Go N. of Ashland, Va. on Route 1. It is bounded between the Little River and Route 30, E. of Route 95 and W. of the No. Anna River. My map does not show the county road leading E. off Route 1 but there is one as well as a sign on Route 1. The county road leading to T'ville passes under 95 with no ramps. Scott

Dear Ann - am going to fwd your request to our Hanover HistoricalSociety - they will know - seem to remember there was one - maybe in western Hanover. Dianne ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Creasey To: design@holdstillproductions.com Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 5:02 PM Subject: Help! Can you tell me if there was a place called Taylorsville in Hanover County during the Civil War? Thank you, Ann Creasey besaved@mylifeline.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allison/Jenkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1236.1 Message Board Post: Any one replying to this post should note my new e-mail address as of March 16 2006. jrrsearch@yahoo.com

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/1249.1.1 Message Board Post: Becky, I checked my Nelson Family in Va. I see only one reference to the Lowery surname. It is for Julia Lowry that married a John Page. Hope it helps Elaine

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/1249.1 Message Board Post: Would you look and see if there is any Lowry names? I'm looking for a Nelson Lowry that married a Mary Nelson. Thanks, Rebecca

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILLIAMS/LINDSEY/DURHAM/TUCKER/TALL(E)Y Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1266 Message Board Post: There were a couple of queries in the past few days posted directly to the Hanover County, Virginia, e-mail list about Williams men in the middle to early 1700's. These messages were, apparently, NOT gatewayed from this message board. One branch of that Williams family seems to have come to Georgia. My ancestor, Jeremiah Lindsey, migrated to Oglethorpe County, Georgia before 1794 from St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia. He lived on the southern boundary of the county because he signed petitions about the Chickahominy Swamp area. This Jeremiah Lindsey d. 1800 Greene County, Georgia. In his will he left $10 to a granddaughter, Betsey Williams. Does Betsey Williams fit into that Williams family??? I don't know anything else about this granddaughter? Is Williams her maiden or married name? Who was her Lindsey parent? The wording implies a bequest to her out right. No husband or her being a minor and no guardian or trustee is mentioned. She could have been born before 1779 and unmarried. If she was not married, then did this Jeremiah Lindsey d. 1800 have a deceased daughter who married a Williams? Was Betsey Williams in Georgia or Virginia? The will references "my four children now living." These were Jeremiah, David, Isabella Durham and Jinney Tucker. These four children were in Georgia in 1800. Jeremiah, Jr. and David Lindsey left wills in Greene County, Georgia. The 200 acres of Lindsey land, formerly in Oglethorpe County, is where Temperance Bell Schoolhouse Crossroads and Cemetery are located on present day maps of Greene County, Georgia. My ancestor, Jeremiah Lindsey, Jr., married Sally _?_ d. before Nov. 1825. David Lindsey married Lucy _?_ d. before Nov. 1843. Jane/Jinney/Jennet Lindsey married Alan Tucker. They moved to Alabama. She was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church as were various other Lindsey family members. Isabella Lindsey b. c. 1760 married Samuel Davis Durham c. 1781 in Hanover County, Virginia. Samuel Davis Durham d. Greene County, Georgia, c. 1800. Isabella received a pension for his Rev. Ser. How was Nathan Tally/Talley related to this family? Nathan Lindsey was left a horse and bridle in the 1800 will. There seems to have been several Nathan Tallys in Georgia. This one lived with the spinster and widowed daughters of David Lindsey about where Temperance Bell Crossroads are now. Hope this information helps someone. Any other clues appreciated. Vivian Cates, Alto, Texas http://www.inu.net/vcates

Dear Lena, You wrote Yes, Nathaniel & Joseph are brothers & are sons to my Uncle Nathaniel & his unknown wife. Uncle Nathaniel was born to John & Mary KEELING Williams of Wales to Hanover County, VA. Sincerely, Lena Thank you for your response, Lena to my query about some Williams males--Joseph and Nathaniel, deputy sheriffs in colonial Charlotte Co., VA. Do you have any documentation [citations] about *Uncle Nathaniel Williams*? I have been chasing this man for many a moon. I can one instance of him and his father John Williams witnessing a deed in Hanover Co. in the 1730s. After that, he becomes *unknown*, except for one reference to him in a Louisa Co., VA land record. I can document, mainly through land and court records, three of Nathaniel's brothers 1. John, Jr. [wife Mary Womack] who died in Granville Co., NC prior to Jan 1770 2. Daniel Williams who died testate 1759 in Granville Co., NC [wife Ursley with a lot of made-up maiden names, none of which can be proved] 3.Joseph Williams [of Lunenburg Co., VA, later of Elbert Co., GA, where he died testate] [first wife Henrietta Jouett]. I have to correct the parentage of *Uncle Nathaniel Williams* as you cite it. His father was John Williams, Sr., formerly of colonial Henrico Co., later of colonial Goochland Co., NC, and lastly, Hanover Co., NC. John Williams, according to the few remaining Hanover Co. records of that time, died intestate in the 1730s. The name of John Williams, Sr.'s wife was Mary, but her maiden name is really unknown. Everyone wants to call Mrs. John Williams, Sr. Mary *Keeling* but as far as I have been able to determine through many years of research (and an old letter written by a Williams great-grandson to a cousin), she was only known as Mary [no maiden name except in flawed genealogies and county histories]. The Keelings, as far as my research shows, were office holders in colonial Virginia and thus must have been members of the Anglican church. John Williams Sr., who died intestate ca 1735 in Hanover Co. was probably just a *planter*, meaning farmer. I find no record of his ever having held office. He may have been a keeper of an ordinary, as was his son in Goochland Co., but I can find no proof of that occupation--only a hunch, which I so label. John Sr.'s son John, Jr. [later called Sr. in Granville Co., NC where he migrated] was married to Mary Womack, as indicated by the will of her father, William Womack, will recorded in colonial Goochland Co. As you must know, except for a few court records and the land patents of Virginia, there are few remaining records of colonial Hanover Co. Therefore, it is most difficult to *prove* anything. The maiden name for Mary, the senior Mrs. John Williams, is, as far as I am concerned, a made-up name. Several dozen genealogical lecturers garner great fees for lecturing on finding your women ancestors--because so many of them are nameless. If that is good enough for professional genealogists, it is good enough for me--Mrs. no maiden name Williams. However, back to my question: Can you give me a citation indicating that the younger Nathaniel and Joseph Williams are the sons of *uncle Nathaniel Williams*. I will be most appreciative. And do you have any citations for their being in Charlotte Co., VA prior to removing to North Carolina.? I would be most appreciative. Many of the records of the Williams family of colonial Southern Virginia and later of North Carolina are botched and are based on hearsay--and copying others' flawed work. E.W.Wallace maiden name: Williams

Pennsylvania biography with connections to Hanover County, VA -- http://www.historicpa.net/bios/2a/abraham-stanley.html

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/1265 Message Board Post: I was searching through some old obits online and I came across this obit of a Confederate sailor who wasborn in the Courthouse area. Thought others might like to read about his interesting life. Captain Samuel W. Chappell, who followed the sea for seventy years, died last night at the Soldier's Home. He was 103 years old. The veteran seaman had been gradually failing for the past year and death came quietly about 6:30 P.M. Until recently the Captain has been as spry as a man of sixty. His eyesight was so keen that he could thread a needle, he never used glasses and his teeth had never decayed, though lately he lost some of them. When he was 102 he used to help with the housework at the Henrico home of his niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Chappell, with whom he then lived. He enjoyed spinning yarns about the sailing vessel "Abner Bethany" on which he ran away to sea at the age of 12, of chasing Yankee privteers during the War Between the States and of his long experience as a river and bay captain. He went to Soldier's Home about a year ago. Captain Cappell was born at Hanover Courthouse, September 10, 1829. Although he ran away to be a sailor when he was 12, his first berth was that of cook on the Abner Bethany. Even after he was 101 he used to try his hand at cooking occasionally. From the age of 12 until he retired about twenty years ago he lived on the water. In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and always insisted that he captured one of the first Yankee prisoners. In December of the same year he was transferred to the Confederate Navy and served throughout the war without being injured. For many years he was captain on the James River and Chesapeake Bay and knew every shoal rock and inlet in the bay and river. He was captain of freight and passengr steamers during this time, and was in carge of the old Palisades, an excursion steamer. He was also a harbor pilot and piloted the first South American steamship which came up the river after the War Between the States. Despite his seventy years as a sailor, Captain Chappell never touched tobacco and grog, traditionally beloved by seamen. His only vice, he always insisted, was "cussin" and despite the fact he was a churchman he had a remarkable "cussin vocabulary," he said. He is survived by two sons, William H. Chappell and Frank H. Chappell, both of Richmond, by twelve grandchildren and by eleven great-grandchildren. His wife, who was Miss Emma Harris, died about forty years ago. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock from Sweeney's Undertaking Parlors and burial will be in the family section at Riverview. from the "Richmond Times-Dispatch," Richmond, Va., 1932

I refer to a list of colonial Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs as appears in this book: Charlotte County Rich Indeed: A History from Prehistoric Times Through the Civil War compiled by Timothy S. Ailsworth, Ann P. Keller, Lura B. Nichols, Barbara R. Walker [Charlotte Co., VA: The Charlotte Co. Bd. of Supervisors, 1979] p. 446 Deputy Sheriffs 1766-1768 Joseph Williams Nathaniel Williams 1767-1769 Nathaniel Williams 1769-1771 Joseph Williams 1773-1775 Joseph Williams Question: Are these men brothers, and, if so, are they found later in Surry Co., North Carolina and in Rockingham Co., NC? Are these some of the sons of an elusive Nathaniel Williams said to be born ca 1712, reportedly of Hanover Co., VA and later perhaps of Louisa Co., VA? If so, they may be nephews of an older Joseph Williams, who was a sometime colonial county official of Lunenburg Co., VA but who later died testate in Elbert Co., GA.. Thanks in advance for any clues as to the identity of these men. Oh, yes, there is a deed in Charlotte Co. concerning Nathaniel Williams *who intermarried lately with one of the daughter of one Thomas Williamson.* Exact quotation can be given if there is enough interest. A good many Virginians peopled colonial North Carolina, and at times one finds the families owned land in either Virginia or North Carolina. That is why I am rounding up *these usual suspects*. E.W.Wallace

Virginia Gaulding Goodman Graham born: 11 Nov 1913 Hanover County died: 26 Oct 1954 buried: Oakwood Cemetery father: Andrew Lee ("John" ) Goodman mother: Sarah Rebecca ("Sallie" "Sallie Beck") Gaulding I am looking for the name of her husband, possibly starting with the letter V. She was a hairdresser in Seven Pines. For those familiar with the area, if you were facing the cemetery she lived to the right in a white house, which is now yellow.

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<< Can anyone tell me the headings for the Hanover 1799 and 1800 tax lists posted on the Binns website? I can read "number of white ... above 16 years for the first column. Is this just males? >>YES JUST MALES. ............ Sally Phillips >>

A group of SMITH cousins are doing research on the following line of SMITH descent back to England (JAMES SMITH-b. c. 1800 Franklin County, GA - d. 1861 Franklin County, GA) son of (JESSE SMITH-b. 16 April 1765 in Anson Co, NC d. 11 Apr 1842 in Franklin CO, GA Rev War service in SC) son of (JOHN "LITTLE RIVER" SMITH-b. bet.1720-1740 Rowen Co. NC-d. 1782 Montgomery Co NC) son of (AMBROSE JOSHUA SMITH-b. 11 June 1703-d. 1759 Rowen Co, NC) son of (CHRISTOPHER SMITH-b.1680 Virginia ) son of (CHRISTOPHER SMITH-b. 1631 - Lancashire, England d. 1716 Virginia) We are especially interested in finding proof of relationship between Jesse SMITH and John "Little River" SMITH and would like to find out the names and number of children that John "Little River" SMITH had. We are participating in the SOUTHERN SMITHS DNA PROJECT in hope of finding our correct SMITH lineage. We encourage all that have Southern SMITH roots to visit the website and consider participating in the project. http://www.southernsmiths.org/smithdnaproject.htm We have noticed quite a few people on Rootsweb and FamilySearch.org and other websites are or were researching our SMITH family, but in most instances we cannot contact them because of unknown or invalid email addresses. If you have any knowledge or connection with these SMITHS please consider helping us in this research. We will be more than glad to share information. Sheryl Smith Phillips sphillips5@charter.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1264 Message Board Post: A group of SMITH cousins are doing research on the following line of SMITH descent back to England (JAMES SMITH-b. c. 1800 Franklin County, GA – d. 1861 Franklin County, GA) son of (JESSE SMITH-b. 16 April 1765 in Anson Co, NC d. 11 Apr 1842 in Franklin CO, GA Rev War service in SC) son of (JOHN "LITTLE RIVER" SMITH-b. bet.1720-1740 Rowen Co. NC-d. 1782 Montgomery Co NC) son of (AMBROSE JOSHUA SMITH-b. 11 June 1703-d. 1759 Rowen Co, NC) son of (CHRISTOPHER SMITH-b.1680 Virginia ) son of (CHRISTOPHER SMITH-b. 1631 – Lancashire, England d. 1716 Virginia) We are especially interested in finding proof of relationship between Jesse SMITH and John "Little River" SMITH and would like to find out the names and number of children that John "Little River" SMITH had. We are participating in the SOUTHERN SMITHS DNA PROJECT in hope of finding our correct SMITH lineage. We encourage all that have Southern SMITH roots to visit the website and consider participating in the project. http://www.southernsmiths.org/smithdnaproject.htm We have noticed quite a few people on Rootsweb and FamilySearch.org and other websites are or were researching our SMITH family, but in most instances we cannot contact them because of unknown or invalid email addresses. If you have any knowledge or connection with these SMITHS please consider helping us in this research. We will be more than glad to share information. Sheryl Smith Phillips

Can anyone tell me the headings for the Hanover 1799 and 1800 tax lists posted on the Binns website? I can read "number of white ... above 16 years for the first column. Is this just males? I can't read the second and third columns and need to know what is counted. The columns dealing with horses, etc., are not of concern. Just the first three columns. Thank you very much. Sally Phillips

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Langford, Soper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1263 Message Board Post: I am desperately looking for the father/parents of Richard Langford. He is my 4th-great grandfather. My lineage goes as follows: Father - John Hughes Langford; Grandfather - William Alexander(Bill)Langford; Great-Grandfather - Charles A.(Charlie/Charley)Langford; 2nd Great-Grandfather - Henry Lee Langford; 3rd Great-Grandfather - Henry Norman Langford; and then, 4th Great-Grandfather - Richard Langford. Richard was born in 1772 in Hanover, VA. Married Amelia Soper (dau. of Zadock Soper) in Maryland in 1801. They had numerous children, including Henry Norman, Ann Turner, Martha, John T., Albert G., Elizabeth, Camilla, & Rutha Ann, Resided in Maryland and also, Washington, DC before settling in Georgia, in close proximity to Euclid Langford and wife, Elizabeth. After Euclid's death, served in various copacities to his widow, Elizabeth. At this time, there was also a Henry Langford in the same area, who had been born in VA, married a Nancy Patterson in 1809 and died in 1819. I cannot prove any relation to this Henry or to Euclid/Elizabeth - only speculating. Richard then settled in Alabama, near Loachapoka, on former Creek Indian land I believe was granted to him by the gov't. Richard served in the Maryland Militia, Extra Battalion during the War of 1812. He also worked in some capacity, building/rebuilding the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, during early 1800s. His second! wife was Nancy Heath, married in Geogia in 1824. They also had numerous children, including Samuel T. Richard, Amenda E. N., William J., Robert Watts, Amanda M., & Ann Elizabeth. he died in 1860 in Loachapoka, Alabama, & is buried in the Loachapoka Cemetery. I need any help that I can get! Thanks so much. I can be reached at tonjohl@excite.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CHRISTIAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VBC.2ACI/103.1 Message Board Post: I am interested to know if the John Christian queried by Rit Chrisitian is related to the John Christian born about 1823 in St. Paul's Parrish, Hanover County, VA. This John is my great, great grandfather. Married Susan (maiden unknown). Had at least 10 children per 1860 VA Census. Hamilton Christian (Hamm) is my great grandfather.

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/1185.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Frank, Don't rule Hanover Tylers out. By the way could Martha's last name be Mundin? I found an Edward Mundin in Hanover Co. in the early 1800s (tax list). If so, perhaps a Tyler family living close by would be the line you are searching. Good luck. Sandra

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TYLER, DEAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1185.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, I know she was born in Henrico, but thought that it was as possible as not that Hanover TYLERs may link. Thanks for your help. Frank