Marshall, I was recently forwarded a copy of an old newspaper article from the "The Tobacco Plant" (May 1861) listing some of the first recruits for "The Clarksville Blues" which was E company of the 14th Virginia Infantry. One J.T. Richardson is listed as a private. I know no more than this and you must draw your own conclusions but thought you might like to know this. Kent Elam At 11:03 PM 02/09/2000 -0500, you wrote: >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 > >