Hello - Can any one out there tell me about Susan Byrne? Here is the backgound information: Robert E. Beal(l) married Susanna Wright 6 Mar 1832 in Loudoun Co.. Susanna Wright was the sister of Alfred Wright. Both Susanna and Albert were children of John and Rebecca Wright. Loudoun Co., Va Deed Book 5F p. 195-3 Aug 1852. Robert E. Beall sold to Alfred Wright for $25.00 his interest in a certain house and lot in Waterford which formerly belonged to Susan Byrne, deceased, who died intestate...which said interest...Robert Beall holds in right of his wife who is one of the heirs of Susan Byrne. --- I could not find a Loudoun Co deed in which Susan Byrne purchased this property. Can any of you help me on this? Thanks so much for any help or suggestions you can give me on this. ===== My personal website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~virginiawesttooregon The complete database of our family history: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familylibrary/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1

Lois, Well. I/we (my husband and I who collect, and he computerizes, Waterford data) have some info on one Susanna Burns/Byrnes who may or may not be the same as the one you ask about. I had hoped to send you a lot more, but today being Friday of TG holiday, I found both Balch and the courthouse closed. So, more on Monday or Tuesday. Meanwhile, this is what we have. All info (except day and month of her birth) is sourced and I can send that to you if you need--meanwhile, I will just write the info, but give up front credit to Louisa Hutchison's wonderful "Apprentices, Poor Children & Bastards, Loudoun Co., VA, 1757-1850" from which the earliest info came. She was born 30 September 1772 in Virginia; and was apprenticed to one Thomas Matthews on 14 January 1778. In Waterford's 1830 census, she heads a household containing 1M30-40, 1F40-50(self), 1 F<10; and in 1840, heads a household containing 1M 50-60; 1F 10-15, 1F 60-70 (self) respectively. In the 1850 Waterford census she is described as: "black, illiterate, 86 [years of age], living alone, real estate valued at $150"; On the 1853-54 map of the village which appears as a corner element of Yardley Taylors county map of the same date, her name appears on a lot on Second Street that I happen to know is lot 61 of Mahlon Janney's "Auction", the 64 lots that were sold at his death in 1812. If you check the Waterford Foundation's website at www.Waterfordva.org and check the walking tour on Second Street, the present house is number 15619, "The Shawen House." I have a set of the records of all the "Free Negroes 1851-1859 Over the Age of 12" listed for tax purposes in the three tax districts of Loudoun County and Susan Burns...or spelling variants does not appear there, so perhaps she died early 1851? As I recall, LoCo death records don't begin until 1856. I was hoping to complete the chain of title today but could not. Froom the late John Divine's records, I know that Mahlon Janney's executors sold the lot to Mary Fox (LoCo Deed Book 2S148, no date given) then John's records show a gap until August 9 1853 in 5K337, one WILLIAM G. WRIGHT sells to William Nettle. I would guess that William Wright is white, as William Nettle certainly is, BUT there is a black Alfred Wright who is a minister in Leesburg a few years later. Can Marty Hiatt help here?? The white Wright family is, of course, a huge family and is the object of much discussion with Sue Beach, Susan McIntyre and myself on a side chat at the moment.... Anyway, That is what we have on Susan/Susannah at the moment. More as I find it. Bronwen Souders in Waterford -----Original Message----- From: Lois Masters [mailto:ljmasters@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 11:03 PM To: VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VALOUDOU-L] Who was Susan Byrne of Waterford? Wright/Beall Connection Hello - Can any one out there tell me about Susan Byrne? Here is the backgound information: Robert E. Beal(l) married Susanna Wright 6 Mar 1832 in Loudoun Co.. Susanna Wright was the sister of Alfred Wright. Both Susanna and Albert were children of John and Rebecca Wright. Loudoun Co., Va Deed Book 5F p. 195-3 Aug 1852. Robert E. Beall sold to Alfred Wright for $25.00 his interest in a certain house and lot in Waterford which formerly belonged to Susan Byrne, deceased, who died intestate...which said interest...Robert Beall holds in right of his wife who is one of the heirs of Susan Byrne. --- I could not find a Loudoun Co deed in which Susan Byrne purchased this property. Can any of you help me on this? Thanks so much for any help or suggestions you can give me on this. ===== My personal website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~virginiawesttooregon The complete database of our family history: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familylibrary/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== To contact Listowner: Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com

This is just a reminder to check the abundance of references and other resources listed on the Loudoun County USGENWEB page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~valoudou/loudoun.html Many thanks to Rena Worthen and Barb Stanley for maintaining this excellent web site. There is a long list of research material and look-up volunteers at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~valoudou/lookups.htm Here is a list of references available: 1810 Loudoun County Census Index 1820 Loudoun County Census Index 1830 Loudoun County Census Index 1840 Loudoun County Census Index 1850 Loudoun County Census Index 1860 Loudoun County Census Index 1870 Loudoun County Census Index 1880 Loudoun County Census Index by the Thomas Balch Library; 1900 Loudoun County Census Index by the Thomas Balch Library; 1910 Loudoun County Census Index by the Thomas Balch Library; 1920 Loudoun County Census Index by the Thomas Balch Library. Early Church Records of Loudoun County Virginia 1745-1800 by Marty Hiatt. The Anglican Parishes of Loudoun County, Virginia Truro, Cameron and Shelburne 1736-1805 by Hopkins and Phillips St. James United Church of Christ Church Register (Reformed Church) Loudoun Co. Va. Ca Sept 17, 1789-August 23, 1823 Loudoun Co. Birth Register 1853-1879 and Loudoun Co. Birth Register 1880-1896. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials of New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church from April 1899 (to October 1927) Marriages of Loudoun County Virginia 1757-1853. Loudoun County Marriages, 1760-1850 by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr. Loudoun County, Virginia Marriage Records to 1891 (actually 1798-1881) by Jewell. Loudoun Co. Marriages After 1850, Vol 1, 1851-1880 by Duncan & Frain Marriage Bonds of Loudoun County. Marriages of Loudoun County Virginia 1751-1850 FTM CD-ROM #4, which includes VA marriages by Family Tree Maker. Marriage Licenses Of Frederick County Maryland 1811-1840. Loudoun Co. Death Register 1853-1896 by Frain and Hiatt Death Records Commended by D. J. Hauer at the New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lovettsville (March 1837 - October 1852). Fauquier County, Virginia Death Register 1853-1896. Index to Loudoun County, Virginia Wills, 1757-1850. Loudoun County Virginia Will Book Abstracts, Books A-Z, December 1757 - June 1841" by Pat Duncan Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Administration Accounts of Loudoun County, Virginia 1757-1800 by J. Estelle Stewart King "Loudoun Co. VA Will Book Abstracts, Books 2A-3C, Jun 1841-Dec 1879" by Pat Duncan "Loudoun Co. VA Will Book Index 1757-1946" by Pat Duncan Loudoun County Virginia Cemeteries, A Preliminary Index by Thomas Balch Library. New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery by Marty Hiatt and Craig Scott Mount Zion Cemetery, Aldie by Wynne C. Saffer Middleburg Cemeteries, Loudoun County compiled by the Cemetery Committee of Thomas Balch Library Lovettsville Union Cemetery" by Marty Hiatt Fauquier County, Virginia Tombstone Inscriptions by Nancy Chappelear Baird "Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Plats A and B" by Betty Frain "Union Cemetery, Leesburg, The Later Plats" by Betty Frain Potts Cemetery Information. Loudoun County, Virginia Militia Journal 1793-1829 by Don Blincoe, Sr. Index to Loudoun County Virginia Chancery Suits 1759-1915 Loudoun County, Virginia Minute Book 1780-1783. Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1787 for Loudoun County, Virginia by Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Love. Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1788 for Loudoun County, Virginia by Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Love. Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1789 for Loudoun County, Virginia by Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Love. Loudoun County Virginia Clerk's Probate Records, Book 1, 1904-1921 and Book 2, 1922-1938" by Pat Duncan Abstracts from Loudoun County Virginia Guardian Account Books A-H, 1759-1904" by Pat Duncan Loudoun County, Virginia Minute Book, 1780-1783" by T.L.C. Genealogy "Register of Free Negroes 1844-1861" by Pat Duncan Personal Property Tax List for 1814 - Page 28 ONLY (Surnames mostly begin with "S"). Bulletin of the Historical Society of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1957-1976. Cameron Parish in Colonial Virginia by Margaret Lail Hopkins. Historian's Guide to Loudoun County Virginia, Colonial Laws of Virginia and County Court Orders 1757-1766 by John T. Phillips. Jefferson County Explorer: The West Virginia History Database. Hopewell Friends History 1734-1934 Frederick County, Virginia. Loudoun Co. Families and History. This book includes Memoir of Loudoun Co. 1853 by Yardley Taylor; the Loudoun Co. section of Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia by Hardesty; the Loudoun Co. section of The German Settlement by Goodhart; the Loudoun Valley Academy reunion of 1914; and Virginia Business Directory and Gazeteer 1911 for Loudoun. Legends of Loudoun by Harrison Williams. The Story of Purcellville by Eugene M. Scheel Loudoun County and the Civil War by John Divine The Years After, Selections from the Loudoun Democratic Mirror June 14, 1865 - June 13, 1866" by Jerry Michael When Waterford & I Were Young by John E. Divine with Bronwen & John Souders Lovettsville, The German Settlement by Yetive Weatherly. "Apprentices, Poor Children and Bastards, Loudoun County, VA 1757-1850" by Louisa Skinner Hutchison Legends of Loudoun by Harrison Williams. Bulletin of Loudoun Co., Vol. 2, 3, 4. Composition Book. John Jay Janney's Virginia by Werner and Asa Janney. Loudoun Heritage by Evelyn Taylor Adams. Quaker Records V.6 Virginia by William Wade Hinshaw. Rock Hill, Loudoun's Deserted Village by Janney. Be sure to contact the individual directly who volunteers to do the look-up, and put "Loudoun County Lookup" on the subject line. Limit your request, and give as much information as you already know about the individual you seek. For those interested in adding to your own genealogical reference collection, many of these books are available through Willow Bend Books. See there web site at: http://www.willowbend.net/default.asp Pat Duncan p.duncan@worldnet.att.net

Thank you Pat, and Volunteers who spend countless hours on research and typeing makes this such a great place to visit. Thank you for your time in putting this list together, and for the transcribeing work you do. ALSO! I Thank you Barb Stanley for helping me with the website. I couldn't do it without all of you. I hope everyone had a great holiday. I am looking forward to stories about your ancestors holidays. It's Saturday and i will run this till Monday night. Rena