Janet, there are people who scour genealogy sites and other sites to glean e-mail addresses for spam purposes. You might be able to get rid of them by going to your in-box assistant and instructing it to delete their posts from your server. I get a lot of spam because I sometimes write letters to the editor of on-line newspapers and I think they may get my addy that way. Also, when I forward something, I take care to remove headers like this so I won't give the e-mail addy to anyone else. -----Original Message----- From: Janet B <genie2500@yahoo.com> To: VAAMHERS-L@rootsweb.com <VAAMHERS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 6:22 AM Subject: [VAAMHERS-L] moved e-mail & lookups Not everyone does that because they may not know that if someone wants to use that info to spam they can. I understand that hotmail has some sort of filter to protect from spam. Good luck! Ann Wilmer

Am searching for the parents/siblings of Zachariah Peters who married Kessiah Lively on 18 November 1794 in Amherst County, VA. My research has led me to believe that the surnames Peter & Peters are interchangeable. In Amherst County VA Deeds, 1761-1807 we find the following: 7 Feb 1800. RICH. BREEDLOVE & wife MILDRED, to NELSON ANDERSON for $300, 180 acres branches S fork Rockfish. Lines: JNO. BALL, WM. KEY, Glade Road, WM. CABELL, JAS. NEVIL. THOS. KEYS. Wit: ZACH. NEVIL, ELISHA PETERS, ZACH. PETERS, CAREL EADS. This is the only evidence found so far that links Zachariah Peters to a contemporary of the same surname. Because of this, I believe that Zachariah & Elisha may be brothers or cousins. The hunt for Zachariah Peters 1st led myself & some other Peters' researchers to Amherst County, VA & a Rev. William Peter(s). According to a biography posted at ancestry.com, William Peter(s) was a minister of the Church of England who settled in VA in 1750 & who died in 1773. That same biography tells us that one of William Peter(s)' children was Elisha Peters who married Cynthia Turner on 17 February 1806 in Amherst County, VA. There is also another Amherst County marriage of an Elisha Peters to Jane Tiller on 1 June 1792. I do not know if these 2 marriages contain the same or different grooms. According to other information, the Rev. William Peter(s), father of Elisha, came from England with 2 brothers -- Richard Peter & John Peter, Jr. Another researcher has told us that Amherst County records indicate that land was purchased by William, Richard & John, Jr. in 1760. This land was in Albemarle County at the time. Can anyone tell me more about this Peter/Peters family? Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you in advance for any information or guidance in this matter. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=485 Surname: ------------------------- Was searching new updates on Cyndie's List and found this link to a Rippeto, etc. website. Couldn't forget that name from these queries. ;) Good luck everyone! Deborah Kay Rippeto website: http://members.home.net/reppeto/index.htm

To the Amherst and Nelson County lists, Due to annoying and offensive spam I've been receiving to this address, I'm going to remove this e-mail account. I have been to the Amherst historical museum and done some of the requested general birth lookups- MOON, JOHNS, HAMILTON, and BRANHAM but haven't got to go to the courthouse. Thank you for being patient on the lookups. I will rejoin the list after cancelling this account and after I finish reporting the addresses of the spam senders to their internet providers. At that time, I will post the information I have. As I have used this account for only 5 rootsweb mailing lists, I'm interested as to how I got on a spam list in the first place. Thanks, Janet __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=484 Surname: MITCHELL, MAGANN ------------------------- I have a Mary MITCHELL c1810 married to John D. MAGANN c1810 in Amherst Co., VA on 15 Mar 1830. Regards, Kelley

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=483 Surname: OGDEN, COFFEY, WHITE, WARE, MAGANN, FOSTER ------------------------- I have an OGDEN in my family tree. I am not directly descended...Sallie and Lucy WHITE are sisters of my gggfather. 1 Zachariah OGDEN / ..+Eliza UNKNOWN / ....2 Sarah Jane OGDEN b: 22 Oct 1833 d: 17 Jan 1924/ ......+Charles Edward COFFEY b: 30 Nov 1832 m: 14 Feb 1854 in Amherst Co., VA d: 13 Feb 1924/ ........3 Charles COFFEY b: 9 Nov 1859 d: 29 May 1921/ ..........+Sallie M. WHITE b: 6 Sep 1857 m: 6 Nov 1880 in Amherst Co., VA d: 7 May 1891/ ........3 Pitt Woodruff COFFEY b: abt. 1855 / ..........+Lucy Parks WHITE b: 6 Oct 1863 m: 3 Oct 1881 d: 12 Nov 1937 Also have Ludrick WARE married to Susannah MAGANN c1831 and an L. A. WARE married to Vera FOSTER.

