Hello All, I've added another 10 pages to the book "Collections of the Virginia Historical Society Vol. VII: Virginia Company of London 1619-1624". It's online now at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1445 - Release Date: 5/15/2008 7:25 PM

The 28th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in Lynchburg, VA in June, 1861, Its members were raised in Botetourt, Craig, Bedford, Campbell, and Roanoke counties. After fighting at First Manassas, the unit was assigned to Gen. Pickett's, Garnett's, and Hunton's Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia. The regiment was active in the campaigns of the army from Williamsburg to Gettysburg except when it served with Longstreet at Suffolk. The 28th moved to North Carolina, then was on detached duty at Richmond. It fought at Cold Harbor, the Petersburg trenches, and was engaged in various conflicts around Appomattox. The regiment consisted of around 600 men in April, 1862 and reported 40 casualties at Williamsburg and 47 at Seven Pines. 12 were killed at Manassas and 52 were injured, 8 were killed and 54 wounded during the Maryland Campaign, and, of the 333 engaged at Gettysburg, half were disabled. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek, and 3 officers and 51 men surrendered on April (, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Robert C. Allen, Robert T. Preston, and William Watts; Lieutenant Colonels Samuel B. Paul and William L. Wingfield; and Majors Michael P. Spessard and Nathaniel C. Wilson. [ Historical Tablet ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division 8 PM 16 September to 10 AM 17 September C.S.A. JACKSON'S COMMAND EARLY'S BRIGADE, EWELL'S DIVISION Brig. Gen Jubal A. Early, Commanding. Organization. 13th, 25th, 31st, 44th, 49th, 52nd and 58th Virginia Infantry (September 16-17, 1862 No.1.) On the night of the 16th, Early's Brigade bivouacked in the farm lane on the left of Jackson's Division and in the Dunkard Church woods, between this point and the Church. At dawn of the 17th, the Brigade moved nearly a mile northwest to support Stuart's Cavalry Division and some Batteries of Artillery. The Brigade was on this duty about an hour when, leaving the 13th Virginia Infantry with Stuart, it returned and formed line on the plateau east of this, perpendicular to the Hagerstown Pike and, advancing in a northerly direction, as a support to Jackson's right, participated in a sanguinary engagement with the right of the First Army Corps, which was obliged to retire, then moved to the south along the west edge of the West Woods, and engaged the enemy near the Dunkard Church. No. 378. Historical Marker Antietam Battlefield http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/CSva-wv.html#VA-Inf I hope the link will open as free great Civil War site. Gerald Preas

The Natl Park Service web site treats Companies E & I of the 28th VA Infantry together. Neither company has been mentioned in the recent discussion of Bedford Civil War companies. The site states that "the 28^th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Lynchburg VA, June 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Botetourt, Craig, Bedford, Campbell and Roanoke." "This certifies that on p286 of vol. 3 of the manuscript Confederate records of the Archives Division of the Virginia State library the information is given that James G. Board was a captain in Co. E, 28^th Virginia Infantry Regiment, known as Botetourt Springs Rifles, Roanoke Co, commanded by Captains H. G. Rocke and James G. Board; [JGB] resigned January 26, 1864. General Order 51. / R. W. Church/, M. H. P., State Librarian" Perhaps Company E was composed mostly of Botetourt Co men given that it was known as the Botetourt Springs Rifles. I would be interested in hearing from anyone connected with James G. Board mentioned.above and am happy to share info. I have been told by a J.G.Board descendant that he was a Drummer Boy in the Civil War but so far it is hearsay. I have read that the bugle was in use by the time of the American Civil War and had pretty much replaced the drum as the signaling device in Cavalry units but this might not be true of the infantry. Would appreciate more info on this, too. Many thanks, Judith B. Gabor

Thank you again, Edwin!! Velma **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)

Early Reminder- The Bedford Genealogy fair will be held Saturday September 13, 2008, 9AM - 3PM at The Bedford campus of CVCC. It is free to the public and there will be five free workshops. Many will reserve a table to spread their family data and converse with fellow genealogist. For more details and to reserve a table: WWW.BGSOCIETY.ORG IF YOU RESERVE A TABLE AND PRESENT YOUR FAMILY DATA., YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A DOOR-PRIZE. THE DOOR-PRIZE WILL BE A ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO "FOOTNOTE" THE EXCITING NEW SERVICE THAT HAS MANY RECORDS NOT AVAILABLE ON ANCESTRY. A $60 value Doug Cooper- Manager Bedford Museum 201 E. main St. Bedford, VA 24523 540 586 4520 bccmdirector@verizon.net

