I need some help identifying some pictures. I'm looking for kin to Foxhall Poythress, and the Poythress/Lynch family at Pleasant Hill Christian church in Brunswick Co., VA. These are believed to be pictures of John Gray, Sarah Elizabeth Jones family. One of their children was Louisa Gray that married Robert Lynch. I'm curious if this Robert Lynch is the same Lynch family at Pleasant Hill, because we know Robert was from Brunswick. Another child was Nannie Gray who married James John Kidd father-in-law of Foxhill Poythress. There is a picture that may (not sure though) be John Gray and Sarah Jones, and one that may be their children. So I need people with connections to the Blackridge area to please email me so I can have you look at the pictures needing identified. No one knows for sure yet, so I'm looking for people who may know. Thanks, Julie Cabitto

Hello All, I'm changing my email...got a year of free internet service with new computer so I'm taking advantage of it. So here is the new one: vadixyluvr@aol.com Teresa Willis ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com

I don't know that any of us ever walked in on Craig in the first place..and it's sure nice to know he'll still be around. Thanks, Craig! Maynard September 15, 2005 Heritage Books/Willow Bend Books to Close Store (Only) Another genealogy book store is about to close. In fact, there aren't many walk-in book stores left. However, in this case there is some good news: the store will remain in business as an Internet and mail order operation. In fact, the owner expects to expand. A few years ago Willow Bend Books acquired the assets of Heritage Books, Inc. Since then, the new company has continued to operate under both business names. The company operates a large and apparently growing mail order, telephone order and Internet business. It also has maintained a walk-in book store in Westminster, Maryland. I recently talked with CEO Craig R. Scott. He confirmed that he is closing the walk-in "brick and mortar bookstore" to the public effective October 1. However, he emphasized that the closure will allow him and the employees to focus on the growing mail order and Internet business. He said that two different management studies recommended the change last year and it just took him a while for him to stop fighting the recommendations. Heritage Books, Inc. (also known as Willow Bend Books) will remain as one of the largest sellers of genealogy books and related materials at http://www.HeritageBooks.com and at http://www.WillowBendBooks.com. The company also plans to sell through catalogs; by mail, by phone (800 876-6103) and at seminars.

September 08, 2005 Ancestry.com to be Redesigned The following is an announcement from Ancestry.com: Dynamic Redesign Invigorates Ancestry.com Leading Family History Web Site Enhances Organization and Community Connections PROVO, Utah, Sept. 7, 2005 - Family history enthusiasts will soon experience the many enhancements MyFamily.com, Inc. has made to its leading family history web site, Ancestry.com. Ancestry members who subscribe to the world's largest collection of historical records -- more than three billion names and thousands of searchable databases - can anticipate that they will find it easier to keep track of recent research activities, get helpful tips and instruction, organize discoveries in OneWorldTree(sm), and connect to an expanded worldwide community of people researching their family history. "Ancestry's product development and marketing teams spent more than 18 months personally visiting with and surveying Ancestry members to identify their family history research priorities," said David Moon, chairman and CEO of MyFamily.com, Inc. "Following on those visits, we created innovative new and enhanced web site features to address members' priorities and make their research more effective and efficient." Some of the enhancements and new features will include: * A Recent Activity section on the Ancestry home page will allow members to easily pick up where they last left off their research. * Enhanced integration between searching records and saving results will allow faster documentation and organization of discoveries. * Improved contextual search tips will make it easier to track down hard-to-find ancestors. * New tutorials will help guide members and help them make the most of Ancestry. * Connecting with other people researching their family stories in Ancestry's new Community section will be more straightforward. Members will be able to share information and ask questions by using a variety of community tools, message boards and a member directory. * A new worldwide Ancestry connection service, together with member profiles, means it will be easier and faster to connect with people who have similar research interests. "The site definitely has a new look and feel, but the ability to connect more easily with those wanting to research the same family lines offers a tremendous benefit to users," said Suzanne Russo Adams, manager of MyFamily.com, Inc.'s Professional Services Desk. "Another notable new feature is the 'shoebox', which allows you to save images and records and come back to them later for review." Look for Ancestry's new features, which are expected to be launched fall of 2005, at www.ancestry.com. About MyFamily.com, Inc. MyFamily.com, Inc. is the leading online network connecting families, present and past. MyFamily's tools, content and community empower individuals to find the people most important to them - and discover and share their unique family stories. The MyFamily network includes MyFamily.com, Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com and RootsWeb.com. MyFamily also publishes Family Tree MakerR, the #1 selling family tree software, Ancestry Magazine, Genealogical Computing Magazine, over 50 book titles and numerous databases on CD-ROM. For more information on MyFamily.com, Inc., visit www.myfamilyinc.com. Posted by Dick Eastman on September 08, 2005 |