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=482 Surname: BROWN, WHITE, PEARL, DODD, CARPENTER, FLOYD, WAUGH, JENNINGS ------------------------- Can you tell me if you have a Charlie Marshall BROWN descended from any of your BROWN's? He married Ila Susan WHITE (1872-1952)in 1891 probably in Amherst co., VA but not sure. Issue: Bertram A. (b1892), Addie M. married Unk. PEARL, Ervin E. married Alma Unk., Gladys married Will W. DODD, Zelia married Hannon CARPENTER, Maggie married Howard FLOYD, Bessie married Ashly WAUGH, Henry, Arlene married Harold JENNINGS. Thanks, Kelley

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=481 Surname: COFFEY, RIPPETO, DUFF, OGDEN, WHITE, TREVEY, MASON, SEAY ------------------------- Don't know if this will help but thought I would post it anyway. I am researching the WHITE family and related surnames in Amherst Co., VA. The majority of this info is from other researchers with the exception of the WHITE info which is from the WHITE family bible. Descendants of Jordon Coffey 1 Jordon COFFEY / ..+Elizabeth RIPPETOE m: 21 Feb 1803 / ....2 John Jack COFFEY b: abt. 1809 d: Unknown/ ......+Elizabeth 'Betsy' DUFF b: abt. 1805 in Fluvanna Co., VA d: 14 Aug 1871/ ........3 Charles Edward COFFEY b: 30 Nov 1832 d: 13 Feb 1924/ ..........+Sarah Jane OGDEN b: 22 Oct 1833 m: 14 Feb 1854 in Amherst Co., VA d: 17 Jan 1924/ ............4 Charles COFFEY b: 9 Nov 1859 d: 29 May 1921/ ..............+Sallie M. WHITE b: 6 Sep 1857 m: 6 Nov 1880 in Amherst Co., VA d: 7 May 1891/ ................5 Lollie/Lottie COFFEY b: 21 Dec 1881 d: 1939/ ..................+Moses Hill TREVEY / ................5 Ashby D. COFFEY b: 25 Feb 1883 d: 23 Jul 1929/ ................5 Inez COFFEY b: 13 Apr 1885 / ................5 Beulah COFFEY b: 25 Oct 1889 / ..................+Leonard Tyree MASON / ................5 Hettie COFFEY b: 2 Apr 1888 / ................5 Hester COFFEY / ............4 Pitt Woodruff COFFEY b: abt. 1855 / ..............+Lucy Parks WHITE b: 6 Oct 1863 m: 3 Oct 1881 d: 12 Nov 1937/ ................5 Vernie COFFEY b: 23 Sep 1882 / ..................+Robert L. SEAY / ........3 Unknown COFFEY / ........3 Unknown COFFEY / ........3 Unknown COFFEY / ........3 Unknown COFFEY / ........3 Unknown COFFEY / ......*2nd Wife of John Jack COFFEY: / ......+UNKNOWN

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=480 Surname: Hambleton, Hamilton, Coffey ------------------------- Hi, I am from the the Hamilton & Coffey families. Would be glad to send you the information I have on my families if you are interested. Some of my information was documented by Jami Hamilton a Cousin from Guam. Lorraine Link: Littlewolfs Monacan Indian sister site URL: <http://geo.to/littlewolf-monacan>

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=478 Surname: RIPPETO, RIPPETOE, HAMILTON, BROWN, COFFEE, MAYS, HILL, TAYLOR, HAMILTON ------------------------- Other researchers tell me that Peter Oglesby RIPPETO and first wife Millie HAMILTON were the parents of James RIPPETO b. ca 1767 who married Nancy BROWN; John RIPPETO b. ca 1760 who married Abigail STRICKLAN; Wm RIPPETO ; Mary "Polly" b. ca 1760 who mar. Wm. COFFEE jr.; Malinda "Millie" RIPPETO who mar. John MAYS; Sarah "Sallie" RIPPETO who mar. Pleasant HILL; Susannah RIPPETO who mar. Zachariah BROWN; Elizabeth RIPPETO who mar. Jordan COFFEE; Peter Rippeto who mar. Martha TAYLOR; Nancy RIPPETO who mar. Robert HAMILTON; and Sarah RIPPETO who mar. John HAMILTON. I have not documented all of this and as you can see there are two Sarahs listed. I don't know about that. One researcher believes that Sary or Sarah RIPPETO, wife of Peter O. was the widow Sarah HENRY. I don't believe this to be correct. Sarah HENRY died in 1785 and her will was probated 2nd May 1785. Peter and wife Sary were listed in the 1802 Amherst co. VA deeds. Peter Oglesby RIPPETO was supposedly the son of John and Elizabeth RIPPETO or RIPPETOE.

