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