Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/427 Surname: Adkins, Blair, Burroughs, Collins, Fuller, Gibson, Hodges, Hundley, Kendrick, Oakes, Parrish, Reynolds, Shorter, Wells, Witcher, Wright ------------------------- Hello Everyone, I would love to see if any one can help me fill in some mising dates on these men from Pittsylvania County that served in the Civil War. Each of the following 28 men are in my family tree, but I'm missing some important dates on them, either birth, death, or in some cases both dates. Abner Adkins B. Jan 1830 D. ? Caleb Adkins B. abt 1820 D. ? Henry Adkins B. 1825 D. ? Lewis Adkins B. 1845 D. ? William T. Blair B. 1828 D. ? Patrick Burroughs B. 1833 D. ? Franklin Collins B. 1842 D. ? Lewis Collins B. 1836 D. ? Henry R. Fuller B. ? D. Aug 5, 1862 Vincent Gibson B. ? D. ? Moses D. Hodges, Jr. B. ? D. Jul 25, 1864 Jason B. Hundley B. Sep 1828 D. ? Thomas Kendrick B. Jan 1828 D. ? Daniel Webster Oakes B. 1829 D. ? James Alfred Oakes B. ? D. ? Joab Oakes, Jr. B. ? D. ? William Henson Oakes B. ? D. ? William Preston Oakes B. Jul 10, 1845 D. ? John Wilson Parrish B. 1842 D. ? Henry G. Reynolds B. ? D. Jun 17, 1864 John Booker Reynolds B. 1843 D. ? John S. Reynolds B. Jun 13, 1839 D. ? John Lewis Shorter B. Aug 5, 1833 D. ? Robert C. Wells B. 1841 D. ? Clay Witcher B. ? D. ? J. M. Witcher B. ? D. ? Vincent Oliver Witcher B. ? D. ? William H. Wright B. 1840 D. ? As noted above each of these men served in the Civil War, and each of them are in my family tree. I would greatly appreciately and assistance in filling in these missing dates for this Civil War Project. I have each of the men's units they served in during the war, and some action or if they were wounded etc, but didnt see a need to list that on here, All of the above men served in one of the following Virginia Infantries; 18th, 21st, 38th, 42nd, 46th, 53rd, 57th Virginia Infantries. Look forward to hearing from you on this most impoirtant search. The men above are just part of the 83 members of my family that served in the Civil War. Many thanks to everyone who has assisted me on this project over the past 5 months.. Respectfully Yours, Michael D. kendrick 10424 Genito Rd. Chesterfield, Virginia 23832 mike58-98@mindspring.com former resident of Pittsylvania County for 19 wonderful years..

Thanks Cindy--and Gayle. I spent two days in the courthouse last week, but missed that list. A couple of my guys are on it. Dave Brewer Researching Capt. James Brewer and his family.

Thanks, Cindy!

Oaths of Allegiance - 1777 Pittsylvania County, VA are now on the Pittsylvania County VaGenWeb page thanks to Cindy (Hubbard) Headen. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapittsy/Oaths.html

Hi Linda, On first reading, it appeared to me that your post did skate close to the line of appropriateness, but after reading it a second time I could see that you were basically calling attention to something important being put up for bid. I think actually you did everybody a service by publicizing it. It's important especially because it involved Pittsylvania Co. records. Keep up the good work! Tom [listadmin, VAPITTSY]

Currently the only bidder is the library of VA and I suggest we leave it this way unless the historical society wants it and will make it available online. I checked the bids at 2:OO PM 9/28/00 ----- Original Message ----- From: Poor House Lady <phlady@jump.net> To: <VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 2:46 AM Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] 1844 POORHOUSE DOCUMENT PITTSYLVANIA CO VA now on eBay! > I have a website called The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information > about 19th century American poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com > We monitor eBay for the auction of poorhouse records. I want you to know of > this document which should be considered a valuable historical record. It is > my hope that your state archives (whom I have e-mailed about this) will > recognize the value of this document and purchase it for their holdings. But > since there is no guarantee of this, I am in a quandry what to recommend to > you listers. Hmmm. If you decide to bid on this for yourself (even with the > intention of donating it to the state archives or a local depository) you > may wind up bidding against each other or the archives. But it sure is my > hope that someone who will purchase it for the historical record...to share > with the public...will obtain it. > > Item #452055033 is currently up for bid at > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=452055033 at a > starting bid of $49.99 > > It is described as follows: > > 1844 POORHOUSE DOCUMENT PITTSYLVANIA CO VA > Three page document, 8 x 13", all manuscript in quite legible ink. This is a > list of Allowances made by the OVERSEER OF THE POOR for the year 1844 in > Pittsylvania County, Virginia. > "At a meeting of the OVERSEERS OF THE POOR for Camden Parish held at > Pittsylvania Courthouse on Monday the 3rd day of June, 1844. . . > " PRESENT: Richard T. Walden, William H. Payne, Thomas W.Wooding, A.H. > Moorman, Henry H. Ferguson, Jonathan Carter, Edmond Fitzgerald, Samuel > Berger, John R. Millner, Sexton W. Smith William H. Buford, and V.O. > Witcher. > The old document nest gives gives a complete list of all expenditures > including: > MEDICAL SERVICES > CARE OF INDIGENT & POOR COUNTY RESIDENTS > MAKING OF COFFINS & BURYING > FOOD AND BLANKETS > BOARDING & NURSING > CARE AND STAFFING OF THE POOR HOUSE > VAGRANT WARRENTS, etc. > Finally, it list rotating assignments for those present (two at a time) to > visit and direct the management of the steward at the county poorhouse. > Quite an interesting and ephemeral old document. Some stains, 4" separation > at top of spine, 3" separation along middle fold of back page, o/w good > condition. > > There are scans of the documents at the link above. From my personal > research with such documents, this looks very authentic. > Go take a look! This may be your last and only chance ... if this goes into > private hands. > > Hoping to Preserve Poorhouse History, > Linda Crannell > (aka=The Poorhouse Lady) > > > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > Find tons of Pitsylvania County info at the Pittsylvania County VAGenWeb Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapittsy/ >

I would just like to apologize for any confusion which my earlier post created. Apparently I did not make it clear that I was not the owner of those poorhouse documents for Pittsylvania County. In retrospect I can understand how it would have been better to submit the post to the list administrator for approval before posting it. (Perhaps the list owner could have realized what I did not ... that my motive might be suspect ... and suggested that I clarify things.) I am NOT the owner of the document. I volunteer (literally) over 100 hours a month to maintain a non-profit website for the preservation of poorhouse information. I discovered that the document was up for sale on eBay late last night during my routine monitoring of that site for such historically valuable documents. I then spent several hours researching who to contact (and e-mailing several people and two e-mail lists -- VAROOTS and VAPITSY) in an effort to save these documents. I personally cannot GIVE the document to the archives because I don't own it; I cannot purchase it because I try to act in the interests of the preservation of poorhouse records in all 50 states and do not have funds to do so. A reader did direct me to the appropriate person in the Virginia State Library archives; and they are now making every attempt to acquire the document for the public historical record. Again, I apologize for any confusion. Sincerely, Linda Crannell http://www.poorhousestory.com

I have a website called The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com We monitor eBay for the auction of poorhouse records. I want you to know of this document which should be considered a valuable historical record. It is my hope that your state archives (whom I have e-mailed about this) will recognize the value of this document and purchase it for their holdings. But since there is no guarantee of this, I am in a quandry what to recommend to you listers. Hmmm. If you decide to bid on this for yourself (even with the intention of donating it to the state archives or a local depository) you may wind up bidding against each other or the archives. But it sure is my hope that someone who will purchase it for the historical record...to share with the public...will obtain it. Item #452055033 is currently up for bid at http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=452055033 at a starting bid of $49.99 It is described as follows: 1844 POORHOUSE DOCUMENT PITTSYLVANIA CO VA Three page document, 8 x 13", all manuscript in quite legible ink. This is a list of Allowances made by the OVERSEER OF THE POOR for the year 1844 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. "At a meeting of the OVERSEERS OF THE POOR for Camden Parish held at Pittsylvania Courthouse on Monday the 3rd day of June, 1844. . . " PRESENT: Richard T. Walden, William H. Payne, Thomas W.Wooding, A.H. Moorman, Henry H. Ferguson, Jonathan Carter, Edmond Fitzgerald, Samuel Berger, John R. Millner, Sexton W. Smith William H. Buford, and V.O. Witcher. The old document nest gives gives a complete list of all expenditures including: MEDICAL SERVICES CARE OF INDIGENT & POOR COUNTY RESIDENTS MAKING OF COFFINS & BURYING FOOD AND BLANKETS BOARDING & NURSING CARE AND STAFFING OF THE POOR HOUSE VAGRANT WARRENTS, etc. Finally, it list rotating assignments for those present (two at a time) to visit and direct the management of the steward at the county poorhouse. Quite an interesting and ephemeral old document. Some stains, 4" separation at top of spine, 3" separation along middle fold of back page, o/w good condition. There are scans of the documents at the link above. From my personal research with such documents, this looks very authentic. Go take a look! This may be your last and only chance ... if this goes into private hands. Hoping to Preserve Poorhouse History, Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)

