I would like to establish contact with anyone researching the descendants of Peter Meador Wright I, of Bedford Co., VA, and his wife, Susan James Wright. Peter was born May 15, 1802 and died October 23, 1860. Susan was born March 1, 1802 and died January 24, 1876. They married August 24, 1824. Their children who survived to adulthood are: (1) James Matthew Wright (2) Mary Jane Wright (Craft) (3) Nancy E. Ann Wright (McManaway) (4) Peter Meador Wright II (5) Eliza Ann Wright (Lemon) (6) Susan Julia Wright (Basham) (7) Stephen Wood Wright (8) Joel Wilson Wright (9) Louisa Frances "Fannie" Wright I look forward to hearing from others researching this family. Carol

Searching for info on Lindsey Stinnett, married to Judith Creasy; parents of Ann Eliza M. Stinnett, b. 1852. Ann married John Peter Blankenship. Thanks, Happy Dign' Sonya in Maine Researching: In Campbell Co: BLANKENSHIP MATTOX/MADDOX LYNCH STINNETT In Montgomery/Floyd Co: BISHOP MARTIN ROOP ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

The Bedford City/County historical society has a wonderful set of cemetery books that covers the public cemeteries, church cemeteries and all the family graveyards. I found my two family cemeteries listed and the information gave a person (usually the landowner) to call. Both people were wonderfully helpful. One took me out into the middle of the field and helped me hunt until we found the stones. The other mowed the edge of the field so we could get to the top of the ridge and set the stones back up so it would look better when I got there. I wouldn't have been able to find either without help. The historical Society address and phone is on the Bedford Co. GenWeb page. Good hunting, Lynne Hundley ---------- > From: ABrig2728@aol.com > To: VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Jointee Church > Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 2:51 AM > > Hello Everyone! > I read with interest of the DAR's ceremony of a Bedford Revolutionary War > patriot. I, too, am a descendant of a Bedford County patriot and hope that > someone out there can help me locate his grave. > > Nathan(iel) Chapman (1761-1829) came to Bedford County from Cumberland County, > VA around 1784. He bought 385 acres of land on Beaver Dam Creek from Lemaster > Cooksey around 1791. When he died in 1829, Nathan left some of his land for > the use of the Jointee Methodist Church and was buried on this land. > > >From what I understand this church eventually became the Jointee Baptist > Church, the Methodists merging with another neighboring congregation. The > Church building is no longer standing and many of the original graves were > moved to the "new" Methodist church grounds nearby. However, my ancestor is > still on this land along with two or three other persons. > > Does anyone have any idea where to find this long lost gravesite? I was in > Bedford County in January and my cousin and I looked everywhere for this site > (over some fences and into the brambles!) with no luck. Another cousin tells > me that Nathan's grave is on the Bond Farm property...... > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to visit his grave and > make sure that future generations can find his burial place. > > Thanks for all your help! > Angela Chapman Brigman > ABrig2728@aol.com > > > ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== > Planning a Family Reunion? Post your schedule at URL: > http://members.aol.com/camorrison/vareunio/reunion.htm

This message is for descendants of James Board everywhere. James Board was born in Baltimore County, MD in 1740, moved to Lunenburg/Bedford Co. Virginia with his family in 1746/7, moved to Franklin County, VA, in the 1790s, and finally moved to Breckinridge County, KY, in 1806. He died in Breckinridge County in 1826. James Board was recently declared a Patriot by the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Anyone who descends from him is now eligible for membership.

Hello Everyone! I read with interest of the DAR's ceremony of a Bedford Revolutionary War patriot. I, too, am a descendant of a Bedford County patriot and hope that someone out there can help me locate his grave. Nathan(iel) Chapman (1761-1829) came to Bedford County from Cumberland County, VA around 1784. He bought 385 acres of land on Beaver Dam Creek from Lemaster Cooksey around 1791. When he died in 1829, Nathan left some of his land for the use of the Jointee Methodist Church and was buried on this land. >From what I understand this church eventually became the Jointee Baptist Church, the Methodists merging with another neighboring congregation. The Church building is no longer standing and many of the original graves were moved to the "new" Methodist church grounds nearby. However, my ancestor is still on this land along with two or three other persons. Does anyone have any idea where to find this long lost gravesite? I was in Bedford County in January and my cousin and I looked everywhere for this site (over some fences and into the brambles!) with no luck. Another cousin tells me that Nathan's grave is on the Bond Farm property...... Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to visit his grave and make sure that future generations can find his burial place. Thanks for all your help! Angela Chapman Brigman ABrig2728@aol.com

