I would like to correspond with anyone researching the Coker, Thompson, Green, and Casey families in VA. Some names are: - Frederick Coker - Frederick Thompson - Flanders Thompson - Nancy Thompson - Elizabeth Green - David Green - Zachariah Green Diane.Casey@bull.com

William Rainey died in 1799 in Northampton Co., NC leaving a will naming wife, Catherine (Vaughan) and children: 1.Daniel Rainey 2.Catharine Hall Rainey 3.Elizabeth Rainey (Patsy or Betsy) 4.Hall Rainey 5.William James Rainey 6.Edmond Rainey * my line m. Phoebe Slayden = Catherine Hall Rainey 7.Thomas Hall Rainey 8.Polly Rainey 9. Maria Ann Rainey William left about 110 acres of land in Greensville Co., VA. If you have interest in the these Rainey/Raney lines in: Greensville and Brunswick Cos., VA Oglethorge and Upson Cos., GA Lauderdale and Kemper Cos., MS I would like to compare notes with you! Jeanette JKHowell@digitalexp.com http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1475 BRUNER BUTLER BYRD DILLARD DUKE FILMER FOLLIOTT GREEN HACKWORTH HALL HANSFORD HICKS HODGES HOWELL HOWZE/HOUSE ISBELL JAMES JONES KING MARVEL MARSTON MILLER MURFIELD PARKER PARTIN PLUMMER RADFORD RAINEY RANSOM RAWLINGS RIVERS ROBERTS ROSS SISSON SLAYDEN/SLATON TILL VAUGHAN WHEATLEY WHITLEY WOOD/S YARBROUGH YARRELL

Many of us have taken the LDS family record on William DRUMRIGHT as 'correct' without doing much 'proving' of the information contained there. I'm as guilty as anyone, but joining with a great team of researchers, we've begun looking into these family records to see what's right and what's not proven in these files. Already we've come up with some interesting anomalies: 1. There is good evidence that Anne ANDREWS (dau of Ephriam/Ephraim ANDREWS) actually married Benjamin BUGG 3 Sep 1785 and a witness to the marriage was none other than William DRUMRIGHT. The sources for this are: "Marriage Records 1765-1810, Mecklenburg Co VA" by Katherine B. Elliott AND "Marriage License Bonds of Mecklenburg Co VA from 1765-1810" by Stratton Nottingham, 1996. 2. The LDS file (dated 4 Jan 1980) has Wm DRUMRIGHT marrying 4 times: (Nancy Bowen cir 1770, Anne Andrews (date unknown), and Sally GILLIAM (24 Sep 1811, per Katherine Elliott's book, Marriages of Mecklenburg County 1765-1810) and an unknown spouse). The only one of these marriages we've been able to prove with evidence is the third one, to Sally Gilliam (or Gelleam). That evidence is in the above book and in William's Will, dated 21 May 1828, in which he mentions 'his loving wife Sally' (on microfilm in the VA State Library/Archives and on-line on the Mecklenburg Co USGenWeb site...NOTE there is a typo in the on-line document saying 'living' vice 'loving'--spell check won't get 'em all!). 3. There is no record that we've uncovered that shows Wm DRUMRIGHT ever married a BOWEN (Nancy or any other). Cmt from Frances Harper: "William Drumright also witnessed deeds from David Bowen to Mark Evans in 1777, from John Short and wife Edy to Isham Bowen in 1784, from James Bowen, Martha Bowen, and Mary Evans, legatees of Robert Bowen, to James Bowen and Charles Bowen in 1792, and from Isham Bowen to Asa Bowen in 1811. There are some indications that the Bowen family too may have connected with the Andrews family. So far no proof has been found. But if both the Bowens and William Drumright connected with the Andrews family, this might explain why Drumright was so closely associated with the Bowens." 4. There is however fairly strong evidence that Wm DRUMRIGHT was married and had children prior to his marriage to Sally Gilliam. Additional evidence comes in his will, which says: "I loan to my living (should be "loving", my mistake) wife Sally Drumright and my daughter Elizabeth Drumright all my estate both real and personally (that is left after my just debts and funeral expenses are honestly paid) during my wife's life if my daughter Elizabeth chooses not to live with my loving wife then and in that case she my daughter Elizabeth may have a further bed and furniture and cow and calf." This use of the terms 'my loving wife' and 'my daughter' in this manner could mean that Elizabeth was a daughter of another mother than Wm's then-wife, Sally. Now Elizabeth appears to have been over 40 years old at this time (b. cir 1778), so it's entirely possible there could be another explanation, but the step-mother theory is best in my mind. William DRUMRIGHT had several other children before his 24 Sep 1811 marriage to Sally GILLIAM, they are (all date sources are LDS Ancestral Files, names come from Ancestral Files and William's Will): - James b. cir 1771 - Wm Jr. b. cir 1773 - Frances b. cir 1774 - Thomas b. cir 1777 - Rebecca b. cir 1778 - Nancy b. cir 1780 - Ephriam A. b. cir 1781 - Sally b. cir 1782 - Lucy b. cir 1784 - Martha (Patsy) b. cir 1786 - Elizabeth b. cir 1788 If these dates are anywhere near correct, it's a clear indication there was an earlier "Mrs. DRUMRIGHT" than Sally and Elizabeth was in fact Sally's stepdaughter as suggested in the will. 5. There is no firm evidence we've found that would prove who any other wives of Wm DRUMRIGHT might have been. There is some circumstantial evidence that could indicate that Wm DRUMRIGHT's earlier, unidentified wife MIGHT have been in Ephriam ANDREWS' family, but so far this is just conjecture. Here is some of the 'circumstantial evidence' provided by Sue Gill: "Mecklenburg Co., VA. Deed Book 4, page 335. The deed where Avis Andrews sold to Ephraim Andrews the slaves, Nell and her son Tom. The deed was witnessed by George Andrews and William Drumwright. Recorded 1774." "Mecklenburg Co. Marriage Records: Bugg, Benjamin & Anne Andrews, 3 Sept. 1785, Ephriam Andrews, Jr. Sec. Note from Ephriam Andrews, father of Anne - wit. John Young & William Drumright." "Mecklenburg Co., VA. Deed Book 9, page 471. John Young and Ephraim Andrews sold to Benjamin Bugg one Negro girl, Viney. Witnesses: George Andrews, Francis Young, Martha Andrews, William Drumwright. Recorded 1798." "Will of Ephraim Andrews, written July 18, 1807. Williamson Co., TN. Mentions William Drumwright: 'My will and desire is that the price with the hire of one negro fellow named Tom that is now in the possession of George Andrews and William Drumwright, shall be taken out of their part of the estate, and the two hundred dollars that George Andrews paid the said Drumwright for Tom is to be subtracted out of the said Drumwright's part of said negro.'" Stacy is the only one of Ephriam ANDREWS' daughters that remains unaccounted for and untraced in our research. Additionally, IF a daughter of Ephriam ANDREWS did marry William DRUMRIGHT, it's unclear exactly why Ephriam ANDREWS named no DRUMRIGHT children (would've been his grandchildren) as we might expect to result from such a marriage (Wm DRUMRIGHT and an E. ANDREWS daughter). This is all very unclear and we'd sure love to hear from anyone who has 'evidence' to share on Wm DRUMRIGHT's or Ephriam ANDREWS' families--or the connection between them! For Andrews comments, contact Sue Gill shgill@bellsouth.net For Drumright comments, contact Ed Waller rwaller@erols.com For Bowen comments, contact Frances Harper fharper@triad.rr.com or Martha Hills gbhills@home.com

Dear Listers: Searching for information on Holly MOSS (her married name/birth name unknown), who lived in Brunswick Co. VA pre-1840. Her daughter, Nancy, b ca 1818, m. Larkin WRAY in that Co., from which they removed to Bowling Green, IN. Holly had other children, including Anne and possibly John and Samuel (based on later IN census records). Also trying to locate Arline MCGUIRE, living in Midlothian, VA in 1996, who wrote about the MOSS-MIZE-WRAY link in Lunenburg Co, before Brunswick, Would like to contact her, but don't know her current address. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Mary Sylvester, Skokie, IL. ___________________________________________________________________________ Visit http://www.visto.com/info, your free web-based communications center. Visto.com. Life on the Dot.

Does anyone know the name of the newspaper publishing in Lawrenceville Feb 1878 and Apr 1887? Have these papers been microfilmed, and where are the films located? Better yet, have the obits been extracted and published? Thanks, Elizabeth

Am reserching My grandparents history. They were both from Brunswick County, my grandmother is Bessie Clary Edmonds, her parents were Benjamin Morris Clary and Virginia Elizabeth Lewis. The Lewis' are burried in Bethany Church in Alberta. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Kim Gardner

I have checked the book "Marriage Records of Brunswick County, Virginia 1730-1852" by Fothergill. I found no marriages for the names you asked for. Lucy

Could someone please do a lookup for John E. Mayton/Maton & Esther married Abt. 1790-1800. Also Robert Mayton/Maton & Margaret Laffoon marriage Abt. 1770-1775. Thank You Wanda

