Another Slate River District death certificate I'd be interested in is that of Elbridge Duncan whom I have last located in the 1930 census at age 73 living as a boarder in the home of Harrison W . and Ann S. Watkins. If you happen to run across that one, I would be very interested in the information from it. Any information that anyone can share on Elbridge, or the Watkins couple he was boarding with, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Dave __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

In a message dated 8/15/2006 11:57:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, roseseay@netzero.net writes: Has anyone knowledge of the "Old Furnace Tract" that is said to have been located north of the old river road near New Canton--time frame for my ancestor is 1802 through 1804 In Roger Ward's books there are the following: Under his listing for Peter GUERRANT, Junior, 1794 to 1814. Bought: 1800 AC from T. Galloway. 1811 - 490 AC New Grant. 1812 - New Grant near the Furnace Tract. 1812 - proprietor of a business, 1813/1814 LOCATION: a non-resident, land (22E) near New Canton and near the Furnace Tract. Under his listing for George NICHOLAS 1796 to 1813. Estate: 1813 Bought 1796 - land bought from John Nicholas deceased. 1813 estate near the Furnace Tract. Under his listing for John GUERRANT 1827 to 1837. Bought: 1827 owned 1/2 of Bridgeport (23NE); also, 400 AC on JRR, his dwelling; no conveyance from Alexander Garrott for this. 1828- 155 AC on Randolphs Creek (25E) from George ?H. Anderson; also 200 AC on Randolphs Creek from George K. Anderson and Robert Hill. 1830 - 158 AC on Hunts Creek (12E) from William P. Moss, sold by Charles P. Lee; also 150 AC on SRR (18E) from Patsy Agee and husband; also 100 AC on SRR (18E) from Stephen Guerrant. 1832 - Bridgeport on Hunts Creek (25E) from James M. Morris (in 1833 to 1835, he co-owned Bridgeport with Anderson Guerrant). 1833- 410 AC near New Canton (25E) from the estate of John Anderson, formerly owned by William Anderson and sold by Guerrant to F. B. Dean; also, 121 and 3/4 AC on Phelps Creek (18E) from F. B. Dean, Jr; also 150 AC on Phelps Creek (22E) from Wilson Price estate, sold by Wilson N. Price. 1834 - 200 AC adjacent Furnace Tract (23E) from George F. Pleasants. 1836 - 118 and 1/2 AC on Phelps Creek (20E) from J. W. Seay and wife (?same land as bought from Thomas Baber). SOLD - 1829 - 400 AC on SRR (20NE) to John M. Agee; also 200 AC to J. Boatwright; also 155 AC (25E) to Orson ?Moton. 1831 - 100 AC to J. R. Sadler. 1833 - 410 AC near New Canton (25E) to F. B. Dean. 1836 - 18 AC in deed, and another 1000 AC, to R. T. Sims (?adjacent Furnace Lands). 1837 - 30 AC to George O. Price; also 157 AC (18E) to G. M. Payne. Under his listing for George F. PLEASANTS he has 1834 - bought 200 AC adjacent Furnace Tract (23E) from Joseph Mosby, and sold by Pleasants to John Guerrant. Under his listing for Anderson GUERRANT he has 1841 to 1870. Bought: 1842 - 113 AC near New Canton (25E) from Edward W. Simms; also 156 AC on Hunts Ck (22E) and 152 AC adjacent Furnace (23E) from John Guerrant. 1843 200 AC, part of Furnace Tract, from Buckingham Iron Manufacturing Co. 1844 101 AC on Phelps Ck (20E) from John T. Jeter and wife. 1847 he and Robert N. Seay bought 6 AC at Hockers Landing (25E) from J. A. McDearman. 1848 6 AC at New Canton (25E) from Charles L. Christian, ?Terry ?Seay, ?Guerrant; also ?or same land, 6 AC Hockers Landing (25E) from Robert N. Seay. 1856 - land from J. M. Ford. 1858 - 125 AC near NCR (23E) from Price and Reynolds commr from the land charged on land will in John A. Chambers and (?sold) to E.W. Simms. Sold: 1843 127 and 1/4 AC on Hunts Creek (18E) to Buckingham Iron Manufacturing Company. 1845 - 41 AC on NCR (25E) to Francis W. Anderson. 1846 - 60 AC to V. N. Scruggs. 1848 - 200 AC on JRR (24NE) and 70 AC on Hunts Crook (22E) to Walter L. Fontaine. 1851 - 6 AC at Hockers Landing (35E) to Robert C. Nicholas, 1862 - 70 and 3/4 AC to Edward W. Simms. 1855 - 10 AC adjacent New Canton (25E) to Francis Anderson. 1856 - 250 AC on Hunts Creek (20E) to Robert C. Nicholas, ?bought from James M. Ford. 1870 - 10 AC to E. R. Evans and Thomas T. Morris. There are other references, but maybe these are enough to help some. Ruby Talley Smith

I'm sorry, I thought I had sent an email explaining the death certificates. My bad. These death certificates are NOT available online nor through inter-library loan. You have to physically go to the Library of Virginia (Richmond) to search for them. There are 10 reels of indexes divided into 4-5 year segments. For example if you know that your grandfather, John Doe, died sometime between the 1920 census and the 1930 census you would search the index reels that cover that 10 year span. If he is listed, it will show something like this: Doe, John Buckingham July 21, 1928 843-17250 That last number would then point you to the specific reel that contains his death certificate. Once you find it, you can then print it for a cost of 75 cents. The microfilm reels are not an easy read so I suggest taking a good magnifying glass with you and go prepared with a list of people that you want to search, first those with death dates that you know (from tombstones or bible records) and then those that you don't know but have a general idea. I started searching probaby 4 years ago and initially only copied those for my family (passing by hundreds of other Buckingham certificates). As I got more comfortable in searching and could do it faster (and had some spare bucks on my library cards) I would copy the certificates of those found in the Buckingham section on the reel. If you know of someone that can use the information, then by all means share it with them. I would try to scan the boards when I came home to see if I could find matches with any extra certificates I had and did have some luck but not always. Being a fulltime student, my genealogy trips these past couple of years have been fewer and I had to cram as much in on my breaks as possible. I had a few days before starting back to college so I thought I would try to post some of the certificates I had in hopes that it might find a match on the board. Below is the link to the Library of Virginia site on the death certificates. Again, there is a binder with a FEW certificates at Buckingham County House but mostly for 1912-1917 and my understanding is only those where the family bought a copy to the courthouse (meaning not all people that died in that timeframe have a certificate in Buckingham). Hope this helps. http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/vital/death-certificates/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: CLGriffinY@aol.com [mailto:CLGriffinY@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:10 PM To: VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VABUCKIN] Jamerson/Guthrie/LeSueur & Flippen/Jamerson/Guthrie/Harris Someone who would like to have this information is a Jamerson descendant who works at the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. I also went on the website, but I only found a listing and not a place where you can place a name and receive a copy of the death record. Carolyn Lucado Griffin (_CLGriffinY@aol.com_ (mailto:CLGriffinY@aol.com) ) ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== To contact the List Admin off list about any list problem, write to: VABUCKIN-admin@rootsweb.com If it's of general interest to subscribers, simply post it to the list. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Death Certificate #352 County of Buckingham District of Francisco Name: Liza Goin Female, White, Single No Birthdate listed 82 years old Occupation: None Birthplace: Appomattox County Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown Date of Death January 17, 1927 Burial: Buckingham on 1/18/1927 S.C. Bryant of Andersonville (informant) If anyone has any information on where Liza falls in, please let me know Thanks

Death Certificate #23621 County of Buckingham District of Marshall Town of New Canton Name: Mary Alice Boatright Female, White, Widow Widow of W.L. Boatright No Birthdate listed 70 years, 9 months, 2 days Occupation: Farmer & Housekeeper Birthplace: Buckingham County Father: Samuel F. Putney (born Buckingham County) Mother: Bettie A. Taylor (born Buckingham County Date of Death: November 24, 1922 Burial: At home 3 miles S. East of New Canton, Va Mrs. Pattie Cole of New Canton (informant)

Death Certificate #353 County of Buckingham District of Curdsville Name: Amanda Shepherd Residence: Buckingham Female, White, Single Date of Birth: February 3, 1833 95 years, 11 months, 15 days Occupation: None Birthplace: Buckingham County Father: Burwell Shepherd (born Buckingham) Mother: Elizabeth Guthrie (born Buckingham) Date of Death: January 18, 1927 Burial: Buckingham County on 1/19/1927 E.E. Shepherd of Guinea Mills, Va (informant)

Death Certificate #7405 County of Buckingham District of Curdsville Name: Miller Jones Shepard Residence: Buckingham Male, White, Married Date of Birth: April 9, 1862 73 years, 10 months, 22 days Occupation: Farmer Birthplace: Buckingham Father: Edward Poindexter Shepard (born Buckingham) Mother: Georgia Guthrie (born Buckingham) Date of Death: March 1, 1936 Burial: Buckingham County on 3/2/1936 E.M. Shepard of Guinea Mills (informant)

Certificate #348 County of Buckingham District of Maysville Name: Malissa Shepherd Female, White, Married Wife of Frank Shepherd Date of Birth: July 1, 1849 77 years, 5 months, 6 days Occupation: Housewife Birthplace: Buckingham County Father: Melvin Word Mother: Caroline Word (born Buckingham) Date of Death: January 6, 1927 Burial: Buckingham County on 1/7/1927 P.J. Shepherd of Buckingham (informant) Certificate #350 County of Buckingham District of Maysville Name: Benjamin Franklin Shepherd Male, White, Widowed Widower of Malissa F. Shepherd Date of Birth: October 20, 1840 86 years, 3 months, 3 days Birthplace: Buckingham Father: William Shepherd (born Buckingham) Mother: Martha Booker (born Buckingham) Date of Death: January 23, 1927 Burial: Buckingham County on 1/24/1927 Lelia G. Shepherd of Buckingham (informant)

Death Certificate #23606 County of Buckingham District of Maysville Name: George William Eldridge Residence: Buckingham Male, White, Married Husband of Rebekah F. Eldridge Date of Birth October 23, 1851 70 years, 5 months, 19 days Occupation: Accountant Birthplace: Virginia Father: William Eldridge (Born Virginia) Mother: Kate Nixon (born Virginia) Date of Death: April 11, 1922 Burial: Buckingham, Va on April 12, 1922 Mrs. G.W. Eldridge of Buckingham (informant)

Death Certificate #23612 County of Buckingham District of Maysville Name: Samuel Franklin Spencer Male, White, Married Husband of Eubelia (?) Buchner Spencer Date of Birth: November 13, 1845 77 (?) years, 1 day Birthplace: Buckingham Father: John Spencer (born Buckingham) Mother Elvina (?) Bagby (born Buckingham) Date of Death: November 19, 1922 Burial: Family Cemetery, Buckingham on 11/22/1922 Chas. H. Spencer of Lynchburg (informant)

Has anyone knowledge of the "Old Furnace Tract" that is said to have been located north of the old river road near New Canton--time frame for my ancestor is 1802 through 1804. Thank you, Rose Schutte Seay

I am selling many genealogy books that I have collected over the years. If you would like to receive a list of the books being sold please email me at TThyme42@earthlink.net. Please do not respond via this list. The books pertain to the following Virginia counties: Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Brunswick, Campbell. Caroline, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Essex, Fauquier, Fincastle, Franklin, Giles, Goochland, Grayson, Greenbrier, Greensville, Halifax, Hanover, Henrico, Henry, Isle of Wight, James City Co., King & Queen, Lee, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Monroe (WV), Montgomery, Nansemond, New Kent, Old Rappahannock, Orange, Patrick, Pendleton, Pittsylvania, Pr. Edward, Pr. George, Pr. William, Richmond County, Rockbridge, Russell, Scott, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, Tazewell, Washington, Wythe, York. A number of parish registers and vestry books are included. There are many records books for Essex and York Counties, as well as some rather rare county histories. My apologies to those of you who receive this message multiple times -- this is the only way I know to reach the community of Virginia genealogists quickly. Thank you, Libbie Griffin

Someone who would like to have this information is a Jamerson descendant who works at the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. I also went on the website, but I only found a listing and not a place where you can place a name and receive a copy of the death record. Carolyn Lucado Griffin (_CLGriffinY@aol.com_ (mailto:CLGriffinY@aol.com) )

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Patteson, Bransford, Christian, Woodson, etc. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HAC.2ACE/1281 Message Board Post: James Philander Patteson (1795-1862), married ca. 1817 to Sarah Woodson Bransford, in Cumberland Co. He and she both died in Appomattox Co. in 1862. NOI Any help appreciated.

This part of the Gormus family is confusing. Pattie (Patricia Elizabeth Blundell) Gormus and William R. Gormus had at least 6 children: I have their marriage date as November 12, 1871) Georgie Gormus who married Charlie Harris Oliva Gormus who married Lee Hatcher Betty Walker Gormus who married William David Walden (one of their children, Charlie, married his first cousin, Blanch Gormus who was my mother's older sister) William R. (Dutch) Gormus who married Julie E. Moss Pendleton John Robert Gormus who married Lou Madison Wooten Josephine (Josie) Gormus who married Hugh William Oslin. In the family of William R. (Dutch) Gormus the spelling of the name was changed to Gormours. I haven't been able to find much on the Blundell family. In the 1860 census Mary Blundell, age 76, female born VA. Living with her were Roda (Rhoda) A. Blundell age 32, female, John age 16, male, Charles age 12, male, Gloria age 10 female, Patsy age 8 female, Milded age 5 female, Thomas age 2 male. In the 1870 census I found Stephen Jackson Childress listed living with a black family by the name of Wood. He is listed as a blacksmith. Immediately under his name is Rhoda Blundell, age 42, seamstress, Pattie age 17, seamstress, Mildred age 15, seamstress, Thomas age 12, Joseph age 9, Mary age 8, Robert age 3. It's my belief that Stephen Jackson Childress is the father of Joseph, Mary and Robert but not the father of Pattie or Mildred or Thomas???? Any help with this family would be appreciated. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Shumaker Clark" <kim.clark@adelphia.net> To: <VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 9:12 PM Subject: [VABUCKIN] Gormas/Blundell > Certificate #25301 > County of Buckingham > District of Marshall > Name: Pattie Gormas > Residence: New Canton, Va > Female, White, Widowed > Date of Birth: March 3, 1849 > 81 years, 8 months, 20 days > Occupation: Housekeeper > Birthplace: Buckingham County > Father: John Blundell (born Buckingham) > Mother: "Don't Know" > Date of Death November 23, 1930 > Burial: At Home on 11/25/1930 > W.R. Gormas, New Canton, informant > > > > > ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Admin off list about any list problem, write to: > VABUCKIN-admin@rootsweb.com > If it's of general interest to subscribers, simply post it to the list. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

The story about these murders is found on pages 349-350 of my book Waltons of Old Virginia and Sketches of Families in Central Virginia. It is interesting to note that Mrs. George Fitzgerald reported these deaths in 1936. She is the same source of my information, given to me in 1975. I attended a Davis gathering earlier this year in Buckingham County. There was a man named Phaup in attendance, who told about the murders. I believe that he said he was the financial manager of Hampden-Sidney College. He has some rare pictures of the Davis family, taken in England, that I wish had been available for the book. He also has possession of the Joshua Davis family Bible. Wilmer L. Kerns ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Shumaker Clark" <kim.clark@adelphia.net> To: <VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 9:18 AM Subject: [VABUCKIN] LeSueur/Davis/Guthrie AND Kellenger/Davis/Guthrie > There are three certificates here since they were from the same family. > > Certificate #2828 > County of Buckingham > District of Curdsville > Name: Sarah Jane LeSueur > Female, White, Married > Wife of J.J. LeSueur > Birthdate: august 1857 > 68 years, 5 months old > Occupation: Housewife > Birthplace: Buckingham County, Va. > Father: Joshua Davis (born England) > Mother: Elizabeth Guthrie (born Buckingham) > Date of Death: January 31, 1927 > Burial: Buckingham County, Va on 2/2/27 > J.C. LeSueur (informant) > > Mr. & Mrs. Kellinger (below) were murdered thus the same dates of death > > Death Certificate #1304 > County of Buckingham > District of Curdsville > Name: Mary Eliza Kellenger > Residence: Buckingham > Female, White, Widowed > Wife of Edgar Crosby Kellenger > Date of Birth: March 20, 1885 (I believe this is an error) > 70 years, 10 months, 10 days old > Occupation: Housewife > Birthplace: Buckingham County, Va > Father: Joshua Davis (born Cornwall Co., England) > Mother: Elizabeth Githrie (sic) (born Buckingham Co.) > Date of Death - Jan. 30, 1936 > Burial: Buckingham County on 2/1/1936 > Mrs. Geo. Fitzgerald of Farmville, Va. (informant) > > Death Certificate #1303 > County of Buckingham > District of Curdsville > Name: Edgar Crosby Kellenger > Residence: Buckingham County > Male, White, Married > Husband of Mary Eliza Kellinger > Unknown Birthdate > 70 years old > Occupation: Carpenter > Birthplace: Pennsylvania > Father: Unknown > Mother: Unknown > Date of Death: Jan. 30, 1936 > Burial: Buckingham County on 2/1/1936 > J.L. Phaup of Dillwyn (informant) > > > > > ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Admin off list about any list problem, write to: > VABUCKIN-admin@rootsweb.com > If it's of general interest to subscribers, simply post it to the list. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

Certificate #9362 County of Buckingham District of James River Name: John Bailey Male, White, Widowed Widow of Cora Bailey Date of Birth: March 4, 1837 97 years, 1 month, 11 days Occupation: Farmer Birthplace: Buckingham Parents listed as Unknown Date of Death: April 15, 1934 Burial: Buckingham on 4/17/1934 Mrs. Cora Taylor of Wingina (informant)

Certificate #4604 County of Buckingham District of James River Name: Rebeca Jane Mauck Female, White, Widowed Widow of Edgar Lewis Mauck Date of Birth: July 20, 1844 75 years, 6 months, 16 days Occupation: Housewife Birthplace: Buckingham Father: William Jones (born Buckingham County) Mother: Polly Ann Gunter (born Buckingham County) Date of Death: February 6, 1929 Burial: Buckingham County on 2/7/1929 Len Mauck of Alcoma (informant)

Certificate #2839 County of Buckingham District of James River Although Slate River District is written below Name: Virginia Reynolds Female, White, Married Wife of Samuel Reynolds Date of Birth: June 5, 1856 70 years , 8 months, 12 days Occupation: Housewife Birthplace: Nelson County Father: William Roberts (born Nelson County) Mother: Belle Bolok (or Bokols)(born Nelson County) Date of Death: February 17, 1927 Burial: Buckingham County on 2/18/1927 S.B. Reynolds of Garrett, Va (informant)

Certificate #10598 County of Buckingham District of James River Name: Taylor Harper Male, Negro, Married Date of Birth: Not Known Abt. 70 years Occupation: Farmer Birthplace: Buckingham Parents listed as "Not Known" Date of Death: November 30, 1912 Burial: Buckingham on 12/2/1912 Robert A. Hall of Greyburn (Informant)