There is a difference between a marriage bond and a permission or consent form. Consents were given by parents for underage couples - usually under 21. Bonds were to assure that there was no reason why the couple could not be married and that they would not become a charity case. Money did not actually change hands but could be called for if the marriage did not fulfill the requirements. Bonds were usually provided by the parents or close relatives of couples, but I've seen instances where the same person gave bonds for several people on the same day, week or month, who didn't seem to have any connection to one another. Bev In a message dated 8/17/2007 10:54:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gfletcher@ourpobox.net writes: Hi Donna, It can vary, particularly with the date range you are looking at. It can be anything from a hand-written permission from the parents to a form with a lot of information. I have seen a variety of information. At the least, it should have the name of the bride and the groom and the person swearing the bond that the marriage will take place in a brief amount of time, and if, for some reason, it doesn't take place, they will pay the amount of the bond. Often you will learn the names of close family friends and the like, in the form of who witnessed the bond. :-) Don't ask me the LOGIC of a bond, but that has been my experience. I have see hand-written permissions connected to the page of bonds/licenses in some courthouses. It can be almost comical at times. Something like, "Grooms father ______ appeared before magistrate and gave permission on _____ for the marriage of his daughter ____ to marry ____." So....it is a mixed bag. You might get a LOT of info, and you might not get much... Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Mc R" <donna316@tx.rr.com> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:48 PM Subject: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > Abercrombie wrote: >> The clerks at the courthouse can type a copy of a marriage bond and >> certify >> it for you for a small fee. > > My apologies if this questions has already been asked. What information > does the marriage bond carry? > > Thanks---- > > Donna > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

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The marriages of Louisa Co., VA 1766-1815 and 1815 to 1861 have been published. I was speaking about copies of the original pieces of paper the bride, groom and other parties may have written. "Marriages of Louisa County, Virginia 1766-1715" compiled by Kathleen Booth Williams, C. J. Carrier Co., Harrisonburg, VA, 1977 publisher "Marriages of Louisa Co., VA 1815-1861" compiled by William H. Kiblinger and Janice L. Abercrombie, Central Virginia Newspapers, Inc., Orange, VA, 1989. The 1815-1861 book is available through the Louisa County Historical Society. As to what information can be found in a marriage bond - it varies. The earlier ones sometimes have the name of one parent but not necessarily. It will have the name of one or two sureties. Sometimes the actual date of the marriage is given. Later some bonds begin to give more information such as the name of one parent, name of the minister. Of course the date of the bond is given. Even later say after 1867 the occupation of the groom is given, both parties place of residence and place of birth as well as the names of parents.

I read that several of the subscribers to this rootsweb are seeking the surname Harlow. Because I continue to search for the Virginia residence in colonial days [before the American Revolution] of one elusive Nathaniel Williams, said by many to have been the progenitor of our famous American playwright, Thomas Lanier *Tennessee* Williams [but not proved very well, it seems to me], I collect colonial neighbors of that elusive Williams fellow. I keep hoping that some document may show up--and it well may, as I am finding some interesting--and sometimes startling--information about some of my 19th century ancestors--beerseller licenses in England, passenger lists from England, newspaper article in Brooklyn [for my only known Yankee ancestor via Germany] I am sharing this information with you in the hopes that you may pick up a few clues. I believe I have shared these notes previously--but there are always new folks on the list And besides, maybe you have discovered that you have an additional ancestor named Harlow. If you use this material in your own works, please cite the sources. This required of all skilled genealogists, and, in my haste, I may have overlooked citing all the sources. (I am trying to correct this material as I find gaps, but I am not always succeeding.) Be sure to check the Family History Library catalog and the Library of Virginia catalog for other books on Louisa Co. and surrounding counties. Those Virginians were always moving!!! E.W.Wallace who has ancestors in colonial Louisa Co. or near there WILLIAM HARLOW [of St. Paul's Par., Hanover Co.?] 4164 Apparently he was later of either Louisa Co. or Albemarle Co., or perhaps on the county line. He was a neighbor of Nathaniel Williams and of William Graves Nathaniel Williams I, son of John Williams I of Hanover Co. lived on a fork of Beaverdam Creek, Louisa Co. Nathaniel was one of four Williams sons--John of Goochland, later of NC: Daniel, of Southside Virginia, later of NC; Joseph of Lunenburg Co., VA and later of Elbert Co., GA. By tracing the surname Harlow, we may