Thanks, Carol, so much! Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol E Barron" <carolbarron@juno.com> To: <pamstone@cfl.rr.com>; <vaorange@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [VAORANGE] HELP! Missing pg. 54 of Kathryn Wiggins' Orange Co. Virginia Volume, which I have. Oct 2006 11:07:55 -0400 "Pam Stone" <pamstone@cfl.rr.com> writes: > 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 > > > >