Allison, Would you be so kind as to look up Ashby, Olinger, Funkhouser and Polk. Thank you. Jan in Edinburg

Is the Clarke County Historical Association address correct as provided in the message yesterday from Mary Morris, Archivist? I have timed-out twice using the address as given. John

Would you kindly look for a John Paul Wilmot b. ca. 1853 Thanks --

The Clarke Co. Historical Assoc. has two great peices of news to send you. 1. Clarke Co. Historical Assoc. has a Web page!! New and plain vanilla right now, but we are now on the Net. Our address is www.visuallink.net/ccha. 4 pages(Museum/Archives; Publications; Burwell-Morgan Mill Museum; Home page). Want to get the news out to persons interested in Clarke Co. (Taken from Frederick in 1836) history & genealogy. We will be upgrading as we learn. Wish us luck! 2. The Town of Berryville (county seat) celebrated its Bicentennial in 1998, and the Bicentennial history book will be off the press on Jan 21, 1999. 200+ pages, 375 photos, oral histories, hardbound. CCHA took on the project this fall Profits from the sales will underwrite historical publication projects. . (For sales specifics see our website). We are VERY excited about both of these projects. Please let those in the surrounding counties know the good news if you can. If not, let me know and I will contact each page separately. Thanks! Mary Morris, Archivist, CCHA

Hi, As Tom and Neil have pointed out, "Look ups are great and they've solved many a puzzle for me. The people who do these look ups are the greatest," This is so true, I have nothing against Look-ups or the people that do them. I receive over a thousand messages per day (really!) and have never had a problem hitting the delete button, if need be. But many of you have told me look-ups generate too much mail for you, so I have opted for this list to do Look-Ups privately. If someone offers to do look-ups, fine more power to them, but please if you ask them to look up some one, please write to them directly. As always it's damned if you do and damned if you don't, I receive e-mails on both ends of the spectrum. Including, one that said, maybe this list is too much for you, you should give it too someone else. By the way, there is a Fauquier Discussion list at Rootsweb, I will be happy to add you to its list, if you so desire. Again, look-ups are to be asked and answered privately. Please drop the thread. Take care, Yvonne in Burke, VA Vive la USGenWeb Project! **************************

There are presently many 'look-up' offers by volunteers at various county web-site pages. Some of these pages say they are seeking more volunteers and reference-sources. People who want to volunteer their time to conduct look-ups might want to do so at these web-sites. People who are only 'wanting' info should take the time to visit these pages. A wealth of info may be learned by conducting a little research in addition to seeking look-up data. Here's a good starting point: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm . Please understand this is no 'put-down' of anyone, it's just a suggestion for which Tom provided the opportunity. Thanks, Tom. Neil McDonald Tom said: > Look ups are great and they've solved many a puzzle for me. The people who do >these look ups are the greatest, in my humble opinion.......

Would appreciate the following look-ups when time permits: John and Elizabeth Squires: Thanks much! Sue Miles [email protected] wrote: > I have a copy of Fauquier County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1759-1854 and > Marriage returns 1785-1848. Also a copy of Abstracts of Wills, > Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia 1759-1800 with > Cemetery Inscriptions, Rent Roll, and other Data. > I will gladly and willingly to do lookups. > Beverly > > ==== 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] ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm Visit the Frederick County USGenWeb Archives! http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/frederic.htm

Hello, I am looking for information on a George W. Schell. He was born in Frederick Co., VA. His wife was Angeline. They had a daughter Mary Margaret born in 1847. When was George born? Who are his parents? What was his wife's maiden name? Other Virginia names I am looking for: HICKMAN, HAYES, SCHELL, MARLOW. Most dated before 1825. Thanks in advance, Peggy from Oregon

Look ups are great and they've solved many a puzzle for me. The people who do these look ups are the greatest, in my humble opinion. In fact, someone looked up an Ohio item for me recently and solved a long time mystery. The only sad thing, as concerns the Frederick county list, is that there's a huge flurry of Fauquier county look ups, with tons of names, BUT the people who subscribe to the Fauquier county list-serve don't have any idea this is going on (as far as one can tell). Lots of folks with Fauquier county ancesters (I have many Fauquier ancestors) are missing out on the possible connection to people who might be researching the same name. I guess the solution would be to subscribe to all neighboring county lists. But I think my little ole computer would be overwhelmed. There is a 'zone' where Frederick and Fauquier can have a lot in common. For one thing, there are the Allason business ledgers at the Library of Virginia, on microfilm (probably available on ILL). These date from the 1770's and have both Frederick and Fauquier county people. The entries say, e.g. Evan Griffith, near the Bull Run mountains. In short, I love look ups and the look up people. I just hope I haven't missed any Loudoun county look ups that have been posted on the Fairfax county list. (Perhaps someone offering to look ups could also post a message to the pertinent county? Maybe this is already being done, I don't know). Tom Bishop

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_916522853_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Way to go, Gary Roper!! [email protected] --part0_916522853_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.shawneelink.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-za02.mx.aol.com (rly-za02.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.98]) by air-za05.mail.aol.com (v56.14) with SMTP; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 16:37:29 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-za02.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id QAA17580; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 16:37:17 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA21282; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:26:16 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:26:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:29:37 -0600 From: Gary W Roper <[email protected]> Subject: Apology not called for Old-To: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] Message-id: <[email protected]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-INW (Win95; U) Resent-Message-ID: <"J0UX9.A.kLF.z37m2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/3923 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 Dear List Members, I don't normally write to anyone complaining about something but this has got me upset. Someone is kind enough to offer lookups for all of us and some of you are complaining about it. Then it gets to a point where she feels she has to apoligize for it. Come on people there is something very wrong with this picture. If it wern't for a few nice people offering lookups like this a lot of people would never find any clues to their ancestors. Some people don't have the resources, and are physically or geographicly unable to spend countless hours in a library or courthouse searching for something that might be at someone else's finger tips. I was taught as a child to give a helping hand when I could and to keep my opinions about others to myself. It is a shame everyone doesn't learn that lesson. I always thought that people who shared the love of geneology were like family and cared about one another. I guess my family was different than some of yours. Some of you reading this may may feel that you have wasted your time but I feel that the majority of the true geneologists will feel that this had to be said. Respectfully Yours. Gary Roper ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm --part0_916522853_boundary--

Thanks to those knowledgeable folks who responded to my query as to what 'private examination' of Joseph McDonald's wife Elizabeth meant in a 1763 entry of Chalkey's 'Scots-Irish in VA' record. (See summary answers below, good info for all, thanks again.) The subsequently found entry follows these answers: (from Chalkey's 'S-I in VA') p. 397, same, Deed Book No. 11, p. 215 -- 8th February 1763. Joseph McDonald and Elizabeth to William Preston, (pound sterling sign)180, 142 acres on Tinker's Creek; line Geo. Robinson's land; line of land of heirs of Edward McDonald; corner land said Preston now dwells on; Capt. Robinson's line. Teste: Samuel McKnab. Delivered: William Preston, December 1763. Note that Chalkey's work may be researched on-line at the following link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/index.htm Research may also be conducted at http://www.ancestrycom and http://www.familytreemaker.com/index.html Summary of responses to my query: -- .....They wish to talk to her separate and private as to not influence the information they are seeking..... Yes, they did take women's word but not without flack generally if an outsider was involved.... -- ...It was common to examine the wife in private to determine that she willingly signed deeds, etc. This was to protect her dower interest in her husbands estate... -- My guess is that she was being examined by a justice of the peace separately from her husband regarding a sale of land. This was to assure that she was not being coercied by her husband. This was common procedure for land sales during that era. -- And the most informative, of likely interest to all: In my "experience," limited as it is: Private examination of a wife was usually done when the husband sold property that the wife had dower rights in. You might check and see if Joseph was "selling some property" about that time. Since all property was in the HUSBANDS name, whether she inherited it, or they bought it when they were married, the wife in VA legally had 1/3 "DOWER RIGHT" to the property. To "protect wives" from being co-oresied into selling land by her husband when she really didn't want to, the Court Official conducted a "private examination of the wife" to be sure she was really ready to release her dower. (Not that it really worked, because if you knew you were going to get a beating if you didn't say what hubby wanted you to, you'd release it anyway.) Just a fact of life in those days.(and even today) If she were giving a deposition et., the record would probably refer to her by her given name, not as the wife of, and a deposition would probably be "public" in court. Thanks again for everyone's help. Neil McDonald Neil McDonald, [email protected]

Hi, Sandy . . . Maybe this could provide a clue. ["Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia" by Cecil O'Dell, Published 1995 by Walsworth Pub Co, pp51-52] "Joseph Wiliams was deceased by 3 November 1747 when thomas Swearingen, Thomas Rutherford and Richard Morgan (court-appointed appraisers) made an inventory of his estate in Frederick county, Virginia. (footnote180: Frederick County, Virginia Will book 1, p. 155.) Happy Hunting. Flo. ----- F Day <[email protected]> Winchester, VA, USA ICQ uin 18874402 Mailing List Moderator The Genealogy Help Network http://ghn.genealogy.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 12:43 PM Subject: SOURCES OF INFO FOR EARLY RESIDENTS OF WINCHESTER >I would appreciate any help available for sources of information regarding >citizens of Winchester for the years starting 1737. > >I have: "Historical Records of old Frederick & Hamp. Co.s" > >I have seen some of the list of 1744 Fee Book. > >Is there a Fee book list for later years? 1754 for instance. > >Is there any other type of census? > >I am trying to determine when JOSEPH WILLIAMS OF WINCHESTER DIED. > >Any help? > >Sandy > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm >Visit the Frederick County USGenWeb Archives! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/frederic.htm

Is this what you wanted: Property & Real Estate in Portugal, Madeira & Azores? I found it by searching with http://www.webcrawler.com , and clicking on Property ...above... Flo. ----- F Day <[email protected]> Winchester, VA, USA ICQ uin 18874402 Mailing List Moderator The Genealogy Help Network http://ghn.genealogy.org -----Original Message----- From: Janice Katherine Lund <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 12:41 AM Subject: FEOFFMENT >What does "feoffment" mean? You folks are so knowledgeable, I'd appreciate >an answer. Thanks, Jan > > >==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== >Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm >Visit the Frederick County USGenWeb Archives! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/frederic.htm

What does "feoffment" mean? You folks are so knowledgeable, I'd appreciate an answer. Thanks, Jan

In a message dated 99-01-16 00:50:29 EST, you write: > What does "feoffment" mean? You folks are so knowledgeable, I'd appreciate > an answer. Thanks, Jan Jan, feoffment: noun [Anglo-Fr. feoffement], the granting of land as a fief. fief: noun [Fr.], in the feudal system; heritable land held from a lord in return for service. Also feoff. (Source: "Webster's Dictionary") Kay

This was sent to me by another researcher on his Tomlinson line. Would anyone know where the "Eastern District" is located and he is right in that WV did not become a state until 6/20/1863 so it would have still been VA? Sharon B. "Yesterday I looked up John Tomlinson in the Virginia 1850 CD-ROM (GRS now Brodebund) and the printout said "Eastern District" page 092 West Virginia. We all know there wasn't a W. Virginia until the Civil War. There were other names but in "Dist 24". I went to Hampshire Co., VA film # 948 (Halifax & Hampshire) but could NOT 1) find any "Eastern District" or 2)any page 092 on that film. I searched 1850 Virginia AISI Index book for Tomlinson, John in Hampshire Co., VA but found none. So bottom line is where do I find "Eastern District" page 092 and on which film??