be able to properly identify "Which Nathaniel Williams?" We can identify Nathaniel Williams as long as there was another Williams family member nearby--such as his father, John Williams I, who died in Hanover Co. ca 1735, or his brothers Daniel, also early of Hanover Co., and Joseph, also early of Hanover Co.. "Early" is used as meaning ca 1733-1735. Brother Daniel Williams, who died in 1759 in North Carolina, was in early Louisa Co., formed from Hanover Co., and other Virginia counties--Halifax and Lunenburg Co. Brother Joseph Williams was in colonial Lunenburg where he was a county official. No good identifying record of Nathaniel Williams has been found, although a Nathaniel Williams appears from time to time in Lunenburg Co. records but more accurately, it seems, in the land patents of Louisa-Albemarle Co. area along "Machunk/Mychump" Creek. We deduce Harlow's sons were Joel Harlow and William Harlow Junr. and possibly John Martin Harlow. In Louisa Co. ca 1742: John Harlow, Thomas Harlow, Ann Harlow [incompletely copied deed in Louisa Co. DB A] Later, John Graves, probably related to William Graves, sold property in Louisa Co. to William Harlow: DB A-414 29 Nov 1750 John Graves of King George Co. to William Harlow of Louisa Co. 56 pds. currt. money. 400 acres; granted by patent on both sides of Beaver Dam fork of Mechum's Creek on the side of a hill. /s/ John Graves Senr. Wit: John Harlow, John Mooney, Wm. (W) Harlow Junr., John Graves Junr., Jams. Massie. 26 Feb 1750 proved by oaths of John Harlow, John Mooney and William Harlow. (Rosalie Edith Davis, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK A & B [Bellevue, WA: 1979] p. 62) In 1757, John Harlow sold land "along the main Beaverdam" to John Roberson. DB B-187-188 22 Apr 1757 John Harlow of Fredericksville Par., Louisa Co., for 10 pds currt. money to John Roberson, 50 acres in sd. Parish on south side of Beaver Creek ... Roberson's line ... along the main Beaverdam. /s/ John Harlow Wit: Wm. Harlow, John Forsie Jnr. 24 May 1757 acknowledged by John Harlow. A subsequent deed, Louisa Co. DB B-188-189 dated 27 Apr 1757 by Roberson, executed a few days later than the above deed, verifies that he is selling 200 acres of land which he had previously purchased from both William Harlow and John Harlow. The purchaser is John Forsie Junr. "of Hanover Co., St. Paul 's Par." The deed mentions "on main Beaverdam Creek on north side," and lines of William Graves and John Harlow, but not of Nathaniel Williams. Much later, in 1778, reference was still being made in a deed to the lines of Nathaniel Williams and William Harlow's corner and to Graves line, near Beaver Dam Fork of Great Creek, Louisa Co. Louisa Co. DB E-301-302 12 Oct 1778 John Brown Senr. of Orange Co. & Elizabeth his wife to John Bourn [sic] of Louisa Co.; 85 pds.; 400 a. on the Beaver Dam Fork of Great Cr... Nathaniel Williams & William Harlows corner...branch of Beaver Dam fok of Great Cr...Graves line...Nathaniel Williams corner in sd. Graves line. John (+) Brown Elizabeth (+) Brown Wit: Zach. Shackelford, 'Thomas Fleeman, James Hogan 12 Oct 1778 ack by sd. Elizabeth. (Rosalie Edith Davis, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS E & F, 1774-1790 [Manchester, MO: 1983] p. 35) Later Records of Harlow Family Members ? In Albemarle Co. county Deed Bks 1764-1768, we find Nathaniel Harlow of Fredericksville Parish; William Harlow with daughter Elizabeth Harlow; William Harlow with daughter Tempe Harlow. In the latter deeds, W. Harlow is styled as "W Harlow, elder." Early Records In Henrico Co. where an early William Harlow resided, also resided William Womack (d. 1762) and his wife Mary (Henrico DB 1-455), presumably the parents of Mary Womack Williams, wife of John Williams II, later of Goochland Co. 1728 - Henrico Co., VA DB 2?-214 - 29 May 1728 Thomas Farrar of St. James Parish, Henrico Co., to William Harlow of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover Co., for 20 pds, 400 acres in St. James Parish, bounded by Chickahominy Swamp. Wit: Richard Dean, George Farrar, Thos. Osburn, Jr. /s/ Thomas Farrar. Recorded 1st Mon Oct 1728 (Adapted from Benjamin B. Weisiger III, HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1706-1737 [Richmond, VA: Privately published, 1985], p. 102) In 1741/42, Harlow patented land--400 acs. Henrico Co. on the Main Run of Chickahomony Sw., Beg. in his line (Pat Bk 20-230) We are unsure whether he is the same person. Prior to 1762, Harlow had owned property on Beaverdam Creek in Louisa Co., apparently in Fredericksville Parish, as may be deduced from this late deed which mentions Harlow in the chain of title: Louisa Co. DB C1/2?-p. 83-85: 22 Nov 1762 Henry Ford of Louisa Co., Fedricks [sic] Par. to John Forsie of Co. and Par. afsd; 30 pds curr. money; 100 a. in par. afsd...fork of Beaverdam Creek in sd. Forsies Old Line...down Creek to the fork...up the north fork; all that land given to me by William Harlow in that place in a Deed. Henry (+) Ford. Wit: Robert Richards, Samuel (X) Mackgehee, Solomon Pasley (Rosalie Edith Davis, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS C, C1/2, D & D 1/2, 1759-1774 [Manchester, MO: 1997], p. 44-45) John Forsie seemd to be purchasing more land on Beaverdam Fork of Machumps [variant spellings] Creek, Louisa Co. Perhaps by 1760, William Harlow was deceased. This 1760 deed appears in Louisa Co. Records: DB C 1/2?-pp. 25-27 30 Jan 1760 John Martin Harlow of Fredericksville Par., Albemarl [sic] Co. to John Forsie Junr. of Fredericksville Par., Louisa Co.; 45 pds. curr. money; 105 a. on Beaverdam fork of Machumps Creek; part of a tract pattern'd for John Graves...south fork on the south side of the Creek...sd. Forsies line. /s/ John Martin Harlow Wit: Henry (+) Ford, Richard Timberlake, William Timberlake. 22 April 1760 proved by the oaths of all the witnesses. (Ibid., p. 59) From other records, we know that Nathaniel Williams was also a neighbor of Michael Holland. The following indicates that Holland was also in Louisa Co. DB C1/2? - 63-64 21 Jul 1755. Thomas Robinson of Louisa Co. to William Harlow Senr. of same 13 pds-10s-4d & 500 lbs. of Tobacco; 400 a. on Sycamore Fork of Swamp Creek upon Morris's line at corner to Sneads line...along a New Dividing line; part of 800 a. bearing date of Michael Holland, Deceased, his patent. /s/ Thomas (T) Robinson Wit: Jno. Robinson, Joel Harlow, William Harlow Junr. (Ibid., p. 63) Brunswick Co. Records In 1745, Harlow had patented land in Brunswick Co., but there is no indication found to date that Nathaniel Williams was in Brunswick Co., at least not in that time period. In 1746, Harlow's lines are mentioned in the patent of William Lafoon, Henrico Co. "on a Br. of Farrars Br. in a Slash; adj Nicholas Cox now Simon Ligons, Evan Shoemaker & William Harlow." (Pat. Bk 25-142). Thomas Harlow Also in Pat Bk 21-425, 1743, is a patent for Thomas Harlow, Henrico Co. "on the S side of Chickahominy Sw., in Slashey Ground near a Slash, on the Co. Line dividing Henrico from Goochland Co. [N20 deg E]; in or near the Head of sd Sw. where the counties of Henrico, Goochland & Hanover join [this writer's italics] adj. William Harlow & Simon Ligon; 30 Jun 1743...." (CAVALIERS & PIONEERS, V. V., p. 58). The fact that three counties, Henrico, Goochland (from which Louisa was formed in 1742), and Hanover, joined in this general area in 1743 (and may still join today) gives a probable general location for the placement of land of Nathaniel Williams. There seems to be no land patent for Nathaniel Williams, at least none which appear in the eight published volumes of CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS. Nathaniel Harlow A Nathaniel Harlow was in Albemarle Co. as indicated in the following abstracted deed: Albemarle Co. DB 4, pp. 440-441 23 Feb 1767 Nathaniel Harlow of Parish of Fredericksvill, Albemarle Co. to Saml. Boyd of Parish of St Anns, Albemarle Co. fro 30 pds Virginia money---parcell of land in Fredericksville Par, Co. of Albemarle, containing 82 acres .. So side of the North Fork of Jameses River... Beg. at Waddeys corner Gum... to Charles Goodmans ln... to Francis Grahams line to Samuel Rays line ... /s/ Nathanial Harlow wit: Alexander Mackey, Senr, Alexander Mackey Junr., Gray Haggard Nathanial Harlow & Suphan his wife.... acknowledged at Albemarle Co. Sept Court 1767 (Sam & Ruth Sparacio, DEED ABSTRACTS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 4, 9 AUGUST 1764-12 AUGUST 1768 [McLean, VA: The Antient Press, 1989], p. 98) Immediately below this deed is one by William Harlow of the same parish in Albemarle Co. in which he gives his Loveing Daughter Elizabeth Harlow of the same parish... one sertan Negro girl named (Jude) she & her increase ... (Ibid., p. 98-99) Submitted by E.W.Wallace . ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Cathy, Just for kicks I did Ancestors.com and LDS using Loretta M and Loretta Harlow used 1902 give or take 2 and then 5 The only Loretta Harlow I found was from Maryland Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Phillips" <philly330@verizon.net> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > Ray, > Thank you for responding. I was just thinking the other day about going > up > to the ARFH library . I think they are only open certain hours on > Wednesday > and Saturdays. I have class on Wednesday mornings and granddaughters on > Saturdays so I just have not made it up there for awhile. I didn't > realize > that they had alot on the Virginia counties such as Albemarle, Augusta and > Greene. I know that Randolph was once part of Augusta but that was before > the time I need to find Loretta Harlow. I definitely will check with > Janet > Isner when I go, she was very helpful the last time I visited which was a > while ago. > Bye for now, > Cathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray&Lela Harlow" <lharlow1@woh.rr.com> > To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > > >> Cathy, >> Sorry don't have her.How re things in Randolph county? You might run >> down to ARFH and see if they have any Harlow stuff. Janet Isner would be >> glad to help you. I was there about three weeks ago looking for Kelley's. >> Ray >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Cathy Phillips" <philly330@verizon.net> >> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:20 PM >> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >> >> >>> To Ray or Terri or anyone on the list: >>> >>> I am searching for a Loretta May Harlow who was born ca. 1902. Does >>> anyone >>> have Loretta in their Harlow line?? She was in Augusta Co. Virginia at >>> one >>> time. >>> >>> Cathy S. Phillips >>> Elkins, WV >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Ray&Lela Harlow" <lharlow1@woh.rr.com> >>> To: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com>; <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:09 PM >>> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >>> >>> >>>> Terri, Let me know what Harlow family, maybe I can help you. Ray Harlow >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com> >>>> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:56 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Carolyn, >>>>> I have e-mailed with you before about at least one of my families. I >>>>> had >>>>> much of my ressearch work lost because of a computer issue. Do you >>>>> have >>>>> any records with my name on it because I can't remember which family I >>>>> asked you about before. Some names are Harlow, Rucker, Shuck, Gunther, >>>>> Chastain, Foree, etc. >>>>> Also, since you are a researcher, do you know how to get a message to >>>>> Genealogy.com. While helping a friend with research they now have her >>>>> name >>>>> and e-mail listed instead of mine so I cannot submit a question to >>>>> them. >>>>> It is rejected. I would like to respond to some people on >>>>> Genealogy.com >>>>> Thanks for any assistance. >>>>> Terri Harlow-Sillanpaa (my e-mail address was always tmharlow but it >>>>> used >>>>> to be MSN instead of Peoplepc) >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>From: Cacmiller517@aol.com >>>>>>Sent: Aug 17, 2007 10:19 AM >>>>>>To: valouisa@rootsweb.com >>>>>>Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >>>>>> >>>>>>I got list of marriages for Louisa on line. Louisa County Genealogy. >>>>>>CarolynMiller >>>>>> >>>>>>Does any one have information on Terry family Louisa Co. >>>>>>_Cacmiller517@aol.com_ (mailto:Cacmiller517@aol.com) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new >>>>>>AOL >>>>>>at >>>>>>http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>>>>> >>>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>>VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>> PeoplePC Online >>>>> A better way to Internet >>>>> http://www.peoplepc.com >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: >>>> 8/16/2007 >>>> 1:46 PM >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: 8/16/2007 >> 1:46 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Cathy, Do you have Ancestors.com? If not I will look in there for you. By the way do you know Madonna Stokes that works at DOT? Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Phillips" <philly330@verizon.net> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > Ray, > Thank you for responding. I was just thinking the other day about going > up > to the ARFH library . I think they are only open certain hours on > Wednesday > and Saturdays. I have class on Wednesday mornings and granddaughters on > Saturdays so I just have not made it up there for awhile. I didn't > realize > that they had alot on the Virginia counties such as Albemarle, Augusta and > Greene. I know that Randolph was once part of Augusta but that was before > the time I need to find Loretta Harlow. I definitely will check with > Janet > Isner when I go, she was very helpful the last time I visited which was a > while ago. > Bye for now, > Cathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray&Lela Harlow" <lharlow1@woh.rr.com> > To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > > >> Cathy, >> Sorry don't have her.How re things in Randolph county? You might run >> down to ARFH and see if they have any Harlow stuff. Janet Isner would be >> glad to help you. I was there about three weeks ago looking for Kelley's. >> Ray >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Cathy Phillips" <philly330@verizon.net> >> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:20 PM >> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >> >> >>> To Ray or Terri or anyone on the list: >>> >>> I am searching for a Loretta May Harlow who was born ca. 1902. Does >>> anyone >>> have Loretta in their Harlow line?? She was in Augusta Co. Virginia at >>> one >>> time. >>> >>> Cathy S. Phillips >>> Elkins, WV >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Ray&Lela Harlow" <lharlow1@woh.rr.com> >>> To: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com>; <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:09 PM >>> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >>> >>> >>>> Terri, Let me know what Harlow family, maybe I can help you. Ray Harlow >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com> >>>> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:56 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Carolyn, >>>>> I have e-mailed with you before about at least one of my families. I >>>>> had >>>>> much of my ressearch work lost because of a computer issue. Do you >>>>> have >>>>> any records with my name on it because I can't remember which family I >>>>> asked you about before. Some names are Harlow, Rucker, Shuck, Gunther, >>>>> Chastain, Foree, etc. >>>>> Also, since you are a researcher, do you know how to get a message to >>>>> Genealogy.com. While helping a friend with research they now have her >>>>> name >>>>> and e-mail listed instead of mine so I cannot submit a question to >>>>> them. >>>>> It is rejected. I would like to respond to some people on >>>>> Genealogy.com >>>>> Thanks for any assistance. >>>>> Terri Harlow-Sillanpaa (my e-mail address was always tmharlow but it >>>>> used >>>>> to be MSN instead of Peoplepc) >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>From: Cacmiller517@aol.com >>>>>>Sent: Aug 17, 2007 10:19 AM >>>>>>To: valouisa@rootsweb.com >>>>>>Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >>>>>> >>>>>>I got list of marriages for Louisa on line. Louisa County Genealogy. >>>>>>CarolynMiller >>>>>> >>>>>>Does any one have information on Terry family Louisa Co. >>>>>>_Cacmiller517@aol.com_ (mailto:Cacmiller517@aol.com) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new >>>>>>AOL >>>>>>at >>>>>>http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>>>>> >>>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>>VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>> PeoplePC Online >>>>> A better way to Internet >>>>> http://www.peoplepc.com >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: >>>> 8/16/2007 >>>> 1:46 PM >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: 8/16/2007 >> 1:46 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ray, Thank you for responding. I was just thinking the other day about going up to the ARFH library . I think they are only open certain hours on Wednesday and Saturdays. I have class on Wednesday mornings and granddaughters on Saturdays so I just have not made it up there for awhile. I didn't realize that they had alot on the Virginia counties such as Albemarle, Augusta and Greene. I know that Randolph was once part of Augusta but that was before the time I need to find Loretta Harlow. I definitely will check with Janet Isner when I go, she was very helpful the last time I visited which was a while ago. Bye for now, Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray&Lela Harlow" <lharlow1@woh.rr.com> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > Cathy, > Sorry don't have her.How re things in Randolph county? You might run > down to ARFH and see if they have any Harlow stuff. Janet Isner would be > glad to help you. I was there about three weeks ago looking for Kelley's. > Ray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cathy Phillips" <philly330@verizon.net> > To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:20 PM > Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > > >> To Ray or Terri or anyone on the list: >> >> I am searching for a Loretta May Harlow who was born ca. 1902. Does >> anyone >> have Loretta in their Harlow line?? She was in Augusta Co. Virginia at >> one >> time. >> >> Cathy S. Phillips >> Elkins, WV >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ray&Lela Harlow" <lharlow1@woh.rr.com> >> To: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com>; <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >> >> >>> Terri, Let me know what Harlow family, maybe I can help you. Ray Harlow >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com> >>> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:56 AM >>> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >>> >>> >>>> Hi Carolyn, >>>> I have e-mailed with you before about at least one of my families. I >>>> had >>>> much of my ressearch work lost because of a computer issue. Do you have >>>> any records with my name on it because I can't remember which family I >>>> asked you about before. Some names are Harlow, Rucker, Shuck, Gunther, >>>> Chastain, Foree, etc. >>>> Also, since you are a researcher, do you know how to get a message to >>>> Genealogy.com. While helping a friend with research they now have her >>>> name >>>> and e-mail listed instead of mine so I cannot submit a question to >>>> them. >>>> It is rejected. I would like to respond to some people on Genealogy.com >>>> Thanks for any assistance. >>>> Terri Harlow-Sillanpaa (my e-mail address was always tmharlow but it >>>> used >>>> to be MSN instead of Peoplepc) >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>From: Cacmiller517@aol.com >>>>>Sent: Aug 17, 2007 10:19 AM >>>>>To: valouisa@rootsweb.com >>>>>Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >>>>> >>>>>I got list of marriages for Louisa on line. Louisa County Genealogy. >>>>>CarolynMiller >>>>> >>>>>Does any one have information on Terry family Louisa Co. >>>>>_Cacmiller517@aol.com_ (mailto:Cacmiller517@aol.com) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new >>>>>AOL >>>>>at >>>>>http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>>>> >>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________________ >>>> PeoplePC Online >>>> A better way to Internet >>>> http://www.peoplepc.com >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: >>> 8/16/2007 >>> 1:46 PM >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: 8/16/2007 > 1:46 PM > >

Concerning early marriage records from practically any State, not just Virginia. If all State Libraries were as cooperative as the Library of Virginia in making copies of actual marriage bonds or records, that would be wonderful. A lesson I learned: When I first began genealogy, I was fortunate enough to have enough leisure to take some beginning classes sponsored by a local genealogical society. One of the instructions: Gather all the marriage records, birth records, death certificates/obituaries for your direct ancestors as possible. (This instruction saved me a LOT of work when I decided to join DAR--because I already had these documents for evidence of my direct lineage.) At any rate, one of my great-grandfathers, who lived ca 1816 in one of the Feliciana Parishes, Louisiana, had married across the State line, Mississippi, to a sister of his sister-in-law [all families originally of South Carolina and perhaps before that, who knows where?] I ordered from the Mississippi courthouse an uncertified marriage record of this couple. It came on a 20th century