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!

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 >