This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1184.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, As to your question about the Bracketts and the Vaughans being related- if memory serves me they are. During my lifetime there was a Sheriff of Hanover by the name of John Brackett Vaughan Dr. A. Nye Brackett was either the g-grand-father or grandfather of Henry Nye Wingfield who owned Claybank during the Depression. Judy Lowry at the F.L. Page Library maybe of more help to you. I can give you her phone number and e-mail if that would help? Sandy Wingfield Satterwhite

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1184.1 Message Board Post: FYI, Dr. Adino Nye Brackett and spouse Lucy Ann Bumpass Brackett are said to have died at Clay Bank. Do you know if Dr. Brackett Vaughan is related to this couple? And who his parents were?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1295.1.2 Message Board Post: Thanks so much for the offer, Lynda...someone else saw my post and scanned the info for me. Thanks!

Would someone check Wesley Smith's book for those names i am not at home to check it but I think one of them is in it. -----Original Message----- From: JOHN TAYLOR <JOHNHENRYTAYLOR@comcast.net> To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:25:28 -0400 Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Re: Hanover 15th Infantry Companies - Civil War This may or may not be the William Pettus that you are interested in. I found a record in the Virginia Regimental History 2nd Edition by William Stiles on the 4th Cavalry. The entry simply states W. H. Pettice (Company unknown) who had originally enlisted with the 3rd Cavalry. If you are sure he was in a Hanover unit, and it was not an infantry unit, it may have been Company G of the 4th Cavalry (Hanover Light Dragoons) I could find no listing in the 15th Virginia for a Harvey Jones. There were a large number of Jones boys in Company E 15th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry (Ashland Grays), but none listed as Harvey. Your obt. servt., John Henry Taylor johnhenrytaylor@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <tikusone@pamlico.net> To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:41 AM Subject: [VAHANOVE] Re: Hanover 15th Infantry Companies - Civil War > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VBC.2ACI/1295.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Beth--I am sorry but neither of your names appear in my book. It is > obvious to me that these are not complete rosters for this unit. I think > that you would be better off requesting their records from the National > Archives. But even that does not work all the time. I checked > civilwardata.com for the names and there were 5 Wm. Pettus in VA regs. and > 3 Harvey Jones. This does not give their regiment so I am not sure that I > can help you any more than that. Do try to get their records---they are > fascinting sometimes. > > > ==== VAHANOVE Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ==== VAHANOVE Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the Hanover Co., VA mailing list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to VAHANOVE-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to VAHANOVE-d-request@rootsweb.com ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.

Dear Beth, There is a lot of information on file on this William H. Pettus at the Library of Virginia. He was admitted to the Robert E. Lee Camp # 1 Confederate Soldiers Home at age 71. I have read his hand written letter requesting to be allowed to come stay at the home stating that his wife and son were both dead and that he was sick and had no place to stay. He did die at the home and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery. He was in the Fayette Artillery and that was also in the documents of the Soldiers Home. You can bring these documents up on your computer through the Library of Virginia website for the Lee Camp Home and actually see his handwriting and signature. The Oakwood Cemetery has a ledger book indicating the number of his grave. We have thousands of Confederate Soldiers buried there without tombstones and marked only with a small square cobblestone with a corresponding number. I am a member of the Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and we are presently working on a project to obtain a tombstone for each of the 15,000 soldiers buried there. I have the honour to remain Madam, Your most humble and obedient servant John Henry Taylor Commander Gen. Robert E. Lee Camp # 1589 Sons of Confederate Veterans johnhenrytaylor@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <EMAMAMAX@aol.com> To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Re: Hanover 15th Infantry Companies - Civil War > Mr. Taylor, > > Thank you for checking on my PETTUS folks. > > The person you mentioned could very well be my ancestor - I have no > knowledge > of him, really. > > This was posted on the Find-a-Grave website - I can't verify any of it. > > William H Pettus > Birth: 1831, USA > Death: May. 31, 1913 > Richmond city > Virginia, USA > > CSA > Private > Richmond Fayette Virginia Artillery > Enlisted on March 5,1862 > Wounded at Cold Harbor on June 3,1864 > Died at the Soldiers' Home, R.E.Lee Camp #1 > > Burial: > Oakwood Cemetery > Richmond > Richmond city > Virginia, USA > > Once again, thanks for your help. > > Beth (Pettus) Maxwell > > > > ==== VAHANOVE Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Hanover Co., VA mailing list, send > only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to VAHANOVE-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List > to VAHANOVE-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

Mr. Taylor, Thank you for checking on my PETTUS folks. The person you mentioned could very well be my ancestor - I have no knowledge of him, really. This was posted on the Find-a-Grave website - I can't verify any of it. William H Pettus Birth: 1831, USA Death: May. 31, 1913 Richmond city Virginia, USA CSA Private Richmond Fayette Virginia Artillery Enlisted on March 5,1862 Wounded at Cold Harbor on June 3,1864 Died at the Soldiers' Home, R.E.Lee Camp #1 Burial: Oakwood Cemetery Richmond Richmond city Virginia, USA Once again, thanks for your help. Beth (Pettus) Maxwell

