http://www.freesurnamesearch.com/ Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~renaworthen/ WHO, WHEN, and WHERE are the three essential ingredients for successful genealogical research! Genealogy without documentation is MYTHOLOGY Founder and President of Botetourt Genealogy Club

Does anyone by chance know who the Sally or Sallie Daugherty is that resides with Samuel McCadden in 1850 & 1860 Augusta Co., VA census? They are both buried at Pilson Cemetery, Greenville, Augusta Co., VA with the following information. Daugherty, Sallie d. 27 Aug 1860 74 yr 1 mo 20 da McCadden, Samuel d. 28 Jul 1861 71 yr 10 mo 2 da Thanks, Michelle Bley

Just wondering if any one knew of any connection between Henry Haws and James Callison? Just what is a surety responsible for?? Is any bond money involved. If so, seems as if there might be some type of relationship. Taken from Chalkey - Take care. Marilyn Page 115.--22d August, 1755. Sarah Haw's bond as administratrix of Henry Haws, with sureties Mathew Patton, Jas. Callison.

The sureties appear to have finacial obligations. Often times there was a relationship but I am noticing that a few people did become sureties for quite a few people so there might have been individuals who made a business of this or individuals who were richer than their neighbors and would stand surety for friends. Sue Liedtke ----- Original Message ----- From: <GNEOLOG@aol.com> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:38 PM Subject: [VAAUGUST] Henry Haws > Just wondering if any one knew of any connection between Henry Haws and > James > Callison? Just what is a surety responsible for?? Is any bond money > involved. > If so, seems as if there might be some type of relationship. > Taken from Chalkey - Take care. Marilyn > > Page 115.--22d August, 1755. Sarah Haw's bond as administratrix of > Henry Haws, with sureties Mathew Patton, Jas. Callison. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAAUGUST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am not a Wilson researcher. My knowledge comes only from a brief scan of Chalkley in looking for the land that Sarah Wilson Kincaid and her husband John sold. Right now I can't find my notes from the Chalkley scan to see if there was a Joseph Wilson who could be attached to any family or which Wilson family may have had a connection to the Finley family either by location or by witnessing documents. There was a George Wilson in Beverly Manor (Staunton area). His daughter married Samuel Kincaid, son of George Kincaid who was killed on the Jackson. This George Wilson moved to the western reaches of PA, where he died. Again a quick look didn't locate my complete notes for Wilsons, I will keep my eye out for them to see if I there is more that would help with a better grasp of the Wilson families. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <finleyc@sonoma.edu> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 7:43 AM Subject: [VAAUGUST] Wilson families > Sue, > > Do you know anything about the Wilson family whose daughter, Elizabeth, > married David Finley? I think it was a Joseph Wilson, because he signed > consent, but have no other info on that family. > > Carmen Finley > > > >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: John Wilson (Sue Liedtke) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:30:18 -0700 >> From: "Sue Liedtke" <seleaml@actionnet.net> >> Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] John Wilson >> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <004401c6e709$371a4bf0$22036c0c@Susan> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >>>From a Chalkley search on Wilsons. This is brief. A longer discussion on >>> the >> Wilsons appears in the Kincaid list archives sometime earlier this year >> or >> last year. I don't have time to go into this more fully. A surname search >> of >> Chalkley might be very helpful to Wilson researchers. >> >> John Wilson proved importation 1740 in Orange Co. wife Martha, children: >> Mathew, Wm, John, Sarah and Elizabeth. >> This John Wilson is styled as "gentleman". He appears to be the John >> Wilson >> who held land near James Callison at the head of one branch of Folly's >> Mill >> Creek. >> 1748 or 9 John Wislon Gent to Mathew Wilson land in Beverly Manor. Del. >> to >> Capt Wilson in 1752 c widow Cook, >> >> John Wilson, farmer d 1754 wife Anne sons James and Wm were minors. >> Samuel >> & >> James McDowell were guardians of Wm in 1762 >> He devised 400a corner Duncan to son James. >> >> 1753 Andrew Duncan and Jane to John Wilson, cordwainer, Pat Cambell's >> land >> John Brownlees's line. Andrew Duncan also owned land on Moffett and >> Walker >> Creek's in Bordon's Tract. I cannot tell which of the flanking 2 John >> Wilson's this refers to (though I suspect it is the farmer the following >> includes Brownlee. >> >> John Wilson, shoemaker d 1757 wife Agness daughter Sarah (Sarah is only a >> few years old when her father died). teste: John Christian, John >> Brownlee. >> Appraisement 1758 by Wm Wilson, Samuel Steele, John Fulton. He held land >> in >> the Southwest corner of Beverly Manor. >> In 1785 John Kincaid and Sarah his wife and Agness Dean (widow Agness >> married John Dean and produced a large Dean family on the Jackson River) >> sold the Beverly Manor land devised by John Wilson to his daughter Sarah >> now >> wife of John Kincaid to John Brownlee. John and Sarah Kincaid moved to >> KY. >> >> Sue Liedtke >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <GNEOLOG@aol.com> >> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:22 PM >> Subject: [VAAUGUST] John Wilson >> >> >>> Looking for any information on the family of John Wilson listed in the >>> 1742 >>> Militia list of Augusta Co. Is he the same John Wilson who died in 1773. >>> Is he >>> related to Matthew Wilson? Who was his wife? --- children??? Thanks for >>> any >>> help. 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Do any of you know where or if George Wilson fits into this family? My George Wilson signed a marriage consent for his step daughter, Sally Batis in 1820 Augusta Co. He was married to Ellen Sheltman who was born about 1778. Sally named her first child George Wilson Johns as she married Edward Johns. I can't find any thing on either the BATIS or SHELTMAN families that Sally and Ellen might be connected to. Thanks in advance for any help you can give. Glennis

