This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bowis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBC.2ACI/431.1609 Message Board Post: Did you find any information about P.H. Bowis. He was the "next friend to infant" on an adoption order from April 1937, Husting Court, City of Richmond, VA. Any ideas?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bowis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBC.2ACI/2419 Message Board Post: Looking for information on P.H.Bowis. He was listed on a final adoption order from the Office of the Clerk, Hustings Court of the city of Richmond, April 10, 1937 and listed as the "next friend to said infant," on the document. If you have any information about P.H. Bowis, I would appreciate help. Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Watkins & House Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBC.2ACI/2418 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on Charles Thomas Watkins of Edgecombe County, NC. His father Issac Watkins is belived to have been born in VA. Charles was born in 1865 and died in 1923 of cancer. He was married to Eva House, dau. of William Isreal House and Mary Jones. They had daus. Annie Mae, Faustine, Jessie, Daisey Belle. Sons, William and Edgar Clyde (he later changed his name to Mance and lived in Myrtle Beach,SC. You can email me at, [email protected]

ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME BAILEY In the book, "Clues to our Family Names" by Lou Stein, Heritage Books, Inc., 1986, is found the following passage regarding the origin of the name "Bailey" [and variations]: "In the center of a medieval town was a large, open-air space used as a daily market where fruits and vegetables and other kinds of merchandise were sold. The town streets were narrow and crooked. Most houses were required by law to have a stone foundation as a means of fire prevention. All craft workers had their shops at ground level and they lived in rooms above the shops. The market square was the town center of activities. Here stood the town hall and the town cathedral. Festival and religious plays occurred in the town market place. A Middle Ages town usually had high, thick walls (at least four feet thick) with a high gate which was opened at sunrise and closed at sunset. These thick, high walls and gates were protection against robber gangs and packs of wild animals that appeared after nightfall. Bailey identified the ancestor who had a special legal responsibility. In Scotland he was the chief judge (Bailie) in a district. In English regions he served as deputy sheriff (Bailey) for several districts; or as the chief lawman for a very large manor. In Norman-French times, the "bailey" was in charge of a castle's outer wall. His task was to keep this wall difficult to penetrate by attack. Root: Old French balie (bailey)." Marge Garfield in VT, a Bailey descendant Samuel Bailey + Mrs. Lucy White of New Kent > Rebecca Bailey [b.c. 1807] + Foster Higgins of New Kent > Thaddeus Higgins [b.c. 1828] + Elizabeth Bayley of Henrico and Hanover ...... etc.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SUTHERLAND AND POWERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBC.2ACI/51.1 Message Board Post: I FOUND A SAMUEL SUTHERLAND THAT WAS MARRIED TO NANCY JANE POWERS. THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN. ONE OF THEM WAS VICEY BELL WHO MARRIED SIMON LAFORCE IN RUSSELL CO. THAT IS MY HUSBANDS GRANDMOTHER. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THEM

Would be interested in hearing from anyone that might have had family that had been raised in a boarding home near the Masonic Home of VA. in the 1920.My grparents had such a home and from the pictures there were a lot of children in her care. The name was BALLARD and they lived at Stop 12 on Nine Mile Rd. Donna Rochelle Kennedy

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/WBC.2ACI/826.1 Message Board Post: hi, i found some info under root.com surname burley or email Pat_and_ [email protected]

The Library of VA has old Richmond directories available on microfilm. Check their website to see if they can be borrowed on Interlibrary loan or maybe you can get them from your local Family History Center. Edith In a message dated 10/10/02 7:44:37 AM, [email protected] writes: << Does anyone have access to a 1875 Richmond directory? I am trying to find out when George Duncan arrived there. By 1880, he is listed in the census as a shoemaker, but I do not know if that was always so. Thank you. >>

Good morning List, Does anyone have access to a 1875 Richmond directory? I am trying to find out when George Duncan arrived there. By 1880, he is listed in the census as a shoemaker, but I do not know if that was always so. Thank you. Jaime in WV

I have the Richmond City Directory for 1859 cd for anyone needing a lookup. R. Smith Researching HORSLEY/CABBELL/WILLIAMS families

