Helen McDonald has the best file on Venable that I know of, Her address is Rt 2 Box 150B Hayden Lake ID 83835. It is old but I think it is good. If you find out she has an e-mail adress, I would appreciate getting it, because I do not know that she is on line. Camp Gilliam MCKANTA wrote: > 5/26/98 > Hi Rooters, > > Now that the list is active again, I would like to re-submit this query. > We all have mysteries to solve, and I am hoping someone out there can help me > solve mine. > > Josiah VENABLE, his wife, Jane Clack THORNTON, their five children; Joseph, > Elizabeth, Mary Jane, Abraham, and Richard, lived in Buckingham Co. He > inherited land around 1798 from his brother Abraham, who had purchased it from > George STINSON. > Josiah was born @1763 in Pr. Edw. Co., Jane was born in 1778 in Pr. Edw. Co. > They married there in Dec 1799. He was listed in the 1800 and 1810 Buckingham > Co. Tax list, and in the 1810 Census for Buckingham Co., VA. > I have no will or death records for him. I have a photo copy of page 374 of > the Fluvanna Co., VA Publick Claims book. Book 6, Page 47 -- Guardians Bond > -- Jane Venable and Peter P. Thornton [her uncle], November 16, 1818 for Jane > VENABLE as guardian of Mary and Eliz. VENABLE, orphans of Josiah VENABLE. > Perhaps he died in Fluvanna Co., or his death record was recorded there. Can > anyone direct me where to search for this information? > Jane shows up in the "EARLIEST LAND BOOK" of Lynchburg in 1818. Her sons, > Abraham & Richard are there as well. > > TIA > Mary > > ==== VABUCKIN Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl