Sorry Carolyn - none in my many lines in Franklin Co. I am looking for info on ROBERT E. POWELL [Sr & Jr ~ both lived around Pennhook/Pigg River] JEREMIAH BARBOUR only who his parents were as I have the rest of the info; Nancy Allen Edwards m. Homer Hamilton Powell in Pitts Co, lived also in Fr Co - looking for info on her grandmother MARY ALLEN, mother of George A. Edwards - anything would be fine. I am also DAR, Jean Nicolet Chapter, Green Bay, WI [how ever did I get way out here?]. My patriots are Lewis Hancock f/o Lucinda m. Charles L. Powell of Fr Co; John Hancock, f/o Lewis; and George Duncan,f/o Celia who m. Lewis Hancock. Working on Robert E. Powell, Sr. and need proof of his marriage to Caty [Catherine] Tuggle, Middlesex Co, and proof of her death before 8/1811. I have his Will and Inventory of that date and she is gone by then. Also working on Daniel Coleman Edwards and Maddox/Mattox. Don't know whether there are patriots there yet. Any ideas, I thank you in advance. I have a large file at the Fr Co Historical Soc. which I sent earlier this year. Priscilla Powell Thomas [PJ Thomas] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Bruce" <cdhbruce@cox.net> To: "Blacksheep List" <blacksheep@ibssg.org>; <VAROOTS@rootsweb.com>; <VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com>; <VAWISE@rootsweb.com>; <vaalbema@rootsweb.com>; <VAGILES@rootsweb.com>; <VAAMHERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:37 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Looking for males named BRUCE, HALE, SMITH, RAKES, PETERS... > At the end of the trail at the following persons (and others): > > William BRUCE, b. abt 1752, m. Nancy Anne "Annie" BALLARD, dau. of Thomas, > Jr., Albemarle CoVA before the Revolutionary War, moved to NC, then to > Giles > CoVA. His father is said to have been George BRUCE, but need proof, and > who > was his mother? > > John HALE, b. abt 1765, m. Susannah WADE, 17 Mar 1789 in Franklin CoVA, > she > the dau of John Utley WADE and Alice WOODRUM of Goochland CoVA. Who and > where were John's parents? > > Joseph M. SMITH, b. 1834 in KY, m. abt 1867 possibly in Wise CoVA (where > they lived in 1880 and later censuses), Nancy Correlda/Cornelda Jane > ROBINETT. Who and where were both their parents? > > John SMITH, b. bef. Sep 1782, mb. 01 Jan 1807 in Franklin CoVA, > Rossaner/Rosannah BOLF/BALF/BAULPH, dau of Mary who wrote consent. Looking > for both sets of parents. > > Charles RAKES, b. abt. 1745, possibly in Buckingham CoVA, m. abt 1780, > wife's name thought to be Jane UNKNOWN, possibly Indian. Any information > appreciated. > > 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, hers supposedly named Joseph. Need proofs. Can anyone tell me > where > to look? > > That's enough for now, but have plenty of others... > > Carolyn HALE BRUCE, > DAR, IBSSG, VBGS > > Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots > Rebel King, The Har'ships and > Rebel King, Bannok Burn > > See all the books we publish at: > www.bruceandbruceinc.com > (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 >

Interesting, Priscilla, I have cousins with the surnames EDWARDS, POWELL, and THOMAS, the last being one of my ancestral names as well. All are in some form associated with Franklin CoVa, as are most of my relatives. My mother's sister married John Ballard EDWARDS, son of Thomas Abraham EDWARDS and Druscilla Ann VIA. My 4great-grandmother was a daughter of Charles THOMAS and Judy PATTERSON. Her name was Mary "Polly" THOMAS, and she married John Witt NOWLIN in 1799, Patrick CoVA, and lived in Franklin CoVA. My first cousin Frances Christine HOLCOMB married Ira Glenwood POWELL in 1938. Her sister, Ethel Eileen, married John Maynard THOMAS, son of John Henry THOMAS and Bessie FRANKLIN. Unfortunately, I don't readily see any links that we can follow. But thanks for your reply. I thought we had something there for a little while. I belong to the Lynnhaven Parish Chapter, NSDAR, and my first patriot is Amelia CoVA native Jennings THOMPSON, who m. 1790 in Pittsylvania CoVA, Elizabeth STREET. I had the privilege of being the first to join under his name. Next I'm working on John VEST of Bedford/Campbell CoVA. Keep digging... we may find some roots that tangled together somewhere along the line. Carolyn HALE BRUCE, DAR, IBSSG, VBGS Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!)