Is there an existing early membership list of Beaverdam Baptist Church? Can anyone tell when it was formed? Thanks. Freddy Brown freddyb@tnpride.com

Anna, Bedford County Marriage Bonds: http://people.delphi.com/fspradlin/bedf-mar.htm Jan Anna L Wong wrote: > > Hi - Can anyone send me the URL that lists the marriages for Bedford Co., VA, 1700's? I've been checking Rootsweb and haven't had any luck finding it! Or if you know where the list is on other websites, please let me know. Thanks.

Hi - Can anyone send me the URL that lists the marriages for Bedford Co., VA, 1700's? I've been checking Rootsweb and haven't had any luck finding it! Or if you know where the list is on other websites, please let me know. Thanks. Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net

Can anyone tell me if there is a tax list/record for Bedford County, VA, in the 1700's? Please advise and send me the URL. Thanks. Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net

Just a short note here. With the exception of three rather long requests, all of the requests have been replied to. For Michael Tavenner, Bertie O'Quinn, Mike Beard and Lonnie Prosser, y'all are next to be worked on. Thank you each and everyone who sent in requests for being patient. There were truly more requests than I expected to get and each one was interesting. Sharon

Oops!! Sorry All - wrong URL server I sent over. Try this one (it works!) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/1704va.txt Sorry for the confusion..........Patti (Clearwater, FL)

Hi Anna: There is a Rent Roll of Virginia 1704/05 list that can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/1704va.txt It has Surnames listed alphabetically followed by the name of the county where they held land. Hope this helps. Good Luck........Patti (Clearwater, FL)

Hello: I am trying to make a connection with someone working on the St.Clair Family. I descend from Thomas Lewis St.Clair born 1857 in Bedford County, VA. Thomas and his wife and children lived near the Peaks of Otter - where the Royal Ambassadors Camp is now located. Their cabin still stands. He was the son of John D. St.Clair and S. Margaret Lyle (have no dates for these people). Would like to fill in alot of missing information and can exchange what I have with others. Does anyone recognize this family? You may e-mail me privately if you would like. Eubankroot@aol.com Thanks!

Hi all - I'm trying to locate information on Lewis FRANKLIN, b. 1717, VA, md. Jane (?) about 1739. He died in Bedford Co., VA, 1770. I'm not sure where he originiated from. Would like information on whom his parents and siblings were. Please advise if you have information on him. Thanks. Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net

My husband's great-great-great uncle Jerry Bell CAMPBELL served in Company C of the 42nd Virginia Infantry from Bedford County (although he enlisted at Orange County). Jerry had two brothers, John W. and William P. John was younger than Jerry so he probably wouldn't have served in the War, but I am trying to find out if William could have served. Can anyone help me, or tell me where I might look for information? Thanks. Kathy Campbell

Queries posted this past week to this VAGenWeb site mentioned the following surnames: ADAMS, ARTHUR, BALLARD, BRAMBLETT, BROWN, BUSKIRK, CALLAWAY, DOWDY, ENGLISH, FERGUSON, GOODE, HATCHER, HAWKINS, HAYNER, HUNT, JOHNSON, KRANTZ, MARTIN, MITCHELL, OVERSTREET, PLYMALE, RICHARDSON, RODABAUGH, SAUNDERS, SEMONES, SNIDER, TURNER, WALTON, WEST, WHITE, WHITTINGTON For those of you wanting to read these new queries, they are located at URL: <a href="http://people.delphi.com/fspradlin/bedf-qry.htm"> http://people.delphi.com/fspradlin/bedf-qry.htm </a> Regards, Freddie S. FSpradlin@delphi.com 3448 W. 170th St, Torrance, CA 90504-2402

Hi Libby, I'm glad you got back to me. Some of the FREEMAN's have gone to NC,GA,TX,Ks,CA,& etc. They're everywhere. Sorting them out is the puzzle. The only info I have on the Parker's is my GGGRandmother Sarah Parker married William Freeman on Oct.28,1798 in Bedford, VA. My Sarah (PARKER)FREEMAN was born Abt. 1779 in Pittsylvina, VA, died 1860 in Lawrence, Ohio. I believe Sarah's dad's name was John and had a brother David. Sarah Parker-William Freeman had the following children: Mary 'Polly' b. 1800 David Parker Freeman b. 1802 married on July 20, 1889 Nancy Martin Elizabeth Freeman b. 1810 George Parker Freeman b. April 21, 1811 in Pittsylvina, VA m.Aug 28, 1838 to Rebecca Brubaker, other spouse: Harriet (Ballard) Smith William D. Freeman b. 1814 married on May 29, 1842 in Lawrence, Ohio Mary A. Bowen Moses Alfred Freeman b.1819 Sarah Freeman b. 1819 *Note: Moses Alfred Freeman, was a soldier in the Civil War; he enlisted in 1862, in Ironton, Ohio, He was wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg and died later in Washington,DC (1864) his body was buried on his farm in Fayette township, OH. As you can see, 2 of her sons had PARKER for their middle names. Also, they must have lived in Pittsylvina, VA from the time they were married (1798) until around the time William was born in Ohio, sometime between (1811 -1814). As you know Sarah Parker's husband William FREEMAN ( born Abt 1775) was the 3rd son of John FREEMAN of Bedford,VA who had 15 children. William FREEMAN died 1884 in (South Point) Lawrence Co., OH. -------- >The Will of Benjamin White, 15 Jan1811, prob, 21 Sept 1818 (Pittsylvaina >Deeds & Will Bk. 11, pp 495-496) wife: Rebecca White. > >In Benjamin White¹s Will he names children of Rebecca White as follows: >Thomas Zachery >Sally Parker wife of John Parker >Rachel Bennett wife of Wm. Bennett(dec¹d) >Molly Pierce wife of John Pierce >Elizabeth Kizzee wife of Kizzee(Keesee (corrected sp)) >others mentioned in his Will are: >John Pierce son of John Pierce >Zadock Pierce >George Adams Any connections or hints? Bobbi

Thanks Sharon for the offer. I'd be interested if you see anything for the CLAGG surname. Thanks - Melinda

Does anyone have any information on Thomas Franklin, b. about 1754? Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA * * Wild Wild West * * annaw4@prodigy.net

Looking foe birth days, marriage dates, and ancestors. They had 10 children and I have that info, forward. Should be late 1800's or early 1900's, Bedford Co.Va. Thanks Don Pittman

