Good job to all those who participated - I am very impressed with what I have read and seen of this event. You all need to pat yourselves on the back for truly making a difference in our local history AND in promoting the remembrance of an honest-to-goodness Patriot. Andy Doss Col. George Waller Chapter NSSAR -----Original Message----- From: vafrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vafrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of achtwd@localnet.com Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:18 AM To: vafrankl@rootsweb.com Cc: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Tombstone reaches final resting place inFranklin County Here are some of the photos taken at the Martel LeSueur Marker Dedication on Saturday, November 10. http://news.webshots.com/album/561405676qmEyUJ My wife, Sissy is the vice regent for the Virginia's Old Carolina Road Chapter NSDAR and I was in charge of the cannon that fired the cannon salute. My hat is off to Ms. Linda Stanley. It was an honor to do this event. Anthony Chitwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If someone can send me a photo of the marker after it was placed, I'd like to add it to the VAFRANKLIN website along side of the Pension app. Thank's Rena

Thank you for sharing the pictures.. Truly enjoyed. My late husband's people were from Franklin Co Va. His grandfather James W. Sink was a soldier serving Jubal Early in Va.. He was captured and spent 3 months in Fort Delaware prison. He is the only confederate soldier known buried in Carroll County Indiana cemetery Each Memorial Day the Vets decorate his grave. Honorable! Thank you sincerely, D.O.Sink ----- Original Message ----- From: <achtwd@localnet.com> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Cc: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:17 AM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Tombstone reaches final resting place inFranklin County > Here are some of the photos taken at the Martel LeSueur Marker > Dedication on Saturday, November 10. > > http://news.webshots.com/album/561405676qmEyUJ > > My wife, Sissy is the vice regent for the Virginia's Old Carolina Road > Chapter NSDAR and I was in charge of the cannon that fired the cannon > salute. My hat is off to Ms. Linda Stanley. It was an honor to do > this event. > > Anthony Chitwood > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: <achtwd@localnet.com> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Cc: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:17 AM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Tombstone reaches final resting place inFranklin County > Here are some of the photos taken at the Martel LeSueur Marker > Dedication on Saturday, November 10. > > http://news.webshots.com/album/561405676qmEyUJ > > My wife, Sissy is the vice regent for the Virginia's Old Carolina Road > Chapter NSDAR and I was in charge of the cannon that fired the cannon > salute. My hat is off to Ms. Linda Stanley. It was an honor to do > this event. > > Anthony Chitwood > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here are some of the photos taken at the Martel LeSueur Marker Dedication on Saturday, November 10. http://news.webshots.com/album/561405676qmEyUJ My wife, Sissy is the vice regent for the Virginia's Old Carolina Road Chapter NSDAR and I was in charge of the cannon that fired the cannon salute. My hat is off to Ms. Linda Stanley. It was an honor to do this event. Anthony Chitwood

I missed getting to attend this event due to a death in my family, however here is the story on WDBJ7. My hat is off to all who made this happen. http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=7342166 Rena PS: Moral to this story---Photograph every marker you can. If you want it added to our site, please send it along. If not, then preserve the cemetery by donating a copy to your local historical or genealogical society.

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http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/bedford_pension.html Aaron Powell W5566 Benjamin Johnson R5674 Benjamin Meador S9405 CharlesMelson S38209 Chesley Callaway S30917 DudleyCallaway S39282 Edward Casey S39291 Elisha Barton S19198 George Smith S38386 James and Susan White Callaway W9771 John Wigginton W6547 Micajah and Frances Hawkins Callaway W6646 Rebecca Dickerson Howell widow of David Howell R5299 Robert Boyle S15755 Sarah Turner Holland widow of Drury Holland W3419

Thanks Beverly. I was wondering if that might be the case. Can you give me an idea of exactly which court records I should be looking in? This is not a resource type that I am familiar with. I currently live in Texas, but my parents are in VA, so I may be able to get them to do some research, but I have to be able to tell them exactly what they are looking for! Thanks! Sara Gredler Sara Gredler sarakg@yepmail.net http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sarakath/ > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:58:08 -0400 > From: "Beverly Merritt" <beverlym@swva.net> > Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] 1878 Newspaper in Franklin? > To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000601c8162c$c41aec50$3b492542@PC349024792218> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi Sara, Unfortunately there are no old papers for Franklin County > for that > time period, unless someone, somewhere might have a stray copy. > The only > papers we have on microfilm begin about the 1940s. The Library of > Virginia > has a newspaper project and you might contact them to see if they > have one > for that time. > > If he was murdered there should be something in the court records > about > that. Beverly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sara Gredler" <sarakg@yepmail.net> > To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:19 PM > Subject: [VAFRANKL] 1878 Newspaper in Franklin? > > >> I am looking for a newspaper article and/or other records regarding >> my great-great-great grandfather, Haden H. WILLIAMS. He was listed >> in the Franklin County Death records with a death date of 18 October >> 1878. The cause of death was listed as "murdered". >> >> He was born about 1845 in Franklin county, the son of James WILLIAMS >> and Clarissa RICHARDS. He married 20 September 1865 in Franklin >> county, Lucy Ellen HOLT, daughter of James Edmond HOLT and Mary >> "Polly" HUFF. >> >> Any help would be appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> Sara Gredler >> >> >> Sara Gredler sarakg@yepmail.net >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sarakath/ >> >>

Hi Sara, Unfortunately there are no old papers for Franklin County for that time period, unless someone, somewhere might have a stray copy. The only papers we have on microfilm begin about the 1940s. The Library of Virginia has a newspaper project and you might contact them to see if they have one for that time. If he was murdered there should be something in the court records about that. Beverly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sara Gredler" <sarakg@yepmail.net> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:19 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] 1878 Newspaper in Franklin? >I am looking for a newspaper article and/or other records regarding > my great-great-great grandfather, Haden H. WILLIAMS. He was listed > in the Franklin County Death records with a death date of 18 October > 1878. The cause of death was listed as "murdered". > > He was born about 1845 in Franklin county, the son of James WILLIAMS > and Clarissa RICHARDS. He married 20 September 1865 in Franklin > county, Lucy Ellen HOLT, daughter of James Edmond HOLT and Mary > "Polly" HUFF. > > Any help would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > Sara Gredler > > > Sara Gredler sarakg@yepmail.net > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sarakath/ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am looking for a newspaper article and/or other records regarding my great-great-great grandfather, Haden H. WILLIAMS. He was listed in the Franklin County Death records with a death date of 18 October 1878. The cause of death was listed as "murdered". He was born about 1845 in Franklin county, the son of James WILLIAMS and Clarissa RICHARDS. He married 20 September 1865 in Franklin county, Lucy Ellen HOLT, daughter of James Edmond HOLT and Mary "Polly" HUFF. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Sara Gredler Sara Gredler sarakg@yepmail.net http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sarakath/

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Posted on ancestry.com under Illinois Public Land Purchase Records information, JEPTHA BOWLES purchased 5472 acres of land on 10 May 1852 for 125 a acre for a total of 6840 (I assume it is in dollars). It was purchased in NWFR section and recorded in Volume 147, Page 139. fa

Dear Gracie, Wow, because Jabel nearly drove me crazy until I figured out there were two of them, I have gathered a pile of information. Was sure we were all connected somehow until my gg grandfather turned out to be Alexander Hamilton Bowles - the DNA didn't match. I was depressed for a while over that one. Will go through some more of these papers and see what I can find. Jeptha and Jeremiah - who would have thunk it. Frances Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gracie Stover" <ggracie@cox.net> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 8:24 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Jereiah and Jeptha Bowles >I have an interest in Jeptha Bowles who moved over to WV. My direct line is > Jeremiah Bowles, who md Elizabeth Martin, and his son Jeremiah who md Mary > Ann Waldon in Franklin Co, and moved to Putnam Co, VA/WV by the 1850 > census. > His sons were James, Francis Marion, Allen (my direct line), and John. > Through the Bowles DNA project, I have learned that Jeremiah and Jeptha > were related, but we aren't sure how yet. A descendant of Jeptha and one > of > my male Bowles cousins match exactly. There is a thrid match to us, so we > all three know we are related, but not sure exactly how. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rebecca.dyer@cox.net> > To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <vafrankl-request@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:02 AM > Subject: [VAFRANKL] Mason/Warren > > >> FROM FRANCES ANNE BOWLES: >> >> Reference: Jackson County History (Lower Mill Creek), page 17 >> >> MASON FAMILY >> >> Jeptha Mason, together with Jabel Bowles and Gilbert Boswell, of Franklin >> County, Virginia, settled on Parchment about 1818. Jeptha was a son of >> Nathan & Elizabeth Mason. He married Rachel Lewis. Some of their children >> were: Nathan, Mary, Allen, Lucinda, Hannah and Nancy. >> >> BOWLES FAMILY >> >> The Rev. Jabel Bowles (1788-1875) was a son of Jeptha Bowles. He married, >> Nancy, a sister of Jeptha Mason. Some of their children were: Dr. Nathan >> M. Bowles, who M. Sarah (1815-1884), D. of Joseph & Patsy (Childers) >> Stout, Oct. 3, 1833. Frances (1814-1878), M. Job Kessel, March 11, 1830. >> Ona (1807-1867), did not marry. >> Note: Elizabeth, a sister of Jeptha Mason, married Gilbert Boswell Sr., >> June 5, 1809 in Franklin Co., Virginia. >> >> This is what I found in my notes. >> Frances Anne >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Frances A Bowles >> To: robt_hill_research_group@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:37 AM >> Subject: Re: [robt_hill_research_group] Query on Franklin Co VA Rootsweb >> >> If my memory serves me correctly. (Am searching for my notes on him now. >> This is not related to my great grandfather Jabel that I know of.) There >> was a Jeptha Bowles in Franklin County, Virginia about 1750? who was the >> father of a Jabel Bowles. This Jabel Bowles went off to what is now West >> Virginia about 1817 as he didn't believe in slavery. There is a Jeptha >> Bowles who went to Illinois and purchased 6 or 7,000 acres of land in the >> 1800s but there was a Jeptha before him who also went out west and >> purchased thousands of acres of land. Will continue searching to verify >> or >> refute my memory. Since the Bowles family intermarried with the Hill >> family this Jeptha could have easily been involved with them also. Right >> place, right time. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >> something about your Brick Wall person. >> To contact Listowner: >> Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Search this list's archived messages! >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have an interest in Jeptha Bowles who moved over to WV. My direct line is Jeremiah Bowles, who md Elizabeth Martin, and his son Jeremiah who md Mary Ann Waldon in Franklin Co, and moved to Putnam Co, VA/WV by the 1850 census. His sons were James, Francis Marion, Allen (my direct line), and John. Through the Bowles DNA project, I have learned that Jeremiah and Jeptha were related, but we aren't sure how yet. A descendant of Jeptha and one of my male Bowles cousins match exactly. There is a thrid match to us, so we all three know we are related, but not sure exactly how. ----- Original Message ----- From: <rebecca.dyer@cox.net> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Cc: <vafrankl-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:02 AM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Mason/Warren > FROM FRANCES ANNE BOWLES: > > Reference: Jackson County History (Lower Mill Creek), page 17 > > MASON FAMILY > > Jeptha Mason, together with Jabel Bowles and Gilbert Boswell, of Franklin > County, Virginia, settled on Parchment about 1818. Jeptha was a son of > Nathan & Elizabeth Mason. He married Rachel Lewis. Some of their children > were: Nathan, Mary, Allen, Lucinda, Hannah and Nancy. > > BOWLES FAMILY > > The Rev. Jabel Bowles (1788-1875) was a son of Jeptha Bowles. He married, > Nancy, a sister of Jeptha Mason. Some of their children were: Dr. Nathan > M. Bowles, who M. Sarah (1815-1884), D. of Joseph & Patsy (Childers) > Stout, Oct. 3, 1833. Frances (1814-1878), M. Job Kessel, March 11, 1830. > Ona (1807-1867), did not marry. > Note: Elizabeth, a sister of Jeptha Mason, married Gilbert Boswell Sr., > June 5, 1809 in Franklin Co., Virginia. > > This is what I found in my notes. > Frances Anne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Frances A Bowles > To: robt_hill_research_group@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:37 AM > Subject: Re: [robt_hill_research_group] Query on Franklin Co VA Rootsweb > > If my memory serves me correctly. (Am searching for my notes on him now. > This is not related to my great grandfather Jabel that I know of.) There > was a Jeptha Bowles in Franklin County, Virginia about 1750? who was the > father of a Jabel Bowles. This Jabel Bowles went off to what is now West > Virginia about 1817 as he didn't believe in slavery. There is a Jeptha > Bowles who went to Illinois and purchased 6 or 7,000 acres of land in the > 1800s but there was a Jeptha before him who also went out west and > purchased thousands of acres of land. Will continue searching to verify or > refute my memory. Since the Bowles family intermarried with the Hill > family this Jeptha could have easily been involved with them also. Right > place, right time. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

FROM FRANCES ANNE BOWLES: Reference: Jackson County History (Lower Mill Creek), page 17 MASON FAMILY Jeptha Mason, together with Jabel Bowles and Gilbert Boswell, of Franklin County, Virginia, settled on Parchment about 1818. Jeptha was a son of Nathan & Elizabeth Mason. He married Rachel Lewis. Some of their children were: Nathan, Mary, Allen, Lucinda, Hannah and Nancy. BOWLES FAMILY The Rev. Jabel Bowles (1788-1875) was a son of Jeptha Bowles. He married, Nancy, a sister of Jeptha Mason. Some of their children were: Dr. Nathan M. Bowles, who M. Sarah (1815-1884), D. of Joseph & Patsy (Childers) Stout, Oct. 3, 1833. Frances (1814-1878), M. Job Kessel, March 11, 1830. Ona (1807-1867), did not marry. Note: Elizabeth, a sister of Jeptha Mason, married Gilbert Boswell Sr., June 5, 1809 in Franklin Co., Virginia. This is what I found in my notes. Frances Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances A Bowles To: robt_hill_research_group@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [robt_hill_research_group] Query on Franklin Co VA Rootsweb If my memory serves me correctly. (Am searching for my notes on him now. This is not related to my great grandfather Jabel that I know of.) There was a Jeptha Bowles in Franklin County, Virginia about 1750? who was the father of a Jabel Bowles. This Jabel Bowles went off to what is now West Virginia about 1817 as he didn't believe in slavery. There is a Jeptha Bowles who went to Illinois and purchased 6 or 7,000 acres of land in the 1800s but there was a Jeptha before him who also went out west and purchased thousands of acres of land. Will continue searching to verify or refute my memory. Since the Bowles family intermarried with the Hill family this Jeptha could have easily been involved with them also. Right place, right time.

In a message dated 10/11/2007 1:44:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cdhbruce@cox.net writes: Zachariah PETERS, b. abt. 1770, possibly in Amherst CoVA, d. Franklin CoVA, m. 18 Nov 1794 in Amherst CoVA Keziah LIVELY. His father possibly named William Carolyn, The summary of the report previously mentioned reads: "It now appears that John PETERS, Sr., first settled in Albemarle County, Virginia, on the area that is currently the southern part of Albemarle County, adjacent Nelson County. He was the father of Richard, William, and John PETERS, Jr. His sons purchased land in what is now Amherst County in 1760, but John PETERS, Jr., sold his land in 1763 and appears to have lived in the same vicinity as Zachariah, Elisha, and James PETERS, in what is now southern Nelson County. John PETERS, Jr., was almost certainly the father of Zachariah, Elisha, and James PETERS. "Military records show that John PETERS, Jr., was born in England about 1730/1731. John BELL transported John BELL, Henry MARTIN, John PETER, John PETER, Jr., William PETER, and Catharine PETER from England to the colony of Virginia. Catherine was probably the wife or daughter of John PETERS, Sr. "The lack of probate records for members of the PETERS family leaves conclusions to be drawn based on this circumstantial evidence. " Respectfully, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com