My computer crashed over the weekend, so I would like anyone who wrote to me this weekend to resend me their message as I lost my entire mail file, all my addresses, and, well, everything. Luckily for me I started running Family Tree Maker off of a zip disk, so I lost no data on my actual tree. Thanks, Vern

I have the following Leftwichs in my database. Are these the ones referred to in the message from J. Haynes? Descendants of Augustine Leftwich 1 Augustine Leftwich b: 1740 - 1750 .. +Mary Turner m: 12 February 1765 in Bedford Co., VA . 2 Lockey Leftwich b: 1772 - 1773 in Bedford Co., VA ..... +David Saunders b: February 1761 in Hanover Co., VA d: 29 September 1842 in Bedford Co., VA m: 04 September 1788 in Bedford Co., VA Father: Thomas Saunders Mother: Elizabeth Rice Lucy mollie@dnet.net or lomcghee@yahoo.com Support Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Research http://members.aol.com/pbcers/pbcers.htm

Hi Brad! I spent a little time searching for a Wiley and Henry Stratton of VA in the time period before 1820. What I found is probably not the right folks, but it may interest you and others chasing Bedford County relatives. I found a Wiley and Henry Stratton (and others) in the following book: Hopkins, Walter Lee, "Leftwich-Turner Families of Virginia and Their Connections", 1931, 350pages, indexed. re-published by C.J. Carrier Harrisonburg, VA, 1992. The Hopkins book lists 19 Stratton references in the index, from the marriage of Jane "Gincey" Stratton, 3rd wife of Col. Thos. Leftwich in 1783 (on page 19) to the reference to his daughter Polly Stratton in the will of the same Col. Thos. Leftwich (1740-1815) on page 313. Incidentally, Col. Leftwich managed to outlive 2 of his 3 wives and several of his nineteen (19!) children. The Wiley J. Stratton referenced is NOT your Wiley B. Stratton , but I found they do link to my HAYNES family! Wiley J. Stratton's parents were Elizabeth Leftwich (b. 1778) and Thomas Stratton (b. Bedford County); g'parents were Sarah Hampton and Henry Stratton (b. Chesterfield County, d. 1799 Bedford Co.); ggreatgrandparents were Elizabeth Elam and Thomas Stratton (b. 1710 Bermuda Hundreds, VA, d. 1773 Chesterfield County, VA.) Jane "Gincey" Stratton was probably the sister of Thomas Stratton, since her parents were also Sarah and Henry Stratton. Wiley J. Stratton had nine siblings: Susana, John, Thomas, Jeannette (who m. her cousin Jesse Leftwich in 1831--lots of inbreeding!), Martha Malvina, Frazier O., Amelia, and Virginia. Finally, a William Stratton m. Mary (Polly) Haynes, dtr. of Henry Haynes and Bersheba Hampton (my gggreat-grandparents) on November 30, 1793; they had six children. John Haynes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Searching HAYNES (VA, TN, KY,MS,TX), O'DONNELL (MA,IRL), BROWN (DC, NY), DALY/DALEY (MA/IRL), RUBBERT (NY,GER), SANDIGLIANO (ITALY), SCOTT(VA), HENDERSON (NY,DC), PANKEY (VA), VAN BUREN (NY, TX) WADE (VA), WELLS (NY, TX) My Haynes Web site is at <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/jhaynesnc/index.htm"> http://members.aol.com/jhaynesnc/index.htm</A> ========Original Message======== Subj: STRATTON/LEFTWICH Families Date: 2/13/99 5:01:59 AM Eastern Standard Time From: aumick@gte.net (Brad Aumick) To: VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com Hello, I'm looking for any info on the STRATTON family of Bedford Co. Virginia, especially before 1820. In "A Book of Stratton's", I saw a Wiley J. STRATTON, listed as the son of Thomas & Elizabeth (LEFTWICH) STRATTON, married 2 Dec. 1795, Bedford Co. VA. Although I was unable to make a connection to my STRATTON family, my Henry STRATTON had a son named Wiley B. STRATTON. I don't know how common a name 'Wiley' was at that time, and I don't know if these Bedford Co. VA families are related to me. As for my STRATTON family: Henry STRATTON, b. abt. 1804 VA, married prob. abt. 1830, Jane E. (UNKNOWN), b. abt. 1810 VA. Jane's father was born in Ireland. Henry & Jane E. STRATTON probably moved to Tennessee before 1832. By 1850, they had moved to Hardin Co. TN. Their known children: 1. Hyram W. STRATTON, b. abt. 1832. 2. John W. STRATTON, b. abt. 1835. 3. Sarah E. STRATTON, b. abt. 1838. 4. Henry W. STRATTON, b. abt. 1839. 5. Wiley B. STRATTON, b. abt. 1842. 6. Hannah M. STRATTON, b. abt. 1845. 7. Catherine J. STRATTON, b. abt. 1847. 8. Thomas M. STRATTON, b. 1849. I believe these children were all born in Tennessee. I was hoping that someone might see a similarity in their given names. Any info greatly appreciated! Thank you, Brad Aumick aumick@gte.net ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== Planning a Family Reunion? Post your schedule at URL: http://members.aol.com/camorrison/vareunio/reunion.htm ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <VABEDFOR-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb05.mx.aol.com (rly-zb05.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.5]) by air-zb04.mail.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 05:01:59 -0500 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by rly-zb05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id FAA14987; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 05:01:51 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA05590; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 01:57:51 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 01:57:51 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 03:58:36 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: aumick@mail.gte.net Message-Id: <l03130303b2ea668df710@[208.250.156.77]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Old-To: VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com From: Brad Aumick <aumick@gte.net> Subject: STRATTON/LEFTWICH Families Resent-Message-ID: <"t3f9lC.A.IXB.eyUx2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/637 X-Loop: VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com To: VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Errors-To: VABEDFOR-L-request@rootsweb.com Resent-Sender: VABEDFOR-L-request@rootsweb.com

