This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cox Farnsworth Tinsley Classification: Deed Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BAC.2ACE/1371 Message Board Post: Amherst County; Deed Book L, pg. 246-248 Know all these men by these presents that I Valentine Cox of Bedford county for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I bear to my grandchildren John Farnsworth, Samuel Farnsworth, Polly Farnsworth, James Farnsworth, William Farnsworth, and Edwin Farnsworth the children of Henry Farnsworth and Damaris Farnsworth his wife including their future increase (if any) as well as for the further consideration of one dollar to me in hand paid by George Tinsley of Amherst county and James Cox of Bedford county for and in behalf of my grandchildren the receipt whereof is hereby ask’d Have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said George Tinsley and James Cox as Trustees upon trust for my said grandchildren during their minority or non age one certain tract or parcel of Land containing sixty acres (by the same more or less) lying and being in the county of Amherst on the waters of Harrises creek and bounds as follows viz; by S! heltons road on the North west by Millers creek and Henry Gavsney’s line on the North east and by Martin Dawson and Richard Shelton on the South and west. Also two negroes viz; Lucy about twenty one years of age and Hannah about three years of age with her increase. Also one cow and one calf one (illegible) & pigs. Also the following articles of house hold and kitchen furniture viz; two walnut bedsteads two poplar bedsteads; one feather bed and furniture, one hair trunk and one red trunk one cotton wheel and one flax wheel one large iron pot and one small iron pot one small oven and a parcel of pewter one pine chest and one poplar table To have and to hold said land negroes stock and other property as above stated including the increase (if any) both of negroes & stock as trustee upon trust for my said grand children which said trustee shall tenant or rent out said land and hire out said negroes from year to year for the best price that can be obtained, or in such m! anner as in their judgement will best comfort with interest and advant age of said children and the monies arising from the rent of said Land and hire of said negroes with the increase of stock and the useful application of the diff. articles of furniture as above stated to be appropriated to the main. Of said children during their minority and when the youngest shall attain to lawful age then the said Land negroes stock and other property as above stated together with the surplus profits (if any) arising from the rents of said Land and hire of said negroes after defraying the necessary expenses of board clothing schooling shall be equally divided amongst s’d. children To have and to hold said Land negroes stock and other property to them and their heirs forever and I the said Valentine Cox for myself my heirs the said Land negroes stock and furniture as above stated unto the said George Tinsley and James Cox as trustee upon Trust for the said John Farnsworth, Sam’l Farnsworth, Polly Farnsworth, James Farnsworth, Wm Farnsworth a! nd Edwin Farnsworth the children of Henry Farnsworth and Damaris his wife, including their future (if any) heir [or] heirs against the claim of all and every person or persons whatsoever shall warrant and forever defend by these presents. In witness whereof I have here-unto set my hand and affixed my seal this fifteenth day of May Eighteen hundred and nine. Signed and Sealed and ack’d In presence of s/ Valentine Cox (seal) s/ George Tinsley (seal) s/ James Cox (seal) w/ Jno. Cooney w/ David Tinsley Jr w/ James Cooney At a court held for Amherst county the (??) day of July 1809 This Deed Trust was proven by the oaths of John Cooney, David Tinsley Jr. and James Cooney and ordered to be recorded (at the beginning of the document in the left column is written: “original delivered to Henry Farnsworth 8th day of Dec 1813”) ~ which would be at or about the time of V.C.’s death.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beard/Williams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BAC.2ACE/1370 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any info on a murder committed in Amherst, probably around the early 1900's by John? Beard, Thomp Williams?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BAC.2ACE/200.584.1 Message Board Post: I am looking for a Mary Kyle Camden. She is mention in Amherst Hert. Book as wife of Augustus Schaar but we can't find anything to verify this. The person who wrote it is deceased. We have an Andrew Jackson Burks who married a Elizabeth Camden and we have a Emma Camden who married August Schaar in our family tree. Do you have any information on any of these?

The Amherst County Museum and Historical Society has just posted its February 2006 newsletter, The Muse, at http://members.aol.com/achmuseum/muse/musefeb06.html . Hard copies of current newsletters are mailed to members and are published every two months. Those desiring membership can find out more at our membership page, http://members.aol.com/achmuseum/membership.html We'd be delighted to have your support! Thank you, Holly Holly Mills, MA, MLS Amherst County Museum & Historical Society Post Office Box 741 Amherst, VA 24521 Phone: (434) 946-9068 http://members.aol.com/achmuseum

Thanks Dot. Ironically enough I have an AUNT DOT who live in Ca. -----Original Message----- From: DotB <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 2 May 2006 07:26:16 -0400 Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE CUZ I also found the original from AT Powell and from you Scott interesting. I am a HARRIS born and raised and still living in Augusta County, Stuarts Draft area. I married a BURFORD who has some RUCKER'S in his line we think, cannot prove. It is always good to see names that you are working on show up. thanks Dot Harris Burford ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE CUZ > AT powelljr you do my heart good. I am a 46 year old man who is IN LOVE > w/ the history in Amherst Co and farming there. My dad grew up there. We > were harris and Pleasants. I own DUNCAN HILL now and have a Mr Rucker > living directly beside me. > > Thank you so much for the story / info. > > ps we will be up in amherst County in Pedlar Mills May 26 to June 1. Are > you in the area for us to shake hands and meet. > > Scott Harris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 2 May 2006 02:06:10 EDT > Subject: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE > CUZ > > > BUCKY YA Said Fairfield Va. I wonder if you know that One of the Largest > Farm machinery Business & Road Truck's originated in That Little Village. > Have any of Y,ALL Cousins ever Cut Wheat with a Cradle, YA > know with A long Blade on a handle With 4 wooden fingers > TOOK a MAN to Swing a Cradle, Then one would follow along > Gather the Wheat in an arm full & with a hand full of the Straws Tie a > Bundle, Shock it in the Field Then Haul it in & Stack it & wait until the > Threshing Machine Came Around. > > NOW to get to the event that made Fairfield, Va. FAMIOUS__?? > > WAS a Fellow Known as the Inventor, <there was some Connection between > Him & > My Hudson Family> CYRUS McCormick, OLE Cyrus Invented the Machine Pulled > by > Horses > Called A Reaper, The Wheat still had to be tied With that hand of wheat > straws, UNTILL one of Cyrus's Slaves figured out how to Make a GADGET that > would > > Tie the Wheat with TWINE Then > the machine was Called A binder. A man by the Name of Deering Built a > Tractor Those two Joined Forces & were Known > AS McCormick & Deering. To International Harvester, Farm Machines & Road > Trucks & today one of the larger Road Truck > Builders is Navistar. JUST Wondering How many People have been Connected > Along the Way & Have Traveled VA U S RT 11 & I-81 have ever thought of > what > Started Along Near Fairfield & Raphine Va in Augusta County, Va. > > NOW I wonder just how SWEAT Drenched Memories this will bring Back from > the > Boys & YA GOTTA remember those Great Fried Chicken & All of those Fresh > Vegetables that Grand Ma & the Neighbor Women had fixed for Dinner, <WELL > THEN > IT > WAS the Meal in the Middle of the Day, the one after Breakfast, Then some > times there was more than one Farmer that Stacked Together, & every one > SWAPPED > labor, I remember one such Operation in Amherst County Va, A man by the > Name of > GLUNT > Owned the Threshing Machine & it was Powered by What was Called a Horse > Power, There were a Group of Wooden Toungs with one end Fastened to a > Metal > Frame, <ABT 6 of them> Hook a horse to the other end the horses would Walk > around > in a circle turning the Part similar to the Ring Gear in the rear of a > car > that Ring Gear meshed into A Cog Wheel That was Fastened to a Long Shaft > That > had > a Pulley Wheel With a Belt That went to the Threshing Machine. MR. Glunt > Made > his Last Threshing in 1931 up Peters Hollow BY Bear Mountain, Something > Happened to the Machine on the way out of the Hollow, THE machine Sit on > my > Daddys > Farm until Holloween & __?? Some of my Rucker Cousins & Who Else?? <I was > only > 5 YEARS OLD> Turned the Machine over. NOW this is Right much Like what > Happened. > JEST thought I,d Jar ya Memory, MOUNTAIN COUSINS & Others. > > CUZ A T <[email protected]> > > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== > Have spare time? The USGenWeb Census Project needs you! To volunteer or > view > transcribed censuses, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== > Find tons of Amherst County info at the Amherst County VAGenWeb Project! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaamhers/ > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== Don't be afraid! The cemetery ghosts are only genealogists with lanterns.

I want to add my two bits to the Cuz A. T. Powell story. It also warms my heart to hear some personal stories. My Watts grandmother was Ida Burford, daughter of Sylvester M. Burford. Anyone have information on Sylvester M.? Lawrence A. Watts, Jr. Morehead City, N. C.

I also found the original from AT Powell and from you Scott interesting. I am a HARRIS born and raised and still living in Augusta County, Stuarts Draft area. I married a BURFORD who has some RUCKER'S in his line we think, cannot prove. It is always good to see names that you are working on show up. thanks Dot Harris Burford ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE CUZ > AT powelljr you do my heart good. I am a 46 year old man who is IN LOVE > w/ the history in Amherst Co and farming there. My dad grew up there. We > were harris and Pleasants. I own DUNCAN HILL now and have a Mr Rucker > living directly beside me. > > Thank you so much for the story / info. > > ps we will be up in amherst County in Pedlar Mills May 26 to June 1. Are > you in the area for us to shake hands and meet. > > Scott Harris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 2 May 2006 02:06:10 EDT > Subject: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE > CUZ > > > BUCKY YA Said Fairfield Va. I wonder if you know that One of the Largest > Farm machinery Business & Road Truck's originated in That Little Village. > Have any of Y,ALL Cousins ever Cut Wheat with a Cradle, YA > know with A long Blade on a handle With 4 wooden fingers > TOOK a MAN to Swing a Cradle, Then one would follow along > Gather the Wheat in an arm full & with a hand full of the Straws Tie a > Bundle, Shock it in the Field Then Haul it in & Stack it & wait until the > Threshing Machine Came Around. > > NOW to get to the event that made Fairfield, Va. FAMIOUS__?? > > WAS a Fellow Known as the Inventor, <there was some Connection between > Him & > My Hudson Family> CYRUS McCormick, OLE Cyrus Invented the Machine Pulled > by > Horses > Called A Reaper, The Wheat still had to be tied With that hand of wheat > straws, UNTILL one of Cyrus's Slaves figured out how to Make a GADGET that > would > > Tie the Wheat with TWINE Then > the machine was Called A binder. A man by the Name of Deering Built a > Tractor Those two Joined Forces & were Known > AS McCormick & Deering. To International Harvester, Farm Machines & Road > Trucks & today one of the larger Road Truck > Builders is Navistar. JUST Wondering How many People have been Connected > Along the Way & Have Traveled VA U S RT 11 & I-81 have ever thought of > what > Started Along Near Fairfield & Raphine Va in Augusta County, Va. > > NOW I wonder just how SWEAT Drenched Memories this will bring Back from > the > Boys & YA GOTTA remember those Great Fried Chicken & All of those Fresh > Vegetables that Grand Ma & the Neighbor Women had fixed for Dinner, <WELL > THEN > IT > WAS the Meal in the Middle of the Day, the one after Breakfast, Then some > times there was more than one Farmer that Stacked Together, & every one > SWAPPED > labor, I remember one such Operation in Amherst County Va, A man by the > Name of > GLUNT > Owned the Threshing Machine & it was Powered by What was Called a Horse > Power, There were a Group of Wooden Toungs with one end Fastened to a > Metal > Frame, <ABT 6 of them> Hook a horse to the other end the horses would Walk > around > in a circle turning the Part similar to the Ring Gear in the rear of a > car > that Ring Gear meshed into A Cog Wheel That was Fastened to a Long Shaft > That > had > a Pulley Wheel With a Belt That went to the Threshing Machine. MR. Glunt > Made > his Last Threshing in 1931 up Peters Hollow BY Bear Mountain, Something > Happened to the Machine on the way out of the Hollow, THE machine Sit on > my > Daddys > Farm until Holloween & __?? Some of my Rucker Cousins & Who Else?? <I was > only > 5 YEARS OLD> Turned the Machine over. NOW this is Right much Like what > Happened. > JEST thought I,d Jar ya Memory, MOUNTAIN COUSINS & Others. > > CUZ A T <[email protected]> > > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== > Have spare time? The USGenWeb Census Project needs you! To volunteer or > view > transcribed censuses, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== > Find tons of Amherst County info at the Amherst County VAGenWeb Project! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaamhers/ > >

AT powelljr you do my heart good. I am a 46 year old man who is IN LOVE w/ the history in Amherst Co and farming there. My dad grew up there. We were harris and Pleasants. I own DUNCAN HILL now and have a Mr Rucker living directly beside me. Thank you so much for the story / info. ps we will be up in amherst County in Pedlar Mills May 26 to June 1. Are you in the area for us to shake hands and meet. Scott Harris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 2 May 2006 02:06:10 EDT Subject: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE CUZ BUCKY YA Said Fairfield Va. I wonder if you know that One of the Largest Farm machinery Business & Road Truck's originated in That Little Village. Have any of Y,ALL Cousins ever Cut Wheat with a Cradle, YA know with A long Blade on a handle With 4 wooden fingers TOOK a MAN to Swing a Cradle, Then one would follow along Gather the Wheat in an arm full & with a hand full of the Straws Tie a Bundle, Shock it in the Field Then Haul it in & Stack it & wait until the Threshing Machine Came Around. NOW to get to the event that made Fairfield, Va. FAMIOUS__?? WAS a Fellow Known as the Inventor, <there was some Connection between Him & My Hudson Family> CYRUS McCormick, OLE Cyrus Invented the Machine Pulled by Horses Called A Reaper, The Wheat still had to be tied With that hand of wheat straws, UNTILL one of Cyrus's Slaves figured out how to Make a GADGET that would Tie the Wheat with TWINE Then the machine was Called A binder. A man by the Name of Deering Built a Tractor Those two Joined Forces & were Known AS McCormick & Deering. To International Harvester, Farm Machines & Road Trucks & today one of the larger Road Truck Builders is Navistar. JUST Wondering How many People have been Connected Along the Way & Have Traveled VA U S RT 11 & I-81 have ever thought of what Started Along Near Fairfield & Raphine Va in Augusta County, Va. NOW I wonder just how SWEAT Drenched Memories this will bring Back from the Boys & YA GOTTA remember those Great Fried Chicken & All of those Fresh Vegetables that Grand Ma & the Neighbor Women had fixed for Dinner, <WELL THEN IT WAS the Meal in the Middle of the Day, the one after Breakfast, Then some times there was more than one Farmer that Stacked Together, & every one SWAPPED labor, I remember one such Operation in Amherst County Va, A man by the Name of GLUNT Owned the Threshing Machine & it was Powered by What was Called a Horse Power, There were a Group of Wooden Toungs with one end Fastened to a Metal Frame, <ABT 6 of them> Hook a horse to the other end the horses would Walk around in a circle turning the Part similar to the Ring Gear in the rear of a car that Ring Gear meshed into A Cog Wheel That was Fastened to a Long Shaft That had a Pulley Wheel With a Belt That went to the Threshing Machine. MR. Glunt Made his Last Threshing in 1931 up Peters Hollow BY Bear Mountain, Something Happened to the Machine on the way out of the Hollow, THE machine Sit on my Daddys Farm until Holloween & __?? Some of my Rucker Cousins & Who Else?? <I was only 5 YEARS OLD> Turned the Machine over. NOW this is Right much Like what Happened. JEST thought I,d Jar ya Memory, MOUNTAIN COUSINS & Others. CUZ A T <[email protected]> ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== Have spare time? The USGenWeb Census Project needs you! To volunteer or view transcribed censuses, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/

BUCKY YA Said Fairfield Va. I wonder if you know that One of the Largest Farm machinery Business & Road Truck's originated in That Little Village. Have any of Y,ALL Cousins ever Cut Wheat with a Cradle, YA know with A long Blade on a handle With 4 wooden fingers TOOK a MAN to Swing a Cradle, Then one would follow along Gather the Wheat in an arm full & with a hand full of the Straws Tie a Bundle, Shock it in the Field Then Haul it in & Stack it & wait until the Threshing Machine Came Around. NOW to get to the event that made Fairfield, Va. FAMIOUS__?? WAS a Fellow Known as the Inventor, <there was some Connection between Him & My Hudson Family> CYRUS McCormick, OLE Cyrus Invented the Machine Pulled by Horses Called A Reaper, The Wheat still had to be tied With that hand of wheat straws, UNTILL one of Cyrus's Slaves figured out how to Make a GADGET that would Tie the Wheat with TWINE Then the machine was Called A binder. A man by the Name of Deering Built a Tractor Those two Joined Forces & were Known AS McCormick & Deering. To International Harvester, Farm Machines & Road Trucks & today one of the larger Road Truck Builders is Navistar. JUST Wondering How many People have been Connected Along the Way & Have Traveled VA U S RT 11 & I-81 have ever thought of what Started Along Near Fairfield & Raphine Va in Augusta County, Va. NOW I wonder just how SWEAT Drenched Memories this will bring Back from the Boys & YA GOTTA remember those Great Fried Chicken & All of those Fresh Vegetables that Grand Ma & the Neighbor Women had fixed for Dinner, <WELL THEN IT WAS the Meal in the Middle of the Day, the one after Breakfast, Then some times there was more than one Farmer that Stacked Together, & every one SWAPPED labor, I remember one such Operation in Amherst County Va, A man by the Name of GLUNT Owned the Threshing Machine & it was Powered by What was Called a Horse Power, There were a Group of Wooden Toungs with one end Fastened to a Metal Frame, <ABT 6 of them> Hook a horse to the other end the horses would Walk around in a circle turning the Part similar to the Ring Gear in the rear of a car that Ring Gear meshed into A Cog Wheel That was Fastened to a Long Shaft That had a Pulley Wheel With a Belt That went to the Threshing Machine. MR. Glunt Made his Last Threshing in 1931 up Peters Hollow BY Bear Mountain, Something Happened to the Machine on the way out of the Hollow, THE machine Sit on my Daddys Farm until Holloween & __?? Some of my Rucker Cousins & Who Else?? <I was only 5 YEARS OLD> Turned the Machine over. NOW this is Right much Like what Happened. JEST thought I,d Jar ya Memory, MOUNTAIN COUSINS & Others. CUZ A T <[email protected]>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: mays,john Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BAC.2ACE/1124.1 Message Board Post: I know Elsie Mays who married Carroll Mays and their daughter is interested in this also. e-mail me and I will forward it to her and see if she wants to reply.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rucker, Pendleton, Harrison, Cox Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BAC.2ACE/1369 Message Board Post: Amherst County; Will Book IV, page 317 Know all men by the presents, that we Reuben Pendleton, Moses Rucker & Richard Harrison are held and firmly bound unto Wm Harris, Josiah Ellis, Wm Warwick, Wm Loving & Wm B Hare [could be Ware] Gentlemen Justices of the Court of Amherst County, now Setting is the sum of five hundred pounds current money of Virginia to be paid to the said justices or their successors for the use of the said commonwealth, which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves jointly and severally, our joint and several heirs firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this 17th day of June 1798. The Condition of the above bound Reuben Pendleton is this day by the Court appointed Guardian to John Cox orphan of Archelous Cox deceased. Now if the said Reuben Pendleton shall well and truly save harmless and indemnify the said Justices and their successors in the aforesaid apponitment, and shall also in every respect discharge his duty as a Guardian aforesaid, then the above obligation to be void, or else to remain in full force and virtue. s/W S Crawford s/Reuben Pendleton [seal] s/Richard Harrison [seal] s/Moses Rucker [seal] At a Court held for Amherst County 17th day of June 1798 This Bond was acknowledged in open Court by the subscribers and ordered to be recorded. Teste

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Thanks, Cousin A.T., We all need to be reminded what an evil person Walter Plecker was. Do you know, he actually was correspoonding in the 1930s with Joseph Goebbels about how Germany handled it's "Jewish problem". Many Indians in VA were sterilized because of this man. My grandmother's family, who were going by the name of Wood in Campbell Co., were among the people who were discriminated against by Plecker. Many of them were listed as Mulatto or Negro on official records, and only recently discovered this. Plecker made people afraid to talk about their heritage. Think of the number of people in VA who do not know their cultural heritage because of this man! Just my two cents! Jean Spradlin-Miller Birmingham, AL Spradlin, Stinnett, Childress, Hubbell, Nichols, etc.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BAC.2ACE/1028.1.1.1.5 Message Board Post: Hello, Are you still willing to do look-ups? If so, am interested in the following: Valentine Cox George McDaniel Archelous Cox Tinsley's Rucker's Pendleton's Would be so ever grateful. B~

Local Registrars, Physicians, Health Offices, Nurses, School Superintendents, and Clerks of the Courts Dear Co-workers: Our December 1942 letter to local registrars, also mailed to the clerks, set forth the determined effort to escape from the negro race of groups of "free issues," or descendents of the "free mulattoes" of early days, so listed prior to 1865 in the United States census and various types of State records, as distinguished from slave negroes. Now that these people are playing up the advantages gained by being permitted to give "Indian" as the race of the child's parents on birth certificates, so we see the great mistake made in not stopping earlier the organized propagation of this racial falsehood. They have been using the advantage thus gained as an aid to intermarriage into the white race and to attend white schools, and now for some time they have been refusing to register with war draft boards as negroes, as required by the boards which are faithfully performing their duties. Three fo these negroes from Caroline County were sentenced to prison on January 12 in the United States Court at Richmond for refusing to obey the draft law unless permitted to classify themselves as "Indians." Some of these mongrels, finding that they have been able to sneak in their birth certificates unchallenged as Indians are now making a rush to register as white. Upon investigation we find that a few local registars have been permitting such certificates to pass through their hands unquestioned and without warning our office of the fraud. Those attempting this fraud should be warned that they are liable to a penalty of one year in the penitentiary (Section 5099a of the Code). Several clerks have likewise been actually granting them licenses to marry whites, or at least to marry amongst themselves as Indian or white. The danger of this error always confronts the clerk who does not inquire carefully as to the residence of the woman when he does not have positive information. The law is explicit that the license be issued by the clerk of the county or city in which the woman resides. To aid all of you in determining just which are the mixed families, we have made a list of their surnames by counties and cities, as complete as possible at this time. This list should be preserved by all, even by those in counties and cities not included, as these people are moving around over the State and changing race at the new place. A family has just been investigated which was always recorded as negro around Glade Springs, Washington County, but which changed to white and married as such in Roanoke County. This is going on constantly and can be prevented only by care on the part of local registrars, clerks, doctors, health workers, and school authorities. Please report all known or suspicious cases to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, giving names, ages, parents, and as much other information as possible. All certificates of these people showing "Indian" or "white" are now being rejected and returned to the physician or midwife, but local registrars hereafter must not permit them to pass their hands uncorrected or unchallenged and without a note of warning to us. One hundred and fifty thousand other mulattoes in Virginia are watching eagerly the attempt of their pseudo-Indian brethren, ready to follow in a rush when the first have made a break in the dike. Very truly yours, W.A. Plecker, M.D. State Registrar of Vital Statistics Page 2 - SURNAMES, BY COUNTIES AND CITIES - VIRGINIA FAMILIES STRIVING TO PASS AS "INDIAN" AND/OR WHITE Albemarle: Moon, Powell, Kidd, Pumphrey