Posted on: Amelia County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amelia/568 Surname: JENNINGS, CRUSE ------------------------- I AM CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON MY JENNINGS FAMILY LINES IN VA. MY GGGRANDFATHER, RICHARD "HENDERSON" JENNINGS, WAS BORN IN VA.(PLACE AND EXACT DATE UNKOWN AT PRESENT) ABT. 1821. HE LEFT VIRGINIA ABOUT 1842 AND WENT TO PLATTE CO. MISSOURI, WHERE HE MARRIED NANCY JANE CRUSE ON OCT. 19, 1842. THEY THEN MOVED TO NEOSHO, NEWTON CO. MISSOURI, WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL HE DIED SEPT. 22, 1870. EXACT PLACE OF DEATH UNKOWN, ALSO. ONLY KNOW IT WAS IN MISSOURI. HE BECAME SHERIFF OF NEWTON COUNTY IN 1852-1853. HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE CIVIL WAR SERVING UNDER MAJOR STERLING OF THE CONFEDERATE MISSOURI STATE GUARD. HE MAY HAVE HAD A BROTHER, WESLEY PRESTON JENNINGS, B. ABT. 1825, ALSO IN VA. ANY INFORMATION ON THESE TWO MEN, THEIR PARENTS OR PLACE OF BIRTH, WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. YOU MAY E-MAIL ME AT jrh@cei.net Thank you