Washington County , va. surveyors records 1781-1797 Page 134 Joseph Fugate, assignee of James Hill...385 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on both sides of the upper north fork of Clinch River...Beginning corner to Samuel Fowler...near a path...crossing a Mill Pond...at the mouth of a branch...May 24, 1783 - James Hill...400 ac...on the Rich lands on the north fork of Clinch River, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1775...August 30, 1781 - Assigned to Joseph Fugate by purchase on February 20, 1783. Signed: James Hill. Witness: Robert Preston Hope this will help someone. I am researching the Hill family from Amherst co., Va. who moved to Russell /Scott Co., Va. in 1806. I found this James Hill. Is anyone researching this line? I can't tie him to my family. Thanks, Shirley

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=476 Surname: ------------------------- Amherst County. Amazon.com lists books by Bailey Davis. The Amherst County Public Library has a set. Bailey's wife lives in Lynchburg, VA and I know his son. The family doesn't loan their books, but the surrounding libraries have copies. The books are very informative and I am planning to order one from Amazon.com.

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=475 Surname: Rippeto, Coffey ------------------------- Amherst County Marriage Book lists marriage of Polly Rippeto(e), daughter of Peter and Sarah to William Coffey Jr. b. 1762, on 11-02-1790. Peter and Sarah had another daughter, Elizabeth, who married Jordan Coffey 02-21-1803. I realize this is a silly question, since I live in Amherst County now, but how many Peter Rippetos could there have been in Amherst County in 1790? I have a great deal of Coffey information if you're interested.

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=474 Surname: Tomlin, Reynolds, Gay, Smoot, Smith ------------------------- John Henry Tomlin married Lettie Reynolds Before 1896 had 3 sons Jessie James, Edward and Lin who married 3 Tomlin sisters Blanche, Josdie and Lockey. The girls parents were J.H. and Lethia Tomlin. Dora Smoot married Early Gay 3-1-1887. She was born in Amherst County daughter of James Hemry Smoot and Mary Ann Smith Smoot

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=473 Surname: kidd, Bryant, Oaks, Ham ------------------------- My 5 grgrandfather Zacharias Kidd mar Stella Bryant in Amherst Co,Va Aug10,1804.Could anyone know if a copy of these marriage licences exsists?Where would you get copy. Zacharias was in land lottery,he recived 5o acres along Buck creek,in Lincoln Co,Ky.Stella died before 1852,he mar2 Emily Ham in Lincoln co,kyRecorded book 5,page7 on nov1822 Zacharias (zachariah)signs land Platt over to his ch,frances,William,Milly,James,Sophia,nancy,Bryant,and rosanna Kidd. One ch not mention was Gaven (Green) kidd,he mar Anna Oaks,in Lincoln Co,Ky.Most lived there

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=472 Surname: Hartless, Tyree ------------------------- Looking for information on Benjamin Hartless, his spouse, Sofrona, and his parents. Benjamin was born in 1813. He was in Amherst in 1850 for the census. By then he was married to Sofrona and had a daughter Mary Jane Hartless, b 1848 in Amherst. She later married Andrew Jackson Tyree. Any information would be a help.

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=471 Surname: Griffin, Callaham, Calliham, Carter, Bradley ------------------------- I am looking for info on Thomas Griffin b bet 1700-1730 in Amherst County, VA and died probably in Edgefield County, SC. Wife unknown. Definite son was Absalom Griffin who married Susannah Calliham. Other probable children were John, Ely, Thomas, Anthret, Mary, and Winnie.

Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=470 Surname: tomlinson ------------------------- I am kin to the Tomlinson's in Amherst County.My g.father was James Smith Tomlinson and his father was Thomas J.Tomlinson. Let me know if this helps.

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> >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 21:46:43 -0400 >From: Linda Lewis <cityslic@ix.netcom.com> >To: VAGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <39692B03.FA12B2D0@ix.netcom.com> >Subject: [VAGEN-L] [Fwd: [VAROOTS] Attention, descendants of these 119 VA. >men !!] >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >This is something you might want to share with your county researchers >and/or county mailing lists. > >Linda > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: [VAROOTS] Attention, descendants of these 119 VA. men !! >Resent-Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 14:41:02 -0700 >Resent-From: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 17:38:48 -0400 >From: "Beth Bond" <suntanr2@att.net> >To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > >Hello all, > There is an advertisement in the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper >today. > > It lists 119 men who appeared on the oldest page of one of the old >newspapers of Richmond, >THE DAILY DISPATCH. > > Now the current Richmond Times-Dispatch is looking for any descendnats >of >these men whom I will list below. > >They plan to highlight some representative descendnats to include in the >150th anniversary edition of the >R T-D. > > Now there are no dates of birth or ages listed just the names, that is >all >the paper gave. > > You can go by the fact that they must have all been grown men by 1850. > > Also when you contact the reporters, just tell them you are writing >about >the ad. > >Contact these reporters by JULY 15th! > >Gregory GILLIGAN at (804) 649-6379 >or ggilligan@timesdispatch.com > >Jerry LINDQUIST at (804) 649-6323 >or JLINDQUIST@timesdispatch.com > >Please though know for sure you are a descendant. I am sure they only >want >people who are positive. > >Here are the men from the 1850 paper: > >HUGH R. PLEASANTS >WILLIAM LAMBERT >S. T. PULLIAM >J. L. TATE >EDWIN FARRAR >L. CARRINGTON >THOS. COWLES >ALFRED INLOES >JOHN J. LONDON >JAMES EVANS >GEO. FISHER >THOMAS TYRER >J. C. WINGFIELD >L. W. GLAZEBROOK >CHARLES HOWARD >R. O. HASKINS >B. TATE >S. CULLEN >J. M. CARRINGTON >J. M. TALBOTT >G. A. MYERS >H. EXALL >L. W. CHAMBERLAYNE >WELLINGTON GODDIN >C. DIMMOCK >D. J. SAUNDERS >WILLIAM C. ALLEN >S. D. DENOO >W. P. SHEPARD >JOHN DOVE >JAMES J. GARDNER >EDWIN WORTHAM >SAMUEL REEVE >M. BATES >P. V. DANIEL JR. >SAMUEL PUTNEY >T. SAMPSON >G. HANES >M. L. STRATTON >J. GODDIN >J. M. FURGUSSON >J. A. STARKE >R. T. ADHINS or Adkins? >CLEMENT WHITE >D. S. DELAPLANE >S. BRITTAIN >JNO. H. FREEMAN >G. BAKER >DR. JOHN N. POWELL >J. H. STROBLA >S. M. BOCKIUS >E. BURTON >D. M. MILLER >J. WRIGHT >J. F. KEESEE >J. A. HOBSON >T. LEE >J. W. SMITH >A. MICHAELS >CT. W. R. RICHARDSON >R. T. WICKER >W. BURKE >MARK DOWNEY >H. VAN BUREN >T. DIDDEP >J. B. VALENTINE >SAM'l HARDGROVE >SAMUEL F. ADIE >MICHAEL GRETTER >DR. A. F. PETICOLAS >JOHN F. WREN >S. C. MACON >J. M. SHEPPARD JR. >WM. Y. SHEPPARD >THOS. C. BIRCH >T. T. JOHNSON >W. GAY >W. T. BLAIR >MR. DE FLIE >H. BALDWIN >E. W. DE VOSS >J. A. LANCASTER >R. H. MAURY >J. B. MORTON >H. T. PAIRO & CO. >C. W. PURCELL & CO. >T. M. ALFRIEND >W. H. HUBBARD >JAMES C. CRANE >JNO. GAYNOR >J. ENDERS >J. J. FRY >H. L. KENT >J. MYERS >W. PALMER >J. E. WADSWORTH >J. THOMPSON >A. DUVAL >JNO. N. GORDON >WM. BEERS >B. W. KNOWLES >J. Y. MASON >W. P. MUNFORD >WALTER GWYNN >J. H. GARDNER >W. H. CHRISTIAN >G. STEELE >H. W. FRY >H. L. KENT >R. DUDLEY >F. JAMES >ROBT. M. BURTON >WM. C. TOMPKINS >H. A. WATT >W. BOOTH >W. C. WALTHALL >T. C. RICE >T. A. RUST >J. M. SUBLETT > > > > > >==== VAROOTS Mailing List ==== ************* Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx