Klez: Don't Believe 'From' Line By Michelle Delio 2:00 a.m. April 30, 2002 PDT Some Internet users have recently received an e-mail message from a dead friend. Others have been subscribed to obscure mailing lists. Some have lost their Internet access after being accused of spamming, and still others have received e-mailed pornography from a priest. They're actually experiencing some of the stranger side effects of the Klez computer virus. These ersatz e-mails containing the virus are creating Klez-provoked arguments and accusations that are now spreading as fast as the worm itself. The latest variant of the Klez virus started spreading 10 days ago. The virus e-mails itself from infected machines using a bogus "From" address randomly plucked from all e-mail addresses stored on an infected computer's hard drive or network. Recipients of the virus-laden e-mails, not understanding that the "From" information is virtually always phony -- or even that they have received a virus -- have been clogging networks with angry and confused e-mails that are causing a great deal of cyber-havoc. People signing up for newsletters and mailing lists that they never subscribed to has been a major source of frustration for both users and the list owners. If Klez happens to send an e-mail "from" a user to an e-mail list's automatic subscribe address, the list software assumes the e-mail is a valid subscription request and begins sending mail to the user. A mailing list for fans of the Grammy Award-winning Steely Dan band has posted an explanation directed to those who were subscribed to the list by the virus. "We are not infected with the Klez virus. We don't know if you are infected with the Klez virus. You may be. But even if you are not, someone out there who is infected has both your address and our address on their computer ... and therein lies the problem," the explanation reads, in part. Even when users understand the source of newsletter-generated e-mails, the amount of mail some lists generate is causing problems. "Last week I suddenly started getting hundreds of e-mails, daily, with information about raising tropical fish, purchasing cosmetics and staying in youth hostels," Victor Montez, a sales rep for a publishing firm, said. "I do not keep fish, wear makeup or travel rough." Montez now understands the e-mails came from Klez-subscribed news lists. But he said that since his free e-mail account only stores a certain amount of messages, he's lost access to the account twice this week. He believes he's also lost a significant amount of business-related e-mails. "If this keeps up, I may end up having to stay in hostels and I'll have plenty of free time to devote to raising fish," he said. In some cases, it almost seems as if Klez is specifically targeting particularly vulnerable e-mail addresses onto which it can piggyback. E-mails containing an invitation to view what purports to be an attachment with pornographic images appears at first glance to have been sent out by Catholic parishes in New York and Maryland. The attachment actually contains the Klez virus, and tracing information indicates the e-mails were actually sent from an Internet service located in the United Arab Emirates. "While we would obviously never choose to have our churches' names affiliated with such material, this is a particularly difficult time to have e-mail with obscene references -- which appear to have been sent by church staff -- circulating," an archdiocese spokeswoman said, referring to the worldwide sex abuse scandal. Other newsletter owners are also suffering. Some say their Internet service providers have accused them of spamming non-members. Many ISPs cut service when they receive a certain amount of spam complaints. "I was reported to my ISP over a dozen times this week for spamming," said Keith Carlone, the manager of an e-mail newsletter for classic car enthusiasts. "My ISP threatened to pull my account after the third complaint and we went down shortly afterwards. It took four days to sort the problem out." Andrew Fiber, maintainer of a Jewish folk music mailing list, said that the list has been inundated with messages about widely off-topic subjects, so much so that Fiber wondered if most of his members had suddenly gone "meshuga (a little crazy)." But then Fiber began getting the complaints. "All of a sudden we had e-mails coming in from around the world, with people yelling we had sent them Klez," Fiber said. "The thing is that 'Klezmer' is a type of traditional folk music which we often discuss on the list and sometimes refer to as Klez. So I thought people were protesting about our folk music. It was very confusing for a while." Some users have even reported receiving spooky e-mails from deceased friends. "I belonged to a tattoo artists' list that closed down a few years ago. Last week, I began getting e-mails from the list. Even weirder, I got eight e-mails with subject lines that read 'SOS' and 'Eager to See You' from a list member who died last year. It totally creeped me out," said "Bear" Montego. Klez e-mails' subject lines are randomly chosen from a pre-programmed list of about 120 possibilities, including "Let's be friends," "Japanese lass' sexy pictures," "Meeting Notice," "Hi Honey" and "SOS." Klez also sends fake "returned" or "undeliverable" e-mails, advising the supposed sender that their original, refused e-mail is contained in the attachment. Clicking on the attachment triggers the virus. The virus can launch automatically when users click to preview or read e-mails bearing Klez on systems that have not been patched for a year-old vulnerability in Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express. Klez only affects PCs running Microsoft's Windows operating system. As of Monday afternoon, Klez's spread seems to have slowed, but antiviral experts warn that the worm will be around for a while. "Anytime you have a virus that is not easily identifiable visually, it tends to linger," Rod Fewster, Australian representative for antiviral application NOD32, said. "SirCam and Klez both vary the subject lines of the e-mails they send, which makes it hard for the average user to spot."

Is there a transcription of the Jan. 12, 1842 relinquishment of dower of Mary Speed Poythress and the Indenture Jan. 12, 1842 between David Poythress, Mary Speed Poythress and William H. Moon? I have searched all the list messages and was not able to locate one. I could have overlooked it. If it has been posted on the List Messages, I would appreciate being pointed in the right direction. Many Thanks!!! Elaine

Hi Debbie, thanks for the kind invitation to visit Flowerdew for this affair. I hope we'll have been able to have had some members of our genealogical group there. However, most of us are far out of range of Virginia so I would be surprised if you had more than one or two of us at the most. For a long time now I have assembled bits and pieces of microfilm, articles, etc. planning to do an "article" on the Poythress/FD100 relationship for the Poythress webpage at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/poythressmaster.htm On completion and blessing by all concerned I had also planned to make it available in case you wanted to put it on the FD page. As you have correctly surmised, it strikes me that the FD site is long on archeaology and general history and by necessity somewhat short on the "people links." The "people" just have to be dug out of a multitude of sources one at a time and "put together" and that is not a job quickly done. Amid a whole gang of other priorities this one simply dropped off my radar screen for which I apologize. The "members" represented by the Poythress listserver probably have (in the aggregate) about as much information on this Poythress/FD subject as any so I'll make it my job at some point in the near future to try to corrall as much as our members may have into a draft "article" for their (and your) approval and revisions. In the meanwhile, if you wish to visit the Poythress website (address above) I suspect you'll find a nougat or two hidden about as extensive work has been done, just not much on FD. Although most of the material I have personally collected is in "paper" form, I do have 8 or 10 random FD100 files that I would be happy to send to you. The caveat is that they are totally unorganized and range from such things as WPA study papers (available at the Library of VA site), e-mails from people who may or may not know what they are talking about, etc. Just let me know if you're interested. I can either zip the stuff into an e-mail attachment or mail you a floppy, whichever is easier for you to handle. Best wishes to you and the other dedicated people who have kept this significant and historic site alive and breathing through your efforts. We all sincerely thank you. Maynard (John M. Poythress)

Could you please help me find the connection with the Fitzgerald-Gerald-Jarrell Families. Thank you Dennie Edward Fitzgerald 1-888-746-5214 daytime or 1-937-746-5214

Thanks for your information on Richard Poythress and Rosa Benton, maybe Burton? It sure helped this, amateur researcher, link another Poythress to a family unit. Elaine

Nothing I love better than to see those whacko Paces roiled to a boil. Maynard Subj: Re: Pace/Poythress Date: 4/26/2002 To: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> Mike, that potato is white hot. Punch Pace/Poythress or some variation into Google.com and you'll likely find a) copies of all the random transcribed notations I have made over the years with no particular claim whatsoever and b) a hot denial of the connection by the Pace Foundation who have recently, it appears, discovered the error of the ways of one of their long time members who harmlessly filled in a blank that turned out to be not so harmless. At least that's their version. Who knows? On the other hand, if you (or more correctly your mother or sister or whomever) claims that line for DAR qualification, the DAR will accept it without hesitation. You pays your money and you takes your chances They's sharks in that there pool. Good luck. John M. Poythress

