Angela, and everyone, The list of counties can be a valuable tool, and I hope that we can tweak it a little. According to Pat Lawson, and Floyd County historian Marguerite Tise, Floyd County was formed from Montgomery Co. No mention of any other county. I don't know, I'm just passing this along. Henry Co. formed 1776 from Pittsylvania - ok. I don't see how Patrick Co. could have contributed to the formation of Henry, as Patrick Co. was formed in 1791. I hope this helps, Steve

Can anyone help with this family? Who are the parents of Ezekiel? Any more info on the children? Thanks for your suggestions, additions, corrections and/or comments. 1 Ezekiel Canterbury b: Abt. 1794 in Virginia d: Aft. 1850 . +Rachael Stover b: Abt. 1805 in Virginia m: May 26, 1822 in Giles County Virginia Father: Jacob STOVER Mother: Sallie MCGHEE ..... 2 Susan Canterbury b: 1825 ..... 2 John Canterbury b: 1826 ......... +Paulina Evans b: Abt. 1832 ..... 2 Joseph Canterbury b: 1830 ......... +Sarah Elizabeth Lafferty m: Bef. 1863 d: Bef. 1880 ..... 2 Sarah Sally Canterbury b: 1832 ..... 2 Eli Canterbury b: 1834 ..... 2 Rhoda Canterbury b: 1836 in Virginia ..... 2 Ezekiel Canterbury b: March 1837 in Canterbury, Logan County Virginia d: January 1923 ......... +Eliza Elizabeth Clark b: 1840 in Logan County Virginia m: May 17, 1860 in Logan County VA d: Bet. 1868 & 1873 in West Virginia Father: Thomas K CLARK Mother: Celia Ann CLAY ..... *2nd Wife of Ezekiel Canterbury: ......... +Mary A. Rose m: June 24, 1873 in Logan County West Virginia ..... *3rd Wife of Ezekiel Canterbury: ......... +Polly Woodrum m: June 24, 1876 in Logan County WV ..... *4th Wife of Ezekiel Canterbury: ......... +Rebecca Dillon m: October 01, 1884 in Logan County West Virginia ..... 2 Emily Canterbury b: 1846 in Virginia ..... 2 Priscilla Canterbury b: Unknown ......... +Peter Dingess ..... 2 William Canterbury b: Unknown

Someone emailed me asking if I knew which counties created other counties. I don't remember the lady who asked so I am posting this information that someone sent my a while ago because I was having problems. Hope this helps and feel free to make corrections and changes because I didn't make the list nor do I know how accurate it is. Angela ____________________________________________________________________________ _____ ACCOMACK COUNTY, VA - Created in 1634 from Northampton County ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1744 from Goochland & Louisa Counties ALLEGHANY COUNTY, VA - Created in 1822 from Bath, Botetourt & Monroe Counties AMELIA COUNTY, VA - Created in 1734 from Brunswick & Prince George Counties AMHERST COUNTY, VA - Created in 1761 from Albemarle County APPOMATTOX COUNTY, VA - Created in 1845 from Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte & Prince Edward Counties ARLINGTON COUNTY, VA - Created in 1847 from Fairfax County AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA - Created in 1738 from Orange County BATH COUNTY, VA - Created in 1790 from Augusta, Botetourt & Greenbrier Counties BEDFORD COUNTY, VA - Created in 1753 from Albemarle & Lunenburg Counties BLAND COUNTY, VA - Created in 1861 from Giles, Tazewell & Wythe Counties BOTETOURT COUNTY, VA - Created in 1769 from Augusta County BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VA - Created in 1720 from Isle of Wight, Prince George & Surry Counties BUCHANAN COUNTY, VA - Created in 1858 from Russell & Tazewell Counties CAMPBELL COUNTY, VA - Created in 1781 from Bedford County CAROLINE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1727 from Essex, King and Queen & King William Counties CARROLL COUNTY, VA - Created in 1842 from Grayson & Patrick Counties CHARLES CITY COUNTY, VA - Created in 1634 as an original shire CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1764 from Lunenburg County CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA - Created in 1749 from Henrico County CLARKE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1836 from Frederick County CRAIG COUNTY, VA - Created in 1851 from Allegheny, Botetourt, Giles, Monroe, Montgomery & Roanoke Counties CULPEPER COUNTY, VA -Created in 1748 from Orange County CUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA - Created in 1748 from Goochland County DICKENSON COUNTY, VA - Created in 1880 from Buchanan, Russell & Wise Counties DINWIDDIE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1752 from Prince George County ELIZABETH CITY COUNTY, VA - Created in 1634 as an original shire ESSEX COUNTY, VA - Created in 1692 from Old Rappahannock County FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA -Created in 1742 from Loudoun & Prince William Counties FAUQUIER COUNTY, VA -Created in 1759 from Prince William County FLOYD COUNTY, VA - Created in 1831 from Franklin & Montgomery Counties FLUVANNA COUNTY, VA - Created in 1777 from Albemarle County FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA - Created in 1785 from Bedford, Henry & Patrick Counties FREDERICK COUNTY, VA - Created in 1738 from Augusta & Orange Counties GILES COUNTY, VA - Created in 1806 from Craig, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Tazewell & Wythe Counties GLOUCESTER COUNTY, VA - Created in 1651 from York County GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VA - Created in 1727 from Henrico County GRAYSON COUNTY, VA - Created in 1792 from Patrick& Wythe Counties GREENE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1838 from Orange County GREENSVILLE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1781 from Brunswick & Sussex Counties HALIFAX COUNTY, VA - Created in 1752 from Lunenburg County HANOVER COUNTY, VA - Created in 1720 from New Kent County HENRICO COUNTY, VA - Created in 1634 as an original shire HENRY COUNTY, VA - Created in 1776 from Patrick & Pittsylvania Counties HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA - Created in 1847 from Bath & Pendleton Counties ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - Created in 1634 as an original shire JAMES CITY COUNTY, VA - Created in 1634 as an original shire KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, VA - Created in 1691 from New Kent County KING GEORGE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1720 from Richmond & Westmoreland Counties KING WILLIAM COUNTY, VA - Created in 1701 from King and Queen County LANCASTER COUNTY, VA - Created in 1651 from Northumberland & York Counties LEE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1792 from Russell & Scott Counties LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA - Created in 1757 from Fairfax County LOUISA COUNTY, VA - Created in 1742 from Hanover County LUNENBURG COUNTY, VA - Created in 1746 from Brunswick County MADISON COUNTY, VA - Created in 1792 from Culpeper County MATHEWS COUNTY, VA - Created in 1790 from Gloucester County MECKLENBURG COUNTY, VA - Created in 1764 from Lunenburg County MIDDLESEX COUNTY, VA - Created in 1673 from Lancaster County MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VA - Created in 1776 from Botetourt & Fincastle Counties NANSEMOND COUNTY, VA - Created in 1637 from Upper Norfolk County NELSON COUNTY, VA - Created in 1807 from Amherst County NEW KENT COUNTY, VA - Created in 1654 from York County NORFOLK COUNTY, VA - Created in 1636 from Lower Norfolk County NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - Created in 1634 as an original shire NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA - Created in 1648 from Indian District of Chickacoan NOTTOWAY COUNTY, VA - Created in 1788 from Amelia County ORANGE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1734 from Spotsylvania County PAGE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1831 from Rockingham & Shenandoah Counties PATRICK COUNTY, VA - Created in 1791 from Henry County PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA - Created in 1766 from Halifax County POWHATAN COUNTY, VA - Created in 1777 from Chesterfield & Cumberland Counties PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VA - Created in 1753 from Amelia County PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1702 from Charles City County PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA - Created in 1730 from King George & Stafford Counties PRINCESS ANNE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1636 from Lower Norfolk County PULASKI COUNTY, VA - Created in 1839 from Montgomery & Wythe Counties RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VA -Created in 1833 from Culpeper County RICHMOND COUNTY, VA - 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Created in 1634 as an original shire WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA - Created in 1776 from Fincastle & Montgomery Counties WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VA - Created in 1653 from Northumberland County WISE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1856 from Lee, Russell & Scott Counties WYTHE COUNTY, VA - Created in 1789 from Montgomery County YORK COUNTY, VA - Created in 1634 as Charles River County _____NetZero Free Internet Access and Email______ http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

The following synopsis is based on my own research over the years, and is shared here so that we may all have a chance to input our thoughts on the subject. June JOHN THOMPSON It is not known if this is the "John Thomson" who made his statement of importation to Virginia in 1738, but there is every possibility that it is so. The preponderance of Thompson family members by the given names of John and William make them extremely difficult to identify with any surety. It is for that reason that close scrutiny must be made as to their location and near neighbors, for these facts help us to identify them as individuals. Although research is on-going on this Thompson family, I will endeavor to transcribe what information has so far been found. It should be remembered that Halifax County, Virginia was created in 1752 out of Lunenberg County, and in 1766, Pittsylvania arose as a new county out of Halifax. It is partly because of the evolution of these counties that research is so difficult on this particular branch of the Thompson Clan. That, and the fact that we are looking for a John Thompson, of whom there were literally hundreds in the early settlements, makes it a difficult task indeed. The first record of our John Thompson purchasing land may be found in Land Entry Book 1737-1780 , p. 167 (Land Entries In The Present Virginia Counties of Halifax, Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin, and Patrick), Chiarito, 1984, p. 132 as follows: "John Thompson, 400 acres on the little fork of Mulberry Begin: at two White Oaks making an elbow at the upper line of the l[an]d belonging to John Talbott, thence up both sides of the said Cr. for Compt." dated 14 February 1753. The next mention I have found for our John Thompson is under the date of 16 October 1753, Court of Halifax County, when he, along with Merry Webb, John Blevins, and Thomas Shurley were ordered to appear at next court to give evidence against his neighbor, John Talbot for misusing the orphan children under his care. In checking further, we find that the Churchwardens of Antrim Parish had bound Fanny, Mary, Sarah and James Gwin, orphans of James Gwin, dec'd to John Talbot on 15 September 1753. The next document located pertaining to this John Thompson is that of a survey for him in Pittsylvania County recorded in the Old Survey Book 1746-1782 Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1988, Marian Dodson Chiarito, p. 61. This document reads as follows: "Surveyed 22 April 1756 for John Thompson - 187 acres of Land on the So. Fork of Mulberry Creek. Bounded as follows VIZ: beginning at pointers in Tabots [Talbots] line, thence New lines, per S. Walton [Surveyor]" Looking to the land of John Talbot referenced in the above description, we find a survey for him dated 20 April 1756 for 400 acres " . . on a branch of Leather Wood Creek and Bounded as follows VIZ: beginning at Austins Creek, Chestnut Tree thence new lines." [Ibid., p. 60] This is a very important document as we will see later, for it helps us to identify this John Thompson as the one we are looking for! We are fortunate in the fact that a journal kept by his son Archibald Thompson from about 1755 until his death sometime after 1805 has been preserved in the family, copies of which have been made available to Thompson researchers. It is from this journal that we know that Archibald once lived on or near Leatherwood Creek in Pittsylvania County before he began his migration towards Montgomery County, Virginia. [Note: If you would like to view a transcription of this journal, it is available on Doug Moore's website at http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore.] According to the laws of the State of Virginia in 1762, any person could vote who had an estate or freehold of at least fifty acres if there was no settlement on it, or twenty-five acres if it had a 'plantation house' of at least 'twelve foot square.' The person had to have a legal title to the land for at least one year before becoming eligible to vote unless he had received it through marriage, or by descent or devise [inherited it]. No woman, whether married or single was allowed to vote. Neither was a male infant [under 21 years], a former Catholic, convict, or any person committed of a crime in Great Britain or Ireland. Voting was mandatory! It will be seen from this edict why we do not find all of our 'kinfolk' on some of the Tithable Lists where we expect them to be, for although adult, they probably did not qualify regarding land ownership at the time. A Voters List for Halifax County dated 1764 included the following names, all families that we know to be related by marriage or blood. Thomas Faris, Harris Wilson, Peter Bowman, Jno. Lucas, Jo. Faris, Jas. Faris, William Bowman, William Faris, Jo. Collins, Thos. Mastin, Jacob Faris, John Rowden, Jno. Byer, Jr., Jno. Moore, Jas. Chisum, William Thompson, Richard Finch, Henry Farmer, George Moore, David Lawson, John Lawson, Elexis Musick, Jas. Thompson, Thos. Wilson, Jos. Moore, William Lawson, George Stubblefield. >From his sons' journal, we know that John Thompson married a woman by the name of Mary. Unfortunately, although he was meticulous about almost all the other names he recorded therein, he failed to note the maiden name of his mother! Since their first child, Anne, was born 2 June 1734, we will presume they were married in 1731/32. In an effort to approximate the ages of John and Mary, we would surmise them to have been born between 1700 and 1710. However these dates are only approximates, and it is even possible that John was older and this could have been a second marriage for him. At any rate, we know they were living in this location in the middle 1750's, and perhaps earlier. His neighbor John Talbot had received a survey for land as early as 1751, again situated on Leatherwood Creek, in the amount of 400 acres. Other neighbors in the same general area at that time were Nathaniel & Ralph Elkins, James Skaggs, Christopher Bolling, William & James Blevins, William Dugger, John Oldum, William Cox, Ambrose Jones, Thomas Wilson and John Hickey. [We will see later that there are ties to the Elkins and Blevins family through intermarriage with the Skaggs family. We also note that both John Blevins, Ambrose Jones, and John Hickey are mentioned in the estate papers for John Thompson.] Not too far distant, John Fuller Lane took up an 188 acre parcel on 15 April 1756, and it could well be that the Lanes and Thompsons settled in this area together, as the families intermarried a number of times over the next generations. John Fuller Lanes' land was situated on a branch of Elk Horn Creek in Robert Weakleys line, and was surveyed by James Terry. He had previously claimed 400 acres on both sides on a branch of Sandy Creek on the Banister River in 1747, and he purchased an additional 433 acres on the branches of Mountain Creek in April 1770. Tidance Lane, a son of John Fuller Lane, had a survey dated 26 September 1746 for 135 acres on Sandy Creek of Banister River near his father, and not far away from him, Richard Lain, Sr. [sic] had 400 acres surveyed in his name on 24 February 1747. His land adjoined that of Robert Moor on one side and Nathaniel Terry and Drury Stith on the other. Dutton Lain purchased 400 acres on Elkhorn Creek on 15 December 1748, and Richard Lane, Jr. is shown with 170 acres on a branch of Echols Fork which was surveyed 25 September 1746. Robert Sweeting [Sweeten], who married into the Lane family, held two parcels of 400 and 370 acres surveyed in April and November 1748. It is evident that the Lanes remained in this area for some years, as the records show the next generation of young men in the family also purchasing land, i.e. Edward Sweeting [Sweeten], 440 acres in 1762; Dutton Lane 217 and 168 acres in 1762. Russell and William Bean lived near by, as did Peter Perkins, upon whose Tax List for 1767 Pittsylvania County, Virginia we find them all listed. By 1771, the tithables of Botetourt County included Rubin Ratliff, James Been, Jessey Maxcey, Uriah Akers, Daniel Blevins, Jonathan Grimes, Andrew Ferguson, Cornelius Davis. Appearing on a list of tithables on the Head of Little River that year were John Dispain,* Jeremiah Pate, Wm. Ratleff, John Elswick, Jonathan Elswick, Blackburn Eakers [Akers], Thomas Alley, Jacob and Isrel [sic] Lorton, Edmond Vancel, Richard Whitt, Robert Lyon, and "Long James Skaggs". After the formation of Fincastle in 1773, the land of many of these families fell into that county, and they may be found on the tax lists there. All of these families were, for the most part, all related by marriage to the Thompsons.[John Dispain was one of the appraisers of the estate of John Thompson in 1767. His son Peter was married to Nancy Skaggs, a daughter of Henry and Mary [Thompson] Skaggs.] A copy of the journal of Archibald Thompson, son of John and Mary Thompson, has been placed in the William B. Harlan Memorial Library at Tompkinsville, Kentucky. This old journal, the pages of which measure 4 x 6 inches, covers a time period from about 1755 and continues through subsequent ownership by family members to about 1820. Unfortunately, many of the pages in the book are very dark with age. I would like to sincerely thank the present owner for sharing a copy of it so that those of us still looking for our Thompson connection have access to this valuable data. Because the journal was obviously handed down within the family, the subsequent owners recorded events in their lives throughout the book, wherever there was blank space, and many pages will show as many as four individual penmanships. I have been told that this journal was once loaned out, and when returned, was missing some of the original pages. It is a shame that the information on those pages now seems lost to us, but I have hope that perhaps whomever might know their location presently would be considerate and kind enough to have copies made and mailed anonymously to the library as follows: Archibald Thompson Diary - Addenda William B. Harlan Memorial Library 500 West 4th Street Tompkinsville, KY 42167 I feel certain that receipt of copies of those missing pages would be greatly appreciated by a multitude of Thompson descendants who have found no other way to validate their connection to this family. Posting the information contained therein on the [email protected] website would be another method of sharing this vital information with all Thompson researchers. Although we do not know for sure that the following data refers to 'our' John Thompson, it is certainly a more than a possibility. We do know that his son Archibald was a fairly religious man, who often quoted bible passages in his journal, showing that he had received a better than average education. We include the entries below strictly to show that there was, indeed, a man by the name of 'John Thompson' living in the vicinity where Archibald and his family lived at the same time. According to his journal, Archibald states "On 1st and 2nd of February 1769 I removed my self and family from Leatherwood Creek in Pittsylvania County up to the mountains on the head of Smith's River in the same county and made four crops there." If the 'John Thompson' mentioned below was his father, as I now believe, perhaps he and Mary had preceded Archibald and his family to the Smith River area. On 22 November 1760 John Thompson was appointed Reader for the "Smiths River Settlement" by the church elders, and the records show ". . . he was to be paid the usual Sallery". On page 56 of that record, a notation is made dated 28 November 1761 that "Rev. James Craig was paid for preaching four sermons, and John Tomson [sic] was paid L800." Although we don't yet know the relationship, if any, we find that on 18 June 1762 Rev. Thomas Thompson was involved in selecting a place for a Glebe "near Walters cabins on Double Creek for Divine Service." Soon after, on 20 August 1762, the Vestry Book shows that a letter from Rev. Thomas Thompson was received by the church elders. It follows here in its entirety. "18 August 1762 Halifax County Dear Sir: I beg the favour of you to acquaint the Gentlemen of the Vestry from me that I am not able to discharge the duty of an Incumbent in their Extensive Parish by Reason of my own advanced age and Growing Infirmities and therefore quit all Pretensions to it and leave them at liberty to choose another Minister whom they shall think fitt that I hope theyl Consider in an Honourable way my great Expense, fatigue and Disappointment and so deserve my best wishes and Thankfull acknowledgement. I am, Sir, your Obedient Hbl. Servant, [signed] Thomas Thompson" He was allowed 2,000 pounds Tobacco in salary. On 16 February 1763 a notation was made in the Vestry register "To Revd. Thomas Thompson, 4,720 lbs. Tobacco". On the same day also entered in the record "To John Thompson, Reader, 800 lbs. Tobacco". This Rev. Thomas Thompson [also referred to as 'Thomson'] was ordained by the Bishop of Litchfield on 15 November 1730 and settled at St. Bartholomew's Parish in Colleton, SC from 1734 to 1744. He then served St. George's Parish, Dorchester, SC from 1744 to 1746 at which time he returned to England. He was back at St. John's Parish, Colleton, SC from September 1758 - 1760, and after that served at Salem, NJ, Chester and Concord, DE, until he was sent to Antrim Parish, Halifax Co., VA in 1762. He died there "an aged man." [Ref: Colonial Clergy of the Middle Colonies, Frederick Lewis Weis, 1957, Reprint 1978.] On 29 November 1763 it was ordered that the Collector pay John Thompson his salary, " . . levyed last year". On 22 June 1764 John Salmon was appointed Reader "at the Old Chappell on Leatherwood at or near John Blevinses." [Could John Thompson have been in failing health and unable to continue his duties to the congregation at this time? It seems very likely, as we find notice of his demise in the June 1765 Court records. I also believe this "John Salmon" may well be the same as "John Solomon", named as one of the prospective appraisers of John Thompson's estate.]

Hi All: I know that many of you have been searching for information on the parents of Archibald Thompson, b 1736, as I have for the past forty years. Recently, I have come across some documents that I believe relate to John and Mary [Unknown] Thompson that may help us all to establish this connection, and thought I would share them. Following are transcripts of some of those documents, plus other references and comments. I apologise for the length of this post, but to make sense of it all, it really must be kept together. I would welcome any comments and/or corrections/suggestions. June __ JUNE COURT 1765 Page 60 & 61 "On the Motion of Mary Thompson, Widow & Relict of John Thompson Deceased Certificate for obtaining Letters of Administration of all and singular the Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits of the said John Thompson which were of the said John at the time of his Death is granted her, she having first taken the Oath by Law prescribed and with Joseph Morton and Archibald Thompson her Securities, entered into Bond therefore and acknowledged the same." I believe the above document pretty well substantiates that we are looking at the 'death record' of John Thompson, father of Archibald. This is further confirmed by the fact that Archibald Thompson [their eldest son] acts as one of Mary's securities. I believe the Joseph Morton mentioned above, is Joseph Morton, JR, his father having recently deceased also. "On the Motion of Mary Thompson, Administratrix of John Thompson Deceased, it is ordered that William Blevins, John Solomon, Bullington and Ambrose Jones or any two of them [being first Sworn as the Law directs] do Value the personal Estate and Negroes [if any] of the said John Thompson in Current Money and return an Inventory and appraisement thereof to the Court." We know that the Blevins family were near neighbors and intermarried into the Skaggs family. I have not checked the other names as yet. __ JUNE COURT 1765 Page 96 "William Colbert [?] Plaintiff } vs } In Debt John Thompson Defendant } The said Defendant having departed this life since the last Court - this Suit abates." Another document which seems to determine that John Thompson died ca June 1765, or just prior to June Court. __ SEPTEMBER COURT 1766 Page 327 "Eight hundred pounds of Tobacco Levyed for the said John Thompson as one of the Readers of the Parish of Antrim in this County together with the Costs of this Motion." It is my thought that our John Thompson was the 'Reader' in Antrim Parish mentioned in their records. See below for further information concerning him. This would certainly account for the fact that Archibald definitely received some good schooling, as evidenced by his handwriting, and the fact that he quite often quoted from the Bible. __ WILL BOOK O, PAGE 213 INVENTORIES AND APPRAISEMENTS "An Inventory of the Estate of John Thompson Appraised the 11th of October 1766 To One Cow and Calf @ 1.15.0 To One Cow and Calf do 2.10.0 To 2 Yearling Heifers @ 18/per 1.16.0 To one Bull @ 1.10.0 To one Mare @ 5.10.0 To one Ditto @ 3.10.0 To one Horse 6.0.0 To one Bed & furniture 2.0.0 To one Pott @ 7/6 one Do 1/3 0.8.9 To Wooden Ware 6 Plates @ 12/6 0.13.0 To 2 Muggs @ 1/3 one Pail & Piggin 4/1 0.5.3 To 1 frying pan @ 3/6 one Table 1/3 0.4.9 To 1 lining Wheel @ 12/6 One Churn 4/ 0.16.6 [Linen wheel] To one Smoothing Iron 1/3 one Wedge 2/ 0.3.6 To old Lumber 5/3 Reap hooks @3/ 0.8.0 To plow Irons @ 10/6 Old Iron 6/ 0.16.6 £ 28.7.3 Appraised per Ben Bullington Henry Bates John Dispain At a Court held for Halifax County the 16th Day of October 1766. This Inventory & Appraisement was returned to the Court & ordered to be recorded. Test Truly recorded Robert Munford Clk Test R. Munford" The fact that many household items were sold would lead you to believe that Mary also broke up her household at this time. My thought is that she may have gone to reside with Archibald and Mary [Elswick] Thompson at that time. __ WILL BOOK O, PAGES 250 & 251 ACCOUNTS Page 250 "August ye 17th 1767 Mary Thompson Act - Against the Deceased John Thompson Estate & To paid John Hickey @ £ 4.5.0 To administration @ 5.0.0 To the Burial @ 5.0.0 To paid John Jannings @ 0.5.0 £14.10.0 Advertized the Estate of the Deceased John Thompson and sold the 17th of August 1767 Mary Thompson Dr To one Horse @ sold att auction £ 4.0.0 To one linnen Wheel @ 0.9.0 To one Bed and furniture @ 2.11.10 To one pott and frying pan @ 0.13.0 To old putar @ 1.15.0 [pewter] To one old pott @ 0.5.6 £ 8.14.4 Mr. John Blavings [Blevins] Senr. Pd 17th of August 1767 To one mare and Colt Bought at auction £ 6.0.0 Page 251 To one young mare @ 3.0.0 To 2 cows and 2 calves and 2 yearlings 6.16.0 £ 15.16.0 her Advertized and sold per Mary M Thompson mark At a Court held for Halifax County the 15th Day of September 1768 The within Account of the Administration and sale of the Estate of John Thompson Deceased was returned and Ordered to be Recorded. Test Robert Munford Clk Truly recorded Test R Munford" This is the last notice I could find re: this estate.

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HELP: I have found some of the children of Calvin Saunders, my ggg grandfather but I don't know how to go about finding marriage info or kid info. Where do I begin? I looked through the 1910 census, seeing how it's free for a few more days, and I found a Samuel Saunders who was 50 yrs old. My Samuel was born 1863, give or take a year, (according to the 1880 census). How do I know for sure if this is MY Samuel? I have from the Saunders clan that I have no information about is: David b. 1863 Jane b. 1867 Samuel b. 1872 Elizabeth b.1874 Margaret b. 1873 (all birth years taken form 1880 census info) Please help, Angela _______________________________________________ Why pay for something you could get for free? NetZero provides FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

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MOSES SKAGGS HEIRS, ESTATE CASE # 3871, GREEN CO., KY, 1836 Transcribed by Lula (Hankins) Hunter <[email protected]> and Jemima Gee Morse <[email protected]> PART 1 OF 5 INTRODUCTION Green County, Kentucky Circuit Court in Chancery Jeremiah & Aaron Lewis } Complainants vs. Heirs and Admrs. of Moses Skaggs dec'd, } Defendants The Moses Skaggs Heirs Chancery Suit #3871 (MES) is a basis for genealogy of one branch of the early Skaggs, Whitt, Hankins, Harman, Thompson, Meredith, Mirady, Chriswell, White, Maloney, Mitchell, Beavers, Combs, Howell, Samples, Quary, Ellis, York Ratliff, Despain, Roark, Combs, Simpson, Blevins, Jones, Whitten, Lockhart, Cecil, Bruster, families in Kentucky and Virginia. Abstracts of copies of the depositions in this suit, published by Barbara Wright, have been available for several years through the Green County, Ky., Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygreen/historical society.htm . The following is a line-by-line transcript of the set of MES documents in the Green County, Ky court file, transcribed by Lula (Hankins) Hunter, who traces her descendancy to Elizabeth (Skaggs) Hankins. Filed in 1836, the suit was brought about forty years after the death of Moses Skaggs who died intestate and without children, possessed of a quantity of real & personal property. The Bill further stated that he left his only legal representatives at law, five brothers and four sisters namely: Henry, Richard, Charles, Jacob, John, Susannah, Lydia, Elizabeth, and Nancy. ---------------------- NOTE: Moses Skaggs' two brothers, Henry and Charles Skaggs, are further identified in a diary in which Henry and Charles' wives are identified as sisters to Archibald Thompson. Archibald Thompson, born in 1736, left a diary recording events in early Virginia and Kentucky history, including births and marriage records for his and allied families in the New River Valley and in old Lincoln Co., Ky. The diary is in the possession of an Archibald descendant in Monroe County, Ky., and a copy is in the William B. Harlan Memorial Library, Tompkinsville, Ky. Measuring about four-by-five inches, it is one-hundred pages and includes some loose papers. In late 1999, a color-photo copy was made of the original diary, and a line-by-line transcript was made, which is now posted at Doug Moore's web site http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/archibald/ CIRCUIT COURT CASE #3871 AARON & JEREMIAH LEWIS BILL SKAGGS heirs & Admrs. No. 801 Page 1 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ To The Honerable Judge of the Green Circuit Court in Chancery sitting. Your oraters Aaron & Jeramiah Lewis would respectfully represent unto your Honor that many years since Moses Skaggs departed this life intestate and without issue in this county of Green leaving at his death a tract of land situate & being in this county afsd contain- ing ( ) acres and a negro Woman Slave named Rac- hel and her ( ) children named ( ) and personal property consisting of horses cattle hogs and sheep to the value of $500 besides various articles of farming utensils, household and kitichen furniture worth $300 that said Moses left at his death ( ). Skaggs his widdow who lived on the tract of land afsd and kept and retained the slaves and other property named afsd in her posses- ion without Administering on the estate of said Moses until the ( ) day of ( ) when she departed this life leaving the slaves and a part of the perso- al property afsd & she having made use of and other- wise disposed of most of the personal property afsd before her death and the said slaves having since the death of said Moses incresed ( ) in number which is children of the said Rachel and has been born since the death of said Moses. That on the ( ) day of ( ) after the death of the widdow after a certain William Jones was regularly appointed Administrator of all and singu- lar jt goods & chatle rights and credits of the said Moses Skaggs deceased by the County Court of Green Page 2 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ of the said Moses Skaggs deceased all of which will more fully and at large appear from instru- ments of writing executed by the said heirs and distributees of the estate of the said Moses Skaggs deceased as afsd which writings marked one, two, three & four are herewith filed and made a part of this Bill that your orators have since their purchase as afsd called on and demanded of the said Cavin and Blevin a settlement and distribution of the Estate of the said Moses Skaggs deceased that the said Blevin and Cavin utterly failed and refused to settle and make distribution of said Estate with your oraters. That the said Blevin and Cavin took possession of the tract of land belonging to the estate of this said Moses Skaggs deceased as the Administrators of said Estate and has as such rented the same out and received the rent therefor and now has as such the possession of said tract of land and fails and refuses to deliver the possession of the same to your oraters. All of which acting and doings of the said Cavin and Blevin are contrary to Equity and good conscience and man- ifestty tends to the injury and oppression of your oraters and in as much as they are rem- adies in the premises at law & can only be relieved in Equity when proved hardships &c are more properly when one may have Page 3 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ executed bond as Administrator of said Moses as afsd with James T Carter, John Meirs and Charles Blevins his securities and that the said Jones took possession (marked thru) the slaves and what personal property yet remained into his possession and had then appraised and retur- ned an inventory and said appraisement made in due form by him as Administrator of said Moses as afsd to the County Court of Green which was approved of by said court and ordered to be recorded all of which will more fully appear from a copy of said order Bond and Inventory and appraisement which is herewith filed marked (A) and is made a part of this Bill. That Jones made no sale of the personal property that came into his hands afsd, that he kept and applied to his own use the work and labour and hire of said slaves from the time he was appointed Administrator as afsd untill the day of ( ) 1834 when he departed this life which work labour & hire was reasonably worth the sum of $300 per year from the time he Adm- inistered untill his death that afsd Jones when he was the Administrator of said Moses as afsd collected and received large sums of money that was due & coming to the Estate of said Moses towit the sum of $1000 That after the death of said Jones towit on the ( ) day of October 1834 the said Charles Blevins, and William Cavin was on their motion regularly appointed Adminis- Page 4 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ trators of the Goods chattles rights and credits of the Estate of the said Moses by the County Court of Green and they executed bond with William Coakly, James Mears and Robert Scoot their securities and the said Blevins and Cavin took possession of the slaves and the personal property which was yet unsold belonging to the Estate of the said Moses, and had the same regularly appraised and returned to the County Court of Green, which appraisement was approved of and ordered to be recorded by said Court all of which will more fully and at large app- ear from a copy of said order bond and appraisement which is herewith filed marked (B) and is made a part of this Bill that the said Blevin and Cavin since they was appointed Administrator of the Estate of said Moses as afsd sold one of said slaves towit Rachel worth $700 and has applied the money to their own use. That the hire of said Rachel is & has been ever since the said Cavin and Blevin received the possession of her as afsd reasonably worth the sum of $50 per year that the said Blevin and Cavin have ever since they received the possession of the said slaves as afsd kept and applied their work and labor to their own use which is now & has been ever since they receiv- ed them as afsd reasonably worth the sum of $300 per year that the said Blevin and Cavin have received and collected since they was appointed Administrators of the estate of the said Moses as afsd large sums of money that was due and owing the Estate of said Moses towit the sum of $1000 all of which they have Page 5 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ invested. May it please your Honer the premise considered to Grant them chancery process against the said James T Carter, John Meers and Charles Blevins the securities of the said William Jones deceased and the said Charles Blevins and William Cavin and William Coakly, James Mears and Robert Scott their securities, and the said sons and daughters and their husbands as before stated of the said John Skaggs deceased and of the said Susanah Whit and her husband Richard Whit and of the said Lydia Harman and her husband Mathias Har- man and of the said Elizabeth Hankins and her husband John Hankins and of the said Nancy Merady and her husband William Merady who are the only heirs and distributees of the said Moses Skaggs deceased, all of whom your orators makes defendants to this Bill may be compeled to appear and answer all and singular the allegations of the same on oath that the said Blevin and Cavin answer and say how many children of the said Slaves has been born since they came into their possession as before stated what is their age, names and sex. That your Honer decree in favour of your orators against the defts Carter, John Meers and Charles Blevin for such sums as may be coming to them as afsd from the said William Jones deceased that was Page 6 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ applied to their own use that the said Moses Skaggs deceased left at his death four sisters to wit Susannah Skaggs had intermarried with one Richard Whit, Lydia who had intermarried with Mathias Harman, Elizabeth who had intermarried with John Hankins, and Nancy who had intermarried with William Merady and brothers to wit John Skaggs, Henry Skaggs, Richard Skaggs, Charles Skaggs, Jacob Skaggs that the afsd brothers all except John Skaggs have since the death of the said Moses departed this life intestate and without issue leaving the said John Skaggs and the afsd Susanah Whit and her husband Richard Whit, Lydia Harman and her husband Mathias Harman, Elizabeth Hankins and her husband John Hankins and Nancy Merady and her husband William Merady [and the said John Skaggs, marked thru] their only heirs at law that the said John Skaggs, Susanah Whit & her husband Richard Whit, Lydia Harman and her hus- band Mathias Harman, Elizabeth Hankins and her husband John Hankins, and Nancy Merady and her husband Will- iam Merady have also departed this life intestate leaving the following persons their children and heirs at law towit the said John Skagg had one daughter named Susanah who is now the wife of of William Quary and one other daughter named ( ) now the wife of Thomas York and one other daughter named ( ) now the wife of Laban Ellis and one other daughter named Rebecca Skaggs who remains unmarried. The only children and heirs at law of the said Richard Whit and his wife Susanah late Susanah Skaggs are Susanah Criswelll, late Susanah Whit who intermarried with ( ) Criswell who after his marriage with said Susanah departed this life and Edmond Whit and the only children and Page 7 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ heirs at law of the said Lydia Harman and her husband Mathias Harman are Adam Harman, Henry Harman and Mathias Harman and one daughter named ( ) who is now the wife of Robert Beavers and one other daugh- ter named ( ) now the wife of Moses Beavers and one other daughter named ( ) now the wife of Thomas Christian. The only children and heirs at law of Elizabeth Hankins and her husband John Hankins are one daughter named ( ) who is now the wife of Archabald Maloney, one other daughter named ( ) now the wife of John Mitchell and one other daughter named ( ) now the wife of John Howell and one other daughter named ( ) now the wife of Joseph Whit and Prathena Hankins, Lucy Hank- ins, and Lydia Hankins and Joseph Hankins & Moses Han- kins and the only children and heirs at law of the said Nancy Merady and her husband William Merady are James Merady, John Merady, Daniel Merady, Mathias Merady and William Merady that the afsd sons and daughters of the said John Skaggs and of the said Susanah Whit and Richard Whit her husband and of the said Lydia Harman and her husband, Mathias Harman and of the said Elizabeth Hankins and John Hankins her husband and of the said Nancy Merady and her husband William Merady are now the only heirs at law of the said Moses Skaggs deceased. They state that the widdow of the said Moses after the death of the said Moses and Page 8 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ before her death afsd sold and conveyed all her right title interest and claim in & to the Estate of the said Moses to the said Charles Blevin and that at her death she had no interest whatever in said Estate. Your orators state that the number names and sex of the afsd slaves that came into the possession of the said Jones and afterwards into the possession of the said Blevin and Cavin as the Administrators of the estate of the said Moses Skaggs deceased will fully and at large appear from the copies of the afsd inventory and appraisement made out by them and returned to the county court of Green as afsd which is made a part of the Bill as afsd. They charge that there has been other slaves children of the afsd slaves born since they came into the possession of the said Cavin and Blevin as afsd. Your orators charge that they have recently purchased for a valuable consideration the intire interest right and title of the sons and daughters and the husbands of the daughters as before stated of the said John Skaggs, Susanah Whit and her husband Richard Whit, Elizabeth Hankins and her husband John Hankins and Mathias Harman and his wife Lydia Harman and the said William Merady and his wife Nancy Merady who are now and was at the time afsd the purchase the only heirs at law & distributees Page 9 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ (Parts of this page is missing, torn, lines slanted] __?__ decree in favor of the said Blevin and Cavin __?__ to your oraters the afsd and the __?__ of land Honer decree against said & heir securities value __?__ Rachel together with __?__ __?__ the amount that the said Blevin __?__ may be found indebted _?__ final __?__ of said Estate and further Grant unto your oraters all such other and further relief as they may show them selves entitled to and they as in duty bond will ever pray (appears to be a signature, not legible) END PART 1 OF 5

MOSES SKAGGS HEIRS, ESTATE CASE # 3871, GREEN CO., KY, 1836 Transcribed by Lula (Hankins) Hunter <[email protected]> and Jemima Gee Morse <[email protected]> PART 3 OF 5 Page 20 _________________________________________________________________ _ Question by same: Are you or not acaquainted with Rachel, Lydia, Matilda, Gabriel, Ann, Marion, Mary, Lewis & Frank Henry and family, if so state what each of them are worth. Answer: I have known them for many years, Rachel I should think worth three hundred dollars; Lydia is worth six hundred; Matilda five hundred; Gabriel is worth four hundred; Ann is worth two hundred & fifty; Marion is worth one hun- dred and fifty; Mary is worth three hundred dollars; Lewis is worth three hundred and Frank-Henry is worth one hundred and fifty dollars. Question by Defendant: Were you acquainted with the farm and the value of renting per day at the time Jones took the same in possession. Answer: I think it was worth fifty or sixty dollars per year. Question by same: Was not a part of the farm leased out at the time Jones came into the possession of the same. Answer: It was. Question by same: How much more was the rent of the land worth at Jones death that it was at the time sd Jones took the same in possession Answer: I think it was double as much. Page 21 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Question by same: What was the improvement of the farm worth by the labour sd Jones put on the same. Answer: I think sd Jones improved the farm to the amount of three Hundred dollars. Question by same: Was not the widow of Moses Skaggs Decd supported from the proceads of the farm & Neagroes before and after Jones came into the possession of the same. Answer: I believe the widow was supported from the proceads previous to Jones coming into the possession and I believe Jones supported her after he got into the possession of sd farm. Question by same: Did not the property above mention- ed remain in the possession of the widow after Jones death, so long as she lived. Answer: I believe the Neagroes did. Question by same: Did you ever know the Widow to disposeth of the farm during her life. Answer: She lived and died there. Question by Complainants: do you or do you not know that although the Widow lived on the farm until her death, that the larger portion of it was rented out by the Administrators. Answer: I do. Question by same: Do you not know that Page 22 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ during the time Jones had the plantation in pos- sion, that much of the valuable timbers or it was destroyed, and the land was worn and deteriorated by the cultivation of it. Answer: I think some of the valuable timber was destroyed and the land has been injured most has been always cultivated in corn and oats. Question by same: Do you or do you not know that before the death of the Widow, Cavin and Blevins leased the farm and some of the Negroes, to one Ratliff, and that they recvd one hundred & twenty five barrels of corn from him as the rent of sd Cavin. Answer: They did rent the land, and on the slaves to Ratliff. I understand that [Ratliff was to give them one half of corn and tobacco. myself & Archibald Ratliff made an estimate of lumber sup- posed there would be two hundred fifty barrels of corn and two thou- sand pounds of tobacco. Words within brackets is marked thru] I can not say on what terms. Question: Have or not the lease of which you have spoken as being on the land when Jones took the possession it nearly expired. Answer: I do not know. And further he sayeth not. /s/ John Spratt Page 23 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Also the deposition of Peter Despain taken at the same time and place and for the same purpose the deponent being of lawful age and and sworn deposeth & says. Question by complainant: Were you or not acquainted with Moses Skaggs and formerly of Green County Answer: I was, I lived with in the State of Virgin- ia and came with him to this County. Question by same: Did he or not die in this county, did he or not have or ever have any children. Answer: He did die in this county many years ago. He never had any children. His father and mother died many years before Moses. He had however four sisters only towit, Susanah, Lydia Elizabeth and Nancy. Susanah married Richard Whit, Lydia married Matthias Har- man, Elizabeth married John Hankins and Nancy married William Meridy. He also had the following brothers towit, James Henry, Richard, John, Jacob and Charles. Elizabeth, Susanah and Lydia with their hus- bands lived in Virginia, where I suppose their children are now living. Question by same: Did or not Moses Skaggs die before any of his sisters and before John Skaggs. Answer: I do not know when the sisters in Virginia died. Moses however died many years ago and before his sister Nancy Meridy and before John Skaggs. Page 24 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Commonwealth of Kentucky to the sheriff of Green County Greeting you are hear by Commanded to summon James T Carter, John Mears, Charles Blevins, William Cavin, William Coakly, James Mears, Robert Scott, Susanah Quary, Thomas York and wife, Labin Ellis & wife, Rebecca Skaggs, Susanah Criswell, Edmond Whit, Adam Harman, Henry Harmon, Mathias Harman, Robert Beavers and wife, Moses Beavers & wife, Thomas Christian & wife, Archibald Malony & wife, John Mitchell & wife, John Howell & wife, Joseph Whit, Prathena Hankins, Lucy Hankins, Lydia Hankins, Joseph Hankins, Moses Hankins, James Mirady, John Mirady, Daniel Mirady, Mathias Mirady & William Mirady to appear before the judge of the Green Circuit Court at the Court house in Greensburg on the 1st day of our May term next to answer a bill in Chancery exhibited against them in our said Court by Aaron Lewis and Jeremiah Lewis and this you shall in no wise omit under the penalty of £100. and have them there this wit witness John Barret Clerk of our said Court at the Clerks office in Greensburg this 3rd day of March 1836 and 44th year of the Commonwealth. /s/ John Barret Page 25 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Aaron & Jeramiah Lewis amends their Bill in the suit now pending in the Green Circuit Court of them against the Administrator heirs and Moses Skaggs deceased and others now pending in Chancery, these complainants state that they have been informed and and charges that the Brothers of the said Moses Skaggs as named and set forth by them in their said original Bill towit Henry Skaggs, Richard Skaggs Charles Skaggs, Jacob Skaggs & James Skaggs all died without lawful children as they believe. That the said James departed this life long since and after the death of the said Moses that each of the said brothers married and set forth in this Bill never was married but your orators have been informed and charges that each one of them had what is called natural children, at their death who are same of whom they have been informed set up claim to a part of the Estate of the said Moses Skaggs as the lawful children and heirs at law of the afsd deceased brothers of the said Moses desd. Page 26 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ They state that the names and residence of the natural children of the heirs at law (if there be any other than they have stated in Bill) of the heirs at law of the Brothers of the said Moses Skaggs deceased are all unknown to these complainants except William Skaggs who they are informed claims to be the son & heir of the afsd Jacob Skaggs deceased. These complainants state that the names of the heirs at law of the Widdow Elizabeth Skaggs & of the said Moses Skaggs deceased are also unknown to them. They state that she died many years since in the county of Green and that no person has ever administered on her estate. They make the unknown heirs at law of the Brothers of the said Moses Skaggs decd. towit Charles, Jacob, Henry, Richard and James Skaggs whose names are unknown to your orator except as before stated defendants to this and the original Bill they also make the unknown heirs at law of the Widow of the said Moses Skaggs deceased defendants. to this & their original Bill, They also make the said William Skaggs a deft. to sd Bill and pray that they may be compeled to appear and answer all the allegations of said Bills, and that your Honor grant unto your orators all such relief as they have asked for in their original Bill and they as in duty bound will ever pray &c. Page 27 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Green and State of Kentucky. The within named Aaron and Jeramiah Lewis and made oaths that the surities of the Heirs at law of Henry Skaggs, Charles Skaggs, Richard Skaggs, Jacob Skaggs and James Skaggs deceased brothers of Moses Skaggs deceased if there are others than these named and aledged in their original & amended Bill filed in this cause. Also the names of the heirs at law of Elizabeth Skaggs deceased the Widdow of the said Moses Skaggs deceased are all unknown to them except so far as their names are set forth in their original & amended Bill. Given under my hand this 1st day of September 1837. /s/ Alexandr. McCandless J.P.GC Page 28 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ I, J. H. Caulfield, printer and publisher, of the "Kentucky Register," a public authorised newspaper, published in Elizabeth- town, Ky., do certify, that, the annexed order of publication in Chancery, wherein Jeremiah Lewis and Aaron Lewis are complainants against the heirs of Moses Skaggs deceased-------defendants has been published in said paper for two calendar months, by successive weekly insertions, commencing on the 2nd day of April last and ending on the 2nd day of June 1836. Given under my hand this 2nd day of June 1836. J. H. Caulfield Proprietor, Printer & Publisher of "Ky. Register." Printer's fee $5.00 - --------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENTS Green Circuit court, Feb. term, 1836 Jeremiah Lewis and Aaron Lewis, complainants, against the heirs of Moses Skeggs, decÕd, defts.---In Chancery: This day came the complainants and filed their bill, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the defend- ants James Meredeth, John Meredeth, Daniel Meredeth, Matthew Meredeth, Wm. Meredeth, Susanna Quary and Wm. Quary her husband, Thomas York and wife, Laban Ellis and wife, Rebecca Skaggs, Susanna Criswell, Edw. Whit, Adam Harman, Henry Harman, Matthi- as Harman, Robert Beavers and wife, Moses Beavers and wife, Thomas Christi- an and wife, Josiah Whit and wife, Ar- chibald Maloney and wife, John Mitchell and wife, Joseph Howell and wife, Par- thena Hankins, Lucy Hankins, Lydia Hankins, Joseph Hankins, and Moses Hankins, are not inhabitants of this commonwealth, and they not having an- swered the complainants bill a greeably to law and the rules of this court. it is ordered that unless the aforesaid non- residents do answer the same on or be- fore the first day of the next term of this court, the same will be taken as confess- ed against them. A Copy test, John Barret, ClÕk. April 2---- Charles Blevins and Wm. Cavin } vs. Jeremiah Lewis & Aaron Lewis } In Chny. The respondents separately came & defend to and not admitting, but protesting against & denying the allegations of the bill of the Complts. for answer thereto separately say, that the afsd. bill and the matters and things therein containd. are not good & sufficient in law, for him to have & maintain his sd. bill; and each one says, that he is not bound by the law of the land further to answer thereto; and this they are ready to verify &C. /s/ Buckner for Deft. Page 29 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Messrs. Jeremiah Lewis & Aaron Lewis Take Notice that on the 1st Monday in February next we shall take the depositions of Elias Barbee & others at the house of William Sympson Esqr. in Green County to be read as evidence in the suit in Chancery defending in the Green Circuit Court in which you are Complts. & we are Defts. & we shall continue from day to day till they be completed. 16th Jany 1837 /s/ Wm Cavins /s/ Charles Blevins Page 30 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ The deposition of Elias Barbee taken at the House of William Sympson in the County of Green and State of Kentucky on the 6th day of February 1837 agreebly To the notice hereto annexed to be heard as evidence on the part of the defendants in a suit in Chancery now Depending in the Circuit Court for the County of Green where in Jeramiah Lewis and Aaron Lewis is Complai- nants and William Cavin and Charles Blevins Defendants the deponant being of lawful age and first duly sworn deposeth and saith Question by deponants: Are you are you not acquainted towitt the lands of Moses Skaggs decd. where on William Jones decd. formerly lived. Answer: I am. Question by same: Is the land increased in value by the improvement made by said Jones. Answer: I want to presume that its value had been increased but to what extent I am not able to say. Question by same: Was you or was you not acquainted with Moses Skaggs decd. in his life time. Answer: I was. Page 31 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ 2nd question by same: Was you or was you not acquainted with the Brothers & Sisters of sd. Skaggs & if so how many of them. Answer: I was. I was not acquainted with his sisters if he had any. Those of his Brothers who claimed to be such was Henry Skaggs, Charles Skaggs, John Skaggs, Richd. Skaggs & Jacob Skagg. Question by same: Do you or do you not recollect how long since the death of Moses Skeaggs. Answer. I do not recollect but suppose about forty years. Question by same: Do you know if any of his Brothers are living. Answer: I do not. Question by same: Do you or do you not know wheather any of said Brothers left issue. Answer: I believe a majority did. Question by Compls: Do you or do you not know whether Jacob Skaggs left any lawfull issue. Answer: I have allways understood he did not. Page 32 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Question by same: Do you or do you not know wheather the other Brothers of Moses Skaggs decd. left lawfull issue or not. Answer: I had never learned but what he were lawfully married to the woman by which they had issue. And farther this deponant sayith not. /s/ Elias Barbee Also the deposition of Thornton Buckner taken at the same place & at the same time for the purpose mentioned in the foregoing caption. Question by defendants: Are you or are you not acquainted with the lands of Moses Skaggs decd whereon William Jones Decd formerly lived & if so state the increased value of said land by the impro- vements made by said Jones. Answer: I am acquainted with it. It is increased in value but to what amount I can not say. & furthermore this deponant saith not. /s/ Thornton Buckner Page 33 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ This day personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Green and State of Kentucky, Aaron & Jeremiah Lewis of the same county and State and made oath that there is a suit in Chancery now pending in the Green Circuit Court, wherein they are Complainants and Charles Blevins, William Caven and others are defendants, and that in sd suit, Moses Hankins, Joseph White, Matthias Harman, James Harman, Joseph Hankins, Bird Lockhart, Abel Hankins, William White, John White, James White, and Shadrack White, all of whom live in the State of Virginia are informant witnesses for them and that they know of no previous other persons by whom they can prove the same facts. Given under my hand and seal as justice aforesaid this 18th of July 1836. /s/ Wm. B Allen J.P. S.C. Page 34 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ also the depposition of Daniel Turner taken at the same time & place & for the same purpose in the foregoing caption named. Question by defendants: Do you or do you not know the negro woman Matilda & her Children formerly in the possession of William Cavin & how long William Cavin had them in possession. Answer: I knew her & her three children the time sd. Cavin had her & her children in possession was about twelve months. Question by same: Do you or do you not know that the children was sick with the flux some five or six weeks. Answer: I believe they were sick but I do not know how long I suppose that length of time. Question by same: Do you or do you not believe that from the sickness of said Negroes that they were of considerable expense to Cavin over & above the labor performed by them. Answer: I think the labor performed by them would compensate said Cavin for keeping them. END PART 3 OF 5

MOSES SKAGGS HEIRS, ESTATE CASE # 3871, GREEN CO., KY, 1836 Transcribed by Lula (Hankins) Hunter <[email protected]> and Jemima Gee Morse <[email protected]> PART 2 OF 5 Page 10 _________________________________________________________________ ____________ The answer of William Skaggs Senr to a Bill filed in chancery by A & J Lewis against him and others in the Green Circuit Court who for answer say, he is is a son and heir at law of Jacob Skaggs, deceased a brother of Moses Skaggs deceased and that he is willing for a decree to be entered in favour of said A & J Lewis for that portion of said Moses Skaggs Estate that may be coming to this deft at the present term of the said Court and having fully answered he prays, to be dismissed &c. /s/ William Skaggs - -------------------------------------------------------------- Messrs. Charles Blevins, William Cavin, James T. Carter, John Meers, William Coakley, James Meers, and Robert Scott, Take notice, that on the 27 of ( ) day of this month at the house of William Skaggs, on Alecks fork of Pitmans Creek, we shall proceed to take the depositions of Frances Samples, William Ratliff and others to be read as evidence on the trial of a suit in chancery now pending in the Green Circuit Court wherein we are Complainants and yourselves and others are defendants. If we do not finish on that day we will continue from day to day until all are finished. April the 18th 1836. /s/ Aaron Lewis /s/ Jeremiah Lewis Page 11 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ The Commonwealth of Kentucky to any two Justi- ces of the Peace of the state of Virginia Greeting Know ye that we trusting to your fidelity and provident cir- cumspection in diligently taking the deposition of Moses Hankins, Joseph White, Mathias Harman, James Harman, Joseph Hankins, Bird Lockhart, Abel Hankins, William White, John White, James White and Shadrack White. As well On the part of Aaron & Jeremiah Lewis Complainants as Charles Blevins and William Cavins (admr. of the Estate of Moses Skaggs Decd) defendants in a certain suit in Chancery depe- nding in the Greene Circuit Court - we comm- and you that at such time and place as the parties may direct you cause the witnesses aforesaid to come before you and their depositons, On Oath take and send and certify to Our Circuit Court aforesaid at the Courthouse in Greensburg On the first day of August Term next enclosed to gether with this writ Witness John Barret Clerk of Our said Court at the Clerks Office this 18th day of July 1836 and 45th year of the Commonwealth. /s/ John Barret Clk Page 12 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ The depositon of William Ratliff taken at the house of William Skaggs, on Aleck fork of Pitmans Creek pursuant to notice on the 27th of April 1836, to be read in evidence on the trial of a suit in Chancery now pending in the Green Circuit Court, in which Aaron and Jeremiah Lewis are com- plainants and William Cavin, Charles Blevins, and others are defendants. The deponent being of lawful age and first duly sworn deposeth and says I was acquainted with Moses Skaggs of Green County, Kentucky. He had four sisters towit Susanah, who married one Richard Whit, Lydia, who married Matthias Harman, Betty (Elizabeth) who married John Han- kins, and Nancy who married William Meridy. I was acquainted with all of them in the State of Virginia, and quite intimate with them. Question by Complainants: Have Moses Skaggs or not one brother by the name of John Skaggs. Answer: Yes he had. Question of same: Have or have not the sisters above named the only sisters, which Moses Skaggs had. Answer: Yes they were all that I know of. Page 13 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Question of same: State if you can when Moses Skaggs died and where he lived at the time of his death. Answer: I can not say certainly when he died, but think it has been a bout forty years. He died at his house in Green County. Question by same: Did or did not sd Moses Skaggs have at his death any children. Answer: He never had any children that I know of. He had none I know when he died. Question by same: Did or did not Richard Whit & wife, Matthias Harman & wife, and John Hankins and wife live in the State of Vir- ginia. Answer: They did. Question by Defendant: Are you acquainted with the Children of John Hankins, Hezekiah Whit & Matthias Harman. Answer: None but the Children of Hankins and one of Whit. Question by same: State how long it has been since you was acquainted with the above named Children. Answer: About thirty years. Page 14 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Question by same: Was you acquainted with the sisters of Moses Skaggs previous to their marriage. Answer: Yes I was. Question by same: Was you acquainted with the brothers of Moses Skaggs, if so name them. I was acquainted with Henry, James, Charles, John, Richard & Jacob, these were all the brothers of William Skaggs [Moses Skaggs?] Question by same: Did you know them in Kentucky and did they not all raise large families. Answer: Yes I believe they did. Question by same: Was you acquainted with the children of the above named persons. Answer: I was acquainted with some of them Rachel Blevins, Archabal Skaggs, Thomas Skaggs, William Skaggs, these are Charles Ska- ggs children. Question by same: Was you acquainted with Henry Skaggs children & how many of the Answer: I was acquainted Lucy Stacy, Mary Combs & James Skaggs & Silvey Roark. Question by same: Was you acquainted with the children of James Skaggs I was acquainted with William Skaggs & Rachel Etherton the children of James Skaggs. Page 15 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Question by same: Was you acquainted with Richard Skaggs children. Answer: I knew Henry Skaggs. Question: Did all the children of the above named persons live in the state of Kentucky & the County Green. Answer: I believe they did. Question of Complainants: Were you or not acquain- ted with the children of Jacob Skaggs. Answer: He had one son by the name of William Skaggs who is now living in Green County. And further this deponent says no. /s/ William (x) Ratliff (his mark) Also in deposition of Frances Samples, taken at the same time and place and for the same purpose. This deponent being of lawful age and first duly sworn says. Question of Complainant: Were you or not acquaint- ed with Moses Skaggs, who died in Green County about forty years since. Answer: I was. Question of same: How many sisters had by and when did they marry. Answer: He had four sisters only, to wit Susana married Richard Whit, Lydia married Page 16 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Matthias Harman, Elizabeth married John Hankins, and Nancy who married Meridy. Question by same: Did they or not live in the State of Virginia when you knew them. Answer: I think it was. Question by same: Had or not Moses Skaggs also some brothers, and if so name them. Answer: I think he had six brothers towit. Henry, John, James, Charles, Richard, Jacob. These were all that I ever knew and believe he ever had. Question by same: Did or did not Moses Skaggs ever have any children. Answer: No, he never had any that I ever knew and I was intimately acquainted with him. Question of same: Was or not the wife of sd Moses Skaggs named Elizabeth, and did she not survive him. Answer: Yes, that was her name, and she did survive him many years & she has been dead not a long while. Question by same: Have or not you and Jacob Skaggs Page 17 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ brother of sd Moses lawfully married with. Answer: We were, and lived together many years as man & wife. Question by same: How many children had you and what are their names. Answer: We had but one, and he is named William and is now living in this County. Question by Defendants: Do you consider yourself the widow of Jacob Skaggs deceasd. Answer: I do. Question by same: Do or do you not consider yourself interested in the estate of Moses Skaggs Decd [either for yourself or your son William] marked thru. Answer: I do not know that I do. Question by same: Do you or do you not consider yourself interested in sd Estate for your son William. Answer: I do not and further this deponant sayeth not. /s/ Frances (x) Samples (her mark) Also the deposition of John Spratt taken at the same time and place for the same purpose. The deponent being of lawful age and first duly sworn days. Question by Complainants: Are you or not Page 18 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ acquainted with the tract of land on which old Moses Skaggs lived and died in Green. Answer: I am acquainted with the land on which I have been informed sd Moses lived and died. Question by same: State if William Jones who was Admr of the estate of sd Moses did or not live on, and rent out a tract of land for many years previous to his death. Answer: He lived on and cultivated it for two or three years & I do not know whether he ever rented it out. Question by same: State what the plantation was worth rent, per year at the time Jones occupied it. Answer: I should think the plantation at the time he had it was worth at the least one hundred dollars per year on an average. Question by same: Do you or do you not know that sd Jones had this following slave towit, Rachel, Lydia & Matilda, which belonged to the estate of sd Moses in his possession as Admr. for same years before his death and that he appropriated their labor to his use. Answer: He had for two or three years Page 19 _________________________________________________________________ _____________ Question by same: State what each of those negro Women were worth hire, per year during the time he had them. Answer: I think they were worth twenty five a piece I would have been willing to have given that. Question by same: Do you or not know that since the death of sd William Jones William Caven and Charles Blevins, have had access to sd slaves in possession as Admrs. of sd Moses Skaggs and that they have been enjoying the benifit of their labours. Answer: They have. Question by same: Would you or not suppose be of the opinion that they were worth as much per year since Cavin & Blevins have had them in possession, as they were when Jones had them. Answer: Yes. Question by same: Do you or not know that since the death of sd Jones, sd Cavin and Blevin have been renting out the land above spoken of and was or not the land during the time they have been renting it worth at the least one hundred and thirty dollars per year. Answer: They have been renting it out and I think it was worth one hundred and thirty per year. END PART 2-5

Maybe someone can shed some light on the parents of Robert, Thank's Rena >Descendants of Robert Barnett > > 1 Robert Barnett b: 1812 (Need parents and good dates) >. +Elizabeth Jewel b: 1813 in Virginia m: March 19, 1834 in Montgomery, >Virginia Father: Thomas Jewel Mother: Elizabeth Graham >.. 2 James Barnett b: 1834 Need more on the children. below. >.. 2 Rebecca Barnett b: 1836 >.. 2 George Barnett b: 1838 >.. 2 Robert Barnett b: 1841 >.. 2 William Barnett b: 1843 >.. 2 John Barnett b: 1849 >.. 2 Lucinda E. Barnett b: 1839 in Montgomery, Virginia >..... +Isaac T. Austin b: Abt. 1839 in Botetourt, Virginia m: November 27, >1869 in Montgomery, Virginia >.. 2 Minerva Barnett b: Abt. 1846 d: May 15, 1854 in Montgomery, Virginia >.. 2 Elizabeth Barnett b: Abt. 1852 d: June 1854 in Montgomery, Virginia > > > >

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The following files were uploaded to the Montgomery County Archives in recent months. You may view these files at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/montgome.htm James Barnett Cemetery (barnett.txt), file size 2.9 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Denhill Cemetery (denhill.txt), file size 11.2 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Duncan Cemetery (duncan.txt), file size 2.0 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Feather Cemetery (feather.txt), file size 1.6 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Francis Cemetery (francis.txt), file size 1.3 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Garnand Cemetery (garnand.txt), file size 1.7 kb, submitted August 2000 by Glenna Garnand Garner Goans Cemetery (goans.txt), file size .8 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner David Harless Cemetery (harless.txt), file size 10.2 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale Hudgins Cemetery (hudgins.txt), file size 1.2 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Johnson Cemetery (johnson.txt), file size 3.0 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Lester #2 Cemetery (lester02.txt), file size 2.8 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery (mtpleasant.txt), file size 2.7 kb, submitted August 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Barnett Cemetery (barnett02.txt), file size 3.6 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale & Babe Fowler Galilee Cemetery (galilee.txt), file size 4.6 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale & Babe Fowler Hall's Church Cemetery (halls.txt), file size 20.3 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Kinzer-Broce Cemetery (kinzer.txt), file size 2.7 kb, submitted September 2000 by Heidi & Ruth G. Hale Nolley Cemetery (nolley.txt), file size 1.0 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner North Fork Baptist Church Cemetery (northfork.txt), file size 15.4 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Pepper Cemetery (pepper.txt), file size 4.3 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Price Family Cemetery (price.txt), file size 1.4 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale Roselawn Cemetery, partial (roselawn.txt), file size 1.3 kb, submitted September 2000 by Glenna G. Garner Smith Cemetery, #2 (smith02.txt), file size 3.5 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale St. Matthew's Cemetery (stmatthews.txt), file size 8.1 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner New Mt. Zion Luthern Church Cemetery (sunnyside.txt), file size 18.6 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Walters Cemetery (walters.txt), file size 3.8 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Wood-Hudgins Cemetery (wood.txt), file size .9 kb, submitted September 2000 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna G. Garner Barnett Entries, 1850 Census (barnett1.txt), file size 2.3 kb, submitted August 2000 by Karen Baker Land Grant Abstracts, "H" Surnames (grants-h.txt), file size 5.5 kb, updated July 2000 by June White Land Grant Abstracts, "M" Surnames (grants-m.txt), file size 6.7 kb, updated July 2000 by June White Land Grant Abstracts, "R" Surnames (grants-r.txt), file size 2.3 kb, updated July 2000 by June White Venable/Merrit Marriage, 1809 (venable1.txt), file size 1.7 kb, submitted August 2000 by Kay Davis Index of Obituaries, Lookups Available (obits1.txt), file size 1.6 kb, submitted September 2000 by Roselee Proctor Obituary of James L. Taylor, 1940 (taylor1.txt), file size 1.2 kb, submitted September 2000 by Nola Taylor Obituary of Mary E. Taylor, 1915 (taylor2.txt), file size 1.5 kb, submitted September 2000 by Nola Taylor Obituary of Mary Jane Taylor, 1928 (taylor3.txt), file size 1.2 kb, submitted September 2000 by Nola Taylor Obituary of William E. Taylor, 1914 (taylor4.txt), file size 1.5 kb, submitted September 2000 by Nola Taylor Death Record, Jacob Serles, 1854 (serles1.txt), file size 1.1 kb, submitted August 2000 by Jemima Gee Morse Death Record, Abijah Whitt, 1858 (whitt1.txt), file size 1.3 kb, submitted August 2000 by Jemima Gee Morse Many thanks to our submitters! Won't you consider preserving & sharing your treasured documents by submitting a transcription of your own? What a wonderful way to show pride in your heritage while insuring these resources will still be around for future generations! Thank you, Jeannie Watts, archivist. ************* Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

The recent posting noted a Barnett Cemetary in Montgomery County. Can anyone help me with the Barnett family noted below. I am interested in the family of Elizabeth Barnett, the wife of Charles Thomas (1790-1869). Thanks. Sandy Rowe Descendants of James Barnett 1 James Barnett b: WFT Est. 1709-1738 d: WFT Est. 1763-1823 .. 2 David Barnett b: May 29, 1760 d: March 22, 1845 ...... +Mary E. Wallace b: June 29, 1766 d: February 14, 1844 ....... 3 Elizabeth Barnett b: April 07, 1792 d: November 01, 1875 in Montgomery County, Virginia ........... +Charles D. Thomas b: July 17, 1790 in Harford County, Maryland d: May 20, 1869 in Montgomery County, Virginia m: January 25, 1813 in Montgomery County, Virginia ....... 3 James Barnett b: 1790 d: 1865 ........... +Elenore Thomas b: October 20, 1792 in Maryland d: December 28, 1853 in Montgomery County, Virginia m: November 10, 1815 in Montgomery County, Virginia

I am looking for Annie E PARSELL b. 11 August 1881 in Bland County, VA d. 22 June 1920 The story is that Annie PARSELL worked as an artist in a portrait or art studio in or around Christiansburg, VA. I was wondering if anyone had heard of or knows about any kind of studio as described above. I do not have a burial place for Annie; thought she might be buried somewhere in Montgomery County. From her parent's (Charles Lee & Martha J Parsell) Family Bible, Annie never married. Alternate spelling PARCELL. Any information is appreciated.

Hello: What is the best way organize all the information and put it in some kind of format? Should I do a worksheet for each individual even if they never married or had children? Is there a format for keeping trace of the children from uncles, grandfather, brother, cousin, etc.? Is there a common format or information sheet used? HELP ____________NetZero Free Internet Access and Email_________ Download Now http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html Request a CDROM 1-800-333-3633 ___________________________________________________________

Anyone have the marriage date of Eva Slusher, d/o Allen and Margaret [Helms] Slusher, to a [given name unknown] Duncan about 1883?? Thanks, Barb S.

I looked at the 1880 census for Montgomery Co. Christianburg District. On it lists Calvin Saunders, his 2nd wife, their kids and his kids with his 1st wife's. It also list his sister in law Fanny Talliaferro, Toliaferrs or Tolliaferro. I couldn't read the letters clear. What are the chances of Fanny being the sister of his first wife? His 2nd wife, Jemima (Germina) family name was Brooks. Does anyone have any info that might help me? Or have access to the 1880 census to decipher the spelling? Angela ____________NetZero Free Internet Access and Email_________ Download Now http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html Request a CDROM 1-800-333-3633 ___________________________________________________________