Hello, again, cow people. In my delight at relating my Missouri "cow" story, I neglected to mention that I have lurked on this list for some time because the lady who married Irving Hart Gessley of Independence, Missouri was Goldie Johnson (my mother), d/o Hamon Thomas Johnson and Lourie Dean Stone, who were born, raised, and married in Henry, Franklin County, VA. Many of the residents of the area are related to me, although I didn't know they existed until several years ago, when I was able to visit and meet them in person. One of my cousins, from Bassett, graciously and generously handed to me the results of her 30+ years of Johnson, Stone, Spencer, Shelton, Watson, Pyrtle, and other research. She supplied the missing link that connected us both to James Johnson who served in the Revolutionary War as a member of George Washington's Life Guard. I owe her a huge debt that I can only repay by passing on the information that I have found, which I will. So, thank you for ! the info you post on this list, and for your willingness to share with a cousin in Colorado. Best regards, Patty

HI Patty, Where were your "Stone" from before that. I am researching that surname and there are some Johnsons in that file too I believe. thanks, christy ----- Original Message ----- From: "patty" <pament@kci.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 12:20 AM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Cow People > Hello, again, cow people. In my delight at relating my Missouri "cow" > story, I neglected to mention that I have lurked on this list for some > time because the lady who married Irving Hart Gessley of Independence, > Missouri was Goldie Johnson (my mother), d/o Hamon Thomas Johnson and > Lourie Dean Stone, who were born, raised, and married in Henry, Franklin > County, VA. Many of the residents of the area are related to me, although > I didn't know they existed until several years ago, when I was able to > visit and meet them in person. One of my cousins, from Bassett, > graciously and generously handed to me the results of her 30+ years of > Johnson, Stone, Spencer, Shelton, Watson, Pyrtle, and other research. She > supplied the missing link that connected us both to James Johnson who > served in the Revolutionary War as a member of George Washington's Life > Guard. I owe her a huge debt that I can only repay by passing on the > information that I have found, which I will. So, thank you for ! > the info you post on this list, and for your willingness to share with a > cousin in Colorado. Best regards, Patty > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb > Please contact List Administrator if you experience problems > getting unsubscribed from this list. glh@naxs.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >