Thanks, Carol. What volume of the Harris papers was this lawsuit in? Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol E Barron" <carolbarron@juno.com> To: <vaorange@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [VAORANGE] HELP! Missing pg. 54 of Kathryn Wiggins' "Harris Papers", Orange Co. Vol, p 11 & 12 p 11 Order Book #5 1747-1754 Robert Harris sues Joseph Walsh for damages and collects 2,000 pounds of tobacco. p 12 Robert Harris, surveyor of Louisa County sues John Bramham and Henry Pendleton June 26, 1747, on the grounds that if Joseph Walsh was sued and lost they would stand for him. Walsh has been sued, has lost, but has neither paid his fine nor gone to prison, Harris testifies. p 133 Carol On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:43:15 -0400 "Pam Stone" <pamstone@cfl.rr.com> writes: > Hi, everyone, > > In tracing my HARRIS family, and the STEVENS family > back from Culpeper, it seems that my Will Harris' father > was living on land granted in 1747 in Culpeper to Dr. Joseph > WALSH (Welch/Welsh); his agent in Culpeper was Charles > DEWITT Jr. (In later Culpeper records, it seems that Thomas > WELCH Jr. [son of Thomas WELCH of Orange {and apparently? > the grandson of Joseph WALSH?] was living on the land that > Joseph WALCH/Welch/Welsh had patented [along with my > Will Harris, in 1781 and 1782 in Culpeper.]) > > Dr. Joseph WALSH/Welsh/Welch had lived in the same little > Orange, VA neighborhood of John STEVENS (father of > Edward STEVENS, who was recorded in 1770 as living > on his father's Orange Co., VA land, but who later move.) > > So it seems to me that perhaps Edward Stevens knew my > Harrises from their having been connected via the WALSH/ > WELSH/WELCH family to the neighboring Stevens > family in Orange Co.? > > I got the surviving book records from my state library, > but it is missing p. 54, whereon apparently appears > this deed from James & Elizabeth STEVENS to John STEVENS > in Orange Co., VA (before any of the persons of any > of these families moved to Culpeper Co., VA.) > > Can any of you provide me with this missing page or > the complete STEVENS record from this book? > > It is a vital (and missing) part of my chain of documentation. > > I would appreciate any help any of you can give in this matter. > > Thanks so much, > > Pam > pamstone@cfl.rr.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAORANGE-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 VAORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message