Helene..absolutely wonderful news!!!! Please keep us posted on this one. Many thanks and above all many, many thanks to those great LDS volunteers who "give" so much to all of us! Maynard -----Original Message----- From: Helene [mailto:hlvmp@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 11:32 PM To: Helene Pockrus Subject: LDS to put microfilm in vaults on Internet.... Deseret Morning News, Friday, September 09, 2005 LDS to put microfilm in vaults on Internet Huge effort planned to index family history data By Carrie A. Moore <http://deseretnews.com/dn/staff/card/1,1228,103,00.html> Deseret Morning News Ever wonder what's inside those secured vaults, owned by the LDS Church, positioned high inside the granite walls of Little Cottonwood Canyon? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is working toward allowing anyone with Internet access to learn more than they've ever known before about the information contained on 2 million-plus rolls of microfilm housed there. Currently, the church is compiling searchable indexes to that information and will eventually make it available for free through an automated database on the Internet. The church excavated the vaults containing those records on property it purchased in the 1960s, providing a safe repository during the height of the Cold War for birth, marriage, death and census information it considers essential for the salvation of mankind after death. Now church leaders seek to make the information more readily available to the world. "The goal is to create (Internet-accessible) indexes to all the films we have in the vault. That's a long-term process and that's a lot of films," according to Paul Nauta, manager of public affairs for church's FamilySearch.org <http://familysearch.org/> Web site. "We've not announced when people will begin to s tartseeingtheindexes.BR> Those attending the annual Federation of Genealogical Societies' conference this week at the Salt Palace will get a "sneak preview" of the church's plans. As the project progresses over time, indexes to records from 110 nations previously stored on microfilm will become accessible to virtually anyone, anywhere, through the Internet via the touch of a few keystrokes. "We're showing people how we'll be creating indexes from those films. Sometime in the future we'll ask people to help us create the indexes and make them publicly available, and little by little we'll start to index the films from the vault like we did with the 1880 (U.S.) Census. "The challenge now is it takes a lot of people and a lot of time" to create such an index. "Currently, you have to look at images on paper or burn them on a CD and distribute those to index the data. We're moving the whole process to the Internet and this is a prototype of what that might look like. . . . That's what the biggest buzz is at the conference." Conference attendees are using a lab at the Salt Palace equipped with a number of computers to demonstrate the new automated database. The microfilm information includes birth, marriage, death and census records. New advances in indexing software utilities and applications mean the LDS Church "now has the ability to produce lots of indexes faster," than it did with previous databases it has digitized, including the 1880 U.S. Census. Making that database available online was a 12-year project, using tens of thousands of volunteers. In the future, the new technology "will provide automated indexing" for an ever-increasing number of microfilms "so people can readily search it from their homes." As the number of family history researchers continues to grow - one study showed 40 percent of Americans have done research on their family history and another said 90 percent have expressed interest - demand for online indexes that simplify searching for ancestors has soared, he said. How much time will it take to digitize all the films in the vault? "Let's put it this way, it will depend on how much volunteer help we get," Nauta said. "I think we can digitize the films to be indexed to stay up with demand, but much will depend on how many volunteers we can generate worldwide to index their records of interest. If, in a couple of years, we could get a million indexers worldwide, we could put a big dent" in the massive undertaking. The indexing demonstration and other planned improvements to the popular FamilySearch.org <http://familysearch.org/> Web site are drawing standing-room-only crowds at the convention. The changes "will make great strides to simplify and increase the success of the family history experience," he said. Just when the first indexed information from the microfilms will become available online has not yet been announced. "We don't want to be swamped with people before we're ready to handle it," Nauta said. The new developments won't make more than 5,000 small family history centers housed in LDS chapels worldwide obsolete. Previously, those looking for information contained on the microfilms stored in the church's Granite Mountain Records Vault had to request that copies of information on the films be sent to their local center. At some point in the future, that likely won't be necessary any longer, he said, but "that will continue to be a role for a long time. "Family history centers will continue to be a mainstay" for accessing information on the microfilms for some time to come. As more of those records become digitized and indexes become available, the role of the local centers, he said, "will probably change. Some people have no Internet access, and they'll use them for that. The role of the family history centers will evolve over time to help people get started" with their research because "many people don't know how to do that. They will become more fundamental to help people get and stay organized, and to answer questions they have doing their research." Many of those in town to attend the conference are also making use of the church's renowned Family History Library, less than a block from the Salt Palace. Hours have been extended to accommodate guests, with the library open from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. through Saturday. "It's an exciting time for family history," Nauta said. "Those just developing this kind of research as a hobby will never have any appreciation for how far this industry has evolved, even in the past 10 years." _____ E-mail: carrie@desnews.com

Well, Barry, I'll take a whack at it since no one else has stepped up. With the explicit caveat that I'm certainly not the last word, I will say that I have seen that Abigail Thren name numerous times and have never been able to make it fit....or at least not fit into the line of Peter Poythress (m. Anne Baker) whose own daughter Anne (1721-1758) m. Richard Bland. Complicating this string more is that daughter Anne had a cousin Peter Poythress (son of Robert Poythress, brother of the first Peter)who married her (Anne's) daughter Elizabeth Bland; Peter and Elizabeth Bland Poythress then becoming the parents of "the nine Misses Poythress" of some Prince George fame (notoriety?). As for a gedcom of the Poythress family I have seen the family included in other strings but have not seen a Poythress gedcom per se.....maybe others on the board have and will share it. That is not to say there are not a considerable number of trial charts, etc. - they just never got to gedcom format that I have seen. (more below) Various members of our listserver have done considerable work on the several lines over the past decade when we started with 4 members working via snailmail mailing around reams of photocopies. Our webpage (poythress.net) itself is now "static" with no postings occurring....however there is lively activity offline plus among the members of the listserver (poythress-l@rootsweb.com) and you will be most welcomed to post here or elsewhere. (The downside of the Rootsweb listserver system being that it will not accept attachments). A month or so ago I tried to compile all of the information off of our webpage along with considerable offline research done over the years by various members of the group into one single CD-ROM. It has 699 files and is 219MB and I am happy to make it available at no charge to anyone simply furnishing me with a snail mail address to send it to. With a total lack of modesty, I'll suggest that it is a tad overwhelming albeit reasonably well organized. Other than scholarship done by various researchers over many, many decades (Batte, Boddie, Hall) this material is largely factual transcripts of legal and other actual records in the half dozen or so Southside counties in which the family lived. So, if reviewing the CD seems to you to be the next appropriate tack, just send me your snailmail and it will be off to you same day. I hope you will become an active participant in our work. Warmest regards, Maynard (John M. Poythress) (brerfox@bellsouth.net) -----Original Message----- From: Albert Tims [mailto:atims@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 12:34 PM To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Fwd: Poythress in Virginia] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Poythress in Virginia Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 13:59:48 -0600 From: BARRY EWELL <bj57barry@msn.com> To: <POYTHRESS-admin@rootsweb.com> Poythress in Virginia My name is Barry Ewell. I have been doing quite a bit of research on the poythress family during the last year and have tracked my family into Prince George county, Virginia. I am trying to connect a confirm the marriage of a Abigal Pyothress Thren b. 1712 (parents Peter Poythress b 1686and Miss Jones) and Richard Bland b. 1712 (parents Richard Bland b 1665. Abigal and Richard had a son name John Bland b. 1739.and Elizabeth Randolph) to a Anne/Barbara Ann Rennick who was the daughter of Thomas Rennick. I am also looking for a more complete history and family tree of the Poythress. I have spent time in the Salt Lake City Family History Library and for the Poythress family in Prince George family. The following are some of the Poythress names I found in Prince George but not sure how they all fit together. Any thoughts? Or do you have recommendations of who might be able to help. Thanks for your help in advance: Here are the names by County: *Prince George County**, **VA** Early 1700's* *Edmund Poythress* *Capt Fancis Poythriss* *John Poythress and Family* *Joshua & Jane Poythress* * * Poythress Gedcom I am looking for a Gedcom of the research that has been done for Poythress. I want to make sure I am not crossing research that has already been done. Where would you suggest I go for such a file? Thank you for your help. Barry Ewell ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== Visit www.poythress.net o learn more about Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Poythress in Virginia Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 13:59:48 -0600 From: BARRY EWELL <bj57barry@msn.com> To: <POYTHRESS-admin@rootsweb.com> Poythress in Virginia My name is Barry Ewell. I have been doing quite a bit of research on the poythress family during the last year and have tracked my family into Prince George county, Virginia. I am trying to connect a confirm the marriage of a Abigal Pyothress Thren b. 1712 (parents Peter Poythress b 1686and Miss Jones) and Richard Bland b. 1712 (parents Richard Bland b 1665. Abigal and Richard had a son name John Bland b. 1739.and Elizabeth Randolph) to a Anne/Barbara Ann Rennick who was the daughter of Thomas Rennick. I am also looking for a more complete history and family tree of the Poythress. I have spent time in the Salt Lake City Family History Library and for the Poythress family in Prince George family. The following are some of the Poythress names I found in Prince George but not sure how they all fit together. Any thoughts? Or do you have recommendations of who might be able to help. Thanks for your help in advance: Here are the names by County: *Prince George County**, **VA** Early 1700’s* *Edmund Poythress* *Capt Fancis Poythriss* *John Poythress and Family* *Joshua & Jane Poythress* * * Poythress Gedcom I am looking for a Gedcom of the research that has been done for Poythress. I want to make sure I am not crossing research that has already been done. Where would you suggest I go for such a file? Thank you for your help. Barry Ewell