Queries posted this past week to this VAGenWeb site mentioned the following surnames: DODD, FALLS, FERGUSON, FOURQUERON, FRAZIER, GRIFFITH, GUTHRIE, HALL, McCLANAHAN, NOELL, TURPIN 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

> Bob Harris wrote: > Brad, > Please answer this on the Bedford page. There are others of us in the same family. > > Bob > > > OKASEY@aol.com wrote: > > > > > Hi, Brad.... > > > > > > I think I have Strattons in Bedford before 1800s as well. They are really > > > difficult to figure out. William Canada/Canaday/Kennedy was probably married > > > to Anna/Anne Stratton. Their dau. Mary married James Casey around or before > > > 1770. Most of my information comes from the "Book of Strattons" as well. If > > > you find anything on the family, please let me know, as I haven't be able to > > > prove anything for myself. Thanks. > > > > > > Sally > > >

Hi Brad Do you have a copy of the Book of Strattons? I am looking for a connection of Strattons to my Bartons of Bedford Co, VA. My great-grandfather was Stratton Lee Barton, born Apr 11 1863 in Bedford Co, VA. He married Bettie Lee McFall(s). I am trying to find where the Stratton connection to the Bartons comes into play. Can you help me? God bless you, Flo Researching: Barton, Birchfield, Bishop, Boothe, Cox, Dooley, Drake, Franklin, Harper, Huff, Kefauver, Loyd, Marks, McFalls, McQuain, Raines, Simmons, Wheeler - all from the VA/WV areas. See my Surname Index at http://members.aol.com/FloC ox/SurnameIndex.html

Hello, I'm looking for any info on the STRATTON family of Bedford Co. Virginia, especially before 1820. In "A Book of Stratton's", I saw a Wiley J. STRATTON, listed as the son of Thomas & Elizabeth (LEFTWICH) STRATTON, married 2 Dec. 1795, Bedford Co. VA. Although I was unable to make a connection to my STRATTON family, my Henry STRATTON had a son named Wiley B. STRATTON. I don't know how common a name 'Wiley' was at that time, and I don't know if these Bedford Co. VA families are related to me. As for my STRATTON family: Henry STRATTON, b. abt. 1804 VA, married prob. abt. 1830, Jane E. (UNKNOWN), b. abt. 1810 VA. Jane's father was born in Ireland. Henry & Jane E. STRATTON probably moved to Tennessee before 1832. By 1850, they had moved to Hardin Co. TN. Their known children: 1. Hyram W. STRATTON, b. abt. 1832. 2. John W. STRATTON, b. abt. 1835. 3. Sarah E. STRATTON, b. abt. 1838. 4. Henry W. STRATTON, b. abt. 1839. 5. Wiley B. STRATTON, b. abt. 1842. 6. Hannah M. STRATTON, b. abt. 1845. 7. Catherine J. STRATTON, b. abt. 1847. 8. Thomas M. STRATTON, b. 1849. I believe these children were all born in Tennessee. I was hoping that someone might see a similarity in their given names. Any info greatly appreciated! Thank you, Brad Aumick aumick@gte.net

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_918916780_boundary Content-ID: <0_918916780@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_918916780_boundary Content-ID: <0_918916780@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: OKASEY@aol.com Return-path: <OKASEY@aol.com> To: aumick@gte.net, BEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: STRATTON/LEFTWICH Families Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 09:36:57 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hi, Brad.... I think I have Strattons in Bedford before 1800s as well. They are really difficult to figure out. William Canada/Canaday/Kennedy was probably married to Anna/Anne Stratton. Their dau. Mary married James Casey around or before 1770. Most of my information comes from the "Book of Strattons" as well. If you find anything on the family, please let me know, as I haven't be able to prove anything for myself. Thanks. Sally --part0_918916780_boundary--

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To all Quaker researchers: What Ed said about Hinshaw's Vol. 6 is true...ALL early marriages from Bedford and Campbell Counties were recorded in this book. My 3rd great grandfather, Henry Harrison Chapman, most of his siblings, as well as many of his cousins were included in this work. This puzzled me until I discovered that my Chapmans were Methodists! My 4th great grandfather, Nathaniel Chapman (1761-1829) even donated some of his land to the Jointee Methodist Church and was buried there. Not something a practicing Quaker would do! A good way to tell if your ancestors were practicing Quakers or not is to check out the Monthly Meeting minutes. A Quaker cousin of mine explained that due to the inclusion of non-Quakers in Hinshaw's Vol. 6, this would be the only way to verify if your forebearers were indeed Quakers. Friends who attended the Monthly Meeting and other meetings (i.e. regional) were recorded in the minutes. If you can't find anyone attending these functions, then your ancestors were probably not Quakers. Hope that this information helps everyone.....good luck! Angela Chapman Brigman ABrig2728@aol.com

Does anyone have any information regarding the BANISTER meeting? i.e Was it named for the BANISTER RIVER or the BANISTER family... actually the Banister River was I believe, named for John Banister, the Naturalist. Were there any Banister family members who were a part of that meeting? Thanks Vivian Eakes Hull researching BANISTER/ Haile/ Hogan/ in Bedford County

Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 1:12 PM Subject: Hinshaws book >Daer list >If anyone has a copy of Hinshaw's book on Quakers No.6,could you see if Joel >Arthur >"s marriage to Nancy (Chandler) or (Jenkins) is listed in Bedford Co.Va >marriages. >Many thanks >Carol >

Hi, I'm sending this to the "L" because it seems to apply to several of us. I have been informed recently (by very kind genealogists) that the entire Bedford and Campbell Co, VA marriage records (from the 18th & early 19th centuries) were reproduced in Hinshaw's vol. #6. Therefore, if your ancestor shows up in a cyber-search of the records, you need to be careful not to assume that they were Quakers. Ed Someone wrote: > Dear Mr. Marsh, > > Thank you for writing the Bedford County Quaker information. > > My earliest ancestor, William Parish married Martha (Patsy) Goode in Bedford > in December > 1778. We do not know from where he came or whether either of them was Quaker. > The marriage > was recorded by Hinshaw and I've been puzzled as to whether this meant one or > both was > Quaker or if it was recorded because all the early Bedford marriages were > bound into the > Encyclopedia. > > Any help would be appreciated. >

Hi all, On the subject of the book Lynchburg Pioneer Quakers... The book was republished (1st Ed, 1936, 2nd Ed. 1986) by J. P. Bell, Co. Lynchburg, VA. I borrowed a copy from the Duke Univ. Lib. If ed. #2 is out of print, let's get someone to reproduce it, I'd love my own copy! Ed OKASEY@aol.com wrote: > Hi, Ed... > > I'm very interested in your information on the Quakers of the > Campbell--Bedford area as I have a bunch of ancestors involved in > it.........particularly the Moormans, and probably the Caseys and > Shaons......do you know if any of these names are in your information? Is > the book still available and if so, do you know who might handle it? > > Really appreciate the information you're providing..... > > Sally Kasey Emily