I did not realize there were any mistakes. I just forwarded the site as I found it. I saw many whom I knew were White but as I read it, it did not say they were black. It implied they were the plantation owners, like Howson Hooe, instructing or using them as slaves. I am truly SORRY I tried to share the info. I thought that most blacks surnames came from their plantation owners, whether now free or not. Therefore if there were blacks in an area there must have been white's of same names. I have received more complaints about foolishness instead of anyone actually reading it to see it their surname was among them. Oh well, learned a lesson. Ginny [email protected]

> > HI,> You do know don't you? that not all listed as Free African Americans were! Some were other races such as Native Americans.> > This is a little off your subject but will show how some Native Americans actually were recorded as Free African Americans:> read:> http://www.rootsweb.com/~molcgdrg/faq2.htm Nelda> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > -------------------------------> 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

HI, You do know don't you? that not all listed as Free African Americans were! Some were other races such as Native Americans. This is a little off your subject but will show how some Native Americans actually were recorded as Free African Americans: read: http://www.rootsweb.com/~molcgdrg/faq2.htmNelda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nelda; Doesn't matter to me what nationality they actually were. I was searching for surnames that were in Virginia at a very early date. Those interested in a particular surname can locate birth places of those of interest on their own. Notice the title of the article I submitted stated they were " Free African Americans". Why would they post that if a lie?????????????? I did not write that article. Relax and enjoy the holidays. Ginny [email protected]

[email protected] Subject: Free African Americans/very early listings Please share this site with anyone of these old American surnames researching early records. Howson Hooes mentioned often in these records. Many others well known to Fauq. VA later too. Ginny K http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Lemon_Lytle.htm

Dear List, My cousin and I are working on some of our lines. He found below information and it does seem to change what we've had concerning who the parents were for Duannah Shumate who married Moses Johnston. Does anyone know who the parents were of Duannah Shumate who married Moses Johnston. I have both wills for Duannah (Shumate) Johnston wife of Moses Johnson and will of Moses Johnston if anyone would like that information. Thanks, Amanda Moses Johnson m. Duannah (Diannah) Shumate. b. abt. 1749; d. aft. 5/16/1829, dau. of Daniel Shumate & Sarah JAMES. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amanda - I've had Daniel's wife as Sarah Ann James on my tree for years and I've seen dozens of family trees that make the same connection. I thought they were parents of Duanna Shumate who married Moses Johnson and begat Mary Johnson who married Tim Bray. However, according to the following I found, on the Shumate list, Sarah James was 2nd wife and there were no children by her. The poster of this message seems confident this is factual. "He [another Daniel] is the son of Daniel Shumate and Mary "Unknown" - NOT Sarah Ann James. Daniel didn't marry Sarah Ann James until after Mary died - and after all his children were born. Sarah Ann James was previously married to Peter Cornwell. Daniel had NO children with Sarah Ann James Cornwell. Here are the various collected notes on this: Daniel Shumate entered the Fauquier Co., VA militia in August, 1777, as an Ensign, during the American Revolution. On March 24, 1778, he was recommended as a second Lieutenant. He resigned his commission in May, 1781. Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, by John H. Gwathmey Molly Shumate writes, "These children that are listed are by Daniel's first wife who is unknown. His second marriage to Sarah Ann Cornwell (widow) did not result in any children." This Millie is Millicent Callison

That was awesome! thanks! have you sent this to the Civil War mailing list? Maybe they have more people to help. How did you end up with the diary? Julie Tim Kreh <[email protected]> wrote: Everyone, I have transcribed a small diary of someone from Fauquier, who drove cattle for the Confederate Army. The diary is from 1862, but I have no clue who the author is. The only acquaintance listed in the diary who I believe to be from Fauquier was William Eustace. The diary covers about a month from April - May 1862, when the army was falling back towards Richmond. If anyone has anything to add or has more information, please let me know, and I will incorporate that into the information and repost it. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tkreh/CWDiary.htm Thanks! Tim ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------- 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 Merry Christmas Julie Irvine, CA --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

Jim, I have Reynolds, Rolfe/Ralph, my husband has Downs and Combs. But, can't tie them to the EBC. they went from VA to KY or TN. Am still trying to find the Downs in GA, however. The thing that some people don't realize is that, if they find their ancestors where there are columns for "free colored people", (in the 1800 - 1840 census) or "all others not taxed.". There is a huge chance that they are indeed, Native Americans, not Mulatto or Black. (even though there may be some mixed ethnic background in all.) Slaves were not counted because they were "real" property and the owners paid tax on them. Native Americans were not taxed. At least, until they intermarried with the whites enough to be considered so. Consequently, if you cannot find your ancestors on the tax list for your county and you know they were there. You "may" have a case for tribal affiliation. (not necessarily Cherokee.) You have to know where the different tribes lived. I still recall one lady who swore she was from the Cherokee tribe in Arizona and New Mexico. :-D Jim, are you from the GA Winninghams? I had a dear friend who was. Never did find her line to the eastern band however. Best wishes to all, Sue James Winningham wrote: >Osiyo Bea: > >Yep, that is correct. Lots of families just plain refused to be taken >Westward, on the Trail of Tears (or the Trail that Cryed). The Army >just plain refused to spend money hunting them down. In KY, TN, WV, NC >and etc. they married into the European races and never registered. My >family on both sides of the house fit into that situation. Further. >They can be traced backward into the REYONDS, ROLFE, BOLLING, McDONALDS, >PRICE, WARD, HUGHES, HARLAN, HINDABRAND, FOX, COOKE, BLANKENSHIP, >LESTER, WHITT, COMBS, LEWIS, BENGE, ROSS, GUNTER and etc. Plus most of >the Eastern Seaboard Native American Tibes. > >wado, >Jim > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >

Osiyo Bea: Yep, that is correct. Lots of families just plain refused to be taken Westward, on the Trail of Tears (or the Trail that Cryed). The Army just plain refused to spend money hunting them down. In KY, TN, WV, NC and etc. they married into the European races and never registered. My family on both sides of the house fit into that situation. Further. They can be traced backward into the REYONDS, ROLFE, BOLLING, McDONALDS, PRICE, WARD, HUGHES, HARLAN, HINDABRAND, FOX, COOKE, BLANKENSHIP, LESTER, WHITT, COMBS, LEWIS, BENGE, ROSS, GUNTER and etc. Plus most of the Eastern Seaboard Native American Tibes. wado, Jim

Forwarded message on behalf of Nancy Upshaw - Please read her comments and help her out. Nancy, see the correct adress for the VAFAUQUI list. I'm happy to forward thison for you. Tosca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Upshaw" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "'Tosca'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:54 PM Subject: William Allen and Elk Run 1718/19 (Tosca) Thanks for your post about William Allen's deed. I think my reply will not be accepted by the server at VAFauquier-L for some reason, so I wonder if you could pass the following along to the list for me? Thanks! Nancy Upshaw Hi, all, I'm glad to see the post about William Allen's deed, and so I am prompted to ask.... If any of you have similar deeds from Fauquier or its various "parent" counties which pertain to Fauquier properties, I'd appreciate it if you could send them along to me. I am in the final stages of platting all the Fauquier land grants and if you have any info that would help me fill in any blanks or tie up a few loose ends, I would appreciate it. Sometimes seeing a slightly later deed for a property can help place a very early grant more easily. If you know that a grant is missing for a property but have a later metes and bounds description of it with information as to the chain of title, that would be especially helpful in finalizing the map. This project is a continuation of the work of Beth Mitchell, John Gott and Triplett Russell. Much of the work for it was done by them before I took it up. It will eventually be published and will primarily benefit the Fauquier Preservation and Heritage Society. Most of the material is coming from the Northern Neck Land Grants plus other documents they found. If you have any unusual grants or deeds that may help this project please send me at least the reference, if not a transcript. I am only interested in the earliest documents pertaining to a property, so if a tract was granted in 1715, please don't send me an 1815 document. Anything up to about 20 years after the initial grant would be appropriate, unless I email you for further information. If you have a Northern Neck grant but want to make sure I have it, please send me only the reference, as I likely already have that information. I'm primarily looking for documents that are in other county files or have been found in places like court cases, etc., which may not be recorded in the normal places. Thank you all in advance for your help. - Nancy Upshaw [email protected]

James, What is the Cherokee Nation Eastern? Kindly Bea [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Winningham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 8:11 AM Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] Weaver / Downs Families > Osiyo Bea: > > Came across your post and though I would give you what I have. It may > or may not lead you somewhere. > > Most of the surnames DOWNS, WEAVER and WETZEL came be found within the > Cherokee Nation Eastern also. Here is a few names that might fit into > what you are seeking: > > Maj. JOHN DOWNING born abt. 1710 in England, died abt. 1762, married > HANNA FAWLING born abt. 1720 Cherokee Nation Eastern. > > DAVID WEAVER born abt. 1830, married JENNIE BURGESS born abt. 1846 > Cherokee Nation Eastern. > > DANIEL KING WETZEL born 28 October 1841 in NC, married CAROLINE McDONALD > born 2 July 1840 in GA. > > wado, > Jim > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Bea, I will jump in here and give you this: http://www.echovalleycreations.com/cherres.htm There are quite a few web sites that give you all kinds of data about the Eastern Band of Cherokees. (The North Carolina tribes that hid in the hills during the "Trail of Tears" and still live as a federally recognized tribe, in the Great Smokey Mountains and Cherokee Co. NC. Some of the most beautiful country in the U.S. I'm sure Jim can tell you more. Sue Bea and Stan Rutherford wrote: >James, >What is the Cherokee Nation Eastern? >Kindly >Bea >[email protected] > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "James Winningham" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 8:11 AM >Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] Weaver / Downs Families > > > > >>Osiyo Bea: >> >>Came across your post and though I would give you what I have. It may >>or may not lead you somewhere. >> >>Most of the surnames DOWNS, WEAVER and WETZEL came be found within the >>Cherokee Nation Eastern also. Here is a few names that might fit into >>what you are seeking: >> >>Maj. JOHN DOWNING born abt. 1710 in England, died abt. 1762, married >>HANNA FAWLING born abt. 1720 Cherokee Nation Eastern. >> >>DAVID WEAVER born abt. 1830, married JENNIE BURGESS born abt. 1846 >>Cherokee Nation Eastern. >> >>DANIEL KING WETZEL born 28 October 1841 in NC, married CAROLINE McDONALD >>born 2 July 1840 in GA. >> >>wado, >>Jim >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >> >> > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >

Osiyo Bea: Came across your post and though I would give you what I have. It may or may not lead you somewhere. Most of the surnames DOWNS, WEAVER and WETZEL came be found within the Cherokee Nation Eastern also. Here is a few names that might fit into what you are seeking: Maj. JOHN DOWNING born abt. 1710 in England, died abt. 1762, married HANNA FAWLING born abt. 1720 Cherokee Nation Eastern. DAVID WEAVER born abt. 1830, married JENNIE BURGESS born abt. 1846 Cherokee Nation Eastern. DANIEL KING WETZEL born 28 October 1841 in NC, married CAROLINE McDONALD born 2 July 1840 in GA. wado, Jim

Thanks, June. Much of your information I did not have. I believe the George O'Brien who married Nancy Leachman to be my 3Xgreat grandfather, that Enoch who married Nancy Barker and Elijah who married Darcus Leachman to be his brothers, and the Enoch O'Bryant in the Tithable and Personal tax list to be his father. Peter was probably Enoch's brother. I am looking for more proof for all of these. Again many thanks! BettyA ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:20 PM Subject: Fwd: [VAFAUQUI] O'BRIEN or O'BRYANT I am not related but have some Fauquier Co resources to share by John K. Gott that he edited and compiled from Fauquier Courthouse records. June [email protected] =======================================================

I am not related but have some Fauquier Co resources to share by John K. Gott that he edited and compiled from Fauquier Courthouse records. June [email protected] ======================================================= Fauquier Co Marriages O'BRIANT, Peter & Betsy Renolds, Jan. 29, 1791 - bdsm: d/o Cornelius Runds Minister: Alderson Week, Baptist Date of MR Feb. 3, 1791)   O'BRIANT, Elijah & Sally Steadman, Jan. 22, 1795 - bdsm: Margett & Thomas Brown   O'BRIAN, Elijah & Darcus Leachman, Nov. 30, 1798 - bdsm: d/o William   O'BRIANT, Enoch & Nancy Barker, Jun. 8, 1801 - bdsm: d/o Charles   O'BRIEN, George & Nancy Leachman, Jul. 30, 1800 - bdsm: d/o Thomas   BAXTER, John & Amelia O'Briant, Nov. 26, 1772 - bdsm: d/o Charles & Elizabeth   BARTON, John & Susanna O'Brian Apr. 14, 1804 - bdsm: d/o Enoch   Fauquier Co Deeds 30 April 1771. B & S. Bet. William Walker of Brunswick Co. and William Barkley of Loud. Co. and William Picket Sandford . . L131 . . 524 A. . . fork in br. of Hunger Run & car. to Jacob Holtzclaw . . lower side of Hunger run . . same granted to William Walker father of sd. William . . 16 June 1741.. Signed: William Walker. Wit: William Monday, Peter O’Bryant, John Monday. Ret: 24 June 1771, prov. by o. of Wm. & John Monday; 29 Oct. 1771, prov. by o. of Peter O’Briant.   21 November 1774. B & S. Bet. George Mercer, Mary Wroughton, John Tayloe and George Washington and George Sullivan .. 522 a. .. part of the 4,157-acres of sd. Mercer's portion for £-355 .. according to a survey made by Francis Peyton, Gent. .. cor. to Lot No. 4 thence with the line of that lot and Lots No. 9 and 15 .. cor. of Lot No. 7 .. line of Lot 6 .. heap of Stones in John Mondays field in the lower line of the sd. Dividend & cor. to Lot No. 6 .. being two lots: Nos. 5 and 8 .. Signed: George Mercer, Mary Wroughton, Geo. Washington. Wits: Francis Peyton, Leven Powell, John Monday, Peter O'Bryant. Rec: 27 March 1775, prov. by o. of Powell & O'Bryant; 27 May 1775, prov. by o. of John Monday ================================== Source: Fauquier Families 1759-1799 by John P. Alcock  Volume 2 Tithable and Personal Tax Lists This list is only names of persons responsible for paying taxes. It includes all white males including those over 16 and under 21. To Colo Humphrey Brooke Clerk Fauquier Court A List taken and Returned by William Heale 1782 It is for the lower part of District 2, the northeasternmost section of the county. William Heale and John Hathaway[John  had the upper part] shared District 2. It started at the Goose Creek Church and went up thye east side of District 1 to the Loudoun line, along it to the Prince William line, down it to the "Thorofare of Broad Run" [Thoroughfare Gap], thence with the Briskett or Little Knobbly Mountain to  Jonathan Newhouse, [New Baltimore?] from thence with Randell's road to the Parish line to the Quantico Road [Rt. 605 at the S end of Baldwins Ridge], and finally up that road [to its intersection with Rt 17 near Bethel and N of 17] to the beginning. It comprised the northeast corner of the county. Obryant/O'bryant, Enoch  1 male over 21     1 cattle     1 horses Obryant/O'Bryant, Peter   1 male over 21     9 cattle    4 horses ================================================= Source: Fauquier Families 1759-1799 by John P. Alcock  Volume 2 In 1764, 1765 and 1766 Gilson Foote was appointed by the court to take the tithables for the southern district of the county. This district was the part of the county that Thomas Marshall had censuses in 1759. Evidently Foote's list for 1766 coincided with the "first part" of Marshall's. Almost all of the persons named both on it and in 1759 were in the part of Marshall's district.  Foote's total of 420 tithables compared reasonably with the 400 on that first part of Marshall's list.  However, in 1759 Foote himself and a few others were on Marshall's second part.  Probably, both Marshall and Foote were helped by another person in preparing the list for the northern part of the Southern district. That part for 1766 has been lost. Charles obrion  1 white male   tithable for Fauquier Co year 1766 -----Original Message----- From: Denzil Adams <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 7:18 pm Subject: [VAFAUQUI] O'BRIEN or O'BRYANT I am looking for information on and descendants of O'Briens (and other ssociated spellings) who lived in Fauquier Co., VA, in the late 1700s and arly 1800s. Common given names were Enoch, Elijah, George, and Thomas. An noch O'Brien was on the tax census of Fauquier in 1800. ome members of this family moved to Pike Co. and Ross Co., Ohio - then on o Hancock Co. and Clay Co., Indiana. am a direct descendant of the O'Brien line from Fauquier and would love to ear from others. ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