Re: Oath of Allegiance In May 1777, the General Assembly of Virginia required that all free male inhabitants of the state (sixteen and older) be required to denounce their loyalty to the King of England, and to swear their allegiance to the newly formed United States of America and to the Commonwealh of Virginia.. Have many of these lists survived? Have they been indexed? Jim

Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/424 Surname: Morton, Wells, Alexander ------------------------- I just read a request for information on Wells family. I am searching for a marriage between a Louann Wells and a James Morton, which is reported to have been made in 1820, in Pittsylvania co, VA, Kentucky, or Alabama. Thanks, Wanda Cole

Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/423 Surname: FREEMAN ------------------------- I am researching the following surname in Pittsylvania County FREEMAN

Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/422 Surname: Hedrick ------------------------- Please add Hedrick with my email address. Also I have a web page with my family history. If possible please add a link with my name. http://ourworld.cs.com/ancestry02/family.html Dawn Hedrick Link: http://ourworld.cs.com/ancestry02/family.html URL: <http://>

Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/421 Surname: Wells, Seay ------------------------- I am researching the following surnames in Pittsylvania County Wells Seay

Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/420 Surname: Willis ------------------------- I am searching for William Willis of Pittsylvania County Va. Died 1816 in Ky. Married to Elizabeth Averilla, any Information would be great. Thanks. Children 1 Mary "Polly" WILLIS b 1759 Pittsylvania Co VA d 23 Apr 1845 m 1 Dec 1780 Jess Law 2 Averilla (Avery) WILLIS b 1765(4) d May 1850(4) m 23 Dec 1790(4) David LAW 3 Joel WILLIS b 1768 VA d Jan 1853 m 2 Sep 1790(2) Frances MEADOWS 4 John WILLIS b 1766(4) d 1833(4) m Letitia NANCY(3) 5 Elizabeth "Susanna" WILLIS m 9 Feb 1782 Lawrence DUFF 6 Nancy Jane(5) WILLIS b 1756/1774(5) d 6 Feb 1855(5)m 8 Oct 1798 Shelby Co KY(4) Daniel MADDOX 7 Letticia WILLIS m SPEAR

Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/419 Surname: JEFFERSON, BOAZ, JOHNSON, GRUBBS ------------------------- Tyring to locate info regarding a William JEFFERSON with a daughter Elvira (or Elmira) C. JEFFERSON. I've found in LDSaint shows an Elvira JEFFERSON b. 1857 in Pittsylvania to William T. JEFFERSON & Mary A. JOHNSON. LDSaints also shows Elvira JEFFERSON b. 1858 to William Franklin JEFFERSON m. to Adeline A. GRUBBS on 21 Dec. 1851. Any help would be appreciated! Please reply to ljuhl@aye.net

Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/417 Surname: Lovorn, Stroud ------------------------- Seeking information on Thomas Jefferson Lovorn b. ca. 1750 d. ca. 1827 Married Polly Stroud 1772 Pitteylavania Co. Va. I have no other information on Polly. Who are her parents? where did they come from? Anything will help. hollysw47@yahoo.com

Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/415 Surname: BOAZ, JEFFERSON, FELLER, GRAYBILL, HAMMAN ------------------------- Searching for any info regarding Elvira Cumi JEFFERSON. May have also been Cumi Elvira or even Elmira. Latter Day Saints site shows her m. to Oliver S. BOAZ, 11 Oct. 1881 in Pittsylvania, VA. I do know they later moved to TENN, and then to Harrison Co., IN. Family lore has it that Oliver BOAZ m. a JEFFERSON. I have information on descedants of Oliver BOAZ in Indiana. Willing to share info. Please reply to ljuhl@aye.net

Since Meadows/Meador seems to be a good subject right now, I'm looking for information on Pryant Meadows m. Minerva Catherine "Kate" Colbert bet 1875 and 1880. Pryant died 31 Jul 1880 and had one child. Also looking for his parents,Samuel Meadows and martha _. I can find them in the 1850 census. He was an overseer in that census. Does anyone know the parents of Samuel Meadows or his wife Martha_? Samuel seems to have at least the following children in the 1850 census...Pryant J., John, Mary? There is a Samuel Meadows in the 1820 census with four males. Later, in 1854, there is a death notice for a Samuel Meadows with informant listed as wife, Nancy _, Meadows, who states he died of old age. His age is given, making his birth year 1772 Minerva "Kate" Colbert Meadows was my GG aunt. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <Nla2247@aol.com> To: <VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 6:28 PM Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] Re: VAPITTSY-D Digest V00 #309 > In a message dated 9/25/00 6:03:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > VAPITTSY-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << X-Message: #5 > Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:51:03 EDT > From: JBrody845@aol.com > To: VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <79.9fae6a2.26fffb77@aol.com> > Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] DAVIS, VADEN, MEADOR/MEADOWS > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I recently saw DAVIS and VADEN surnames posted and thought I would send this > out into cyberspace. > > The will of my 5Ggrandfather, Joab MEADOR(d.1818 Pittsylvania Co. VA) was > executed by sons-in-law, Joel WILLIS [Francis MEADOR], Benjamin DAVIS > [Lydia > MEADOR] and Thomas DAVIS [Sally MEADOR]., Haml. WHITE, Samuel MEADOR. > > It was witnessed by Wilson VADEN, Wm H.MEADOWS & Major Townes MEADOWS > [both of whom married VADENS. >> > > Jane, I have the following info from an abstract of Pittsylvania Co VA willis > done by (I think) Mike K Williams): > Will, 25 Feb 1815, Probated 16 Mar 1818 in Pittsylvania Co, VA: > > Joab Meador being of perfect mind and memory. > > To my grandchild, a son of Nancy Flippen, twenty five pounds at the decease > of my wife. > I lend to my beloved wife Sarah Meador during her life or widowhood, the > tract whereon I now live except the part I give my son Samuel Meador after > the decease of my wife. I lend my wife negros: Lucy, Agnes, Isaac, Jenney, > Johnson, Lindy, Charles, Joe, David, Sirus, Rawley, James and Bob. After the > death of my wife, my estate to be sold and equally divided among all my > children: James, Lidia, Francis, Samuel and Sarah. > > I appoint my wife and my friends Joel Willis, Benjamin Davis and Thomas Davis > my executors. > > Joel Meadors > > Wit: Wilson Vaden, Haml. White, Samuel Meador > > Thomas Rgasdale, Edward Robertson, Sr., William Hutchings, Thomas H Wooding, > Rawling White, Jr., Martin Farmer, Josiah Atkinson, Hamilton White, Samuel > Meador and James Meador, security for Benjamin Davis, Thomas Davis & Joel > Willis. > > This will doesn't mention a Townes Meadors..so how did you come across that > name? Joab Meador(Meadows) was also my 5th g g'father. Perhaps we should > compare notes & see how we are related. My ancestry goes like this: > > Nancy Leigh Abbott (02 Feb 1947) > Edmond Thomas Abbott(22 Feb 1917-10 Aug 1991) > Newton Thomas Abbott(20 Feb 1890-01 Aug 1977) > Caroline Virginia Robertson(11 Apr 1855-10 Sep 1894) > Mary Taylor Davis(07 Oct 1829-20 Nov 1910) > William Davis(13 Apr 1800-11 Sep 1886) > Sarah Meadows(unk-1845) > Joab Meadows(c1737-bef 16 Mar 1818) > > While we're on the subject, do you know anything about Joab's wife (our 5th g > g'mother), Sarah "Sally" Motley who was the dgt of William Motley. I have not > found any information on the later two individuals. > > Thanks, Nancy (an 8th cousin!) > > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to other county mailing lists visit http://www.rootsweb.com >

Posted on: Pittsylvania Co. Va Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Pittsylvania/413 Surname: Finn ------------------------- In "Virginia Soldiers of the American Revolution" Compiled by Hamilton J. Eckenrode and published by the Virginia State Library and Archives; Vol. 1 pages 162-163: Finn, John, Pitts., 41 Finn, Michael, Pitts., 41 I am interested in finding the family of John Finn listed above. He left Pittsylvania County, VA and settled in 1781 in Lincoln County, KY. He married a woman named Artemesia before he left Pittsylvania County, VA. He remained in Lincoln County, Ky until June 1785 when he moved to Woodford County, KY where he remained until his death in April 1818. He was receiving a pension in 1810 for his Revolutionary War Service but the records were destroyed when the British burned Washington, DC in 1814. He also spent some time in the service under the comand of George Rogers Clark in his Illinois Regiment. Does anyone have any information on this Finn family and their connection to Pittsylvania County, VA? Sincerely, MichaelAnne

In a message dated 9/25/00 6:03:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, VAPITTSY-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << X-Message: #5 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:51:03 EDT From: JBrody845@aol.com To: VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <79.9fae6a2.26fffb77@aol.com> Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] DAVIS, VADEN, MEADOR/MEADOWS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I recently saw DAVIS and VADEN surnames posted and thought I would send this out into cyberspace. The will of my 5Ggrandfather, Joab MEADOR(d.1818 Pittsylvania Co. VA) was executed by sons-in-law, Joel WILLIS [Francis MEADOR], Benjamin DAVIS [Lydia MEADOR] and Thomas DAVIS [Sally MEADOR]., Haml. WHITE, Samuel MEADOR. It was witnessed by Wilson VADEN, Wm H.MEADOWS & Major Townes MEADOWS [both of whom married VADENS. >> Jane, I have the following info from an abstract of Pittsylvania Co VA willis done by (I think) Mike K Williams): Will, 25 Feb 1815, Probated 16 Mar 1818 in Pittsylvania Co, VA: Joab Meador being of perfect mind and memory. To my grandchild, a son of Nancy Flippen, twenty five pounds at the decease of my wife. I lend to my beloved wife Sarah Meador during her life or widowhood, the tract whereon I now live except the part I give my son Samuel Meador after the decease of my wife. I lend my wife negros: Lucy, Agnes, Isaac, Jenney, Johnson, Lindy, Charles, Joe, David, Sirus, Rawley, James and Bob. After the death of my wife, my estate to be sold and equally divided among all my children: James, Lidia, Francis, Samuel and Sarah. I appoint my wife and my friends Joel Willis, Benjamin Davis and Thomas Davis my executors. Joel Meadors Wit: Wilson Vaden, Haml. White, Samuel Meador Thomas Rgasdale, Edward Robertson, Sr., William Hutchings, Thomas H Wooding, Rawling White, Jr., Martin Farmer, Josiah Atkinson, Hamilton White, Samuel Meador and James Meador, security for Benjamin Davis, Thomas Davis & Joel Willis. This will doesn't mention a Townes Meadors..so how did you come across that name? Joab Meador(Meadows) was also my 5th g g'father. Perhaps we should compare notes & see how we are related. My ancestry goes like this: Nancy Leigh Abbott (02 Feb 1947) Edmond Thomas Abbott(22 Feb 1917-10 Aug 1991) Newton Thomas Abbott(20 Feb 1890-01 Aug 1977) Caroline Virginia Robertson(11 Apr 1855-10 Sep 1894) Mary Taylor Davis(07 Oct 1829-20 Nov 1910) William Davis(13 Apr 1800-11 Sep 1886) Sarah Meadows(unk-1845) Joab Meadows(c1737-bef 16 Mar 1818) While we're on the subject, do you know anything about Joab's wife (our 5th g g'mother), Sarah "Sally" Motley who was the dgt of William Motley. I have not found any information on the later two individuals. Thanks, Nancy (an 8th cousin!)