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bullington Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBC.2ACI/1436.1619 Message Board Post: There is a Maria Bullington age 70 in the US Census 1850 Richmond City, Henrico County, VA. However, I do not have her maiden nor her husband's first/middle names. She had a daughter named Lucy that married John Thomas Garthright. They had a daughter named Marie Elizabeth who married John Kerr Fussell, they had a son Robert Standley Bullington Fussell who is my 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/WBC.2ACI/271.677.1 Message Board Post: John Lewis, (William2 Lewis, Hugh1 Lewis) born Abt. 1595 in Wales; died 21 Aug, 1657 in VA. . He was the son of William Lewis and Margaret Puleston. He married Lydia.abt 1630 in Wales Lydia, born Abt. 1605. Came to America between 1640 and 1657. Notes for John Lewis: Subject: David Lewis-baptized 1695 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:38:43 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] To: [email protected] The book PIONEER LEWIS FAMLIES, VOL 4, by Michael L Cook, C.G. gives a revised argument on the parents of David Lewis [ as opposed to that given by William Terrell Lewis in his LEWIS FAM. OF AMERICA---briefly [1] page 53--Tombstone Councilor John Lewis, Warner Hall, Gloucester Co., states he was son of John and Isabella Lewis. Also here is the grave of Mrs Isabella Yard, b. Aug 24, 1640--died Feb 9, 1703/04--she is accepted as the former Isabella Miller wife of Major John Lewis. [my note--as David baptized 1695, this would tend to remove her as his mother--William Terrell Lewis moved birth back to 1685] [2] page 74--Councilor John Lewis, born 1669 and wife Elizabeth Warner (MILDRED35 READE, GEORGE34, MILDRED33 WINDEBANK, FRANCES32 DYMOKE, ANNE31 TAILBOYS (TALOBI, ELIZABETH30 GASCOIGNE, WILLIAM29, JOAN28 NEVILLE, JOHN27, RALPH26 DE NEVILLE, RALPH25, MAUD24 DE PERCY, HENRY23, HENRY22, HENRY21, WILLIAM20, ISABEL19 BRUS, ADAM18, ADAM17, ROBERT16, ADAM15, ROBERT14 DE BRUSSE, RAGNVALD II13 BRUSESSON, BRUSI12 SIGURDSSON, SIGURD II11 DRIGA, HLODVER10 THORFINNSSON, THORFINN I ROLLO9 EINARSSON, EINAR8 ROGNVALDSSON, ROGNVALD I MORE EARL7 SUNNMORE, EYSTEIN GLUMRA6 IVARSSON, IVAR JARL5 NORWAY, HALFDAN II EYSTEINSSON KING4 SWEDEN, EYSTEINN I3 HALFDANSSON, HALFDAN2 OLAFSSON, OLAF1 INGJALDSSON) [ d. of Augustine Warner Jr and Mildred Reade] appear to have moved to Chemokins Plantation in western New Kent Co. abt 1689, having inherited that estate from his father. Here 8 children born in St Peter Parish, New Kent. [3] page 75--Jan 5, 1695, John Lewis resident of Chemokins, St Peter Parish made Vestryman. John left Chemokins in 1702 to Warner Hall, Gloucester Co.,[ inheirted by his wife]---children baptized Abington Parish 1702----[ my notes--David Lewis baptized May 5,1695, St Peter Parish-----the following from LEWIS OF WARNER HALL, by M. Sorley--page 56 "Between the years 1689 and 1702 there appear several entries relating to John Lewis in the Vestry Book of St Peter's Parish, in which Chemokin Plantation was located; there were of course others of the name Lewis in this general section of Virginia, but careful analysis leads to the conclusion that this John Lewis could not have been any other than the future Councilor. At a meeting of the Vestry on Jan. 5, 1695 John Lewis was elected a Vestryman for St Peter's Parish." [4] page 77--Cook gives examples of how William Terrell Lewis was confused--Cook suggest----John Lewis, b. 1594 Monmouthshire--d. 1657 [his grave found in 1948, with this data, from VA. MAG. HIST & BIOG, Apr 48 & Aug 54]---his son Col. John Lewis, abt 1618. Col John had son Major John Lewis abt 1639. Major John L. is the father of Councilor John Lewis ,.1669 and he is the father of David Lewis 1695.---Cook gives other children, wives etc and argument for inserting a Col. John L.-- Based on the Coat of Arms found on the tombstone of John Lewis I, a Mrs Grace McLean Moses researched this line back into Wales--book THE WELSH LINEAGE OF JOHN LEWIS---interesting, difficult to follow Welch names etc. Thurman [Buddy] Jackson [email protected] After a few days' rest at "Green Spring" the Rebel (Bacon) marched on to Tindall's Point, Gloucester County, where he made the home of Colonel Augustine Warner, Speaker of the House of Burgesses, his headquarters. From there he sent out a notice to all the people of the county to meet him at the court-house for the purpose of taking his oath. The records of Henrico County contain sundry charges of depredations committed by Bacon's soldiers, showing that the people's cause was strong in that section. Major John Lewis, of Middlesex, laid claim of damages at the hands of "one Matt Bentley," with "forty or fifty men-of- arms," in the ''time of the late rebellion." Major Lewis's inventory of his losses includes "400 meals" (which he declares were eaten at his house by Bacon's men during their two days encampment on his plantation), the killing of some of his stock, and carrying off of meal "for the whole rebel army," at Major Pate's house. The records of Westmoreland County show that the Baconians, under "General" Thomas Goodrich, had control in the Northern Neck of Virginia as late as November, 1676. Major Isaac Allerton, of Westmoreland, brought suit for thirteen thousand pounds of tobacco for damages his estate had suffered at the hands of a rebel garrison which had seized and fortified the house of his neighbor, Colonel John Washington. The jury gave him sixty-four hundred pounds. Children of John Lewis and Lydia are: i.John Lewis, born Abt. 1640 in Brecon, Wales; died 1726 in Hanover Co, VA; married Isabelle Miller Bef. 1677 in VA. John Lewis , Jr, born 1640 in Brecon, Wales; died 1720 in Hanover Co, VA; married Isabella Miller Abt. 1673 in (Probably) VA. ii.Robert Lewis, born Abt. 1636 in Wales; died in Gloucester Co, VA. iii.William Lewis, born Abt. 1634 in Wales; died in Ireland; married McClelland.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hitchcock, Frazier Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBC.2ACI/2417 Message Board Post: Seeking information on John Hitchcock, married to Maria Frazier, father of John Richmond William Hitchcock of California (b.1825/d.1901) He was a baptist educator in Richmond. Need any and all information, please. Can offer info and photos on JRW and his descendants in California.

There is a lot of information available at the Library of Virginia site in their Virginia Historical Inventory Project. This site is "An online search engine providing interactive access to photographs, maps, and detailed written reports documenting the architectural, cultural, and family histories of thousands of 18th- and 19th- century buildings in communities across Virginia. This collection was originally assembled by the Virginia Writers' Project, part of the depression-era Works Progress Administration. Report, photograph, and map images are available online." I did a quick search and Yellow Tavern is listed. The URL is http://eagle.vsla.edu/vhi/ Good luck with your search Margie C. Young-Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 08 October 2002 10:26 Subject: [VAHENRIC] Re: Henrico Geography - late 1700s - Yellow Tavern > > I lament that I have not found any reference which collects old landmarks in Henrico documents and relates them to more recent landmarks (or better, geographic coordinates). > > Various orders mention "the road from Walton's shop to the brook bridge" and "from the northern bridge to Walton's Shop." There was a fork in the road at Walton's Shop; a road from the north branch of the Brook to Walton's Shop; a road from Walton's shop to the coal pits; the road from Northam to Walton's Shop;and a proposed road turning the Fredericksburg road at the school house formerly kept by Solomon Pasley into the main road from Ground Squirrel Bridge to Prosser's Ordinary to come in a little below the upper corner of Walton's fence. It seems that all roads led to Walton's shop, but I have no way to relate efficiently those references to present-day geography. > > The Fredericksburg road might be Route 1, but then what would be the "main road?" Was Prosser's Ordinary yellow? > > Help! > > > > > ==== VAHENRIC Mailing List ==== > Please visit the Henrico/City of Richmond/City of Manchester/ VaGenWeb pages at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahenric/ > > > ============================== > 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 >

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/WBC.2ACI/2416.6 Message Board Post: YELLOW TAVERN An old tavern that gave its name to the calvary engagement in which General J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded May 11, 1864. The Battle of Yellow Tavern was fought between Sheridan's calvary and the Confederates Calvary under Stuart. The famous opera star of that period, Jenny Lind, spent the night at Yellow Tavern when caught in a violent snowstorm while making an appearance in Richmond. An 1853 map of the county shows that a J. Hill was the proprietor at the tavern at this time.

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/WBC.2ACI/2416.4.1.1 Message Board Post: The precise location of Yellow Tavern (Virginia) is 37°38'5"N 77°27'33"W It covers a very small land area. Regards, Griff

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/WBC.2ACI/2416.5 Message Board Post: Give me time to look into Yellow Tavern and associated questions - I live across from St. Joseph's Villa, near the intersection of Route 1 and Parham Road. I'll check out the way it is today at the Yellow Tavern area and let you know. Its about three miles north of my location. Brook Road was Mr. Lewis Ginter's toll road north 100 years ago. In the 1950's I remember seeing a general store at the end of Brook toll road north called Soloman's Store. I remember you mentioned that name. Regards, Griff

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/WBC.2ACI/2333.2 Message Board Post: The address provided in the above message will indeed reach the Archives staff. There is a $10.00 research fee, for 1/2 hour of research time. I do not believe that the actual court cases were microfilmed however, so I am not sure that you would be able to find out much about the disposition of this case through the Archives. My guess is that if any preliminary evidence was heard in Lewisburg, it would still be tied up as a "packet", still in the courthouse, if it did not go with them to Richmond.

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/WBC.2ACI/2416.4.1 Message Board Post: Thanks. I had looked at the DeLorme map which had the words "Yellow Tavern" printed below E. Parham Rd. I am getting closer. My focus is on pre-1850 history and this particular battle and the demise of Stuart had left my conscious memory. I will look to the battle history to give me more sense of the location. I am assuming that this was a cavalry engagement if Stuart was involved. How large an area was this? Looking at my ADC Metro Richmond map (page 9), I see Route 1 (Brook Road) headed almost due north from Parham Road to where it crosses Stony Run along the Hanover line. Can you tell me if that is far enough north? Is there a street or road reference to which you can direct me? There also is the question of how long this tavern was yellow -- that is, whether the reference to John Walton "of Yellow Tavern" is anachronistic. That would be like identifying my ancestor, Robert Sharpe, as "of Richmond International Raceway," because that is the current owner of a large piece of his 1755 patent. I lament that I have not found any reference which collects old landmarks in Henrico documents and relates them to more recent landmarks (or better, geographic coordinates). Various orders mention "the road from Walton's shop to the brook bridge" and "from the northern bridge to Walton's Shop." There was a fork in the road at Walton's Shop; a road from the north branch of the Brook to Walton's Shop; a road from Walton's shop to the coal pits; the road from Northam to Walton's Shop;and a proposed road turning the Fredericksburg road at the school house formerly kept by Solomon Pasley into the main road from Ground Squirrel Bridge to Prosser's Ordinary to come in a little below the upper corner of Walton's fence. It seems that all roads led to Walton's shop, but I have no way to relate efficiently those references to present-day geography. The Fredericksburg road might be Route 1, but then what would be the "main road?" Was Prosser's Ordinary yellow? Help!

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/WBC.2ACI/2416.4 Message Board Post: "The area (or part of it) (Yellow Tavern) appears to be now the Parham Campus of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, and Villa Park Industrial Park." No, that was never land of the area known as Yellow Tavern. Yellow Tavern was to the far north of there between Route 1 and Interstate 95, near old Telegraph Road. The Civil War battle and land area was named after a roadside tavern - a yellow roadside tavern. Interesting to note, Villa Park and Sargeant Reynolds College land was the large farming garden land of the old St. Joseph's Villa from the 1920s donated by Major Dooley of Maymont. The orphan children of St. Joseph's Villa farmed that land.