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--