Saw your query and the mention of your ancestor's birth in Charles Co., MD. I'm researching in Charles Co., MD and also in Hampshire Co., (W)VA trying to tie my known NELSON ancestor to a Richard NELSON from Chas. Co., MD to Hampshire Co, (W)VA circa 1790+-. I know that a Thomas Slain (Slane) wed a Margaret NEILSON 1792 - they in turn had a dau. who wed a Joseph FAHS. Am wondering if Margaret NEILSON was related to this early Richard Nelson from Chas. Co., MD?? Would your research contain any info. on any NELSON/NEILSON? Would gladly look in my personal library for mention of your ancestors. I have a number of books printed regarding Hampshire Co. and also Charles Co.. I suspect your research most probably has reviewed all these sources already. Let me know where you've looked and for whom, and I'll see what additional sources I might have at home. Sincerely searchin', Karen Nelson Hangsleben

Has anyone every heard of a town named James River around the Shenandoah Valley? My ancestor's children gave it as their birthplace and I know he lived in Frederick County when they were small. The family name was Tarr/Torr/Toor. Jane Sarles

I have hit the mother of all brick walls in attempting to locate the marriage and/or origins of William Tarr/Torr/Toor. He was listed on the 1782-89 Tax list for Frederick County and was paid for ferrying troops across the Shenandoah River in 1783. So I know he was there. His son, William gave the Shenandoah Valley as his birthplace in his bounty land application, and I believe all of William I's children were born in this area. William(I) married Elizabeth Crawford about 1775. They moved on to Shelby County Kentucky in 1792-93. How on earth could they have left so little trace? Has anyone seen this name mentioned in Frederick County.....ever? Appreciate any assistance on this maddening problem. Jane Sarles

Sorry to post this to the group. Would the person who has this Robert MC KEE please contact me. I have several Robert's in my line... Cjwilson@win.bright.net At 03:56 PM 6/20/97 -0400, you wrote: >The spellings I have come in contact with are: > >D'Albe >D'Albey >Dalbey >Dalby >Dolby > >I am sure there are many others. He was married to Susannah (Harris) and I >am told she later married Robert McKee, Sr. After his death she moved to >Washington Co. PA with her son Isreal Dalbey, who was a methodist minister. > >Betty Baca > > >

I am looking for informatyion on the MORELAND family of Hampshire Co. VA.WV Bazaleel MORELAND b 25 Feb 1782 in Charles Co. MD d. 19 Seo 1857 in Milford TWP, Knox Co. OH. Married Margaret FAHS, b 6 Nov 1in Hampshire Co. VA. died 11 Sep 1864 in Milford TWP, Knox Co. OH. Phillip FAHS b. 1 Oct 1760 d. 20 Jun 1848 near Slanesville, WV wife Margaret ? I appreciate any information on the MORELAND and FAHS family. Thank you, Delia Hord

Ditto... KUDOS to Wilmer Kerns with many our thanks! Maxine, Hudson OH >Mr. Wilmer Kerns: > >As used in the USN, "Bravo Zulu" to you. > >That was an excellent posting! - Lots of tantalizing information about a >resource I knew nothing about, but will surely use. > >Thank you! I wish the similar posts in other lists were as well written, >complete, and informative. > >Mike Mead, Vienna VA > > >

I have an abstract of a will taken from "Winchester, Virginia Abstract of Wills 1794-1894", transcribed by Dola S. Tylor, Heritage Books, Inc. which mentions the will of Tevault GILLNER. To Adam LITTLE, house and lot adjoining Daniel CLARK with all the locust posts on hand for making a fence. To James Cochran, bed and bedding and all other things including "one crock with cheese, one gammon?, and all cabages." To Edward SLATER, gray mare. 7 March, 1808. Wit. Peter HAM, Samuel SLATER, FRanowcz? MURTIN. I would like to find out more about Tevault GILLNER.Was he perhaps the father-in-law of Adam LITTLE, my 4G grandfather ? Adam was married To a Martha PATTON on 1 Sept, 1808, and I have no information on the name of the mother of his 10 children. I would also like to find out more information about these 10 chiildren, nine of whom are: John, Jacob, Sarah (who married a PATTON), David, Martin, Phillip, Catherine, William, Elizibeth and Elizibeth.Adam's will only listed the names of nine of the children, but mentions that there are 10 children. The will also mentions Martha's two children: James and Nancy. I know that Adam's son Jacob married Polly RITTENOUR on 31 Dec, 1808 and that son David married Nancy RIGGLE 0n 31 August, 1814 (presumably his second as he moved with his wife and eight children to Greene County, Ohio in 1820). Son Martin married Sarah RITTENOUR, daughter of Michael RITENOUR on 6 Sept, 1819. Daughter Catherine married Isaac OLDACRE on 18 Jan, 1818 and son William married Eliza STUMP on 27 DEc, 1830. Any information on this family and its various members and branches would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Michael Little

Mr. Wilmer Kerns: As used in the USN, "Bravo Zulu" to you. That was an excellent posting! - Lots of tantalizing information about a resource I knew nothing about, but will surely use. Thank you! I wish the similar posts in other lists were as well written, complete, and informative. Mike Mead, Vienna VA

If you live in the area or plan to visit in the SHENANDOAH VALLEY this summer, you are cordially invited to research in the Archives of the Handley Regional Library in Winchester. It is a public library and archives that serves Winchester, Frederick County and Clarke County, VA. Recognized as one of the best research centers in the region, Handley is located at the corner of Braddock and Picadilly Streets, and it is open on Tuesday and Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and on Thursday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (closed on Sunday and Monday). What is in the collection? Materials on people, places and events of the Lower Shenandoah Valley from 1732 to present. The collection houses archival material from both the Handley Library and the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society. There are extensive local histories and genealogical books on families who live or have lived in this area. A Surname Index lists individual families who are named in over 200 genealogical books in the collection. This saves a lot of research time from not having to scan manually through indexes of several hundred books. Also, there is a database of names and addresses of individual researchers by surname. Over 500 linear feet of manuscripts and ephemera are housed in the Archives. These holdings include account books, funeral home records, diaries, and correspondence. The Archives maintains an excellent collection of 100 maps (some rare), including three maps of the area by Jedediah Hotchkiss, Stonewall Jackson's mapmaker, plus 4,000 photographs. If you are interested in the Civil War, you will find plenty information. U.S. Census records are maintained for Counties in the Lower Shenandoah Valley, from 1790-1920. Indexes for Virginia and West Virginia counties enable the researcher to quickly find the people they are researching. Handley Archives has one of the best NEWSPAPER collections for a regional public library. The Winchester Star is available on microfilm beginning in 1896. These papers are important for those seeking information on deaths--obituaries-- during a period of almost 2 decades at the turn of the 20th century when death records were not collected by the Commonwealth nor the Counties. Twenty additional newspapers are available to researchers, some by microfilm and others by the original copies. These date from 1787 to present. Virginia Gazette and Winchester Advertizer 1787-1791 Virginia Centinel or Winchester Mercury 1788-1790 Winchester Political Repository 1790-1791 Willis's Gazette and the Winchester Centinel 1796 Winchester Gazette 1802-1824 The Philanthropist 1808 Republican Constellation 1810-1817 Winchester Republican (destroyed by Union in 1862) 1821-1862 Winchester Virginian (destroyed by Union in 1862) 1828-1862 Winchester Journal 1865-1869 Winchester News 1865-1869 Winchester Times 1866-1905 Winchester Sentinel 1869-1870 People's Voice 1880-1881 Winchester Leader 1884-1899 Daily Item 1896-1897 Winchester Star 1898-present Evening News Item 1896-1897 Morning News Item 1906-1907 Daily Independent 1923-1925 Also in Handley, Shenandoah County newspapers are available on microfilm for the 1817-1914 period. Archives staff will answer correspondence if the request is clearly defined. Extensive research cannot be undertaken because of limited staff time. For in-depth searches, a list of local researchers will be provided upon request. A self-addressed, stamped envelope should accompany all queries. There is a charge for photocopies. Correspondence should be addressed to: Mrs. Rebecca Ebert, Archivist The Handley Regional Library P.O. Box 58 Winchester, VA 22604 (540) 662-9041 For those doing colonial research (prior to the Revolutionary War), you are reminded that the Frederick County Courthouse in Winchester maintains records from 1743 onward. Frederick is NOT a "Burned County." If you need to do a deeper level of research in certain areas, you should be aware that many kinds of original records are maintained by the Library of Virginia in Richmond. An inventory of the Frederick County holdings is available from the LoV. As you may know, Old Frederick County consisted of 12 present-day counties, viz. Frederick, Hampshire, Berkeley, Clarke, Shenandoah, Page, Hardy, Morgan, Jefferson, Grant, Mineral and Warren. The Frederick County Court served the people in all of these counties prior to their formations. We hope that your visit to our beautiful Shenandoah Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia will be enjoyable and productive. "Virginia is for Lovers." Wilmer L. Kerns Volunteer Archivist The Handley Regional Library

Hi: Would it be possible to check James Wood's Fee Book for: BOWMAN(BOUGHMAN/BAUMAN/BOMAN etc.) or RHOADS(RHODES/ROADS/RHOADES etc.) I know that both families were somewhere "near the South Branch of the Potomac River, Virginia" (which covers several counties in now WV) in 1769 when a child was born in each family: THOMAS BOWMAN and JANE RHOADS. They married, had at least 3 known children: Charles born 1797, Moses and Maria. Thomas and son(s) were boatbuilders in the Wheeling, now WV area in 181? to 1828 when they moved to Vermillion Co. IN. Thank you. We have a good genealogy library here in Houston, TX and I will gladly do reciprocal research in exchange for your help. Happy Ancestor Hunting..........Susan sfsfvf@aol.com

Wilmer, can you please tell me if there is mention of Lloyds, Gerards, or Pemberton in the taxes for 1744-53? The Wood book is another great find! I wonder how many of these "gems" reside in old barns, attics, elsewhere, who knows where? By the way,I'll sign my name this time....Paul Gilbert.....

From at least 1806, I have found these Bragg's in the records (personal property, census,etc.) in Frederick Co.: John Bragg is found in 1806 p.p.tax list. Fred Co Deed Book 62, p436 indicates he probably had a son named George (along with a brother named George-info below). I have no further info on him. George Bragg appears in p.p. tax list c. 1814. He eventually moves to Shenadoah Co and dies there in 1868 at the age of 82. Charles G. Bragg appears in p.p. tax records c. 1820. Before 1830, he is in Jefferson Co VA (WV) Thomas Bragg appears around 1819 in the district of Richard Sydnor. Thomas Bragg marries Edy Cockrell 1816 in Frederick Co. Administrator's acct for Thomas Bragg-1835-Jefferson Co VA (WV) indicates "William Murry agent for the guardian of Thomas Bragg's orphan daughter..." I believe these Bragg's to be the sons of Tarpley Bragg of Fauquier Co VA. I would appreciate any info on these families. Thank you. Jeanne Cox Orange VA jcox@ns.gemlink.com

Looking for others who are researching the following families in Mineral Co., WV.; ROSIER, WHISNER, ABERNATHY will share all info I have connecting with these families. Thanks, Kandy [Rosier] Stoehr

