Forwarding for your information Sheri Millikin Subject: When the Back Yard is a Graveyard http://www.nationaltrust.org/magazine/story/index.htm When the Back Yard is a Graveyard In Virginia, Developers Excavate an Unmarked Burial Ground. Story by Lawrence Hurley / June 14 , 2002 When human remains were first found on a housing construction site in Hanover County, Va., two years ago, county officials assumed that a small family burial plot had been discovered, and a judge ruled that the remains be disinterred. However, as time passed, contractors from Burruss Burial Vaults, who were hired for the task, continued to find unmarked graves at Pebble Creek in Mechanicsville, northeast of Richmond, and between February and April of this year, workers unearthed 215 graves. "The more they dug, the more they found," says deputy county administrator John Hodges. According to Kathleen Kilpatrick, the county's director of historical resources, evidence suggests that the 322-acre tract, which is already substantially developed with single-family houses ranging in price from $150,000 to $300,000, encompasses two adjacent cemeteries. One is the private plot of the Syndor family, and the other is an African-American burial ground that may have been in use as recently as the 1970s. The county has not carried out any archaeological investigations to confirm the presence of two cemeteries, but Kilpatrick says community members were aware of their existence. "No one should be surprised at what they found. The oral history was there in the community," Kilpatrick says. Yet last September, when developers placed an advertisement in the local paper calling for interested parties to come forward, no one responded. The discoveries have worried owners of nearby lots, who fear what may be hidden beneath their own new two-story houses. County officials say they had no idea so many bodies were buried there. "We are all concerned that a cemetery of this size was discovered after the property had been subdivided and building permits issued," Hodges says. Contractors found graves in two lots-previously fields belonging to farmer Oscar Via-which Mechanicsville-based developer PMG-One sold to builders Rock View Homes Inc. in 1999. Before the sale, two surveys of the two third-of-an-acre plots by a local funeral director, Joseph W. Bliley, failed to unearth any remains. Rock View Homes sued PMG-One, alleging fraud in the sale of the title. In a statement issued in February, PMG-One manager Todd Rogers said, "We have been as surprised as anyone about the extent of this discovery." After the suit was settled out of court in February 2001, PMG-One applied to the Hanover County Circuit Court for permission to move the graves. Assuming that only a small number of graves was involved, the court authorized the remains to be moved, in accordance with Virginia law. Burruss Burial Vaults has completed the disinterment, but some people in the community want adjacent land to be investigated. Hanover County resident Sheri Millikin believes that the African-American cemetery is still unaccounted for and may lie beneath houses or roads. "There is no doubt in my mind that the second graveyard in the Pebble Creek subdivision has not been found," says Millikin, who contends the site is "a final resting place" and should have remained so. "I don't see how the court order can be considered fulfilled without the other graveyard being handled as well," she says. Hodges admits that there may indeed be human remains on other lots, but he says that disinterment is now the responsibility of the individual property owner. "I'm not saying there are more gravesites, but according to the maps and aerial photographs we have studied, in the worst-case scenario there would be two lots affected," he says. A Hanover County investigation has concluded that the graves' existence was deliberately downplayed when Oscar Via sold the land to developers in 1995. A memo released in May from the county attorney to the county's board of supervisors states: "It is obvious that at some time between January 6, 1967 and February 10, 1975, these gravesites were intentionally obscured and the land reclaimed for agricultural purposes." Via, who died earlier this year, owned the land since 1918. Although workers have smoothed over the deep pits they excavated just yards from Pebble Creek houses, some homeowners cannot forget what they found in the red-clay dirt. "I know families who are quite disturbed," Millikin says, "And they have every right to be concerned and upset."

I have, unfortunately, no luck in contacting Mr. Jones. All of the mail was returned due to address error. Thanks for your help in trying to contact him. ~Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 6:38 PM Subject: [VAHANOVE] no more va.mediaone.net... > In a message dated 6/10/2002 11:00:08 Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] > writes: > > << [email protected] >> > > There is no more va.mediaone.net. Try the same screen name with @attbi.com. > > > ============================== > 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 >

There are lots of hits on the surname Perrin in the VA Library website. This link in particular deals with land patents (pre-Revolutionary for the most part; after the Revolution these land transactions were called grants, not patents). In some of my colonial research, I found that the surname Perrin was a given name for a Farrar male in or near Goochland Co., VA. http://image.vtls.com/collections/cc_archive.html#gene I didn't try for Atkinson (and variant spellings). E.W.Wallace

Gloria, I know Dick Lane's Corner as a rural cross roads. There are homes on two of the corners and that is about all there is to it. Give me a few days to look into this and see what I can find and I will get back to you. Al

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Marty, How do I get in contact with Tom Jones? Thanks. ~Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > 1880 in Hanover, too late for any of mine. Tom Jones could tell you. He has > kept up with the Hanover Perrin's. Marty > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:01 PM > Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > > > > Jeanette, > > I'm wondering if this Joseph Perrin is the same as Joseph Perrin, Jr > son > > of Joseph Perrin, Sr. and 2nd wife, Judith Tyler who were married in 1813 > > which would be an appropriate time range for his birth to have occurred. > > Sheri Millikin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Savasnia" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 10:36 PM > > Subject: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > > > > > > > Hanover County as follows: > > > October 13, 1900 > > > Oscar Bruce Atkisson Cora Perrin > > > 21 single 21 single > > > Born - Hanover Born - Hanover > > > REside - King Wm. Reside - Hanover > > > Parents: Robert & Mary Atkisson Parents: Joe & _______ > Perrin > > > > > > 1880 census and looked up Joe. This is what it says: > > > Census Place: Henry, Hanover, Virginia > > > Source: FHL Film 1255370 National Archives Film T9-1370 Page 183B > > > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace > > > Joseph PERRIN Self M M W 67 VA > > > Occ: Miller Fa: VA Mo: VA > > > Mary A. PERRIN Wife F M W 40 VA > > > Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA > > > Cora ALEXANDER Dau F S W 4 VA > > > Fa: VA Mo: VA > > > > > > Does anyone have any more info on this PERRIN family? > > > > > > ~Jeanette > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ============================== > 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 >

Sheri, I'm sure it's possible for this to be the son of Joseph Sr. The rumor is that Cora's was not born a PERRIN but was adopted and the only cora I've found was Cora ALEXANDER. ~Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > Jeanette, > I'm wondering if this Joseph Perrin is the same as Joseph Perrin, Jr son > of Joseph Perrin, Sr. and 2nd wife, Judith Tyler who were married in 1813 > which would be an appropriate time range for his birth to have occurred. > Sheri Millikin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Savasnia" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 10:36 PM > Subject: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > > > > Hanover County as follows: > > October 13, 1900 > > Oscar Bruce Atkisson Cora Perrin > > 21 single 21 single > > Born - Hanover Born - Hanover > > REside - King Wm. Reside - Hanover > > Parents: Robert & Mary Atkisson Parents: Joe & _______ Perrin > > > > 1880 census and looked up Joe. This is what it says: > > Census Place: Henry, Hanover, Virginia > > Source: FHL Film 1255370 National Archives Film T9-1370 Page 183B > > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace > > Joseph PERRIN Self M M W 67 VA > > Occ: Miller Fa: VA Mo: VA > > Mary A. PERRIN Wife F M W 40 VA > > Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA > > Cora ALEXANDER Dau F S W 4 VA > > Fa: VA Mo: VA > > > > Does anyone have any more info on this PERRIN family? > > > > ~Jeanette > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ============================== > 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 >

[email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Savasnia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 6:09 AM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > Marty, > How do I get in contact with Tom Jones? Thanks. > ~Jeanette > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marty" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 11:04 PM > Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > > > > 1880 in Hanover, too late for any of mine. Tom Jones could tell you. He > has > > kept up with the Hanover Perrin's. Marty > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:01 PM > > Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > > > > > > > Jeanette, > > > I'm wondering if this Joseph Perrin is the same as Joseph Perrin, Jr > > son > > > of Joseph Perrin, Sr. and 2nd wife, Judith Tyler who were married in > 1813 > > > which would be an appropriate time range for his birth to have occurred. > > > Sheri Millikin > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Savasnia" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 10:36 PM > > > Subject: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > > > > > > > > > > Hanover County as follows: > > > > October 13, 1900 > > > > Oscar Bruce Atkisson Cora Perrin > > > > 21 single 21 single > > > > Born - Hanover Born - Hanover > > > > REside - King Wm. Reside - Hanover > > > > Parents: Robert & Mary Atkisson Parents: Joe & _______ > > Perrin > > > > > > > > 1880 census and looked up Joe. This is what it says: > > > > Census Place: Henry, Hanover, Virginia > > > > Source: FHL Film 1255370 National Archives Film T9-1370 Page > 183B > > > > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace > > > > Joseph PERRIN Self M M W 67 VA > > > > Occ: Miller Fa: VA Mo: VA > > > > Mary A. PERRIN Wife F M W 40 VA > > > > Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA > > > > Cora ALEXANDER Dau F S W 4 VA > > > > Fa: VA Mo: VA > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any more info on this PERRIN family? > > > > > > > > ~Jeanette > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ============================== > 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 >

