Sadly I must tell the group that I went to the library only to find a group of people waiting outside the library trying to figure out if it would open or not. I and several others checked the site and saw it was closed on Columbus day, but apparently they decided to close Sat and Monday for Columbus day. No sign on the door either. Later I re-checked the site and did find a place that said it was closed both days. The majority of my Saturdays are spoken for the until the holidays are over, so it may be awhile before I can get back there. I was a little bit bummed to travel through some pretty torrential downpours only to find it closed. At least next week, I'm going visit Mecklenburg County to go to a Kidd reunion and try to meet with a few people. My husband's coming this time, and I can hardly wait to show him some fun and unique places I discovered there. Also, Fredericksburg and DC traffic is such a bear these days, that I'm looking forward to spending some time in a quiet, non-city place! Barbara, when I go, I will make sure I get the chancery copied that you requested. Since I have a library card I may be able to request a copy and just go pick it up. And I can do that with my little ones. We go to Richmond about once a month together. The official listing for "William L. Portress vs. Exr. of Nancy Thomas", is 1880-030CC, meaning the suit began in 1880. Thanks, Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara P. Neal" <bp_neal@earthlink.net> To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:52 AM Subject: Poythress, Taylor & Dortch chancery records > Julie, great that you were going to LVA again on Saturday & planned to > look at more chancery records. Sorry I didn't see your message until > catching up this morning. > > Regarding the case you mentioned planning to check out "Rebecca Taylor vs. > Adms David Dortch" I would be glad to reimburse you for the copying costs > you incurred at LVA if you indeed copied this one. I'd love to see the > copies & I'm quite interested in learning everything about this case. > > Re the other one you asked about: I'm not sure whether or not I've already > looked at "William L. Portress vs. Exr. of Nancy Thomas" > > Without knowing the county and the case number assigned at LVA, it is > harder for me to know if I've seen a "Poythress" case. So if you'll please > share the citation, I'll be glad to check my laptop for the ones I've > already worked on -- I've saved my transcriptions of chancery court cases > using part of the county name & the year/case number, such as: > > CCtMeck 1808-008 > > Thanks so much for your work on these matters at LVA! > > Barbara (BPN) > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Visit www.poythress.net > > > > > > > > > > > o learn more about Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/ >

Yeah, LVA's (& other great places) holiday hour adjustments get tricky & remembering to check ahead of time is trickier still. Your experience is a good reminder to all of us, Julie. I appreciate the possibility that you may be able to request a copy of the chancery court record for the "Rebecca Taylor vs. Adms David Dortch" on a trip to Richmond with your little ones before the next full research day you'll have available after the holidays. I'm especially pleased to learn about that one since a Rebecca B. Taylor was the wife of Lewis Poythress -- Hadn't learned of it before, since I had not checked for Taylor & Dortch listings yet, not having exhausted Poythress listings' possibilities <g> I'll be glad to reimburse you & to do the transcribing, too, if you wish. Great that you'll be visiting Mecklenburg Co for a reunion next week; have a great time there with hubby. Cheers, Barbara (BPN) Julie Cabitto wrote: > Sadly I must tell the group that I went to the library only to find a > group of people waiting outside the library trying to figure out if it > would open or not. I and several others checked the site and saw it was > closed on Columbus day, but apparently they decided to close Sat and > Monday for Columbus day. No sign on the door either. Later I re-checked > the site and did find a place that said it was closed both days. The > majority of my Saturdays are spoken for the until the holidays are over, > so it may be awhile before I can get back there. I was a little bit > bummed to travel through some pretty torrential downpours only to find > it closed. > > At least next week, I'm going visit Mecklenburg County to go to a Kidd > reunion and try to meet with a few people. My husband's coming this > time, and I can hardly wait to show him some fun and unique places I > discovered there. Also, Fredericksburg and DC traffic is such a bear > these days, that I'm looking forward to spending some time in a quiet, > non-city place! > > Barbara, when I go, I will make sure I get the chancery copied that you > requested. Since I have a library card I may be able to request a copy > and just go pick it up. And I can do that with my little ones. We go to > Richmond about once a month together. > > The official listing for "William L. Portress vs. Exr. of Nancy Thomas", > is 1880-030CC, meaning the suit began in 1880. > Thanks, > Julie > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara P. Neal" > <bp_neal@earthlink.net> > To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:52 AM > Subject: Poythress, Taylor & Dortch chancery records > > >> Julie, great that you were going to LVA again on Saturday & planned to >> look at more chancery records. Sorry I didn't see your message until >> catching up this morning. >> >> Regarding the case you mentioned planning to check out "Rebecca Taylor >> vs. Adms David Dortch" I would be glad to reimburse you for the >> copying costs you incurred at LVA if you indeed copied this one. I'd >> love to see the copies & I'm quite interested in learning everything >> about this case. >> >> Re the other one you asked about: I'm not sure whether or not I've >> already looked at "William L. Portress vs. Exr. of Nancy Thomas" >> >> Without knowing the county and the case number assigned at LVA, it is >> harder for me to know if I've seen a "Poythress" case. So if you'll >> please share the citation, I'll be glad to check my laptop for the >> ones I've already worked on -- I've saved my transcriptions of >> chancery court cases using part of the county name & the year/case >> number, such as: >> >> CCtMeck 1808-008 >> >> Thanks so much for your work on these matters at LVA! >> >> Barbara (BPN) >> >> >> ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== >> Visit www.poythress.net >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> o learn more about Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net > >

Barbara, I found the Rebecca case by doing something new on the LVA search page. You can type in the "Poythress" surname of the plaintiff and then do another "Poythress" search again for the defendant. That's how I've found all the other chancery cases I've done. But there's also a place below these two searches where you can search just by surname. Example, if someone was just a witness. And I think that's how Rebecca's name showed up. If it wasn't her, I definitely still found some new cases this way. Just thought I'd share in case it helps any one else out. Love, Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara P. Neal" <bp_neal@earthlink.net> To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 9:10 PM Subject: Re: Poythress, Taylor & Dortch chancery records > Yeah, LVA's (& other great places) holiday hour adjustments get tricky & > remembering to check ahead of time is trickier still. Your experience is a > good reminder to all of us, Julie. > > I appreciate the possibility that you may be able to request a copy of the > chancery court record for the "Rebecca Taylor vs. Adms David Dortch" on a > trip to Richmond with your little ones before the next full research day > you'll have available after the holidays. I'm especially pleased to learn > about that one since a Rebecca B. Taylor was the wife of Lewis > Poythress -- Hadn't learned of it before, since I had not checked for > Taylor & Dortch listings yet, not having exhausted Poythress listings' > possibilities <g> I'll be glad to reimburse you & to do the transcribing, > too, if you wish. > > Great that you'll be visiting Mecklenburg Co for a reunion next week; have > a great time there with hubby. > Cheers, Barbara (BPN) > > Julie Cabitto wrote: >> Sadly I must tell the group that I went to the library only to find a >> group of people waiting outside the library trying to figure out if it >> would open or not. I and several others checked the site and saw it was >> closed on Columbus day, but apparently they decided to close Sat and >> Monday for Columbus day. No sign on the door either. Later I re-checked >> the site and did find a place that said it was closed both days. The >> majority of my Saturdays are spoken for the until the holidays are over, >> so it may be awhile before I can get back there. I was a little bit >> bummed to travel through some pretty torrential downpours only to find it >> closed. >> >> At least next week, I'm going visit Mecklenburg County to go to a Kidd >> reunion and try to meet with a few people. My husband's coming this time, >> and I can hardly wait to show him some fun and unique places I discovered >> there. Also, Fredericksburg and DC traffic is such a bear these days, >> that I'm looking forward to spending some time in a quiet, non-city >> place! >> >> Barbara, when I go, I will make sure I get the chancery copied that you >> requested. Since I have a library card I may be able to request a copy >> and just go pick it up. And I can do that with my little ones. We go to >> Richmond about once a month together. >> >> The official listing for "William L. Portress vs. Exr. of Nancy Thomas", >> is 1880-030CC, meaning the suit began in 1880. >> Thanks, >> Julie >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara P. Neal" >> <bp_neal@earthlink.net> >> To: <POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:52 AM >> Subject: Poythress, Taylor & Dortch chancery records >> >> >>> Julie, great that you were going to LVA again on Saturday & planned to >>> look at more chancery records. Sorry I didn't see your message until >>> catching up this morning. >>> >>> Regarding the case you mentioned planning to check out "Rebecca Taylor >>> vs. Adms David Dortch" I would be glad to reimburse you for the copying >>> costs you incurred at LVA if you indeed copied this one. I'd love to see >>> the copies & I'm quite interested in learning everything about this >>> case. >>> >>> Re the other one you asked about: I'm not sure whether or not I've >>> already looked at "William L. Portress vs. Exr. of Nancy Thomas" >>> >>> Without knowing the county and the case number assigned at LVA, it is >>> harder for me to know if I've seen a "Poythress" case. So if you'll >>> please share the citation, I'll be glad to check my laptop for the ones >>> I've already worked on -- I've saved my transcriptions of chancery court >>> cases using part of the county name & the year/case number, such as: >>> >>> CCtMeck 1808-008 >>> >>> Thanks so much for your work on these matters at LVA! >>> >>> Barbara (BPN) >>> >>> >>> ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== >>> Visit www.poythress.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> o learn more about Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/ >>> >> >> >> ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== >> Poythress Genealogy Research Web >> www.poythress.net >> >> > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Genealogy Research Web > www.poythress.net >