http://vip.lib.virginia.edu:8080/cocoon/vivaead/published/wm/viw00062.xml.frame   http://vhs3.vahistorical.org/starweb/x.marc/servlet.starweb?path=x.marc/STARLibrariesMARC.web&id=vhsmarc4&pass=&OK=OK   Try these sites.  I believe they will get you there. --- On Wed, 6/23/10, Kathleen Rogalla <chasesthewind@knology.net> wrote: From: Kathleen Rogalla <chasesthewind@knology.net> Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] John Edmonds SR, Con't To: vafauqui@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 2:19 PM Chuck, where can I find the Blackwell collection? Thanks, Kathleen Rogalla Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] John Edmonds SR, Con't > The William Edmonds listed below as #4 is the William I seek.  However, he > was definitely not the William of Oak Spring. I have put together the > following > 1. He is in the 1810 census as William of John in the family are 4 males > besides William (1 under 10, one 15-15 and two 16 to 25) four females > besides his wife (assumed wife) 1 under 10, two 10 to 15 and 1 16-25). > 2. Two sons are identified in property tax records as John and Thomas. > 3. Marriage records show two daughters of William (cannot definitely say > it > was this William but by exclusion it appears so) one daughter was Jane who > married Wesley Brown, the other Elizabeth married Francis Rollow of > Stafford > County. > 4. Deed record of 1817 when he sold the farm to Heziakiah Shaklett shows > that his wife was Sally (I have never found a marriage record for William > and Sally) > 5. I believe one of the other children shown in the 1810 census was my > GGGrandfather William (Billy) Edmonds and another of the daughters was > Octavia Edmonds (this Octavia I bleive is in the 1850 household of Elias > Edmonds (son of Elias Edmonds and wife Frances Edmonds (cousin)), the 1850 > census Elias I refer to was known as "Captain" and was married to Adeline > Utterback.  My support for this speculation as to Billy and Octavia is a > series of letters coming from the James D. Blackwell collections that name > these folks, they fit no where else in Edmonds genealogy but are not > specifically linked to ancestors in these letters.  They all tie together > on > both sides because Francis and Elias Edmonds were cousins. > 6. After they sell the farm in 1817 the William Edmonds son of John bunch > are not found in any Fauquier records that I can locate with perhaps the > excption being some property tax records around 1825 where a son of > William > may have been with another family member. > > The Edmonds of Fauquier are a confusing lot because of all the William and > Elias names. Add in the cousin marriages and the Blackwell links and it > gets > maddening.  Unfortunately some of the previous works that are widely cited > do not always add up when court records, property tax records, will > records, > death records, deed records, marriage records and other offical records > are > found.  I have traced almost, if not all, the Edmonds lines as a means of > exclusion to get to my subject William.  Chancery reords and the letters > of > the Blackwell collection have proved invaluable resources to me in my > research to unravel this bunch. > > So basically what I am trying to prove is that William "Billy" Edmonds my > great great grandfather was indeed a son of William Edmonds and a grandson > of John Edmonds (1737-1798).  I have been told by an elderly relative that > in the early 20s there was an estate being settled in VA that named the > descendants of William.  Unfortunatley she did not have the will nor could > remember where it was from.  So right now I am trying to throw darts to > find > that document. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: vafauqui-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vafauqui-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Shirley Starks > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:51 AM > To: vafauqui@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VAFAUQUI] John Edmonds SR, Con't > > > Continuing John Edmonds SR, b. 1737, Lancaster or Northumberland Co,VA & > Frances 'Jane' Wildey. > > Children: (There is conflict over which children were born to which wife.) > 1) Frances Edmonds, 01 Nov 1760, Northumberland Co, VA > 2) Margaret Edmonds, abt 1761, Northumberland Co, VA > 3) Helen Edmonds, abt 1762, Northumberland Co, VA + Elias Edmonds, son of > Wm. > 4) William Edmonds, b.14 Feb 1763, Northumberland Co, VA  + Elizabeth nee? > 5) John Edmonds Jr, b. abt 1767,  + Naomi Hicks, b. 18 Aug 1777, Fauq. Co, > VA, dau of Kimble & Matilda Hicks > ... > 6) George Washington Edmonds, b.abt 1773, VA + Mary Sophia Rust, dau of > Peter & Rebecca (Eskridge) Rust > > Notes for #4) William Edmonds, b.1763 > I believe this is the William Edmonds who built "Oak Spring", which is now > in Warrenton.  (But Virginia H calls him a 'half brother'.  From my notes, > he is a full brother of John Jr.) > > Notes for #5) John Edmonds Jr, & Naomi (Hicks) > He inherited land from his father, John Edmonds Sr.  Since Belle Grove was > built by Abner Settle when his daughter married his son, Lewis Edmonds, I > am > > uncertain where John Jr's home was located.  As far as I know, it no > longer > stands.  I only know it was near by. > > Notes for #6, Geo. Washington Edmonds: > At the death of his father, George W inherited land.  His land was north > of > Belle Grove, near Paris.  On his portion of land, were built Mount Grove > and > > sometimes called Sky Farm.  It is now the home of "Sky Meadow State Park". > > John Edmonds Sr m'd 2nd: Helen (Shepherd) Lancaster Hack > .. To shorten the email, I will have information for her on the next > email. > Shirley ............................. > From: "Chuck Edmonds" <edmondscharles@sbcglobal.net> > > >> While searching for leads on my search for William Edmonds (1763 - ? ) >> and his family, I found a Chancery Cause record in UVA Archives which >> may be of interest to others interested in the Edmonds family.  It is >> E S Edmonds >> (Edmond) vs R O Edmonds (Richard) regarding 60 acres of land in Prince >> William County.  The land belonged to their mother Mary E. Carter >> Edmonds. The cause lists several family members including burial >> places.  Mary Carter Edmonds was the wife of William F. Edmonds.  Case >> is 1906-011. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFAUQUI-request@rootsweb.com 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 > VAFAUQUI-request@rootsweb.com 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 VAFAUQUI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message