was deceased by 1 December 1795 when his will > (written 10 January 1795) was.. proved in Frederick County Court. He > listed his second wife Mary (probably not William and Susannah > Glover’s daughter) and children James, Robert, William, Ann (wife of > William McKean), Margaret (wife of Isaiah Curlet), Martha (wife of > Benjamin Langley), Agnes, Elizabeth, Mary and Rachell. He appointed > sons James and William Cochran and son-in-law William Curlett as > executors. (source #179) > > (source #171) Bucks County, Pennsylvania Deed Book 6, pages 352-358. > (source #172) Orange County, Virginia Will Book 1, pages 162, 168, > 222. > (source #173) Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 5, page 159. > (source #174) Northern Neck Grants, K-71. > (source #175) Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 10, page 425. > (source #176) Frederick County, Virginia Will Book 5, page 219. > (source #177) Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 21, page 1,049. > (source 178) Albermarle County, Virginia Court Records, pages 250-253. > > (source #179) Frederick County, Virginia Will Book 6, Page 82. > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that > you received when you joined this list! You may also > e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, > mailto:[email protected] -- Winchester, VA, USA ~ ICQ uin 18874402 Mailing List Moderator ~ The Genealogy Help Network See the Web Site at ~ http://ghn.genealogy.org Subscribe~ http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/GenHelpNetwork Archives ~ http://www.onelist.com/archives.cgi/GenHelpNetwork RESEARCHING: VA,WV D~a~y,B~e~t~s~o~n,McD~o~n~a~l~d, K~i~d~w~e~l~l, H~i~a~t~t/H~i~e~t~t,E~m~m~e~t~t,C~o~o~p~e~r, M~i~l~l~s~l~a~g~e~l/M~u~h~l~s~c~h~l~a~g~l~e,R~u~t~m~a~n; C~a~s~t~l~e~m~a~n,N~e~s~m~i~t~h/N~a~e~s~m~i~t~h,R~i~p~p~l~e, FLANDERS > NYS V~a~n~d~e~r~s~t~y~n~e/v~a~n d~e~r W~o~e~s~t~i~j~n~e, M~a~b~e~l~i~s,V~a~n~d~e~r~l~i~g~h~t/v~a~n d~e~r L~i~j~c~k~e; OK,MO,IA,KS N~o~r~t~h~i~n~g~t~o~n,D~o~d~d

Hello, I have a xeroxed copy of two pages from an unidentified book. Could someone please identify this book for me? Author? Publishing data? etc... I am NOT interested in THIS FAMILY. This material was part of the pages I have and I am sharing them in case they (1) help me to identify the book &/or (2) help another researcher who IS interested in these surnames. Following is the material from this "source unknown" book: (page 255 of a book, Source Unknown) HOLLINGSWORTH Thomas Hollingsworth (b. 1661) was the third child of Valentine and Ann Ree Hollingsworth. Thomas’ sister Katheran (Catherine, born 1663) married George Robinson and they were the parents of George Robinson (b. 1710 c.) who married Mary McKay, daughter of Robert McKay Sr. Thomas married Margaret Calvert and they had only one child, Abraham Hollingsworth (b. 19 March 1687). Margaret died seven months later on 1 October 1687. Thomas then married Grace Cooke of Concord and their children were: Isaac (born 16 June 1693, d. 8 July 1699), Elizabeth (b. 8 January 1695, who married ? Strode in 1718), Hannah (b. 17 March 1698, who married William Dixon / Dickson in 1718), Thomas (b. 23 February 1699, who married Judith Lampley in 1723), Jacob (b. 4 March 1705, who married Rachel Chandler on 23 April 1729), Sarah (b. 7 October 1706, who married John Dixon/Dickson at Newark Meeting House on 29 October 1724), Joseph (b. 11 May 1709, who married Martha Houghton in 1730) and Grace Hollingsworth (b. 9 May 1712). (source #180) The Hollingsworth’s of the late 1600’s and early 1700’s lived in the present-day area of Wilmington, Delaware and also in New Castle County, Delaware, Cecil County, Maryland and Chester County, Pennsylvania . Thomas Hollingsworth (b. 1661) died on 2 April 1727 and his will was. proved in New Castle County, Delaware on 13 April 1727. (source #181) Abraham Hollingsworth sold 70 acres of land on the west branch of Elk River to Rowland Chambers on 14 December 1719; both men were from Cecil County, Maryland. On 7 February 1720/21, he sold three parcels of land, containing a total of 315 acres in the same area adjacent to Martin Cartmell’s land, to Henry Hollingsworth. Abra- (END OF PAGE 255) (source #180) Delaware Quaker Records, Early Members of Northern New Castle County, page 40 (Compiled by Herbert Standing, Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania). (source 181) A Calendar of Delaware Wills, 1682-1800, page 27, New Castle, Delaware, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md. 1977.

Hello, I have a xeroxed copy of two pages from an unidentified book. Could someone please identify this book for me? Author? Publishing data? etc... I am also interested in trying to establish IF this COCHRAN family is related to *mine* .... Following is the material from this "source unknown" book: (pages 254 & 255 of a book, Source Unknown) GLOVER William Glover was the administrator of the estate of Edward Glover, deceased (probably his father) in Orange County, Virginia, on 28 July 1741. On 3 July 1736, Edward Glover was a witness to four land sales (deeds) by William Jollife and his wife Mary in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. (source #171) At Edward’s estate sale, William Glover purchased horses, cows and miscellaneous items including: six calf skins, 176 pounds of nails; 409 pounds of grey deer skins, nine pounds of beaver and other fur; 30 pounds of drist leather; a large parcel of thread and brass, 11 gimbletts (small tools for punching holes), some knitting needles and mohair; buttons, pins and needles; seven pieces of tape and remnants; remnants of carsey, sowing silk, silk laces, two remnants of callico, two pieces of gustin and two pieces plus a remnant of Douglass. Evidence suggests from these items that both Edward and William were tailors and furriers, fashioning leather coats and leather breeches (trousers) . (source #172) William purchased 215 acres from Thomas Rutherford on 28 April 1742; this land was located on the east side of the main road from the Potomac River to Jost Hite’s land. (source #173) (Tract 56A, Map 7) The “main road” is present-day U.S. Highway 522, as it was before the construction of Interstate Highway 81. On 6 March 1760, William received a Fairfax grant for 355 acres. (source #174) surveyed on 4 November 1752, this land (adjacent east of his 215-acre patent land) ran along U.S. Highway 17/50. He and his wife Susannah sold the 355 acres to Hugh Lenox, William Scott and John Mitchell (merchants of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia) for 214 pounds, 8 shillings on 7 February 1765. (source #175) William Glover was deceased by 2 June 1789 when his will (dated 1786) was proved in Frederick County Court. His will instructed his wife Susannah to sell the land lying on the north side of the Great Road leading from Winchester to Falmouth (U.S. Highway 17, southeast to Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia). He willed the remainder of his 215 acres to his grandson William Coughran (Cochran). Glover also mentioned grandchildren Agnes, Elizabeth, Mary and Rachel, younger daughters of William Cochran, Sr. He bequeathed one shilling to William Cochran, Sr., stating in his will “he having had enough given him already.” Glover appointed his wife Susannah and grandson William Cochran, Jr. as his executors. (source #176) As executors, Susannah and William sold the nine acres 97 poles on the northeast side of the road leading from Winchester to Berry’s Ferry and to Fredericksburg (adjacent south of Falmouth), on 3 June 1789. It was sold to Susannah’s grandson Robert Cochran (William’s brother) for 37 pounds. (source #177) (part of Tract 56A) A John, Samuel and Robert Glover were in Albemarle County, Virginia where they sold land in 1747. (source #178) William Cochran Sr. was deceased by 1 December 1795 when his will (written 10 January 1795) was.. proved in Frederick County Court. He listed his second wife Mary (probably not William and Susannah Glover’s daughter) and children James, Robert, William, Ann (wife of William McKean), Margaret (wife of Isaiah Curlet), Martha (wife of Benjamin Langley), Agnes, Elizabeth, Mary and Rachell. He appointed sons James and William Cochran and son-in-law William Curlett as executors. (source #179) (source #171) Bucks County, Pennsylvania Deed Book 6, pages 352-358. (source #172) Orange County, Virginia Will Book 1, pages 162, 168, 222. (source #173) Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 5, page 159. (source #174) Northern Neck Grants, K-71. (source #175) Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 10, page 425. (source #176) Frederick County, Virginia Will Book 5, page 219. (source #177) Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 21, page 1,049. (source 178) Albermarle County, Virginia Court Records, pages 250-253. (source #179) Frederick County, Virginia Will Book 6, Page 82.

The only listing of VA Wills and Administrations that I can locate covers the period 1638-1800. I need to find the County in VA where Thomas HALL, according to the DAR Lineage Books, died in 1825. His first wife was Barbara Dickenson and I am trying to determine if Thomas was the father of my gggg grandfather, Dickerson (Dickenson) Hall. Requests for copies of DAR applications take an undetermined amount off time. Any and all help appreciated. <[email protected]>

Hi, I was on vacation and off the list for a few weeks, so I don't know where the discussion of tobacco as currency stands at present, but I just came across the following in "A History of Randolph County West Virginia ..." by Dr. A. S. Bosworth (Elkins, WV, 1916), pp. 175-6 and thought I would share it in case it hasn't shown up before: "From the formation of the government of Virginia until 1794, tobacco was the legal currency of the state, one hundred pounds being equivalent to one pound in coin. One pound was the equivalent of 3 1/3 cents. "By an act of 1788, the county court was for the trial of all presentments and criminal prosecutions, suits at common law and in chancery, where the sum exceeded five pounds or 500 pounds of tobacco, depending therein and continuing for the space of six days unless the business should be sooner determined...." Kiddy

Thanks to all of you who sent his address. Phil explained that his copy had a sticker with the address.... mine doesn't have that, so I am glad you all shared the address. I purchased my copy immediately after it was published from Frontier Press in Texas. Perhaps the publisher got tired of receiving such requests as mine! Thanks again to you all, Ellen

Would like information on following ca. 1750s-1770s: Charles Lynch, Felix Rennick/Rennix/Renick, and Peter Shoemaker. Thanks, Sara Patton

Here are some online images that are now available through the Library of Virginia, if you haven't already discovered them. Library of Virginia, Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants. http://image.vtls.com/collections/BW.html Library of Virginia, Revolutionary War Pensions. http://image.vtls.com/collections/PE.html Library of Virginia, Revolutionary War Rejected Claims. http://image.vtls.com/collections/RJ.html Library of Virginia, Dunmore's War (1774). http://image.vtls.com/collections/DW.html Library of Virginia, Confederate Disability Applications. http://eagle.vsla.edu/al/ Library of Virginia, S. Bassett French Biographical Sketches. Samuel Bassett French (1820-1898), attorney, judge, Confederate officer, and editor, was a Norfolk native who lived in Chesterfield County and Richmond. Between 1890 and 1897 and in preparation for an intended biographical dictionary to be titled Annals of Prominent Virginians of the XIX Century, French compiled biographical information on almost 9,000 men, often obtaining information either from the subject or members of the immediate family. This collection consists of those handwritten notes. http://image.vtls.com/collections/BF.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carmen J. Finley [email protected]

Looking for any information on Thomas HINES: Born about 1760: where unknown Died abt 1830: VA. Lived Hampshire Co. at least from 1800 til at least 1820. Land owned unknown: Buried: unknown Will: unknown. Parents and siblings: unknown. Married when and where unknown: Spouse: Jane ALLOWAY daughter of William Alloway Children known:Samuel b. abt. 1808, Hiram b. abt. 1812 and Reason b. abt. 1817. Was this his only marriage and were there any more children? Will share information on these children....they migrated to IL. then IA. Any help or direction to take in my research would be appreciated. Marsha Hyman

Ellen Copper wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions regarding obtaining this permission or > on contacting him? Ellen, there is a sticker on the flyleaf of my copy of "Pioneers of Frederick County, Virginia" that says Mr. O'Dell can be contacted at 454 Morse, Liberty, Missouri 64068 to purchase additional copies of the book. Phil

Seeking info on John Lang and Nancy Griffin who married in 1798 in Frederick Co, VA. Thanks....Lyle Corder

Wilmer Kerns E-mail address is [email protected] Also, I am a descendant of Malinda Stump and James Caudy Nixon. They are my gr. gr. grandparents. Good luck. Jill ([email protected])

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_918614300_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In a message dated 2/9/99 2:08:52 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I am working on a family history and would like to include an adaptation of one of the maps in Cecil O'Dell's 'Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia.' I wrote about 6 months ago to the publisher, stating my desire to contact him and that I wished permission to use some of his material. I have never heard anything from them or from him (I had hoped they would pass my letter on to him). I did include a SASE like all good genealogists should. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding obtaining this permission or on contacting him? >> I am interested the answer to this questions as well. If anyone has the answer please post to "OLD-FRED". Thanks Sandy --part0_918614300_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.psu.edu.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc03.mx.aol.com (rly-yc03.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.35]) by air-yc01.mail.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:08:52 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yc03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id PAA02237; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:08:40 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA11907; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:52:54 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:52:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:04:47 -0500 From: Ellen Copper <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; U) Old-To: [email protected] Subject: Cecil O'Dell References: <[email protected]> Resent-Message-ID: <"LJ7rQ.A.55C.VIJw2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/4062 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit The posting regarding how to get in touch with Wilmer Kerns prompts my question. I am working on a family history and would like to include an adaptation of one of the maps in Cecil O'Dell's 'Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia.' I wrote about 6 months ago to the publisher, stating my desire to contact him and that I wished permission to use some of his material. I have never heard anything from them or from him (I had hoped they would pass my letter on to him). I did include a SASE like all good genealogists should. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding obtaining this permission or on contacting him? Thanks for any help, Ellen [email protected] ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that you received when you joined this list! You may also e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, mailto:[email protected] --part0_918614300_boundary--

The posting regarding how to get in touch with Wilmer Kerns prompts my question. I am working on a family history and would like to include an adaptation of one of the maps in Cecil O'Dell's 'Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia.' I wrote about 6 months ago to the publisher, stating my desire to contact him and that I wished permission to use some of his material. I have never heard anything from them or from him (I had hoped they would pass my letter on to him). I did include a SASE like all good genealogists should. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding obtaining this permission or on contacting him? Thanks for any help, Ellen [email protected]

Thought you'd get a kick out of this: Found in Peggy Shomo Joyner's book on Northern Neck land surveys and warrants. Complaint of Abner Anderson: Included in papers for Major Lawrence Washington, 1752 assignee of Garriot Pendegras and Col. Michael Cresap, is a handwritten note on the back of the survey, written in Guy Broadwater's (surveyor) hand : "The complaint of Abner Anderson against Garriot Pendegrass that he Built a hous & Cleared a plantation Garriot Pendegrass Sold his place for fivety pounds and he & his Wife & Children Came to My house for then they had now (no) place to put there (their) heads In & Itt Rained then I told him that he was Welcome to Such ass I had __? __ (until) he Could provide a place for him Selph two or three days after that I goes Out about My Business & my Wife had Som ocation (occasion) to Go out of ye dore then This Pendegrass Shut ye dore & Swore She nor hur husband Should never Come Into ye hous again the I Came home to ye hous & (with) Abraham Richardon he stands In ye dore Whith an axx In his hand & Swore a bitter Oath that If I Offered to Step One foot farther he would splitt my Branes Open I steped Up to ye dore he Up Whith ye axx and If itt had not abin for Abraham Richardson Cetched (caught) hold of ye axx he would have bin ass good ass his Word to splitt my Brains Open & I never Could gitt Into my hows again In a Short time he Sells that plantation for Sixty pound then he watched Coll Cressop son after he had built a house & Swore he would Splitt Any Body Brains Out that Offered to Com there Any More I doe be Leave (believe) there Could nott be Less than fourty people & all whith One accord said they Belived that there was Nott Such a Roge (rogue) to be found In ye Countery."

Neil- Just wanted to set the record straight on Chalkley's Augusta Co court abstracts for list readers. You are correct in stating that many of the settlers living within current day Hampshire boundaries, which was part of the Fairfax/Northern Neck land grants, are not listed in Augusta county court records because they were in Frederick and later Hampshire County. However, many Hardy, Grant, and Pendleton County names on the southern part of the South Branch of the Potomac, South Fork, Lunice Creek, Patterson Creek, etc. do show up in Chalkley, especially prior to Hampshire becoming a county. So I wouldn't count it out altogether as a source, especially if you have early family living in the southern end of the South Branch, around Moorefield or Petersburg areas. For instance, Michael Harness, who lived on the South Branch in today's Hardy County, is listed in Augusta, Frederick, Orange, Hampshire and Hardy county records. Thanks for the GREAT ad you found in the PA Gazette. That's one of the best things I've read in ages!! Sara Patton

My ancestor, Sarah [MC CARTY] RUSK [c1764, VA?KY?--aft 1850, Harrison co., VA] m1: Benjamin R. RUSK [no dates]; m2: George HAGERTY/HAGGERTY [chr. 17 Jun 1754, St. James Parish, Prince George co., MD--c1814/17, Harrison co., VA?]. Sarah's son of her first marriage, Benjamin RUSK, was said to have been "half Indian." Sarah's daughter by her second marriage, Sarah Ann HAGERTY was my ancestor. George HAGERTY'S father was John HAGERTY [no dates]. My questions:1) Who were Sarah McCARTY's parents; where were they from? any info on them. 2) Need more info on the HAGERTYs. Who was an Indian? Sarah? or Benjamin RUSK??? Marilyn [email protected]