I had ancestors who lost two children in Franklin County to Typhoid in 1862. With the war going and the conditions the soldiers lived it would be easy for epidemics to get started.

The 1850 Patrick County census has him listed as age 76, and born in Virginia. Mary "Polly" Burnett had apparently died sometime before this. I belive that Richard does not appear in the 1860 census, but have not seen a death record for him.

Carolyn, Glad to have helped. I don't know the eastern boundries of the Dan River Dist. but it's western side borders FCVA & CCVA & probably a part of Franklin Co. Can someone else help out here? Barb R. > -----Original Message----- > From: SPENCETOP@aol.com [mailto:SPENCETOP@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 7:23 AM > To: VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Dan River District > > > Hi, > I wanted to thank Barb R. for the info on my Hurd's. John > Green Hurd was > my g-grandfather. He married first a Minnie, who is probably the > Minta Fain > in the marriage record Barb found. Claiborne was his brother. > We were always > told that he jumped out of a hotel window to his death. Don't > know why...... > John Green Hurd moved to Pulaski County VA where he was a merchant and > minister. He wrote one book on religion during his life, played > the violin > and married 2 more times. He married Martha Ann Bentley in > Pulaski County as > well as Malissie Holbrook. He died in 1944 in Pulaski. > My next question is where is the Dan River District, so that > I can narrow > my search ????? > I did find a Martha Herd in the 1880 Patrick census with > sons John and > Jackson. I suppose her husband John Claiborne Hurd had died > before then. > > Thanks for the help, at last I have something to report to > my Grandma ! > > Carolyn Spence > spencetop@aol.com >

Pamela, You probably already know this but to clarify, Nelson's 3rd wife was Sarah Cannaday, d/o William A. 'Patrick Billy' Cannaday & Martha "Patsy" Wright & the widow of Isaac Young. Do you know when Nelson died? Sarah d. 8-6-1882 PCVA but she was c21 yrs younger than Nelson too. Barb R. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon & Pam Moran [mailto:jmoran@rlc.net] > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 8:23 PM > To: VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Mary MORAN and father Nelson MORAN > > > The two Nelsons are one and the same- in fact, he married three times, > the last to Sally Young. he was fairlly prolific and Truman and I > are still > collecting Moran cousins up and down the East Coast. The big secret of the > Nelson and Mary Owen Moran family is who their parents are- I continue to > hunt in Amhearst and Albemarle. Albemarle County had both a William Owen > and William Moran in the mid-1700's. Nelson and Mary's first born son was > named William- coincidence? Many of the Morans migrated from Albemarle and > Amhearst to Ky- except Nelson who headed down to Patrick - anybody else > chasing this Moran line? > > Pamela Ridge Moran > >

Judith & All, I do have a note on the early Wood anc. Stephen & Ann, which says basically what Judith has stated...that there is a lot of confusion on Stephen & Ann & their John & John the father of our Dickey. Sorry to say, I didn't document my source. But Judith, if you could share your proof with us, I for one would be in your debt. This has driven me nuts for years & I would love to clear this up once & for all. Thanks. Barb R. > -----Original Message----- > From: Judith Prince [mailto:jprince@cwv.net] > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 8:46 PM > To: VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Richard Wood > > > Barb, > > I have been researching this line for ten years. There are a lot of > descendants and a lot of mixed up info. My mother is a descendant of > Peter Wood, my dad is a descendant of Alexander and Jeremiah, and my > husband is a descendant of Alexander also. Peter, Alexander and > Jeremiah are brothers and all sons of Richard "Dickie" Wood. Jeremiah's > daugther, Lucinda Wood married Alexander's son, Richard A. Wood. These > are my dad's grandparents. I have collected quite a bit of information > hoping someday to publish it. I am stuck because most people claim > Stephen Wood and Ann Johnson as the parents of John Wood (father of > Richard ) grandparents of Richard "Dickie" Wood. I have found this is > NOT TRUE. Stephen and Ann did have a son, John but his line is well > documented and does not include Richard. So, for the last couple of > years, I have been searching for the beginnings of John and Nelly, > supposedly the parents of Richard. I am very interested in the Census > records. Are they online for Bedford, Franklin and Patrick? I visited > there on my vacation this summer. The grave with the 4 wives (I'm not > convinced of the wives yet because of the dates. This monument was > erected in the 1930's by the folks who held the Wood General Reunion. > I've already found some of their info is wrong.) and the old homeplace > are just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Floyd. > Maybe we can get a thing going here at the Patrick site and sort all > this out? I hope so. I am posting my familytreemaker site here but I > have not added info to it for a long while. So, I may have more now. > > Judy Prince > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/r/i/Judith-I-Prince/index.html