Tom, Col. James Wood Sr., first clerk of the Frederick County (VA) Court died in 1759. His Fee Book is not yet in public hands. Apparently, Wood took it home to work on, and he died unexpectedly. My theory is that the book remained in private hands, but we don't yet know who has possession of the original book. A copy of an old xeroxed set of pages of the book has surfaced. There are proprietary questions and issues to resolve before it can be published. Not being a lawyer, I don't know who has a right to claim the manuscript--whether the County Court Clerk, the Librarian Archivist, the local museum curator, or a private individual. I cannot speak for any of these people. Suffice it to say that announcements will be made when the time has come. The James Wood (Jr.) that you referenced was a son of Col James Wood Sr.. James Jr. later became Governor of Virginia (1790s). Fees were collected in Virginia only during the colonial period, and were later replaced by various kinds of taxes. I have access to the years 1744 and 1753, but see no Bishops named for those years. Sorry that I can't be of more assistance. Wilmer L. Kerns At 07:05 PM 6/25/97 -0400, you wrote: > Mention was made recently of James Wood's fee book. Is this book available >for research, on microfilm or in an archives? > I have a John Bishop of Frederick co., who in 1776 appointed James Wood >power of attorney to sell French & Indian bounty land to Van Swearingen of >Berkeley co. > I'm wondering if the fee book would have any more details on this >transaction. Or whether there is any more mention of the Bishop surname. > Thanks, Tom Bishop > >

Mention was made recently of James Wood's fee book. Is this book available for research, on microfilm or in an archives? I have a John Bishop of Frederick co., who in 1776 appointed James Wood power of attorney to sell French & Indian bounty land to Van Swearingen of Berkeley co. I'm wondering if the fee book would have any more details on this transaction. Or whether there is any more mention of the Bishop surname. Thanks, Tom Bishop

In a previous version of this message I inserted the given name John for James. The corrected message follows. According to Wilmer Kerns the fee book for 1744 Frederick County contains a James Wright. If any of you have researched this man I would appreciate a brief summary on him, especially any sons ha may have had. Thanks! Michael E. Wright cyclops@netvalue.net

Wilmer, Thank you very much for the reference and for taking the time to look this up. Could you explain what a "fee book"is? Was this a tax assessment? Or money owed to someone? I hate to sound so ignorant, but..... Dede Aday MacDonald aday4me@juno.com or bm063@csufresno.edu

Hi Wilmer, I don't have any references at home, would have to find a libr with them. Since it is not my line, nor close to it, I would not have put it in my database. Forgot to mention Cecil O'Dell's book, a cousin on the WARTH line has it, $50 or so, and she sent me a couple of pages with my/our family info. Others have mentioned this reference. If you are interested enough in my relationship to CARTMELL, I could look that up for you. Joyce Franke > I haven't had time to look, but I'm sure that I've seen Nathaniel Cartmell's > name on numerous occasions. If you haven't yet found it, I will look for and > cite the reference. > > >CARTMELL is a name in my family, but I don't have your Nathan in my PAF > >database. I wonder if you have checked other VA resources, like CARTMELL's > >book? And Wayland's book? There are errors, but they tell me everything has > >errors.

If you are researching WRIGHT in old Frederick County, especially those who lived near Shepherdstown, I would like to compare notes with you. My interest is in William Wright who settled there in 1754 on a 200 acre land grant. The family migrated to Bourbon County, KY in 1792. Michael E. Wright cyclops@netvalue.net

Dede: A George Paris is listed on the 1744 list in Col. James Wood's Fee Book, Frederick County. He was assessed a fee of 137 pounds of tobacco. Wilmer L. Kerns At 08:57 PM 6/18/97 -0700, you wrote: >I am always looking for references for Richard Pearis(Parris) born about >1725 and his father Col. George Pearis (died 1752 in Winchester, >Frederick Co., VA) and brothers Capt. Robert Pearis, George, and possibly >Jonathan. He also had a sister Christian who married William Neely. > >Any resources would be appreciated. > >Sincerely, > >Dede Aday MacDonald >aday4me@juno.com > >