I am looking for a person in Louisa Co. who would be able to photocopy pages of the 1820 to 1865 microfilmed tax records at the Louisa Co. Courthouse. These films are not available from the LDS. There would be approximately 100 pages. I require all of the entries of persons beginning with the Letter J for a number of years of both the the land and personal property records. The records are in a rough alphabetical order I will pay for the time and expenses. Anyone interested should email me privately with an estimate of the cost. ===== Lawrence Leveque [email protected] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

I am attempting to locate any information on William Yates, orphaned in 1789 who was indentured to Daniel Tiller Spotsylvania Co 4 August 1789. My reason is to discover if he was in any way related to this Daniel TIller who has obvious, at least to me, connections to the TIllers and or TYlers of the albemarle, stafford and Caroline counties and possibly Louisa as well. If anyone knows the parents of WIlliam Yates or the marriage and or siblings i would appreciate the information. thanks in advance and i wish each of you a very pleasant thanksgiving. Winter has finally come to Minnesota so it looks like we might have a white one! regards ALyce Hart

The clerks office will be open the Friday after Thanksgiving. The best places to look for newspapers of the early 1800s pretaining to Louisa Co. people would be The Virginia Historical Society, Alderman Library at UVA and the Library of Virginia. It requires a lot of digging. The local newspaper here now has copies going back to the 1940s. I don't know of any collection that has a complete run of papers earlier, just scattered papers. Dr. Hodge at Germanna made an index to some Fredericksburg papers which might have Louisa news in them. I haven't studied them. Janice

Does anyone know if the Louisa Co Courthouse is open on the Friday after Thanksgiving? Also, is there a good source for newspapers in or around Louisa Co. for the early to mid 1800's? Evans Peay Clarksville, TN Researching Louisa Co, VA Peay, Smith, Sims, Pendleton and Walton.

Someone E-Mailed me a request to look up death records for this family in louisa. I accidently deleted it. Could you please resend? Robert Shotzberger

Can anyone help with the David Sims, Jr. wife Elizabeth Dickerson md. 1779 in Louisa County, VA? Connie Faulk Southwest City, MO

Can SOMEONE identify a JOHN PULLIAM who is 60-70 in the Louisa Co VA census in 1830.Is his wife ANN EDWARDS? He may be the father of the following: Looking for parents of the following Pulliams B Louisa Co VA: #1 Mary Pulliam B-Feb 15, 1788 Maybe married George Longmire ??? #2 William P. Pulliam B- Sept 17,1793 Married Nancy Ann Rice Stanley Dec 1820 Hanover Co. #3 Lucy Pulliam B-abt 1790 married Bartlett Henson Dec 24, 1807 Louisa Co. #4 Nancy N. Pulliam B-abt 1792 married John E. Mitchell Sept 13, 1813 Louisa Co #5 Lucinda Pulliam B-abt 1799 married Edward Holladay Dec 24, 1819 Spotsylvania Co #6 Salley Pulliam B-abt 1795 married Isaac Johnson March 17, 1814 Spotsylvania Co. Likely parents !?!? John Pulliam B-abt.1765 & Ann Edwards Married ?? Possible parents: William Pulliam & Mourning Richardson Married Louisa Jan 31,1778. William P and wife Nancy are in Louisa Co in 1830 and are 30-40 with kids. John Pulliam and spouse are in Louisa Co and are 60-70. In 1840 John is no longer there and William is censused with his wife and an 70-80 year old female in Franklin Co TN. HELP !! HELP !! Bill Bentley

Episcopal churches are indeed part of the "protestant" category. Perhaps the reference to starting a "new protestant Episcopal church" meant to the construction of a new church structure in a different location from the churches already standing. [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > VALOUISA-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 154 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [VALOUISA-L] Anne Bailey ["M. Fournier" <[email protected]] > #2 [VALOUISA-L] Apology Day [[email protected] ([email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from VALOUISA-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message only the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VALOUISA-L] Anne Bailey > Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 17:30:41 -0500 > From: "M. Fournier" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Anne: > Your e-mail is bouncing and I cannot reach you. Please contact me again re > William and Sarah JOHNSON. > > Mickey > > Mildred Wright "Mickey" Fournier > PO Box 1967, Lake City, FL 32056 > [email protected] > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [VALOUISA-L] Apology Day > Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 06:45:51 -0600 > From: [email protected] ([email protected]) > To: [email protected] > > Reading James Pulliam's will from 1839-1846. He was a " Prominent Lay > Episcopalian". He mentions one day that " today is apology day ". I am > not fimiliar with such a day. Is this a Virginia thing? Maybe an > Episcopalian thing? Also he mentions " starting a new Protestant > Episcopal Church". I thought all Episcopal churches were protestant. > Obviously I am wrong about that. Any help would be appreciated. > Bill