Jeanette, I'm wondering if this Joseph Perrin is the same as Joseph Perrin, Jr son of Joseph Perrin, Sr. and 2nd wife, Judith Tyler who were married in 1813 which would be an appropriate time range for his birth to have occurred. Sheri Millikin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Savasnia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 10:36 PM Subject: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > Hanover County as follows: > October 13, 1900 > Oscar Bruce Atkisson Cora Perrin > 21 single 21 single > Born - Hanover Born - Hanover > REside - King Wm. Reside - Hanover > Parents: Robert & Mary Atkisson Parents: Joe & _______ Perrin > > 1880 census and looked up Joe. This is what it says: > Census Place: Henry, Hanover, Virginia > Source: FHL Film 1255370 National Archives Film T9-1370 Page 183B > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace > Joseph PERRIN Self M M W 67 VA > Occ: Miller Fa: VA Mo: VA > Mary A. PERRIN Wife F M W 40 VA > Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA > Cora ALEXANDER Dau F S W 4 VA > Fa: VA Mo: VA > > Does anyone have any more info on this PERRIN family? > > ~Jeanette > > > > ============================== > 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 >

Hanover County as follows: October 13, 1900 Oscar Bruce Atkisson Cora Perrin 21 single 21 single Born - Hanover Born - Hanover REside - King Wm. Reside - Hanover Parents: Robert & Mary Atkisson Parents: Joe & _______ Perrin 1880 census and looked up Joe. This is what it says: Census Place: Henry, Hanover, Virginia Source: FHL Film 1255370 National Archives Film T9-1370 Page 183B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Joseph PERRIN Self M M W 67 VA Occ: Miller Fa: VA Mo: VA Mary A. PERRIN Wife F M W 40 VA Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA Cora ALEXANDER Dau F S W 4 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA Does anyone have any more info on this PERRIN family? ~Jeanette

Jim, You are very welcome! I only hope it is of some help to you & any others researching the Atkinson (and variations) surname. I don't mind looking up anyone else's names should they need the info. You never know when you might run into a clue for your own family tree. Sheri P.S. You've done ALOT of work on the website! Thanks for letting us all know about it!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 6:01 PM Subject: [VAHANOVE] Atkinsons > Sheri, > Really appreciate you posting the 1850 census on the Atkinsons. Thank you! > > For those who have connections with the Atkinsons (and all its variations in > spelling), I have a web site on MSN that has my research notes for the > Atkinsons in Virginia & West Virginia - by county. Don't know if you have to > "join" or not; regardless it's free. > The link: > <A HREF="http://communities.msn.com/ATKINSONallvariationsResearchNotes">VA Atkinson notes</A> > or > URL: > http://communities.msn.com/ATKINSONallvariationsResearchNotes > > Jim Atkisson > > > ============================== > 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 >

1880 in Hanover, too late for any of mine. Tom Jones could tell you. He has kept up with the Hanover Perrin's. Marty ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > Jeanette, > I'm wondering if this Joseph Perrin is the same as Joseph Perrin, Jr son > of Joseph Perrin, Sr. and 2nd wife, Judith Tyler who were married in 1813 > which would be an appropriate time range for his birth to have occurred. > Sheri Millikin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Savasnia" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 10:36 PM > Subject: [VAHANOVE] ATKISSON-PERRIN > > > > Hanover County as follows: > > October 13, 1900 > > Oscar Bruce Atkisson Cora Perrin > > 21 single 21 single > > Born - Hanover Born - Hanover > > REside - King Wm. Reside - Hanover > > Parents: Robert & Mary Atkisson Parents: Joe & _______ Perrin > > > > 1880 census and looked up Joe. This is what it says: > > Census Place: Henry, Hanover, Virginia > > Source: FHL Film 1255370 National Archives Film T9-1370 Page 183B > > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace > > Joseph PERRIN Self M M W 67 VA > > Occ: Miller Fa: VA Mo: VA > > Mary A. PERRIN Wife F M W 40 VA > > Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA > > Cora ALEXANDER Dau F S W 4 VA > > Fa: VA Mo: VA > > > > Does anyone have any more info on this PERRIN family? > > > > ~Jeanette > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ============================== > 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 >

