Hello Electra!...{:). The was a John FAIRFAX and Daniel FAIRFAX in Louisiana during 1800s. Their archival census data stated they came from GERMANY. There also was a John and Daniel FAIRFAX who filed for their fathers' Revolutionary War Pensions in 1796 in North Carolina. Their fathers' names were Dormand and Herrenton FAIRFAX. What FAIRFAX family line are you researching? Dan Fairfax 2629 Somerset Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37217 [email protected] =========================== Hello Dan, A quick note to tell you I stopped by the archives yesterday to look up the New Orleans Fairfax clan ... found 3 names in the 1850 census (first household) Daniel Fairfax, age 35, listed as a baker, born in "Germany" !!!!!!! Mathilda Fairfax, age 17, born in Louisiana 2 Simsons, also bakers, born in Germany (second household) John Fairfax, cotton broker, born in NY (third household) George?? (cannot really read this) Fairfax, listed as laborer, cannot tell where he was born So, unable to tell whether or not this John and Daniel are necessarily related to the 1797 John and Daniel .... makes me wonder whether Dormand and Herrenton are German names?? and perhaps some Fairfax married a German woman at some point ....I also have a previous find of an Emma Fairfax during civil war New Orleans whose father was a "baker", and friends with a Jewish family (diary of a Clara Solomon) ... it could be that these Simsons were Jews from Germany, as there was a large Jewish population there during the war (I met a Jewish woman from New Orleans up here who told me all about the history down there, she's into genealogy and is going there next month and will do some research on this for us ... she is also aware of a Fairfax plantation down there) I'll fill in more details later .... Allen Fairfax =========================== -----Original Message----- From: Fairfax, Dan Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:22 AM To: '[email protected]' Cc: '[email protected]' Subject: FAIRFAX -----Original Message----- From: Electra Kimble Price [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [VAFairfa] Roll Call Searching the surname Fairfax, in the counties of Fairfax and Alexandria in the time span of 1820-1870, Given names of John, Tom and Daniel. EPrice ==== VAFAIRFA Mailing List ==== E-mail List Mom at mailto:[email protected] http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafairfa/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237