These are my folks From Brunswick County Va. The first Banister is a mystery as to from where he came m = married to William Henry Mitchell 1842 m India WATKINS 1855 Nathaniel Mitchell m Addy ? Ransom Mitchell Banister Mitchell 1760 m Celia ROBINSON 1763 Robert Mitchell 1805 m Nancy C BUCKNER 1810 Sarah Jane Mitchell "Sally" 1837 m 1 Asbery Jackson M 2 William Alfred RAWLINGS 1834 Mary J. Mitchell 1828 Susan E. Mitchell 1832 William Alexander Mitchell 1833 m Mary E. CLARK 1835 Elizabeth D. Mitchell 1839 m Robert E. PAIR 1836 Joseph H. Pair m Della Carrial CLARKE 1879 Betty H. Pair 1863 Robert Drury PAIR 1866 Dora Pair 1892 m Jessie TAYLOR Willie W. Pair 1894 m Lou Carter DANIEL Ethel lee pair Willie carter Pair Stanley neal Pair Lucille Pair Margaret Elaine Pair Mary E. Pair m PTS Hobbs Estelle Ann Mitchell 1842 m John H. FINCH 1843 Celia Mitchell 1844 Louisa Mitchell 1844 Martha A Mitchell 1844 m Edmond SHELL 1817 Turner Shell Robert Drury Mitchell 1845 Joshua Francis Maryland Mitchell 1846 m Mary E CLARKE 1838 George A. Mitchell 1867 Youdora Mitchell 1872 m James P. ANDERTON 1867 John Henry Mitchell 1874 m2 Mamie Lee BARNES need burial site M1 Maggie B MILES 1883 Banister Mitchell 1809 m Temperance 1812 George Washington Mitchell 1835 m1 Sarah Anne BRANSCOMB m2 Ellen B SEAWARD Ellen S Mitchell 1851 m Henry turner SHELL Thomas Robert or Robert Thomas Mitchell 1847 m Martha Jane DOYLE 1848 Children of Sally and Asbery Jackson Banister Jackson Jethro Jackson HenryJackson Tempy Jackson Nancy And Martha Jackson Elizabeth Bettie Mitchell m John H. MITCHELL Ashley Wilmot Mitchell 1880 m Willie A Rawlings 1857 Ira W. Mitchell 1849 m Ida Jane Allen 1851 Sheldon mitchell 1873 m Daisey Gholson 1881 Molly Mitchell m Henkle Smith 1909 Dorothy mitchell m Robert Sandlin Thedore R. Mitchell m Benita Lunsford Aden Lee Mitchell m Walter H. Clarke John Banister Mitchell m Kate S, Clarke Julian Banister Mitchell m Patricia Ann Ferguson Margaret Mitchell m T. Etheldred Ferguson Please contact me if you recognize any of these names

Thanks to all that have replied to my query. I truly appreciate it. In hopes of making things more clear this is what I have on the two surnames Alexander used. I know the Alexander Gordon in Mo. was my 2nd Great grandfather. A letter written in the early 1900's by a descendant said Alexander Gordon was born in Halifax, Virginia in 1805 [Census records show the same age] and married a Mary Lax in Halifax. The letter says Mary Lax was born in Halifax in 1803 [the 3 may have been an 8] and died March 10, 1848. I used that information to trace him back to Halifax and found the marriage record and deeds that follow. Alex. G. Younger married Mary Lax Dec.23, 1822. Joel Lax, Robert Lax and Timothy Childress signed as witnesses. Timothy Childress also signed the bond for the marriage with Alex. Timothy was married to Mary Lax' sister. Alexander would have only been 17 years old. Would he have had to have a guardian sign with him? All the following Deeds are for Halifax Co, Virginia. [I only have the synopsis for these two] Book 36- Pg. 316 7-31-1828 Alexander Gordon Younger bought 130 A. on Difficult Creek in Halifax Co, Va. from John B. Shaw & wife Aggy for $70. Land was bounded by land owned by Wm. Canada, Timothy Childers [ Childress?] and others. Synopsis doesn't give the others names. Book 36- Pg. 269 8-2-1828 Timothy Childress became Security of Alexander G. Younger to Bacon Dolman [Coleman?] in the sum of $270 on 2 Bonds. Alexander G. Younger sold RIchard Sigon 127 A. on Difficult Creek adjoining Wm. Canad [Canada?] Another tract on Hunting Creek of 60 A. said Younger to live on place until the sum is paid. Witnesses: Yhos. Hall, Richard Sigon, John Bamer [Bomar?] [I have these Deeds, this my synopsis of whats on them] Oct. 1829 [Dates mentioned on Deed May 9, 1829 & June 21, 1829] David Orrin [?] & Elizabeth, John Lax & Susannah, Timothy Lax & Tabitha, Alex. G. Younger & Mary, Timothy Childress & Obedience sold to Robert Lax for $201. on Hunting Creek, Halifax Co, land adjoining Richard H. Sigon. Jan. 1830 [ Date mentioned on Deed Dec. 29, 1829] Alexander Gordon Younger was indebted to Thomas & Bacon Coleman for $308.92. For $1 Alexander will give Thomas Coleman one negro woman, Judy, one negro boy, Issac, one mare, five head of cattle, one wagon & gear, 3 feather beds, furniture, iron pots, 1 oven, 2 skillets, 1 pine cupboard, 1 pine chest, 1 black walnut folding table, one shot gun, 6 head of sheep, if he defaults on the load of the $308.92. He can live on the property & keep the profits while the loan is being paid. Witnesses: C. M. Adkisson, Henry E. Coleman & John Sims [?] [1830 Census for Alexander Gordon shows one female slave and one young male slave.Family lore says he released his slaves before he left VA.. I haven't found a record of him having slaves in Mo. ] March 1831 [Date also mentioned on Deed Jan. 11, 1931] Alexander G. Younger & Mary sold to Timothy Childress for $116.371/2 - 66 A. on Hunting Creek. Winesses: Wm. Clark & Jonathon L. Pleasants. March 1831 [Date also mentioned Jan. 11, 1831] Alex. G. Younger & Mary sold to Richard Hill for $128.811/4 - 1303/4 on Difficult Creek. Jan. 1835 [Date mentioned on Deed Jan. 13, 1835] Alexander G. Younger sold to Richo Heir [?] for $85 everything Mary Lax, widow of Joel Lax [Alex. mother-in-law] vested as her third of Joels estate, consisting of 80 A, where she now resides, 5 slaves, Eliza, Ben, Cricey, Alley, Moses & William, household & kitchen furniture, horses, cows, sheep, hogs & plantation utinsils to become Richo Hiers [?] on Mary Lax Sr's death. Witnesses: John S. Pleasants & Peter Barksdale Nov. 19, 1835 William Lax Sr. & Elizabeth, David Orren & Elizabeth, John Lax & Susannah, Alexander Gordon [No mention of Younger] & Mary, Timothy Childress & Obedience, Tabitha of Timothy Lax, deceased, sold to Robert Lax for $350.- 691/4 A. on Difficult Creek adjoining land of Alfred Pincham [?] Signed by all the sellers above inc. Alex. Gordon & Mary Gordon. [Obedience, Elizabeth, John & Susannah made their mark] [My note: In Jan. of 1835 Deed Alex. was still using Alexander G. Younger, in Nov. of 1835 he had dropped the name Younger in his signiture, even though he is signing with the same people. Does this mean somthing occured in that time period that made a difference?] The only Younger name I have found associated with Alexander is John G. Younger. Does the G. stand for Gordon also? I only have the synopsis of these: Book 22, Pg. 250. May 1809. John G. Younger sold William Bailey for $500.- 67 A. on Difficult Creek, being land sold the said Younger by John LeGrand. Bounded by Will Chandler [A Lax relative] John Britten & John Kerr. Book 26, Pg. 22 Feb. 28,1816 Zachariah Leymore & Susan, his wife sold to John G. Younger, all of Halifax Co, 100 A. on Hunting Creek for 7# 7 shillings. Witnesses: Frances Thompson, Abner LeGrand, Mason LeGrand. April 17,1779. John LeGrand & Elizabeth Younger marriage. Surity Alexander Gordon. [There was a Rev. Alexander Gordon in Halifax Co, Va. from 1763-1775 when he retired from Antrim Parish to Petersburg. I don't know if this is the same one.] Witness: Henry Goare. Book 42, Pg. 574 John G. Younger sold to Timothy Childress, both of Halifax Co 221/2 A. for $68.25 adjoining Lax line. Witnesses: Wm. Canada, Alexander Younger & Sabon Durham. March 24, 1823. Shelton Seamster & Elizabeth Younger, daughter of John G. Younger who consents. Surity: David Chandler [Lax relative] Witness: Timothy Childress [Alexander Gordon/Youngers brother-in-law] Md. March 26, 1823 by D. B. McGehee. Pg. 114 There is a John Gordon in the 1820 Halifax Co, Va. census a James Gordon married there in 1826 and a Robert Gordon in the 1850 census. I found a William Gordon, 1782, in Halifax . St. Francois CO, Mo. Married in 1850 as Alexander Gordon. The first deeds in Mo. I find are dated March 1, 1848. [A few days before Mary Lax Gordon is said to have died. I haven't found proof of her death date or burial record so far] All his deeds in St. Francois Co. are signed as Alexander Gordon, no mention of the Younger name. I haven't found any Youngers in that county and "family lore" doesn't even mention the name Younger.I haven't found others Gordons either. I have found some Halifax surnames near Alexander and have tried to trace these same people back to Halifax but so far no luck. Any further help would be most welcome and maybe the above information will help someone else researching a different name. M.J. Milford

on 5/30/01 8:01 AM, Margaret Driskill at mdriskill@worldnet.att.net wrote: > When he married in 1822, name: Alex G. YOUNGER, > then this is his name. Especially if you KNOW that the lady he married is > your great grandmother. > > Finding other documents with the name Alexander GORDON, is a different > person entirely. > > Don't be discouraged. Keep looking for your Alex G. YOUNGER. I agree with Margaret's assessment, but, I also have one other possibility, and that is that your Alexander Gordon Younger may have been illegitimate. I have such a case in another family where the man, apparently illegitimate, alternated between his father's name, his mother's name, and sometimes when by both names (as in FIRST NAME, FATHER'S SURNAME, MOTHER'S SURNAME). He ultimately opted for just using his mother's maiden name. (His parents were ultimately married but after he was born). You can imagine this was a difficult problem to figure out. It is possible that signing his name "Younger" meant "Junior" but that is not a very common way to sign documents, escpecially more than once. And usually it would have read Alexander Gordon THE Younger. And Margaret is right that if that was his name on his marriage bond, his name was YOUNGER (at least he was going by that name at that time). Good luck, Craig Kilby

on 5/30/01 8:01 AM, Margaret Driskill at mdriskill@worldnet.att.net wrote: > When he married in 1822, name: Alex G. YOUNGER, > then this is his name. Especially if you KNOW that the lady he married is > your great grandmother. > > Finding other documents with the name Alexander GORDON, is a different > person entirely. > > Don't be discouraged. Keep looking for your Alex G. YOUNGER. I agree with Margaret's assessment, but, I also have one other possibility, and that is that your Alexander Gordon Younger may have been illegitimate. I have such a case in another family where the man, apparently illegitimate, alternated between his father's name, his mother's name, and sometimes when by both names (as in FIRST NAME, FATHER'S SURNAME, MOTHER'S SURNAME). He ultimately opted for just using his mother's maiden name. (His parents were ultimately married but after he was born). You can imagine this was a difficult problem to figure out. It is possible that signing his name "Younger" meant "Junior" but that is not a very common way to sign documents, escpecially more than once. And usually it would have read Alexander Gordon THE Younger. And Margaret is right that if that was his name on his marriage bond, his name was YOUNGER (at least he was going by that name at that time). Good luck, Craig Kilby

> Good Wednesday morning, > > I am definitely an expert, but my opinion is you have mixed to different > people in your research. I should never answer questions before I have my second cup of coffee. Obviously I mean, I AM DEFINITELY NOT....NOT AN EXPERT. :) Also I mean TWO not TO.... Margaret

We know that Mary Watkins of Halifax County was daughter of William Watkins. We know that there were two William Youngers in the 1782 tax list and in the 1790 census of Halifax County. One William Younger was married to Patience (?) and had four daughters, no sons. The other had sons and daughters. It is reputed that both Williams were sons of Thomas. I can't prove that, and from my records, which were researched years ago by Margarite Hutchins, Thomas had only one William (who married Patience). Still looking for the parentage of William Younger, who married Mary Watkins.

Good Wednesday morning, I am definitely an expert, but my opinion is you have mixed to different people in your research. When he married in 1822, name: Alex G. YOUNGER, then this is his name. Especially if you KNOW that the lady he married is your great grandmother. Finding other documents with the name Alexander GORDON, is a different person entirely. Don't be discouraged. Keep looking for your Alex G. YOUNGER. Fondly, Margaret Driskill mdriskill@att.net

Was he a "Jr"? If so younger may be the same as JR. ----- Original Message ----- From: MJM Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 3:56 AM To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Signing Documents using a different surname. There are so many of you on this list that know so much more about genealogy than I do that I'm hoping someone can help me. Was it common practice to sign documents by the surname Younger in place of your own surname and if so why? My second greatgrandfather, Alex. Gordon, signed documents in the 1820's and into the 1830's in Halifax, Virginia, under the name Alex. G. Younger or Alex. Gordon Younger. He was married the first time in 1822 under the name Alex. G. Younger. He signed at least one document after late 1835 as only Alexander Gordon. There is an Alexander Gordon in the 1830 and 1840 Halifax Virginia census. I have been in contact with many Younger researchers and Alexander hasn't been placed in a Younger family. I haven't found another Gordon researcher for that time period in the Halifax, VA. area. Alexander Gordon left VA. by 1848 and settled in Mo. He married the second time as Alexander Gordon and only used the name Gordon thereafter. I don't know whethe! r I am looking for a Younger or a Gordon family in VA. There was an older Alexander Gordon in the adjoining county in NC in the early 1800's, and also a Rev. Alex. Gordon in Halifax in the mid 1700's, would that make a difference in how the younger Alex. would sign his name? I haven't found a connection with the other Alex's. however. Any ideas are welcome and very appreciated. M. J. Milford ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>

There are so many of you on this list that know so much more about genealogy than I do that I'm hoping someone can help me. Was it common practice to sign documents by the surname Younger in place of your own surname and if so why? My second greatgrandfather, Alex. Gordon, signed documents in the 1820's and into the 1830's in Halifax, Virginia, under the name Alex. G. Younger or Alex. Gordon Younger. He was married the first time in 1822 under the name Alex. G. Younger. He signed at least one document after late 1835 as only Alexander Gordon. There is an Alexander Gordon in the 1830 and 1840 Halifax Virginia census. I have been in contact with many Younger researchers and Alexander hasn't been placed in a Younger family. I haven't found another Gordon researcher for that time period in the Halifax, VA. area. Alexander Gordon left VA. by 1848 and settled in Mo. He married the second time as Alexander Gordon and only used the name Gordon thereafter. I don't know whethe! r I am looking for a Younger or a Gordon family in VA. There was an older Alexander Gordon in the adjoining county in NC in the early 1800's, and also a Rev. Alex. Gordon in Halifax in the mid 1700's, would that make a difference in how the younger Alex. would sign his name? I haven't found a connection with the other Alex's. however. Any ideas are welcome and very appreciated. M. J. Milford

Hello, Would the person who sent the mail concerning George Walton, please send it again. I was too quick in deleting other files and inadvertantly deleted it too before I read it. Many thanks. Jack Walton

Jeanne, Have you tried the 1910 census to see if Sallie is a widow then too? VA stopped keeping vital records between 1896 and 1912 so it's possible that your John Smith died during that time frame if they don't have any record of his death. You might also try posting to the new SMITH-VA list at rootsweb.com. Good luck. Edith In a message dated 5/28/01 11:54:04 AM, chuckkid@concentric.net writes: << Virginia. John Graham Smith died before 1920 as Sallie D. is listed as a widow in the 1920 Census of South Hill, Mecklenburg, Virginia. Sallie D. died in the 1950's in Richmond. If anyone has any suggestions (besides looking at the 1880 census which I am going to do) as to how I might get information on these people I would really appreciate it. I have written to the State of Virginia Vital Records only to be told that the records were too young to be released. I was able to get a copy of the marriage record of John G. Smith & Sallie D. Johnson, and they couldn't find any record of John G. Smith's death. >>

Hi Everyone, I'm searching for siblings and/or ancestors of GILES NEWTON born abt. 1735. The earliest record I have places him in Caroline County in 1755. He is still there in 1774 with WIFE ELIZABETH. He buys property in Charlotte County in 1782 and has property transactions there up to 1800. He migrates from Charlotte County to Marlboro County, SC, which is where he died. He has children Ann (or Nancy Ann), Younger, Teresa Elizabeth, Mary Terrell, James and Martha. His home in Charlotte County was on Buffalo Creek near Red Oak. I think I have all available information from Caroline County order books. My hope is that he may have been related to some of the other Newton's in Caroline or Mecklenburg Counties. This search has been going on for years. If ANY one has a scrap of information that might help I would appreciate it greatly. You may correspond direct to: DFN34@aol.com David F. Newton

--part1_be.1528f747.28442bf9_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In searching for 20th century records for Mecklenburg Co., you might try using the LDS online catalog to locate some films of such records. You can borrow these films (generally unless there are restrictions) through your nearby LDS center. There is a small fee. Don't borrow too many films at once, as you will not have time to read them all. URL: www.familysearch.com The link to the catalog is on the lower right. Also there is a link listing the over 3,500 family history centers around the world. Look for place and type in (lower case OK) mecklenburg and virginia (no abbrev.) I just now accessed the catalog for Mecklenburg Co. VA records. Although there seem to be no records for mid-20th century, there are for some early years--probates and marriage registers, for instance. Take a look and satisfy your curiosity. In the event there may have been some City Directories for the 20th century in the larger town(s) in Mecklenburg, you might telephone the reference librarian in the county seat (or wherever the largest town is) and ask whether there are hard-copy city directories and ask for the years you are interested in. (Also ask him/her for names of some local researchers, as you may want one of those folks to photocopy the pages you desire.) These city directories are published through the 1950s for many cities throughout the US . The publisher generally was R. L. Polk. By the way, these are NOT telephone directories. Some cities started publishing these soon after the Civil War, and for some large places, even earlier. There are some very early ones for cities in Massachusetts and many University libraries have these in their microform sections. The city directories generally listed all the employed people (and some prominent unemployed people) in town and gave the residence address. In some of the later ones, there is a reverse directory. In the back of the book, you look for the address given in the earlier part, and there you MAY find other occupants of the household/residence who were NOT listed as an employed person. (I found in the 1920s directory reverse directory a widowed mother of one employed person. He was a *usual suspect*, employed as an engineer by a railraod. But when I found the name of his widowed mother, I knew from other research who his deceased father was. He was a distant cousin of my mother.) Also, if your person's employer is listed, then you want to look up that employer also. Sometimes, there will be information about the head of that firm also. All kinds of interesting info in an old City Directory--occupations we no longer think of in our *sophisticated* times. The directories were published about every two years. They give a certain flavor to the times in which your ancestor lived. I hope you can use directories in searching for your urban (and not so urban folks) folks. You can certainly get a flavor of the times--the theaters, the businesses, the different occupations, the preponderance of certain surnames, etc. One city I search was heavily occupied by Germans--lots of flour mills, breweries, and allied occupations. By the way, if you do English research, you want to try to find directories beginning ca 1844 for the various English counties. If your people were yeomen, as mine were in general, you will at least want to read the description of the village in which they lived. Lots of these directories