Hi Sharon; In relation to HEARDS, all I can tell you is that there is a Heard's Mountain off of route 29 that is south of Charlottesville. I belelive that there is a Heard's store that is way back in the mountains there. Maybe that place is where your Heard's came from., just a thought. Carol -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Clark <clarksha@swbell.net> To: VAALBEMA-L@rootsweb.com <VAALBEMA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 20, 2001 5:04 PM Subject: [VAALBEMA] John GILMORE/Jane HEARD - Albemarle Co., VA >Hello, > >Does anyone have any information at all on these folks? I'm beginning >to wonder if my JOSEPH GILMORE might be one of their children. > >A dear distant cousin went to the Clayton Library in Houston yesterday >and copied some Gilmore information for me. She scanned it and sent it >to me today, so there may be some scanning errors. Here is one of the >items she sent: > >pp. 231-233 THIS INDENTURE made this sixth day of September one >thousand seven hundred and sixty two Between HENRY CARTER of the Parish >of Prince Ann in the County of Albemarle of the one part and JACOB >CLEAVELAND of the aforesaid Parish & County Witnesseth that for the sum >of eleven pounds current money to him in hand paid (Henry Carter) doth >sell unto Jacob Cleaveland his heirs one certain parcel of land >containing seventy acres lying on the Branches of the South Fork of >Hardware River in the Parish & County aforesaid bounded Beginning at >Pointers in JOHN GILMORE line and running new lines North & West >crossing a branch to a chesnut South &West to a red oak South &East to >pointers North & East crossing the North & South Fork of Mettle Branch >to a red oak and North twenty and an half degrees East with said JOHN >GILMOREs line eighty poles to the first station. >Presence JOHN FOSTER, Henry Carter >ELI CLEVELAND, JOHN HENSLEE >At a Court held for Albemarle County the ixth day of September 1762 This >Indenture Memorandum & receipt were acknowledged by Henry Carter party >thereto and ordered to be recorded. > >*** > >In a deed of gift to his son, Joseph described his land as: he lying on >the North and East of the public road leading from Rock Fish Gap to the >Town of Warren on James River. > >His wife, Frances EUBANK GILMORE, was the daughter of Hannah and John >EUBANK. In Rev. Woods' book, History of Albemarle Co., there is a >write-up on John Eubank: "Families of the Eubank name have lived along >the south fork of Harware from the earliest times. They sprang from two >brothers, George and John. It is believed they came from Orange >County." > >Frances and Joseph's daughter, Elizabeth GILMORE, married John >WEATHERRED, whose mother was Agnes SUDDARTH, daughter of Patience SUMTER >and James SUDDARTH. Rev. Woods states: "William and James Suddarth >were early settlers in the county. They were undoubtedly brothers. >They and their descendants were located on the south fork of Hardware >between the Cross Roads and Covesville." > >I may be wrong, but it sounds to me as if Jane HEARD and John GILMORE >lived near the Suddarths and the EUBANKs, which was also where Joseph >GILMORE lived. This makes me think that perhaps Joseph was their son. >I cannot find any other GILMORE in Albemarle Co. during that period. >There were GILMERs, but no GILMOREs. > >If anyone has any information on Jane HEARD and John GILMORE, would you >please share it with me. I'll be happy to share what I have. > >Thanks, and have a great weekend. > >Sharon Clark >Fort Worth, TX >clarksha@swbell.net > >______________________________