Hi, I'm hoping to find someone that will do a look up for me for the year of 1912. The info I have is that is the year my great-grandmother died. Her name was: RHODA ANN THOMAS PEARSON widow of John Ira Drury Pearson. She was born in 1830 in Virginia, parents were Leonard and Tinsy Thomas. Rhoda and John lived with her Mother Tinsy Winn Thomas on a farm in Mecklenburg Co.,Va for many years. If someone is willing to do look-up in spare time I will pay all fees for copies, etc of death record and for time spent. Thanks. Charlotte Pearson Armstrong

Hi, I'm new to the list and thought I'd throw the surnames (also other variations) I'm researching out there for anyone who might be researching the same names... Yates, Sollers, Hosinger, Spitzer, Cowan, Beaver/Beiber, Miller, Strickler, Lemmon/Lehman, Martz, Phillips, Armentrout...and more. I will post specific queries later. Feel free to contact me if you share any of these names. Thanks! John Genealogy Cds Available 50,000 Virginia Wills 1790 Virginia Census 1790 South Carolina Census nglovrmike@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

I would like to correspond with anyone interested in researching Fort Christanna's history. Thank you and Best wishes, Pat Elder "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it." Abraham Lincoln http://ContinuityPress.com - Specializing in Melungeon, Appalachian/Cumberland, Jackson County Tennessee, and Civil War Genealogy-and-History Books

I hope you have all been enjoying the Holidays and that each of you will have a wonderful new year. I've been absent from my duties with the Archives pages for a while and I just wanted to let you all know that I have not forgotten about them. I worked on them as hard as I could the first part of November, knowing that might be the last chance I'd get in a while, and it turned out to be true. So now my plan is to do my best to see to it that I get things caught up as soon as possible. During my trip back home over the Thanksgiving Holidays, I was able to visit some graveyards, and so have some new files to upload of my own as well. That's always exciting! My apologies to you all for the delay; as always your patience is highly appreciated. Thanks so much! Jeannie PS. For those of you who've written to me regarding my books, give me a bit more time to get back to you on those. Thank you so much for your interest and just as soon as I can get these archives straigtened out, I will be happy to answer all of your questions to the best of my ability. Thanks again, J Happy Holidays from the Watts' Family: Jeannie, Richard, Samantha, Jennifer and all our critters!!! ************* Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

The following files were uploaded to the Brunswick County Archives in October. You may view these files at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/brunswic.htm Various Gee Records (g0000000.txt), file size 21.9 kb, submitted October 2000. Submitter unknown. Pearson/Tudor Deed, 1795 (pearson1.txt), file size 3.7 kb, submitted October 2000 by Bim Tudor Marriage Bonds, Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 7, No. 1 (marr0002.txt), file size 4.3 kb, submitted October 2000 by Kathy Merrill Work Projects Administration, The Virginia Historical Records Survey (wpabruns.txt), file size 27.2 kb, updated October 2000. Submitter unknown. Selected Wills from Will Book 5 (willbk5.txt), file size 44.6 kb, updated October 2000. Submitters listed in text file. Selected Entries from Will Book 1 & Deed Book 1 (wlddbk1.txt), file size 20.7 kb, updated October 2000. Submitters listed in text file. Many thanks to our submitters! Won't you consider preserving & sharing your treasured documents by submitting a transcription of your own? What a wonderful way to show pride in your heritage while insuring these resources will still be around for future generations! Thank you, Jeannie Watts, archivist. ************* Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

Looking for information on Captain John Steed who was in The Revolutionary War, abt. 1746. Cindy Henry

I am new to this list and needs some real help. Until yesterday I was wondering if my great grandmother was an alien from Mars or some unknown galaxy. Seriously I knew she was but from documentation I have received she was born in four different states and in three decades. New found information had my great grandmother ELLEN F. FORD being born May 1856 in Virginia. Now that I know she didn't just pop into this world or come on a flying saucer I am looking for information on her family, parents, and siblings. If you have Ford info please check for her. Also I need a CENSUS look up for 1860 and 1870. She married in April 1872 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. Any help is greatly appreciated. If you look for her in census records you have access to please let me know where you looked so I will know at least where she is not at in Virginia. Thanks you for you help. Patricia

