I have an idea as to the meaning of 'Red' John Richardson and 'Black' John Richardson. I'm referring to a book 'Albion's Seed', by David H. Fischer, 1989. In a chapter on 'Borderlands to the Backcountry', sub-chapter Backcountry Family Ways, Border Ideas of Clan and Kin, page 664, in talking about the Alexander clan of the N.C. backcountry, he quotes a source "So numerous were the tribe of the Alexanders that they had to be designated by their office, their trade of their middle name." "The most eminent Alexander was called 'Governor Nat' to distinguish him from 'Red Head Nat' and 'Fuller Nat'. With Winchester being in the 'backcountry' in the 1740s, and likely several Richardsons living in that area, my thought is that there was a John Richardson with 'red' hair, and a John Richardson with 'black' hair. By the way, if you have VA ancestors or ancestors from the Delaware valley area, I strongly recommend reading 'Albion's Seed'. Tom Bishop