Would appreciate the following look-ups when time permits: Mary Boyd to -----?------Kirk Maacha Kirk to Israel Malcolm Wilkinson {er} Thanks mucch! Laura [email protected] wrote: > I have a copy of Fauquier County Virginia Marriage Bonds 1759-1854 and > Marriage returns 1785-1848. Also a copy of Abstracts of Wills, > Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia 1759-1800 with > Cemetery Inscriptions, Rent Roll, and other Data. > I will gladly and willingly to do lookups. > Beverly > > ==== 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]

>From Chalkey's 'Chronicles of Scots-Irish in VA,' Vol. I, abstracts of the original Court Records of Augusta County, Virginia: APRIL 21, 1763. (p. 39) (39) Commission for private exammation of Elizabeth, wife of Joseph McDonald. Would anyone happen to know within what context this 'examination' has reference? Would this be legal examination for a deposition, or possibly to learn whether she had pertinent information? Might 'private' possibly indicate she were ill? With 600 members subscribed to this list I'm hoping to hear from at least one with legal-jargon knowledge -- who can shed some light on this court entry. Thanks for any help. (Be nice, now.) Neil McDonald

Michael, James Wright (born 1676) died in Frederick County in 1759. He came with the Quaker movement from Pennsylvania to the Ross-Bryan settlement in Frederick County in mid 1730s. His was was named Mary and they had 12 children. For more detailed information on this family see pp. 148-157 of my book Frederick County, Virginia: Settlement and Some First Familes of Back Creek Valley, 1730-1830. Wilmer L. Kerns "Michael E. Wright" wrote: > I am interested in learning about James Wright who is listed among the early > settlers of Frederick County. Specifically, the name of his spouse(s), names > of his children and how long he may have resided in the county. > > Michael E. Wright > [email protected] > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Frederick County,VA USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafreder/frederic.htm

In studying Chalkey's 'Chronicles of the Scots-Irish in VA,' I find reference to an early school-house in frontier VA (Orange Co., predecessor of Frederick Co.), see below. On-line research may be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/index.htm Estill vs. Ramsey--Deed, 5th June, 1739, Beverley to James McClure, of Orange County, 108 acres in Beverley Manor, George Robinson's line. Test: James Porteus, Thomas Wood, John Latham. Declaration: Samuel Estill and Jane, formerly Jane Teas, daughter of William Teas, vs. John Ramsay. Memorandum of deed from Beverley to John Hart, dated 23d, 24th July, 1740, George Robinson's line, corner Beverley Manor line. Deposition, 13th October, 1792. John Dalhouse. John Finley, aged above 60 years. Deponent went to school in 1747 in the house mentioned by Thomas Turk in his depositions. The house was on James McClure's land. Andrew Steel, aged about 56 years. Silas and John Hart were brothers and first purchasers. Andrew McClure, son of James McClure, under whom Ramsey claims. Andrew said he was present at the first running of the line for Hart. William Finley. Samuel Steel. Andrew Ramsey, aged 47. Deed, 24th February, 1740. Daniel Manahan, of Orange County, to Joseph Teas, 900 acres in Beverley Manor. Cor. Joseph Tees and Andrew McClure, Beverley Manor line. John Hart's line, James McClure's line. Test: G. Home, John Pickins, William Williams. Deed, 21st February, 1738. Beverley to Daniel Monahan, of County Augusta. Test: Richard Winslow, John Lewis, John Newport. Depositions 5th March, 1801. Andrew Steel, aged 58, son of Samuel. Andrew Ramsey, aged 50. John Ramsey, father to defendant. James Steel, aged 63, son of Samuel. Original deed, James McClure to John Ramsey. Original deed, Beverley to John Hart, 1740. Deposition Thomas Turk, aged 88 years, taken October 1798. He helped to build a schoolhouse about 50 years ago at the foot of the hill in the tenant's meadow; it was on McClure's land. Original deed, McClure to Ramsey, 1762. Original patent, Dunwiddie to Joseph Teas, August, 1756, 200 acres in Rockfish Gap. Copyright 1996, USGenWeb NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. Neil McDonald