Best Wishes and many thanks for all your work. Scott

Hi to the list I need help and this is something that only older persons in the Charlottesville/Albemarle vicinity will be able to help with...this pertains to genealogy but at present is more detective work. 1. Is anyone on this list retired from construction work or connected to someone who worked on the University Hall project (I think in the late 60's). This is the place where UVa plays basketball. I realize there were many different sub-contractors involved in the job, and I don't know what type I am looking for, but it would have to do with the actual "dome" work... 2. Does the name Chief Buffalo mean anything to anyone on the list in the C/A area? Please contact me privately. TIA Alice in Fluvanna ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Thanks to all who make this list work!!!! Alice in Fluvanna ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Hear!Hear! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 12:12 AM Subject: [VAALBEMA-L] Thanks to Karen > Hi all, > > Please join me in a big THANK YOU to Karen for all of her hard work and > dedication to Albemarle County research. > > Your work is appreciated by all, and I thank you for allowing me to continue > your good work. > > Sincerely, > Sandy Spradling > > > ==== VAALBEMA Mailing List ==== > TIP: Accuracy is important and sources are vital. Ancestor lists are worthless if the information is wrong. Double check before you hit send. > > ============================== > Share your family tree with loved ones through a FREE private website at > MyFamily.com! > Get started today at http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWText1 >

Alice, My name is Bernice and I have talked to you before, but is there a map of Fluvanna from the late 1800's that I can get. I was lookinf for the Paynes and Moss's from ther and want to see what the county looked like then.If so where can I get one. Thanks Bernice

I am pleased to announce that Sandy Spradling has volunteered to assume responsibility for the VAALBEMA-L list. She is an experienced listowner and manages three other RootsWeb lists - two surname lists and another county list. She is also a fellow researcher in Albemarle County. Also, just a word of thanks to all you fine people. As I have mentioned before, this is a great group...kind, thoughtful and most of all, always willing to help each other. Keep it up! Please join me in welcoming Sandy as the new listowner. You can drop her a note, if you'd like, at [email protected] 'Til we meet again, Karen mailto:[email protected] *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. --Confucius *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Hi all, Please join me in a big THANK YOU to Karen for all of her hard work and dedication to Albemarle County research. Your work is appreciated by all, and I thank you for allowing me to continue your good work. Sincerely, Sandy Spradling

FORWARDED MESSAGE: > > > Hi April > > I descend from Mourning Winn/James Glenn > > Mourning Glenn/Robert Harris > > Anna Harris/John Dabney > > > If you will go to the general forum > > http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/harris > > and look for a message I posted in about October, the person with = > > whom I exchanged some information was descended from Anna's brother, = > > Tyree Harris. I don't know if his email address is still current but = > > you might click on his name and see if he has done any posting lately. > > > Also, under the Gooch forum I saw reference to a Tyree Harris = > > marrying a woman with the surname Gooch and she had had a first child by = > > her first cousin who was also a Gooch (There was a notation that this = > > male Gooch--father of her child- never married.) (I also descend from = > > the Gooch family so was interested.) I remembered seeing that there was = > > a Gooch overseer for Robert Harris plantation in VA and wondered if = > > these connect. I haven't found time to follow up on this but in looking = > > through myfamilies who moved on to NC I did notice the surname Harrison = > > and wondered if it was a variation.=20 > > Also, this past spring I saw a post by someone who said their Robert = > > Harris married a Tyree and it was on this same list. That may be = > > another lead for your name. > > Good luck! Wanda Sawtelle >