Actually, I jumped the gun in my excitement over recognizing the name "Mrs. Francis Beach." It turns out that Francis/Frances was the *daughter* of Mary Evans Thayer; I read it with the thought that Francis was the name of the daughter's husband; ie hopefully the Francis Beach who was husband of Lydia. There was no Lydia in the mix at all. Tim was kind enough to write me back off list to let me know that. It would certainly have been an unexpected early Christmas present if it had turned out to be a breakthrough. But even though it wasn't, it still shows that there is always information tucked away in those old documents that really do help solve puzzles in the most unexpected places. I'm so grateful to Tim and to everyone else who post original documents in the public domain. I'm going to look into scanning some documents I've collected to the freepages website; maybe they will help someone else discover a new lead. Lori On Dec 16, 2007 6:16 PM, E&B Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: > Lori is very lucky. I read the entire document hoping to find mention of > an > ancestor too, but was not as fortunate. Tim has done many of us a huge > favor by posting the pension images. Thanks to everyone who contributes > to > this website. > > Happy holidays everyone! > Estelle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amy Kearns" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] THAYER Pension images online > > > > Wow Lori that is great news that you found a possible link to your > > research. > > I also read the pension images but was not so lucky. It just goes to > show > > you how information can turn up in such unexpected places. Thanks to > this > > wonderful website we all benefit. > > > > Amy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lori Murphy" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 3:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] THAYER Pension images online > > > > > >> Tim----Thank you so much for scanning this in. I read through the > >> pension, > >> without having any connection to the Thayer family (just because I love > >> reading these old documents, and never know when I might discover > >> something > >> new), and may have inadvertently discovered a family link for a cousin > of > >> mine through another line. > >> > >> On the Thayer5.jpg, there is a letter explaining the drowning death of > >> Mary > >> Thayer as she was crossing from Edward's Ferry to Leesburg. The note > then > >> goes on to say that "she left an only child Mrs. Francis Beach." > >> > >> I've worked on my cousin's family, which brickwalled at "Lydia" wife of > >> Francis "Frank" Beach. Lydia was born around 1820, and she and Francis > >> Beach > >> had three children that I know of: Ferdinand, Jane and George. They > lived > >> in > >> and around Fairfax, Fauquier and Prince William Counties. Ferdinand > >> married > >> Jane Catharine Anderson, Jane married Albert F. Corum (my cousin's > line) > >> and > >> George married Albenia Tharpe. > >> > >> This Francis Beach is the only one I know of living in this area during > >> this > >> time period; does anyone know if it's possible that his wife Lydia is > >> indeed > >> Lydia Thayer, the daughter of Mary Evans and William Thayer? > >> > >> Thank you again, Tim, for this unexpected new possibility in tracing > this > >> line. > >> > >> Lori Murphy > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I am looking for information on and descendants of O'Briens (and other associated spellings) who lived in Fauquier Co., VA, in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Common given names were Enoch, Elijah, George, and Thomas. An Enoch O'Brien was on the tax census of Fauquier in 1800. Some members of this family moved to Pike Co. and Ross Co., Ohio - then on to Hancock Co. and Clay Co., Indiana. I am a direct descendant of the O'Brien line from Fauquier and would love to hear from others.

Lori is very lucky. I read the entire document hoping to find mention of an ancestor too, but was not as fortunate. Tim has done many of us a huge favor by posting the pension images. Thanks to everyone who contributes to this website. Happy holidays everyone! Estelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Kearns" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] THAYER Pension images online > Wow Lori that is great news that you found a possible link to your > research. > I also read the pension images but was not so lucky. It just goes to show > you how information can turn up in such unexpected places. Thanks to this > wonderful website we all benefit. > > Amy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lori Murphy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 3:42 PM > Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] THAYER Pension images online > > >> Tim----Thank you so much for scanning this in. I read through the >> pension, >> without having any connection to the Thayer family (just because I love >> reading these old documents, and never know when I might discover >> something >> new), and may have inadvertently discovered a family link for a cousin of >> mine through another line. >> >> On the Thayer5.jpg, there is a letter explaining the drowning death of >> Mary >> Thayer as she was crossing from Edward's Ferry to Leesburg. The note then >> goes on to say that "she left an only child Mrs. Francis Beach." >> >> I've worked on my cousin's family, which brickwalled at "Lydia" wife of >> Francis "Frank" Beach. Lydia was born around 1820, and she and Francis >> Beach >> had three children that I know of: Ferdinand, Jane and George. They lived >> in >> and around Fairfax, Fauquier and Prince William Counties. Ferdinand >> married >> Jane Catharine Anderson, Jane married Albert F. Corum (my cousin's line) >> and >> George married Albenia Tharpe. >> >> This Francis Beach is the only one I know of living in this area during >> this >> time period; does anyone know if it's possible that his wife Lydia is >> indeed >> Lydia Thayer, the daughter of Mary Evans and William Thayer? >> >> Thank you again, Tim, for this unexpected new possibility in tracing this >> line. >> >> Lori Murphy

Wow Lori that is great news that you found a possible link to your research. I also read the pension images but was not so lucky. It just goes to show you how information can turn up in such unexpected places. Thanks to this wonderful website we all benefit. Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Murphy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] THAYER Pension images online > Tim----Thank you so much for scanning this in. I read through the pension, > without having any connection to the Thayer family (just because I love > reading these old documents, and never know when I might discover > something > new), and may have inadvertently discovered a family link for a cousin of > mine through another line. > > On the Thayer5.jpg, there is a letter explaining the drowning death of > Mary > Thayer as she was crossing from Edward's Ferry to Leesburg. The note then > goes on to say that "she left an only child Mrs. Francis Beach." > > I've worked on my cousin's family, which brickwalled at "Lydia" wife of > Francis "Frank" Beach. Lydia was born around 1820, and she and Francis > Beach > had three children that I know of: Ferdinand, Jane and George. They lived > in > and around Fairfax, Fauquier and Prince William Counties. Ferdinand > married > Jane Catharine Anderson, Jane married Albert F. Corum (my cousin's line) > and > George married Albenia Tharpe. > > This Francis Beach is the only one I know of living in this area during > this > time period; does anyone know if it's possible that his wife Lydia is > indeed > Lydia Thayer, the daughter of Mary Evans and William Thayer? > > Thank you again, Tim, for this unexpected new possibility in tracing this > line. > > Lori Murphy > > On Dec 15, 2007 4:51 PM, Tim Kreh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have scanned the copies of William THAYER's Rev War pension record, >> which I received earlier this year from NARA. There are a little over 30 >> images in all. For any of you with ties to the Fauquier Thayers, feel >> free >> to take a look, and let me know if you have any questions or problems w/ >> the >> images. >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tkreh/thayerpension/ >> >> Thanks! >> Tim >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Be a better friend, newshound, and >> know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. >> http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Tim----Thank you so much for scanning this in. I read through the pension, without having any connection to the Thayer family (just because I love reading these old documents, and never know when I might discover something new), and may have inadvertently discovered a family link for a cousin of mine through another line. On the Thayer5.jpg, there is a letter explaining the drowning death of Mary Thayer as she was crossing from Edward's Ferry to Leesburg. The note then goes on to say that "she left an only child Mrs. Francis Beach." I've worked on my cousin's family, which brickwalled at "Lydia" wife of Francis "Frank" Beach. Lydia was born around 1820, and she and Francis Beach had three children that I know of: Ferdinand, Jane and George. They lived in and around Fairfax, Fauquier and Prince William Counties. Ferdinand married Jane Catharine Anderson, Jane married Albert F. Corum (my cousin's line) and George married Albenia Tharpe. This Francis Beach is the only one I know of living in this area during this time period; does anyone know if it's possible that his wife Lydia is indeed Lydia Thayer, the daughter of Mary Evans and William Thayer? Thank you again, Tim, for this unexpected new possibility in tracing this line. Lori Murphy On Dec 15, 2007 4:51 PM, Tim Kreh <[email protected]> wrote: > I have scanned the copies of William THAYER's Rev War pension record, > which I received earlier this year from NARA. There are a little over 30 > images in all. For any of you with ties to the Fauquier Thayers, feel free > to take a look, and let me know if you have any questions or problems w/ the > images. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tkreh/thayerpension/ > > Thanks! > Tim > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >