Edith, Could you look in your book, Sketches of Greensville Co., VA 1650-1967 and see if there are any references to anyone with the last name of Skipper? Thank you so much, in advance. Donna

BlankHere are some most interesting facts for those whose families lived in the areas mentioned in the early years of the 19th-Century. http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/1816.htm

Please distribute this query in any available newspapers or historical news sites. Thank you. In light of the fact that many with the Cook surname in York Co, PA came from the South, I send the following query: Searching for relatives of Charles Cook of York County, Pennsylvania, who served with the 200th Pa. Volunteers (Co. A) in the Civil War. When his regiment camped at Nottoway Court House, in Virginia (near Appomattox) in 1865, during the last days of the war, Cook saved Nottoway records from destruction. He penciled in a record book still at Nottoway Court House: "I've saved these because I'm sort of a Yankee lawyer myself. Charles Cook, York, Pa." We are grateful! Anyone with information on Charles Cook or his relatives, please contact: Jennie Howe, 7662 Terrapin Cove Road, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, phone (804) 642-2659 or [email protected]

Hello all, If I were to find a death record between 1860-1870 in Danville, VA--where would I start? Thanks. Maxine

Donna R Kennedy wrote: ....... when my huband's grandfather worked at DuPont in Hopewell Va before WWI started and the word DANNER is written across the bottom as well as DEATH VALLEY. Granted, it is a rather dismal "back alley" I'm intrigued by the 'DEATH VALLEY' caption on the picture. Back in the 1970s or 1980s, kepone contamination was discovered surrounding the area chemical plant. Many of the locals were surprised ONLY by the fact that it made the newspaper headlines. Some who had worked at the plant claimed that chemicals had been dumped into the water and on the ground for decades. Wonder if there's a connection to that picture caption?

I am looking for any record of a marriage of Thomas Glasscock prior to his marriage to Elizabeth Worsham on Nov. 28, 1821 in Mecklenburg County. Thanks Thomas Glascock

Hi, I really appreciate the many offers I have had for this look-up. I have already had a reply, and I have the information that I needed. Thanks to all of you for your kindness..... this list is one of the best! Sue, in Atlanta, GA. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 11:44 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Marriage lookups for Greenville Co. > I have Greenville County Marriages 1781-1853 and would be happy to lookup > your names. > > Jim in Florida > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > Problems Subscribing or Unsubscribing ? Contact: > G. Lee Hearl List Adm. at: [email protected] > Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I have Greenville County Marriages 1781-1853 and would be happy to lookup your names. Jim in Florida

Thanks anyway, Dorothy! Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Renaud" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:52 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: Benjamin Hall of Halifax Co. Va. > Kathy, I have nothing further on Hopkins Nowlin. I have marriage records for Pitts. Co. Va. and just tried to fill in a date of marriage for Grace Upshaw who was searching this family. No mention of Matthew B. Nowlin in this marriage book. > > Dorothy >

I have the register of marriages, Greensville Co., VA 1781-1800 which is in the back of the book Sketches of Greensville Co, VA 1650-1967. Edith In a message dated 6/21/03 1:23:44 AM, [email protected] writes: << If anyone has marriage information for this county, I would appreciate a look-up for a few people. >>

Found a really great picture from when my huband's grandfather worked at DuPont in Hopewell Va before WWI started and the word DANNER is written across the bottom as well as DEATH VALLEY. Granted, it is a rather dismal "back alley" looking scene of rough wood buildings, one bearing a sign advertising a "Roadhouse-meals all hours" I'm just not sure if DEATH VALLEY was a caption his grandparents came up with or if the area was really referred to this way. Anyone ever heard of this area or know if there is a Danner St/Ave/Blvd etc in Hopewell today? I'd appreciate any help.... Donna Rochelle Kennedy

Kathy, I have nothing further on Hopkins Nowlin. I have marriage records for Pitts. Co. Va. and just tried to fill in a date of marriage for Grace Upshaw who was searching this family. No mention of Matthew B. Nowlin in this marriage book. Dorothy Dorothy, > > Do you have anything on this Hopkins Nowlin? Is he "Captain" Hopkins > Nowlin, brother of Matthew Bates Nowlin of Wintermont in Campbell County? > > Thanks, > Kathy Liston > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorothy Renaud" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 8:49 PM > Subject: Fw: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Benjamin Hall of Halifax county, Va. > > > > This is not a line I am working on but I can give you the marriage date > for > > Chloe Hall. Hopkins Nowlin married Chloe J. Hall Nov. 25, 1819 in > > Pittsylvania Co. Va. Edward Hall was surety for this marriage. Wit: Sarah > > J. Hall. Bride signed own consent. > > A marriage on Dec 20, 1819 for Benjamin Hall and Martha Walrond. Surety > was > > Reuben Walrond. Relation?? > > >From Marriage Records of Pittsylvania County, Va. 1767-1819 > > > > Dorothy

If anyone has marriage information for this county, I would appreciate a look-up for a few people. I would mostly like to verify some dates. Thanks. Sue

Dorothy, Do you have anything on this Hopkins Nowlin? Is he "Captain" Hopkins Nowlin, brother of Matthew Bates Nowlin of Wintermont in Campbell County? Thanks, Kathy Liston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Renaud" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 8:49 PM Subject: Fw: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Benjamin Hall of Halifax county, Va. > This is not a line I am working on but I can give you the marriage date for > Chloe Hall. Hopkins Nowlin married Chloe J. Hall Nov. 25, 1819 in > Pittsylvania Co. Va. Edward Hall was surety for this marriage. Wit: Sarah > J. Hall. Bride signed own consent. > A marriage on Dec 20, 1819 for Benjamin Hall and Martha Walrond. Surety was > Reuben Walrond. Relation?? > >From Marriage Records of Pittsylvania County, Va. 1767-1819 > > Dorothy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Grace Upshaw <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 6:57 PM > Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Benjamin Hall of Halifax county, Va. > > > > Benjamin first appears in Halifax county, Va., in 1765, witnessing a deed. > He then proceeds to purchase land on Wynn's creek, amassing a large number > of acres over the years. He died in 1803. In his will he names his wife: > Wilmouth Irby, daughter of Anthony Irby and 3 sons: William, John Robins, > and Thomas plus 3 daughters: Caty Miller, Sally and Chloe Irby ( Chloe Irby > married Hopkins Nowlin in Pittsylvania county circa 1817). John Robins Hall > married Sally Hurt the daughter of Philemon Hurt ( Baptist minister and Rev. > war soldier). This family with their children moved to Carroll county, Tn. > circa 1835. > > > > Is anyone working on this family line? Benjamin seems to be one of those > who drop out of the sky. I need his place of residence before Halifax, his > marriage date and county where marriage was solemnized. All clues and help > greatly appreciated. Grace Hall Upshaw > > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > > USGenWeb Archives Digital Maps Project > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb Acceptable Use Policy forbids posting copyrighted material which you do not own to Rootsweb Lists. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