RICHARD NOWLIN( AKA James Richard Nowlin s/o James & Ursula Nowlin): DOB___________(abt 1773) in_______________VA(?)DOD_________where died and where buried? Spouse: Mary Polly Burnette, d/o of Jeremiah Burnette & Nancy Crowley, b._____(abt 1776) in_________________Co.,VA(?) When did she die/cause and where is she buried? LUCINDA NOWLIN, D/O of Plesant (Rusty) Nowlin & Elizabeth Nowlin) I just have her listed as a daughter and don't have any info. about her. Does anyone else have her as a child of their's and have her DOB, place, marriage, DOD/cause & Where.,etc ? jANE

Must have been going around because I have an ancestor who had 4 children die in May 1862 in Carroll Co of typhoid fever. Rachel HGRACE5366@aol.com

There must have been an epidemic that year. I have more than a few Epperson deaths from diptheria in 1862. I saw somewhere (can't remember where) a list of epidemics for the 1800's. Maybe a death and mortality census online. LAP _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

May 29, 1817 - Spencer Cockram m. Nancy Boyd, d/o Hugh Boyd in Patrick Co. Spencer Cockram, s/o Nathan and Basheba Cockram d. Jan.9, 1890 from old age in Patrick Co. b. Franklin Co. wife Nancy Cockram Informant was Basheba Eadens, daughter Nov. 25, 1852 - Bashabay Cockram, d/o S. Cockram m. Claborn Edens, consent of Elizabeth Edens Barb S.

John Cochran w m age 69 d 12-31-1891 cod lagrippe parents Spencer & Mary Cochran informant Mahala /wife Spencer Cochran w m age 90 d 1-9-1890 cod old age parents Nathan & Basheba Cochran consort Nancy Cochran informant basheba Eadens daughter birthplace Franklin co va Nancy Cochran w f age 85 d 4-25-1878 cod old age parents Hugh & Sally Boyd birthplace Franklin co va ---------- From: Barb Stanley <bobnroa@pipeline.com> To: VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Deaths Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 7:33 PM I don't know who John and Mahala Cockram were but they had NINE children die from diptheria in 1862.

I don't know who John and Mahala Cockram were but they had NINE children die from diptheria in 1862.

Nathan Cockram DOD - May 19, 1860 Age - 97 COD - Old Age Parents - Edward and Mary Cockram POB - Va. POD - Patrick Co. Wife - Bathsheba Pedigo Informant - Spencer Cockram Barb S.

The only marriages I have for Edwards children are: Leah Cockran, d/o Edward, m. Henry Pedigo/Perogo - Nov. 17, 1790 - Franklin Co. Sarah Cockram m. David Proffitt - Oct. 21, 1813 - Franklin Co. Barb S. ========== At 03:53 PM 2/18/99 -0800, you wrote: >I'm filling in a collateral line and am not terribly familiar with all the >names, so please bear with me. > >I have a Nathan Cockram who married a Bathsheba Pedigo, is this the same >Nathan mentioned below? > >I have an Edward Cockram as the father of a Pasy Cockram who married an >Isaac Via, is this the same Edward? > >Bill Crews > >-----Original Message----- >From: Barb Stanley <bobnroa@pipeline.com> >To: VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com <VAPATRIC-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 5:49 PM >Subject: Will of Edward Cockram > > >>Will of Edward Cockram. >> >>Written May 26, 1816. Recorded in Franklin County, Virginia. >> >>In the name of God Amen,I Edward Cockram, Senr, of the county of Franklin >>and State of Virginia being weak in body but of perfect memory and calling >>to mind the mortality of my body and the is appdonst for all men to die, >>have made this my last will and testament. First of all I resign my Soul >>into the hands of Almighty God who give it to me, and my body to be buried >>in Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors, nothing >>doubting but I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God at >>the General Reserection at the last day. And as touching my wordly estate >>whare with it has bin Please to bless me with, I give and Bequeath my whole >>Estate real and personal to my beloved wife Mary so long as she lives and >>after she Disseas the whole that is left land and Property of every kind to >>be sold at publick action on a credit of twelve months by giving Bond and >>approved Security and the money arising form such Sale to be equally >>divided between my ten children namely: Leah Pedigo, Natham, Isham, Rachel >>Wood, wife of Richard Wood, Lydia, Preston, Mary, Edward, Charlotte, Sarah >>Proffitt. Also I appoint my wife Executrix, Nathan my son, Executor of >>this my last will and Testament, Signed, Sealed and Acknowledged ths twenty >>sext day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and >>sixteen. (Signed) Edward Cockram. Teste: Thomas Hale, Brice Edward, John >>Wood. Proved July 1, 1816 >> >> >>==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== >>Archives for Patrick Co., Va. Mailing List >>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> >

