Posted on: Caroline Co. Va Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Caroline/1714 Surname: Blanton, Gwin, Guinn ------------------------- Seeking information on William BLANTON that fought in French & Indian War. Was shot through hip & received landy bounty for land in Greenbrier (now Monroe County). George Washington's papers has a unit size roll that indicated he was 20 in 1755 and from Caroline County. He is my 4th GGfather and I have papers showing him in Greenbrier(Monroe) from 1760 to 1820s. He was married to Christiana Guinn/Gwin . . . she reportedly died around 1799 in Greenbrier/Monroe. It's not know if you was married prior. Any help would be appreciated. Have hit a stone wall!! Richard Blanton Tucson, AZ

I got an email asking why did our ancestors move and leave Virginia and go to Ohio. Between 1780 and 1800, following the American Revolution, the greatest migration yet, started west. Eastern land was worn out, taxes and land prices were rising, currency was scarce and worth nothing, and new immigrants wanted land. Added to those reasons was the state of the American treasury. Congress had received the western land claimed by the colonies and was land poor. Unable to pay the Continental Army, most soldiers received land certificates, as payment for war service instead of money. Various states also reserved land to pay their own soldiers, and the land everyone sought was over the mountains or across the Ohio River. Pioneers soon followed the now well-established trails to the forks of the Ohio and trekked into Kentucky through Cumberland Gap, but these trails were not enough. Every settler tramped to the head of his valley and crossed the mountain into the next valley, each hoping to find a shorter way to the Ohio. Thousands of settlers made their way to the thriving town of Pittsburgh at the Ohio forks and were willing to brave the treacherous Ohio River rapids and the stalking Indians along its banks. Other pioneers were far to the South where a hundred miles of Virginia mountains separated eastern Virginia and the Ohio River. South of the Pittsburgh trails, those mountains had only three major trails by 1790 including: the trail into the Greenbrier valley and down the Kanawha River; and the Wilderness Road trail through Cumberland Gap which had opened in the mid 1770's. The two trails in central Virginia developed slowly because of the harsh terrain and continuing Indian problems. Although a fort had been erected at the mouth of the Kanawha after the Battle of Point Pleasant, settlement was delayed until 1790 and even then pioneers were forced to abandon their claims and return east for safety. The same story was true about the mouth of the Little Kanawha. The major southern flow of settlers between 1785 and 1795 remained through Cumberland Gap. North Carolina granted vast acres in Tennessee to her Revolutionary soldiers and by 1790 those settlers were also moving through Cumberland Gap and down the French Broad, where Knoxville was founded in 1792. In 1788 North Carolina constructed a trail to connect Knoxville to the Cumberland River settlements around Nashville. Nashboro, as it was then called, had connections north to the falls of the Ohio at Louisville and southwest to the Mississippi. Most of Tennessee's settlements were along the western sections of both the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers away from the Indian controlled southeast. These rivers flowed along the northern and southern borders of Tennessee only to empty into the Ohio River about ten miles apart. The Cumberland's mouth has since been changed and forced into the Tennessee River. After the American Revolution the pioneer was still looking for his ideal home. He wanted free or low cost land which could be acquired in western Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. He wanted credit for his Revolutionary service which might come from claiming his bounty or from selling to a speculator and using his the money to buy land closer to home. He also wanted lower taxes, a say in his government and a market on the west side of the mountains for his crops. Every land promoter claimed these expectations could be filled in the western lands. Still the settlers were not satisfied, they wanted the entire west open to settlement and demanded as much from the government. The vast Northwest Territory had been ceded to the federal government in 1785. The land across the Ohio River beckoned because many Revolutionary claims lay north of the territory was to be surveyed and parcels offered for sale and as well as to provide military grants, but the pioneers wanted access to the new territory long before the surveys were completed. Traders and hunters had used the Ohio River as a highway for over fifty years before the settlers reached its banks. Despite Indians, many a raft loaded with families and household goods reached central Kentucky between 1775 and 1785 from western Pennsylvania. Pioneers stayed on the Virginia side of the river for only one reason. Indians. Several military expeditions crossed into Ohio, burning crops and villages, to punish the Indians for frontier raids. Both the military roads they created and the stories the returning soldiers told, guaranteed an interest in the "Ohio Country." Several military campaigns were needed to subdue the tribes. Finally in 1795, the Treaty of Greenville ended Indian occupation of most of the Ohio Territory. The new flood of settlers to "Ohio Country" made earlier migrations seem inconsequential. Ohio, as part of the Northwest Territory, was supposed to be surveyed before any land was sold. The first public lands sales for Ohio Territory were made in New York City in 1787 when 108,431 acres were sold. The second public sales were disappointing. The price per acre was only two dollars, but the settler was required to buy in 640 acre sections. In 1796, the Federal Government held two sales. At Pittsburgh, 43,446 acres of Ohio land were sold, while 5,120 acres were sold at Philadelphia. First Federal Land Offices: Marietta 1800 - 1840 Steubenville 1800 - 1840 Cincinnati 1801 - 1840 Chillicothe 1801 - 1876 Zanesville 1804 - 1840 The Virginia Military District covered parts of twenty counties between the Scioto and Little Miami Rivers. Reserved to pay Virginia Revolutionary claims, the District is the only section of Ohio surveyed in the "Metes and Bounds" system. It has been noted that 1,035,408 acres of the Virginia Military District, 25%, was patented by just twenty-five people.

Posted on: Caroline Co. Va Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Caroline/1713 Surname: McCarty, Sewell ------------------------- I am seeking information on my ancestor, John MCCARTY, born 22 Aug 1809, King George County(?), Virginia. He married Miriam SEWELL on 30 Sep 1830, in Clinton, Ohio. He died 18 Sep 1877 in Oakwood, Vermilion, Illinois. His wife, Miriam SEWELL, was born Dec 1813 in Clinton, Ohio. She died 2 Feb 1902 in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois. I need to know the names of John MCCARTY's parents. I have much information I am willing to share on John MCCCARTY's descendants and Miriam SEWELL's ancestors and descendants. mccartyfamily@juno.com

>Added as part of the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project: > >The Life and Travels of Lemuel Glasscock > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/jour.htm >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/fauquier/bios/g4220000.txt > >An autobiography written around 1840 while he was a prisoner at West >Union, Adams County, Ohio. > >He was born in Fauquier County, VA > >Linda >

Hello everyone, Ken Clark is the historian at A.P.Hill (and government employee on base) and a wonderful resource for those who have ancestors who lived in the area prior to 1941 when the Army took it over. Ken has OKed giving out his email address but asked me to remind everyone this is not his job and he will address questions when he is able to do so and it may take a while before he can get back to you. I invited him to join us as a guest for a chat but he had to decline (though he said that would be nice! I told him he'd be like a movie star to us..) because it's the Army's computer and can only be used for business purposes. He also reminded us that we cannot and should not just come on post and wander around. It's still a military base with restrictions. Ken took my mom and our family on a tour of the base a couple years ago and we found where the Trice homestead used to be. We couldn't walk into the woods to actually reach the site because it was still loaded with buried live bombs. At least we could stand on the road and look. Be sure to Contact Ken prior to your arrival. Here's a part of his note regarding those who would like maps of where families lived or where they were originally buried: "The maps are available at the Caroline County library with a list to help locate names. If someone makes use of these maps I would still like to know, so I can give them info. I am also in the process of upgrading the list to include: the name of the person the sheet of map located tract number of the land acres price paid and if this property was condemned or outright purchased Remember these are the names the army purchased the land from in the early 1940's." And a special note to Frank, Thanks for asking your A.P. Hill question!!! Peg Address is Ken Clark, P. O. Box 229, Port Royal, Va 22535 Email is Ken_Clark@belvoir.army.mil

"FOGG, John Jr., avertised that he married Ursula NOEL, daughter of Taylor Noel of Essex Co. on 20 April 1797 and found that she was pregnant at the time; she claimed that her father had had carnal knowledge of her body; Fogg will present a petition for divorce to the next General Assembly; Taylor Noel denies the charge and Ursula Fogg, of Caroline Co., also denied the charge saying that she had been deranged in her mind since her marriage to FOGG..." I have a question! Is it too late to say we're not related to the FOGGS?? peg

Posted on: Caroline Co. Va Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Caroline/1712 Surname: Klock, Carter ------------------------- Conway Gordon Carter and Ernest Benjamin Carter were brothers. Conway and Ernest were the sons of Samuel Thompson Carter and Virginia Ferish Sale Carter. Hazel Klock married Conway in Jan 1944 and he died at war in Germany in Oct 1944. Hazel married Ernest about 1970 and he had a heart attack and died Dec 1971. Hazel Klock died of cancer Mar 1984 and is buried at Round Oak Baptist Church cemetery. She was a lifetime member of Round Oak and attended regularly. Conway and Ernest are buried there too. Hazel was the daughter of Myrtle and William Klock. She had a sister, Audrey. Since these are in my family, I'd like more information on William and Myrtle Klock.

FOGG, John Jr., avertised that he married Ursula NOEL, daughter of Taylor Noel of Essex Co. on 20 April 1797 and found that she was pregnant at the time; she claimed that her father had had carnal knowledge of her body; Fogg will present a petition for divorce to the next General Assembly; Taylor Noel denies the charge and Ursula Fogg, of Caroline Co., also denied the charge saying that she had been deranged in her mind since her marriage to FOGG; James GARNETT and Agatha WOOLFOLK made depositions in support of NOEL; John Fogg Jr. renewed his accusations against Noel and produced depositions by Reuben NOEL, Rachel KEESEE, Sally KEESEE, John FOGG Sr., Mrs. Anne SALE (wife of William B. Sale), Leonard Sale, and James UPSHAW Jr., to support his charge. source: Virginia Herald 9 Aug 97 VHFFA The Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg and Falmouth Advertiser 30 Sept 97/11 Oct 97/11 Nov. 97

John, Saw your note regarding Grover C. Bruce and Estelle Whittaker. Cleve was a great uncle and I'd be interested in learning what else you might know about this family. I didn't have their daughter, Maude, in my records. I show him marrying another named Rosa Norman? Nothing else on them but I'd like to talk to you more about your Bruces. Thanks. Peg Price

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R. B. Saunders, John Orville Sutton, Reuben Chapman, Judith Carter, Walker Taliaferro, Aylett, Catlett, Arimstead Was told R.B. Saunders' family lived at "Goose Pond" located half on the Caroline Co. and other in King William Co. homepage for Caroline County Ancestors: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elizabethanne/page5.html

18th Century Virginia Newspaper/ Virginia Gazette/April 16, 67 Absolom Spicer, appr. ship carpenter, his parents live in Caroline Co., ran away from Samuel Lemberd, Isle of Wight Co.

Posted on: Caroline Co. Va Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Caroline/1710 Surname: Carter, Klock, Sale ------------------------- Charles and Julia had a daughter named Gracie who married Anthony Sale. Also, they had a son named Ernest Carter. They meaning Charles Woodford Carter and Julia Klock. Gracie's children were Bernard, Eugene, Louise, and Laura Mae. I would love to get more of your lineage. I think we can connect the two. I have been writing down all the Klocks I can find. I still have an aunt and uncle alive. They are Charles and Julia grandchildren.

Posted on: Caroline Co. Va Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Caroline/1709 Surname: Rains ------------------------- Looking for any information oN John Rains born in Caroline County Virginia about 1757. Was a Revol War Vet. Married Nancy Roberts in Wilks Co. NC about 1827. Who were his parents, first family?

Hi everyone, I just received this exciting email!! Dear Peg, You will be getting a flyer, but I thought I would send you an Email about it, so you would get it faster! Hidden Village is now available, from Historic Port Royal, Inc. Cost is $35.00 for non-members, and $30.00 for members. Plus $5.00 for shipping and handling if it is to be mailed! Knew you want this info for the Caroline Co. Gen Web Page. Thanks, Dal Mallory, secretary of HPRInc. Dal Mallory <chaswashing@worldskyline.com>

Currently, I am still working on my Campbells in Caroline County-- I hope to find more proof that the father of Matthew Thomas Campbell (b. 1821) was William Campbell (b. 1775, m. Susannah Burrus). A Goodspeed's History of Tennessee biographical sketch (which was published before MT's death) lists his parents as Wm & Susannah. Matthew Thomas Campbell and his wife (Julia White) had a school for boys in their home, White Hall. They left Caroline County in the early 1860's, went to Georgia for a short while, then on to western Tennessee where he taught school. I would also like to find the names of all children of Matthew Campbell (b. abt 1764, m. Margaret Haley). Two of his daughters were Jane (b. abt1810, m. Ira Dickenson) and Catherine (b. bef 1820, m. John Jennings). Mary Jo Campbell Fickle

Lorne On the GNIS list (http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisprod) Lorne is designated as a populated place, latitude375144N and longitude 0772117W. Hawkins Creek Also from the same list, Hawkins Creek is a stream at latitude 375729N and longitude 0773434W.

Posted on: Caroline Co. Va Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Caroline/1708 Surname: ------------------------- Colleen. Must be some connections here. I do not have Julia Klock, but have the children of Dellie Burton Klock (1873-1939) m. Franes "Frankie" Sale. Granddaughter, Frances Hazel Klock m. 1) Conway G. Carter (1912-1944) and 2) Ernest Carter (1917-1971). I think the two Carters were cousins and may have been related to the Klocks also. Barbara, Fredericksburg, VA

I called Hearthstone which is a 5 minute drive from my house, on the Elkhorn Book, they didn't have it, and said they would call me back if they found it. Well, I got a call this morning and they ordered one, and it should be in next week. It is $29.50. If you are interested in this book call Hearthstone at their toll free number 1-888-960-3300. June

Posted on: Caroline Co. Va Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Caroline/1707 Surname: Bruce ------------------------- Homer Bruce is a distant cousin. Another cousin of mine has been in touch with his large family and has sent me the present day family members. I will send an email to you to discuss further. Regards, Thomas