are/were on the open shelves at Guildhall Library in London. A good place to hide out in a rainstorm! Don't take the kids! E.W.Wallace southern California --part1_be.1528f747.28442bf9_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In searching for 20th century records for Mecklenburg Co., you might try <BR>using the LDS online catalog to locate some films of such records. &nbsp;You can <BR>borrow these films (generally unless there are restrictions) through your <BR>nearby LDS center. &nbsp;There is a small fee. &nbsp;Don't borrow too many films at <BR>once, as you will not have time to read them all. <BR> <BR>URL: &nbsp;www.familysearch.com &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The link to the catalog is on the lower right. <BR>&nbsp;Also there is a link listing the over 3,500 family history centers around <BR>the world. <BR> <BR>Look for place and type in (lower case OK) mecklenburg and virginia (no <BR>abbrev.) <BR> <BR>I just now accessed the catalog for Mecklenburg Co. VA records. &nbsp;Although <BR>there seem to be no records for <B>mid</B>-20th century, there are for some early <BR>years--probates and marriage registers, for instance. &nbsp;Take a look and <BR>satisfy your curiosity. <BR> <BR>In the event there may have been some City Directories for the 20th century <BR>in the larger town(s) in Mecklenburg, you might telephone the reference <BR>librarian in the county seat (or wherever the largest town is) and ask <BR>whether there are &nbsp;hard-copy city directories and ask for the years you are <BR>interested in. &nbsp;(Also ask him/her for names of some local researchers, as you <BR>may want one of those folks to photocopy the pages you desire.) <BR> <BR>These city directories are published through the 1950s for many cities <BR>throughout the US . &nbsp;The publisher generally was R. L. Polk. <BR> <BR>By the way, these are NOT telephone directories. &nbsp;&nbsp;Some cities started <BR>publishing these soon after the Civil War, and for some large places, even <BR>earlier. &nbsp;There are some very early ones for cities in Massachusetts and many <BR>University libraries have these in their microform sections. &nbsp;The city <BR>directories generally listed all the employed people (and some prominent <BR>unemployed people) in town and gave the residence address. &nbsp;In some of the <BR>later ones, there is a reverse directory. &nbsp;In the back of the book, you look <BR>for the address given in the earlier part, and there you MAY find other <BR>occupants of the household/residence who were NOT listed as an employed <BR>person. &nbsp;(I found &nbsp;in the 1920s directory reverse directory a widowed mother <BR>of one employed person. &nbsp;He was a *usual suspect*, employed as an engineer by <BR>a railraod. &nbsp;But when I found the name of his widowed mother, I knew from <BR>other research who his deceased father was. &nbsp;He was a distant cousin of my <BR>mother.) <BR> <BR>Also, if your person's employer is listed, then you want to look up that <BR>employer also. &nbsp;Sometimes, there will be information about the head of that <BR>firm also. &nbsp;All kinds of interesting info in an old City <BR>Directory--occupations we no longer think of in our *sophisticated* times. <BR> <BR>The directories were published about every two years. &nbsp;They give a certain <BR>flavor to the times in which your ancestor lived. <BR> <BR>I hope you can use directories in searching for your urban (and not so urban <BR>folks) folks. &nbsp;You can certainly get a flavor of the times--the theaters, the <BR>businesses, the different occupations, the preponderance of certain surnames, <BR>etc. &nbsp;One city I search was heavily occupied by Germans--lots of flour mills, <BR>breweries, and allied occupations. <BR> <BR>By the way, if you do English research, you want to try to find directories <BR>beginning ca 1844 for the various English counties. &nbsp;If your people were <BR>yeomen, as mine were in general, you will at least want to read the <BR>description of the village in which they lived. &nbsp;Lots of these directories <BR>are/were on the open shelves at Guildhall Library in London. &nbsp;A good place to <BR>hide out in a rainstorm! &nbsp;Don't take the kids! <BR> <BR>E.W.Wallace <BR>southern California <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_be.1528f747.28442bf9_boundary--

Do you know the Name of the man in the message below? Someone might recognize it.. <<I just found a possible death date for my g-g-g-grandfather. I do not, however, know WHERE he died. I suspect it could be Charlotte, Nottoway, Lunenburg, or Mecklenburg counties as his family seemed to be living in any of these counties at any given time. His children were born in Charlotte Co. His wife was born in Nottoway Co. His siblings were born in Granville, NC. His father was born in Dinwiddie Co. Does anyone know of an easy way that I could find out which county he died in. I'm thinking that there might be books published with such information. Sort of like indexes to deaths that are registered with the court houses in these counties. I know WV has some books like this, but I don't know about VA. The man I'm looking for died in July 1847, I don't know the exact date. Can anyone help? >>> G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.

Dear Cara: Sorry to report there is no state-wide index to wills or estates for Virginia after 1799. (Hmmmm. this would be a great project for a publisher....) You'll have to do a county-by-county search. Some of the counties you name are burned, too. I Maybe you'll be lucky and someone on the internet will have this information for you. More than likely, he left some sort of record at his death (either a will or an administration of his estate, either of which would hopefully name his heirs). Finding which county will be your challenge. Sometimes we have to find by doing actual research in lieu of internetting, but it's always worth a shot to ask these lists first. Craig Kilby

Hi, I am new to the list and I am looking for any information that I may be able to find about my gggg-grandfather John Pemberton Smith who married Susanna Burks, dated November 18, 1765. In their marriage bond her name is spelled both Bur and Burks. It is signed by George Burks, and witnessed by Thos. Swan. I know nothing about them except names and have wondered if the Burks were in Burksville?? They had one son Pemberton Smith who married Mary Thackton, November 13, 1802. I have been told she was related to James Thackton but have not been able to find a connection. Pemberton was a circuit riding Methodist Preacher and one of his churches was Mt. Pleasant Church outside of Farmville. Pemberton and Mary had three maybe four children: Caroline who married Claiborne Clements, Sara who married William Baldwin Purcell, their descendants still live at Oak Hill in Drakes Branch, one son named George Sidney Smith who is my gg-grandfather. They lived near Farmville until Pemberton died and then moved to Charlotte County. If anyone can point me in the right direction to find information it would be appreciated. Cliff, Gilroy. CA

Cara...what's his surname?

Oops. Sorry. Forgot to mention the name of the man. It's Dr. James Herbert Gregory. I started thinking that if there's no death record, maybe there's a will record. Again, I don't know the county, so I don't know which courthouse to ask. If there's not easy way to find the death record, maybe there's a will. He had 8 children and his wife survived him and he was a doctor, you'd think he'd have a will. Hopefully. Thanks again! -- Cara (Gregory) Showers Anchorage, Alaska cara@dcdesign.com From: "G. Lee Hearl" <glh@naxs.com> Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 16:30:52 -0700 To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Death look up Resent-From: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 13:35:58 -0700 Do you know the Name of the man in the message below? Someone might recognize it.. <<I just found a possible death date for my g-g-g-grandfather. I do not, however, know WHERE he died. I suspect it could be Charlotte, Nottoway, Lunenburg, or Mecklenburg counties as his family seemed to be living in any of these counties at any given time. His children were born in Charlotte Co. His wife was born in Nottoway Co. His siblings were born in Granville, NC. His father was born in Dinwiddie Co. Does anyone know of an easy way that I could find out which county he died in. I'm thinking that there might be books published with such information. Sort of like indexes to deaths that are registered with the court houses in these counties. I know WV has some books like this, but I don't know about VA. The man I'm looking for died in July 1847, I don't know the exact date. Can anyone help? >>> G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va. ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== USGenWeb Archives Census Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

I just found a possible death date for my g-g-g-grandfather. I do not, however, know WHERE he died. I suspect it could be Charlotte, Nottoway, Lunenburg, or Mecklenburg counties as his family seemed to be living in any of these counties at any given time. His children were born in Charlotte Co. His wife was born in Nottoway Co. His siblings were born in Granville, NC. His father was born in Dinwiddie Co. Does anyone know of an easy way that I could find out which county he died in. I'm thinking that there might be books published with such information. Sort of like indexes to deaths that are registered with the court houses in these counties. I know WV has some books like this, but I don't know about VA. The man I'm looking for died in July 1847, I don't know the exact date. Can anyone help? -- Cara (Gregory) Showers Anchorage, Alaska cara@dcdesign.com

Hi I am looking for information of John Graham Smith born about 1846 in Virginia. (Father Jas Smith, Mother, Ellen?). Married (2nd wife) Sarah D. Johnson (Father, William J. Smith Mother, Eliza?)born 1872 in Virginia (possibly in Clarksville, Mecklenburg, Virginia) August 13, 1893 in Brunswick County, Virginia (possibly in or around Broadnax, Virginia. John Graham Smith died before 1920 as Sallie D. is listed as a widow in the 1920 Census of South Hill, Mecklenburg, Virginia. Sallie D. died in the 1950's in Richmond. If anyone has any suggestions (besides looking at the 1880 census which I am going to do) as to how I might get information on these people I would really appreciate it. I have written to the State of Virginia Vital Records only to be told that the records were too young to be released. I was able to get a copy of the marriage record of John G. Smith & Sallie D. Johnson, and they couldn't find any record of John G. Smith's death. Thanks Jeanne Mueller Exeter, NH