Hello Carol, After reading this post, I thought I would try a long shot . . . I am researching the Oaks/Oakes/Carter/Woodall/Cheatham families of Appomattox and Buckingham counties. I don't suppose you could take a "look see" for any of these surnames ? Brenda~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Setliff" <sliff@wctc.net> To: <VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 5:37 PM Subject: RE: [VABUCKIN] Olden Store in Buckingham.. > Rose, > In a book called "Genealogical Records of Buckingham Co., Virginia", by > Buck, on pages 133-135 is in part written... > > "In 1930 while searching for the graves of Claiborne West and wife Betty > Ann Woodson (Epperson), the author found Mr. Irving Davie living in the > old Claiborne West home. In his possession was an old account book for > the years 1802-1803, kept by John Epperson at his tobacco warehouse and > general store on the Appomattox River, Buckingham County, Virginia, at > the place of settlement called Planterstown. (4 sentences omitted). Mr. > Irving Davie allowed the author to make a copy of the old book, which is > quite lengthy and carried a number of duplications of names. In order to > save space the author has copied only those names shown in the book." > > Among the names on these 3 pages are Abner Seay and William Seay. I do > not see any Pankey, but there is John Palmer, James Parker, N. > Patterson, and George Perkins. In total there are approximately 200 > names listed. I realize this store was in existence earlier than you'd > asked for, but I thought it may help you since I see your last name is > Seay. > > Carol > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rose Seay [mailto:roseseay@netzero.net] > Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 12:48 PM > To: VABUCKIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VABUCKIN] Olden Store in Buckingham.. > > > How does one go about finding a store that was in existence in the > 1870's, (and later), in Buckingham County? > > "Pankey's Store" in the 1870's, and may have been located in what is > known as Arvonia today. Is Arvonia in Buckingham, or Appomattox County? > > The Pankey's owned land in Buckingham, which was annexed into Appomattox > 1845. Would love to find where the location of the store was, and which > Pankey was the original owner. > > Thank you, > Rose Schutte Seay > > > ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line and > message body to: > VABUCKIN-L-request@rootsweb.com for list mode or > VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com in digest mode > VABUCKIN-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode > > ============================== > 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 > > > > > ==== 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 Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >