I am wondering if either John, Robert, William, George and James Richardson, all sons of William A. and Patience R. Richardson of Mecklenburg County, Virginia....ever lived in Vance County, North Carolina which is across the state line from Mecklenburg?? Robert and George Richardson, in particular, are names I have heard of in the Townsville area of northern Vance County. In the cemetery of the Nutbush Presbyterian Church, in the village of Townsville, there are the graves and a memorial stone for "George R. Richardson and Jenny Strum Richardson". This George Richardson was in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, possibly the 14th Va. Infantry! My father (deceased) remembered this man. A deceased first cousin of mine, Gracie Nethery, was married to Thomas C. Richardson (deceased also) of the Townsville area. They lived and died in Henderson, N. C., the county seat of Vance. One son, Tommy Richardson, lives in Henderson now. Thomas C.'s father was Robert Richardson, who was born in the 1880s. I would be interested in a return message, as to whether we are speaking of the same family...if you know that! Hope what I have written helps some. Marshall Neathery