Amherst: (Migrants to Allegheney and Campbell) Adcock (Adcox), Beverly (this famiy is now trying to evade the situation by adopting the name of Burch or Birch, which was the name of the white mother of the present adult generation), Branham, Duff, Floyd, Hamilton, Hartless, Hicks, Johns, Lawless, Nukles (Knuckles), Painter, Ramsey, Redcross, Roberts, Southwards (Suthards, Southerds, Southers), Sorrells, Terry, Tyree, Willis, Clark, Cash, Wood Bedford: McVey, Maxey, Branham, Burley (See Amherst County) Rockbridge: (Migrants to Augusta) Cash, Clark, Coleman, Duff, Floyd, Hartless, Hicks, Mason, Mayse (Mays), Painters, Pults, Ramsey, Southerds (Southers, Southards, Suthards), Sorrell, Terry, Tyree, Wood, Johns Charles City: Collins, Dennis, Bradby, Howell, Langston, Stewart, Wynn, Custalow (Custaloo), Dungoe, Holmes, Miles, Page, Allmond, Adams, Hawkes, Spurlock, Doggett New Kent: Collins, Bradby, Stewart, Wynn, Adkins, Langston Henrico and Richmond City: See Charles City, New Kent, and King William Caroline: Byrd, Fortune, Nelson. (See Essex) Essex and King and Queen: Nelson, Fortune, Byrd, Cooper, Tate, Hammond, Brooks, Boughton, Prince, Mitchell, Robinson Elizabeth City & Newport News: Stewart (descendants of Charles City families). Halifax: Epps (Eppes), Stewart (Stuart), Coleman, Johnson, Martin, Talley, Sheppard (Shepard), Young. Norfolk County & Portsmouth: Sawyer, Bass, Weaver, Locklear (Locklair), King, Bright, Porter Westmoreland: Sorrells, Worlds (or Worrell), Atwells, Butridge, Okiff. Greene: Shifflett, Shiflet Prince William: Tyson, Segar. (See Fauquier) Fauquier: Hoffman (Huffman), Riley, Colvin, Phillips. (See Prince William) Lancaster: Dorsey (Dawson) Washington: Beverly, Barlow, Thomas, Hughes, Lethcoe, Worley Roanoke County: Beverly (See Washington) Lee and Smyth: Collins, Gibson, (Gipson), Moore, Goins, Ramsey, Delph, Bunch, Freeman, Mise, Barlow, Bolden (Bolin), Mullins, Hawkins Scott: Dingus (See Lee County) Russell: Keith, Castell, Stillwell, Meade, Proffitt. (See Lee and Tazewell) Tazewell: Hammed, Duncan. (See Russell) Wise: See Lee, Scott, Smyth, and Russell Counties. YOU SEE PEOPLE PLECKER HAD VERY LITTLE CONCERN FOR PEOPLE. ONLY for his IDEA to Destroy. AT <[email protected]>  

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Marsh1124 Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BAC.2ACE/194.516.2 Message Board Post: James Stewart, I am the granddaughter of Benjamin Marsh & Alice Saulsbury. I saw your message if I can be of any help to you with family info. please get in touch. I have talk to your Aunt Alice, to see if she know how to get in touch with you. I did not know you mother personally but we were cousins. Your grandfather and my father were brothers. I have talked to your Aunt Alice many times, That is how she knows that she is named after our grandmother Alice. She did not know this untill I told her. There are two more of us named after her. Myself and another cousin that lives in Richmond, our middle name is Alice. I was the one that sent your Aunt Alice the copy of your grandfather Benjamin and Effie Wood marriage registration.Please let me know if I can be of any help.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: schaar Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BAC.2ACE/1368 Message Board Post: If anyone relative of Schaars please e-mail me at [email protected]

We are so sorry for your loss. Jackie was related to me through the Tyree's and Goin's. She will be sadly missed. She helped me get past a great block in my family tree and I will always be grateful. Tina > > From: [email protected] > Date: 2006/04/23 Sun AM 08:27:19 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] THIS IS A WILMER- SALE-STINNETT-- DESCENDANT > > I regretfuly announce that countryg [Jackie} passesdaway on April > 14,2006,Therefore there will be no longer any assistacce from Jackie, > > Respectfully > > Countryg's hsband > > Angelo > > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== > Thank you, Rootsweb, for making this list possible! > http://www.rootsweb.com > >

I regretfuly announce that countryg [Jackie} passesdaway on April 14,2006,Therefore there will be no longer any assistacce from Jackie, Respectfully Countryg's hsband Angelo