This is the Corbin DNA administrator I know that I just sent the posting on for DNA testing on the Corbin line. Thanks for including the website. Her name is Diana Gayle Matthiesen. :) Marianne Dillow --- On Wed, 11/19/08, Ruth Hasten Walsh <delins1@verizon.net> wrote: > From: Ruth Hasten Walsh <delins1@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [VACULPEP] Eltonhead and Associated Lines > To: vaculpep@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 1:21 PM > There's some infor about Henry Corbin at > http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/FGS/Corb/CorbinHenry-AliceEltonhead.shtml > >> > Ruth

If anyone is interested, I know the administrator of the Corbin DNA surname project testing with Family Tree DNA based in Houston. If anyone has a male Corbin to test they can go through a Corbin surname project to help prove their line plus give them Corbin matches and they can get in touch with them as they give permission to be contacted. They also give their pedigrees. I have tested my female mtDNA with FTDNA. Anyway, just a suggestion. :) Marianne Dillow

Thanks Charlene for your lineage, I have only researched my direct line Eltonhead Conway that married Henry Thacker, Sr. to Eltonhead Conway's parents Martha Eltonhead and Edwin Conway, Sr. to Richard Eltonhead and Ann Sutton. I haven't researched the other Eltonhead sisters and this is a first attempt to do that, plus my Conway line on the brother of Eltonhead which is Edwin Conway, Jr. In publications as well as the internet there are always errors. I bought the book but am researching it like others who wanted the attachment as no one but the author can answer for their publication on the Eltonhead descendants. Where did you get the info it was Anne instead of Alice ? That definitely needs to be straightened out. Do you have a record or a source we could use to make the right correction ? I saw you had a death date for Anne. :) Marianne Dillow

Hi All, (Other names mentioned were Tancill, Tatum, Carpenter, Peyton, Clark, Smith, Beasley and Spicer.) Nannie Lee CORBIN (sister of Jetter) married William Edgar SPICER b 10/3/1863, VA s/o Edgar Wayne SPICER and Mary Virginia CORBIN Linda Cashen Gaunt **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)

Hello All, Bessie Mae was my maternal aunt; I have a copy of the Charles Hamilton Kilby Bible family pages from which the Library of Va.put a copy online. Her DOB given was 31 July 1879. "Jeter Corbin and Bessie May Kilby was [sic] married Oct. 5,1904".A DOB for Jeter was given as Nov. 15,1873. He was one of eight children listed. Other names mentioned were Tancill, Tatum, Carpenter, Peyton, Clark, Smith, Beasley and Spicer. I would be interested in exchanging info with present day Kilbys from Culpeper, Madison, and Orange counties at least, descended from William Ansylum Kilby and Damsel Clatterbuck with especial regard to the male lines for a DNA project. Scott Harlow In a message dated 11/17/2008 7:20:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, RRG410@aol.com writes: Hi, I have very little info: Bessie Mae KILBY born 6/15/1883 (not verified by me) married Jetter CORBIN born 11/15/1873 (also not verified by me). Married 10/5/1904. I show his parents as; Joseph Roberts CORBIN (1829, VA -- 1913, ?) and Roberta V. SMITH (1836, VA -- 1913, ?). Their daughter, Bertie Mae b 1878, married Yetna KILBY. All this information was taken from online sources and I have not verified or documented, yet. Thanks, Linda Cashen Gaunt In a message dated 11/17/2008 3:53:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, persisto@earthlink.net writes: Could you please provide dates and places for Bessie Mae Kilby and Jetter Corbin? I'm happy to help but need more information other that about the grandparents. On Nov 17, 2008, at 6:46 PM, RRG410@aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > Great story about Leroy KILBY's grave site! > > Does anyone know the family connection of Bessie Mae KILBY wife of > Jetter > CORBIN (great grandson of George Lee CORBIN (1763 - abt 1827) and > Sarah Sallie > JENNINGS (abt 1764 -- 1822, Rappahannock Co., VA)? > > Dates have not been verified by me, please excuse any errors. > > Thanks, > Linda Cashen Gaunt > **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie > news & > more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/ > aol?redir=htt > p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir= htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)

