Wondering if anyone has any info on James M. McCormick who died 1759 in Fauquier Co., Va. Some claim him to be the James McCormick born 1721 as son of Hugh McCormick of Ireland and Cumberland Co., Pa. It is also claimed that James married Susanna Duff about 1740 and that the widow Susanna later married Benjamin Jennings (1779) and Daniel Marr (1786). It seems questionable that James md. Susanna Duff because the Fauquier Co. 1779 marriage record shows Benjamin Jennings married to Susanna Duff (not McCormick). Supposedly, James had a son named John who was born 1745 in Prince William Co., married Elizabeth Morgan and died 1817 in Fauquier Co. I do find James McCormick as a witness in a court case involving Benjamin Morgan 1753 in Prince William Co. Many have tried to find the James McCormick of Cumberland Co., Pa. who supposedly migrated to the Valley of Virginia. The James McCormick of Prince William/Fauquier Co. sure seems like a good possibility. Any thoughts or information about this situation would be welcomed. I am trying to determine if my William McCormick (born c1755 in Va. (?), migrated to Pa. in 1780's, on to central Ky. about 1790 where he was killed by Indians shortly thereafter) could have been part of James' family. William supposedly was married to Maria Cary Eggleston. Art Miller, Louisville

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PORT TOBACCO, Md. -- Archaeologists have uncovered four Colonial Period graves and the remains of a fence that bound the community cemetery in Port Tobacco, according to the Port Tobacco Archaeological Project. The remains were found during a two-week study of historic Port Tobacco. Volunteers from Maryland, New York and New Jersey participated in the excavation of four sites that had been identified during an archaeological survey of the Colonial town site last fall. Members of the Port Tobacco Archaeological Project said the discovery has brought them very close to identifying the exact spot on which an Anglican Church stood between the 1680s and 1709. Excavators recovered pieces of clay daub from above and within the graves that was likely used to plaster the fireplace and chimney of the wooden church. Local residents and historians have long known of the community cemetery on the north side of town. It was used throughout the 1800s but was buried by sediment around the turn of the 20th century. No effort has yet been made to relocate it. The uncovered graves have been mapped, but will remain unexcavated. The uncovered graves are approximately 160 feet south of the outline of the 1886 Episcopal Church. Future excavations will continue to explore the cemetery with the goals of determining its extent, the number of graves, and the location of the church http://www.nbc4.com/news/16726944/detail.html?rss=dc&psp=news

Can anybody tell me who MARIEL M. STIGLER was on the Will of JAMES EMMONS? I believe that this JAMES EMMONS was married first to CATY STIGLER who was daughter of BENJAMIN STIGLER. Caty Stigler's siblings were MARTHA STIGLER, JAMES STIGLER, NANCY STIGLER and WILLIAM STIGLER. Thank you, Amanda ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fauquier County Will Book 16 page 263 Will of James Emmons (Cathy Stigler/Mary Kelly) In the name of God amen. I James Emmons of the County of Fauquier + State of Virginia being of sound mind and deposing memory knowing the uncertainty of life do hereby make this my last will and testament in the maner an form as follows to wit: Item 1st After the payment of my just debts + funeral expences I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary in lieu of dower the following property to wit. Yarrow, Ned, Alcy, + Jinny, one yoke of oxen and cart, one good horse, one cow, + yearling, eight sheep, two sows and six pigs, two beds + furniture, one desk and table, six chairs her choice of kitchen furniture, one plough + Harness, twenty barrels of corn, four hundred pounds of pork, one stack of hay, one barrel of flour, fifty pounds of sugar and ten pounds of coffee to be enjoyed by her forever and for her to dispose of as she thinks proper. Also my silver watch to dispose as she may think best. Item 2nd I give to my wife Mary one Negro girl named Frances during her natural life and after her decease to be equally divided among my five children hereafter named to be enjoyed by them or their legal representatives. Item 3rd It is my will and desire that all my land be sold in two lots to the highest bidder; one lot of 140 acres including the MINE HILL, and the remainder more or less, it is my will that it be expressly understood that the said land above named is not to be sold (line missing, I believe) disposed of for the sum of twenty thousand dollars by my executors hereafter named. Item 4th. It is my will and desire that the whole of my estate both real and personal be divided into six equal parts after my son in law Joseph Field and my daughter Harriet Whorton first taking choice of my negros with the exception of the blacksmith named Trilos. Item 5th I give and bequeath one sixth part to my son in law Joseph Field to be held by him in trust for the sole and separate use of the children of my daughter Patsey Field decd and at the death of Joseph Field I give the same to the children of my said daughter then living and the issue or descendants of such of her children as may have died before her such issue to represent their decd parent. Item 6th One other sixth part I give and bequeath to my son in law Isaac Wharton to be held by him in trust for the sole an separate use of his wife Harriet Whorton and her children so long as the said Whorton shall survive his wife also during her widowhood, but should the said Harriet survive her husband and marry again at the death of the said Isaac Whorton, I give the same to the children of my said daughters then living and the issue or descendants of such as may have died before such issue to represent their deceased parent. Item 7th-One other sixth part I give and bequeath to my son Fountain Emmons to be held by him in trust for the children of his wife Mary as long as he shall survive his wife also during her widowhood, but should the said Mary marry again at the death of my son Fountain I give the same to the children of my son Fountain then living and the issue or descendants of such of her children as may have died before her such issue to represent their deceased parent. Item 8th -One other sixth part I give and bequeath to my son Daniel Emmons to be held by him in trust for the sole and separate use of the children of his wife Lucy Ann Emmons decd so long as he shall survive and at his death or the death of his children I give the same to the issue of descendants of such of his children as may have died before him such issue to represent their deceased parent-but my son Daniel must account to my estate for two hundred dollars he owes me, also six or seven hundred dollars which I am bound to Enoch Jameson for. (Married Frankey E. Cowles.) Item 9th- One other sixth part I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Virginia James Morgan, daughter of my daughter Elizabeth Morgan decd to her + her heirs forever, but if she shall die before having any legal heirs the same to return to my children or their legal representatives. (line missing) son James S. Emmons to be held by him in trust for the sole and separate use of the children of his wife Ann A Emmons so long as the said Ja S Emmons shall survive also during the widowhood of the said Ann A Emmons and at the death of said James S. Emmons I give and bequeath the same to the children of my said daughter in law then living and the issue or descendants of such her children as may have died before to represent their decd parent. Item 11th And lastly hereby appoint my son in law Joseph Field executor to this my last will and testament herby revoking all former wills by me made, to be paid by my estate the sum of fifty dollars for his service, but provided there should arise any law suits it is my desire that he should be paid additional according to law. In testimony hereof, I hereto set my hand and affix my seal this 28th day of October 1839 Witness James (his mark) Emmons Henry A Embry (I believe this was Henry Alexander Embrey s/o Robert Embrey m. Sarah Glass?) Mariel M Stigler Bounerges Roberts William D Field At a Court held for Fauquier County on the 28th day of November 1839 This last will and testament of James Emmons deceased was proved in open court by the oaths of Henry A Embry and Boanerges Roberts, two of the subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Joseph Field executor therein named, who made oath thereto and together with George Kemper and Henry S Kemper his securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of sixteen thousand dollars conditions as the law directs certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate of the said will in due form the securities having justified. Teste A Marshall

Book sparks discussion of history’s racial divide By Eric Beidel The Winchester Star Berryville — The 2-year-old book club had a smaller-than-usual turnout Sunday as storm clouds threatened. But that didn’t stop the serious discussion about race and its effect on children throughout history. The Josephine School Community Museum Book Club in Berryville had just finished reading "Jip: His Story," a book by author Kathryn Paterson, who also wrote the popular children's book "A Bridge to Terabithia." "Jip" follows a boy who ends up on a Vermont farm after falling from a wagon just before the start of the Civil War. He knows nothing of his past, which comes back to haunt him in more ways than one. Jip comes to find that his father is a slave master and his mother a slave. Therefore, he is a slave. Paul Jones Sr. and his grandson, Paul Jones III, follow along as Helen Boyd reads from the book “Jip: His Story” during the Josephine School Community Museum Book Club’s discussion of author Kathryn Paterson’s work of historical fiction on Sunday afternoon at the museum in Berryville. (Ginger Perry) Boyce Elementary School teacher Adeela Al-Khalili led the discussion on Sunday around a picnic table outside the museum. Gail Souther and Helen Bond joined her. Just as Jip discovers more about himself and a mysterious outcast that he befriends, the book reveals much more about the time period and human nature than expected, Al-Khalili said. For instance, Jip was dropped off the wagon by his mother, hoping that by abandoning her child, he would be free. "To think that a mother had to make that decision," Al-Khalili said. "Who gets to go? Who stays?" Jip’s father comes looking for him, but not with parental longing. The father wants the boy back as a slave. Jip escapes and finds his way to Canada. When the Civil War breaks out, Jip decides to