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 > >