This may or may not be the William Pettus that you are interested in. I found a record in the Virginia Regimental History 2nd Edition by William Stiles on the 4th Cavalry. The entry simply states W. H. Pettice (Company unknown) who had originally enlisted with the 3rd Cavalry. If you are sure he was in a Hanover unit, and it was not an infantry unit, it may have been Company G of the 4th Cavalry (Hanover Light Dragoons) I could find no listing in the 15th Virginia for a Harvey Jones. There were a large number of Jones boys in Company E 15th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry (Ashland Grays), but none listed as Harvey. Your obt. servt., John Henry Taylor johnhenrytaylor@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <tikusone@pamlico.net> To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:41 AM Subject: [VAHANOVE] Re: Hanover 15th Infantry Companies - Civil War > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VBC.2ACI/1295.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Beth--I am sorry but neither of your names appear in my book. It is > obvious to me that these are not complete rosters for this unit. I think > that you would be better off requesting their records from the National > Archives. But even that does not work all the time. I checked > civilwardata.com for the names and there were 5 Wm. Pettus in VA regs. and > 3 Harvey Jones. This does not give their regiment so I am not sure that I > can help you any more than that. Do try to get their records---they are > fascinting sometimes. > > > ==== VAHANOVE Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VBC.2ACI/1295.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Beth--I am sorry but neither of your names appear in my book. It is obvious to me that these are not complete rosters for this unit. I think that you would be better off requesting their records from the National Archives. But even that does not work all the time. I checked civilwardata.com for the names and there were 5 Wm. Pettus in VA regs. and 3 Harvey Jones. This does not give their regiment so I am not sure that I can help you any more than that. Do try to get their records---they are fascinting sometimes.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VBC.2ACI/1295.1.1 Message Board Post: Would you kindly look to see if there are any PETTUS names listed? In particular, William PETTUS. Also: Harvey Felix JONES Thanks so much!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1297 Message Board Post: My father was a Vass and he had 2 cousins names Robert and Edward Chiles. I don't know specically how these two families are connected. If you recognize the Chiles surname please contact me. Thank you

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1296 Message Board Post: Does anyone recognize or know of this family. May have lived in the Beaverdam area. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VBC.2ACI/1295.1 Message Board Post: Jean-- I have a copy of the VA series for the 15th Inf. If you will tell me the names, I will be happy to see what is in the book.

The Hanover County Geneology web site used to have the rosters of the companies from Hanover County. If it no longer carries the rosters, the Monument to Confederate Soldiers from Hanover County at the Hanover Court house has each company listed on side panels. I have a regimental history of the 15th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry and can look up individual soldiers from all the companies of the 15th if you can give me a name. Your obt. servt., John Henry Taylor johnhenrytaylor@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <jahogie@swbell.net> To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 6:15 PM Subject: [VAHANOVE] Hanover 15th Infantry Companies - Civil War > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1295 > > Message Board Post: > > I am unable to find any sites with rosters of these Hanover Companies: > Co C Patrick Henry Rifles > Co E Ashland Grays > Co I Hanover Grays > > The one site I found, www.15thvacoa.org/History.htm > cannot be accessed except for Google's cache of the first page only. > > Can anyone help? > Thanks. > > > ==== VAHANOVE Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1295 Message Board Post: I am unable to find any sites with rosters of these Hanover Companies: Co C Patrick Henry Rifles Co E Ashland Grays Co I Hanover Grays The one site I found, www.15thvacoa.org/History.htm cannot be accessed except for Google's cache of the first page only. Can anyone help? Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GARDNER / LOWRY / HARRIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1022.1.1 Message Board Post: We will be in VA next month. I am wondering if anyone knows if there is a cemetery still there, or if this is now a major interchange? Dated 1814, Grantor THOMAS GARDNER purchases a tract of land (RDV): acres adjoining Kings line, main road from Richmond to Louisa Court Hourse, reservation of burying ground. 10' x 20'. Anyone with any information will greatly be appreciated! Thank you! Marti