join up with an African-American regiment fighting for the Union. "Jip’s journey of discovery is really something," Bond said. "He goes from the son of an African slave to a slave himself." Jip, though, has a harder time coming to terms with his father the slaver than he does his mother the slave. "[Paterson] is a good children’s author," Al-Khalili said. "There are so many levels touched on without preaching or getting up on a soapbox." The club members realized after reading the historical-fiction novel that slavery was just as big of a business for the North as it was for the South. In New England, bounty hunters tracked down runaway slaves for pay. At the same time, slaves found hospitality throughout the North along the Underground Railroad. The three book club members liked the story so much, they might use it next year as they plan another day geared toward children. The club had just one child at Sunday’s meeting. Unfortunately, he was too young to read or understand the book. "We’re working on some other ideas to get kids more involved," Bond said, including partnering with schools. The book club meets every two months. Sometimes, they discuss a book they’ve read. Other times, they put on a play. Last year, the group hosted a discussion about Bill Cosby and some of the harsh comments he had made publicly about black communities. Nearly 100 people turned out to the small school building in Berryville for that debate. At its next meeting, on Aug. 10, the club will discuss "The Ditchdigger’s Daughters: A Black Family’s Astonishing Success Story" by Yvonne Thornton. In October, they plan to read and discuss a biography of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. *** For more information on the Josephine School Community Museum Book Club or the museum at 303 Josephine St., Berryville, call 540-955-5512. http://www.winchesterstar.com/article_details.php?ArticleID=7563 http://www.myspace.com/pifox http://www.geocities.com/pifox1/index.html D.L.M.FOX

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Md. plantation attic holds 400 years of documents By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press Writer CENTREVILLE, Md. (AP) -- For four centuries, they were the ultimate pack rats. Now a Maryland family's massive collection of letters, maps and printed bills has surfaced in the attic of a former plantation, providing a firsthand account of life from the 1660s through World War II. "Historians are used to dealing with political records and military documents," said Adam Goodheart, a history professor at nearby Washington College. "But what they aren't used to is political letters and military documents kept right alongside bills for laundry or directions for building a washing machine." Goodheart is working with state archivists and a crew of four student interns to collect the documents, which were found stuffed into boxes, barrels and peach baskets. "Look at this: 'Negro woman, Sarah, about 27 years old, $25,'" Goodheart says, reading from a 19th century inventory. "It was as though this family never threw away a scrap of paper." The documents include maps, letters, financial records, political posters, even a lock of hair from a letter dated Valentine's Day, 1801. There's a love poem from the 1830s (in which a young man graphically tells his sweetheart what he'd do if he sneaked into her room on a winter's night), along with war accounts and bills of sale from slaves and crops. The papers come from several generations of the Emory family, prominent tobacco and wheat farmers who settled here on a land grant from Lord Baltimore in the 1660s. The former Poplar Grove plantation is still in family hands, though the mansion now is used only as a hunting lodge. The documents were moldering in an attic until students touring the house started sorting through them this spring. "I don't believe any of us knew these papers were there," said Mary Wood, an Emory cousin whose son inherited the plantation in 1998. "We didn't go there all that often, and when you do, you don't go up in people's attics and look around." Washington College has had access to the plantation for years, but Goodheart said he assumed the papers in the attic weren't old or important. They aren't in any particular order, and some are mouse-eaten tatters that look like something out of "The Da Vinci Code." "You really get a sense of the range of America through these papers," said Edward Papenfuse, director of the Maryland State Archives, which will eventually house them. Perhaps most strikingly, letters tell of a family's torn allegiances during the Civil War. The Emorys lived on Maryland's Eastern Shore, across Chesapeake Bay from Baltimore, where the plantation economy of the South ended and the abolitionist industrial North began. It was a conflict the Emorys catalogued, anti-slavery petitions stacked alongside records of slaves sent to Natchez, Miss., and a packet of letters, still tied in silk ribbon, titled, "Correspondence with W.H. Emory and wife in regard to his resignation from U.S. Army, 1861." The Emorys owned slaves, but some signed an 1832 petition to the Maryland legislature calling for the gradual eradication of slavery. One family member, William H. Emory, was a colonel in the U.S. Army when the Civil War began. He wrote out a resignation of his post, then changed his mind and fought for the Union. Two sons also fought in the Civil War - one for the Union, one for the Confederacy. Bundles of letters from all family members detail their divided feelings. The family kept not just personal letters, but political posters about the conflict. "These are things that usually do not survive," Papenfuse said, pointing to a broadside blasting then-President Martin Van Buren for favoring voting rights for "every free negro." "After the heat of a campaign, this printed matter was thrown out or put to other uses, including the outhouse." Not so at the Emory house, where even small scraps of paper were kept alongside military uniforms and other family heirlooms. The collection also includes notes on an aspect of slavery historians know little about: the practice of renting slave labor to neighbors and plantations farther south. "Scholars have not paid a great deal of attention to it, but this is something that helps recreate and draw back together the lives of these people who were considered chattel," Papenfuse said. Relatives are also curious to know what historians find. "I can't believe they didn't throw this stuff out," Wood said with a chuckle. "I mean, it's kind of weird. It's fascinating, though. I can't believe that something might come out of it." http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FOUR_CENTURIES_OF_LETTERS_VAOL-?SITE=VASTR&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT On the Net: Washington College Poplar Grove project: http://news.washcoll.edu/events/2003/06/fieldschool

"The John RICE House, 1776" Located on Dry River, one mile west of Rushville, five miles northeast of Bridgewater, is this very interesting frame house known as the John RICE House or "The Painted House." John RICE, son of William RICE, came into Shenandoah Valley and obtained a tract of land about six miles long and built a log cabin. Then he left for east Virginia, where he married Miss Mary FINNEY. He returned to the Valley in 1776 and built this new house. In Williamsburg he had seen frame houses which were painted, and he strived to repeat this idea in his own house. It is reputed to have been the first lathed, weatherboarded and plastered house to be built in this area. The siding boards are six inches wide and one-half inch thich and nailed in place with hand wrought iron nails. Because of its coat of paint the house attrated much attention, and people came from all over the county to see it. Consequently, it was known for amny years as "The Painted House." Sources: Personal interview, Miss Mary SUTER, April 1967; US Gov., Works Progress Administation, Historical American Building Survey, Rockingham County, 1935-1939, Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA. Photographic Files, unbound, uncatalogued. "Old [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _ouses_ (mailto:[email protected]) in Rockingham County 1750-1850" by Isaac Long TERRELL **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

Hello, Pat. Thank you for kind offer. I have interest in the following family members, and wonder if they appear in the books: 18 Jan 1872 James Henry & Alice (BUTLER) BUSSEY 23 Dec 1869 Hezekiah H. & Sarah M. (BUSSEY) BURGESS Thanks, again. Paul Haynes [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) In a message dated 6/14/2008 4:56:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Now in print, "Fauquier Co. Va Marriage Register 1883-1906." This book covers January 1883 - July 1906. It is a continuation of the previous book "Fauquier Co. Va Marriage Register 1854-1882," which covers June 1854 - December 1882. For information, please email me directly. Pat Duncan [email protected] **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

Hi, I haven't heard of your line but my Pulliam went to Ky. also. They went to Warren county and then Allen county as it was formed from Warren. Marianne Dillow "J. B. Hitt, II ." <[email protected]> wrote: Marianne, I am still at a wall over George Pulliam born about 1798 in Madison County, Va. who married an Elizabeth. Their daughter Rebecca was born 9-8-1825 in Oldham County, KY and married William Leet. Have you run across him? J. B. Hitt

Marianne, I am still at a wall over George Pulliam born about 1798 in Madison County, Va. who married an Elizabeth. Their daughter Rebecca was born 9-8-1825 in Oldham County, KY and married William Leet. Have you run across him? J. B. Hitt ----- Original Message ----- From: "marianne dillow" <[email protected]> To: "Virginia L. (Ginny) Keefer" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] Capt. Thomas Graves > The only Rice I know in my direct lines is Fisher Rice who married Agnes > Pulliam a sister of my next grandfather Thomas Pulliam who married > Frances Boswell. Thomas Pulliam is the son of Thomas Pulliam and Winifred > Holliday daughter of Capt. John Marshall Holliday. > They were all in Spotsylvania, Orange and Culpeper counties. > > Marianne Dillow > > > "Virginia L. (Ginny) Keefer" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am hoping those requesting info connecting their Rice ladies will see > my > URL to Capt. Thomas Graves site. Sarah and Ann Rice both married into the > Graves line proven. They were dau. of William Rice and Sarah Helms of > Culpeper Co VA. > [email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The only Rice I know in my direct lines is Fisher Rice who married Agnes Pulliam a sister of my next grandfather Thomas Pulliam who married Frances Boswell. Thomas Pulliam is the son of Thomas Pulliam and Winifred Holliday daughter of Capt. John Marshall Holliday. They were all in Spotsylvania, Orange and Culpeper counties. Marianne Dillow "Virginia L. (Ginny) Keefer" <[email protected]> wrote: I am hoping those requesting info connecting their Rice ladies will see my URL to Capt. Thomas Graves site. Sarah and Ann Rice both married into the Graves line proven. They were dau. of William Rice and Sarah Helms of Culpeper Co VA. [email protected]

I am hoping those requesting info connecting their Rice ladies will see my URL to Capt. Thomas Graves site. Sarah and Ann Rice both married into the Graves line proven. They were dau. of William Rice and Sarah Helms of Culpeper Co VA. [email protected]

I mad a typo... the will of James Graves in Culpeper was 1781 not 1871. Please excuse. Marianne Dillow marianne dillow <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Ginny, but I have known Ken Graves for several years and communicate with him and receive the Graves Association Newsletter. Before DNA we thought my John Graves was two or three generations away from Capt. Thomas Graves. Since DNA started Ken says this is as far as we have gotten with my line. So, until we find someone from my line to test this is where it is. But I still don't know who my next grandfather to me, James Graves will 1871 in Culpeper married Sarah "unknown". They were originally in Spotsylvania and Orange County before Culpeper. So, Sarah "unknown" is what I am trying to find. I need a maiden name if there is one to be found. Marianne Dillow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a wonderful Graves Family Newsletter put out by editor, Ken Graves. They have a very active Graves DNA. Please contact Ken Graves for DNA information To sign up for his newsletter OR to share Graves information. His E Mail address is [email protected] ** Also below is the URL for Capt. Thomas Graves lineage for those who wonder if their lines connect. http://www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm Ginny Keefer ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Ginny, but I have known Ken Graves for several years and communicate with him and receive the Graves Association Newsletter. Before DNA we thought my John Graves was two or three generations away from Capt. Thomas Graves. Since DNA started Ken says this is as far as we have gotten with my line. So, until we find someone from my line to test this is where it is. But I still don't know who my next grandfather to me, James Graves will 1871 in Culpeper married Sarah "unknown". They were originally in Spotsylvania and Orange County before Culpeper. So, Sarah "unknown" is what I am trying to find. I need a maiden name if there is one to be found. Marianne Dillow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a wonderful Graves Family Newsletter put out by editor, Ken Graves. They have a very active Graves DNA. Please contact Ken Graves for DNA information To sign up for his newsletter OR to share Graves information. His E Mail address is [email protected] ** Also below is the URL for Capt. Thomas Graves lineage for those who wonder if their lines connect. http://www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm Ginny Keefer

There is a wonderful Graves Family Newsletter put out by editor, Ken Graves. They have a very active Graves DNA. Please contact Ken Graves for DNA information To sign up for his newsletter OR to share Graves information. His E Mail address is [email protected] ** Also below is the URL for Capt. Thomas Graves lineage for those who wonder if their lines connect. http://www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm Ginny Keefer

Its funny you mentioned that here is a Fauquier co marriage bond TULLOS, Rodham & Ann Finnie, Aug. 21, 1764 - bdsm: Peter Grant -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 4:49 pm Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] To M.Dillow re your Graves/Parks line What an interesting story of the RICE family! I am not a descendant, but I found it to be fascinating. One of the reasons, I guess, is that I remember a theologian many years ago whose name was John R. RICE. I would love to know if he was from that same family. I noticed one of them married a lady named FINNEY, and I couldn't help but wonder if that name was another variation of FINLEY. Velma Finley **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What an interesting story of the RICE family! I am not a descendant, but I found it to be fascinating. One of the reasons, I guess, is that I remember a theologian many years ago whose name was John R. RICE. I would love to know if he was from that same family. I noticed one of them married a lady named FINNEY, and I couldn't help but wonder if that name was another variation of FINLEY. Velma Finley **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

Southern Biographies and Genealogies, 1500s-1940s   Page 132 The last will and testament of William Rice was probated and recorded in Culpeper county the 17th day of April, 1780. It was dated the 9th day of February, 1780. He divided his property about equally between his children, Richard, John, Benajah, Hannah Rice, Ann Graves, wife of John Graves, and Sarah Graves, wife of Edward Graves. In his will is the following provision, "I lend to my beloved wife, Sarah Rice, one- half of my estate during her natural life." After that it was to be divided equally between his children. He appointed Benajah, John, and Richard Rice, his sons, and John Graves, his son-in law, his executors. Among the property inventoried are slaves, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, plantation tools, six spinning wheels, two looms, one copper still, a desk, warming pan, books of sundry kinds, valued at £70, money scales, cash in metal £7, 13s. 9d., cash in paper £55, 8s., punch bowls, valued at £16. He gave the copper still to his unmarried daughter. Perhaps he thought she would be less likely to misuse it. The fact that "money scales" were considered a part of the equipment of a plantation would seem to indicate that coin, or metal money, as it is called in this inventory, was valued according to its weight in those days.   John Rice, one of the sons of William Rice, removed to the valley of Shenandoah. He obtained there a large tract of land about six miles long. Built a log cabin upon it, and there went back. He married Mary Finney. Upon his marriage his father made the newly married couple a wedding present of a set of silver spoons, marked W. R., the initials of the donor. If they were marked on purpose for the occasion it shows a different custom in marking wedding presents from that which now prevails. These spoons are still in the possession of some of their descendants. After marrying, he returned to Rockingham county, lived and died there, and his will was admitted to probate there A. D. 1804. He willed all of his land and slaves to his wife during her life, to be divided, at her death, amongst his children, except his daughter, who had married James Snaden, and gone to Bourbon county, Ky. He had probably given her her share when she went to Kentucky. John Rice, shortly after his return to Rockingham county, and about the year 1776 to 1779, built his new house, which is still standing, and is in good order and occupied. The roof is a little steeper than 45 degrees. The first roof was on the house seventy-one years. It was made of yellow pine shingles, about three quarters of an inch thick, pinned on with locust pins. There is a cellar under the whole house, part of which was used as a kitchen, and part of it for a store-room, for bacon and whiskey. Almost every large plantation, in those days, had its own distillery and made the whiskey for the use of the plantation, and, according to modern standards, they used too much. The cellar walls and fireplaces were built of brick, which was not usual at that time. The house is a frame one. It is weather-boarded with siding, 6 inches wide, and little more than half an inch thick, of yellow pine. All the lumber in the house was sawed out by hand with whip-saws. Every one of the weather-boards has a bead run on the edge for ornament. The siding is nailed on with wrought iron nails, which still show the mark of the blacksmith's hammer. The doors are six panel doors, and the window blinds are made the same way. All the hinges are wrought iron, made by hand, and also show the marks of the blacksmith's hammer. There is a profusion of moulding all through the house. It was the first frame house lathed, plastered and weather-boarded and painted in all that region. It is in good order now, much better than Thomas Jefferson's, which was built sixteen years later. This house was called "The Painted House," and that part of the country was called "The Painted House Neighborhood," houses painted on the outside being so rare. The neighborhood is sometimes known yet among the old settlers, as "The Painted House Neighborhood," Page 133 though this house lost all its paint long ago, and has not received a new application lately. The Rices of Rockingham county are buried in the Dayton burying ground, commencing at the South side of the graveyard and extending Northward. First is old Mrs. Finney, who came over from Accomac county, or Culpeper, to live with her daughter, Mary, and son-in-law, John Rice. Next to her is John Rice; then Mary, his daughter: then Ursula Gaines Rice; then Mary Finney Rice, the wife of John; then three or four children; then William Rice, John's oldest son, who is the first one who has a lettered tombstone. The rest have just plain stones from the creek. William's gravestone is marked as follows: "William Rice, born July 27th, 1779, and departed this life August 2nd, 1838. Aged 59 years and 6 days." Benajah Rice, brother of John Rice, also obtained land in the same county, and adjoining John. He never lived there himself, but some of his children did, and some of his descendants are living there now. The Mary Finney, whom this John Rice married, belonged to the family of Finneys who have lived, for the last 250 years or more, in Accomac county, on the eastern shore of Virginia. There is a place now, called "Finney," and a place called "Finney's Wharf." Honorable Louis C. H. Finney was a member of the Virginia Senate a few years ago, and was well versed in the history of the Finney family. It is probable that William Rice was an Episcopalian; also his son, John Rice, and probably his daughter-in- law, were. An old negro slave, called "Lark," was born on the property of this John Rice, and was baptized, as all the other slaves born on the plantation were, after the fashion of the patriarch, Abraham, who baptized his whole family, including all his servants. This old negro was made free by Ann Hopkins Rice, a daughter-in-law of John Rice, who inherited him, and he died in Illinois about 1863, living with one of John Rice's grandsons. Except these, nearly all of the Rice family, including even the descendants of these, were, and are, Presbyterians.   David Rice, who was sometimes called the "Apostle of Kentucky," and who was instrumental in the founding of Hampden and Sidney College, Virginia, and of the Transylvania University, Kentucky, and the Danville Theological Seminary, Kentucky, was the first moderator of the first Presbytery, and the first moderator of the first Synod of Kentucky, and a member of the first constitutional convention of Kentucky, was a nephew of William Rice, of Culpeper. Benjamin Rice, David's brother, was a lawyer, of Bedford county, Virginia, whose son, John Holt Rice, D. D., was the first pastor of Richmond Memorial church, and first Professor of Christian Theology in Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, and once moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly Another son, Benjamin Holt Rice, was a professor in Princeton, and was once moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly. Nathan Lewis Rice, D. D., also one of the descendants of this Thomas Rice, was once a moderator of the General Assem bly, and was a theological professor. Quite a large per cent of the Rice family have been, and are lawyers, ministers of the Gospel, or doctors of medicine.   The Rices, when living in Wales, had a Coat of Arms, of which the widow of Izard Bacon Rice long ago had a copy. The widow of John Holt Rice, D. D., who died in 1831, also had a copy. Mrs. Sara A. Pryor, a prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, wife of General Roger A. Pryor, late Justice of the Supreme Court, New York, now has a copy. Mrs. Pryor is a descendant of Thomas Rice, of Hanover.   The Rice motto was "Fides Non Timet." In the old days, when written in Welsh, the name was spelled "Rhys," though even then, when written in English, it was often spelled, as now, "Rice."  

I just found Fisher Rice. He married Agnes Pulliam daughter of my grandparents John Pulliam and Winnifred Holliday. Agnes is a sisier to my next grandfather Thomas Pulliam who married Frances Boswell. Marianne Dillow marianne dillow <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks, I'm not sure about a Rice family in my line and there were seveal John Graves but I will keep this and check it out with the data I have. The name of Fisher Rice comes to mind but I have a Pulliam line intermixed with my Graves and Parks line who were all in Spotsylvania , Orange and Culpeper counties. Maybe this fits in somewhere. Thanks for sending it. Marianne Dillow [email protected] wrote: Southern Biographies and Genealogies, 1500s-1940s Page 132 The last will and testament of William Rice was probated and recorded in Culpeper county the 17th day of April, 1780. It was dated the 9th day of February, 1780. He divided his property about equally between his children, Richard, John, Benajah, Hannah Rice, Ann Graves, wife of John Graves, and Sarah Graves, wife of Edward Graves. In his will is the following provision, "I lend to my beloved wife, Sarah Rice, one- half of my estate during her natural life." After that it was to be divided equally between his children. He appointed Benajah, John, and Richard Rice, his sons, and John Graves, his son-in law, his executors. Among the property inventoried are slaves, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, plantation tools, six spinning wheels, two looms, one copper still, a desk, warming pan, books of sundry kinds, valued at £70, money scales, cash in metal £7, 13s. 9d., cash in paper £55, 8s., punch bowls, valued at £16. He gave the copper still to his unmarried daughter. Perhaps he thought she would be less likely to misuse it. The fact that "money scales" were considered a part of the equipment of a plantation would seem to indicate that coin, or metal money, as it is called in this inventory, was valued according to its weight in those days. John Rice, one of the sons of William Rice, removed to the valley of Shenandoah. He obtained there a large tract of land about six miles long. Built a log cabin upon it, and there went back. He married Mary Finney. Upon his marriage his father made the newly married couple a wedding present of a set of silver spoons, marked W. R., the initials of the donor. If they were marked on purpose for the occasion it shows a different custom in marking wedding presents from that which now prevails. These spoons are still in the possession of some of their descendants. After marrying, he returned to Rockingham county, lived and died there, and his will was admitted to probate there A. D. 1804. He willed all of his land and slaves to his wife during her life, to be divided, at her death, amongst his children, except his daughter, who had married James Snaden, and gone to Bourbon county, Ky. He had probably given her her share when she went to Kentucky. John Rice, shortly after his return to Rockingham county, and about the year 1776 to 1779, built his new house, which is still standing, and is in good order and occupied. The roof is a little steeper than 45 degrees. The first roof was on the house seventy-one years. It was made of yellow pine shingles, about three quarters of an inch thick, pinned on with locust pins. There is a cellar under the whole house, part of which was used as a kitchen, and part of it for a store-room, for bacon and whiskey. Almost every large plantation, in those days, had its own distillery and made the whiskey for the use of the plantation, and, according to modern standards, they used too much. The cellar walls and fireplaces were built of brick, which was not usual at that time. The house is a frame one. It is weather-boarded with siding, 6 inches wide, and little more than half an inch thick, of yellow pine. All the lumber in the house was sawed out by hand with whip-saws. Every one of the weather-boards has a bead run on the edge for ornament. The siding is nailed on with wrought iron nails, which still show the mark of the blacksmith's hammer. The doors are six panel doors, and the window blinds are made the same way. All the hinges are wrought iron, made by hand, and also show the marks of the blacksmith's hammer. There is a profusion of moulding all through the house. It was the first frame house lathed, plastered and weather-boarded and painted in all that region. It is in good order now, much better than Thomas Jefferson's, which was built sixteen years later. This house was called "The Painted House," and that part of the country was called "The Painted House Neighborhood," houses painted on the outside being so rare. The neighborhood is sometimes known yet among the old settlers, as "The Painted House Neighborhood," Page 133 though this house lost all its paint long ago, and has not received a new application lately. The Rices of Rockingham county are buried in the Dayton burying ground, commencing at the South side of the graveyard and extending Northward. First is old Mrs. Finney, who came over from Accomac county, or Culpeper, to live with her daughter, Mary, and son-in-law, John Rice. Next to her is John Rice; then Mary, his daughter: then Ursula Gaines Rice; then Mary Finney Rice, the wife of John; then three or four children; then William Rice, John's oldest son, who is the first one who has a lettered tombstone. The rest have just plain stones from the creek. William's gravestone is marked as follows: "William Rice, born July 27th, 1779, and departed this life August 2nd, 1838. Aged 59 years and 6 days." Benajah Rice, brother of John Rice, also obtained land in the same county, and adjoining John. He never lived there himself, but some of his children did, and some of his descendants are living there now. The Mary Finney, whom this John Rice married, belonged to the family of Finneys who have lived, for the last 250 years or more, in Accomac county, on the eastern shore of Virginia. There is a place now, called "Finney," and a place called "Finney's Wharf." Honorable Louis C. H. Finney was a member of the Virginia Senate a few years ago, and was well versed in the history of the Finney family. It is probable that William Rice was an Episcopalian; also his son, John Rice, and probably his daughter-in- law, were. An old negro slave, called "Lark," was born on the property of this John Rice, and was baptized, as all the other slaves born on the plantation were, after the fashion of the patriarch, Abraham, who baptized his whole family, including all his servants. This old negro was made free by Ann Hopkins Rice, a daughter-in-law of John Rice, who inherited him, and he died in Illinois about 1863, living with one of John Rice's grandsons. Except these, nearly all of the Rice family, including even the descendants of these, were, and are, Presbyterians. David Rice, who was sometimes called the "Apostle of Kentucky," and who was instrumental in the founding of Hampden and Sidney College, Virginia, and of the Transylvania University, Kentucky, and the Danville Theological Seminary, Kentucky, was the first moderator of the first Presbytery, and the first moderator of the first Synod of Kentucky, and a member of the first constitutional convention of Kentucky, was a nephew of William Rice, of Culpeper. Benjamin Rice, David's brother, was a lawyer, of Bedford county, Virginia, whose son, John Holt Rice, D. D., was the first pastor of Richmond Memorial church, and first Professor of Christian Theology in Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, and once moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly Another son, Benjamin Holt Rice, was a professor in Princeton, and was once moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly. Nathan Lewis Rice, D. D., also one of the descendants of this Thomas Rice, was once a moderator of the General Assem bly, and was a theological professor. Quite a large per cent of the Rice family have been, and are lawyers, ministers of the Gospel, or doctors of medicine. The Rices, when living in Wales, had a Coat of Arms, of which the widow of Izard Bacon Rice long ago had a copy. The widow of John Holt Rice, D. D., who died in 1831, also had a copy. Mrs. Sara A. Pryor, a prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, wife of General Roger A. Pryor, late Justice of the Supreme Court, New York, now has a copy. Mrs. Pryor is a descendant of Thomas Rice, of Hanover. The Rice motto was "Fides Non Timet." In the old days, when written in Welsh, the name was spelled "Rhys," though even then, when written in English, it was often spelled, as now, "Rice." --------------------------------- Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more!