Rockingham county is the other side of the mountains, about 50 miles from Fauquier county, but I bet "sang" grows there too. In Selling Nature's Treasures, Dozens Buy Trouble By Peter Whoriskey Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January 8, 2004; Page B01 Out in the rural towns around Shenandoah National Park, word got around about Elkton's small country sporting goods store. The proprietor trafficked in the area's illicit natural prizes. Two hundred dollars for a black bear's gallbladder. Three hundred fifty for a pound of wild ginseng root, even if it was harvested illegally. Dozens of people from several states stopped by, or called, to buy or sell. Their trophies, it was understood, would be headed into the vast international black market for the substances, which are believed to have medicinal benefits. It was all a trick. Yesterday, officials with the National Park Service and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries announced the sting operation based at the Elkton store. It was all part of a multiyear, multi-state investigation into the illegal harvest or sale of American ginseng and black bear organs, much of it for exportation to Asia. More than 100 people from several states could face charges resulting from the investigation, which tracked the illicit plants with a recently developed arsenal of special dyes and silicon chips. More than 40 people have been charged in sealed indictments. Two were in custody. The investigation tied wild ginseng taken from Shenandoah National Park to markets as far afield as New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong and South Korea. Much of it was harvested by residents who have dug "sang" for generations in a pastime as old as Daniel Boone. "The demand is huge, and the demand is growing," said Clay Jordan, acting chief ranger at the park. "This is from one small [undercover] dealer in one small mountain town. Multiply this by everywhere that ginseng grows, and you begin to get an idea of the scope of what we're dealing with." Wild ginseng is considered more potent than the cultivated ginseng that typically winds up in health food stores and is promoted as an energy booster with other benefits. Its harvest and export from the United States to Asia dates back more than 200 years. In the hills of North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia, residents have long made use of or exported the plant -- Daniel Boone reportedly among them. As far back as the 1820s, roughly 4 million pounds was exported in a decade, according to Department of Commerce statistics. "It cheers the heart even of a man that has a bad wife," wrote the 18th-century Virginia author William Byrd, who used to chew it. "It promotes insensible perspiration, dissolves all phlegmatic and viscous humors that are apt to obstruct the narrow channels of the nerves. It helps the memory, and would quicken even Helvetian dulness." But with wild ginseng roots fetching as much as $350 a pound in recent years, the result of a voracious international market, the backwoods tradition has depleted the stock of the wild plants in many states. Some national parks have proved particularly vulnerable because, while the harvest of wild ginseng in some states is legal on many properties with the required permits, the shortage of the plants has pushed many diggers into national parks such as the Shenandoah and the Great Smoky Mountains. A recent study at Shenandoah suggested that the population of ginseng may have dropped as much as 75 percent over the last 30 years; another study showed that roughly two-thirds of the ginseng in the park is young, the mature plants having been taken. To combat the sang diggers, known to travel around the parks with screwdrivers or long sharp sticks to cut out the roots, investigators have taken to dyeing the roots bright orange and marking them with silicon chips to identify them for potential future prosecutions. People continue to "go sangin' " because their families have done it for decades as a pastime, and partly for the income, ginseng dealers said. "Finding a four-prong [mature] plant is like killing an eight-point buck," said Max Smith, a Virginia dealer who said he has a spoonful of the ground-up root every morning as an "energy enhancer." "It's a trophy." Jim Chamberlain, a research scientist with the Forest Service who has studied the harvest and exportation of the plant over time, said those who hunt it "are often people from very poor areas where there's high unemployment and low incomes. There's a great incentive to go out and collect it. That's Christmas presents for their kids or a new washing machine." While the ginseng enforcement is aimed at a species in severe decline, the black bear population is considered healthy enough that hunts are organized to control it. Officials said they are pursuing the black market in bear parts in order to rein in the demand. The exploitation of ginseng and bears has driven both species to near extinction in Asia, officials noted. Though the bears' gallbladders sell for $200 apiece locally, they sell for more than $3,000 overseas, officials said, because they are in demand as a part of traditional Chinese medicine. Uses include treatments for cancer, burns, pain, asthma, diabetes and liver disorders. Bear paws, which are often made into soup, can fetch as much as $1,000 overseas. "The exploitation of Virginia's natural resources will not be tolerated," said Marsha Garst of the commonwealth's attorney's office of Rockingham County and Harrisonburg. "Do you want your children to have to go to a zoo to see a black bear?"

Sarah Murray & Henry Priest Marriage Bond: 11/18/1811 Bondsman: daughter of Ralph; witness: William & Reuben Murray Reuben Murray guardian of Sarah Murray, orphan of Ralph Murray, dec'd. 28 Oct. 1811. For $2000. Security: William Murray. Mary (+) Murray, guardian of John and Frances Murray, orphans of Ralph Murray, decd. 25 Jan 1813. For $3000. Security: Josiah Murray Enoch Murray & Frances Crosby Marriage Bond: 8/19/1787 Bondsman: Uriel Crosby Marriage Date: 8/30/1787 Minister: John Monroe 7 July 1772. Lease. Between Henry Lee, of Pr. Wm. Co. and James Murrey...for natural life of Murrey and lives of Lidia, his wife, and Reubin, his son .. 180a. .. Lot No. 14, situated near Little River and being the place once called burns 9sic0 on the Long Branch in Leeds Parish ... same granted to Burgess, descended to his grandson Burgess Smith, who sold to James Ball, who sold to Lee...(same rent as above) ..during each life the rent to be raised 100 lbs. ... Signed: James Murrey, Henry Lee. Witness: Howson Hooe, Thomas Harrison, Uriel Crosby, James (I-) Tolle. Rec: 27 July 1772, proved by oath of all wits. except Hooe. There was a lease with Uriel Crosby of Stafford Co. and his wife Susannah and their son George between them and Henry Lee. Lot 15 on survey made by Thomas Marshall, surveyor of Fauquier County.

Randie & Janean I added the Fauquier list to this query because these folks all lived on the Loudoun - Fauquier line. Certainly, the Hicks family mentioned below, lived on both sides of the County line. Thanks Randie.. I had no idea of all James & Lydia Murray's children. Do either of you know how or IF this Murray fits into this group? In the lineage Chart section of Nancy C Baird's book, "Journals of Amanda V Edmonds": John Edmonds (1737) + 1) Frances Jan Wilder & + 2) Mrs. Helen Shepherd Lancaster Hack His child by 2nd marriage: John Edmonds (1767) + Naomi HICKS * dau of Kimble Children of John & Naomi: Lewis Edmonds (1801) + Betsy Settle (Parents of Amanda V Edmonds) Harriet + JOSIAH MURRAY (m'd 1818) Obviously, not all the children of each generation are listed. * I descend from Stephen Hicks, Naomi's brother. Stephen m'd Emma Rust. I believe Josiah Murray & Harriet had no children; but I'm not certain. .. Thanks.. Shirley Randie wrote: > I did some more checking yesterday and found that James & Lydia Murray had the following children: > Alice, b. abt. 1747, m. John Seaton > Enoch, b. abt. 1755, m. Frances Crosby > John, b. abt. 1757 > Lydia, b. abt. 1760, m. Andrew Snarr > Ralph, b. abt. 1765, m. Mary Pearl > Reuben, b. 11-29-1766, m. Catherine (Chinn) Glasscock > > I don't have a William but there were several Murray families in VA, so he > could have been an uncle or cousin. > > Randie

Joan, It is at the bottom of almost every email that comes through this list. It is the Fauquier County, VA website that Jim Burgess does such a wonderful job on. The puzzle pieces start with a green Queries and go in a row across the page, about 1/5 down. Good luck. Tosca ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan Norstedt <grammageek@adelphia.net> To: <VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:51 PM Subject: [VAFAUQUI] Fauquier County, Virginia Wills > > Just catching up here - can you give me the URL for the website > mentioned here? > Joan in CA > > > On Dec 31, 2003, at 6:46 AM, Jim Burgess wrote: > > Dear Fauquier County, Virginia Wills > > Have you visited the Wills section of our Web site? Click on the Red > Puzzle > peice that says > wills! > > > ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Fauquier County USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafauqui/fqva.htm > Be sure to bookmark it!!! >