This site is a gold mine. http://www.vgs.org/publications.htm You can only view the indexes at this site for some of the issues. Not the whole text. You can buy each issue from the Historical Society. But better still, if you are a subscriber to ancestry.com you can view the entire text for the first 40 issues. Anything after 40, you will have to buy. Click on "additional information" to see the indexes of the later issues. Then you can decide if you want to buy one. Click on the ancestry link to view the first 40 issues. But remember, you have to be a paid subscriber to see those. Ancestry has a great little search engine that saves you from searching each issue. Here is a sample I found in another format that I hope you can open. . http://www.stevendenney.com/uploads/BEDFORD_COUNTY_VA_TAX_RECORDS.pdf This is a fragment of the very early Bedford titheables and insolvents. Where the rest of them are is anybody's guess. I notice that issue 44 has more Bedford tithes. And issue 41 speaks of the Cubb Creek settlement. I will have to buy them. It never ends. My wife will probably kill me. Edwin

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZQkQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia,+Index+of+Wills&as_brr=1#PPA20,M1 Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably . And never regret anything that made you smile... Dori In a message dated 5/13/2008 12:23:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, RuthnRuby@aol.com writes: In a message dated 5/13/2008 9:47:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, edwirvin@yahoo.com writes: > id=ZQkQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover& > dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia,+Index+of+Wills&as_brr=1#PPA20,M1 > > I can't seem to get any of these to work.. must be doing something wrong.. please advise ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To post to the list, email: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com To contact the list admin, email: VABEDFOR-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VABEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)

In a message dated 5/13/2008 9:47:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, edwirvin@yahoo.com writes: > id=ZQkQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover& > dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia,+Index+of+Wills&as_brr=1#PPA20,M1 > > I can't seem to get any of these to work.. must be doing something wrong.. please advise ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)

I noticed that the book "Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden Time": http://books.google.com/books?id=70W5XafR9W0C&pg=PA73&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia&lr=&as_brr=1#PPR1,M1 was a very poor scan. Many of the pages were cut off at the top (with the scanner's fingers and hand photographed at the bottom), and the text on some of the pages was smeared at the left margin and at the top. There is a link to "*Flag this page as unreadable*" at the lower right corner of the Google page. I went through and marked many of the pages as unreadable. I suggest that others take a little time to do the same. I figure the more people reporting problems with this book, the more likely they are to re-scan it. Thanks, Edwin, for the links. Isn't Google Books a wonderful project!! Drema http://genealogy.drema.com Edwin "Tex" Irvin wrote: > More free goodies from Google books. And most of these old publications are terribly flawed, so don't start engraving them in marble. And Google has many more. Edwin > > http://books.google.com/books?id=ZQkQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia,+Index+of+Wills&as_brr=1#PPA20,M1 > > http://books.google.com/books?id=vI5IAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Family+of+Early&as_brr=1#PPR6,M1 > > http://books.google.com/books?id=Hj47AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA38&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia&lr=&as_brr=1#PPA1,M1 > > http://books.google.com/books?id=sGtVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA163&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia&lr=&as_brr=1#PPP5,M1 > > http://books.google.com/books?id=70W5XafR9W0C&pg=PA73&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia&lr=&as_brr=1#PPR1,M1 > > http://books.google.com/books?id=INmKsEB4LWAC&pg=PA521&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia&lr=&as_brr=1#PPA2,M1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACAMPBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

More free goodies from Google books. And most of these old publications are terribly flawed, so don't start engraving them in marble. And Google has many more. Edwin http://books.google.com/books?id=ZQkQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia,+Index+of+Wills&as_brr=1#PPA20,M1 http://books.google.com/books?id=vI5IAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Family+of+Early&as_brr=1#PPR6,M1 http://books.google.com/books?id=Hj47AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA38&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia&lr=&as_brr=1#PPA1,M1 http://books.google.com/books?id=sGtVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA163&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia&lr=&as_brr=1#PPP5,M1 http://books.google.com/books?id=70W5XafR9W0C&pg=PA73&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia&lr=&as_brr=1#PPR1,M1 http://books.google.com/books?id=INmKsEB4LWAC&pg=PA521&dq=Bedford+County,+Virginia&lr=&as_brr=1#PPA2,M1

Oh would they ever!!! Tex, I'm certain the situation is just as you've imagined it. If only I could wiggle my nose & transport to VA and then from courthouse to courthouse!!! Don't know about anyone else, but I've printed out your email to tuck in with my reference material. This info is fascinating. Thanks much! Lisa lisafranklin2004@earthlink.net >From our home, Belle Grove, in Louisiana > [Original Message] > From: Edwin \"Tex\" Irvin <edwirvin@yahoo.com> > To: <vabedfor@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <vacampbe@rootsweb.com> > Date: 5/12/2008 12:39:31 PM > Subject: [VABEDFOR] Russell Parish Records > > After the Revolution, the Church of England was no longer the established church in Virginia. It's "disestablishment" was accomplished through three acts passed between 1779 and 1802. The first act in 1779 cancelled all parish levies for the support of the church and clergy. Among the provisions of an act passed in 1784 were the appointment of overseers to care for the poor in place of the Vestry, and the allowance of marriages to be performed by any minister of the Gospel. The Act of 1802 provided for the seizure and sale of all church properties. At that time, the church records, both vestry books and registers, were confiscated by the State. They were ordered to be turned over to the Clerk of Court in the county where the individual churches were located. > I have searched much for the Vestry books and Registers of very early Russell Parish, to no avail. UVA does not have them. I have even tried the Episcopal Archives in England. Finding these books (if they still exist) would be a treasure trove for researchers in Bedford/Campbell. I keep thinking they are laying in a cardboard box in some musty old courthouse basement, just waiting to be discovered. Or in some unmarked folder in one of the historical museums. They would be sizeable records. They would hold the titheables, the poor and orphan records, the roads processioning, vestry trials, etc. They would be priceless. If these ever turned up, many brick walls might crumble. Edwin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To post to the list, email: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com > To contact the list admin, email: VABEDFOR-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VABEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

After the Revolution, the Church of England was no longer the established church in Virginia. It's "disestablishment" was accomplished through three acts passed between 1779 and 1802. The first act in 1779 cancelled all parish levies for the support of the church and clergy. Among the provisions of an act passed in 1784 were the appointment of overseers to care for the poor in place of the Vestry, and the allowance of marriages to be performed by any minister of the Gospel. The Act of 1802 provided for the seizure and sale of all church properties. At that time, the church records, both vestry books and registers, were confiscated by the State. They were ordered to be turned over to the Clerk of Court in the county where the individual churches were located. I have searched much for the Vestry books and Registers of very early Russell Parish, to no avail. UVA does not have them. I have even tried the Episcopal Archives in England. Finding these books (if they still exist) would be a treasure trove for researchers in Bedford/Campbell. I keep thinking they are laying in a cardboard box in some musty old courthouse basement, just waiting to be discovered. Or in some unmarked folder in one of the historical museums. They would be sizeable records. They would hold the titheables, the poor and orphan records, the roads processioning, vestry trials, etc. They would be priceless. If these ever turned up, many brick walls might crumble. Edwin

Yes Bob, That is a good looking website. The Bedford Group does a supurb job on their site and the Fair as well. I hope to see you there. I can't take credit for the site. I just help them with the marketing. Good to hear from you. Rena ----- Original Message ----- From: <vabedfor-request@rootsweb.com> To: <vabedfor@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:02 AM Subject: VABEDFOR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 122 > > > Today's Topics: > > 2. Re: Genealogy Fair Plans in Sept & Oct (Bob Overstreet) > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 07:19:52 -0700 > From: "Bob Overstreet" <boboverstreet7@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [VABEDFOR] Genealogy Fair Plans in Sept & Oct > To: <vabedfor@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <E1JupvW-0003I0-K4@elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Rena, That sure is a mighty good looking web site! I sure do hope it works > out for me to attend, with the hope of meeting with some Overstreet kin. > BobO > > -----Original Message----- > From: vabedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vabedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Rena Worthen > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 6:22 AM > To: vaboteto@rootsweb.com > Cc: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VABEDFOR] Genealogy Fair Plans in Sept & Oct > > Bedford County Genealogy Fair, September 13, 2008 > http://www.bgsociety.org/FairInfoPage.htm > > > Botetourt County, Virginia October 11, 2008 > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/flyer.pdf ****************

Bedford County Genealogy Fair, September 13, 2008 http://www.bgsociety.org/FairInfoPage.htm Botetourt County, Virginia October 11, 2008 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/flyer.pdf

Rena, That sure is a mighty good looking web site! I sure do hope it works out for me to attend, with the hope of meeting with some Overstreet kin. BobO -----Original Message----- From: vabedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vabedfor-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rena Worthen Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 6:22 AM To: vaboteto@rootsweb.com Cc: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com Subject: [VABEDFOR] Genealogy Fair Plans in Sept & Oct Bedford County Genealogy Fair, September 13, 2008 http://www.bgsociety.org/FairInfoPage.htm Botetourt County, Virginia October 11, 2008 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaboteto/flyer.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To post to the list, email: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com To contact the list admin, email: VABEDFOR-admin@rootsweb.com

Hello All, I've added another 10 pages to the book "Collections of the Virginia Historical Society Vol. VII: Virginia Company of London 1619-1624". It's online now at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.9 - Release Date: 5/5/2008 12:00 AM

Another book containing Andersons. Just type in a surname in the little search box. Edwin http://books.google.com/books?id=a80BAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Pioneer+Settlers+of+Grayson+county,+Virginia&lr=&as_brr=1

Try this old book-- http://books.google.com/books?id=CP8RAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Gleanings+of+Virginia+History&lr=&as_brr=1#PPP7,M1 Many surnames, some errors. There is a bit about the Andersons of Augusta county. Many more goodies. Edwin

Does anyone know of a WOOD and ANDERSON connection. That name comes up several times in my WOOD line. Anderson Wood is used more than once. Woods were in Bedford very early. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Mabrey" <margiesan@charter.net> To: <vabedfor@rootsweb.com> Sent: 05/07/2008 5:06 PM Subject: Re: [VABEDFOR] Need info on Anderson's of Bedford co, Va. > Thanks to 'Tex' for the website. I have used it for years, before Patrick > Anderson gave up the daily care of the website. I don't know the name of > the person who is in charge now. I scanned the website but I couldn't > find > a name. However there is good info for those that are searching. Some > mistakes, but then aren't we all familiar with those.? > I have searched for years for some background on 4 Anderson males who > settled in Grayson co, Va. John and Jacob, known brothers, b ca 1758 and > 1756. place unknown. Peter Anderson b 1756, Bedford co, Va. James > married > Martha Nuckols, ( not thought to be related to the others) John, Jacob > and > Peter's descendants all test in the same group (Gp#4) on the Anderson > FTDNA > website, with the same haplogroup, with Nordic blood. So there is a > connection somewhere. I don't profess to know a lot about DNA. Is anyone > out there that has knowledge of any Andersons in Bedford co, Va around > that > time frame, I would like to hear from you. Maybe we can compile a list of > those. Any help would be appreciated. > > Margaret Mabrey > margiesan@charter.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edwin "Tex" Irvin" <edwirvin@yahoo.com> > To: <vabedfor@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <vacampbe@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 6:42 AM > Subject: [VABEDFOR] Anderson web site > > >> Probably old news-- >> http://virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~anderson/virginia.html >> >> This website covers many Andersons. I have no clue how well proven all >> this is. Someone spent a lot of time on this. Edwin >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> To post to the list, email: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com >> To contact the list admin, email: VABEDFOR-admin@rootsweb.com >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VABEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To post to the list, email: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com > To contact the list admin, email: VABEDFOR-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VABEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Edwin, for this Anderson Website. One of my STITH ancestors married Elizabeth ANDERSON, daughter of Rev. Charles ANDERSON. I found a lot there that I didn't have. Thanks, Velma **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)