Thanks, Lyn, for weighing in on this member with your citations. BPN

Has anyone found any definitive proof that Richard Pace married Rebecca Poythress, or, that he married some other Rebecca?........Mike Tutor

Hello Everyone~ My name is Debbie Miller and I am employed at Flowerdew Hundred in Prince George County, Virginia. As many of you may know, Flowerdew was the tract of land owned by Joshua Poythress and his descendants during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Poythresses married into the Willcox family, who continued to own Flowerdew into the 20th century. We are planning on having a Descendants Gathering on August 24, 2002 at Flowerdew Hundred. We would love to have Poythress Descendants join us for the gathering. We are hoping that the Flowerdew Families will be able to meet and greet other descendants and exchange and gather information on their ancestors. If anyone is interested in attending, please respond to this email or contact the Flowerdew Hundred Foundation at 888-634-1426. We look forward to seeing you! Debbie Miller Flowerdew Hundred Foundation

Greetings, all. In response to recent queries, Richard Poythress is the son of Thomas M. Poythress and Lucy Thomas Poythress of Mecklenburg Co., Va. Here are citations: -His 1888 marriage cites his parents. (Meck Marr Reg 1, Bk 1, P69, L11) -Along with his siblings and their spouses, Richard and Rosa are involved in the settlement of his parents' estate. (Meck DB 55, p58; 11 Nov 1896; W. L. Poythress et. al. to J. W. Moseley "known as the Thomas Poythress place") I can also attest from recent "living memory" that Richard Poythress is in this branch. After all, Richard is my great-grand-uncle, the brother of my great-grandfather, James David Poythress. It may be of further interest to note that I suspect his wife was actually Rosa BURTON, daughter of Lucius and Caroline Baird BURTON, not Rosa BENTON as in the marriage record. However, this is a suspicion not fully researched. In 1900, Richard and family are living in the South Hill area of Mecklenburg County (1900 Census Meck R1718,ED56,P15,L32). Best regards, Lyn P. Baird [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

As I believe I've previously shared with ya'll, according to information in Gadsden A Florida County in Word and Pictures, by Miles Kenan Womack, Jr., published in 1976: "In late 1827, a group of men in Quincy and the adjoining area applied to the Grand Lodge of Georgia for permission to organize a lodge in Gadsden County." Permission was granted on November 09, 1827. "Immediately, these men, who in most cases were the leaders in Territorial politics, drew together their potential membership and assembled for their first meeting on January 24, 1828. Those present at this meeting were . . . , James P. Poythress, . . . ." Fifteen men were present that day, in addition to 3 visiting brothers. In July, 1830, the Masonic Lodges in the Territory of Florida gathered in Tallahassee and formed the Grand Lodge of Florida. Thereafter, the Grand Lodge of Georgia was notified of this change and the former charter of the Washington Lodge No. 1 in Quincy was returned. Linda [email protected] wrote: > Linda, you are absolutely correct and I'm sorry I did a fire, ready, aim > number on James P. and John. They BOTH married Marys.....and it was John > who married Mary Dolan, presumably in Gadsden County. (none of which gets us > any closer to James P. Poythress) This guy just appears out of nowhere in > Screven as an adult in biz buying and selling property about 1811 or so. He > could have been too young or more likely not in GA long enough to qualify and > register for the 1805 land lottery which is sort of a proxy census but I'm > inclined to doubt it. I'm thinking maybe the guy just came late from > Virginia, and, if he WAS in GA, didn't get there in time to meet the registry > qualifications. > > I don't recall where but there were several mentions with respect to his > affiliation with the Masons, one even hinting that was the reason he headed > for Gadsden County and that he was one of the founders of the chapter there. > Wonder how far back their records go? I'll bark up that tree soon as I can > get KY Derby out of my system. > > Best, > > Maynard > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Geneaology Research Web > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/