Earl and all you great researchers! Thanks so much for your help. I really do appreciate it. I do want to get this straight, but am a little confused the use of Harris vs. Harrison surnames. It seems that they are often used interchangeably. Right now I am grabbing at straws in the search for my ggg grandfather John Harrison, b. 1794 in S.C. and was living in Bedford Co., Tennessee on 1-6-1830 (the day my gg grandfather J.J. Harrison was born). I know that John had a son named Tyrie and a brother named Tyrie. So, my thoughts were to stop trying to find a John because there were too many of them, and look for the name Tyrie. I found in the 1860 Shelbyville, Tennessee the following record: #1223-HARRISON, John 67, farmer, SC; Nancy 58, SC. Richard, 22; Tyre 18; Sarah A. 17. This appears to be my line. Next door to him is a Tyrie Harris and his family. He says he is born in VA. And, in the book Tennessee Cousins, I found this: "Tyrie Rhodes, son of John Rhodes and Mourning Glenn (see Woods Albermarle Co., pg. 221) was born Dec. 24 1771, removed to Giles Co., Tenn m. April 25 1811 to a Cynthia Holland (dau. of James Holland, whose father was William Holland and his wife Mary Harrison... James Harrison, an uncle of Tyrie Rhodes and brother of his mother Sarah Harrison had a dau. Sarah Harris, first cousin of Tyrie Rhodes who married James Harrison and moved to S.C. and had a son named Tyrie Harrison." That seems odd to me that from one generation to another they went from Harrison to Harris to Harrison again. In continuing my search for Tyrie, I saw the will of Maj. Robert Harris who died in Albermarle county in 1765 and who had a son named Tyrie and a son in law named Rodes. Now I am also encouraged because since my initial query people have sent me the lines of Maj. Robert Harris, and I find a lot of similar surnames that were related to the collateral lines of my great grandfather J.J. Harrison, including Overton, Brown, Lewis, Martin, and Crawford. (those lines were also in Albermarle). So, to sum it all up I am looking for the parents of a John Harrison who was born in S.C. (or if the census was wrong VA) and his wife Nancy ?. and any information on their children: J.J. (Jackson), Melissa, Emeline, John, Richard, Tyrie M., and Sarah Ann. Thank you all for your help, April In a message dated 8/8/1999 2:35:01 PM, [email protected] writes: >I got involved in this a few months back. >Give me exactly who and dates and let look at my files.

Jno, sorry I wasn't clear about that. I am looking for a John Harris (or Harrison) who had a brother named Tyrie and a son named Tyrie. It is James who I have as being born in 1794. I don't have the dates of birth on Tyrie. But the fact that our family has the name Tyrie running through it leads me to think, that we are somehow related, which is why I was asking about him. Thanks again, April In a message dated 8/8/1999 2:30:45 PM, [email protected] writes: >But.....if your Tyrie Harris was the >son of Morning Glenn and Maj. Robert Harris he could not have been born >in

Wanda, Thanks a lot for your help, April In a message dated 8/8/1999 2:38:25 PM, [email protected] writes: > Harris married a Tyree and it was on this same list. That may be = >> > another lead for your name.

I got involved in this a few months back. Give me exactly who and dates and let look at my files. Earl H. May

In a message dated 8/8/99 2:26:52 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Thanks very much for this! I don't see mine, but it could be in a later generation, by census estimates he was b. in 1794. >> Who was his wife? I have one other one in this same file who was married to a Mary Ann Simpson, but the dates are not exact, and his parantage is not shown. That may not be too helpful. But.....if your Tyrie Harris was the son of Morning Glenn and Maj. Robert Harris he could not have been born in 1794. Jno

Hi, I am looking for relatives of my both of my Grandfathers - (1)Lacy Murray BROOKS b. 02/22/1892 d. 07/04/1935. He was the son of Joshua Cyrus BROOKS b. 02/21/1861 d. 12/06/1927 and Alice Susan FORBUSH b. 05/27/1859 d. 03/21/1910. Other siblings were: Nettie(Nellie), Hersey Ellen, Lula, Martin Luther, Sandy A., Findley Carl, James, Maggie, Lillian F., and Carrie Mae. On Dec. 24, 1913 Lacy married May Lily "Maymie" ALLEY b. 07/04/1894 d. 07/21/1971 daug. of John Henry ALLEY and Margaret "Maggie" Catharine EAVEY. (2) Believe it or not, my other Grandfather's name was Harrison (Horace?) BROOKS (I don't think they're any kin.) b. 08/30/1869 d. around 1922(?). He worked as a Cooper. I've heard he was married 3 times but that is all about all I know about him. Anything anyone can tell me about him would be greatly appreciated. His third wife, my Grandmother, was Josephine MINTER b. 08/1888 d. 05/25/1973 daug. of Thomas "Jack" MINTER and Susan Ann KERBY (KIRBY?) of Albemarle Co. I've heard there may be some Indian ancestry on this side of the family. Thanks for any help. Janice

JNO, Thanks very much for this! I don't see mine, but it could be in a later generation, by census estimates he was b. in 1794. But this is really helpful, it gives me names to look for. Thanks again! April In a message dated 8/7/1999 7:49:57 PM, [email protected] writes: >April, perhaps this will help even more. This is from WFT vol. 1 # 5127. > >Your Tryee Harris, b 1728, is generation 3, right below 1882 in the left > >margin. There are several other people with this same name born at later > >times listed in the index. One is shown below 1821 in the left margin >in >generation 4, born 1751. You never know how accurate the WFT files are >so >use this as a guide.

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Dee, Since you have a couple or the surnames I'm working have you seen any of these people in Louisa Co. Va. or Albemarle Co. Va. area? Or do you have any information you've collected on them while researching your names? I'd appreciate any help. Descendants of Oswald Gibson 1 Oswald Gibson .. +Maria Dickenson m: November 29, 1815 in Louisa Co., Va. Father: Higgason Cosby Dickenson Mother: Nancy "Ann" Graven ...... 2 Angelina Gibson ...... 2 John Gibson ...... 2 Robert Gibson ...... 2 Mary Gibson ...... 2 Thorton Gibson Descendants of Dr. W. N. Bramham 1 Dr. W. N. Bramham d: October 11, 1861 .. +Mary Jane Davis b: December 10, 1836 m: November 30, 1859 d: August 02, 1872 Father: William Weaver Davis Mother: Ann Overton Dickinson ...... 2 Fanny Overton Bramham b: September 21, 1860 d: February 24, 1876 Thanks, Connie

I think you have shown an amazing amount of patience during the last couple of weeks. There are always some people who take advantage of a situation even when asked not to do something, simply beause it doesn't fall in with their wishes of the moment. It always makes me wonder if they're the same ones who are parked in the handcapped spots without the disability. Oh, well. Karen, I just wanted to thank you for hosting this site and riding herd on everyone. If I had a computer with any kind of memory or capability I would think about taking it over, but I can just barely get on the internet as it is. I hope you find the right person (preferably in Albemarle Co, I guess), beause I think this is a valuable list. And I'm not nearly as stuffy as I sound in this letter. :) Good luck - Elaine

Thank you John, I did that...Roots-Web! Jackie -----Original Message----- From: John Morris <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [VAALBEMA-L] Re: Confederate Ancestors >Jackie, > >Picked up your posting on the list. I too am just beginning to research >Confederate ancestors. Try posting your question on the >[email protected] as it is a bigger list and I know that there are some >individuals on it who are really quite good at tracing the Conferderate >ancestors. > >JOhn >Gloucester, Va > > >==== VAALBEMA Mailing List ==== >For the discussion of Genealogy and History, primarily regarding Albemarle County > >============================== >Search more than 274 MILLION NAMES and find your ancestors at Ancestry.com! >Get started today at http://www.ancestry.com/rootswebtext.asp > >

Here is some info I collected and thought it might help someone. These are my Ballards and Goolsby is my line , also. If they are yours then please contact me. Thanks..........Dave CENSUS YR: 1850 TERRITORY: VA COUNTY: Amherst PAGE NO: 83 31 189 189 Ballard James 25 M Stone Mason 32 189 189 Ballard Manerva 25 F 33 189 189 Goolsby Caroline 23 F 34 189 189 Ballard Edwin 10 M 35 189 189 Ballard Ellen 6 F 36 189 189 Ballard Milly 4 F 37 189 189 Ballard John J 1 M 32 212 212 Ballard John 78 M Farmer 33 212 212 Ballard Nancy 75 F 34 212 212 Ballard Leroy 22 M none 35 212 212 Ballard Nancy 35 F 36 212 212 Goolsby Sarah E 7 F 37 212 212 Ballard Thomas A 31 M none 5 74 74 Ballard Geo W 29 M Farmer 6 74 74 Ballard Frances M 23 F 7 74 74 Ballard Wm H 5 M 8 74 74 Ballard Mary Ann 2 F