The following have been uploaded in the last few days to the VA directory of the USGenWeb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/m5630001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/m5630002.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amelia/deeds/jordan1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/wills/mays1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/wills/mays2.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/courts/mays1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court51.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court52.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court53.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/2court54.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/bedford/marriage/mitchel4.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/bedford/misc/mcclain1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/bedford/bios/ellis1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/henrico/cemeteries/stjohn.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/isleofwight/wills/minard4.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/isleofwight/wills/minard5.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/montgomery/wills/beckle1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/montgomery/marriage/sisler1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/montgomery/census/sisler1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/bios/martin1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/deeds/keaton1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/deeds/newman1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/wills/adams1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/princegeorge/deeds/moor1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/princegeorge/wills/chamnis1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/rockbridge/deeds/miscdeed.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/tazewell/cemetery/maple-c.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/tazewell/cemetery/maple-m.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/dickenson/newspapers/news1890.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/botetourt/census/1850cens.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/m5630003.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/middlesex/wills/willbk1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/albemarle/deeds/s3530000.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/northumberland/wills/h6230001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/northumberland/wills/h6230002.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/northumberland/wills/h6230003.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/northumberland/wills/h6230004.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/northumberland/wills/h6230005.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/richmond/wills/m5600001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/westmoreland/wills/m5600000.txt

In July of 2000, there will be a family reunion held in Augusta Co., VA. This reunion is open to those who descend from Rev. Adam Adolph Spindler (resident minister of St. John's Reformed Church, nr. Middlebrook, Augusta Co., VA - 1787 - 1800's) or any of the allied lines. A few of those surnames are: Hutchens, Sensebaugh, Palmer, Wiseman, Engleman, Ludwick, Cowman etc.. If anyone on this list is interested in attending and descends from the above named "group", please privately email me. K kspin@pacbell.net

Becca, I don't know about the will, but the scrapbook appears to be in the possession of the Library of Virginia, as evidenced by the following card catalogue record: http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/bible.gateway?bib=0011-68760 If he is descended from Rev. Anthony Jacob Henckel (1668-1728), then the following records should be of interest as well: http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/bible.gateway?bib=0009-97160 http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/bible.gateway?bib=0010-03260 I had run across the latter two items earlier when I was doing some searching on behalf of a Hinkle that I know. -- Mary Taffet mdtaffet@syr.edu Rvht@aol.com wrote: > > I am looking for the will of Dr. A.D. Henkel who lived in Augusta Co. in the > early to mid 1900's and left a scrapbook of the Henkel family with either a > library or a family member. Any information would be appreciated. > > Becca Terrettt > > ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > **************************************************************** > Visit the Augusta County VAGenWeb Site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/ > ****************************************************************

I am looking for the will of Dr. A.D. Henkel who lived in Augusta Co. in the early to mid 1900's and left a scrapbook of the Henkel family with either a library or a family member. Any information would be appreciated. Becca Terrettt

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------609F1E2C6309D46EA7BBEAAF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------609F1E2C6309D46EA7BBEAAF Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <372E666C.58FFBAB7@fea.net> Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 20:15:56 -0700 From: Beverly and George Portlock <geoport@fea.net> Reply-To: geoport@fea.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Augusta Co. Virginia" <VAAUGUST-L-@rootsweb.com>, "Frederick Co. Virginia" <OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L-@rootsweb.com>, Shenandoah Virginia <SHENANDOAH-L-@rootsweb.com>, Virginia <VAROOTS-L-@rootsweb.com> Subject: John Portlock Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Checking on the veracity of this story, as quoted by John Olson. "John Portlock was a white baby that the soldiers found in an Indian camp. They took him to a fort called Lock Port. They reversed the name and called him John Portlock. I always thought it was my Great Grandfather, but as I located information on him, I realized that this was not true. Later, when I was unable to find information on his grandfather, John Portlock, I wondered if he was the baby found in the Indian Camp." Our Ancestor, John Portlock's Rev. War Pension App. states that he was born in Shenandoah. We haven't found a Portlock family in the area in 1765, (his birth date), although there are a lot of Portlocks in Norfolk, VA. Portlock is an established name in the Norfolk area. Our question -- Is there, or has there ever been, a Lock Port up in the Shenandoah Valley. If so, it may give credence to this story. Beverly Portlock geoport@fea.net --------------609F1E2C6309D46EA7BBEAAF--