Linda, you are absolutely correct and I'm sorry I did a fire, ready, aim number on James P. and John. They BOTH married Marys.....and it was John who married Mary Dolan, presumably in Gadsden County. (none of which gets us any closer to James P. Poythress) This guy just appears out of nowhere in Screven as an adult in biz buying and selling property about 1811 or so. He could have been too young or more likely not in GA long enough to qualify and register for the 1805 land lottery which is sort of a proxy census but I'm inclined to doubt it. I'm thinking maybe the guy just came late from Virginia, and, if he WAS in GA, didn't get there in time to meet the registry qualifications. I don't recall where but there were several mentions with respect to his affiliation with the Masons, one even hinting that was the reason he headed for Gadsden County and that he was one of the founders of the chapter there. Wonder how far back their records go? I'll bark up that tree soon as I can get KY Derby out of my system. Best, Maynard

Charles D. Poythress list his father as David Poythress & mother as Sallie Poythress on his Dec. 1, 1870 marriage application in Warren Co., NC. Married India P. Twisdale on Dec. (5?), 1870. Lucy Poythress list her father as David Poythress & mother as Sally Poythress on her Nov. 19 marriage application, Warren Co., NC. Married James Twisdale on Dec. 20, 1870. Alice M. Poythress list her father as David Poythress & mother as Sally Poythress on her Dec. 13, 1876 marriage application, Warren Co., NC. Married John R. Twisdale on Dec. (18 ?), 1876. David Poythress made application for a marriage License on 15 March 1848 to marry Sally Dortch in Warren Co., NC. I have not found the Marriage Certificate. Jim Richardson

Maynard, I believe there is a little clarification which needs to be made concerning the wife of James P. Poythress, our Gadsden Co., FL man. He had a son named John P., who married Mary Ann Dolan in 1866. Our family's Poythress record book which was originally maintained by John P. Poythress does not mention the names of his parents. We don't know for certain, but we believe that John P. is James P.'s son. If you are referring to me & my family being driven crazy, we're the Poythress (Grands, Gr Grands, etc. of John P. & Mary Poythress) line rather than the direct Dolan line. Hopefully one day we'll get these Gadsden Co. men back into the Va/Ga Poythress family lines from which I believe they came. Thanks to all of you for any connections you find about us Gadsden Co., FL cousins. Linda [email protected] wrote: > Elaine, I think this fellow should not be confused with Sheriff Thomas James > P. of Burke Co. who dies 1800. > > This James (more correctly James P. Poythress) is a man I have chased all > over the map, You correctly observe that he pops up all over the place. He > comes along, roughly a contemporary of Meredith Poythress, Jr. and the first > time we see him all over the books he is buying property in Screven 1811-15 > and then selling property in Screven County, about 1820-27. Later we learn > he is selling Screven property preparatory to a move to Gadsden County, FL > where he patents land (1828) and fathers at least one son John by a Mary > Dolan. We do know from two of the Screven deeds that James P. Poythress had > a wife named "Mary" in Georgia and presumably she goes to FL with him. > > After arriving in FL James P. Poythress sells 250 acres of land in Screven to > William T. Poythress for $5. This would be considered a "nominal" > transaction and would suggest kinship. The problem is we don't know who > William T. Poythress is either. > > Son John for some reason goes to LA to enlist in CSA service, returns to FL > after the war. It's driving the Dolans more crazy than we because he is a > key to the Dolan line. Our line of inquiry is to simply find out who he > is.....and I have not gotten to first base and don't know enough to know if > he is a "key" or not. > > I have not been remotely sucessful in hooking JPP to Meredith Poythress Sr. > or Jr. > It is not at all likely for him to be in same family group of Sr., even less > likely to be in family group with Jr. > > I hope someone may produce James P. Poythress' connection one day. I have > all these deeds on my hard drive and will be happy to e-mail them to you if > you would like to have them. > > Maynard > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > The Poythress Genealogy List is hosted by RootsWeb. If you'd like to learn more about Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/

No, so far I have found nothing to indicate ANY name for a father for James E. Poythress, who was born 13 Aug 1803 in Mecklenburg Co, VA. BPN = = = = From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:52:56 EDT Subject: Re: Lewis and David Poythress To: [email protected] Barbara, did you ever find anything on your line , James Edward Poythress, that listed Lewis as his father? I don't know what they might have had back then, other than a Death Record or Burial Record. Elaine

Barbara, did you ever find anything on your line , James Edward Poythress, that listed Lewis as his father? I don't know what they might have had back then, other than a Death Record or Burial Record. Elaine