No - it's in Franklin County. It must be in Will Book Two. I have Will Book One and it's not in that one. Book one covers 1786 to 1812. Barb S. ======= At 06:29 PM 2/18/99 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks, Barb, for posting the will, I was not aware it existed. Is it >recorded in Patrick County? >

In was common for Jr to be given to the younger person of same name in the family, and even the neighborhood, in 19th century. Middle names were not common so Sr and Jr were used instead of M.I. to differentiate the two. Richard Jr, could be a nephew, grandson, brother-in-law or even unrelated. Since the census taker visited first one, then the other. The two Richards are in the same neighborhood. Probably related in some way, though not necessarily so. Check out naming patterns. Good luck, Betsy On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Wayne Grote wrote: > >Also on the 1850 Patrick Census - there is Richard Wood, Sr. > >with wife Lucy and next door is Richard Wood, Jr. b. abt. 1810 > >with wife Elizabeth. Do you know who this Richard Jr. is? > >Barb S.

Thanks, Barb, for posting the will, I was not aware it existed. Is it recorded in Patrick County?

World record for age of ancestor (loosely defined to include uncles, aunts, etc.) this probably is record holder. Some 9,000 yro male skeleton in the West Country in England had enough intact in the dental pulp for a proper analysis of the mitochondrial DNA. Researchers, not expecting anything much but you never know, did some DNA analysis of local residents and found one man whose mitochondrial DNA matched. It looks as if therefore this skeleton was the living man's n-times-great uncle.

26, 1875 Death of a Gallant Confederate -- A telegram was received here yesterday morning from Staunton, saying that GEO. E. KING, an employee on the chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, was killed at Staunton on Thursday. The deceased was a son of Mr. E. King, of this city, formerly of Richmond, and was formerly a drummer-boy in the Richmond Howitzers. He was the youngest soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia at "Bull Run" and first Manassas, after which colonel Garland, of the 11th Virginia, presented him with a cadetship in the Alabama Military Institute. After one year at Tuscaloose, he returned to the 11th Virginia, and served gallantly as a sergeant till the close of the war. For the past five years he followed the sea, and returned home las Christmas, having been shipwrecked. The deceased had passed through many hot battles and been thrice shipwrecked, and had only been a few days employed as a railroad hand when death overtook him. He was 38 years of age and a master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. He leaves a wife and two children in Washington.

Will of Edward Cockram. Written May 26, 1816. Recorded in Franklin County, Virginia. In the name of God Amen,I Edward Cockram, Senr, of the county of Franklin and State of Virginia being weak in body but of perfect memory and calling to mind the mortality of my body and the is appdonst for all men to die, have made this my last will and testament. First of all I resign my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who give it to me, and my body to be buried in Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God at the General Reserection at the last day. And as touching my wordly estate whare with it has bin Please to bless me with, I give and Bequeath my whole Estate real and personal to my beloved wife Mary so long as she lives and after she Disseas the whole that is left land and Property of every kind to be sold at publick action on a credit of twelve months by giving Bond and approved Security and the money arising form such Sale to be equally divided between my ten children namely: Leah Pedigo, Natham, Isham, Rachel Wood, wife of Richard Wood, Lydia, Preston, Mary, Edward, Charlotte, Sarah Proffitt. Also I appoint my wife Executrix, Nathan my son, Executor of this my last will and Testament, Signed, Sealed and Acknowledged ths twenty sext day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. (Signed) Edward Cockram. Teste: Thomas Hale, Brice Edward, John Wood. Proved July 1, 1816

Thanks for the info. I will concentrate on Nathaniel Anderson, then. LAP _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com