Hello all: I am looking for information on Joseph CANTERBERRY/CANTERBURY who married Ruth SIMMS. He was in the Rev. War and I lose track of him after the Battle of Brandywine. Since he was in the VA 6th Continental Line it is possible he was taken prisoner or killed. Have not been able to find info indicating either. I also find the following info: "Ruth Canterbury of Amherst, is last listed in Amherst in October 1778 receiving aid as wife of a poor soldier in the Continental Army". Can anyone provide any information on this couple? Will willingly share any info I have if interested. Each of these names have variant spellings. Anyone else working on these names? Thanks.

Good website: http://eagle.vsla.edu/conpen Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net

Researching WHITE, PARKS, MAGANN, HILL, SHEPHERD and to a lesser degree COFFEY, DOWNEY, BROWN, DAMERON, FOSTER of Amherst Co., VA and surrounding areas. Thanks, Kelley http://lilyeag.home.mindspring.com/surnames.htm Descendants of William White 1 William WHITE 1788 - 1843 . +Mary PARKS 1800 - 1840 .... 2 Henry Arthur WHITE 1822 - 1891 ........ +Elizabeth P. DAMERON 1832 - 1858 ........... 3 George F. WHITE 1848 - 1855 ........... 3 Ella C. WHITE 1851 - 1961 ........... 3 Ida S. WHITE 1853 - 1860 ........... 3 Cathyrn M. WHITE 1855 - ........... 3 Sallie M. WHITE 1857 - 1891 ............... +Charlie COFFEY .... *2nd Wife of Henry Arthur WHITE: ........ +Eliza Ann MAGANN 1835 - 1896 ........... 3 George Henry WHITE 1861 - ............... +Jennie Lester SHEPHERD 1871 - 1956 ........... 3 Lucy Parks WHITE 1863 - 1937 ............... +Pitt COFFEY ........... 3 Henry Ann WHITE 1865 - 1880 ........... 3 Archie Dibnell WHITE 1867 - 1939 ............... +Emma Belle DOWNEY ........... 3 Ila Susan WHITE 1872 - 1952 ............... +Charlie M. BROWN ........... 3 Elizabeth Florence WHITE 1875 - 1957 ............... +Robert D. DAMERON ........... 3 Willie Mackie WHITE 1879 - 1959 ............... +Edward R. FOSTER .... 2 Ida WHITE .... 2 George WHITE .... 2 Kate WHITE .... 2 Unknown WHITE .... 2 Unknown WHITE Descendants of Moses H. Magann 1 Moses H. MAGANN 1802 - 1886 . +Jane W. HILL 1804 - 1889 .... 2 Eliza Ann MAGANN 1835 - 1896 ........ +Henry Arthur WHITE 1822 - 1891

I'm sending this out one last time to see if there are any bites before I send the final results on who we've been able to identify in the Amherst Co. HARVEY marriages. After that we'll move on to another county. Debbie Harvey had sent a message that involved several of these marriages and some additional information has been found. Two others have responded who are looking in their files for more. I won't list all the Harvey Amherst marriages this time - only the ones listed in Debbie's message. "Can anyone provide any additional information on Richard Harvey and Mary Wood, daughter of Josiah Wood of England? Any information on Nicholas Harvey (Harvie) or James Harvie (married to a Miss Steptoe) of Botetourt County? The following information was extracted from a typed sheet (origin unknown). \ Richard Harvie married Mary Wood, daughter of Josiah Wood of England. (heir to an estate worth 7 million dollars in 1845.) Richard Harvey was the father of ten children and it names their children 1st James Harvie who married Rachel Thompson (***James Harvey & Rachel Thompson m 21 Nov 1803, Amherst Co) (*** James pos. dec by 1850, Rachel either 60 or 70, found in Nelson Co census - b 1780 or 1790 - there are 2 Rachel Harveys near the same age in the 1850 census.) John who married Isabella Hawkins etc. (*** John R. Harvie m Isabella S. Hawkins 25 Dec 1837, Nelson Co) 2nd Thomas Harvie who marrie Betsy Seay and had ll children and names children. (***Thomas Harvie and Betsey Seay m 19 Oct 1795, Amherst Co) 3rd Betsey married John Newman (***Betsey Harvey m. John Neuman May 26 1794, Amherst Co) 4th Dollie married Peter Saunders (***-Dollie - Dorothy b 1775, she & Peter found in 1850 Nelson Co; Dolly Harvey & Peter Saunders m Dec 11 1802, Amherst Co) 5th John married Sallie Saunders (***John b 1785, he & Sally found in 1850 Nelson Co cen - John Harvey & S. Saunders m 6 June 1816, Nelson Co) 6th Annie married Joseph Seay (Joseph Seay m Nancy Harvie 27 Dec 1796, Amherst Co) 7th Josiah married Mary Going (*** Joseph b 1775, he & Mary found in Nelson Co, 1850 cen, Joseph Harvey & Polly Going m Dec 18, 1802 Amherst Co) 8th Richard (*** There are two marriages for (A) Richard Harvey listed in Nelson Co. - HARVEY, Richard & DAVIS, Ann 31 Mar1818, and HARVEY, Richard & POWERS, Catherine 08 Apr1828) 9th Sallie died single and 10th William married Paulina Bryant. (*** Wm b 1790 - He and Paulina found in 1850 Nelson Co census; William Harvey & P Bryant m 23 Apr1819, Nelson Co) Across the top of the sheet it mentions a Nicholas Harvie location no known. His sisters married men by name of Kidd and Elisha Peters. James Harvie was married to a Miss Steptoe and lived in Botetourt Co. VA. I'm not sure who these two are in relationship to others. They are listed beside Richard Harvie almost like they are his brothers?????????" Does anyone have any other information to add that might identify who these people are? Sandra dewey_nolan@msn.com

Attn: WOOD, SEAY, SAUNDERS, GOING, NEWMAN/NEUMAN, BRYANT, HARVIE/HARVEY or possible KIDD, PETERS and STEPTOE researchers Hi folks, In our recent set of Virginia HARVEY marriages (Amherst County), we are still missing documentation on the following marriages and your help is needed: 2. John NEUMAN & Betsy HARVIE, 26 May 1794. 5. Peter SAUNDERS & Dolly HARVEY, 11 Dec 1802. 6. Joseph HARVEY & Polly GOING, 18 Dec 1802. 7. James HARVEY & Rachel THOMPSON, 21 Nov 1803. Also, some additional information had come in on the following: 3. Thomas HARVIE & Betsey SEAY, 19 Oct 1795. "Abraham Seay surety". 4. Joseph SEAY & Nancy HARVIE, 27 Dec 1796. "James Harvie surety." Notice that these marriages are all around the same time period and probably have to do with Harvey's in the same generation. Debbie Harvey had come across a piece of paper without reference as to the source indicating that a RICHARD HARVIE and wife MARY, dau of JOSIAH WOOD of Albemarle Co., was the father of a JAMES HARVIE (#7) who married RACHEL THOMPSON (the one listed as surety for #4? - perhaps as her brother?) as well as THOMAS HARVIE who married BETSEY SEAY (#3); BETSEY HARVEY who married JOHN NEWMAN (#2); DOLLY HARVEY who married PETER SAUNDERS (#5); a JOSIAH HARVEY who married MARY GOING (poss. typo or misread of #6) and also a WILLIAM HARVEY who married a PAULINA BRYANT. Two other names, RICHARD and SALLIE HARVIE are also listed as children with no spouses mentioned. If you have any information on these people or anything that might prove or disprove the above, please respond either to me or to the list. Thank you. Sandra dewey_nolan@msn.com

Does anyone have information on John M. Franklin who married (1) Pamela Dawson and (2) Margaret (?). John was the son of Henry Franklin Sr. and Margaret (Hensley)? Need the names of all his children from both marriages and date(s) of marriage... if he was married twice. Also need his wife's, Margaret, maiden name. I believe they lived in Amherst CO., VA, 1700's. Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net

Hello all. I'm looking for any information on ANY of the following people. I'm still new at this so please bear with me. Diane Roy Ladydi371@aol.com Descendants of Jerimiah Crawford Generation No. 1 1. JERIMIAH CRAWFORD was born Abt. 1758. He married REBECCA. More About JERIMIAH CRAWFORD: Census: 1790, Amherst Co. VA More About REBECCA: Census: 1840, Amherst Co. VA Children of JERIMIAH CRAWFORD and REBECCA are: 2. i. JOHN CRAWFORD, b. 1793. 3. ii. ZACHARIAH CRAWFORD, b. 1795, Rockingham Co. VA. 4. iii. JONATHON CRAWFORD, b. 1800, Rockingham Co. VA. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN CRAWFORD (JERIMIAH) was born 1793. He married MATILDA. Children of JOHN CRAWFORD and MATILDA are: i. JANE CRAWFORD, b. 1828. ii. HENRY CRAWFORD, b. 1821. iii. LAWRENCE CRAWFORD, b. 1832. 3. ZACHARIAH CRAWFORD (JERIMIAH's son) was born 1795 in Rockingham Co. VA. He married LEIVY. More About ZACHARIAH CRAWFORD: Census: 1840, Rockingham Co. VA More About LEIVY: Census: 1830, Rockingham Co. VA Children of ZACHARIAH CRAWFORD and LEIVY are: 5. i. JOHN CRAWFORD, b. 1806. 6. ii. OBEDIAH CRAWFORD, b. 1807. 7. iii. GEORGE CRAWFORD, b. 1812. iv. ROBERT CRAWFORD, b. 1821; m. SARAH. More About ROBERT CRAWFORD: Census: 1850, Upshur County WV Census ? More About SARAH: Census: 1840, Rockingham Co. VA v. JOSHUA CRAWFORD, b. 1827. vi. BENJAMIN CRAWFORD, b. 1830. vii. CHARLES CRAWFORD, b. 1836. viii.JANE CRAWFORD, b. 1839. ix. MARGARET CRAWFORD, b. 1842. x. CAROLINE CRAWFORD, b. 1843. 4. JONATHON CRAWFORD (JERIMIAH's son) was born 1800 in Rockingham Co. VA. He married MILLY. More About JONATHON CRAWFORD: Census: 1850, Rockingham Co. VA Children of JONATHON CRAWFORD and MILLY are: i. EDWARD CRAWFORD, b. 1831. ii. ISAAC CRAWFORD, b. 1831. iii. ALFERD CRAWFORD, b. 1836. iv. REBECCA CRAWFORD, b. 1840. Generation No. 3 5. JOHN CRAWFORD (ZACHARIAH's son, JERIMIAH's grandson) was born 1806. He married MARY. More About JOHN CRAWFORD: Census: 1830, Rockingham Co. VA Child of JOHN CRAWFORD and MARY is: i. SARAH A CRAWFORD, b. 1839. 6. OBEDIAH CRAWFORD (ZACHARIAH's son, JERIMIAH's grandson) was born 1807. He married ANNIE WIANT. More About OBEDIAH CRAWFORD: Census: 1860, Upshur County WV Census More About ANNIE WIANT: Census: 1860, Upshur County WV Census Children of OBEDIAH CRAWFORD and ANNIE WIANT are: 8. i. CALLEY CRAWFORD, b. 1827; d. 1862. 9. ii. JOSEPH CRAWFORD, b. May 14, 1829; d. October 16, 1909. iii. SARAH A. CRAWFORD, b. 1834. 10.iv. JOHN CRAWFORD, b. June 16, 1836. v. BARBARA CRAWFORD, b. 1837. vi. AMANDA CRAWFORD, b. 1841. 7. GEORGE CRAWFORD (ZACHARIAH's son, JERIMIAH's grandson) was born 1812. He married MARIA. Children of GEORGE CRAWFORD and MARIA are: i. NANCY S. CRAWFORD, b. 1833. ii. MARY A. CRAWFORD, b. 1836. iii. SARAH C. CRAWFORD, b. 1839. iv. MARTHA CRAWFORD, b. 1841. v. WILLIAM H. H. CRAWFORD, b. 1847. vi. ZACHARIAH CRAWFORD, b. Bet. 1847 - 1849; m. SARAH A.. More About ZACHARIAH CRAWFORD: Census: 1900, Upshur County WV Census Generation No. 4 8. CALLEY CRAWFORD (OBEDIAH's daughter) was born 1827, and died 1862. She met PHILIP RILEY EAGLE. Children of CALLEY CRAWFORD and PHILIP EAGLE are: i. NOAH CRAWFORD, b. 1845. ii. FRANCIS A. CRAWFORD, b. 1846. iii. THOMAS E. CRAWFORD, b. March 11, 1847; d. January 14, 1941. 11. iv. PETER WYANT CRAWFORD, b. February 12, 1859; d. July 10, 1952. 9. JOSEPH CRAWFORD (OBEDIAH's son) was born May 14, 1829, and died October 16, 1909. He married LYDIA M.. More About LYDIA M.: Census: 1860, Upshur County WV Census Children of JOSEPH CRAWFORD and LYDIA M. are: i. HENRY H.5 CRAWFORD, b. 1859. ii. JOSEPH W. CRAWFORD, b. 1861. iii. MARY A. CRAWFORD, b. 1863. iv. SUSANNA CRAWFORD, b. 1866. v. ANNABELLA CRAWFORD, b. 1868. vi. VIOLA CRAWFORD, b. 1870. vii. ALVIN W. CRAWFORD, b. 1886. viii. ROSA CRAWFORD, b. 1886. 10. JOHN CRAWFORD (OBEDIAH's son) was born June 16, 1836. He married MARY. More About JOHN CRAWFORD: Census: 1850, Upshur County WV Census Children of JOHN CRAWFORD and MARY are: i. JOHN W. CRAWFORD, b. October 1880. ii. JAMES CRAWFORD, b. May 1883. iii. CHARLES R. CRAWFORD, b. February 1886. iv. LAURA A. CRAWFORD, b. February 1886. v. REITA M.CRAWFORD, b. October 1888. Generation No. 5 11. PETER WYANT CRAWFORD (CALLEY's son) was born February 12, 1859, and died July 10, 1952. He met (1) FRANCES. He married (2) ANNA REBECCA RIFFLE September 03, 1890. Child of PETER CRAWFORD and FRANCES is: i. EDDIE CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1874. Children of PETER CRAWFORD and ANNA RIFFLE are: 12. ii. PETER EARLY CRAWFORD, b. April 08, 1891. 13. iii. ROY HAZELTON CRAWFORD, b. June 07, 1892; d. December 21, 1979. 14. iv. MARY LOUISA CRAWFORD, b. July 23, 1893; d. 1977. 15. v. CLARENCE WYANT CRAWFORD, b. September 13, 1894; d. 1974. 16. vi. LAURA ANN CRAWFORD, b. December 14, 1895; d. December 27, 1987. vii. THOMAS WHITMAN CRAWFORD, b. March 25, 1897. viii. COSBY BIRDET CRAWFORD, b. August 13, 1899; m. GRANT ROBY. ix. LOY ATKINSON CRAWFORD, b. October 18, 1902; d. April 10, 1990. x. SARAH MAE CRAWFORD, b. June 29, 1904; d. January 16, 1990. xi. CHARLES OBEDIAH CRAWFORD, b. September 15, 1906; d. 1946. Generation No. 6 12. PETER EARLY CRAWFORD (PETER WYANT's son) was born April 08, 1891. He married MARTHA SARGENT. More About PETER EARLY CRAWFORD: Census: 1820, Upshur County WV Census Children of PETER CRAWFORD and MARTHA SARGENT are: i. HARTZEL CRAWFORD, b. April 1917. ii. CARL CRAWFORD. iii. MID CRAWFORD. iv. BETRICE CRAWFORD. v. VIOLET F. CRAWFORD. 13. ROY HAZELTON CRAWFORD (PETER WYANT's son) was born June 07, 1892, and died December 21, 1979. He married LETA L. SARGENT PAYNE. Roy & Leta are buried at Swope Cemetary, Monroe County, WV. Children of ROY CRAWFORD and LETA PAYNE are: 17. i. EDWARD JAMES CRAWFORD, b. January 07, 1915. 18. ii. GUYLA MAY CRAWFORD, b. April 24, 1917; d. September 27, 1980. 19. iii. LOLA LEVERNE CRAWFORD, b. April 19, 1919. 20. iv. ELMER HAZELTON CRAWFORD, b. June 07, 1922; d. January 12, 1993. 21. v. LENA MADALYN CRAWFORD, b. November 10, 1924; d. August 17, 1987, Huntington, WV. 22. vi. ARNETTE WILIAM CRAWFORD, b. July 19, 1926. 23. vii. ARTHUR MCKINLEY CRAWFORD, b. December 31, 1928. 24. viii. ANNA BELLE CRAWFORD, b. July 16, 1932. 14. MARY LOUISA CRAWFORD (PETER WYANT's daughter) was born July 23, 1893, and died 1977. She married QUINCY LEE. Children of MARY CRAWFORD and QUINCY LEE are: i. ODEL LEE. ii. OWEN LEE. iii. AGNES LEE, m. OSCAR MARSH. iv. ISABELL LEE, m. ARCHIE HYRE. v. MAXINE LEE. vi. MARTHA LEE, m. RAY YOUNG. vii. DONAS LEE. 15. CLARENCE WYANT CRAWFORD (PETER WYANT's son) was born September 13, 1894, and died 1974. He married ETHEL ENGLAND. Children of CLARENCE CRAWFORD and ETHEL ENGLAND are: i. MABLE7 CRAWFORD, b. June 23, 1917; m. OSCAR BUNNER. ii. MARY CRAWFORD, b. April 14, 1921; m. CARL PHIPPS. iii. MARIE CRAWFORD, b. September 06, 1922; m. GAY BENNETT. 16. LAURA ANN CRAWFORD (PETER WYANT's daughter) was born December 14, 1895, and died December 27, 1987. She met (1) EDWARD BAXY. She married (2) ????? BRAKE. Child of LAURA CRAWFORD and EDWARD BAXY is: i. CHARLOTTE BAXY. Child of LAURA CRAWFORD and ????? BRAKE is: ii. "COOTSY" BRAKE.

I'm looking for information on Samuel Franklin, b. about 1739, Amherst Co., the son of Henry Franklin and Margaret Hensley. Need to know whom he married and the names of his children. Please advise. Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net

Can someone look up the marriage record of Joel Franklin, b. about 1739, perhaps in Amherst Co., VA. He was the son of Henry Franklin SR and Margaret Hensley. If anyone also has a list of his children and whom he married, please advise. Thanks. Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net

Joe Ware sent in some new information on the following Virginia HARVEY Amherst marriages 1, 3 & 4. Can anyone give any hints about the identity of the others? AMHERST CO. 1. Daniel HARVEY & Sally TALIAFERRO, 30 Oct 1782 **(Daniel HARVEY was the son of JOHN HARVIE and MARTHA GAINES of Albemarle Co, "History of Albemarle" by Rev. Woods, removed to Wilkes/Oglethorpe Co, GA & died before Mar. 1804 when widow Sally is mentioned in "Early Records of GA, Vol I" - Sarah "Sally" Taliaferrro is probably the daughter of ZACHARIAH TALIAFERRO (1730-1811) and wife MARY BOUTWELL, "Taliaferro Times" Vol 1, Issue 47. ***(new info from Joe - 1.Daniel Harvey/Sally Taliaferro p 37 Father Zach. Taliaferro, 30 Oct 1782. Source - William Montgomery Sweeney "Marriage Bonds and Other Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia 1763-1800". Originally pub Lynchburg, Va 1937 reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co Baltimore, 1973,1980) 2. John NEUMAN & Betsy HARVIE, 26 May 1794. 3. Thomas HARVIE & Betsey SEAY, 19 Oct 1795. *** (new info - Thomas Harvie/Betsey Seay p 37 Abraham Seay, surety, 19 Oct 1795. Source - William Montgomery Sweeney "Marriage Bonds and Other Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia 1763-1800". Originally pub Lynchburg, Va 1937 reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co Baltimore, 1973,1980.) 4. Joseph SEAY & Nancy HARVIE, 27 Dec 1796. *** (new info - Joseph Seay/Nancy Harvie p 68James Harvie, surety, 27 Dec 1796. Source: William Montgomery Sweeney "Marriage Bonds and Other Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia 1763-1800". Originally pub Lynchburg, Va 1937 reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co Baltimore, 1973,1980.) 5. Peter SAUNDERS & Dolly HARVEY, 11 Dec 1802. 6. Joseph HARVEY & Polly GOING, 18 Dec 1802. 7. James HARVEY & Rachel THOMPSON, 21 Nov 1803. 8. George W. BALLARD & Frances M. HARVEY, 01 Mar 1844. *** George W. and Frances M. Ballard are listed in the 1850 Amherst Co. census, George at age 29 (born abt 1821), Frances at age 23 (born abt 1827). 9. James A. BALLARD & Minerva E. HARVY 10 Aug 1847. ** James . & Manerva Ballard are listed in the 1850 Amherst Co. census, both age 25 which would put them each as being born abt. 1825. 10. Preston HARTLESS & Sally Ann HARVEY, 25 Dec 1848. ***Preston & Sarah Ann Hartless are listed in the 1850 Amherst Co, VA Census p Preston age 24 (born abt 1826), Sarah Ann age 21 (born abt 1829).

Dear Listers: I am seeking information on the Crawford surname. What I have is as follows: Jerimiah Crawford b. abt. 1758. (Source: census: 1790, Amherst Co.) He married Rebecca ?. (Source: census, 1840-1850, Amherst Co.) They had the following children: John (b. 1793); Zachariah (b. 1795); and Jonathon (b. 1800). Zachariah (census: 1840, 1850, 1860) married Leivy ?.They had the following children: John (b. 1806); Obediah (b. 1807); George (b.1812); Robert (b. 1821-census: 1850 Upshur Co.); Joshua (b. 1827); Benjamin (b. 1830); Charles (b. 1836); Jane (b. 1839); Margaret (b. 1842) and Caroline (b. 1839). This information comes to me from a great uncle. He had did the research but has not done a thorough job of it. So, I, at least, have a time line and some names but nothing more than that. I do know that most of my family are now in Upshur Co., WV. Can someone instruct this newbie on how to go about finding the missing pieces? Diane Roy.

Does anyone have any information on "Bryant FRANKLIN" of VA? Whom he married, names of children, etc? Name of wife? He lived in the mid 1700's. Please advise if you have anything on him. Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net

The following files were uploaded to the Amherst Co. Archives in September. You may view these files at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/amherst.htm Drinkard Family Information, 1876 - present (drnkrd1.txt), file size 1.5 kb, submitted September 1999 by MaryBelle Drinkard Hager Legislative Petition, 1779 (legpet1.txt), file size 6.1 kb, submitted September 1999 by Victor Oglesby Many thanks to our submitters! Won't you consider preserving & sharing your treasured documents by submitting a transcription of your own? What a wonderful way to show pride in your heritage while insuring these resources will still be around for future generations! Thank you, Jeannie Watts, archivist. ************* Jeannie Watts 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

Hi folks, I'm new to the list but thought the VAAMHERS-L members might be able to help with a project we have going on the HARVEY-L list. We are trying to identify the bride and groom of the Virginia HARVEY marriages county-by-county. If you have any documentation or references relating to the following marriages, please reply either to me or to the list. Any help would be appreciated. AMHERST CO. 1. Daniel HARVEY & Sally TALIAFERRO, 30 Oct 1782 **(Daniel HARVEY was the son of JOHN HARVIE and MARTHA GAINES of Albemarle Co, "History of Albemarle" by Rev. Woods, removed to Wilkes/Oglethorpe Co, GA & died before Mar. 1804 when widow Sally is mentioned in "Early Records of GA, Vol I" - Sarah "Sally" Taliaferrro is probably the daughter of ZACHARIAH TALIAFERRO (1730-1811) and wife MARY BOUTWELL, "Taliaferro Times" Vol 1, Issue 47 (No hard documentation, here). 2. John NEUMAN & Betsy HARVIE, 26 May 1794. 3. Thomas HARVIE & Betsey SEAY, 19 Oct 1795. 4. Joseph SEAY & Nancy HARVIE, 27 Dec 1796. 5. Peter SAUNDERS & Dolly HARVEY, 11 Dec 1802. 6. Joseph HARVEY & Polly GOING, 18 Dec 1802. 7. James HARVEY & Rachel THOMPSON, 21 Nov 1803. 8. George W. BALLARD & Frances M. HARVEY, 01 Mar 1844. *** (George W. and Frances M. Ballard are listed in the 1850 Amherst Co. census, George at age 29 (born abt 1821), Frances at age 23 (born abt 1827)). 9. James A. BALLARD & Minerva E. HARVY 10 Aug 1847. ** (James . & Manerva Ballard are listed in the 1850 Amherst Co. census, both age 25 which would put them each as being born abt. 1825.) 10. Preston HARTLESS & Sally Ann HARVEY, 25 Dec 1848. ***(Preston & Sarah Ann Hartless are listed in the 1850 Amherst Co, VA Census p Preston age 24 (born abt 1826), Sarah Ann age 21 (born abt 1829)). Sandra dewey_nolan@msn.com

I am looking for information in Amherst County, Virginia for John BIGGS and Edward BIGGS, both listed on the 1783 tax list for Amherst County. They were both married, John having 5 dependents and Edward having 8 dependents. Any information about these families would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Tom Biggs -- Thomas W. Biggs Senior Assistant Librarian University of Tulsa McFarlin Library 2933 East 6th Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104 Phone: (918) 631-2876 Fax: (918) 631-3791 "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried." - G. K. Chesterton ******************************************************************************* The views here do not in any way represent the views of the University of Tulsa ********************************************************************************

Hi all - I know you all are tired of hearing about copyrights but, I thought that the following response I received below is worth reading: Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: Gene Stark <gene@Grampa.GENDEX.COM> To: prodigy.net!ANNAW4@gendex.com <prodigy.net!ANNAW4@gendex.com> Date: Sunday, September 26, 1999 1:45 PM Subject: Re: Asking Permission >> Dear Sirs - I have found genealogical information on your website that I >> would like to include with my research. I am doing this research for >> several friends of mine as a free gift for Christmas and I need to know if >> any of the names, dates of birth, dates of death, where born, where died is >> copyrighted material. If it is, then I feel that I need to get your >> permission to include this information as well as permission from the person >> who did the research. I don't want to break any copyright laws, therefore I >> need to be advised how to handle this appropriately. Please let me know if >> I have your permission to include the information found on your website. I >> will give credit where credit is due. > > RESPONSE >First of all, you probably don't want to mail me, but rather whichever >of the individual contributors owns the data you are interested in. >See "How to contact" at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ for information >on how to identify these people. > >Secondly, a copyright covers a particular expression of an idea, but >not the idea itself. Facts, such as names, dates, places, are not >copyrightable, but a particular compilation of names, dates, and >places into a single document is copyrightable. > >So, copyrights would apply if you were reproducing verbatim copies >of documents you found on the Web, or if you were reproducing verbatim >portions of notes or other prose you found on these pages. > >Hope that helps. > > - Gene Stark

I have connected to several search engines and typed in baptisms and found a lot of sites. www.altavista.com and www.google.com are just 2 of the many search engines available. Hope this helps. Leslie (Burford) Cabral

Hi All - In the 1700's, the state of VA declared itself to be the official Episcopalian church and baptized many children regardless of their religious affiliation. It would seem to me that there should be records of these baptisms somewhere. Does anyone know where? Is there an exact URL? Please advise. Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net

Dear Jayne, This reply to your email is being sent to the Wright and Amherst lists as well for convenience. The Augustus Wright of your list is 1776 (year of death) Augustus Wright of Amherst County, Virginia (place of death). He married Alice or Alcey Ball and had the following children: 1. 1847 Robert Wright of Madison County, Alabama, 2. William Wright, 3. John Wright who married Susannah Bibb, 4. Susannah (Wright) Mays, 5. Mary (Wright) Pamplin, 6. 1838 Augustine or Austin Wright of Amherst County, Virginia, 7. Sally (Wright) Edmunds, and 8. Jane or Jenny (Wright) Edmunds. I have collected a substantial amount of information on this family, including a very interesting will contest. Augustine's will gave his land to his youngest son Augustine Jr., a minor, and the land could not be divided until the minor came of age. Alsey married Samuel Edmunds after Augustine's death. Samuel wanted to buy Augustine's land so he could raise the joint families on that land, rather than on his own land. Samuel had Augustine's will altered by the schoolmaster John Doleman, who had written the will for Augustine. The payment for altering the will was two cotton shirts. The purpose was to cause the will to fail to be admitted to probate so that Augustine would die intestate. Under the primogeniture rule, the land would then pass to Augustine's oldest son Robert and Samuel Edmunds could then buy the land from Robert. And that is exactly what happened. Achilles Wright and Parmenos Wright (see below) testified that the will presented in court by Alsey (Ball) (Wright) Edmunds had been altered and was not the will they had witnessed. The will was rejected and Alsey was appointed administrator of Augustine's intestate estate. The land went to the eldest son Robert Wright and he sold it to Samuel Edmunds. Forty two years later Augustine Jr. sued his older brother Robert, thinking Robert had altered the will to get the land. Alsey (Ball) (Wright0 Edmunds testified that she could not read or write and presented Augustine's will for probate without knowing it had been altered. John Edmunds, a son of Samuel Edmunds, testified that his father had told him the story of the altered will and said only Alsey, Samuel, and the schoolteacher knew what had happened. Jane (Edmunds) Mays testified that the schoolteacher told her that he had altered the will and that when she told her father Samuel Edmunds what Doleman had said, her father said he would kill her if she told anyone while he was alive. I have not found the disposition of this case, but since the only party still living who might be liable was Austin's mother Alsey, I suspect Austin dismissed the case. Lindsay Wright in your list was a son of Jesse Wright and Susannah (Harper) (Welch) Wright and married Elizabeth Wilcher on Aug 27, 1799, at Amherst County, Virginia. I lose track of this family in Amherst in 1804 and would much appreciate any information on where they went and their descendants. Achilles Wright in your list was 1825 Achilles Wright of Oldham County, Kentucky. He was born probably before 1748, married Nancy _____, and moved to Henry County, Kentucky in 1811. I think he was a brother of 1776 Augustus Wright of Amherst County, Virginia, and a brother of Parmenos Wright, based on their witnessing Augustine's will, but cannot yet prove that. 1825 Achilles and Nancy had the following children: 1. George Wright who married Elizabeth Landrum, 2. 1824 Samuel Wright of Kentucky, 3. Patsy (Wright) Lane, 4. Mildred (Wright) Gatewood, 5. Nancy Anne (Wright) Johnson, 6. Lucy (Wright) Mays, 7. Polly (Wright) Campbell, 8. Elizabeth (Wright) Martin, 9. 1831 Nelson Wright of Henry County, Kentucky, and 10. James Wright, who possibly married Lucy Crisp. The Bennett Wright in your list was probably 1876 Bennett Crawford Wright of Randolph County, Missouri. He was a son of 1807 Isaac Wright of Amherst County, Virginia, and Susannah (Ellis) Wright and grandson of 1767 Francis Wright of Amherst County, Virginia, and Mary (Hawkins) Wright. He was born in November 1785 at Virginia, married three times, and went to Kentucky in 1811 and Missouri by 1840. I would be happy to exchange information on these families. Best wishes, Robert N. Grant 15 Campo Bello Court Menlo Park, CA 94025 RNGrant@prodigy.net "Barry N. Dunn" wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to the list. Is there anyone researching Wrights of Amherst > Co., VA, Henry Co., KY or Clark Co., IN. Some of the Wright names were > Augustus, Lindsey, Achilles, Bennett/Burnett. > > In particular would like to find a marriage record for Augustus b ca > 1800 VA. Wife's name was Martha or Patsy. Living in Clark Co., IN > 1850. > > Bennett/Burnett Wright b ca 1817 KY. Married Zilpha Mead. Living in > Henry Co., KY in 1850 and Clark Co., IN 1860 & 1870. > > Any help appreciated. > > Jayne Dunn > > ==== WRIGHT Mailing List ==== > All commands such as SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, are to be sent to: > WRIGHT-L-request@rootsweb.com > If you have trouble with these commands contact the Listowner, > Jerry Wright Jordan, at jjordan2@ix.netcom.com

This email is being sent to the Wright, Bedford, Franklin, Roanoke, and Amherst lists, so you may get duplicate copies. This is just to let everyone know that Heritage Books (heritagebooks.com), 150-E Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, Maryland 20716, has just published my most recent work Wright Family Death, Cemetery, And Probate Records, Bedford County, Virginia. The death records go through 1918, the cemetery records are taken from the Bedford City/County Museum listings, and the probate records go throught 1900. To the extent known, the Wright of the record is identified and his or her Wright ancestors are listed. This is the fourth volume in the series. Birth, Marriage, and Land Records are also available. Best wishes, Robert N. Grant 15 Campo Bello Court Menlo Park, CA 94025 RNGrant@prodigy.net