I think Lyn will be our best source of info here, since he had mentioned some other connection that led him to believe Richard Poythress was son of Thomas Poythress & his wife Lucy Thomas, in the portion of his earlier message that I copied into my message of the other day (copy below Sarah's message, below). Unfortunately, I don't really know anything about this Richard Poythress who married Rosa Benton. Hopefully Lyn will sometime soon be able to catch up reading his List messages & can help out on this matter. BPN = = = = From: "Dale Poythress" <[email protected]> Subject: Richard Poythress Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:09:48 -0700 To: [email protected] And the marriage you mentioned in posing your question, the marriage of Richard Poythress to Rosa Benton, is one of several Poythress marriages that Sarah Royster Poythress had found in a research trip to the Courthouse in "Boydton, Mecklenburg [County], Va yesterday [Sarah's message was dated Sat, 13 Feb 1999] ...I found and copied... [from] one of the large marriage books they have at the courthouse," which Sarah listed as: ">07 Jan 1880 (Hope I have right date on this one) Richard Poythress, 24, single, Mecklenburg Co. s/o Thomas and L. Poythress to Rosa A. Benton, 21 single, Mecklenburg, Co. d/o L. and C.E. Benton. J.M. Benton" After reading this I went back and looked at my notes. I don't know why I had Richard as s/o Thomas & L. Poythress. It should have been s/o Thomas L. Poythress with no mother listed. I am sorry I typed this wrong before. When I go back to Boydton I will look at record again to be sure I copied it right. Does anyone know where Richard L. fits in? I do not have Thomas M. and Lucy Poythress with a son named Richard. Correct me if I am wrong, please. I hope this hasn't caused to much confusion for anyone. Sarah = = = = = BPN's message to List on 4/21/02, sent 5:29pm: Elaine, thanks so much for giving the citations of the messages you had seen in the Poythress-List Archives. It makes it much easier to figure out which Thomas M, etc, to be able to read thru them again. In re-reading both the messages, it seems that the clearest statement on the subject was the paragraph I'll quote below, which was in the message "Re: Edward Poythress etc." on 18 Feb 1999, by LPB (or Lyn Poythress Baird). The pertinent Thomas you were asking about -- Thomas M. Poythress & his wife Lucy Thomas -- are direct ancestors of Lyn's. He & his Mom have done extensive research on that family. And the marriage you mentioned in posing your question, the marriage of Richard Poythress to Rosa Benton, is one of several Poythress marriages that Sarah Royster Poythress had found in a research trip to the Courthouse in "Boydton, Mecklenburg [County], Va yesterday [Sarah's message was dated Sat, 13 Feb 1999] ...I found and copied... [from] one of the large marriage books they have at the courthouse," which Sarah listed as: ">07 Jan 1880 (Hope I have right date on this one) Richard Poythress, 24, single, Mecklenburg Co. s/o Thomas and L. Poythress to Rosa A. Benton, 21 single, Mecklenburg, Co. d/o L. and C.E. Benton. J.M. Benton" By the way, in case it isn't clear to anyone, in that record the "s/o" means "son of" and the "d/o" means "daughter of" and the name added at the end of the record is the name of the minister, from the context of the first marriage Sarah had listed in her message. Thus I reckon the others of us just took it as "Yes, this Richard who married Rosa Benton is the son of Thomas M. Poythress & his wife Lucy Thomas" when LPB said in that 18 Feb 1999 message that you found: " -This Richard Poythress is also the son of my Thomas M. Poythress. This is shown by the marriage record and also by deeds around the settlement of the TMP estate. We think he might be the child identified as Peter in the 1870 census. Some of his descendants still live in the area." BPN

Below is by the Flowerdew Foundation staffer, Debbie Miller [[email protected]], and I hope will be of interest to one or more of us. There is to be a Descendants Gathering on Saturday, August 24, 2002 at the Flowerdew Hundred in Hopewell, Virginia. The goal for the Descendants Gathering is to reunit the relatives of the various Flowerdew families. We would also like for everyone to exchange and gather information on their families. It is designed to facilitate close contact between descendants and Flowerdew, and to emphasize the importance of their ancestors' roles in the history of Flowerdew. The event is directed at descendants, but the public will also be welcome.

