----- Original Message ----- From: "stevew602" <stevew602@earthlink.net> To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: RE: brunswick co road reports 1732-1746 > We have tried to find the "trial chart of the Eppes Society" that Batte > mentions and have failed. I even wrote Dorman and asked him (got somewhat > of a vague response, but I'll gladly share it if you're interested). We > NC Walls think we might descend from this Ann/John marriage, and have > built a good circumstantial-evidence case, but as Lou will tell you, it's > not proof. If you have any luck finding it, please let me know. > > Katherine, I took the lineage that you posted a week or so ago and tried > to match it against our line, with no luck. I assume you know of the > "Walls of Walltown" book? That's my line..... > > Steve Wall > > -----Original Message----- > From: "John M. Poythress" <brerfox@bellsouth.net> > Sent: Dec 2, 2005 9:03 AM > To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: brunswick co road reports 1732-1746 > > Also, Katherine, I'm at a lost to make anything out of comparing the two > Brunswick road orders. Cappt Poythris and John Wall live on two > different roads and all the tithables > (residents along the particular road)are entirely different. > > All I can make out of this one is that they both lived in Brunswick > County. I'll have to refer you to Lou on this one. > > R. B. Batte only has the following note which is the text for his chart > "Poythress Family in Virginia": > > 214 Ann Poythress > m. John Wall. Numerous decendants are given in the trial chart of the > Eppes Society. > > Given that the Eppes/Epps people are all over the various genealogy > wires this might prove a worthwhile place to search. > > Best, > > Maynard > > -----Original Message----- > From: JLP [mailto:sample1048@leapmail.net] > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 9:33 PM > To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: brunswick co road reports 1732-1746 > > Maynard and Katherine: might as well jump in at this point and point > out that there were two John Wall families in early Brunswick County. > My line is from "Colonel" John Wall who lived down near Fort > Christiana, and later Lawrenceville. The other John Wall line lived > in the northern part of the county on or near Waqua Creek. This last > is - I think Katherine's line of Walls (see, I've been paying > attention <g>). So far I have not been able to find any real evidence > that they were related, but "feel" with pretty high confidence that > they were - perhaps the two elder John Walls were as close as cousins. > > The two lines of Walls are very hard to distinguish, but with practice > and correlation in time one can begin to determine the difference > between the two - for most records. Until the researcher has obtained > this familiarity, though, it is very easy to confuse the two families. > > Lou > > -----Original Message----- > From: John M. Poythress [mailto:brerfox@bellsouth.net] > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:22 PM > To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: brunswick co road reports 1732-1746 > > > Hi Katherine.....thanks for thinking about us on the Brunswick 1733 > road order. We have that one (and many more); including, in fact a > whole CD-ROM full of VA Poythress data which includes some Wall > entries and much more. > > While our list server is operative (it's on Rootsweb), our webpage > (poythress.net) is unfortunately a "read only" > proposition and nothing new has been posted in the last couple of > years. This comes about because we are list-meisterless. > > In the meanwhile, I have collected (I hope)all the information on the > website plus digitizing much, much more: Wm&Mary Quarterly entries, > the Swem Index, etc. etc. > > I provide a free service in which I simply keep an active file on my > hard drive and burn a copy CD on request and mail one to anyone > furnishing me a snailmail address. I would be happy to mail you one > if you wish and you can send me your snail mail directly > > brerfox@bellsouth.net < without having to post it on the internet. > There is no charge at all and I'm happy to handle this. > > Maynard > > P. S. > I'm assuming you have checked the Wall entry that IS on the webpage > site. Click on Studies, Timelines and Charts in the left hand column > of page 1. When you get to this page the second entry is a fairly > comprehensive study of the Wall-Poythress connections done by one of > our group, Lou Poole. > > -----Original Message----- > From: katherine russell [mailto:kjrussell@clearwire.net] > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:29 AM > To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: brunswick co road reports 1732-1746 > > & june 1733 O.S.,Page 26 > Henry Cook is appointed supervisor of a road from Capp Poytris's > plantation on fountain's Creek to Henry Wych's ford over Meherrin > and......all the male laboring tyths between the Cane branch and the > G.....swamp and that James Parham, John Clyburn, John Walker, Thomas > Busby, Thomas Burnett,and Francis Steed assist in clearing the same.. > > April 1733 (typed as 1773 but with all the 1733 records) > John Wall gent is appointed surveyor of a briddle road from his Mill > to Chamberlains Ford and that the tyths of Henry Fox, John Irby John > Chapman George Brewer, William Linch, Joseph Heathrock and his own > assist in clearing the same.. I did a quick search on the list and > didn't see these posted..if they are and I missed them, let me know > and I won't continue. I don't know if I even have a connection to the > Poythress line, only the Wall's listed here. Katherine Russell > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > >