While I am sure that all of you are aware, just in case it has slipped your mind, remember that "Newsom's Station" was in s. central S'hampton county since before the Civil War and the coming of the RR. It was named for the several Newsome families who lived in that immediate area with neighbors, the Worrells, Turners, Drakes, etc. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Scott Wyche" <robertw@att.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Census Look-up > Janice, > > This is just a wild shot in the dark, I guess, but I will ask you anyway. > > I have a Martha Newsom who married John Verell in the 1780's. Her mother > was Lucy Jones (I think), a niece of Peter Jones of the Dinwiddie Co. area. > Supposedly, her father was Benjamin Newsom. Martha's sister was Sarah > Newsom who married Erasmus Gill. > > Are any of these people in your Newsom line? I have never been able to make > contact with anyone from this branch of the family. I would like to confirm > the existence of Benjamin Newsom as well as his marriage to Martha. > > Barbara Wyche > robertw@att.net > Researching NEWSOM, SPAIN, VERELL, MOORE in Dinwiddie and Sussex Counties > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janice Branch Fox" <janice@fox-engineering.com> > To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 8:19 AM > Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Census Look-up > > > > Hello List, > > > > Can someone help me find the family of John Newsom and wife E. M. on the > > 1850 Sussex County Census? They are my gr gr grandparents. I believe > > that they may have lived in a part of Sussex that later became > > Greensville. > > > > Thank you, > > Janice Branch Fox > > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > > Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > The USGenWeb Project http://www.usgenweb.org > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >