Does anyone know anything about St Mary's Parish in Caroline county. Rev. Abner Waugh was a minister there in the late 1790's early 1800s. Is there a book that may have his church registry? Thank you Judy Mace jkaymace@aol.com Once you rack you never go back

> >New files uploaded to the VA directory of the USGenWeb Archives >since the last report: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb > >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/cemeteries/h2510000.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/amherst/cemeteries/misc0000.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/deeds/d-mil01.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/deeds/d-mil02.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/deeds/d-mil03.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/wills/w-mil01.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/wills/w-ald01.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/obits/o-cof08.txt > >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/henrico/deeds/deeds001.txt > >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/history/1850poli.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/buchanan/cemeteries/street.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/dickenson/cemeteries/puckett.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/grayson/cemeteries/mckenzie.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/henrico/churches/stjbapt2.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/r300002.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/o500001.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/g430001.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/r300001.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/rudd_j~1.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/g626001.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/h236001.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/pr0yancy.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/y520003.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/y520002.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/y520001.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/misc/davisjcs.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/misc/mr0davis.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/mecklenburg/wills/w0adamst.txt >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/russell/cemeteries/sauls.txt > >Linda >

>From: Elizabeth Roderick <eroderic@vsla.edu> > > Death Records Indexing Project (DRIP) > > The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the availability of the > Death Records Indexing Project (DRIP) database. The database is a > collaborative project of the Virginia Genealogical Society and the > Library. More than 60 volunteers, working in 15 states, are in the > process of indexing the microfilmed versions of the local death > registers as part of a long-term goal to provide better access to death > records. > > After a volunteer completes indexing a city or county, database > records are created from information and made available > online via the Library of Virginia's Digital Library Program > (http://www.lva.lib.va.us/). The online database is fully keyword > searchable and currently contains nearly 32,000 entries. > > Each index entry in the database provides the name of the deceased, > the date of death, information about slaves and slave owners > if present, and the year and page number of the register where the > death is recorded. > > The following counties and cities are represented in the database More > localities will be added during the next year as they are completed by > the volunteers and processed by the Library: > > Alleghany County (1853-1896) > Bristol (1889-1896) > Charlottesville (1871-1896) > Danville (1854-1882, 1883-1896) > Fauquier County (1853-1896) > King George County (1853-1896) > Loudoun County (1854-1896) > Prince Edward County (1853-1861, 1862-1896) > Princess Anne County (1853-1896) > Stafford County (1853-1875, 1876-1896) > Warren County (1853-1876, 1877-1896) > Washington County (1853-1897) > > About Death Records in Virginia, 1853-1896 > > The Virginia General Assembly on April 11, 1853, passed a law requiring > the systematic statewide recording of births and deaths. The law > required every commissioner of revenue to make an annual registration > of births and deaths in his district at the same time personal property > subject to taxation was ascertained. The commissioner was to record > births and deaths that occurred prior to December 31 of the preceding > year and return the record to the clerk of court by June 1. Information > was obtained from heads of family, physicians, surgeons or coroners, > and the law imposed penalties for failing to furnish or collect the > information. > > The clerk of court in each locality was directed to enter the > information supplied by the commissioner into registers. A copy of each > register was forwarded to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts. The > law went into effect on July 1,1853, and continued until 1896, when an > economy-conscious legislature repealed the recording provisions. > > NOTE: not all deaths were recorded during the period 1853-1896. > > NOTE: the Library of Virginia does not have death records for the > period 1896-1912. > > Information found on death registers changed little between 1853 and > 1896. Death registers contain the name of the deceased; the race and > sex; the date and place of death; notations regarding slaves and the > names of slave owners; name of the disease or cause of death; age at > death (years, months and days); place of birth; occupation; marital > status; name of parents of the deceased; name of person giving the > information; and description of the informant (whether a physician, > consort, head of the family or friend). > > It is not unusual to find information missing from the records. If an > infant had not yet been named at the time of death, the entry would > record only the surname or note "Smith, Infant." The terms "Unnamed," > "No name," and "Not named" are also used. Only the given name of a > slave is recorded. Only the month appears for the date of death in some > instances. The names of parents of the deceased are frequently omitted > or unreliable since the person giving the information may not have > known the names. Causes of death frequently are not known. Some > information may not be available and some may vary from locality to > locality. > > Format of the Original Documents > > Microfilmed copies are available at the Library of Virginia on more > than 200 reels. The originals registers are not served to the public. > The film is arranged by county, by year within each county, and then > usually chronologically (some are arranged alphabetically). There are > usually less than 25 frames per any one year. The pages on the > microfilmed copies are not numbered. The indexers, however, have > supplied page numbers for each index entry in order to facilitate > locating the original reference. > > The microfilm was made in the 1940s, and many pages are difficult to > read. Also, many of the registers are duplicated in the Library's > collection of county court records on microfilm, many of which are > available through Interlibrary Loan. The page images on these reels > are sometimes easier to read. > > Obtaining Copies of Original Documents > > Certified copies of death records for the period 1853 through 1896 and > 1912-1939 are available *ONLY* from the Division of Vital Records, James > Madison Building, 109 Governor Street, P.O. Box 1000, Richmond, VA > 23208. The Library of Virginia does *not* make photocopies from the > microfilm or original registers. Researchers who visit the Library can > make copies from the birth and death registers on microfilm in the > collection. > > Microfilm copies of vital statistics, including death registers, may be > borrowed from the Library of Virginia through the Interlibrary Loan > department of your local library. > > >-- >Elizabeth Roderick email (eroderic@vsla.edu) >Manager, Digital Library Program voice (804) 692-3761 >Collection Management Services Division fax (804) 692-3771 >The Library of Virginia >800 E. Broad Street >Richmond, VA 23219 > > ***************************************************** > http://www.lva.lib.va.us > The LVA Digital Library Program > ***************************************************** >

Hello everyone, This page may have been mentioned before but thought I'd pass it on just in case: The Obituary Link Page at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/obituary.htm peg

Hi, Listers! I am hoping to find any information about Matilda Lewis who married Sherrod James in 1812 in Caroline, Va and Joseph Lewis who married Susan James 1820, also in Caroline, Va. Thanks for anything you can share. Carol

Looking for help in locating the husband of Ursilla Chandler aged 50 or 30. Ursilla is in the 1850 Fed census for Caroline County living with seven other Chandler's ranging in age from 27 to 11. The names of the other Chandlers are: Lindsay (27), Martha A.(25), Sarah A.(23), Andrew(18), Mary L.(19), Lydia A.(14), Francis A(11). Thanks John

Speaking of Wrights, if anyone needs information on Francis & Ann (Washington) Wright, I can be of some assistance. Virginia

This statement from the Order Book is not an abstract, but rather just part of the "minutes" from a court session where William Eubank's will was ordered for probate. In a message dated 10/12/99 11:49:10 PM, laurence@wi.net writes: >Does anyone know if it might be possible to find a more complete version >of this abstract, or is this part of the records which have been lost? > >Caroline County Court Order Book, 1785, p. 471, 10 February 1785 > >Last Will and Testament of William Eubank, deceased, was proved by >witnesses and ordered recorded. Motion of James Eubank and Joseph >Eubank. Certificate granted for probate.

You copied correctly. This is the same in my copy of Sparacio" Guardian Bonds. In a message dated 10/12/99 11:59:43 PM, laurence@wi.net writes: >Does anyone have access to a copy of the Guardian Bonds of Caroline >County? I think I may have skipped a line in transcribing them and the >library which has the book is quite a ways from where I am. > >The line reading, "The condition of the above obligation is such that if >James Eubank, Guardian unto Eldred, William and John Eubank, Children of >James Eubank, then this obligation to be void" does not make sense and >seems to be missing something. Is that the way it is printed in the >abstract, or did I forget to write something down?

