----- Original Message ----- From: Everett Locke <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 9:47 AM Subject: Re: BYRNE > Hi Ann, > I see by one of your other messages on the old-Frederick-Co list , that you > are a descendant of Dr. John McCormick, who owned the White House Farm > (otherwise known as The White House Inn). There is a "Burns" family that > was and still is quite prominent in the same area. Possibly Jean McCormick > married James Burns. > Also the Locke family purchased the property from Andrew McCormick in 1807. > John Locke, who we believe to be a brother of my ggg grandfather George > Locke, purchased the property. I believe the Inn was run by my George Locke > family for a number of years following the sale. The Burns family also > married into the Locke family. I am also wondering about a possible family > connection of the Lockes to the McCormicks. My George Lockes father was > John Locke, b. ca. 1726 was married to a Nancy (last name unknown), so have > been searching in all the local families there for her last name. George > Locke also had a farm about 2 miles east of Brucetown, Virginia, on the east > side of the Opeckon Creek in 1798 (part of the farm is still in the family > today). George and wife Sarah (Hiatt) Locke are burried on their old farm. > The old farm is probably only about 3 or 4 miles from the White House Inn. > I live in Oregon, but have been back to the old farm several times. > Could you give me the names of Dr. John McCormicks children? Or could you > tell me if he had a daughter named Ann (Nancy is a nickname for Ann) . Do > you have a copy of Dr. John McCormicks will? Would be happy to share any > info I have. > > Everett Locke > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 2:55 PM > Subject: BYRNE > > > > Hello list, > > Calling all Byrne researchers! <grin> > > > > I am searching for the family of James Byrne/Byrn who married Jean > McCormick. > > Who were his parents? > > Did James Byrne/Byrn have a sister named Ann? > > > > Thanks for your response, > > Ann > > > > > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > > RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > > By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > > and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > > search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > > available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > > > >