I do not have any stories of my ancestors from Franklin Co., except my John Robinson, son of Thomas Robinson and Jane Legrand, left the area in 1789 or so with his two sons, George a 16 yr old , and son, Edward. There were 3 daughters left in the area, Susannah who married Martin Woody, Mary who married Wyatt Woody and Sarah who married Henry Rowland/Roland. George returned to Franklin Co. in late 1790s to marry "his childhood sweetheart" Susannah Woody. All of the families, except Susannah and Martin Woody, went to NC and stayed there. All of the Woodys were children of Henry Woody and Susannah Martin. We know John was dead by 1834, but no ideas when he died. If anyone has any idea of how to go about getting the name of John's wife, I would appreciate hearing from you. WE really do not know who Edward married, except in a later census in NC a lady is named, as Granny Rice. In all of the research I have done, I can not find the name of John's wife, and mother of the children. She probably was dead by time John went into NC. John was educated, as well as was his children, as notes were left in NC. I imagine John was in the Revolutionary War, but can not find records that would help, as we do not know his wife's name. Margaret

Margaret, if you have an idea how old your John was, consider that most men with military service during the Revolution were born by 1764. You say John had a 16 yr old by 1789, so no doubt born before 1764 and probably by 1755 or earlier. Well, if dates are in the ball park John could have been married ca 1777. If he'd lived in that exact area some years before 1786 then he would have been in Bedford or Henry. One way to search for names of wives is to find deeds from husband & wife, when the wife is named & signs because she was then relinquishing her dower rights to a specific tract of land. Many people have hit pay dirt that way. Of course finding such a deed proves only that the man had a wife by that name on that date. All by itself it wouldn't prove his wife on that date was his one & only and the mother of all his known children. You'd need other records to nail it. Oct. 17, 1785, there was a Petition from residents of Henry Co. asking for a division of Bedford to form Franklin. Three of abt 400 names were John Roberson, George Roberson, Richard Roberson. Martain Woody signed a similar petition 27 Oct. 1785 as a resident of Bedford Co. south of the Staunton River also asking for Bedford to be divided. So, if those were your folks, you could search for Bedford & Henry deeds before Franklin existed, and then also search Franklin deeds 1786-'89 to see if your John sold land before moving & so forth and etc. Maybe some folks reading this have already collected deeds which will help or have other ideas for you. Regards, Bill, Fairport ----- Original Message ----- From: <Marheinek@aol.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 3:04 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Franklin Co. Stories > I do not have any stories of my ancestors from Franklin Co., except my John > Robinson, son of Thomas Robinson and Jane Legrand, left the area in 1789 or > so with his two sons, George a 16 yr old , and son, Edward. > > There were 3 daughters left in the area, Susannah who married Martin Woody, > Mary who married Wyatt Woody and Sarah who married Henry Rowland/Roland. > George returned to Franklin Co. in late 1790s to marry "his childhood > sweetheart" Susannah Woody. All of the families, except Susannah and Martin > Woody, went to NC and stayed there. All of the Woodys were children of Henry > Woody and Susannah Martin. We know John was dead by 1834, but no ideas when > he died. > > If anyone has any idea of how to go about getting the name of John's wife, I > would appreciate hearing from you. > > WE really do not know who Edward married, except in a later census in NC a > lady is named, as Granny Rice. In all of the research I have done, I can not > find the name of John's wife, and mother of the children. She probably was > dead by time John went into NC. John was educated, as well as was his > children, as notes were left in NC. I imagine John was in the Revolutionary > War, but can not find records that would help, as we do not know his wife's > name. > > Margaret > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this mailing list, send a message to > VAFRANKL-L-request@rootsweb.com containing only the one word > unsubscribe. Leave the subject blank or use the word unsubscribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >