This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: verarosemartin Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/657.2.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Farrar Bible states below about Matthew G. Farrar Below: Matthew Grubbs Farrar Born Aug 17th 1811 Died Sept 22nd 1896 age 85 yrs 1mo and 5 days Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gritzmom Surnames: Attorney/Genealogist Amherst Co. 1818 Land Deed Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/2902.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Still am looking for a genealogist/attorney who could help with interruption of a Land Deed Amherst Co., VA 1818. Reply to gritzmom@aol.com if you know one or have any leads. Thanks a lot. Ellenor Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

DEWY NOLAND: I would like to swap INFORMATION ABT The Thomas Harvey & Elizabeth SEAY FAMILY INFORMATION that you Have I descend From Two of Thomas Harveys Daughters Sarah Sally Harvey M To LeRoy Mitchell Two of Leroy Mitchell's Daughters Nancy Ellen Mitchell Married to George Rodney Johnson Saphronia Mitchell Married to Jesse Washington Campbell Daughter: Polly Harvey Married to Jesse Campbell Their Daughter Rohda Campbell married to Joshua W <BOS JOSH> Campbell I like to Swap & Compare FAMILY Information CUZ A T <atpowelljr@aol.com>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dorothyinkansas Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/657.2.1.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wow! I would love to have any information you might have. Also, do you have birth dates for John S and Sally Grubbs Farrar? The notes I found say John S was born in 1740 and died 1833, which would make him 93 -- a very old age! I have no birth or death dates for Sally. I think you mentioned also that Mathew Grubbs Farrar had a brother named John S. The notes I found indicated siblings Richard L, Elizabeth F., Martha G, Marcellus, Sarah, Sophia G, Susan R, and Lavinia or Louvinia, but no John. Are my notes incorrect? Adding to the confusion, I had notes that Col. John S. Farrar, Mathew Grubb Farrar's father, was born to Richard Farrar and Susan Shelton in 1740, but that Richard Farrar was born in Aug 1748 (not likely!) and Susan was born in 1720 (28 years older than her husband, Richard?). You see how confused I am! Finally, most of the records I have for my great- grandfather have his name spelled with only one T in Mathew...should it be Mathew or Matthew? Oh, and! do you see any reference to family surnames McCauley and Jennings? I find that Mathew's two oldest daughters had these unusual middle names (Mathew's wife's surname was Whitten, so that's not the source). Thanks. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dorothyinkansas Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/657.2.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wow! I would love to have any information you might have. Also, do you have birth dates for John S and Sally? The notes I found say John S was born in 1740 and died 1833, which would make him 93 -- a very old age! I have no birth or death dates for Sally. I think you mentioned also that Mathew Grubbs Farrar had a brother named John S. The notes I found indicated siblings Richard L, Elizabeth F., Martha G, Marcellus, Sarah, Sophia G, Susan R, and Lavinia or Louvinia. Does that match your records? Adding to the confusion, I had notes that Col. John S. Farrar, Mathew Grubb Farrar's father, was born to Richard Farrar and Susan Shelton in 1740, but that Richard Farrar was born in Aug 1748 (not likely!) and Susan was born in 1720 (28 years older than her husband, Richard?). You see how confused I am! Finally, most of the records I have for my great- grandfather have his name spelled with only one T in Mathew...should it be Mathew or Matthew? Oh, and do you see any refer! ence to family surnames McCauley and Jennings? I find that two of Mathew's daughters had these unusual middle names. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: verarosemartin Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/657.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't know if you have gotten you family history sorted out yet on the Farrar side. However, Matthew Grubbs Farrar was also a brother of John S. Farrar. There were also many others. Their is a reference to a Matthew G. being born in the John S. and Sally G. Family Bible. I can e-mail you with the exact date. I have the Bible locked up at the vault at my work. Vera Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: verarosemartin Surnames: Farrar Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/657.2.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't know if you still need this information or not about John S. Farrar and Sarah "Sally" Gruffs Marriage. I has been years since this post was made. I do posess the proof of their marriage along with the exact date. I have the original Bible of John S. Farrar and Sally Grubbs with the first entry being their marriage. Then the lists of births of their children, marriages, etc. Good Luct with your research! Vera Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

DMK Heritage ( my commercial site) has put up a "Free Small Books" ( for download) section and it includes: Free Books In Gallery: NC: Marriage Bonds of Tryon County NC from 1769-1870. Friends Records of Births and Deaths, Cane Creek, NC SC: Annals and Parish Register of St. Thomas - St. Denis SC St. James Church, Goose Creek, SC 1706-1909 Marriage Notices in SC & American General Gazette Chronicles of St. Mark’s Parish Santee Circuit Williamsburg Township, SC. Vestry of St. Matthew’s Parish, SC 1769-1838 History of Grandal Shoals (Cherokee & Union Co., SC French & Swiss Protestants in Charleston the Santee, SC Naturalization Records 1695-96 Tenn: History of Overton County, Tenn. by Goodpasture. Reminiscences of Early Settlements & Settlers of McNairy Co., Tenn. by Gen. Marcus Wright VA: Lunenburg County, Va. Wills 1746-1825 Virginia Wills Before 1799 by Wm. M. Clemens (Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Pr. William and Rockbridge) Frederick Parish, Va. 1744-1780, Churches, Chapels, etc. Historical Sketches of “Old Burton Church” Williamsburg, Va. Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors for Northampton Co., VA Penn. Marriages Prior to 1799 History of Marion Co., W. VA. by Geo. A. Dunnington Scotch-Irish in America by Dinsmore http://www.dmkheritage.com/store/ go to "Free Small Books" in red in the middle of the page, click on the word "here" ......then follow the directions. And, I would love to know if you have a "find". Doris P.S. I add free books to the site 3-4 times a year. Check often

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: achmuseum Surnames: Amherst County Museum Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/2915/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Please note that the Amherst County Museum has moved its website to: www.amherstcountymuseum.org Please let me know if you find a broken link anywhere--I _think_ everything transferred okay! Holly Mills, M.A., M.L.S. Director, Amherst County Museum P.O. Box 741 Amherst, VA 24521 Phone: 434.946.9068 Email: achmuseum@aol.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Any "George Nestor" or "Nestor" name familiar in a Gregory, Tucker or Turner family in Amherst Co. VA in the late 1700's or early 1800's?? Thanks, Land Harris Fascinated by family Brown, Harris, Hamner, Herndon, Hendley, Norris, Land, Clarke, Laughton, Maynard, Nimmo, Reid, Peebles, Lucas, Webb, Hart, Williams, Wilson, Gregory, Taylor,Tyler, Osborn, Terry, Pickett, Raiford, LeGrand, Micheaux, Turner, Tucker, Linthicum, Sheppard, Leak, Vaughan, Rochette, Washington, Barham, Bradley, Morris, Wrenn, Williamson, Gray, Davis, Blackburn, & Stovall to name a few... ...primarily in Surry/Sussex/Isle of Wight Co. VA AND Albemarle/Amherst/Nelson Co. VA AS WELL AS Guilford/Richmond/Beaufort/Edgecomb Co. NC.

Could you check for a marriage between a Kidwell and an Angus? Being as these are not common names, I'm sure there would not be many, if any entries. Judy Sanders ----- Original Message ----- From: "JWS" <jwsmoot@hotmail.com> To: <vaamhers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:40 AM Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] VAAMHERS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 3 > James Brown, bachelor, and Susannah Mills, spinster, May 30, 1795 John Lancaster, surety, who made oath that "Susannah Mills, daughter of Jesse Mills," had resided with him for some time and that he believed her to be 21 years of age. > > > From: vaamhers-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:02 AM > To: vaamhers@rootsweb.com > Subject: VAAMHERS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 3 > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Brown / Mills Marriage (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:29:56 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [VAAMHERS] Brown / Mills Marriage > To: <VAAMHERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1231190996.416037@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: TBrown345 > Surnames: > Classification: lookup > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.a mherst/2914/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Anyone having access to Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1762-1850 please search for marriage between James Brown and Susannah Mills. Reportedly around 1795. > > Thank you. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the VAAMHERS list administrator, send an email to > VAAMHERS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the VAAMHERS mailing list, send an email to VAAMHERS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAAMHERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of VAAMHERS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 3 > ************************************** > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAAMHERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

James Brown, bachelor, and Susannah Mills, spinster, May 30, 1795 John Lancaster, surety, who made oath that "Susannah Mills, daughter of Jesse Mills," had resided with him for some time and that he believed her to be 21 years of age. From: vaamhers-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:02 AM To: vaamhers@rootsweb.com Subject: VAAMHERS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 3 Today's Topics: 1. Brown / Mills Marriage (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:29:56 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: [VAAMHERS] Brown / Mills Marriage To: <VAAMHERS-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1231190996.416037@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TBrown345 Surnames: Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/2914/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Anyone having access to Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1762-1850 please search for marriage between James Brown and Susannah Mills. Reportedly around 1795. Thank you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------ To contact the VAAMHERS list administrator, send an email to VAAMHERS-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the VAAMHERS mailing list, send an email to VAAMHERS@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAAMHERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of VAAMHERS Digest, Vol 4, Issue 3 **************************************

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TBrown345 Surnames: Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/2914/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Anyone having access to Virginia Marriage Bonds, 1762-1850 please search for marriage between James Brown and Susannah Mills. Reportedly around 1795. Thank you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Yes.My father's military records were also lost in a fire in a Federal Record's building.. He was killed by a "friendly Fire" a Bomb dropped on him after the war was over in Germany, 1945.He was an American soldier.The pilot wrote in his book, " I knew the war was over, but I had my orders". We also never got his G I Insurance. I would rather have had a father alive. His father, my grandfather, ROBERT LEE GORDON, was born at Gordonsville Virginia. We are the original Gordon's of Virginia BARB In a message dated 1/3/2009 7:48:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Patriot505@aol.com writes: E W Wallace asked about county records that were lost to the fires in Richmond during the War Between the States. Many Courthouse records were lost in that fire but many were lost over the years in other fires and for other causes. Here is a site that provides information on that subject for many Virginia counties: _http://www.lva.lib.va.us/WHATWEHAVE/local/lost/Lost%20Records%20notes.pdf_ (http://www.lva.lib.va.us/WHATWEHAVE/local/lost/Lost%20Records%20notes.pdf) Joe Ware Virginian in Texas ____________________________________ New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making _headlines_ (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) . **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAAMHERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

E W Wallace asked about county records that were lost to the fires in Richmond during the War Between the States. Many Courthouse records were lost in that fire but many were lost over the years in other fires and for other causes. Here is a site that provides information on that subject for many Virginia counties: _http://www.lva.lib.va.us/WHATWEHAVE/local/lost/Lost%20Records%20notes.pdf_ (http://www.lva.lib.va.us/WHATWEHAVE/local/lost/Lost%20Records%20notes.pdf) Joe Ware Virginian in Texas ____________________________________ New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making _headlines_ (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026) . **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

I do not want to pick a fight. I live far away from Virginia and only visit there when I can afford to travel and when every one in the household is in good health, but that is not the case these days. However, at a genealogical conference in Richmond some years ago, one of the now-retired archivists at the Library of Virginia explained the disappearance of some of the records, say, of Hanover Co., a critical county in my research. When the Confederates were surrounded at Richmond toward the end of the Civil War, they set the wharves on the James River afire. As fires are wont do to, this one [or these ones] got out of control and burned the archives at Richmond, and among the holdings were Hanover Co. records!!! I cannot speak about other Virginia counties. Sometimes, the official papers seem to reappear!!! I have a recently published book of Fauquier Co. tithables wherein someone in the courthouse discovered a long-covered-up booklet of such lists. As one noted lecturer-genealogist-editor explains in her lectures, The papers we genealogists want are usually in the basement or the attic of some unknown repository!!! Wear old clothes to the courthouse, she cautions. Another lecturer tells of prying people [genealogists] finding official records tossed out by clerks who need more storage room. Having visited courthouses across the nation, I can understand the need for more storage. Having lived near wild fires for about 30 years [I have since moved] and understanding how fast they move and destroy, this explanation bout the Richmond fires sounds plausible to me. Many a time I have packed a car with some goods and papers and been told by the Sheriff to evacuate!!! If one listens or reads unbiased historians, they, like social scientists, recognize that all humans have good and bad faults. Some of us are tilted one way or the other in many cases. E.W.Wallace</HTML>

It is amazing how history is soon forgotten.King Willian County and adjacent "counties " at this time period , still had Native Americans , who thaught the land was thiers.Not all were killed. The Rappahanock tribe managed to live and hide for four hundred years.The Pamunkey are still there today.The survivors never left. It was on Abraham Lincoln's orders that most court houses along with the records were destroyed.Yet today we Americans are to believe that Abraham Lincoln was a "good man"</HTML>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gothmog8 Surnames: Ray, Wilson, Peveler Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I assume you have read Mary Powell Hammersmith's book on Hugh McGary. That's the most I have been able to find on Fergus. I want to find more also. I am descended from James Ray's daughter Jane. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rebsm91 Surnames: logan Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/2913/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Trying to find information on James Logan he is on the 1810 census index I could not find any other info My James Logan b.abt 1746 VA. married Mary Mclean one son Mathew b.1772 VA Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RogerDau Surnames: Weaver, Chewning Classification: bible Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.amherst/2903.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi! My name is Shawna and I am the 3rd Great Grandchild of Robert L. Weaver and Elizabeth "lizzie" Hawes Chewning. I am just starting my family search. My Great-great Grandmother was the Imogene Elizbeth B.1876. I can tell you that Albert G. Chewning and Nice Hawes Digges were indeed Elizabeth's parents. I have photographs of the Chewning children if you are interested. The Weaver side is my brick wall, so if you have any information there, I would love to have it! Hope I have helped in some way. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.