Hi All I am researching Capt. Thomas SMITH b.c. 1744 m. Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM. Up to now, I have been unable to prove any of the various parents suggested as his. I found in Chalkley a reference to a William ELLIOT who was in the French and Indian War. This reference states that a Thomas SMITH is the heir-at-law for both Thos SMITH and Wm ELLIOT. This Wm. ELLIOT is probably the same person as the Wm ELATE in the 1742 militia list. Does anyone who researches the ELLIOT line know the relationship between William ELLIOT and the SMITH line? FEBRUARY 15, 1780. ** (183) Thomas Smith, eldest son and heir-at-law of Thos. Smith, who served as a soldier in Capt. Dunlop's Company of Rangers, 1758, and also as proper heir-at-law of Wm. Elliot, who served also, granted certificates for land. >From "Virginia Colonial Soldiers, Bounty Land Applications" Thomas Smith and William Elliott, both deceased, were soldiers in Capt. Dunlop's Company of Rangers in 1758. 15 Feb. 1780. Their rank wasn't given. Thank you so much for your time and help. Linda B. Morin LInLB5@msn.com<mailto:LInLB5@msn.com>

Sue, Do you know anything about the Wilson family whose daughter, Elizabeth, married David Finley? I think it was a Joseph Wilson, because he signed consent, but have no other info on that family. Carmen Finley > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: John Wilson (Sue Liedtke) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:30:18 -0700 > From: "Sue Liedtke" <seleaml@actionnet.net> > Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] John Wilson > To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <004401c6e709$371a4bf0$22036c0c@Susan> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >>From a Chalkley search on Wilsons. This is brief. A longer discussion on >> the > Wilsons appears in the Kincaid list archives sometime earlier this year or > last year. I don't have time to go into this more fully. A surname search > of > Chalkley might be very helpful to Wilson researchers. > > John Wilson proved importation 1740 in Orange Co. wife Martha, children: > Mathew, Wm, John, Sarah and Elizabeth. > This John Wilson is styled as "gentleman". He appears to be the John > Wilson > who held land near James Callison at the head of one branch of Folly's > Mill > Creek. > 1748 or 9 John Wislon Gent to Mathew Wilson land in Beverly Manor. Del. to > Capt Wilson in 1752 c widow Cook, > > John Wilson, farmer d 1754 wife Anne sons James and Wm were minors. Samuel > & > James McDowell were guardians of Wm in 1762 > He devised 400a corner Duncan to son James. > > 1753 Andrew Duncan and Jane to John Wilson, cordwainer, Pat Cambell's land > John Brownlees's line. Andrew Duncan also owned land on Moffett and Walker > Creek's in Bordon's Tract. I cannot tell which of the flanking 2 John > Wilson's this refers to (though I suspect it is the farmer the following > includes Brownlee. > > John Wilson, shoemaker d 1757 wife Agness daughter Sarah (Sarah is only a > few years old when her father died). teste: John Christian, John Brownlee. > Appraisement 1758 by Wm Wilson, Samuel Steele, John Fulton. He held land > in > the Southwest corner of Beverly Manor. > In 1785 John Kincaid and Sarah his wife and Agness Dean (widow Agness > married John Dean and produced a large Dean family on the Jackson River) > sold the Beverly Manor land devised by John Wilson to his daughter Sarah > now > wife of John Kincaid to John Brownlee. John and Sarah Kincaid moved to KY. > > Sue Liedtke > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <GNEOLOG@aol.com> > To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:22 PM > Subject: [VAAUGUST] John Wilson > > >> Looking for any information on the family of John Wilson listed in the >> 1742 >> Militia list of Augusta Co. Is he the same John Wilson who died in 1773. >> Is he >> related to Matthew Wilson? Who was his wife? --- children??? Thanks for >> any >> help. Marilyn >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAAUGUST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the VAAUGUST list administrator, send an email to > VAAUGUST-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the VAAUGUST mailing list, send an email to > VAAUGUST@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAAUGUST-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 VAAUGUST Digest, Vol 1, Issue 16 > *************************************** >

>From a Chalkley search on Wilsons. This is brief. A longer discussion on the Wilsons appears in the Kincaid list archives sometime earlier this year or last year. I don't have time to go into this more fully. A surname search of Chalkley might be very helpful to Wilson researchers. John Wilson proved importation 1740 in Orange Co. wife Martha, children: Mathew, Wm, John, Sarah and Elizabeth. This John Wilson is styled as "gentleman". He appears to be the John Wilson who held land near James Callison at the head of one branch of Folly's Mill Creek. 1748 or 9 John Wislon Gent to Mathew Wilson land in Beverly Manor. Del. to Capt Wilson in 1752 c widow Cook, John Wilson, farmer d 1754 wife Anne sons James and Wm were minors. Samuel & James McDowell were guardians of Wm in 1762 He devised 400a corner Duncan to son James. 1753 Andrew Duncan and Jane to John Wilson, cordwainer, Pat Cambell's land John Brownlees's line. Andrew Duncan also owned land on Moffett and Walker Creek's in Bordon's Tract. I cannot tell which of the flanking 2 John Wilson's this refers to (though I suspect it is the farmer the following includes Brownlee. John Wilson, shoemaker d 1757 wife Agness daughter Sarah (Sarah is only a few years old when her father died). teste: John Christian, John Brownlee. Appraisement 1758 by Wm Wilson, Samuel Steele, John Fulton. He held land in the Southwest corner of Beverly Manor. In 1785 John Kincaid and Sarah his wife and Agness Dean (widow Agness married John Dean and produced a large Dean family on the Jackson River) sold the Beverly Manor land devised by John Wilson to his daughter Sarah now wife of John Kincaid to John Brownlee. John and Sarah Kincaid moved to KY. Sue Liedtke ----- Original Message ----- From: <GNEOLOG@aol.com> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:22 PM Subject: [VAAUGUST] John Wilson > Looking for any information on the family of John Wilson listed in the > 1742 > Militia list of Augusta Co. Is he the same John Wilson who died in 1773. > Is he > related to Matthew Wilson? Who was his wife? --- children??? Thanks for > any > help. Marilyn > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAAUGUST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Does anyone know anything about the John Wilson listed in the 1742 Augusta County Militia? Could he be part of the Scot Irish Wilson family that migrated from Scotland to Virginia? Maybe related to the James Wilson that left Augusta County area and settled in the area of Bedford County along the Falling River that later became Campbell County? Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Harold in Florida

Looking for any information on the family of John Wilson listed in the 1742 Militia list of Augusta Co. Is he the same John Wilson who died in 1773. Is he related to Matthew Wilson? Who was his wife? --- children??? Thanks for any help. Marilyn

Another factor involved is the education levels on the frontier was low. In previous generations if they lived in populous areas education was easy to obtain. if you are busy fighting for survival, schools are not the first priority. Only a few people had literacy. with this in mind, you didn't know how to spell your name and it was left to interpretation by somebody else who might have been another nationality leading to corruption of your name. George Young

Sue is sooooo right!!!!!!! To really open one's eyes read: http://www.genealogymagazine.com/surnames2.html Carolyn

Thanks again everyone! DNA testing is some very fascinating stuff! My dad is really interested in our lineage so I will be asking him about the DNA testing. I would love to have genetic proof of our line. I think it will enhance the paper trail (boxes and boxes) that I have generated. Kailani CRAIG Knutson Researching CRAIG AND CRAWFORD families in Augusta Co., VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R Hamilton" <johnrhamilton@mindspring.com> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com>; <kailani@ocsnet.net> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] DNA > Kailani > > The reason that you have to get a male to take the test is that only males > have the y-chromosome. > > Females get 1 x-chromosome from their father and 1 x-chromosome from > their mother. > Males get 1 y-chromosome from their father and 1 x-chromosome from their > mother. > > The fact that the y-chromosome is only passed along the male line is the > reason that the DNA results can be used to show probabilities of a common > male ancestor 10-20 generations in the past. > > So get a father, brother, uncle, second-cousin or any male with the > surname that you want tested and that you can provide a documented paper > linkage to your direct decent line. The one important fact that it be > aware is that a 'parental event' will generate dna results that do not > match with the other dan sample for the surname. An example of 'parental > event' is my ggreat aunt had male children out-of-wedlock and the children > retained her maiden name (Cooper). Male descendants of these males would > not be canidates in the surname (Cooper) research project. > > Hope this helps, > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kailani Knutson" <kailani@ocsnet.net> > To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 4:47 PM > Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] DNA > > >> Thank you everyone! >> I did not realize there was so much information on DNA and genealogy. >> This is truly fascinating! I have ancestors in Augusta Co. and have been >> able to paper trace my family that far. Now the question comes....I am a >> female so if I were to do the DNA testing for y-chromosome to prove my >> paternal roots, would I have to ask my dad to take the test? >> Thanks again for the great info! I will definitely be looking into this! >> Kailani CRAIG Knutson >> Researching CRAIG and CRAWFORD families in Augusta Co., VA >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sue Liedtke" <seleaml@actionnet.net> >> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 8:34 AM >> Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] DNA >> >> >>> The y-chromosome is passed from father to son along with the surname. >>> The >>> gggggreatgrandson of a male will essentially have the same DNA on his >>> y-chromosome that his ancestor had. If 2 or more proven descendents of a >>> gentleman who has been dead for hundreds of years have identical DNA you >>> know the DNA of that gentleman. Mutations do occur, but the alleles >>> (points >>> on the chromosome) that the testing companies use mutate at a rate that >>> helps us sort branches within families. >>> >>> In the Kincaid project, the largest family of participants includes >>> those >>> Kincaids who trace back to Augusta/Albemarle Co. among other areas. >>> There >>> are a few mutations shared by several participants. They are likely more >>> closely related to each other than to the Kincaids who do not have this >>> mutation. Samuel Kincaid who married Margaret Clark belongs to another >>> family of Kincaids. His DNA is still R1b but there are so many points >>> where >>> the DNA doesn't match with the larger group that it would be very, very >>> unlikely that he came from the same family root. >>> >>> Sue >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Kailani Knutson" <kailani@ocsnet.net> >>> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:51 PM >>> Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] DNA >>> >>> >>>> Hello! >>>> I was wondering if someone could enlighten me on the DNA project. I >>>> have >>>> seen several posts regarding DNA testing to trace roots; however, I am >>>> curious how that is accomplished when the ancestors have passed many >>>> many >>>> years ago when there was no DNA testing? >>>> Thanks for any advice! >>>> Kailani CRAIG Knutson >>>> Researching: >>>> CRAIG AND CRAWFORD Families in Augusta Co., VA >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: <GNEOLOG@aol.com> >>>> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:16 PM >>>> Subject: [VAAUGUST] DNA >>>> >>>> >>>>> In a message dated 9/28/2006 12:10:55 PM Central Standard Time, >>>>> seleaml@actionnet.net writes: >>>>> >>>>>> DNA results show that Samuel/Margaret was >>>>>> from an unrelated family. >>>>> >>>>> Just curious. We have had our Callison line tested and it came back as >>>>> R1b -- >>>>> UGH -- so many people with R1b but just wondering what haplogroup >>>>> Samuel >>>>> Kincaid belonged to. Have any other male descendants from the Beverley >>>>> Patents >>>>> been DNA tested? Take care. Marilyn >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> VAAUGUST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> VAAUGUST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> VAAUGUST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >

Last names frequently change a bit from one record to another and even within the same document. It's not only spelling, which depended on who was doing the writing and how they heard the name, but also endings and begginings are added and deleted. Part of this is "Americanizing" names so they sound familiar to others who may not have the same accents or naming traditions. The "son of" prefixes and suffixes like Mc or Mac may have been added or deleted according to the speaker and recorder's preferences. There is the added problem of translating the sometimes difficult to read writing. The "Americanizing" of names might also help explain the variant DNA families found within some surnames just as it accounts for the wide variance of surname forms within those families. They may or may not have started out as the same surname but because one name sounded similar to another the same name was assumed or because the recorder "heard" the name differently from others with the same surname he wrote it differently. Sue in Newport, OR From: <GNEOLOG@aol.com> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] Donnelly/McDonnald >I am thinking that possibly it was a typo by Chalkey -- or possibly just > difficult to read. > The children of Francis Donnally seem to be listed as McDonald's in other > records > > Will Book 3 Augusta County, Virginia > 9th July, 1761. Francis Donnally's will--Wife, Sarah (and the child she > now > bears); six sons, Samuel, Henry, Francis, William, John, James; daughter, > Mary. > Executors, wife, Wm. Ledgerwood, JAMES CALLISON. Teste: John Berryhill, > David > Scott, Alex. McFeeters, Archibald Armstrong. Proved. 18th August, 1761, by > McFeeters and Armstrong. Executors qualify, with Thomas Meek and Hugh > Martin. > Sarah's mark ( ). Callison's mark ( ). Meek's mark ( ). Ledgerwood's mark > ( ). > NOTE: same children listed as McDonalds selling land > > Page 170.--18th September, 1779. Henry McDonald and Martha, Francis > McDonald and Margaret, Hugh Martin and Mary, John and James McDonald, > to William Allen, in Beverely Manor on Christian's Creek. Teste: > John Graham, James Brattain, Adam and John Bratton, James Fulton. > Note: Samuel died in 1772 with Henry as admin. > > Francis Donnally was married to Sarah and Sarah Hodge was married to > Francis > McDonald > Page 330.--4th May, 1773. Samuel Hodge's will of the Calf Pasture-- > To wife, Elizabeth; to daughter, Eleanor, unmarried; to son John, > plantation whereon John lives between Wm. Kinkead and James Gay; to son, > James, testator's home plantation; to grandson, Saml. Hodge, "one certain > ivory-headed cain"; to daughter, Sarah McDonal; to daughter, Agness > Martin; to daughter, Margaret McElvain; to daughter, Cathereen Kelly; > to daughter, Elizabeth McCutchen. Executors, wife Elizabeth and John > Hodge. Teste: Frances McConnel, Henry McDonnal, Francis McDonnal. > Proved, 21st March, 1775, by the McDonalds. > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAAUGUST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sure go to this website http://www.geocities.com/augcem/index.html?1018315012530 Can anyone help me as to find out the names of people who died at Western State in 1966? Thank you Gloria

Can anyone help me as to find out the names of people who died at Western State in 1966? Thank you Gloria

I am thinking that possibly it was a typo by Chalkey -- or possibly just difficult to read. The children of Francis Donnally seem to be listed as McDonald's in other records Will Book 3 Augusta County, Virginia 9th July, 1761. Francis Donnally's will--Wife, Sarah (and the child she now bears); six sons, Samuel, Henry, Francis, William, John, James; daughter, Mary. Executors, wife, Wm. Ledgerwood, JAMES CALLISON. Teste: John Berryhill, David Scott, Alex. McFeeters, Archibald Armstrong. Proved. 18th August, 1761, by McFeeters and Armstrong. Executors qualify, with Thomas Meek and Hugh Martin. Sarah's mark ( ). Callison's mark ( ). Meek's mark ( ). Ledgerwood's mark ( ). NOTE: same children listed as McDonalds selling land Page 170.--18th September, 1779. Henry McDonald and Martha, Francis McDonald and Margaret, Hugh Martin and Mary, John and James McDonald, to William Allen, in Beverely Manor on Christian's Creek. Teste: John Graham, James Brattain, Adam and John Bratton, James Fulton. Note: Samuel died in 1772 with Henry as admin. Francis Donnally was married to Sarah and Sarah Hodge was married to Francis McDonald Page 330.--4th May, 1773. Samuel Hodge's will of the Calf Pasture-- To wife, Elizabeth; to daughter, Eleanor, unmarried; to son John, plantation whereon John lives between Wm. Kinkead and James Gay; to son, James, testator's home plantation; to grandson, Saml. Hodge, "one certain ivory-headed cain"; to daughter, Sarah McDonal; to daughter, Agness Martin; to daughter, Margaret McElvain; to daughter, Cathereen Kelly; to daughter, Elizabeth McCutchen. Executors, wife Elizabeth and John Hodge. Teste: Frances McConnel, Henry McDonnal, Francis McDonnal. Proved, 21st March, 1775, by the McDonalds.

WE are invited to Join in on a prayer meeting for Barbara Stanley on Sunday Oct 1, 2006 at 11 am or 6 pm at Stonewall Church on Rt. 221 and Stonewall Church Rd. Instead of us meeting at Head of the River at 3 pm., Anyone wishing to go to Head of the River, we can go right after the service at 11. Chuck has a list of those of you who sent prayer to give to his pastor. The service Sunday will be dedicated to Prayer for Barbara. I hope to see some of you there. There are many Poff cousins who attend Stonewall. Thank you Chuck for arranging this. Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~renaworthen/ WHO, WHEN, and WHERE are the three essential ingredients for successful genealogical research! Genealogy without documentation is MYTHOLOGY Founder and President of Botetourt Genealogy Club

My McDonald line remained in Scotland and used the spelling McDonald. Rae Jean ... in Tennessee ----- Original Message ----- From: <cecinit@aol.com> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] Donnelly/McDonnald I would think it rather unlikely, both Donnelly & McDonald are common enough northern Irish names. However you should be aware that in modern times at least the Irish dropped O and Mac prefixes quite often - they nearly died out completely before the Gaelic revival - and often people were confused about how and when to use them. So I suppose it is a possible that an immigrant from an earlier period might have provided different forms of his last name. I don't know whether this applies to Scotland or Scots Irish.