Go to: http://enws347.eas.asu.edu:8000/~buckner/bdform.html and you will be amazed!! Regards, Maggie Phillips ------------ Lsc12147@aol.com wrote: > Does any one know of a web site where you can calculate a birth date (or > death date) if you have partial information ? For example, in the following, > I'd like to calculate the birth date: > > Jacob is buried at Friedens Church Cemetery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. > His tombstone reads, "Jacob, died June 23, 1862, aged 54 years 8 months." > > ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > **************************************************************** > The Augusta County mailing list page has instructions on how to > subscribe and unsubscribe from the list > Visit it at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/augustaquery/augustalist.htm > ***************************************************************

New uploads to the /va/ directory of the USGenWeb Archives: "Building a Virtual Courthouse" ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/albemarle/wills/m6240001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/charlotte/obits/m2620001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/floyd/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/floyd/census/1840indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/fluvanna/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/franklin/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/frederick/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/grayson/census/1830indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/grayson/census/1840indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/grayson/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/grayson/census/1820indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/greene/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/greensville/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/halifax/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/henrico/wills/wills003.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/henrico/cemeteries/stjohn.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/kingwilliam/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/lancaster/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/lee/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/loudoun/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/louisa/census/1850indx.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/lunenburg/census/1850ndx2.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/m5630001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/princewilliam/newspaper/pwnews05.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/military/revwar/pensions/hard wick.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/wills/roberts1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/deeds/huckstp1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/deeds/index1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/deeds/parrish1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/marriages/marr3.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/misc/misc1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/bedford/wills/bunch1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/bedford/wills/index1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/bedford/wills/johnson1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/wills/roberts1.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/wills/willbk3.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/henry/wills/g1250001.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/census/censdan.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/census/censmayo.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/census/censsmit.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/vitals/dr1853.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/vitals/dr1875.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/vitals/dr1875a.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/vitals/dr1875b.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/vitals/dr1875c.txt ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/patrick/vitals/dr1875d.txt

Does any one know of a web site where you can calculate a birth date (or death date) if you have partial information ? For example, in the following, I'd like to calculate the birth date: Jacob is buried at Friedens Church Cemetery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. His tombstone reads, "Jacob, died June 23, 1862, aged 54 years 8 months."

> One of the families who settled in the Irish Tract was not Scotch-Irish, but > of English origin. Joseph Coles Carpenter and his brother Solomon and > nephew Zophar were among the settlers of the area around Covington, on > Jacksons River. Joseph and Solomon's mother had been a Coles and their > grandmother was a Wright. > Peter Wright was also a settler of the Covington area but I do not know from > whence he originated. > The Carpenters originally came to New England and one branch settled in > Rehoboth, MA and the other in Providence, RI. Eventually some of them, > including Joseph's ancestors, settled on Long Island, NY. Joseph later > moved to Westchester co, NY and from there he emigrated down to Virginia in > 1746. > My question to the list is this: does anyone know if others from the New > York area came south to settle in the predominantly Scotch-Irish tract? It > doesn't seem likely that members of one family came all the way to Virginia > without other allied families and/or neighbors. Another question would be > why? We read of the intensive recruitment of the Scotch-Irish who had > settled in the province of Pennsylvania and those who remained in Ulster to > populate the Beverley Manor and Borden Tract but did COL James Patton and > William Beverley and Benjamin Borden look elsewhere also or did some few > folks just decide independently to present themselves in Virginia and > purchase land? > There also seems to have been some families who maintained branches in > neighboring Amherst/Nelson counties, all of which was first Albemarle > county, among them being the Woods, the Robertsons and the Manns. I am sure > there must have been others. These three families lived on branches of the > Rockfish river in present day Nelson county and a look at the map shows it > to be not too far east from the Staunton area. > I would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows of other families which > would have emigrated from New York, especially in conjunction with the > Carpenters. Thanks. > Mary Mann Rollis >

This is great!! Thanks Mary, Nancy, and Maccthescot for all the good references. Helps immensely! Judy

The Scotch-Irish (which is a term these people placed upon themselves in the mid-19th century to differentiate their culture from the famine Irish who were entering America) did settle up and down the Valley, but were heavier in southern Augusta Co. and in northern Rockbridge Co. In the 18th century this area was known as the Irish Tract because of the heavy concentration of Ulster Scots. The markers for locating these communities are Presbyterian churches (almost all Scotch-Irish were Presbyterian) and there are 2 churches (Fort Defiance and Fishersville are the nearest villages) with churches about 260 years old, and then there are six other churches in the more southern part of the county and northern Rockbridge which are just over 250 years old. A good book to read to give perspective on this is Howard Wilson's Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom. Nancy Sorrells -----Original Message----- From: BaggyGenes <bagygenz@napanet.net> To: VAAUGUST-L@rootsweb.com <VAAUGUST-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST-L] The "Scotch-Irish" Community??? >Hi Joyce -- I received one answer, to date -- sorry, I thought it had >gone to the list. Anyhow, here's the general idea. The Ulster Scots (or >Scotch-Irish, as they are often -- and erroneously -- called) evidently >lived up and down the length of the Shenandoah Valley. The respondent >didn't list any particular cities, but suggested that the Ulster Scots >probably settled certain towns, German immigrants others. > >However, I don't know what those towns settled by the Scots might be. >Let's hope someone else out there will see this posting, and educate >both of us!! Can anyone out there help us??? And if so, would you >please post to the list, so that we can all share the information. > >Thanks!! > >Judy > > > >Joyce McMurray wrote: > >> Did you recieve answers to this,if so would you please share with me? >> Joyce >> > >> > Can someone please tell me the geographical location of the >> > "Scotch-Irish" community in Augusta County?? What cities did it >> > include? >> > >> > Thanks ahead of time for any help with this. >> > >> > Judy >> > >> > ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== >> > **************************************************************** >> > The Augusta County mailing list page has instructions on how to >> > subscribe and unsubscribe from the list >> > Visit it at: >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/augustaquery/augustalist.htm >> > *************************************************************** > > >==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== >**************************************************************** > Visit the Augusta County VAGenWeb Site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/ >**************************************************************** > >

Judy & Joyce, I don't know whether this will help or not, but my ancestor, John Lewis, was the founder of Staunton, and was from Ireland. There were at least 3 other John Lewis's in Virginia during that time -- mine was called "The Irish John Lewis". He was from Donegal County, Ireland. His mother is believed to have been Scottish. So, I can at least say that Staunton had some Scots-Irish there. -- Mary Taffet mdtaffet@syr.edu BaggyGenes wrote: > > Hi Joyce -- I received one answer, to date -- sorry, I thought it had > gone to the list. Anyhow, here's the general idea. The Ulster Scots (or > Scotch-Irish, as they are often -- and erroneously -- called) evidently > lived up and down the length of the Shenandoah Valley. The respondent > didn't list any particular cities, but suggested that the Ulster Scots > probably settled certain towns, German immigrants others. > > However, I don't know what those towns settled by the Scots might be. > Let's hope someone else out there will see this posting, and educate > both of us!! Can anyone out there help us??? And if so, would you > please post to the list, so that we can all share the information. > > Thanks!! > > Judy > > Joyce McMurray wrote: > > > Did you recieve answers to this,if so would you please share with me? > > Joyce > > > > > > Can someone please tell me the geographical location of the > > > "Scotch-Irish" community in Augusta County?? What cities did it > > > include? > > > > > > Thanks ahead of time for any help with this. > > > > > > Judy > > > > > > ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > > > **************************************************************** > > > The Augusta County mailing list page has instructions on how to > > > subscribe and unsubscribe from the list > > > Visit it at: > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/augustaquery/augustalist.htm > > > *************************************************************** > > ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > **************************************************************** > Visit the Augusta County VAGenWeb Site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/ > ****************************************************************

Hi Joyce -- I received one answer, to date -- sorry, I thought it had gone to the list. Anyhow, here's the general idea. The Ulster Scots (or Scotch-Irish, as they are often -- and erroneously -- called) evidently lived up and down the length of the Shenandoah Valley. The respondent didn't list any particular cities, but suggested that the Ulster Scots probably settled certain towns, German immigrants others. However, I don't know what those towns settled by the Scots might be. Let's hope someone else out there will see this posting, and educate both of us!! Can anyone out there help us??? And if so, would you please post to the list, so that we can all share the information. Thanks!! Judy Joyce McMurray wrote: > Did you recieve answers to this,if so would you please share with me? > Joyce > > > > Can someone please tell me the geographical location of the > > "Scotch-Irish" community in Augusta County?? What cities did it > > include? > > > > Thanks ahead of time for any help with this. > > > > Judy > > > > ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > > **************************************************************** > > The Augusta County mailing list page has instructions on how to > > subscribe and unsubscribe from the list > > Visit it at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/augustaquery/augustalist.htm > > ***************************************************************

In a message dated 5/3/99 7:10:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, bagygenz@napanet.net writes: << VAAUGUST-L@rootsweb.com >> Staunton and Fincastle were both hotbeds of early Ulster-Scot settlements. Practically all of the early Beverly Manor and Borden Patent were made up of the so-called "Scotch-Irish."

To: Rae Jean, and others who may have missed the intent of this announcement. Linda Lewis, VAGenWeb Coordinator, founder of USGenWeb Archives (and a lot of other things), has been diligently scanning vol. II pages of Chalkley's "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia," and her announcement was in celebration of the completion of 2/3rd of this three vol. work. Chalkley contains most of the early court records of Augusta County from its beginning to 1800 and is the starting place for anyone doing serious research in Augusta County. Linda was generously handing out bouquets to the rest of us who had a hand in getting this project online. But she forgot to give herself a bouquet. For anyone new to Chalkley and research in Augusta County, see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/ Carmen Finley ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 11:42:17 -0500 From: "Rae Jean Hay" <rjhay1@bellsouth.net> Subject: [VAAUGUST-L] Chalkley To: VAAUGUST-L@rootsweb.com Message-id: <017201be9583$eee6a560$20c2d6d1@rjhay1> Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit

Welcome Lynne to Virginia and any others. I know that Virginia (or any place new) can be confusing. I hope you enjoy it here. I have lived here all my life and would be happy to answer any questions about VA (if I know the answer) that you or someone else may have. In my job I use the list below for all the counties, cities & town in Virginia. (Sorry I don't work at the Courthouse.) Remember, all cities in Virginia are independent of the counties. In other words, you will not find a city within county boundaries. Here is a site that I think everyone should have bookmark. <A HREF="http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html">USGS Mapping Info: GNIS US &Territories Data Base Query Form </A> It has been a great help to me. Hope this has been some useful information to you or others on this list. Janet Spotsylvania, VA COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA 1. Accomack 49. King & Queen 2. Albemarle 50. King William 3. Alleghany 51. Lancaster 4. Amelia 52. Lee 5. Amherst 53. Loudon 6. Appomattox 54. Louisa 7. Arlington 55. Lunenburg 8. Augusta 56. Madison 9. Bath 57. Mathews 10. Bedford 58. Mecklenburg 11. Bland 59. Middlesex 12. Botetourt 60. Montgomery 13. Brunswick 61. Nelson 14. Buchanan 62. New Kent 15. Buckingham 63. Northampton 16. Campbell 64. Northumberland 17. Caroline 65. Nottoway 18. Carroll 66. Orange 19. Charles City 67. Page 20. Charlotte 68. Patrick 21. Chesterfield 69. Pittsylvania 22. Clarke 70. Powhatan 23. Craig 71. Prince Edward 24. Culpeper 72. Prince George 25. Cumberland 73. Prince William 26. Dickenson 74. Pulaski 27. Dinwiddie 75. Rappahannock 28. Essex 76. Richmond 29. Fairfax 77. Roanoke 30. Fauquier 78. Rockbridge 31. Floyd 79. Rockingham 32. Fluvanna 80. Russell 33. Franklin 81. Scott 34. Frederick 82. Shenandoah 35. Giles 83. Smyth 36. Gloucester 84. Southampton 37. Goochland 85. Spotsylvania 38. Grayson 86. Stafford 39. Greene 87. Surry 40. Greenesville 88. Sussex 41. Halifax 89. Tazewell 42. Hanover 90. Warren 43. Henrico 91. Washington 44. Henry 92. Westmoreland 45. Highland 93. Wise 46. Isle of Wight 94. Wythe 47. James City 95. York 48. King George CITIES IN VIRGINIA (independent of counties) 1. Alexandria 22. Manassas 2. Bedford 23. Manassas Park 3. Bristol 24. Martinsville 4. Buena Vista 25. Newport News 5. Charlottesville 26. Norfolk 6. Chesapeake 27. Norton 7. Clifton Forge 28. Petersburg 8. Colonial Heights 29. Poquoson 9. Covington 30. Portsmouth 10. Danville 31. Radford 11. Emporia 32. Richmond 12. Fairfax 33. Roanoke 13. Falls Church 34. Salem 14. Franklin 35. South Boston 15. Fredericksburg 36. Staunton 16. Galax 37. Suffolk 17. Hampton 38. Virginia Beach 18. Harrisonburg 39. Waynesboro 19. Hopewell 40. Williamsburg 20. Lexington 41. Winchester 21. Lynchburg TOWNS IN VIRGINIA (located within counties) 1. Amherst 44. Kilmarnock 2. Abingdon 45. LaCrosse 3. Appomattox 46. Lawrenceville 4. Ashland 47. Leesburg 5. Berryville 48. Louisa 6. Big Stone Gap 49. Luray 7. Blacksburg 50. Middleburg 8. Bluefield 51. Middletown 9. Bowling Green 52. Montross 10. Bridgewater 53. Narrows 11. Broadway 54. New Market 12. Buchanan 55. Occoquan 13. Cedar Bluff 56. Onanock 14. Chase City 57. Pamplin 15. Chilhowie 58. Pocahontas 16. Chincoteague 59. Pearisburg 17. Christiansburg 60. Penninton Gap 18. Clarksville 61. Port Royal 19. Clifton 62. Pound 20. Clover 63. Pulaski 21. Coeburn 64. Purcellville 22. Crewe 65. Remington 23. Culpeper 66. Richlands 24. Dayton 67. Round Hill 25. Dumfries 68. Shenandoah 26. Edinburg 69. Smithfield 27. Elkton 70. South Boston 28. Exmore 71. South Hill 29. Farmville 72. Stanley 30. Front Royal 73. Stephens City 31. Gate City 74. Stony Creek 32. Glade Spring 75. Surry 33. Glasgow 76. Tappahannock 34. Gordonsville 77. Tazewell 35. Grottoes 78. Urbanna 36. Grundy 79. Vienna 37. Haysi 80. Vinton 38. Herndon 81. Warrenton 39. Hillsville 82. Warsaw 40. Honaker 83. Windsor 41. Hurt 84. Wise 42. Iron Gate 85. Woodstock 43. Keysville 86. Wytheville

