my next step would be to locate a death cert for him at the county records office. That should give information on his parents. Dlr567@aol.com wrote: > I have just started to research my husbands Richardson line. I was hoping > that some information is already compiled to make this job a little easier. :-) > > I am looking for the parents of James A. Richardson born 7 Mar1837 d. 12 Nov > 1837 and buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD. He married Margaret > Collins in Frederick Co., MD in 1861 and their children were, Harvey b. 1862, > Charles b. 1865, Ellie b. 1869, Ulysses Pinkney, b. 1874, and Marian b. 1879. > > Based on family stories, James was born in Virginia and this fact is > confirmed on all the Frederick, MD, census records. He is said to have gone to > Virginia frequently to visit family but know one living can tell me where he went. > It is known that James son Pinkney, would go to Fairfax to visit, maybe > cousins, no one knows for sure. On the 1850 Fairfax VA census there is a James > 13 yrs old living with his mother Eliza 50 yrs old and a sister Catherine 14 > yrs old. No father listed but in 1840 there is a William Richardson that does > not show up on the 1850 census. There is also a family story about two > portraits of Richardson's at the Fairfax courthouse. It is believed they are > related to James but again no one living can tell me why they think that. > > For a living James sold patient medicine and assorted items. Once he > settled down in Maryland he is listed on the census as a day laborer or farm hand. > He never had a much money but could read and write. He was not in the > military during the Civil War but may have had northern leanings. > > Does anyone know who his parents were? Could he be the son of one of the > Fairfax or Loudoun Co., VA Richardson's? > > Thanks, Deb > > ==== 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