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------BB259B23709 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, All, This from my surname list. Good information. Feel free to copy or forward to other lists you may be on. Carleen --------------BB259B23709 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by ionet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA09342 for <cfadlam@ionet.net>; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:11:12 -0500 (CDT) Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:11:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA26779; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:03:49 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:03:49 -0700 (PDT) Old-To: ROBERTS-L@rootsweb.com, RIVENBURG-L@rootsweb.com, PEPPER-L@rootsweb.com, dmills@pon.net, HOLLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com, GLASS-L@rootsweb.com, FRAZIER-L@rootsweb.com, cammini@aol.com, CONNELLY-L@rootsweb.com, BROOKS-L@rootsweb.com, BOWLING-L@rootsweb.com, dentondc@juno.com Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:59:26 -0700 Message-ID: <19990819.115926.-4150019.1.dentondc@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 3.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-11,14-15,29,31,36-37,43-44,49-50,53-54,61-68,75-76,80-81,86-92 X-Juno-Att: 0 X-Juno-RefParts: 0 From: Doris/Chuck Denton <dentondc@juno.com> Subject: [FRAZIER] Fw: [DENTON-L] Fw: WWI Draft Cards Resent-Message-ID: <4dZRl.A.ihG.SUFv3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: FRAZIER-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FRAZIER-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FRAZIER-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/160 X-Loop: FRAZIER-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FRAZIER-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Type: text/plain X-UIDL: 41799443c401dce768b9a125fa40647a Status: U X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: CTDenton1@aol.com To: DENTON-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:45:33 EDT Subject: [DENTON-L] Fw: WWI Draft Cards Message-ID: <c191f9ac.24ed647d@aol.com> Forwarded From Another List: M. Dean Hunt Louisville, KY Good Morning everyone: I played hooky from work yesterday and spent the day at the NARA Branch in Atlanta and it jogged my memory to pass on some information to everyone. Prior to the US's entry into WW1 (approx. 1917-1918) every male between the age of 18 and 40 was required to register for the draft. The information found on the card was provided by the individual himself. The registration cards vary in information depending on the individual draft board. But by and large the cards include: The full name of the person (this means first, full middle name, any additional middle names and last name); the current address of the man; his age; his birthdate (some include his place of birth); whether he is a US citizen or a naturalized citizen (some ask if his father was a naturalized citizen and his father's race); his race; his occupation; where he is employed (name of employer); address or location of employment; name and address of his next of kin; some cards ask if the man is married or single and how many people he supports. The card is signed by the draftee. On the back of the card his physical description is noted: Height is broken down by short, medium, tall although some cards give the actual height in feet and inches; Build by slim, medium, stout although some cards list actual weight along with the build; color of eyes and hair; any deformities or injuries are listed (such as one arm missing, blind in one eye, etc); the name and address of the draft board and the date. When these original cards were transferred to the East Pointe NARA branch the LDS spent about 3 years microfilming these cards. There are hundreds and hundreds of boxes and the LDS opened one box at a time and filmed them - in state order. However, within each state the cards were filed by draft board, not by county or by draftee. This makes the searching of the microfilm difficult to say the least. The good news is that the Friends of the National Archives took each box after it was filmed (and checked) and sorted all of these thousands and thousands of cards into - state and then COUNTY order and then in alphabetical order by surname and put then in new boxes. The Friends deserveall the kudos we can give them for this monstrous task. So ... rather than spending hours and hours searching the LDS microfilm you can order copies of the original cards from NARA. if you know the county your ancestor lived in between 1917-1918. And BTW - Ancestry.com lists WW1 Draft cards in their searchable data bases, however I know for a fact that there are 22 cards for the surname WHITE found in McIntosh Co, OK and Ancestry only gave me 4 of them so don't depend on that site. I was told yesterday that some reps from Ancestry had visited the archives a couple of weeks ago to talk about filming the cards, took one look at the hundreds and hundreds of boxes and simply left. For copies: Send a letter requesting copy(s) to: NARA Southeast Region 1557 St. Joseph Ave East Point, GA 30344 In your letter be sure to say you want copy(s) of the WWI Draft application Cards. Include the name of your ancestor and his race, the state and the county. If you want copies of ALL of the cards with a given surname, ask them the cost of the copies and send a SASE for them to let you know the copying cost. In your letter be sure and say you want a copy of the FRONT and BACK of the card. Be sure to send a SASE for the return of you copies. The cost for the copy is 50 cents - 25 cents for the back and 25 cents for the front. If you only want one copy send a buck and say the difference is to be given to the Friends of the Archives, because after all they did all this wonderful hard work for you <VBG> If you have any other questions about the cards please write to me and I'll try to help. I've been "delving" into these cards for the past few years. But PLEASE don't ask me to get the copies for you. It is difficult for me to take the time off from work to visit the archive to do my own research <g>. And feel free to pass this on to any of the lists you are on. ==== FRAZIER Mailing List ==== Cyndi's List of Genealogy Links, Over 40,950 links http://www.cyndislist.com/ --------------BB259B23709--

Hi All, I am terribly overwhelmend with requests. Please be patient. It seems as though i get almost caught up and then a whole new batch comes in. I'll get to all of you as soon as possiblr. Thanks, Sharon

Thanks Sharon for the offer of a look-up--it is very generous of you. I would be most interested to find out if there is anything on the Eakin/Akin surname. Thanks so much. Helen

This is a word of caution regarding the book Our Kin. I just received my copy of Our Kin, and although I consider it to be an aid for locating residents in Bedford County, there are many problems with this book. First, it is undocumented. Second, it contains many errors that were not corrected even with the addentum. Use the book with caution, and always go in search of the original records.