-----Original Message----- From: Sue Koller [mailto:sue@KAIConsulting.com] Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 11:10 AM To: VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAROCKIN-L] Its a small world/ Weed-Walker-Finley-Shaver Maybe some of you have had this same experience.(or similar) While working on my family line and getting no new information (Shaver/Shafer), I decided to work on my Husband's mothers line (Weed) only because this seemed pretty easy in that there was already some information and I knew they came from Stamford CT, where incidentally we are planing to move shortly. Anyway, I started to look into the Weed family and found a Shaver connection to my Weed family, not unusual Shaver is a pretty common name. But now I find that the Weed family also is in LaSalle County IL, where my Shaver's ended up, and that (specifically) Edmund Weed, came from VA, possibly Rockingham Co., VA, where his wife Keziah Walker came from. (Rockinigham is where I do extensive research on my Shaver line) so, If someone has information on Edmund Weed's marriage to Keziah Walker-daughter of David Walker, please let me know. I found from the book "Ottawa Old and New" a book on the history of Ottawa of LaSalle County Ill, that Dr. David Walker came to LaSalle County from Rockingham in 1826 he was accompanied by his wife Phoebe (Finley) Walker. Any other information on this Weed family, especially with a connection to the Weed's of Stamford, would be greatly appreciated. I hope that this accounting is understandable. In doing research for over 4 years now I have found many coincidences, but this one really threw me, I'm connected to my husbands family long before we we're married and vise-versa, but that's another story. Happy Hunting Sue K.

I think I missed something. Where would I find info on the message copied as follows: :> >Please thank Freddie Spradlin (VAGenWeb volunteer) for proofreading the :> >scans, Carmen Finley (Augusta County VAGenWeb coordinator) for :> >initiating this project, Trudy Lusk for all her work in getting it :> >started, Dereka Smith (NGS librarian) for providing the books, and Dr. :> >Brian Leverich for hosting the project on Rootsweb and his dedication to :> >free online genealogy data. Would some kind person forward the message to me? Thanks in advance - Rae Jean in Memphis.

Can someone please tell me the geographical location of the "Scotch-Irish" community in Augusta County?? What cities did it include? Thanks ahead of time for any help with this. Judy

This is interesting, Lynn. 'Scuse me if I'm a little behind here - This explains a lot of things we didn't understand about Chalkley's. I was looking at a Lincoln history today, looking at the pictures <G>, and it showed pictures of the courthouses Lincoln regularly attended court in the 8th district of IL, and between 1850-1860 the courthouses he attended were anywhere from a big stone building to a rough log cabin to somebody's living room. The baby days of our court system - who would have guessed it would become so complicated. It no longers matters if you're guilty or innocent, only how your case is argued. Maybe we're learning how it felt to be branded! Norma Lynne Hundley wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've discovered a fascinating new (to me) book: Isaac, Rhys, The > Transformation of Virginia: 1740-1790 (1982, 400+ pages, winner of > Pulitizer Prize) > > The chapter on court system explains one record which lists my ancestor as > a "venireman." > > I'm including my notes on courts below. Hope you find this as interesting > as I did. > > Lynne Hundley >