from my family records, this is also published in book "one of america's earliest immigrant families" by Noble H Pace, published 1962 and is on page 46 of this book this is also in will of richard pace iii ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Blair" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [PACE] The PG land sold by John and Richard Pace 1759 > Thanks for your reply. I'm descended from Silas Pace, who was a > great-uncle of your Dreadzil Evans Pace. > > I'm asking questions and looking at records because I hope that some more > solid information, or more solid guesses, about the early Paces in VA and > NC might emerge. > > I don't think Richard's wife Rebecca was Rebecca Poythress daughter of > Francis, by the way. As I understand it, there is a record dated 10 Sept > 1711 (recorded 13 Sept 1711) in which Charles Bartholomew and his wife > Rebecca Bartholomew (relict of Francis Poythress) deed land to their > daughter Rebecca Poythress. > > So Rebecca Poythress was unmarried in 1711. Rebecca the wife of Richard > Pace, on the other hand, had by 1711 been married at least a dozen years. > So she was some other Rebecca, whose surname is not known. > > Regards, > James > > > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, debbie pace <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: debbie pace <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [PACE] The PG land sold by John and Richard Pace 1759 >> To: [email protected], [email protected] >> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 8:18 PM >> richard pace iii born about 1663 in charles city , va and >> john pace born approx 1669 in charles city, va are the sons >> of richard pace ii born in charles city, va who was married >> to rebecca poythress ( her father was francis poythress) she >> was before rebecca cogan does this help any? my father was >> samuel pace jr who is the son of samuel m pace Sr who is >> son of richard randall pace who is son of dreadzil evans >> pace and so on thanks >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Blair" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 10:51 AM >> Subject: Re: [PACE] The PG land sold by John and Richard >> Pace 1759 >> >> >> >> --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Rebecca Christensen >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > James, >> > I sure wish I could give constructive comments. I >> > haven't generally researched the Paces this early, >> so am >> > unfamiliar with many of the names of others that you >> mention >> > but wish I was so I could follow where you are >> leading. >> >> >> It may lead nowhere. I'm just exploring, hoping to >> glean some clues as to the parents of John and Richard Pace >> who sold the land to Goodwyn in 1759. >> >> It appears to me, though I may be misinterpreting the >> records, that John Westhrope patented land near Wards Creek, >> some of which through various transactions came to belong to >> Francis Poythress, and some of which came to belong to >> George Blighton, father of Lydia Blighton Clements. >> >> George Blighton's share of the land, in the patent of >> 1686, is described as being near "the Southern >> Run". The land which Richard Pace and John Pace sold >> to Goodwyn in 1759 is described as being on the southwest >> side of the Southward Run. To me that suggests that the 16 >> acres being sold by Richard Pace and John Pace was near the >> land of George Blighton (which had originally been patented >> by John Westhrope in 1650), and therefore perhaps also near >> the land which Francis Poythress took up (which was >> originally part of the same John Westhrope patent). >> >> Therefore I wonder if some of the land which Richard Pace >> and a later Francis Poythress sold to a Goodwyn in 1718, >> might have been part of the Westhrope land. If so, might >> this tract of land subsequently have become called >> "Goodwins" and been sold to Lydia Blighton >> Clements in 1733, together with "a second plantation on >> which Lydia was then living". >> >> This line of reasoning, if borne out by the land >> descriptions, might suggest that John and Richard Pace were >> of the line of George Pace, eldest son of Richard and Mary. >> >> On the other hand, one of the witnesses to the sale of the >> 16 acres to Goodwyn in 1759 was Laurence Biggins, presumed >> to be the son of Arthur Biggins who in 1715 owned land >> bounding the land of James Pace. This might suggest that >> Richard and John Pace could have been of the line of James >> Pace. >> >> As I say, I'm exploring, rather than drawing any >> conclusions. >> >> James >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Thought this article might be of interest to some of you. It is from the Tryon Bulletin in Polk County, NC. It is talking about the MA Pace Store in Saluda, NC. Mack Andrew Pace was the original owner who was a son of John Pace son of Cornelius Pace, son of Burrell (Pope) Pace. MA Pace's youngest son, Robert Pace, still runs the store today. This is also the area where the Pace Society Reunion will be held in 2009. http://tryondailybulletin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1361&Itemid=192 Ricky Pace Spartanburg, SC