Let me look at my family tree about Elizabeth and Robinson. Give me an address Harlow Forum. Thanks Ray Harlow ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Long Carey" <lcarey34@verizon.net> To: <valouisa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [VALOUISA] Eliz.Harlow dau. of Nathaniel >I have a note posted by Alice Owens, a Fluvanna Co > researcher in Nov. 2004 on Harlow Forum > as follows:: > > There is a marriage in Albemarle 1799 of Elizabeth > Harlow to James Robinson.This same Elizabeth > Robinson is an heir(daughter) of Nathaniel Harlow > whose will was recorded in Albemarle Co. Va in > 1816. > I am a descendent of John R.Pace b.1809 and > his wife Elizabeth? b. abt. 1815. > possibly in Louisa co. as there was a marriage > between an Elizabeth Smith or Swift and > a John Pace in Louisa County. > A John Anderson was the Sur. > They lived in Fluvanna near a Nathaniel Harlow > Their son John Walker Pace b. 1843 married > Rebecca Ann Robinson b. 1853, dau of > David Robinson b. abt. 1789. > Could there be a connection to Elizabeth Harlow > who married a Robinson.? I have also seen > a Harlow-Robinson marriage with the name Tancy. > Help--- > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Please note: My new email address is lcarey34@verizon.net. Please remove > lcarey@bcpl.net from your address books and files so that we can stay in > touch! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Hdanw@aol.com> > To: <VALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 6:29 PM > Subject: [VALOUISA] Some Harlows in Colonial Virginia > > >>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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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