I know some of you have already have gotten this email, and I don't do a lot of forwards, but something has to be done about these gas prices, so maybe we should take these seriously. What did we do in the '80's'? Anybody with any other ideas I would love to hear from you. Teresa Rumor has it we're going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the end of the year and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea: This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.43 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50- $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place....not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. HOW? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war. Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the TWO BIGGEST COMPANIES (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!! I am sending! this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!! Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't think you and! I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS CAN REALLY WOrk. this is a repeater, but maybe we need a reminder now and then. WHERE TO BUY YOUR GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON... Why didn't George W. think of this? Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it.It might even be good for us! The Saudis are boycotting American goods.We should return the favor. An interesting thought it to boycott their GAS. Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia.Just buy from gas companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis. Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my family and my friends. I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companie! s import Middle Eastern oil: Shell............................ 205,742,000 barrels Chevron/Texaco.......... 144,332,000 barrels Exxon /Mobil................ 130,082,000 barrels Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels Amoco...........................62,231,000 barrels If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! Note: The price of oil is now over $50/barrel- - -increasing the take to about $30 Billion!!!!! Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil: Citgo.......................0 barrels Sunoco...................0 barrels Conoco..................0 barrels Sinclair....................0 barrels BP/Phillips..............0 barrels Hess.......................0 barrels ARC0......................0 barrels All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's really simple to do. Now, don't wimp out at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!! I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300).. and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it ... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!! Again, all you ! have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day,all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next eight days. ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com

Let's see if you send it back. We all know or knew someone like this!! One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd." I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks. " They really should get lives. " He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!" There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before. We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends He said yes. We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him. Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday! " He just laughed and handed me half the books. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship. Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak Graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him. Boy, sometimes I was jealous. ! Today was one of those days I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!" He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled. " Thanks," he said. As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began "Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends... I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story." I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. "Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable." I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile Not until that moment did I realize it's depth. Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For better or for worse. God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way. Look for God in others. You now have two choices, you can: 1) Pass this on to your friends or 2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart As you can see, I took choice number 1. "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." There is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends. WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER, YOU'RE REQUESTED TO SEND IT TO AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE PERSON WHO SENT IT TO YOU. ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com

Lyn, thank you for letting us know about his unfortunate death as well as his connection to the family. So sorry to hear. Barbara (BPN)

Thanks Lyn for that information. So sorry for the Sadler Family. Judy > > From: "Lyn Baird" <coriakin@charter.net> > Date: 2005/08/26 Fri PM 10:50:20 EDT > To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Poythress descendant suffers accidental death > > It is with sadness that I pass along this content from the Sunday, 7 August > 2005, edition of the South Hill (Virginia) Enterprise - > > "Local farmer killed in tractor accident > > "BLACKRIDGE - A Blackridge man was fatally injured at 10:15 a.m. Thursday > while pulling a bush hog behind a tractor in the field behind 3615 > Blackridge Road. > "James S. Sadler, 65, was speculated to have encountered a hornet or yellow > jacket nest while tending the field, Chief Deputy George Newcomb of the > Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office said. > "Sadler then dismounted the tractor and suffered fatal injuries to the lower > part of his body from the bush hog, Newcomb said. > "The Southside Rescue Squad, LaCrosse Volunteer Fire Department and > Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office all responded to the emergency call." > > [James is the thrice-great-grandson of Lewis Poythress of Mecklenburg Co., > Va. He resided on land once owned by his twice-great-grandfather, Thomas M. > Poythress, and believed to have been owned by Lewis Poythress also. James > cared for the Poythress-Tanner Cemetery, which is a short walk from his > home. This cemetery has been reported and discussed from time to time on > our distribution list, and is the resting place of Thomas M. Poythress and a > number of his relations.] > > Best regards, > Lyn > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > >

Thanks for posting this Lyn. It is a sad story. We'll pray this family will be comforted. Hope no one's offended if I didn't say this for previous listings for obituaries, because I know all family could use some prayers during sad times. Thanks for explaining the family Poythress relationships. Love, Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn Baird" <coriakin@charter.net> To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 10:50 PM Subject: Poythress descendant suffers accidental death > It is with sadness that I pass along this content from the Sunday, 7 > August > 2005, edition of the South Hill (Virginia) Enterprise - > > "Local farmer killed in tractor accident > > "BLACKRIDGE - A Blackridge man was fatally injured at 10:15 a.m. Thursday > while pulling a bush hog behind a tractor in the field behind 3615 > Blackridge Road. > "James S. Sadler, 65, was speculated to have encountered a hornet or > yellow > jacket nest while tending the field, Chief Deputy George Newcomb of the > Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office said. > "Sadler then dismounted the tractor and suffered fatal injuries to the > lower > part of his body from the bush hog, Newcomb said. > "The Southside Rescue Squad, LaCrosse Volunteer Fire Department and > Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office all responded to the emergency call." > > [James is the thrice-great-grandson of Lewis Poythress of Mecklenburg Co., > Va. He resided on land once owned by his twice-great-grandfather, Thomas > M. > Poythress, and believed to have been owned by Lewis Poythress also. James > cared for the Poythress-Tanner Cemetery, which is a short walk from his > home. This cemetery has been reported and discussed from time to time on > our distribution list, and is the resting place of Thomas M. Poythress and > a > number of his relations.] > > Best regards, > Lyn > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net >

It is with sadness that I pass along this content from the Sunday, 7 August 2005, edition of the South Hill (Virginia) Enterprise - "Local farmer killed in tractor accident "BLACKRIDGE - A Blackridge man was fatally injured at 10:15 a.m. Thursday while pulling a bush hog behind a tractor in the field behind 3615 Blackridge Road. "James S. Sadler, 65, was speculated to have encountered a hornet or yellow jacket nest while tending the field, Chief Deputy George Newcomb of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office said. "Sadler then dismounted the tractor and suffered fatal injuries to the lower part of his body from the bush hog, Newcomb said. "The Southside Rescue Squad, LaCrosse Volunteer Fire Department and Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office all responded to the emergency call." [James is the thrice-great-grandson of Lewis Poythress of Mecklenburg Co., Va. He resided on land once owned by his twice-great-grandfather, Thomas M. Poythress, and believed to have been owned by Lewis Poythress also. James cared for the Poythress-Tanner Cemetery, which is a short walk from his home. This cemetery has been reported and discussed from time to time on our distribution list, and is the resting place of Thomas M. Poythress and a number of his relations.] Best regards, Lyn

Below is off today's VA-Southside wire. While all too many simply punt you to fee-based Ancestry.com and/or standard sources such as LVA sites, there are ALSO some good ones. Maynard Over the years I've compiled these Va genealogy sites and put them in my "favorites." Maybe something will help someone else. I checked them this morning to be sure that they're current. If you cannot get there on your server, there is a problem from your end. :) http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/miscella.htm http://www.lva.lib.va.us/ChanceryWebQ/ChanceryBasicQuery.asp#basicdatast art http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30& http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/BPW/indexes/711-712.html http://listlva.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=va-roots http://departments.umw.edu/hipr/www/Fredericksburg/buildads.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/vafiles.htm http://www.freesurnamesearch.com/search/va.html http://www.virginians.com/index.htm http://virginiaobits.homestead.com/ http://www.nyvagenealogy.homestead.com/virginiarecords.html http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/historic_roads.htm http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas27&local_bas e=CL AS27 http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb/county2.htm Doris in VA ______________________________

From Cuzzin Margie, looks like we lost one. If anybody has ever run a Google search on just "Poythress", this guy's knife website turns up in top 4 or 5. I'm not into knives but have a friend who dabbles in 'em. He says John W. enjoyed a terrific reputation in the "hobby" (if that's what you call it). And yep, if he's from Swainsboro he likely is a 17th cousin or something. Maynard -----Original Message----- From: margietanner@aol.com [mailto:margietanner@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:40 PM To: brerfox@bellsouth.net Subject: Notice for John W. Poythress Message: He's got to be kin to us isn't he? Please visit the Notice for John W. Poythress. http://legacy.com/Link.asp?Id=LS14674772X Click on the above link or cut and paste the url into your browser's address bar.

Thanks Maynard for reminding folks about the info available from Hening's Statutes, and of your CD of Poythress info. Barbara John M. Poythress wrote: > Or, more fully: "Hening's Statues at Large, Being a Collection of all > the Laws of Virginia from the first session of the Legislature, in the > year 1619" by William Waller Hening. > This is one of the premier source documents for Virginia genealogy. > A Mr. or Ms. Spradlin at Earthlink, no doubt a sainted soul, is > transcribing all 9 volumes (with an all names index) at > http://www.vagenweb.org/hening/ ...if you wish to search for names > other than Poythress this is a good one. Unfortunately, Mr. or Ms. > Spradlin has only gotten through volume 4 but the claim is made that the > work will progress. > If you are specifically looking for Poythresses a better source is > likely the CD database as I have captured only the Poythress items for > ALL nine Hening volumes. They are listed under the section for the Swem > Index. > Maynard

Or, more fully: "Hening's Statues at Large, Being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia from the first session of the Legislature, in the year 1619" by William Waller Hening. This is one of the premier source documents for Virginia genealogy. A Mr. or Ms. Spradlin at Earthlink, no doubt a sainted soul, is transcribing all 9 volumes (with an all names index) at http://www.vagenweb.org/hening/ ...if you wish to search for names other than Poythress this is a good one. Unfortunately, Mr. or Ms. Spradlin has only gotten through volume 4 but the claim is made that the work will progress. If you are specifically looking for Poythresses a better source is likely the CD database as I have captured only the Poythress items for ALL nine Hening volumes. They are listed under the section for the Swem Index. Maynard

Thanks Barbara, for that info. Judy > > From: Beetle72@aol.com > Date: 2005/08/21 Sun PM 02:51:02 EDT > To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Kenneth Milton Poythress > > > > > Kenneth is a great-great grandson of David Poythress (1800-1876) who was > born in Mecklenburg, Virginia. > > This following is his obituary from the Mobile Register newspaper in Mobile, > Alabama. > > > > > > Barbara (BPW) > > > Kenneth Milton Poythress > (http://www.legacy.com/Script/CounterRedirect.asp?Name=GBLink_Top&Jump=/mobile/LegacySubPage2.asp&Page=GuestBook&PersonID=149237 > 67) Kenneth Milton Poythress -- a native of Jacksonville, FL and long > time resident of Saraland died Friday, August 19, 2005. Mr. Poythress retired > from Scott Paper Company. He was preceded in death by his parents, J. A. > Poythress and Blanche Poythress Harrison and his sister, Shirley Gabriel. > Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Poythress, Saraland, AL; three children, Kenny > Poythress, Fort Walton Beach, FL, David (Catherine) Poythress, Saraland, AL > and Tanya (Jonathan) Ellisor, New Springs, TX; three step-children, Dwayne > (Christine) Kelly, California, Tammy (Larry) Smith, Saraland, AL and Kim (Tim) > Haney, Saraland, AL; one brother, Charles Poythress, Pensacola, FL; seven > grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Funeral services > will be held from the chapel of Radney Funeral Home on Monday, August 22, > 2005 at 10:00 AM. Visitation will be Sunday, August 21, 2005 from 5:00 PM until > 8:00 Pm at the funeral home. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial > Gardens. Arrangements are by RADNEY FUNERAL HOME, 1200 Industrial Pkwy, Saraland, > AL 36571. > Published in the Mobile Register on 8/21/2005. > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > >

Kenneth is a great-great grandson of David Poythress (1800-1876) who was born in Mecklenburg, Virginia. This following is his obituary from the Mobile Register newspaper in Mobile, Alabama. Barbara (BPW) Kenneth Milton Poythress (http://www.legacy.com/Script/CounterRedirect.asp?Name=GBLink_Top&Jump=/mobile/LegacySubPage2.asp&Page=GuestBook&PersonID=149237 67) Kenneth Milton Poythress -- a native of Jacksonville, FL and long time resident of Saraland died Friday, August 19, 2005. Mr. Poythress retired from Scott Paper Company. He was preceded in death by his parents, J. A. Poythress and Blanche Poythress Harrison and his sister, Shirley Gabriel. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Poythress, Saraland, AL; three children, Kenny Poythress, Fort Walton Beach, FL, David (Catherine) Poythress, Saraland, AL and Tanya (Jonathan) Ellisor, New Springs, TX; three step-children, Dwayne (Christine) Kelly, California, Tammy (Larry) Smith, Saraland, AL and Kim (Tim) Haney, Saraland, AL; one brother, Charles Poythress, Pensacola, FL; seven grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Radney Funeral Home on Monday, August 22, 2005 at 10:00 AM. Visitation will be Sunday, August 21, 2005 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 Pm at the funeral home. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by RADNEY FUNERAL HOME, 1200 Industrial Pkwy, Saraland, AL 36571. Published in the Mobile Register on 8/21/2005.

Well, Maynard, from the mention of "Powell's Creek" it certainly sounds likely that it's the same mill mentioned in July, but I know that there are lots of duplicate creek names in VA. And from the portion of the quote that Michael Tutor found earlier in the Brown book (included in my July 11th message, copied below), referring to Peter Poythress having bought it from Hardyman, it also sounds likely. I just wish the Brown book's quotation had actually included the year Peter got it from Hardyman. Without further resources at my disposal, it looks to me like you've found the right record to go with that quote from the Brown book. It would cinch it, if you have any resource at hand that would show whether or not that intersection I described July 11th (copied below) at/near Garysville, VA was *in* PG Co, and *in* Martin's Brandon Parish at the time of the 4 Oct 1721 sale record you found. Right now I'm in a hotel room, far from my info about various county boundaries at various times, and about various parishes & their locations. Cheers, BPN > 7/11/2005 BPN wrote: Aha, right after sending off my below message just now, I coaxed MapQuest into showing the creeks of the area of Garysville. Indeed Powell's Creek runs right there (about 0.1 to 0.2 mile from the intersection mentioned below). > > I don't know whether it would be the same mill or not, but the location sounds like it could be. First I looked on MapQuest to see where Garysville is located. It is at the intersection of the Old Stage Road and James River Drive (aka state/county? Route 10 -- the road from Hopewell toward Surry). MapQuest doesn't show Powell's Creek, so if one of you has some source that shows Powell's Creek, perhaps we can tell if this is the same mill. > > I found the following in our Poythress-List Message Archives, one of Michael Tutor's wonderful "Poythress Chronicles" messages, from 17 Jan 2004: > > In Michael's section regarding "Peter Poythress (c. 1684-), son of John Poythress (c. 1639-1712)" with the info coming from "A Virginia Heritage" by Eleanor Brown Merrill. Michael noted that this book was privately printed in 1968 and is in The National Genealogical Society Library. CS71.B88 1968 C.1 6417. Michael abstracted info from pages 51 and 52, ending with the following paragraph: > > "From the above we gather that Peter Poythress married Mrs. Ann Baker; they owned a water mill on Powell's Creek sold to them by John Hardyman, and had one daughter, Anne, who married Richard Bland of "Jordans;" the grandson of John Bland who in 1657 had acquired this tract of land from the first Benjamin Harrison's widow. A daughter, Christian Poythress, married John Fitzgerald and their daughter, Elizabeth, married Archibald Robertson; whence came the dual relationship of Susannah Peachy Poythress, whose aunt, Mrs. Richard Eppes of Appomattox Manor, is referred to later..."