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1202.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Brenda, I agree with you that Mattie in 1900 is Martha B. Mallory. My question is about her maiden name. Was she a LANE or THACKER since in 1850, she and husband Wm. Mallory have Albert LANE and Edmonia THACKER with them, but no relationship given. In 1900 living with Geo./Edmonia Lane, are Wm. THACKER listed as 'father'(he is Edmonia's father, not head of household as should be), so Mattie could be either one of their aunts. Too bad census isn't more accurate. In addition, what to you think about M.William LANE being 'son' William Montgomery rather than 'grson"? Age is almost right--sometimes as close as census gets, AND we already know there is at least one mistake in this particular entry ;-) I don't see how they could have a grdson that old. I will look up JH BAKER in 1850 for you next time I go to VA Lib.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1202.1.1 Message Board Post: You may be correct about Mattie being a Lane. The reason why I believe she is Martha Mallory is that the ages match when you compare the census ages. James Harvey Baker is in the household of William Mallowry as a laborer/handyman. He is 2 years old in the 1860 census in the household of Mary Baker with Benjamin, Amediah, and Virginia. I don't have access to the 1850 census. James Harvey next appears in the 1900 census where he is married with his family. By the way, the Lane family changed its spelling to Layne when the children complained how hard it was to know who was who. George Thomas and Anna Lane decided to begin spelling Lane with a Y. One final comment--I purchased the compiled Hanover Death Records 1853-1896 this week at the Page Library. Albert Lane (married to Susan) is listed in there and his death was reported by his father, Jasper Lane. Jasper had another son or two listed in there. The book is great!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1202.1 Message Board Post: Brenda, Your June 17th reply to my query has me reviewing my notes, etc. I find James Harvey Baker listed in on FamilySearch.org 1880 census with William L. Mallory, Martha B. Mallory. I have not looked for him elsewhere, so can't help there. . I am working on assumption that Martha is Martha LANE, sister of George Washington LANE, but haven't found proof. She could be a THACKER. She is with GW/Edmonia in 1900 listed as 'aunt'. However, in 1850 Edmonia THACKER(13), and Albert N. LANE(14) are listed with Wm./Martha MALLORY, no relationship given.

For those searching for persons who may have been living [particularly adult males but some widows] in Virginia or Kentucky in 1787 to a later date, I have found this publication to have been great help for Virginians and Kentuckians (and West Virginians, of course, since West Virginia was not formed until Civil War times). These books have NOT been filmed, and, to my knowledge, are not on the internet. This publication is still under copyright. You may have to look for this compilation in LARGE genealogical libraries, or have someone in the neighborhood of such a library do the searches for you. More advice at the bottom of this message. Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florine Speakman Love The 1787 Census of Virginia This compilation is to make up for the missing 1790 census of Virginia (and what was later to become the Commonwealth of Kentucky and what was later West Virginia--and whatever other taxable entity Virginia may have claimed in 1787) There are three volumes, and the third volume is the index to the first two volumes. This is NOT a census conducted by the Federal government. It is a compilation of all the existing personal property [not real property] tax lists for all the territory claimed by Virginia. A few counties are missing, I am advised. Nonetheless, it is an excellent *people-finder* If a tithable [generally age 16--correct me if I am wrong] owned a horse, he was taxed. In the tax lists, some persons are identified as being the son of so-and-so, so this info is quite valuable to family historians. Kentucky was still a part of Virginia in 1787. West Virginia was not formed for many years later. Parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania had been claimed in Virginia. I cannot speak for those areas--but check anyway. This is what I advise: Using the third volume, the index for the first two volumes, locate your surnames. Photocopy all the pages which pertain to your surnames, no matter whether the first names meet your qualifications or not. (Remember, people did die.) Then using those photocopies of the index of surnames, turn to each page in the first two volumes on which this surname [and variant spellings] is listed. (Some sons were sometimes sent ahead to settle new land.) You may find, as I did, that my Christopher Harris, later of Madison Co., Kentucky, was already making his move from Albemarle Co., VA to Madison Co., Ky as he is taxed for personal property in each jurisdiction as early as 1787. I know his current wife's surname--McCord--so I track all those McCord persons down too. The fact is that families generally moved as a group. That is why we all must collect *associates* [in-laws, cousins, maternal associates, etc.] (Round up all the *usual suspects* advises William Dollarhide, a professional genealogist/lecturer/author.) When you get into the later Kentucky tax lists [a good census substitute], for example, you will find that the watercourse on which the land lies is generally given. I have had wonderful success by collecting all families who lived on or near the same watercourse. Nearly all the colonial [and later] land patents or grants of Virginia name a watercourse. In fact, in trying to distinguish two persons with the same name (for a DAR applicant), I was advised by the DAR genealogist to 1) find out who the associates of the two patriots were and 2) determine the watercourse on which family lived. These two advices have helped me out tremendously not only for the applicant but for my own research. I had an older DAR application which gave the names of the spouses of the children of the patriot in question--that was my guideline to the *associates*. Good luck in your detective work. I hope you can find this valuable publication in a nearby library. If not, you may have to contact the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. How to Request Help from Family History Library in Salt Lake City This is how you may proceed to request help from FHL. I don't know how responsive FHL will be, as there have been many staff layoffs in recent years. Go to _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) Look for the tab *Search* and click on that Look for a tab [in blue] called *Research Helps*. click on that On the left drop-down menu, click on *Sort by title* Choose from the alphabet [in the middle top] the letter *R* Go down the list: *Request for Photocopies* (first one on list) Click on that After you download the form, read the form carefully and follow instructions. And write a check, address an envelope, stamp it, and WAIT. If you are near an LDS center, try to have them help you with completing the form. You should be able to find a *hard copy* form at your LDS center. E.W.Wallace