For benefit of others following the discussion of Lewis Poythress & likelihood of him being the father of David Poythress, BPW emailed me off-List (& I'm sharing with the List), that she found the following references concerning both Lewis Poythress & David Poythress: - Mecklenburg Co, VA Land Deed of Sept. 1837 in which Parkinson sold 100 acres to David *bounded on the North by Lewis Poythress*. - Mecklenburg Co, VA bill of Sale in Oct 1845 Lewis Sr., gave his land to Lewis Jr. and Thomas M., land *bounded by land of David Poythress.* - Mecklenburg Co, VA in August 1844 Lewis sold 143 1/2 acres to David for $2l5.25. BPW also asked me <snip> "Do you have a copy of the 1840 census which shows in Mecklenburg, VA a James and Lewis each as Head of Family and then David as Head of Family in the 405 E. District? I made an abstract from the census but do not show any statistics which would help me construct a meaningful scenario." Yes, I have a copy of the pertinent census pages (& will get copies off to BPW), but for clarification: all 3 of these Poythress men were listed as Heads of Families in the "Eastern District or 98th Regiment" of Mecklenburg Co, VA. David's entry is shown on the page stamped with page # 405; Lewis on the page stamped with page # 407; & my ancestor James Poythress on page # 396. That year, their names were all spelled as "Portress" by the census-taker. For analysis purposes, the pertinent details are shown in the abstracts I did years ago for this Census (& for many other Poythress Census entries from various years) at our Poythress Research Website, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/ Below, I'm copying the pertinent entries from the website for your convenience. In re-checking the original Census page copies today just to be sure, I find that none of these 3 households had any slaves. BPN = = = 1840 Mecklenburg Co., VA Census - p. 396 Eastern District or 98th Regiment has Jas. Portress (3 WM 5-10 yrs; 1 WM 30-40 yrs; 2 WF under 5 yrs; 1 WF 30-40 yrs; 1 SM 36-55 yrs; total counted is 8; 3 in Agriculture; NONE are listed as Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services & none listed as deaf or blind or as being students) - p. 405 Eastern District or 98th Regiment has David Portress (1 WM 5-10 yrs; 1 WM 30-40 yrs; 1 WF under 5 yrs; 1 WF 5-10 yrs; 1 WF 30-40 yrs; total counted is 5; 1 in Agriculture; NONE are listed as Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services & none listed as deaf or blind or as being students) - p. 407 Eastern District or 98th Regiment has Lewis Portress (1 WM 15-20 yrs; 1 WM 20-30 yrs; 1 WM 70-80 yrs; 1 WF 60-70 yrs; 1 Free Colored Person Male 10-24 yrs; 1 Free Colored Person Female 10-24 yrs; total counted is 6; 4 in Agriculture; NONE are listed as Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services & none listed as deaf or blind or as being students).

And the marriage you mentioned in posing your question, the marriage of Richard Poythress to Rosa Benton, is one of several Poythress marriages that Sarah Royster Poythress had found in a research trip to the Courthouse in "Boydton, Mecklenburg [County], Va yesterday [Sarah's message was dated Sat, 13 Feb 1999] ...I found and copied... [from] one of the large marriage books they have at the courthouse," which Sarah listed as: ">07 Jan 1880 (Hope I have right date on this one) Richard Poythress, 24, single, Mecklenburg Co. s/o Thomas and L. Poythress to Rosa A. Benton, 21 single, Mecklenburg, Co. d/o L. and C.E. Benton. J.M. Benton" After reading this I went back and looked at my notes. I don't know why I had Richard as s/o Thomas & L. Poythress. It should have been s/o Thomas L. Poythress with no mother listed. I am sorry I typed this wrong before. When I go back to Boydton I will look at record again to be sure I copied it right. Does anyone know where Richard L. fits in? I do not have Thomas M. and Lucy Poythress with a son named Richard. Correct me if I am wrong, please. I hope this hasn't caused to much confusion for anyone. Sarah