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

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