form--with the crossed out dates. Years later, now having some leisure in my life, I ordered film for that particular Mississippi county to my local Family History Center, . Among the documents I found on microfilm was the original marriage bond--with a good deal more information that the paid-for from the courthouse copy which I had received earlier. For example, the bondsman was soon to be another member of this rather large family!!! If you have some leisure in your life and are near a Family History Center, I highly recommend ordering whatever microfilms may be available for your PLACE [State, county, city], probably from Salt Lake City. Marriage records are cataloged in the FHL catalog [www.familysearch.org - go to the right side of the opening screen and do a PLACE search] under the topic Vital Records. Remember that phrase--Vital records. [This is principally for the United States. If searching English records, look under Civil Registration and also Parish Records, depending on the time.]. E.W.Wallace learning something new almost every day - genealogically speaking, that is!! ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Cathy, Sorry don't have her.How re things in Randolph county? You might run down to ARFH and see if they have any Harlow stuff. Janet Isner would be glad to help you. I was there about three weeks ago looking for Kelley's. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Phillips" <philly330@verizon.net> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > To Ray or Terri or anyone on the list: > > I am searching for a Loretta May Harlow who was born ca. 1902. Does > anyone > have Loretta in their Harlow line?? She was in Augusta Co. Virginia at > one > time. > > Cathy S. Phillips > Elkins, WV > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray&Lela Harlow" <lharlow1@woh.rr.com> > To: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com>; <valouisa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:09 PM > Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > > >> Terri, Let me know what Harlow family, maybe I can help you. Ray Harlow >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com> >> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:56 AM >> Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >> >> >>> Hi Carolyn, >>> I have e-mailed with you before about at least one of my families. I had >>> much of my ressearch work lost because of a computer issue. Do you have >>> any records with my name on it because I can't remember which family I >>> asked you about before. Some names are Harlow, Rucker, Shuck, Gunther, >>> Chastain, Foree, etc. >>> Also, since you are a researcher, do you know how to get a message to >>> Genealogy.com. While helping a friend with research they now have her >>> name >>> and e-mail listed instead of mine so I cannot submit a question to them. >>> It is rejected. I would like to respond to some people on Genealogy.com >>> Thanks for any assistance. >>> Terri Harlow-Sillanpaa (my e-mail address was always tmharlow but it >>> used >>> to be MSN instead of Peoplepc) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>>From: Cacmiller517@aol.com >>>>Sent: Aug 17, 2007 10:19 AM >>>>To: valouisa@rootsweb.com >>>>Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >>>> >>>>I got list of marriages for Louisa on line. Louisa County Genealogy. >>>>CarolynMiller >>>> >>>>Does any one have information on Terry family Louisa Co. >>>>_Cacmiller517@aol.com_ (mailto:Cacmiller517@aol.com) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new >>>>AOL >>>>at >>>>http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> PeoplePC Online >>> A better way to Internet >>> http://www.peoplepc.com >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: 8/16/2007 >> 1:46 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To Ray or Terri or anyone on the list: I am searching for a Loretta May Harlow who was born ca. 1902. Does anyone have Loretta in their Harlow line?? She was in Augusta Co. Virginia at one time. Cathy S. Phillips Elkins, WV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray&Lela Harlow" <lharlow1@woh.rr.com> To: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com>; <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > Terri, Let me know what Harlow family, maybe I can help you. Ray Harlow > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com> > To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:56 AM > Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > > >> Hi Carolyn, >> I have e-mailed with you before about at least one of my families. I had >> much of my ressearch work lost because of a computer issue. Do you have >> any records with my name on it because I can't remember which family I >> asked you about before. Some names are Harlow, Rucker, Shuck, Gunther, >> Chastain, Foree, etc. >> Also, since you are a researcher, do you know how to get a message to >> Genealogy.com. While helping a friend with research they now have her >> name >> and e-mail listed instead of mine so I cannot submit a question to them. >> It is rejected. I would like to respond to some people on Genealogy.com >> Thanks for any assistance. >> Terri Harlow-Sillanpaa (my e-mail address was always tmharlow but it used >> to be MSN instead of Peoplepc) >> >> -----Original Message----- >>>From: Cacmiller517@aol.com >>>Sent: Aug 17, 2007 10:19 AM >>>To: valouisa@rootsweb.com >>>Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >>> >>>I got list of marriages for Louisa on line. Louisa County Genealogy. >>>CarolynMiller >>> >>>Does any one have information on Terry family Louisa Co. >>>_Cacmiller517@aol.com_ (mailto:Cacmiller517@aol.com) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new >>>AOL >>>at >>>http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> PeoplePC Online >> A better way to Internet >> http://www.peoplepc.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/957 - Release Date: 8/16/2007 > 1:46 PM > >

Terri, Let me know what Harlow family, maybe I can help you. Ray Harlow ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri" <tmharlow@peoplepc.com> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > Hi Carolyn, > I have e-mailed with you before about at least one of my families. I had > much of my ressearch work lost because of a computer issue. Do you have > any records with my name on it because I can't remember which family I > asked you about before. Some names are Harlow, Rucker, Shuck, Gunther, > Chastain, Foree, etc. > Also, since you are a researcher, do you know how to get a message to > Genealogy.com. While helping a friend with research they now have her name > and e-mail listed instead of mine so I cannot submit a question to them. > It is rejected. I would like to respond to some people on Genealogy.com > Thanks for any assistance. > Terri Harlow-Sillanpaa (my e-mail address was always tmharlow but it used > to be MSN instead of Peoplepc) > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Cacmiller517@aol.com >>Sent: Aug 17, 2007 10:19 AM >>To: valouisa@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse >> >>I got list of marriages for Louisa on line. Louisa County Genealogy. >>CarolynMiller >> >>Does any one have information on Terry family Louisa Co. >>_Cacmiller517@aol.com_ (mailto:Cacmiller517@aol.com) >> >> >> >> >>************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL >>at >>http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ________________________________________ > PeoplePC Online > A better way to Internet > http://www.peoplepc.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Carolyn, I have e-mailed with you before about at least one of my families. I had much of my ressearch work lost because of a computer issue. Do you have any records with my name on it because I can't remember which family I asked you about before. Some names are Harlow, Rucker, Shuck, Gunther, Chastain, Foree, etc. Also, since you are a researcher, do you know how to get a message to Genealogy.com. While helping a friend with research they now have her name and e-mail listed instead of mine so I cannot submit a question to them. It is rejected. I would like to respond to some people on Genealogy.com Thanks for any assistance. Terri Harlow-Sillanpaa (my e-mail address was always tmharlow but it used to be MSN instead of Peoplepc) -----Original Message----- >From: Cacmiller517@aol.com >Sent: Aug 17, 2007 10:19 AM >To: valouisa@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Marriage Bonds from Courthouse > >I got list of marriages for Louisa on line. Louisa County Genealogy. >CarolynMiller > >Does any one have information on Terry family Louisa Co. >_Cacmiller517@aol.com_ (mailto:Cacmiller517@aol.com) > > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VALOUISA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com

I got list of marriages for Louisa on line. Louisa County Genealogy. CarolynMiller Does any one have information on Terry family Louisa Co. _Cacmiller517@aol.com_ (mailto:Cacmiller517@aol.com) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Abercrombie wrote: > The clerks at the courthouse can type a copy of a marriage bond and > certify > it for you for a small fee. My apologies if this questions has already been asked. What information does the marriage bond carry? Thanks---- Donna

The clerks at the courthouse can type a copy of a marriage bond and certify it for you for a small fee. They have copies of the actual bonds on microfilm but the microfilm copier does not work. The Library of Virginia can make a copy of the actual bond from their microfilm.

You might try calling the Louisa County Courthouse and talking with them. I got a copy last time I was there and they were so helpful and looked it up for me. If they would do so there would probably be a small charge. I suggest only ask for one as it may not be one of their services. Cricket ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I seek information on Rebecca Coates of Louisa County, Virginia. She was twelve years old in 1914: therefore, d.o.b. about 1902. She was African American and a resident of the Green Springs Depot area. She often went by the nickname Becky. Any information on her life after 1914 would be very much appreciated. Thanks! Ken Brandau

Am also looking for Carters that lived in Louisa Co. in1843 Joseph Hopson Carter born in 1843 to William Bolling Mereidith Carter and Caroline Elizabeth Thomas . William was the son of Richard Carter who was the son of John Chiswell Carter who died in 1809 at Fort Massac, IL. Caroline was the daughter of William Thomas and Elizabeth Hawes. After William died in 1854 we do not have any record of them till Caroline died in 1893 in Richmond, VA. thank you Shirley Sindelar

Dear Researchers, While waiting for my slow cable company to come awake and let me get on the internet, I discovered in one of my books, there was an *illiterate* William Harris, with wife Elizabeth, in Louisa Co., VA ca 1774-1790. This discovery [why we have to keep reading our notes and whatever books we have accumulated] may help someone distinguish between a William Harris (with wife Elizabeth) of Albemarle Co. about the same time, and one who is of Louisa Co., VA in this time period. I wrote an e-mail the other day about a deed in Albemarle Co. linking a William Harris, deceased, with his widow Elizabeth and his brother and sister-in-law, Christopher Harris and his wife Agnes [nee McCord]. Suggestion: A DAR genealogist taught me this when I was trying to distinguish [for an applicant] two men of the same rather unusual name [both names] in adjoining counties in North Carolina during Revolutionary times. Which of these was the ancestor of the applicant? The DAR genie said: You have to learn who the associates were and the watercourse on which the land was held/located. It took me two days to sort them out, but I learned a lot. (Thank goodness for free room and board in nearby Maryland at that time.) Using these two suggestions by the DAR genie, I suggest that whoever is searching for William Harris [whom she said was illiterate] and his wife Elizabeth of Louisa Co. [part of which Albemarle was formed, other part of Albemarle from Goochland Co.] note the neighbors and the watercourse if these items are mentioned. There are several deeds involving William and Elizabeth Harris of Louisa Co., and I highly recommend that the searcher purchase from Mrs. Rosalie Edith Davis one or two books on Louisa Co. [more info below] as I am not going to do her research!!! By the way, there are other colonial Harris males in these deeds whom I cannot identify. If they are associated with these families, then I suspect they are related to Major Robert Harris, surveyor, sometime vestryman, sometime House of Burgesses. The families: Dabney, Pettus, Overton, Glen This contemporary William Harris of Louisa Co. has neighbors named Thomson, Parson Douglas [probably William Douglas the compiler of Douglas' Register, used by Goochland Co. researchers.] Anyway, back to the subject of this e-mail. Note that this transfer occurred during the American Revolution: Louisa Co. Deed Bk E-238-239 9 Mar. 1778 William Harris & Elizabeth his wife of Louisa Co to David Bigger of sd. Co.; 200 pds; 100 A. on the south side the North Anna River...Parson Douglass corner on the river...Wm. Harris' line...Thomas Graves line...Thomas Harris line. Wit: None William (+) Harris Elizabeth (X) Harris 9 Mar. 1778 ack. by William Harris & Elizabeth his wife. (From Rosalie Edith Davis, Louisa County, Virginia Deed Books E & F, 1774-1790 [Manchester, MO: Privately printed, 1983], p. 27) Mrs. Davis's webpage: [Remove punctuation from beginning and end before copying and pasting] _http://www.angelfire.com/va3/redavis/_ (http://www.angelfire.com/va3/redavis/) Her books are reasonably priced. The deeds mention many residents of other counties--Hanover, Goochland, even *Province of North Carolina*. By the way, just glancing at some of the other names [not studying, just glancing] I see the names Charles (C) Phares, Mary (X) Phares. Someone was studying a Phares or Farris or Faris family, but seemed to have insufficient leads. I hope this William Harris lead helps someone. Harris is such a common name!!! OK, paging to another page, I see that in 1786, there was a William Harris with wife Hennaretta, but the deed is signed by William and Elizabeth, seemingly NOT illiterate. Oh, me!!! And the witnesses are Samuel Harris, James (X) Harris, Overton Harris!!!! It seems early Louisa Co. VA was a hotbed of Harris families!!!! Sorting them out seems to be a full time job! One I am not prepared to do! Even though some county histories have been compiled for Albemarle Co., there are seldom any dates for the families mentioned, and the *stuff in print* should be checked against the records--even though the records are abstracts. [Some abstracts leave out just the words you need to establish a linkage, however.] E.W.Wallace ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I am working on the Carters in Louisa Would like to find others especially of the families of: Descendants of Lewis M Carter (CSA) 1 Lewis M Carter (CSA) b: 1842 in Lousia Va d: Aug 1880 in Lousia Va .. +Deliah Frances Butler b: 1840 in Kent's Store d: Aft. 1880 in Lousia Va 2 Samuel Carter b: 1865 2 Henry William Carter b: 1867 in Lousia Va d: 13 May 1893 in Lousia Co. Va. .. +Gertrude Inez Grubbs b: 1868 in Lousia Va d: 1897 in Quail Va. (family lot) Lousia Va. 2 Herbert Joseph Madison Carter b: 16 Sep 1867 in Lousia Co Va d: 21 Aug 1952 in Lousia Co Va .. +Alice Virginia MARKS b: 24 Jan 1871 in Louisa Co Va d: Mar 1918 2 Betty Lewis Carter b: 1870 d: Abt. 1905 .. +William Murray Huff b: 01 Jan 1867 in Augusta Co. Va d: 18 Jan 1953 in Charlottesville Va 2 Ida Frances Carter b: 27 Jan 1873 in Lousia Co Va d: 1952 in Ivy Creek Methodist Church, Charlottesville, VA 2 Birdie Carter b: 1875 2 David Carter b: 1876 2 Thomas Wayles CARTER b: 04 Apr 1877 in Lousia Co Va d: 25 May 1953 in Richmond Va .. +Molly E. BADGETT b: 17 May 1878 d: 23 Apr 1941 in Lousia Co Va 2 Lewis M Carter Jr b: 1878 in Lousia Co Va d: 1878 in Lousia Co Va 2 George Pendleton Carter b: 16 Sep 1881 in Lousia Co Va d: 24 Dec 1953 .. +Fannie L CUTLER b: 03 Aug 1869 d: 26 Jul 1958 2 Robert Carter b: Abt. 1883 Greg Carter ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour