Janice, I am so sorry that I did not answer your email with all the info about Richardson/Morgan. Thank you so very much for sending it. We are having a busy time right now. Will get in touch ....Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "JANICE SHIVES" <jmshives@fuse.net> To: <RICHARDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [RICHARDSON] Richardson / Walter >I don't have much on John. I have been to Carroll County a couple of times > and have located the area where I believe they owned property. It is > interesting to just drive around and think that my ancestors once probably > walked these roads and farms those fields I am looking at. I found an old > Richardson cemetery in the area and it is no doubt where many Richardsons > were buried but there was no stone for him. There was a small community > named Richardson north of Hillsville and a road still there by the name of > Richardson Road. That is the area where they once lived. I think a few > descendents still live near there but was unable to contact any of them. > At > the historical society in Hillsville they have an old wall cabinet that > once > belonged to a Richardson, but probably not as far back of Old John. > > Do you have Alderman's book "Carroll 1765-1815, The Settlements"? It is > full of information and probably as accurate an account as there is. > Alderman was a Carroll County historian and spent numerous hours > researching > the facts for the book > > I have tried to determine which Richardsons are which and how they are all > related and IF they are all related. There were several Richardsons in > Bedford County Virginia, which I have also traveled to. I don't know the > connection to them. > > Old John's wife was Letitia Morgan, daughter of Thomas Morgan, and ???( > possibly Evans, possibly Talbot). > > Old Thomas Morgan lived in Bedford County Va and owned quite a large area > of > land and had many descendents. This is one reason I thought the > Richardsons > of Bedford were related to the Richardsons of Carroll. I have visited > that > area and found where the old cemetery was (I did not go back to it because > of overgrowth). There is a Morgan Baptist Church and a Morgan Road still > there and some other interesting sites. Thomas Morgan died in 1774 as > legend goes from an Indian arrow to the heart. Maybe it was a bullet. > Anyway he was supposedly standing in the door of his mill when this > happened. > > He left a will and Letitia Richardson was named in the will along with > about > 17 other kids. He had two wives it is believed. Some say they were > sisters, but I have not been able to prove who his wives were. The second > one was named either Hester or Ester. She, I don't think was the mother > of > Letitia as she was one of the older children. > > I will have to read through my file and get back to you > > Janice > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margaret Christensen" <mardarch@fmctc.com> > To: <RICHARDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:04 PM > Subject: Re: [RICHARDSON] Richardson / Walter > > >> >> Thanks for writing. Do you have any background information for John >> Richardson? I did not know that Letitia's maiden name was Morgan. Do >> you >> have information on them? >> >> Margaret >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >I am working on this family. I descend from Old John Richardson and his >> > wife Letitia Morgan Richardson through their son William Richardson who >> > married Jane Bobbitt. They moved to Pulaski County Kentucky and then >> > on >> > to >> > Rush and Boone Counties in Indiana. >> > >> > Janice Shives >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Margaret Christensen" <mardarch@fmctc.com> >> > To: <RICHARDSON-L@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:31 PM >> > Subject: [RICHARDSON] Richardson / Walter >> > >> > >> >> Is anyone on the list working on the Richardson - Walter lines of > Grayson >> > / >> >> Montgomery / Carroll lines in Virginia? >> >> I have a James Walter married Letitia Richardson who went to Highland >> >> County ,Ohio. then to Fulton & Knox County, Illinois. >> >> >> >> Margaret >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== >> >> To use the Richardson Query Board: >> >> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.richardson >> >> To review Archived messages: >> >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== >> > To use the Richardson Query Board: >> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.richardson >> > To review Archived messages: >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - Release Date: 3/25/2005 >> > >> > >> >> >> ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== >> To use the Richardson Query Board: >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.richardson >> To review Archived messages: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L >> >> > > > > ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== > To use the Richardson Query Board: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.richardson > To review Archived messages: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 > >