You forgot to add Susannah Porter as a daughter of Samuel Porter and Eva Weaver. Susannah Porter married to Thomas Porter, Jr. Thomas Porter, Jr.'s father Thomas Porter, Sr. was a brother of the aforementioned Samuel Porter. Thomas, Sr. was married to Eva Weaver's sister T______ Weaver. The Weaver family apparently were of German descent because they were founders of Germana in Virginia. Hope this helps. SeaLover2@Juno.Com JeanBout@Juno.Com On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:57:43 -0500 "Shirley Starks" <sstarks@tampabay.rr.com> writes: > FIRST.. Thank you Chocy! These are interesting. > > I am wondering if this Mrs Frances Burgess is one of my directs. If > any of > you know better, don't hesitate to correct me. > > Francis..( Yes, she spelled it with an i. ) Porter, b. guessing abt > 1765 > married Edw. 3 (Edwin) Burgess on 29 Nov 1787. Frances / Francis > Porter was > the daughter of Samuel Porter and Eve Weaver. So far, I know little > about > the Porter family. I think Samuel Porter had a brother, Thomas. > > Several of the names mentioned in these letters are mentioned in > this > Fauquier Co. Deeds > Fauquier Deed, 26 Mar 1761, Deed bk pg. 193-195; > Samuel PORTER & Eve his wife, sold to Wm. HUNTON, 100 lbs for 100 > acres. > Land purchased of John JONES. > > Fauquier Deed 23 Mar 1767. Deed bk pg. 163-165; > Samuel & Eve PORTER sell to Charles and James TAYLOR, 150 acres .. > located > corner of BALL's, Tillman WEAVER Jr's, & corner of Mr Burgess. > Goose Creek > Tract > > Samuel Porter was on the 1777 Census for Fauquier Co, VA. > DAR records show he served in the Revolution as a Private. He was > captured > and taken prisoner to Quebec. Later, he was one of a number of > prisoners > exchanged. I wish I knew more about him. > > Assuming I've figured these are the people written about, here is > how they > fit my line. > Samuel Porter + Eve Weaver (Abt 1730) > Child: Frances Porter + Edward III (Edwin) Burgess > (Abt 1764) > Child: Alexander Burgess + Agnes Reid (Abt 1790) > Child: Julia Ann Burgess + John Bushrod Rust (Abt 1820) > Child: Edward Scott Rust + Anna V Massie (1848) > Child: Julia Ann Rust was my Grandmother. (1875) > Julia Ann Rust was the last of our Virginia born family. > Shirley S. > > > continued > > > (On the reverse of the sheet quoted above the following was > crossed > > out) > > "The Remembrance of old times 1784 and 85 and 86. To Mrs. France > BURGESS. > My > > dear Madam. I take the opportunity of writing to you once more to > let you > know > > with sorrow I right this to think of as many times I have bin in > your > > company. I want to put you in mind of the times and places. First > of all > remember > > when I com up from Fredericksburg and had the mesels and my sister > was > sent up > > their. She went to stay at your house. She told me somthing you > sed to > her. It > > was not dissagreable to me. Remember we was a Cousin John PORTER's > riding > > together. I remember the kind invatation from you to me (that was > told Mr. > SMITH > > next day down at Uncles. I was sent before to get?) notes I > thought I was > happy > > then as I cood be. In 1785 in May we was at a frolick at old Mr. > Joseph > > MARTIN'S when Captn. WEAVER and Mrs. WEAVER came by their for me > to go > home with > > them. I cood not go then. They sed if Frances PORTER wood go that > I wood > go. I > > promised to on Monday morning and so I did. She sed I did not > belong to > her. She > > sed yes he dose. I wish I had belong to you at that time. The next > Sunday > I > > was honourd with hors and saddle to go to meeting with the girls. > We had a > > happy day of it I think." > > > > to be continued > > > > ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Fauquier County USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafauqui/fqva.htm > Be sure to bookmark it!!! > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Shirley, It was good to see you could ID some of the people----------Jim, I think Shirley is of more help. I like the romantic side! Oh,hum Chocy

FIRST.. Thank you Chocy! These are interesting. I am wondering if this Mrs Frances Burgess is one of my directs. If any of you know better, don't hesitate to correct me. Francis..( Yes, she spelled it with an i. ) Porter, b. guessing abt 1765 married Edw. 3 (Edwin) Burgess on 29 Nov 1787. Frances / Francis Porter was the daughter of Samuel Porter and Eve Weaver. So far, I know little about the Porter family. I think Samuel Porter had a brother, Thomas. Several of the names mentioned in these letters are mentioned in this Fauquier Co. Deeds Fauquier Deed, 26 Mar 1761, Deed bk pg. 193-195; Samuel PORTER & Eve his wife, sold to Wm. HUNTON, 100 lbs for 100 acres. Land purchased of John JONES. Fauquier Deed 23 Mar 1767. Deed bk pg. 163-165; Samuel & Eve PORTER sell to Charles and James TAYLOR, 150 acres .. located corner of BALL's, Tillman WEAVER Jr's, & corner of Mr Burgess. Goose Creek Tract Samuel Porter was on the 1777 Census for Fauquier Co, VA. DAR records show he served in the Revolution as a Private. He was captured and taken prisoner to Quebec. Later, he was one of a number of prisoners exchanged. I wish I knew more about him. Assuming I've figured these are the people written about, here is how they fit my line. Samuel Porter + Eve Weaver (Abt 1730) Child: Frances Porter + Edward III (Edwin) Burgess (Abt 1764) Child: Alexander Burgess + Agnes Reid (Abt 1790) Child: Julia Ann Burgess + John Bushrod Rust (Abt 1820) Child: Edward Scott Rust + Anna V Massie (1848) Child: Julia Ann Rust was my Grandmother. (1875) Julia Ann Rust was the last of our Virginia born family. Shirley S. > continued > (On the reverse of the sheet quoted above the following was crossed > out) > "The Remembrance of old times 1784 and 85 and 86. To Mrs. France BURGESS. My > dear Madam. I take the opportunity of writing to you once more to let you know > with sorrow I right this to think of as many times I have bin in your > company. I want to put you in mind of the times and places. First of all remember > when I com up from Fredericksburg and had the mesels and my sister was sent up > their. She went to stay at your house. She told me somthing you sed to her. It > was not dissagreable to me. Remember we was a Cousin John PORTER's riding > together. I remember the kind invatation from you to me (that was told Mr. SMITH > next day down at Uncles. I was sent before to get?) notes I thought I was happy > then as I cood be. In 1785 in May we was at a frolick at old Mr. Joseph > MARTIN'S when Captn. WEAVER and Mrs. WEAVER came by their for me to go home with > them. I cood not go then. They sed if Frances PORTER wood go that I wood go. I > promised to on Monday morning and so I did. She sed I did not belong to her. She > sed yes he dose. I wish I had belong to you at that time. The next Sunday I > was honourd with hors and saddle to go to meeting with the girls. We had a > happy day of it I think." > > to be continued

Jim, William Benson was telling us about his life in this writing. After the Rev. War, from the years 1784 through 1786, he was recalling fond memories. It seems he was "sweet" on Frances Burgess and wrote a letter to her; but then crossed the letter out on the back of his other writing concerning his life. It appears to me that he never forgot Frances Burgess. Perhaps, wished that she had been "his girl" or even that they had married------------perhaps, he wanted her to know how much he cared for her and that was why he wrote the letter and then thought better of sending it, therefore, crossed it out. I, guess we will never know. But in answer to your question, if you got Parts 1 through 8, that is all that I have on William Benson and the only mention of Frances Burgess. Now we do know there was a Frances BURGESS in the Fauquier County, VA area around the time of the Rev. War---------thanks to William Benson, the boy who was orphaned and raised by the Porters and became a wealthy Georgian. Chocy

Chocy, This is great, will you post it on the Germanna List, too, as I see lots of Germanna names mentioned--Hitt, Holtzclaw, Weaver, Utterback Thanks!! Barb Price

Checking the Virginia 1815 Landowners for areas and names William BENSON mentioned in his writings when he lived with his Uncle PORTER, I found no PORTER landowners in 1815 for Prince William County. There was a John PORTER living in Orange County on the Rapidan River but no BENSONS in either of those two counties. William BENSON mentioned in his writings drinking outside the Fauquier County, VA courthouse. Fauquier County, VA was formed from Prince William County in 1759. The courthouse for Fauquier County, VA was located at Warrenton in 1815. There were no BENSON 1815 landowners in Fauquier Co.; however, there were a number of PORTER landowners. They were Eppa, Martin, Samuel, and Thomas. In Stafford County, VA in 1815 there was listed a landowner by the name of William W. BENSON who owned property in Stafford County, VA located on Horse Pen Run; 15 miles southwest of the county courthouse in the village of Stafford. This William W. BENSON is listed as living in Fauquier County, VA. There is also a Zachariah BENSON who had a life estate located 1 mile southwest of the village of Stafford.

continued William WADDLE Jacob GIPSON Joshua KENNARD James KENNARD John THORNTON-dead Reubin THORNTON Thos. JETT-dead John HAMMONDS Daniel CORNWEL Benjamin PIPER, dead William HANEY Page 35 William BENSON John MCALL-Dead James MCLANNAHAM James BOOTHE John RIDLEY-Dead John AREA Bennet WATS Mason WATS Joseph MARKWELL Peter HITT Nathan HOLTZCLAW-dead Benjamin UTTERBACK William HIGGINS John HIGGINS Enoch FOLEY Andrew SMITH Thomas HUDNAL Thomas WHITE Zachariah TAYLER William RICE" to be continued continued Page 35 William BENSON deceased, private of artillery, was placed on the Savannah, GA, pension roll at $100 per annum under the Act of 1832 to 14 Apr 1834. Certificate 33157 was issued 29 Jul 1853. Sarah BENSON, widow of William who died 14 april 1834, was placed on the Savannah, GA, pension roll at $100 per annum. Certificates 11529 under the Act of 1838, 9408 under the Acts of 1843-44 and 6126 under the Act of 1848 were issued 29 July 1853.

continued (On the reverse of the sheet quoted above the following was crossed out) "The Remembrance of old times 1784 and 85 and 86. To Mrs. France BURGESS. My dear Madam. I take the opportunity of writing to you once more to let you know with sorrow I right this to think of as many times I have bin in your company. I want to put you in mind of the times and places. First of all remember when I com up from Fredericksburg and had the mesels and my sister was sent up their. She went to stay at your house. She told me somthing you sed to her. It was not dissagreable to me. Remember we was a Cousin John PORTER's riding together. I remember the kind invatation from you to me (that was told Mr. SMITH next day down at Uncles. I was sent before to get?) notes I thought I was happy then as I cood be. In 1785 in May we was at a frolick at old Mr. Joseph MARTIN'S when Captn. WEAVER and Mrs. WEAVER came by their for me to go home with them. I cood not go then. They sed if Frances PORTER wood go that I wood go. I promised to on Monday morning and so I did. She sed I did not belong to her. She sed yes he dose. I wish I had belong to you at that time. The next Sunday I was honourd with hors and saddle to go to meeting with the girls. We had a happy day of it I think." to be continued continued "This is a list of our Army, Colonel Edmonds Artillary at Yorktown. William BENSON his hand. John HAMMONDS his hand. Elias EDMONDS cirnel. I live in hopes this world. Poor dear Colonel EDMONDS, the last time I seed him was at Fauquier court house, and we drank som grog together for the last time that i ever seed him in this world or ever shall again. He is gone to the other world. Elias EDMONDS Capt. of Company U.S.A. Dead Samueld BLACKWELL Leutennant Dead Vallentine LEACH George LEACH Sener George LEACH Juner James JONES John PORTER-Dead Hendley MORE-Dead Peter MOORE William KIBBLE James MAY-Dead Joseph WEEDON George BULLET-Dead Enoch SMITH-Dead to be continued

continued Marriage bond, Prince William Co., VA., 7 Sep 1786. William BENSON to Sara SEALE. John ROLLINS, security. (by 1853 mice had eaten away ROLLINS signature on the bond.) Virginia Auditor reports that William BENSON, soldier of artillery, was paid L 77.15.6 in full on 24 Jun 1783. "This is to Certify that William BENSON a soldier in Colo. Marshall's Regiment of artillery have due him from the state of Virginia one coate, one vest, one pr. breeches, two shirts, two pr. stockings, two pr. shoes and one hatt. Richmond Sept. 5th 1780 Yancy Lipscomb Capt. Lt. U.S.S." End of Page 33 Page 34 to be continued continued Page 34 " William BENSON was born in the year 1759. 17 day September. I live with my father and mother for six years happy enuf. Then my Father took sick and died in the year 1765. I lived with my mother one or two years. Then my mother took me and carried me up the country to my father's sister Molley MILLER. I wood not stay there. She took me to my uncle PORTER'S. Then the boys got me out in the woods to make whips. When we come back my mother was gone. I hollowd and cried a plenty. In the Fall she come to see me and broat Uncle John SEAL with her and I never have seen her since. She took sick soon after and died about three years after my father died, about the year 1768. I lived with my uncle POORTER until I was 18 years old. Then I enlisted for three years. That was the twenty forth of August 1777. We went to Little York. Their we staid u (n) til the next Fall. I was taken sick in March and was sent to the horspittle at Williamsburg, me and William WADDEL, Mason WATS, Peter HITT. The last of May WADDEL went down to York again with me. I continued sick and we all got the ague and fevour and we got furlows and went home until we got well. Then we went back again. We had the in the time that was 1778 (sic). In 79 we staid at Yorktown. In the Spring we was ordered up to Williamburgh to march to Charlestown. That was 1780. Charlstowne was taken before we got their. We went about until our tim was out that 24 August." Note from Chocy: I am typing this as it appears in the magazine including all the errors in spelling and so forth as I believe this is how it appeared in the original documents. to be continued

Listers, I am forwarding information I found in the "Benson Magazine of Research" because it shows how William Benson migrated from FAUQUIER Co., VA, to the Carolinas, and then on to Georgia. In the text, he mentions men that he had a drink with outside the FAUQUIER County Courthouse. There is also a list of some of the gentlemen who served in the Rev. War with him that were from the area. All the errors in spelling came from William Benson's own written account of his life. I hope this helps someone while showing the mobility of our ancestors. Chocy- "Benson Magazine of Research" By Christine Knox Wood Volume I, Number 1 May 1980 Pages 33 & 34 "Virginia Revolutionary Pensions BENSON, William (Sarah). W.5218. 11 March 1853. wilkes co., GA. Sarah (x) BENSON of said county, aged 82, declares she is widow of William BENSON who was a soldier in the companies of Captains Edmonds and Yancy Lipscomb in Col. Marshall's regiment of Virginia Artillery. He enlisted in Culpeper or Prince William County, VA, about 6 Sept, 1777, served three years, and was discharged at Richmond, VA, 5 Sept 1780. He entered service again and was at the siege of Yorktown. She married 19 Sept. 1786 in Prince William County, by Rev. M. Craig. Her husband died in Wilkes Co., GA, 14 April 1834. 11 March 1853. Wilkes co., GA.Nicholas G. Barksdale, aged 53, declares William BENSON died in Wilkes County about 14 April 1834. He wrote the last will of William BENSON a short time before his death and the will was dated 17 March 1834. William frequently spoke of the siege of Yorktown. He and his wife Sarah raised a large family of children. 12 March 1853. Wilkes Co., GA. Thomas Anderson of said county declares he knew William BENSON from 1795 until his death in April 1834 in said county. BENSON paid taxes to Anderson as tax collector from 1804 to 1822. 26 April 1853. Wilkes Co., GA. Thomas Anderson declares that the tax books kept by him show that in 1815-20 BENSON gave in as taxable property nine slaves and 443 acres and at the time of his death BENSON owned twenty-odd slaves and a tract of land. to be continued

Just catching up here - can you give me the URL for the website mentioned here? Joan in CA On Dec 31, 2003, at 6:46 AM, Jim Burgess wrote: Dear Fauquier County, Virginia Wills Have you visited the Wills section of our Web site? Click on the Red Puzzle peice that says wills!

Thanks to all who have responded. I don't know why that hadn't occurred to me. I've seen it often enough in my research. I guess I was just too focused on one thing. Thanks for making me look at the forest and not just one tree. Randie

Remember the Blood of Heroes...

According to John K. Gott marriage records, the marriage was recorded as follows: Reuben Murry and Catherine Glascock 9/23/1795 Marruage Bond Bondsman: Thomas Glascock Minister: Monroe (Baptist) Marriage: (bride Catherine Chinn (Glasscock) Marriage Date: 9/24/1795 It could be Catherine's maiden name was Chinn, she married a Glasscock before Murrey/Murray. I also found a Catherine Glascock married to Benjamin Thomas 2/14/1788 marriage bond Bondsman: James Lawler Marriage Date: 3/16/1788 7 July 1772 LEASE Between Henry Lee of Pr. Wm. Co. and James Murrey for national life of Murrey and lives of Lidia his wife and Reubin his son 180 acres...Lot 14 situated near Little River and being the place once called burns (sic) on the Long Branch in Leeds Parish Guardian Bond: Reubin Murray guardian of Sarah Murray orphan of Ralph Murray dec'd. 28 Oct. 1811 for $2000. Sec. William Murray.

Thanks for looking that up. I was just speculating on whether or not Catherine had been married to a Glasscock before marrying Reuben. That gives me a little more to go on. Randie

I am somewhat confused about who Reuben MURRAY actually married. I have seen it two ways: Reuben MURRAY married Catherine CHINN about 1790 in Fauquier Co.; Reuben MURRAY married Catherine GLASSCOCK Sept. 23, 1795 Fauquier County. Could someone clear this up for me? Thanks, Randie