I don `t know Marla. You figure there is an Edward on the 1750 and 1752 tithables, had to be 16 or over to be taxed. Everyone has his date of birth as abt 1738-1740, but what do they really have for proof? I know he was having kids by 1760 with Elizabeth Stewart, unless he had a prior wife that died. He died abt 1812 right? I noticed another early settler on Chestnut Creek was John Ramsey, plus there was the Hodges family there. By 1753 Edward would be on the Halifax poll lists. I´ll check the Voters of Burgess for Halifax Co as see if he was there. Teresa "m.moore1 " <[email protected]> wrote: Well, Teresa, that mixes things up a bit, doesn't it? Looks like we need to do more research there in Lunenburg Co.--Marla On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:21:45 -0700 (PDT) teresa stuart wrote: > Marla, have you taken a look at the 1750 and 1752 Lunenburg tithables ? > There is a Benjamin Richards with an Edward Richards in the same household >for both years. > See :http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/lunenburg/census/sun004.txt > Teresa > > > "m.moore1 " wrote: > Teresa, due to the following deed, YES, I think Joseph could be the father >of > Edward Richards of Henry/Franklin Counties, VA. It is Ambrose Richards, not > Richardson.--Marla > > Orange Co. VA Deed Book 17, p. 444, July 7, 1781 > Joseph Richards of County of Henry of the one part and Hannah his wife, to > Elijah Jones of the County of Orange, sum of 500 pounds, all that tract or > parcel of land containing 84 acres, being in the County of Orange, bounded >on > a Ridge Corner to Thomas Row, corner to Peter Thonsons, corner to George > Wharton. (Signed) Joseph Richards > Wit: Tomas Conner, Ambrose Richards, Edmund Singleton, John Parnell, Richard > C. Webb. > > > > > On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:51:06 -0700 (PDT) > teresa stuart > wrote: >> Hi Marla, >> Do you think these Orange Co Richards are related to the early Edward or >>Edmond Richards who married Elizabeth Stewart, dau. of old James Stewart of >>Henry/Franklin CO VA? Edward Richards was one of the earliest settlers on >>Chestnut Creek. And is this Ambrose Richards a Richards or Richardson? I >>have a Richard Richards who served in 1779 in Cpt. Daniel Carlin`s Militia, >>Henry CO VA. The BURRUS, HEAD and CAVE families moved to nearby Upper Surry >>CO NC. One Jacob BURRUS lived in Henry CO VA, see 1782 tax list, near the >>end. He married a dau. of Joseph Martin. >> Teresa Stuart de Rios > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Please Visit the Franklin Co. VaGenWeb Web Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/franklin.htm > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Please Visit the Franklin Co. VaGenWeb Web Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/franklin.htm > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== Please Visit the Franklin Co. VaGenWeb Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/franklin.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com