I am so grateful to the kind people of this list who have been so responsive to my query concerning some Wright wills and administrations. Due to your help, I now have knowledge of what happened to the Thomas Wright family(my 4ggrandfather's brother of whom the family knew very little), and the John Wright will I had thought would be that of my 5ggrandfather may actually be that of HIS father, John, of whom I had no knowledge! The Robert Wright, Sr. who was mentioned in the Harry(aka Henry) Wright will is my ancestor and this will strengthens the close relationship between them which I had seen through other records. Now I know that learning more about Harry will teach me more about Robert. And I also have learned new relationships with the Carneals to whom the Wrights were close for many generations. I am grateful to all of you, especially Frank, Peg, and Linda, for this super boost in my research. Carol

> Here's a couple more items concerning the WRIGHT family found in >the William Hopkins book: > > "Wright, James his executor(Henry Wright) vs. John Hord's executor, >Margaret Hord.....James Wright and John Hord entered into partnership to >erect buildings in Haymarket.Robert Wright states that he is a brother to >and legatee of James Wright, decd. in Fredericksburg. John Carter, mill >wright, states that he has worked at the business for 15 yrs. Lewis Hord, >aged 35, on 27 Apr 1810 states that he is a mill wright. Edmund Brooke, >aged 47 years, at Haymarket in Prince William Co in Feb 1810 states that >he was a commissioner. James Graham, aged 64, John Graham, aged 37, and >John Saunders, aged 52, all make statements in Feb 1810 in Prince William >Co. William Clayton states that he was an apprentice carpenter for James >Wright. John Hord writes that Elijah Chenalt was his overseer. John >Fisher, Sr., aged 65, states that he worked as a joiner." >In another entry: >"John Wright, Phoebe Wright, Henry Wright, Bennet Wright and Nancy Wright >and Fanny Anderson widow of William Anderson, decd. who died before her >mother hereafter mentioned state that Sarah Wright, the widow of Thoms >Wright and mother of your complaintants died some time this year intestate >and Edmund Wright, one of her sons, is administrator. Another daughter, >Elizabeth Wright, married John Carnal and they are both dead leaving 5 >children viz Thomas Carnal, Walker Carnal, John Carnal, Josiah Carnal and >Sarah Carnal, infants. Thomas Wright died 11 yrs. ago. 10 Dec. 1821" > >These are found in Box WO-WR of the Chancery Suits. > >Peg > >

Does anyone have access to a copy of the Guardian Bonds of Caroline County? I think I may have skipped a line in transcribing them and the library which has the book is quite a ways from where I am. The line reading, "The condition of the above obligation is such that if James Eubank, Guardian unto Eldred, William and John Eubank, Children of James Eubank, then this obligation to be void" does not make sense and seems to be missing something. Is that the way it is printed in the abstract, or did I forget to write something down? The complete citation is: Caroline County Guardian Bonds, page 277. We, James Eubank, Pleasant Chiles and John Eubank are held and firmly bound to Geo. Buckner, Charles A. Lewis, John Scott, James J. Garnett and Henry C. Coleman, Gentlemen, Justices of Caroline County, in the sum of two thousand dollars, sealed with our seals this 11th day of December, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and twenty and in the 45th year of the Commonwealth. The condition of the above obligation is such that if James Eubank, Guardian unto Eldred, William and John Eubank, Children of James Eubank, then this obligation to be void. Sealed and delivered in the presence of The Court James Eubank Pleasant Chiles John Eubank At a court held for Caroline County at the Courthouse on the 11th day of December 1820. The within Bond was acknowledged by the Obligors, parties thereto. Teste: Jno S. Pendleton, Cl.

Does anyone know if it might be possible to find a more complete version of this abstract, or is this part of the records which have been lost? Caroline County Court Order Book, 1785, p. 471, 10 February 1785 Last Will and Testament of William Eubank, deceased, was proved by witnesses and ordered recorded. Motion of James Eubank and Joseph Eubank. Certificate granted for probate. Sincerely, Larry Dickerson

>>Hi, Listers! >>Does anyone have a copy of William L. Hopkins book, Court Records of >>Caroline >>Co? I can't find a copy anywhere and am hoping to find the genealogical >>data >>of the following wills or administrations said to be mentioned therein: >>Harry Wright 1822 >>John Wright, Sr. 1785 >>Robert Wright 1807 >>Samuel Wright 1805''''' >****************************** > >Hi Carol, > Here's some of what I found: > >"Harry Wright..1 Dec 1822/10 Mar 1823..He states that he is one of the >executors of the estate of John Bell, decd. and Robert Wright, Sr. is >another. Wife to keep the estate together until the youngest son, James >Wright, comes of age. Son William Wright has some negroes in his >possession and they are to be divided among the children viz Robert Wright >when he comes of age, Catherine Wright when she marries and the 3 youngest >children who are Henry Wright, John Wright and James Wright. Requests that >his brother Benj. Wright, continue to live with the family and to be >provided for. Exors: Robert Wright, Sr., Austin Smith and sons Robert >Wright and William Wright, Jr. Wit: Archibald Bransum, Samule J. Murray >and Robert Woolfolk. Margaret Wright is the widow and son Robert Wright is >underage at the time of probate." > > > >"Will of John Wright, Sr., not dated..all my estate to my wife during her >widowhood. To the children of my son, John Wright, decd. To the children >of my daughter, Keziah Carnall. Daughter Rachel Harris. Grandson John >Wright, son of William Wright. Grandson Willis Wright. > John Wright's esate settled in Court in Nov 1785. > Moses Carnall and John Harris give a bond to William Wright, ex. >of John Wright, decd. on 30 Jun 1785" >

Hopkin's book can be purchased at: Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.iberian.com/frames/">Genealogy Online - Iberian Publishing Co.</A>

Hi everyone, I bet everyone knows about this terrific reference site: Cyndi's List. But just in case, here it is: http://www.CyndisList.com/ It's great for looking for surname mailing lists. peg

Hi, Listers! Does anyone have a copy of William L. Hopkins book, Court Records of Caroline Co? I can't find a copy anywhere and am hoping to find the genealogical data of the following wills or administrations said to be mentioned therein: Harry Wright 1822 John Wright, Sr. 1785 Robert Wright 1807 Samuel Wright 1805 Also does anyone have knowledge of the wife and children of James Estes s/o Philip Estes? Thank you in advance for your help. Carol in Arizona

>X-From_: TLuchetta@aol.com Fri Oct 8 23:36:03 1999 >From: TLuchetta@aol.com >Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 03:35:26 EDT >Subject: Illinois Marriages Online >To: bearpaw@alaska.net, ILCOLES-L@rootsweb.com >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Thought to pass this on as this may helps others > >http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage Illinois Marriage index > >Sincerely Tiffany Luchetta >

>>Cornell University has just put the entire "War of the Rebellion" on the >>Internet..........60 volumes >> >><http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/WARO.html>http://moa.cit.corn >>ell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/WARO.html >> >>Thanks to Ward Oliver who passed this information on to us. >>JoLee

Dear Researchers, I understand that Ancestry.com is offering a searchable database for Essex County, VA Marriages (1655-1900) free for the next 10 days. Since so many of our Caroline County ancestors had roots in Essex County, I thought some of you would be interested. Here is an excerpt from Ancestry's newsletter which outlines the database and gives the web address. Joann Ellis Humphries ============================================================ ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA MARRIAGES, 1655-1900 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia was organized in 1656 from Lancaster County and encompassed the land lying on both sides of the Rappahannock River. The land was transferred to Essex County in 1692. This database is a collection of marriage records from the area between 1655 and 1900. Researchers will find the names of both bride and groom, and the marriage date. Taken from the original records held in the Essex County courthouse, it contains the names of over 3,000 men and women. For Ancestry.com patrons seeking ancestors from eastern Virginia, this can be an extremely useful source of information. Bibliography: Wilkerson, Eva Eubank. "Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia, 1655-1900." Richmond, VA: Clearfield Company, 1953. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/4033.htm