This is not a line I am working on but I can give you the marriage date for Chloe Hall. Hopkins Nowlin married Chloe J. Hall Nov. 25, 1819 in Pittsylvania Co. Va. Edward Hall was surety for this marriage. Wit: Sarah J. Hall. Bride signed own consent. A marriage on Dec 20, 1819 for Benjamin Hall and Martha Walrond. Surety was Reuben Walrond. Relation?? From Marriage Records of Pittsylvania County, Va. 1767-1819 Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: Grace Upshaw <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 6:57 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Benjamin Hall of Halifax county, Va. > Benjamin first appears in Halifax county, Va., in 1765, witnessing a deed. He then proceeds to purchase land on Wynn's creek, amassing a large number of acres over the years. He died in 1803. In his will he names his wife: Wilmouth Irby, daughter of Anthony Irby and 3 sons: William, John Robins, and Thomas plus 3 daughters: Caty Miller, Sally and Chloe Irby ( Chloe Irby married Hopkins Nowlin in Pittsylvania county circa 1817). John Robins Hall married Sally Hurt the daughter of Philemon Hurt ( Baptist minister and Rev. war soldier). This family with their children moved to Carroll county, Tn. circa 1835. > > Is anyone working on this family line? Benjamin seems to be one of those who drop out of the sky. I need his place of residence before Halifax, his marriage date and county where marriage was solemnized. All clues and help greatly appreciated. Grace Hall Upshaw > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Digital Maps Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Benjamin first appears in Halifax county, Va., in 1765, witnessing a deed. He then proceeds to purchase land on Wynn's creek, amassing a large number of acres over the years. He died in 1803. In his will he names his wife: Wilmouth Irby, daughter of Anthony Irby and 3 sons: William, John Robins, and Thomas plus 3 daughters: Caty Miller, Sally and Chloe Irby ( Chloe Irby married Hopkins Nowlin in Pittsylvania county circa 1817). John Robins Hall married Sally Hurt the daughter of Philemon Hurt ( Baptist minister and Rev. war soldier). This family with their children moved to Carroll county, Tn. circa 1835. Is anyone working on this family line? Benjamin seems to be one of those who drop out of the sky. I need his place of residence before Halifax, his marriage date and county where marriage was solemnized. All clues and help greatly appreciated. Grace Hall Upshaw

Has been sometime since I last posted a query regarding the John Barnes family of Greensville Co. VA. Hopefully, there may be new researchers who also have this line. John Barnes was in the 1783 Census for Greensville and the property taxes through 1788. John Barnes' sons listed below came out on the taxes in Greensville with the following men: Rev. Ira Ellis and William Barnes; John Hobbs and John Barnes; and Bennett Barnes is listed alone after being reported as age 16-21 the prior year with Susanna Barnes. John Barnes Sr. last reported taxes with William Watkins. John Barnes and Susanna (Blanks? or Rivers?) were the parents of the following children: 1. Sally who married underage to Griffan Waldrop in 1793. Susanna Barnes wrote the Clerk of Greensville Co. giving permission for her daughter Sally to marry. William Rivers signed under the signature of Susanna Barnes and was also the surety for this marriage. (Source: Greensville Marriage Records and Deeds) 2. William who purchased land from Nathaniel Mabry's estate in 1801. William Barnes died in 1804 Greensville leaving his estate to "My mother Susanna Barnes". (Source: Wills of Greensville Co.) 3. John Barnes who married Elizabeth Bass 1803 Greensville. Surety: Jacob Payne. Elizabeth Bass the daughter of Arthur Bass and Agnes Morris. (Source: Marriage Records and Deeds of Greensville) 4. Bennett (Benjamin) Barnes who married Susanna Simmons Whitehorn, widow of Philemon Whitehorn of Sussex Co. Bennett and Susanna were married 1815 Sussex Co. (Source: Marriage Records Sussex, Estates and Deeds of Greensville) 5. Lizza Barnes married Henry Mason 1816 Greensville. Bennett Barnes Surety. (Source: Marriage Records, Deeds and Wills Greensville and Source document Jackson Co. AR.) 6. Richard Barnes married Polly Rhay 1817 Greensville. Surety: Benjamin Hogwood (Source: Marriage Records and Wills Greensville). 7. Rebecca Barnes married Hartwell Adams 1821 Greensville. Surety: Littleton Chambliss. (Source: Marriage Records, Wills and Deeds Greensville.) Susanna Barnes died Greensville County VA in Oct. 1821. James Blanks was the administrator of her estate. Susanna Barnes' son Richard died in 1825 Greensville. When James Blanks' died his first administrator was another Richard Barnes. Does anyone know if this is the Richard Barnes who married Elizabeth Adams of Sussex Co.? Thanks, Carolyn Mason Anderson Lincoln, NE

Do you have an exact page (or exact pages) of the Virginia Magazine of History & Biography that you want? If so, you can write to either to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and request copies (there is a form, I believe, on <A HREF="www.familysearch.org">www.familysearch.org</A> - look for a link to Forms) OR you can write to the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne Indiana. Ask your public librarian to get you the exact address--or look for their website, which I do not know--it must be among my LONG list of several hundred websites. Use a search engine such as <A HREF="www.google.com">www.google.com</A> or a newish one <A HREF="www.kartoo.com"> www.kartoo.com</A> If you do not know the exact pages of this publication which you want, then I suggest this: Are you near a large genealogical library? If so, call them up and ask if they have several volumes of "Swem's Index", more formally known as Virginia Historical Index. It is conceivable that it MAY be at a large university or community college near you--anything is worth a try when a genealogist is on the trail of ancestors. (I have lots of material overlooked by college students - which are chuck full of genealogy - a bit at a time, but all useful. Books are generally shelved in Local History, but also check Immigration, and plain old genealogy. If the library uses the Library of Congress cataloging, you will find local history under books whose call numbers begin with F; immigration under Z; genealogy under CS; English records begin with DA and so on. Prowl around the open shelves and see what you can find. They may even have the Virginia Mag which you are searching for.) If you are near an LDS family history center, call them up and ask for their opening hours (and closing hours, of course). At the same time, ask if they have a microfiche collection. If they do, chances are they have Swem's Index (aka Virginia Historical Index) on 27 microfiches, No. 6046961. According to the online catalog of the FHL in Salt Lake City, this index is part of the microfiche project for FHCs and probably they were furnished with this index when the center opened. If you are near an LDS center, also ask whether they have hundreds of microfiche called the AIS = Accelerated Indexing System. This is a comprehensive census index for the whole US through 1850 census. There are some mortality schedules also. Each census year is called a Search. The earliest censuses, including some early tax lists, are on Search 1. Each Search generally (not always) is a subsequent census. There should be a free four-page index explaining this census. If not, there should be a notebook explaining the use of AIS. This is a tool which many professionals use to locate a family when they are beginning a search for a new family. Otherwise, dive in and teach yourself. You will find errors in duplication, omissions, misspellings, etc. But still it (AIS) is a useful tool. The AIS is flawed, but if a tool works, it works. It is a good way to pick up migration trails for your folks. If you know where your 2nd great-grandfather was in 1850, start with that census, and then work your way backwards in time. (I should have done that with more of my people--then I would have discovered [perhaps] that my migratory ancestors, from MD to NC to KY had spent a few years in TN. Oh, well, live and learn!!!) E.W.Wallace

There was a very prominent Harris family in the Roanoke District from the early 1800s on. In 1801, Robert Harris, Sr. had over 700 acres and 23 slaves. The area known as "Harrisburg" at the junction of routes 619 and 649 not far from Aspenwall was part of their holdings. This info comes from "Charlotte County...Rich Indeed." There is no mention of a Marshall, however, in 1833 a M.L. Harris is mentioned as one of the trustees of Roanoke Episcopal Church. This church was located near Charlotte Court House, and was the forerunner of Grace Episcopal Church in Drakes Branch (don't confuse it with Roanoke Presbyterian in Aspenwall.) Good luck! Kathy Liston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robbie and Alicia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 7:52 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Marshall Harris, VA early 1800s > Looking for info on Marshall Harris, m. A.W. unknown. Daughter Ann b. 1834 in Charlotte Co. VA. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Alicia Brown > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb > Please contact List Administrator if you experience problems > getting unsubscribed from this list. [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Looking for info on Marshall Harris, m. A.W. unknown. Daughter Ann b. 1834 in Charlotte Co. VA. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Alicia Brown