Sue, If you are planning on doing some genealogy research, I would suggest the Hanover Courthouse. The Deed Books, Will Books, etc. are all right there & the Pamunkey branch library is within walking distance & there is a wealth of research there too. If you are going to Shockoe Cemetery in Richmond, be sure to go during DAYLIGHT hours and have someone else with you, preferrably a strong man. It is definitely not located in the safest of areas. Where are you coming from & I'll send you detailed directions. Sheri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Johnson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Tidbit of Info > Sherri - I'll be driving through Hanover area next week but will only have a > day for research. Can you suggest the best place to gain alot of really good > information quickly. I'll be looking for anything on my James H. Lester I > can find. I'll also want to visit Shockloe (SP?) Cemetery. Do you know > where it is located? > > Thanks > Sue > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:33 AM > Subject: [VAHANOVE] Tidbit of Info > > > > Here's a lil' tidbit of one portion of Hanover County history & surnames > to > > pass along for those interested. Surnames are in CAPS. > > > > On 30 May, 1805, by deed, 450 acres (including the area formerly known as > > Dungarvan-now known as Pebble Creek) were transferred from John SEABROOK > and > > his wife Ann to Edward Garland SYDNOR at a cost of thirteen hundred and > > fifty pounds current money of Virginia. > > > > At a court of monthly session held for Hanover County at the Courthouse on > > Wednesday, the 28th of August, 1805. > > > > (Copied from the original deed, loaned to F.W. Sydnor by Mrs. Nelson, > which > > was the property of Walter Sydnor Sr., Atty.) > > > > Other deeds to this property can be found at- > > http://www.savinggraves.com/usa/va/pebblecreek/index.html > > > > Edward Garland SYDNOR b.1769 and his wife, Sally WHITE ca.1775 had several > > children, including William B. SYDNOR 1806-1862. > > > > William B. SYDNOR married Sarah T. AUSTIN 1812-1879. > > Sarah T. AUSTIN was the daughter of William Smith AUSTIN 1788-1866 and his > > wife, Nancy WINN 1794-1849. These families were neighbors, the AUSTIN's > > living at Walnut Lane which adjoined Meadow Farm on Cold Harbor Road and > > also adjoined Oakley Hill where William B. SYDNOR's brother, Edward, > lived. > > > > Edward Garland SYDNOR and wife, Sally WHITE lived at Dungarvan and below > is > > a brief excerpt regarding that home. > > > > Excerpt taken from > > The Sydnor Family Saga by Sydnor Thompson, Jr. > > (Monarch Printers, Inc. - 2000 HB. NF. Book # 0108054) > > > > Dungarvan, The Residence of the Sydnor Family, Hanover Co, VA > > fn. 4, p. 53 > > > > This Johnston house is the old Dungarvan mansion, for many years owned by > > the late Edward Sydnor, and its quaint-looking Dutch-gabled roof is > > associated with the very earliest recollections of the writer. > > And now, as I stand gazing upon its dear old walls, all perforated with > the > > destroyer's artillery, the sweet scents of childhood again pass vividly > > before me in rapid panoramic brightness, and I think of the dear ones who > > welcomed me then and there; but they have been sleeping in yonder > graveyard, > > and from heave (if departed spirits witness or know of the wicked deeds > done > > on earth) they behold the widespread desolation of the hearthstones where > > men, children, and grandchildren, nephews and nieces, gathered around the > > aged couple. > > > > >From A Diary of the War by Professor William S. White, Jr., Helena, AR > > (copied from a newspaper clipping) > > > > FYI---The "yonder graveyard" referred to is one of the two same graveyards > > being destroyed now at Pebble Creek in Hanover Co. > > > > Sheri Millikin > > Hanover, VA > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 >
Sherri - I'll be coming from Virginia Beach where my dad lives traveling home to Northern Ohio from Southern Florida - by myself. So I'll go during daylight hours only to the cemetery. My grandparents are buried at Shockloe Cemetery and I need to get a picture of the headstones. Addresses and directions are more than welcome!!! I'm not at all familiar with that area. I was there only once a couple years ago with my dad and it was a whirlwind tour of Doswell where he grew up. I'll be leaving here Tue. a.m. to fly out to Florida. Thanks Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Tidbit of Info > Sue, > If you are planning on doing some genealogy research, I would suggest > the Hanover Courthouse. The Deed Books, Will Books, etc. are all right there > & the Pamunkey branch library is within walking distance & there is a wealth > of research there too. > If you are going to Shockoe Cemetery in Richmond, be sure to go during > DAYLIGHT hours and have someone else with you, preferrably a strong man. It > is definitely not located in the safest of areas. > Where are you coming from & I'll send you detailed directions. > Sheri > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sue Johnson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 2:29 PM > Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Tidbit of Info > > > > Sherri - I'll be driving through Hanover area next week but will only have > a > > day for research. Can you suggest the best place to gain alot of really > good > > information quickly. I'll be looking for anything on my James H. Lester I > > can find. I'll also want to visit Shockloe (SP?) Cemetery. Do you know > > where it is located? > > > > Thanks > > Sue > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:33 AM > > Subject: [VAHANOVE] Tidbit of Info > > > > > > > Here's a lil' tidbit of one portion of Hanover County history & surnames > > to > > > pass along for those interested. Surnames are in CAPS. > > > > > > On 30 May, 1805, by deed, 450 acres (including the area formerly known > as > > > Dungarvan-now known as Pebble Creek) were transferred from John SEABROOK > > and > > > his wife Ann to Edward Garland SYDNOR at a cost of thirteen hundred and > > > fifty pounds current money of Virginia. > > > > > > At a court of monthly session held for Hanover County at the Courthouse > on > > > Wednesday, the 28th of August, 1805. > > > > > > (Copied from the original deed, loaned to F.W. Sydnor by Mrs. Nelson, > > which > > > was the property of Walter Sydnor Sr., Atty.) > > > > > > Other deeds to this property can be found at- > > > http://www.savinggraves.com/usa/va/pebblecreek/index.html > > > > > > Edward Garland SYDNOR b.1769 and his wife, Sally WHITE ca.1775 had > several > > > children, including William B. SYDNOR 1806-1862. > > > > > > William B. SYDNOR married Sarah T. AUSTIN 1812-1879. > > > Sarah T. AUSTIN was the daughter of William Smith AUSTIN 1788-1866 and > his > > > wife, Nancy WINN 1794-1849. These families were neighbors, the AUSTIN's > > > living at Walnut Lane which adjoined Meadow Farm on Cold Harbor Road and > > > also adjoined Oakley Hill where William B. SYDNOR's brother, Edward, > > lived. > > > > > > Edward Garland SYDNOR and wife, Sally WHITE lived at Dungarvan and below > > is > > > a brief excerpt regarding that home. > > > > > > Excerpt taken from > > > The Sydnor Family Saga by Sydnor Thompson, Jr. > > > (Monarch Printers, Inc. - 2000 HB. NF. Book # 0108054) > > > > > > Dungarvan, The Residence of the Sydnor Family, Hanover Co, VA > > > fn. 4, p. 53 > > > > > > This Johnston house is the old Dungarvan mansion, for many years owned > by > > > the late Edward Sydnor, and its quaint-looking Dutch-gabled roof is > > > associated with the very earliest recollections of the writer. > > > And now, as I stand gazing upon its dear old walls, all perforated with > > the > > > destroyer's artillery, the sweet scents of childhood again pass vividly > > > before me in rapid panoramic brightness, and I think of the dear ones > who > > > welcomed me then and there; but they have been sleeping in yonder > > graveyard, > > > and from heave (if departed spirits witness or know of the wicked deeds > > done > > > on earth) they behold the widespread desolation of the hearthstones > where > > > men, children, and grandchildren, nephews and nieces, gathered around > the > > > aged couple. > > > > > > >From A Diary of the War by Professor William S. White, Jr., Helena, AR > > > (copied from a newspaper clipping) > > > > > > FYI---The "yonder graveyard" referred to is one of the two same > graveyards > > > being destroyed now at Pebble Creek in Hanover Co. > > > > > > Sheri Millikin > > > Hanover, VA > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > >