Mary Jane....Ancestry's AIS Census Index - pre/1790 shows the following: John Mason - Prince Edward Co. VA 1783 pg 059 Tax List also the same for John Mason Jr. mary margaret selig-trahan mmst@classicnet.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bebenjohn@aol.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Mason Family.Prince George Co. > > In a message dated 6/29/01 1:29:31 PM, images@ix.netcom.com writes: > > << To the Southside List: > > Please, can someone help with this? > > Does anyone have information on John Mason, who was on a Prince George Jury > List in the 1730s? Does anyone know who he was, where he lived, or any other > information about him or any other Mason family living in Prince George Co. > at that time? > > Thank you for your help. > > Mary Jane Phillips-Matz > > > >> > > Hello Mary Jane, > > I have an unassigned John Mason who appeared in one of North Carolina's > Virginia border counties, Granville in the period of 1795; he married my > ancestress, Priscilla Wells(Wills) in Granville; then they moved to Caswell > County and Person County, NC to settle close to Priscilla's father, Miles > Wells(Wills). John and Priscilla Wells Mason named their only son, James, > which I imagine to be the name of John's father, as Priscilla's father was > Miles. I did locate a James Mason who was in Granville briefly; given that, > if James Mason were the father of John, he may have named his son after his > father, another John Mason. > > You have dated the John Mason you are seeking as being on a jury in 1730, > which would have made him at least 21 at the time. From 1730 to 1790 allows > for at least two more generations of Masons to be born. > > Priscilla and John's other children were named Nancy, Prudence, and > Elizabeth. If any of these names seem to have been in your John Mason's > family, we may have a connection. > > Best regards, > > John Fox > Winston-Salem, NC > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >