Thank you very much! I will! Debbie --- Dick and Betsy French <BARKFrench@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > Hi Debbie, > > Thomas, John, and Edward FORD are mentioned numerous > times > in Beth Mitchell's Fairfax County Road Orders > 1749-1800. > You can find it with a Google search. It's in > Acrobat format; > an index of personal names begins on page 194. > > First mention of John and Thomas FORD is 20 Mar > 1754. First > mention of Edward is 23 Nov 1768, when he replaced > Peter Mauzy > as Surveyor of the Road. The Road Orders provide > clues as to > where people lived and who their neighbors were. > Apparently > there were numerous surveyors appointed, each > responsible for > a certain stretch of road. > > The Will of Catherine Padderson dated 21 May 1739 > was witnessed > by Thomas FORD, Jane FORD, and Ann GLADDING. Thomas > FORD also > did the estate inventory with Tho. ELZEY [Thomazin > ELLZEY, son > of Lewis?] and Richard SIMSON. Catherine Padderson > was the re- > married widow of William GOING, who died in 1725. > > Do check out the Fairfax County Road Orders. You may > find some > valuable clues there. > > Betsy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: DKS [mailto:virginiaancestors@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 8:42 PM > To: VAFAIRFA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAFairfax] FORD-FOARD families > > > Any clues regarding which FORD-FOARD family claims > my > ancestor Henry FORD/FOARD!! Lived in VA.....moved in > 1795 and died in 1808 in Pittsylvania Co VA. > Estimated > birth 1740..? Your thoughts are appreciated!! > Debbie > Wood > > > > ==== VAFAIRFA Mailing List ==== > E-mail List Mom at mailto:daisysroots@yahoo.com > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafairfa/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com