I am also researching ATKINSON'S of Hanover, King William, & Caroline Co VA. I also have a website if anyone would like to check it out. ~Jeanette http://communities.msn.com/VirginiaATKINSONSAssociatedSurnames/_whatsnew.msn w ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 6:01 PM Subject: [VAHANOVE] Atkinsons > Sheri, > Really appreciate you posting the 1850 census on the Atkinsons. Thank you! > > For those who have connections with the Atkinsons (and all its variations in > spelling), I have a web site on MSN that has my research notes for the > Atkinsons in Virginia & West Virginia - by county. Don't know if you have to > "join" or not; regardless it's free. > The link: > <A HREF="http://communities.msn.com/ATKINSONallvariationsResearchNotes">VA Atkinson notes</A> > or > URL: > http://communities.msn.com/ATKINSONallvariationsResearchNotes > > Jim Atkisson > > > ============================== > 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 >

Sorry, I forgot to add the research notes are under "documents" on left hand side of the web page. Jim Atkisson

Sheri, Really appreciate you posting the 1850 census on the Atkinsons. Thank you! For those who have connections with the Atkinsons (and all its variations in spelling), I have a web site on MSN that has my research notes for the Atkinsons in Virginia & West Virginia - by county. Don't know if you have to "join" or not; regardless it's free. The link: <A HREF="http://communities.msn.com/ATKINSONallvariationsResearchNotes">VA Atkinson notes</A> or URL: http://communities.msn.com/ATKINSONallvariationsResearchNotes Jim Atkisson

I was in Louisa County, VA last Sept. and saw the name of Ayscue (Eschew) in some circuit court papers after the death of James Stodgell, father of Shelton Stodgell. Shelton was establishing his relationship to James through the marriage of Dicey Ayscue (Eschew) in 1799. Dicey died soon after the birth of Shelton, and Shelton was taken by his maternal grandmother and remained with her until he was about eight years old. Is this information of any use to you? Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:57 PM Subject: [VAHANOVE] Landowner's of St. Martin Parish, Vanover Co. VA."BOOK" > Would anyone with this book be willing to do a look-up for Askew/Eskew name? > I have been researching Jno Askew & family who was noted in early 1800's St. > Martin Parish and by 1814 it was "et al" then mentioned Ann Askew and family. > There is also a Robert Askew in early by 1813 and I know of that continued > family but cannot tye him to Jno & Ann. I have searched high and low for any > info. on Jno Askew of St. Martin and can find no info. Will, Probate, Land > records, nothing except the tax record for 1813-1815 to show he even was in > St. Martin. I would really apreciate it if you could help me break this brick > wall as I have no idea how to locate my info. Thank you Karyn of Sno. Co. > Wa. > > > ============================== > 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 > > >

Would anyone else happen to have a 1850 Hanover County,VA Census? I am missing at least 3 pages from mine (which I had not noticed until this morning working on other parts of my own family tree) and would like to have just a few names from these missing pages. If anyone does, please email me at [email protected] Thanks!! Sheri Millikin

I recently discovered in the 1910 census two people listed living in the home of my grandparents, Robert R. Wright and Henrietta Gibson Wright. Nephew: William Anderson age 18 born in Virginia Niece: Margaret Morsden age 15 born in Virginia. Both names are not familiar to living family members and I could not find them in any other listings. My hope is someone on list will have some info on these two that will get me started. Robert R and Henrietta lived near Mechanicsville just past Barr's Store. Jim in Newport News

Those interested in Hanover County history, I was recently contacted privately by a citizen residing in my area who owns a piece of WBTS/Civil War-historic property in Hanover County and wishes to sell this property privately. This property is being sold "as is" by this private owner (who is also a real estate agent and does NOT want to list this property on the market for fear someone not caring about it's historical value will destroy it). This property is the site of one of the Seven Days Battles in the Hanover County, VA area. (Gaines Mill) If you would like photographs and/or additional information, please feel free to contact me directly at [email protected] as I have been asked to assist the private owner in locating prospective buyers for this property who will absolutely appreciate it for it's historical value. Also, if you have any suggestions, please feel free to contact me. Please feel free to forward this information along to those you feel may be interested in knowing. Also, I have been in touch with some preservation groups, but none are interested at this time. I just wanted to inform this particular group given the love for this county's history & her families. Thanks & now back to the genealogy work. :o) Sheri Millikin

Jim & others, One other lil' tidbit of info.... The Index 1810 Virginia Census shows only two Atkinson's in Hanover County as Heads of Households. They are: James Atkinson Josiah Atkinson Sheri Millikin > > Sheri, > > Can you find any Attkisson/Atkisson/Atkinson (clerks spelt it every which > > way) in the 1850 Hanover census? > > > > I have the tax payers, but missing the census. > > > > Thanks, > > Jim Atkisson > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ============================== > 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 >