I remember seeing on the list someone looking for BLANKINSHIP. In looking at the 1850 census of Giles, VA. for WEBB, KARR, TAYLOR, I saw this: pg. 821, dwelling 627, family 620, Mary Ann BLANKINSHIP 36, f, VA. Patsy 6, f, VA. and I can't make out the name, 1, m, VA. pg. 816 dwelling 597 family 541, Francis HARMAN 60, m, black, PA. Phebe 55, f, black, PA. Eliza 13, f, w, PA. Nancy BLANKINSHIP 24, f, PA. Rebecca A. BLANKINSHIP 6/12, f, PA. There was one or two other BLANKINSHIP's on this census that I saw. I thought this might help someone. It is very hard for me to make out the spelling so I could be off. Bette [email protected] wrote: > Hi Rooters, > > I have been searching for over a year for the parents of my ancestor, William > Stuart of Pulaski, Giles and Bland Counties in Virginia. I don't believe he > moved from place to place, I think the counties kept changing their borders. > He owned and operated a large grist mill in Mechanicsburg, Virginia. It is > said that he was a cousin to General J. E. B. Stuart. > > I have now found a few more clues that I am hoping will help some of you > recognize William as one of your relatives. I have found a second marriage > where he stated his birthplace was Shenandoah, Virginia and his parents were > S. Stuart and A. Stuart, both born VA. Can anyone tell me who S. and A. > Stuart of Shenandoah were? > > William Stuart/Stewart/Steward was born 9/4/1818 in Shenandoah, VA. He > married 1st on 1/5/1843 in Pulaski, VA. Margaret Ross Moyers/Meyers b. > 8/3/1823. Their children were Frances Mary, Margaret Ana, Elizabeth Leslie, > Samuel Morrison Burnside, John Alexander, Catherine Hermin, William Buchanan, > Russell Dilman, Virginia Houston, Luther Leonidas, Peachie Harrison and James > Isaac Stuart. > > Margaret died 8/13/1873 and William married 2nd in 1879 in Pulaski, VA., > Amanda C. Hurst b. 12/1/1847. They had one son Bramblette, b. 1880. It has > been said that William Stuart died 10/17/1881, but I have found no evidence > of his death. Bland County has NO records for the year 1881. I have searched > Bland, Pulaski and Giles records and found NO death. Amanda C. Stuart was > listed as a widow and remarried in 1895. > > I would appreciate any information that you can share about William and his > family. > > Thank you! > > Anne H. Bays (Richmond, Virginia) > > ==== VAGILES Mailing List ==== > The latest Giles County queries are at: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Giles