Hi, I have very little info: Bessie Mae KILBY born 6/15/1883 (not verified by me) married Jetter CORBIN born 11/15/1873 (also not verified by me). Married 10/5/1904. I show his parents as; Joseph Roberts CORBIN (1829, VA -- 1913, ?) and Roberta V. SMITH (1836, VA -- 1913, ?). Their daughter, Bertie Mae b 1878, married Yetna KILBY. All this information was taken from online sources and I have not verified or documented, yet. Thanks, Linda Cashen Gaunt In a message dated 11/17/2008 3:53:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, persisto@earthlink.net writes: Could you please provide dates and places for Bessie Mae Kilby and Jetter Corbin? I'm happy to help but need more information other that about the grandparents. On Nov 17, 2008, at 6:46 PM, RRG410@aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > Great story about Leroy KILBY's grave site! > > Does anyone know the family connection of Bessie Mae KILBY wife of > Jetter > CORBIN (great grandson of George Lee CORBIN (1763 - abt 1827) and > Sarah Sallie > JENNINGS (abt 1764 -- 1822, Rappahannock Co., VA)? > > Dates have not been verified by me, please excuse any errors. > > Thanks, > Linda Cashen Gaunt > **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie > news & > more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/ > aol?redir=htt > p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)

Could you please provide dates and places for Bessie Mae Kilby and Jetter Corbin? I'm happy to help but need more information other that about the grandparents. On Nov 17, 2008, at 6:46 PM, RRG410@aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > Great story about Leroy KILBY's grave site! > > Does anyone know the family connection of Bessie Mae KILBY wife of > Jetter > CORBIN (great grandson of George Lee CORBIN (1763 - abt 1827) and > Sarah Sallie > JENNINGS (abt 1764 -- 1822, Rappahannock Co., VA)? > > Dates have not been verified by me, please excuse any errors. > > Thanks, > Linda Cashen Gaunt > **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie > news & > more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/ > aol?redir=htt > p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All, Great story about Leroy KILBY's grave site! Does anyone know the family connection of Bessie Mae KILBY wife of Jetter CORBIN (great grandson of George Lee CORBIN (1763 - abt 1827) and Sarah Sallie JENNINGS (abt 1764 -- 1822, Rappahannock Co., VA)? Dates have not been verified by me, please excuse any errors. Thanks, Linda Cashen Gaunt **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)

Thanks so much! That is so helpful in looking at the list that you first sent. Marsha On Nov 16, 2008, at 7:07 PM, Eliz Hanebury wrote: > I have been asked if I know where the Elizabeth and Anne landed, it is > on the site, the answer is Yorktown. Other ships went to Maryland and > places I can't read. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tornabene/index5.htm > > This page holds the ships list and sales ledgers > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

I have been asked if I know where the Elizabeth and Anne landed, it is on the site, the answer is Yorktown. Other ships went to Maryland and places I can't read. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tornabene/index5.htm This page holds the ships list and sales ledgers

Elizabeth, do you know of a source that explains where the various ships landed? For example do you know where the Elizabeth and Anne landed on this side of the ocean? Marsha On Nov 16, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Eliz Hanebury wrote: > All the goodies of a general nature makes me want to let anyone who > might have a Jacobite ancestor, transported to Virginia in 1715 to > 1716, that the Prison registers are online, images beautiful images. > > There is on the same site a transcription of the Elizabeth and Anne > transportees, both indentured and not indentured. As well as an index > of the prison registers, to be taken with a grain of salt since > spelling was so creative back then <G>. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tornabene/ > > It is the page of Hugh Tornabene, his wife is a descendant of the > Jacobite <G> And this is a tremendous resource. > > I descend from Scotch John Michie and James Watson both prisoners in > Preston and transported in Elizabeth and Anne, and most of us thought > we never would find where Scotch John born or living, and I knew if I > got to England I could view the records but to have them online -- I > am doing the gene Happy Dance! > > > > Eliz > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Would your family include a Mildred Lewis that married a William Butler. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: deborahlewis1 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.culpe > per/4551.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Tana, > > I'd like to establish a dialog with you about our common ancestor, John and Ann > Merry Wallis Lewis. > > My great grandfather, John Merry Lewis, was a ounger brother of Alfred Brown > Lewis. John Merry married Margaret Irene Covington in 1852 and had 4 daughters > and 4 sons. John Merry served in company B 13th Virginia Infantry and was killed > April 9th, 1865 in the retreat from Petersburg. He was the only Lewis who did > not survive the war. > > All 4 of John Merry's daughters survived to adulthodd, and two of the 4 sons > survived to adulthood. My grandfather, Henry Wayne Lewis, was the oldest > surviving son and he was born in December 1857. > > John Merry and Alfred Brown had a brother, Abram/Abraham Henry who married > Geraldine Covington a sister or Margaret Irene Covington. They moved to Bates > County Missouri, where Abram/Abraham was a farmer and a Baptist Minister. He > also served in the Confederate Army in the Missouri State Guard. > > Another brother, Robert Strother, served as am Assistant Surgeon in the > Confederate Army. > > I grew up in Culpeper and now live in a Washington DC subub, Wooodbridge Va. My > sister lives in Culpeper and her younger daughter also lives there. > > I've some information about the family as well as access to some sources because > of where I live. My sister has the family bible started by John Merry Lewis > with all 8 children's births, marriages, and deaths. Henry Wayne's descendents > are also listed. > > My email is deborahlewis@erols.com for anyone interested in direct contact. > > Thanks. > Deb > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like > to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond > on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

There was a Manakintown in Powhatan County, just outside Richmond. It was originally a village site of the Monacan Indians, later a Huguenot settlement. Right on the James River, with a ferry across it, it grew to be a prosperous, small town. The name still exists in the area, Manakintown Ferry Road, etc. Nancy ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Nov 16, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Eliz Hanebury wrote: > I have no idea, I just keep seeing them listed in the Colony. They > went on to Manakintowne (spelling?) I smell a possible merchant? <G> > > Partly I am just interested in it and there is no way in Pennsylvania > am I going to be able to borrow books about it. > > Eliz > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:10 PM, <RockCatt@aol.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hello, Elizabeth! >> >> I would be more than happy to help you with your connection to the >> Germanna >> community. I'm a descendant of the First Colony thru the Holtzclaw, >> Otterbach, Heimbach and Fishback families. I've been a part of >> the Germanna >> Foundation for about 10 years now, I have several of their >> publications here at home >> that I use as references as well as lots of information given to >> me by >> cousins. I've been researching my family for about 22 years now, >> so I have lots of >> information and lots of paper! >> >> How does your Lacy family tie into Germanna? >> >> Barb Price >> >> >> **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, >> movie news & >> more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/ >> 100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt >> p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html? >> ncid=emlcntusdown00000001) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I thought maybe I would list the family names that actually came from Culper Co. Most connect to my Farish line, who were from Orange Co. Thomas Farish who married Frances PANNILL Banks Farish I descend from their son but if I can follow the other family members I do. John Thomas Farish who died in 1850 in Culpeper Co. brought in a lot of the above names. Eliz

I have no idea, I just keep seeing them listed in the Colony. They went on to Manakintowne (spelling?) I smell a possible merchant? <G> Partly I am just interested in it and there is no way in Pennsylvania am I going to be able to borrow books about it. Eliz On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:10 PM, <RockCatt@aol.com> wrote: > > > Hello, Elizabeth! > > I would be more than happy to help you with your connection to the Germanna > community. I'm a descendant of the First Colony thru the Holtzclaw, > Otterbach, Heimbach and Fishback families. I've been a part of the Germanna > Foundation for about 10 years now, I have several of their publications here at home > that I use as references as well as lots of information given to me by > cousins. I've been researching my family for about 22 years now, so I have lots of > information and lots of paper! > > How does your Lacy family tie into Germanna? > > Barb Price > > > **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & > more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt > p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I know that I am descended from a Hume in Culpeper (now Madison County?) named George Hume, but while I see three Humes here, none of them are George, whose wife was Elizabeth PROCTOR. My Humes migrated to what is now Greenbrier County, WV. Can anyone help me with this family? Did George have to go on a later ship that the Elizabeth and Ann? I had heard he was on Captain Doddridge's ship. The line I have documented goes back to George Hume(s), married to Clarissa HINKLE. I believe his father is James HUME (born Fauquier County, 1768, which I think had just been created from Prince William County)and his wife is Jane MC MILLION. Then I believe James's father is William HUME and his wife was Ann___no surname found yet. I know that William and Ann married in Fauquier County, VA. If anyone else is working on these family lines, please let's get together and compare notes. I know there is a great deal of difficulty when I am tracing pioneers to the western part of Virginia and now WV. I wonder how many Hume families migrated to what is now Culpeper and Madison Counties, VA? Sharon Lee Gates In a message dated 11/16/08 12:31:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, elizhgene@gmail.com writes: All the goodies of a general nature makes me want to let anyone who might have a Jacobite ancestor, transported to Virginia in 1715 to 1716, that the Prison registers are online, images beautiful images. There is on the same site a transcription of the Elizabeth and Anne transportees, both indentured and not indentured. As well as an index of the prison registers, to be taken with a grain of salt since spelling was so creative back then <G>. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tornabene/ It is the page of Hugh Tornabene, his wife is a descendant of the Jacobite <G> And this is a tremendous resource. I descend from Scotch John Michie and James Watson both prisoners in Preston and transported in Elizabeth and Anne, and most of us thought we never would find where Scotch John born or living, and I knew if I got to England I could view the records but to have them online -- I am doing the gene Happy Dance! Eliz ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)

Hello, Elizabeth! I would be more than happy to help you with your connection to the Germanna community. I'm a descendant of the First Colony thru the Holtzclaw, Otterbach, Heimbach and Fishback families. I've been a part of the Germanna Foundation for about 10 years now, I have several of their publications here at home that I use as references as well as lots of information given to me by cousins. I've been researching my family for about 22 years now, so I have lots of information and lots of paper! How does your Lacy family tie into Germanna? Barb Price **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001)

Marianne - I am interested in this information re the Eltonhead line since I descend from Henry Corbin and Alice and several Lees. Please let me know how to access the attachment.? Thanks?? Mike Corbin -----Original Message----- From: marianne dillow <mdillow31@verizon.net> To: vaculpep@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 7:37 pm Subject: [VACULPEP] Eltonhead and Associated Lines If anyone is interested in the Eltonhead lineage of the five Eltonhead sisters who came to Maryand and Virginia with associated lines and their children and their generations including Fenwick, Conway, Corbin, Lee, Washington, Carter, Taylor, Wormeley, Lee,? Madison, etc? and many others, I can give you an attachment off list if you contact me personally. The volume consists of 559 pages. It is? very good with many extending lines. I descend from Richard Eltonhead and Anne Sutton's daughter Martha Eltonhead that married Edwin Conway. Marianne Dillow ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VACULPEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

All the goodies of a general nature makes me want to let anyone who might have a Jacobite ancestor, transported to Virginia in 1715 to 1716, that the Prison registers are online, images beautiful images. There is on the same site a transcription of the Elizabeth and Anne transportees, both indentured and not indentured. As well as an index of the prison registers, to be taken with a grain of salt since spelling was so creative back then <G>. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tornabene/ It is the page of Hugh Tornabene, his wife is a descendant of the Jacobite <G> And this is a tremendous resource. I descend from Scotch John Michie and James Watson both prisoners in Preston and transported in Elizabeth and Anne, and most of us thought we never would find where Scotch John born or living, and I knew if I got to England I could view the records but to have them online -- I am doing the gene Happy Dance! Eliz

Can we talk a little about Germanna? For me it is back burner but my Lacys keep turning up all tied up with the Colony. I can find lots about Germanna but I don't know enough to tell what is as accurate as can be and what is "whole Cloth". Eliz On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:36 PM, <RockCatt@aol.com> wrote: > What a great day, Craig! Thank you also for your kind words regarding Marc > Wheat, the President of the Germanna Foundation. It's good to know that he > also dances while discussing Germanna! > > Barb Price > > > In a message dated 11/15/2008 15:56:08 Pacific Standard Time, > persisto@earthlink.net writes: > > Dear Listers: > > In the many years I have been doing genealogical research, today must > rank among one of the most memorable ever. Not all things have to do > with court houses. They sometimes have to do with cemeteries, and on > very special occasions, they have to do with ceremonies for soldiers > past. Since getting there is half the fun, please allow me to share > a most enjoyable day. > > It all started over a year ago, when Mike Lyman, a fellow SAR > compatriot of the Richard Henry Lee Chapter in Lancaster County, > Virginia, and past President of the Virginia Society War of 1812 > Virginia, came into the Mary Ball Museum & Library to donate his > latest work, "Location of War of 1812 Veteran Graves in Virginia" I > told him I knew of a grave I bet he didn't. He was all ears. I told > him about the Kilby family grave yard at Slate Mills in Rappahannock > County, where lies Private Leroy Kilby (1785-1859). > > Fast forward to today. I drove up yesterday (Friday) to do some > research for a client at the Culpeper Court House. (If anybody knows > where the MISSING "Foushee vs. Foushee's Executor" chancery suit, > settled in 1845, has gone to, please let me know. It contains the > will of one Thornton Foushee whose will was recorded in MISSING Will > Book "M".) > > I had not been to Culpeper for any length of time in at last ten > years. I must say, the downtown is quite a hopping little place for > night life. I had a wonderful mug of "Crab Swiss Fondue" soup at > "The Pub" on East Davis, which is in a basement off of an alley, and > is the site of the old Culpeper County jail, where my poor old great- > great uncle Joseph Kilby died while there in 1845. He was > incarcerated for bad debts relating to questionable horse dealing. I > toasted him in front of the roaring wood burning fireplace. I'm sure > it was all just a minor misunderstanding. (When I relayed this story > to the staff, I was informed the place is very much haunted.) > > But the thrust of this trip was all about today. > > Today began with intermitment rains, and did not bode well for any > outdoor activities. To start the day, however, was an in-door > meeting of the Culpeper Minutemen Chapter of the SAR here at the Best > Western Hotel where I am staying and from which I write this account. > > My local SAR chapter apparently does nothing by the rule book. We > are simply a social organization that meets for cocktails at 11:30 > a.m., have a nice lunch and a good speaker, and go home. Always a > good crowd, and that is all I thought it was supposed to be. > > Let me tell, when I walked in I saw half of the people there in > period costume, including Mike Lyman, who had told me in advance that > I would learn what a "real" SAR meeting is all about, I knew I was in > for something quite different. I'll skip all the formalities here. > As people introduced themselves, I learned that our featured speaker > today was none other than Marc Wheat, President of the Germanna > Memorial Foundation. Now this came as quite a shock as just this > very morning I had been exchanging emails with John Blankenbaker > about the origins of the First Colony. > > A huge pang of guilt also hit me, as I had not renewed my membership > to Germanna in some years. I rectified that immediately! I had > never met Marc in person, and I knew nothing of his professional > background (very impressive), and I was quite eager to hear his > presentation. Unfortunately, most of it was drowned out by a live > band at a birthday party in the next room, and an Evangelical choir > group across the hall. Bad planning on the part of the Best > Western. Marc did a good job of going with the flow, even dancing to > the music at one point. > > These "real" SAR meetings really drag on. Everybody gets an award > for something. > > But, dear reader, if you have stayed with me this far, we get to the > really good part of the day. > > The Society for the War of 1812, under Mike Lyman diligent pursuit of > making this happen, was scheduled for 3:00 at the Kilby Family > Cemetery at Slate Mills. I must here mention my dear cousin Lucia > Kilby of Sperryville who coordinated this with Mike Lyman. > > Now, as I said at the beginning, getting there is half the fun. > Today, it was nearly all of the fun. Remember, it had been raining > most of the day, and most of the previous two days before. > > The Kilby cemetery is not exactly anywhere anyone would ever find > it. In fact, it is no where anyone would ever find it. Knowing > this, Lucia Kilby had arranged for us all to meet at the Slate Mills > Baptist Church. Finding even that is not an easy task, but we all > had good directions. > > Driving from Culpeper to Slate Mills in a driving rain, not even > knowing if Lucia would show up or not (the dear lady is in her 80s), > I arrived ahead of most of the group (nearly all from the local SAR > chapter, but some from as far away as Fairfax County), and there were > a few already assembled. To my surprise and delight, this group > included Dr. Walter B. Kilby, a direct descendant of Leroy Kilby, and > Lucia's nephew. (Lucia's own children could care less about these > things, it being deer season.) > > The only person who knew how to get to the grave site was Lucia > Kilby. It's a good thing I have a jeep. > > She explained that this grave yard was on private property, and that > we had to go through several gates and up a hill which has no road to > get to it. That was an understatement. > > Thankfully, it had quit raining. > > Since we were still waiting for others, It was decided to take an > advance convoy of three vehicles, including Mike Lyman's van with all > of the appurtenances for the ceremoney, and come back for the others > later. > > With Craig and Lucia in the lead, in my jeep, we wound our way > through some back roads, arrived at the farm in question, and > proceeded along. At this point, Lucia's memory got a little foggy on > just where the grave yard was. Not where it was, but how to get to > it. She hadn't been there in years. (She, in fact, is the one who > discovered it umpteen years ago.) > > So, not seeing any viable way to get up that hill, she said we should > just drive through the ladies' yard and go around it, and then up the > hill. Which, after another gate, we did. > > Definitely time to put the jeep in 4-wheel drive mode. > > To my surprise, Mike Lyman's van actually made it up that mud, > slippery hill. But there was one more hill to go, and poor Mike's > van just didn't make it that far. Lucia and I proceeded and finally > spotted the serene, hill top, iron fenced graveyard. > > There, we were first greet by two donkeys, followed very shortly > afterwards by about 20 wet and very curious horses, ponies and > colts. Did we bring food? > > The third vehicle in the caravan, also a jeep, came up a bit later, > informing us that the old ladies who lived there did NOT appreciate > our driving through their yard. Didn't we see the gate we had passed > to be used for that purpose? (Obviously, we did not.) > > Alright, after much shuttling back and forth, about 20 people and 20 > equines gathered around the grave of Leroy Kilby for a very elaborate > ceremony to mark the grave of Private Leroy Kilby, who spent all of > six weeks at Camp Selden. (We are not sure where that was, but it > was probably on the Potomac River to guard against British man-o-wars > coming upstream to burn down Washington and Baltimore. As we all > know, that was not a success.) > > And, I must add, just as the ceremony began, the sun came out in > brilliant display. Dr. Kilby unveiled the marker, taps was played, > prayers were said, and, well, it was just a most remarkable day for > one and all. > > So, here ends my brief story of one day in the Piedmont of Virginia. > > Who says genealogy is dull? > > Yours in History, > Craig Kilby > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. 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