Reading James Pulliam's will from 1839-1846. He was a " Prominent Lay Episcopalian". He mentions one day that " today is apology day ". I am not fimiliar with such a day. Is this a Virginia thing? Maybe an Episcopalian thing? Also he mentions " starting a new Protestant Episcopal Church". I thought all Episcopal churches were protestant. Obviously I am wrong about that. Any help would be appreciated. Bill

Anne: Your e-mail is bouncing and I cannot reach you. Please contact me again re William and Sarah JOHNSON. Mickey Mildred Wright "Mickey" Fournier PO Box 1967, Lake City, FL 32056 [email protected] [email protected]

In a word, yes. St. Thomas was created in 1740 by dividing St. Mark's Parish. The Rapidan River was the dividing line. When Culpeper County was created in 1749, St. Mark's Parish fell into that county and St. Thomas stayed in Orange. Mary E. Stewart Sally A Spicer wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who responded to my request about St. Paul's Parish. > Everyone has been very helpful. > > One more request - Does anyone have any info on the location and/or > boundaries of St. Thomas' Parish? Was it in Orange County in the > mid - 1700's? Thanks. > > John Spicer --

Thanks to everyone who responded to my request about St. Paul's Parish. Everyone has been very helpful. One more request - Does anyone have any info on the location and/or boundaries of St. Thomas' Parish? Was it in Orange County in the mid - 1700's? Thanks. John Spicer

There were TWO parishes called St. Paul's and both still exist. One was formed in Stafford County before 1702. When the boundary line between Stafford and King George was changed in 1776, St. Paul's wound up in King George County. The other was created in 1704 in New Kent County from the western part of St. Peter's Parish. As the population grew and settlements moved farther west, new counties and new parishes were created. Hanover was created from New Kent in 1721 and that put St. Paul's entirely in Hanover County. In 1726 St. Paul's parish was divided and St. Martin's parish was created from the western part of St. Paul's. At that point, Hanover County had two parishes. Louisa County was created from the western part of Hanover in 1742. When that happened, St. Paul's parish was in two counties -- a small part of St. Paul's was in the most eastern part of Louisa, and the rest in Hanover where it still exists. The Library of Virginia published _Parish Lines Diocese of Virginia_ which has thorough descriptions of all this. Hope this helps. Mary E. Stewart

I have a few pages from the introduction of the VESTRY BOOK AND REGISTER OF ST. PETER'S PARISH by C. G. Chamberlayne for historical background on boundaries. Hope you find this helpful.....Judy Page xvi.....when in 1704 St. Peter's Parish was itself divided, the upper (or north-western) portion being established as St. Paul's Parish, the dividing line between the two parishes (Matadequin Creek), which in 1720 became also the dividing line between New Kent and the newly created County of Hanover, became St. Peter's north-west boundary line. Page xvii.....as illustrating an early developing and steadily increasing tendency in the Colony of Virginia, or, to be more specific, in that part of Tidewater Virginia lying between the James (including the Appomattox) and the Rappahannock, to make navigable streams, rather than the ridges between the streams, the boundary lines between county and county, and between parish and parish....................at first in every case the counties and parishes lay on both sides of a river (which served as a high road) and sloped up and out on each side to a ridge between it and the next county or parish, but later the counties and parishes are found lying between two rivers, each county or parish sloping up and in on both sides to a ridge, along which ran in most cases a road roughly paralleling the two rivers. Page xxi.....For the first twelve or thirteen years of its history St. Peter's Parish embraced territory on both sides of the Pamunkey........The inhabitants living north of the river were few in number.......it was necessary to provide some means by which they might easily get across the river to attend church, to appear at court, and to be present on occasions when the militia of the county were mustered. Accordingly the parish maintained a ferry, as was done by other parishes similarly circumstanced.

Hi everyone - me again. I am forwarding this mesage to both lists. Pat, I hope you don't mind. After recieving this message below, now I am really confused about the location of St. Paul's Parish. I had Pat do a lookup for me in this book for Spicers, and she said that there were none. But, a lookup from someone else in a book titled The Register of St. Paul's Parish produced many Spicers from the mid - 1700's. Could there have possibly been two St. Pauls Parishes? Somebody - please - HELP!!! Thanks, John Spicer ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 19:51:05 EST From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Hanover County Taxpayers St Paul's Parish I see no Spicer's listed. There may be two St. Pauls Parish. Here is what the Preface in this book says: Hanover Co. Va. was established in 1721. Its area had been a part of New Kent since 1654 when it was taken from York. In 1634 when the original shires or counties were formed this section was known as Charles River. The name being changed to York County 1642/3. In 1704 St. Paul's Parish (from St. Peter's) was established in the western portion of New Kent, occupying the same area which a few years later became Hanover. In 1726 the county was seperated into two parished with the creation of St. Martin's in its western portion. Some of this parish was after 1742 in Louisa when this county was cut from Hanover. Tjhe St. Paul-St. Martin line extends roughly from the tri-corner of hanover, Henrico and Goochland, along Stone Horse creek to North Anna thence to the Pamunkey river. This compilation therefore deals with that portion of the county which lies between this line on the west and New Kent county. St. Paul's Parish was divided into several military and/or revenue districts, each with a Commissioner of Taxes under the Sheriff. After the Revolution, in 1782, the assessment and collection of all taxes were made by the county. The Parish became merely a political subdivision. You might check St. Martin's Parish that might be closer to the Stafford Co. line. Pat

Hi everyone - I am mailing this to both the Hanover and Louisa County Lists. I am requesting information about the location and/or boundaries of St. Paul's Parish. Initial info in a Spicer genealogy booklet said that St. Paul's Parish was located in the present-day counties of Hanover and Louisa. Also, there is a book that someone found in the library titled: Hanover County Taxpayers of St. Paul's Parish 1782 - 1815. But, recent info sent to me from a lookup request in the book titled: The Register of St. Paul's Parish: 1715 - 1798 by King contained the following description of this parish. "According to this book, St. Paul's Parish was located in Stafford County from 1715 - 1776 and in King George County from 1777 - 1798. The following excerpt from this book describes where the parish was located: "The bounds of the lower parish of Stafford County, called in succession Chotank Parish (ante 1680 - 1702) and St. Paul's Parish (1702 - 1960), remained unaltered during the colonial period and included all that territory drained by the Potomac River between Machodoc Creek and Passapantanzy Creek. On the 3rd of April 1667, the Stafford County Court ordered 'that the Minister preach in three particular places in this county, viz: at the southwest side of Aquia, at the Court House, and at Choatank at the house belonging to Mr. Robert Townshend: to officiate every Sabbath day in one of these places until further order.' The 1st two named places were in the upper parish of the newly formed county of Stafford, while the house of Mr. Robert Townshend (1640 - 1675) stood upon his plantation 'Albion', and where his tombstone is yet to be seen. This land was patented the 7th of February 1650 by his mother, Mrs. Frances (Baldwin) Townshend, widow of Richard Townshend, Gentleman, and is described as 2,200 acres in Northumberland County lying upon the south side of Potomac River, on the east side of Chotank Creek and on the west side of Mattchotick (Machodoc) Neck and near Chotank Town. The estate fell into Westmoreland County upon its formation in 1653 and when Stafford County was severed from Westmoreland County in 1664, the land fell into that county." So, you can all see now why I am confused. I am hoping that there is someone on one of these lists that might help me with this. Maybe there is someone else that this fits into their personal research also. And lastly, maybe there is someone on one of these lists that lives near one of these County Libraries and would be willing to look into this for me, and whoever else that this might interest. Does this interest anyone out there in Happy Listland? Sincerely, John Spicer

Sorry folks - I left out one piece of info - that was a list of extant parish registers - but it stiff tells where the St Paul's was who's register is still in existance. There were other parrishes but I do not have a list of all of them. Bev

In a message dated 11/14/1999 6:33:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I am mailing this to both the Hanover and Louisa County Lists. I am requesting information about the location and/or boundaries of St. Paul's Parish. >> Here are the general boundaries of all the parishes - most did not run exactly along county boundaries but this list is close - Parish Years County Abington 1678-1780 Gloucester Albemarle 1739-1778 Surry/Sussex Bristol 1720-1789 Prince George/Dinwiddie Bruton 1662-1797 York/James City Charles 1648-1787 York Christ Church 1653-1812 Middlesex Kingston 1749-1827 Gloucester/Matthews N. Farnham 1663-1814 Richmond Co Lunenburg 1783-1800 Richmond Co Overwharton 1723-1758 Stafford St Paul's 1715-1798 King George/Stafford St Peter's 1684-1786 New Kent/James City

In a message dated 11/12/99 12:26:34 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Can some one give me a brief history lesson on the formation of > Hanover, Louisa, and Spotyslvania? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bill: Here's how I have it: Charles River 1634-1642 - York 1642-1945 - ____________________________________ - Gloucestor - 1651-1945 New Kent 1654-1945 - ________________________ King & Queen - 1691-1945 - - - - - King William Hanover 1702 1721 - - Louisa 1742 Spotttsylvania formed 1721. Jane

In a message dated 11/12/99 10:46:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << I am searching for the origins of William JOHNSON who was in Hanover before 1734 and who died there in 1741. His wife, Sarah __?__ died in Louisa in 1760. This family owned the Folly Hill property which was in Hanover before Louisa was formed. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello; Would there be a "Dr. Leroy JOHNSON" in this JOHNSON family? I have "Elizabeth GRUBBS" b. Louisa/Hanover cos. VA. 1779 - m. to "Dr. Leroy JOHNSON" b. abt. 1766, VA. They married in Bourbon co. KY. 1799 and had (10) children. Dr. Johnson d. in Lexington KY. 1843. eileen