Beverly: Does the Pigg River Cemetery book list any Dickensons? My 4th great grandfather, John Dickenson who died about June 1792, owned substantial property along Pigg River in Frankiln Co. In addition, as indicated at the end of the following notes, his wife and several children also died in the area before November 1805. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Don Dickenson San Rafael, CA _____ February 17, 1777 - Henry Co., VA John Dickenson listed as a witness on deed for 20 acres on Pigg River from William Cook to Peter Vardeman. (Henry County Deed Book 1, pages 13-15) _____ November 10, 1779 - Henry Co., VA John Dickenson received grant for 206 acres on both sides of the Pigg River. (Grants B, page 21) _____ February 1, 1781 - Henry Co., VA John Dickenson received patent for 279 acres on the south side of Pigg River, adjoining Early and Callaway's line. (Patents C, page 23) John Dickenson received patent for 219 acres on both sides of Pigg River, adjoining William Hodges' land. (Patents C, page 231) _____ March 1, 1781 - Henry Co., VA John Dickenson received patent for 420 acres on Pigg River, adjoining Isham Hodges. (Patents C, page 507) _____ March 31, 1786 - Henry Co., VA John Dickenson received grant for 162 acres on the north side of Pigg River, adjoining Solomon Davis, etc. (Grants W, page 270) _____ The records of the February 1787 Franklin County Court indicate "Leave is given John Dick[i]nson Esq. to Build a Water Grist Mill on Pigg River, he being Proprietor on Both Sides said River." _____ John Dickenson died, without a will, prior to the June 1792 meeting of the Franklin County Court, the records of which indicate: "Administration is granted Isbel Dick[i]nson of the Estate of John Dicke[r]son deceased who entered into bond with security according to law. Frederick Reaves, Burwell Reaves, Swingfield Hill and John Martin sworn and appointed to appraise the estate of John Dicke[r]son & return an inventory thereof to the Court." _____ Both John Dickenson's eldest son John Dickenson Jr. and his wife Isabella Woods Dickenson died on or about November 28, 1805 leaving two minor children, Josiah Woods Dickenson and Robert Nathaniel Dickenson (my third great grandfa ther]. They were placed under the guardianship of Joel Shrewsbury [husband of Sally Dickenson]. After Josiah became 21 he assumed the guardianship of his younger brother, Robert Nathaniel. John's son Lemuel Dickenson and daughter Mary Dickenson both died of typhoid fever before November 28, 1805 while they were both under 21. ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hi Don, No Dickensons there. Just to clarify things, I'm looking at the 2 cemetery books from the historical society. One has people grouped by cemetery, the other one has them in alphabetical order. John doesn't show up in either one. Also, the Pigg River Cemetery has 2 section, new and old. There are probably a lot of unmarked graves in the old section, I don't know where we'd find those records. If this is the church I'm thinking of, it is a Dunkard church and they have great records. In fact, someone made a book of the births & deaths from their monthly magazine the "Vindicator". Unfortunately, your deaths probably pre-date the Vindicator. Maybe somebody will know if there are any records from this church somewhere. Beverly ----- Original Message ----- From: <DDickenson@aol.com> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:01 AM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Pigg River Cem/Church Franklin County Va. > Beverly: > > Does the Pigg River Cemetery book list any Dickensons? My 4th great > grandfather, John Dickenson who died about June 1792, owned substantial > property > along Pigg River in Frankiln Co. In addition, as indicated at the end of > the > following notes, his wife and several children also died in the area > before > November 1805. > > Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. > > Don Dickenson > San Rafael, CA > _____ > > February 17, 1777 - Henry Co., VA > John Dickenson listed as a witness on deed for 20 acres on Pigg River > from > William Cook to Peter Vardeman. (Henry County Deed Book 1, pages 13-15) > _____ > > November 10, 1779 - Henry Co., VA > John Dickenson received grant for 206 acres on both sides of the Pigg > River. > (Grants B, page 21) > _____ > > February 1, 1781 - Henry Co., VA > John Dickenson received patent for 279 acres on the south side of Pigg > River, adjoining Early and Callaway's line. (Patents C, page 23) > > John Dickenson received patent for 219 acres on both sides of Pigg > River, > adjoining William Hodges' land. (Patents C, page 231) > _____ > > March 1, 1781 - Henry Co., VA > John Dickenson received patent for 420 acres on Pigg River, adjoining > Isham > Hodges. (Patents C, page 507) > _____ > > March 31, 1786 - Henry Co., VA > John Dickenson received grant for 162 acres on the north side of Pigg > River, > adjoining Solomon Davis, etc. (Grants W, page 270) > _____ > > The records of the February 1787 Franklin County Court indicate "Leave is > given John Dick[i]nson Esq. to Build a Water Grist Mill on Pigg River, he > being > Proprietor on Both Sides said River." > _____ > > John Dickenson died, without a will, prior to the June 1792 meeting of the > Franklin County Court, the records of which indicate: "Administration is > granted Isbel Dick[i]nson of the Estate of John Dicke[r]son deceased who > entered > into bond with security according to law. Frederick Reaves, Burwell > Reaves, > Swingfield Hill and John Martin sworn and appointed to appraise the estate > of > John Dicke[r]son & return an inventory thereof to the Court." > _____ > > Both John Dickenson's eldest son John Dickenson Jr. and his wife Isabella > Woods Dickenson died on or about November 28, 1805 leaving two minor > children, > Josiah Woods Dickenson and Robert Nathaniel Dickenson (my third great > grandfa > ther]. They were placed under the guardianship of Joel Shrewsbury > [husband > of Sally Dickenson]. After Josiah became 21 he assumed the guardianship > of > his younger brother, Robert Nathaniel. John's son Lemuel Dickenson and > daughter Mary Dickenson both died of typhoid fever before November 28, > 1805 while > they were both under 21. > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 >