The following files were uploaded to the Brunswick County Archives in recent months. You may view these files at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/brunswic.htm Maclin Family; Wm. and Mary Qrtly, Vol. 7, No. 2 (m2450000.txt), file size 4.0 kb, submitted July 2000 by Kathy Merrill 1810 Federal Census (see list of files), submitted July 2000 by Robert E. Rellihan 1850 Federal Census (see list of files), submitted August 2000 by Linda Russell Lewis Military and Civil Officers, Rev. War (officers.txt), file size 14.3 kb, submitted July 2000 by Kathy Merrill Selected Abstracts, Will Book 13 (willbk13.txt), file size .9 kb, submitted September 2000. Submitter unknown. Many thanks to our submitters! Won't you consider preserving & sharing your treasured documents by submitting a transcription of your own? What a wonderful way to show pride in your heritage while insuring these resources will still be around for future generations! Thank you, Jeannie Watts, archivist. ************* Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

I'm looking for any information on Augustus WESTERFIELD. His entry in the 1900 MD census states that he was born in Oct 1859 in Virginia. No county given. Any information appreciated. Thank you! Regards, Beate _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Sorry group - I need a current e-mail and snail mail for Arline .. can anyone help?? Also, I have updated some RAY information and would like to continue to connect to RAY/ WRAY researchers. Pat ps53630@alltel.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pscheele/rayhixjones2.html Pat Scheele, Thoughts to ponder: "What lies behind us and what lies in front of us, pales in significance to what lies within us."

Hi - there are 2 Hix (Hicks) Ray (Wray's) who were born in Brunswick Co, VA around the same time - late 1700's .. One is my g g g g'father who moved onto Wayne Co, TN and later to Graves / Marshall County, KY .. but the other Hicks Wray has me asking - who does he belong to ?? Surely these men were kin. Here is the other Hicks Wray, born in 1797, and married Nellie Wright 11/27/1820. Nellie was born in 1803 and was the daughter of Elizabeth Wright, who gave permission for the marriage. Arline McGuire reports that there are a number of Ray / Wright marriages. Census Data: 1830 - 1860 Brunswick Co, VA .. in 1850 Nellie is listed as 60 but in 1860, she is 63 .. for more information about my Hix Jones Ray - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pscheele/raymain.html Pat Ray Scheele

--part1_82.3f8348.26e54175_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_82.3f8348.26e54175_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Svsmithmd@aol.com> From: Svsmithmd@aol.com Full-name: Svsmithmd Message-ID: <3c.7f4b74.26e540e2@aol.com> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:16:02 EDT Subject: Meltons - Greensville, Brunswick, Hanover Co., VA - James, Hardy, Peter To: MELTON-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 120 Hello Fellow Researchers, I've been trying to verify the relationship of several Meltons of Hanover, Brunswick, Southampton and Greensville Counties, VA. Does anyone have any information on the children of John Melton (Sr.), born abt 1730 in Hanover County, VA? I am particularly interested in any information on his children Peter Melton and Hardy Melton, both recorded in Greensville County, VA in the 1782 State Enumeration and 1790 Tax Lists. Peter Melton (or possibly his brother Hardy) had a child named James Melton, Sr., who appears in Greensville County census of 1820. Please contact me with any information you might have. I would be happy to discuss this in detail with all interested parties. Generation No. 1 1. JOHN MELTON, SR was born Abt. 1730 in Hanover County, Virginia, and died Bef. April 26, 1773 in Brunswick County, Virginia. He married MARY (?GRIGG) MELTON Abt. 1755. Children of JOHN MELTON and MARY MELTON are: 2. i. PETER MELTON, b. Abt. 1754, Virginia. ii. JOHN MELTON, JR., b. February 06, 1755, Hanover County, Virginia. iii. HARDY MELTON, b. Abt. 1756, Hanover County, Virginia; d. Aft. 1790; m. DELILAH LAURENCE. iv. CHARLES MELTON, b. Abt. 1757. Generation No. 2 2. PETER MELTON was born Abt. 1754 in Virginia. He married UNKNOWN. Children of PETER MELTON and UNKNOWN MELTON are: 3. i. JAMES MELTON, SR., b. Bef. 1775, Virginia. ii. AMY MELTON, b. Abt. 1780, Virginia (also reported as daughter of HARDY MELTON) Generation No. 3 3. JAMES MELTON, SR. was born Bef. 1775 in Virginia. Child of JAMES MELTON, SR. is: 4. i. JAMES MELTON, JR., b. Bef. 1794, Greensville County, Virginia; d. Aft. 1830. Thanks to all for any help you could provide. Best regards, Scott Smith Scott V. Smith 207 Tenbury Wells Drive Apex, North Carolina 27502 Email: svsmithmd@aol.com http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/users/s/m/i/Scott-V-Smith/FILE/index.html "Mortem Vitae Sequens" --part1_82.3f8348.26e54175_boundary--