Just wanted to share this with the list. hope someone might connect. Et ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elmer Thorn" <eandmthorn@cox-internet.com> To: "J.M. (Jay) Ingalls" <jay_ingalls@pipeline.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 2:10 PM Subject: Fw: [VAPWILLI-L] WILLIAM THORN > Jay, Here is some correspondance that we have had on the matter. Notice the > Virginia Land owners information sent to me by Chocybrown below. I think we > have found our family. Thanks for the suggestions. Et > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elmer Thorn" <eandmthorn@cox-internet.com> > To: <Chocybrown@aol.com> > Cc: "Jake Thorn" <JThorn7376@aol.com>; "Greg Volk" <the.volks@comcast.net>; > "Tony Thorne" <asthorne61@hotmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 2:03 PM > Subject: Re: [VAPWILLI-L] WILLIAM THORN > > > > Thanks again for this info. It has helped me confirm that this must be my > > family. I know that Mary Sanford who was married to a Thorn was living in > > Prince William Co Va in 1796 per her mother Henrietta Sanford 's will. We > > only see one Thorn there that was her age and it was John Thorn born abt > the > > same time as Mary Sanford. > > > > Also in 1771 there was a John Thorn and wife Mary deeded some land owned > by > > his father William Thorn. Notice John's wife is Mary. > > > > Then in 1810 we see John Thorn in the P W Co Census as being 45 and over > and > > a female the same age. Living two dwellings from him a William Thorn > (which > > must be his son) age 26-45 with 2 males under 10 which is the age of our > > Williams first two sons and then 2 females under 10 which we have yet to > > find any info on. Could have died young or married and we never found a > > marriage record of them. At any rate, we believe this is in fact our > Thorn > > line. I haven't seen anything on William Thorn or John Thorn after 1815 > in > > P W Co. Have you? That makes me believe also that the had gone west and > > were in Jackson Co Ohio in 1817. I have land record that William was there > > in 1817. Maybe John being old went with them. Thanks again for the info > on > > Virginia land owners. Interesting that there was a Brown living between > John > > and WIlliam Thorn in the 1810 Dumfries ,Prince WIlliam Co census. Maybe > > relation.?? Et > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <> > > To: <VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 9:00 AM > > Subject: [VAPWILLI-L] WILLIAM THORN > > > > > > > "1815 Virginia Landowners Directory" > > > Vol 4 > > > Northern Region > > > by Roger G. Ward > > > 1999 > > > > > > Prince William County, Virginia > > > THORN, John=10NW > > > THORN, William=10NW > > > (The transcriber of this information was unsure of the name and also > lists > > it > > > with a ?? THOME due to the bad copy of the original document; however, > if > > you > > > find a WILLIAM THORN on the 1810 census for Prince William County, this > is > > > probably your guy. I would check for a John Thorn on the 1810 census.) > > > > > > Culpeper County, Virginia > > > THORN, Alex, estate; Hawville; 12E > > > THORN, John; Berry Hill, Mount Prospect; 12E. > > > > > > The above mentioned THORNS are the only ones found in the above > mentioned > > > reference book for the Northern Region of Virginia which includes the > > following > > > counties: Alexandria, culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Ind. City > of > > > Alexandria, Ind. City of Fredericksburg, Ind. City of Winchester, > Loudoun, > > > Madison, Orange, Pirnce William, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania > and > > Stafford > > > counties. > > > > > > 10NW would mean the location of the property was 10 mile northwest of > the > > > county courthouse at the Village of Dumfries in Prince William County in > > 1815. > > > > > > 12E would mean the location of the property was 12 east of the county > > > courthouse at the Village of Fairfax which is now known as Culpeper on > NE > > corner of > > > Davis Street and Main Street. > > > > > > Hope this helps in your analysis > > > > > > > > > ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== > > > Search this list's archived messages! > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > >