This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CindyHeaden Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3314.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I posted this info on the PITTSY-L, also. Here is a good site http://www.clocations.com/cviewmap.aspx?list=county&state=VA&county=Pittsylvania&lid=1735317 or go to the following site and do a page search for Harpen: http://www.city-data.com/zips/24531.html Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: winona42_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3314/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can anyone give me the geographical location of the mouth of Harpin Creek on the Pigg river? In the 1700's there was a grist mill located there. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

In a message dated 6/25/2007 2:12:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time, vapittsy-request@rootsweb.com writes: Message: 1 Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:05:49 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [VAPITTSY] Redmond Carter Adams To: <VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1182711949.276541@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: caroledbryant Surnames: Adams, Grigsby, Redmond Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pit tsylvania/1585.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Possibly your "Redmond Carter Adams" and my "Redmond W. Adams" have the some background! The 2nd marrige record (Halifax Co) for Redmond W. indicates his parents were "Redmond Adams" and Mary. Pittsylvania Co records show the marriage of Redmond Adams and Mary Polly Grigsby, daughter of Moses Grigsby. Looking at Ancestry.com's "Member Trees," I see that someone in Moses' family married a "Jane Redmond"!! I can't help wonder if there is a connection, since "Redmond" certainly is a different first name! I would love to have discovered a will for Redmond Adams, listing his children. The deed book did indicate that he had land at Shockoe, Pittsylvania Co. Maybe this will help you a little!! However, since it has been over 2 years since your message to which I am replying, perhaps you can share with me what you have learned since then and we can "compare notes" ! Carole caroledbryant@aol.com I have a Redmond Carter Adams (Sep 1852[Virginia]-unk) who m. Damacia Catherine East (18 Apr 1856[Pitt- sylvania Co., VA]-unk) on 21 Jan 1873 in Pittsylvania Co, Va. They had 11 children. Is this Redmond any connection to the Redmond Carter Adams mentioned above? ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Here is another good site: http://www.clocations.com/cviewmap.aspx?list=county&state=VA&county=Pittsylvania&lid=1735317 ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:51 PM Subject: [VAPITTSY] Harpin Creek > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: winona42_1 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3314/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Can anyone give me the geographical location of the mouth of Harpin Creek > on the Pigg river? In the 1700's there was a grist mill located there. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAPITTSY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Go to the site below and do a page search for Harpen. There is a map which shows the creek's location. http://www.city-data.com/zips/24531.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:51 PM Subject: [VAPITTSY] Harpin Creek > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: winona42_1 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3314/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Can anyone give me the geographical location of the mouth of Harpin Creek > on the Pigg river? In the 1700's there was a grist mill located there. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAPITTSY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DeborahShelton_Wood Surnames: GUILL GILL GUILLE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3313/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Might any of you know of a Nancy "Nannie/Annie" GUILL born 22 Feb 1812 in VA, married (29 Jan 1836 in Pittsyl.) to William Henry Ford of Pittsylvania Co VA..they removed to and died in Johnson City, Washington Co TN and had children named, Parthenia, Wm., John, Jarrold Lewis, Nancy, Sam and Francis? Looking for her parents and sibs...since she would have been an adult when she married, would her parents be listed on her marriage record? Thank you for your time. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

William, Benamin and George Hardy are in the 1782 Tax lit for Pittsylvania County. They are kin to Jeremiah Stimson (Stimpton) in that county and his son Erasmus. The Hardy's were in Loudoun Co., Va before they moved to Pittsylvania County. They are kin to Solomon Hardy whose will is filed in Bedford Co., Va in 1825. Would anyone have any info or records on this Hardy family ? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Marianne Dillow

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: t2automator Surnames: Tearney, Turney, Payne, Harris, Golding, Dean, Ward Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3312/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on Gilbert Tearney, b. 1735, d.1834, married Elizabeth ??? 1771 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He is in Mark Payne's will probated in 1775 in Pittsylvania County as Gilbert Turner or Tunner. He served in a Georgia company in the Revolutionary War and settled afterwards in Surry County, NC. Possibly had sons or grandsons named David, Gideon, and/or Gabriel. The family purchased land in an around Stewart's Creek in Surry County, NC and in Carroll and Grayson Counties in Virginia. Associated familes may include Payne, Harris, Golding, Dean and Ward. Tony Turney Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I am new to the list. I am trying to find info on my family with the surnames of Hardy and Stimson and sometimes spelled Stimpton. My 5th great grandfather was Solomon Hardy whose will is filed in Bedford County in 1825. He descends from George, William and Benjamin Hardy and also from the Jeremiah Stimson (Stimpton) family who were first recorded in Pittsylvania County in the 1780's. These two families were from Prince George's County, Md. The Hardy men mentioned were in Loudoun County, Va before moving to Pittsylvania and Bedford County, Va. In Prince George's County in MD William Hardy d 1740. He was married to Ann Stimson, dau of Solomon Stimson and Elizabeth Finch. Jeremiah Stimson (Stimpton) was her brother. Any info would greatly be appreciated. Thank You, Marianne Dillow

Ralph T Jackson was born abt 1847 in Charlotte Co. VA. He married Catherine Hundley abt 1870 in Pittsylvania Co. VA. The 1880 Pittsylvania Co. Pigg River Dist. Census shoes Ralph working at a sawmill operated by J T Omohundsa. The Census also shows Ralph being divoiced From Catherine. It is reported that Ralph was killed by an explosion of steam engine at a sawmill in 1881. Was Ralph killed at the sawmill operated by J T Omohundsa ? Who owned and where was this sawmill located in Pigg River Dist ? Was Ralph killed at the David Snow sawmill located on Sycamore Creek near the Snow Grist Mill ? This sawmill was only a short distance from the Jackson Farm. David

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryLou3358 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3311.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Mary....There were 68 BRAYs in Tunstall in the 1930 census...I looked for men who were close in age to Hazel: William Bray b. 1925 Joe Bray b. 1921 Oliver T. Bray b. 1925 James T. Bray b. 1930 Charlie Bray b. 1927 Harry Bray b. 1926 Samuel Bray b. 1922 Herford Bray b. 1921 John Bray b. 1923 Billie Bray b. 1927 Crawley Bray b. 1925 Perhaps you can check them against the SS death indexes to eliminate those who died after the 1950's. As to the birth/death certificate for the boy....maybe a call or letter to the Virginia Office of Vital Records may help...they have been helpful to me in the past. Explain the story and maybe they will take pity. I think they can search by the mother's name. VDH, Office of Vital Records & Health Statistics P.O. Box 1000 Richmond, Virginia 23218-1000 804/662-6200 If you want to reply directly, my email is Mlou1173@aol.com mary lou Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lostancestors2 Surnames: Knick/Bray Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3311.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mary Lou, Sorry my reply to you was accidentally sent twice. The first time I tried to post it the system advised there was an error while posting, so I tried again. It was so long, sorry about that. Actually the one you found with Hazel is the correct one. How does one search for births for male children in public records if you have nothing specific? Aren't birth records more difficult to get or have more stringent reqirements to get? Can I actually go to the records office and ask for just male Knick children in certain time frames over multiple years? I know that her daughters were born between 1950 and 1955 and we believe she was actually sterlized immediately after her youngest daughter was born in '55 because her children were all out of wedlock and she was found to have "deficiancies". Two of her daughters were in foster care just about their whole childhood, the third and youngest daughter was adopted shortly after birth in 1955. The youngest daughter is my contact in the area. I have read whatever paperwork she has gotten from the state without a court order ( thus nonidentifying)and nothing indicates any other children that the state was aware of when they took custody of the girls, supposedly shortly after this accident. It appears the male child must have been placed somewhere prior to 1955. Her daughter said there was a newspaper clipping of the accident and they believe it was Dec 1951, but the clipping disappeared and the paper says they can't find anything about it in that area of time. They said there were several men in the car and Hazel was seriously injured and one man was thrown up against her and he died. In trying to search the daughter's memories from twenty years ago one man may have had the surname Bray, but that's all I have. Just about every original adult involved in this case is gone now. We are working from scratch. Hazel left this world in 2000. We are possibly related paternally and I have family in that area but I grew up away from the area. Her daughters did not find my branch of the family until 2006 though I had been searching for them since the late 80's again thanks to the article in the Danville Register-Bee. It was actually thanks to a military museum that they found my father before we could find them and through him me. One of Hazel's sisters-in-law was my father's aunt. I am the budding family genealogist. Due to some family issues related to illegitimacy we are trying to conduct our search as sensitively as we can and wish to try to locate as much as we can on our own without having to pressure other family members understandably. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryLou3358 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3311.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Mary....you may already have this information, but there were four Knick households on the 1930 census....all living next door to each other on Wood Ave. One family includes a daughter called Hazel: Wood Ave., Tunstall, Pittsylvania Vanburen Knick b. 1906 Virginia. He was a truck driver Ethel P. Knick b. 1912 North Carolina - his wife. Wood Ave. Tunstall, Pittsylvania Howard E. Knick b. 1903 Virginia. He was a life insurance salesman. Iva Knick b. 1898 North Carolina - his wife Howard E. Knick b. 1926 Virginia - their son Wood Ave., Tunstall, Pittsylvania David H. Knick b. 1872 Virginia. He was a merchant. Mary M. Knick b. 1872 Virginia - his wife Edith A. Knick b. 1912 Virginia - their daughter Wood Ave., Tunstall, Pittsylvania Porter A. Knick b. 1899 Virginia. He was an Asst.Foreman at the cotton mill. Fannie Knick b. 1893 Virginia - his wife. Cotton Weaver Garrett Knick b. 1818 Virginia - their son Margaret Knick b. 1922 Virginia - their daughter Mary Knick b. 1925 Virginia - their daughter Naomi Knick b. 1927 Virginia - their daughter HAZEL KNICK b. 1929 Virginia - their daughter If this is the Hazel you are after, her son probably would have been born no earlier than 1945ish I would imagine. Perhaps you could find a birth for a male Knick in that time frame. mary lou Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lostancestors2 Surnames: Knick Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3311.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mary Lou, Thank you, I thought about it. I had a relative down there try to contact them but so far we have all (the paper employees as well, so far)had no luck especially since not having any specific date. My relative tried searching microfilm and it was just too much for her going through it all to locate at this point, especially since we know very little as to exact dates. She tried the best she could to help me but we don't have a lot to go on right now. We just know that a "Knick" woman was seriously injured and a man died in the accident and that there may have been another man or two in the vehicle and we don't know if they survived. We don't know if it was a single vehicle but we think it may have been. We think they may have been coming eastbound from the Martinsville area. The woman in the vehicle is no longer alive and no one right now seems to remember specifics. We found an old medical reference to the woman's past injuries from the accident. It was sometime between 1950 & 1955 as our broadest guess. My relative thinks it should have been cooler weather around 1950-52. We can't find anything yet in the time frame everyone first thought it would have been. Some relatives thought it might have been around Christmas time 1951-52. My Daddy remembers hearing about it and when I made a very quick emergency trip down recently he tried to show me where he had been show that it was when he was a kid. He seemed to think it was closer to Callahan's Hill from Brosville west of Danville limits. I guess I will just have to wait until I can get out of both school and work long enough to investigate it myself. I love finding needles in haystacks and I think this is what it is going to take. The paper and library have limited personnel resources so we will need to get as much as we can on our own first. I was hoping that if someone tragically lost a family member in that time frame they would not forget it. This accident is very important to establish a time line to help pin down a search area for a reported lost family member who may have been adopted, possibly illegally and may not know it. We again have nothing other than it was supposed to have been a male child from the Danville-Pittsylvania-Henry area in the very last of the 1940's to around mid 1950's. He may have had blonde hair from an unidentified picture that someone remembers from over twenty years ago, of course that picture is lost to us now, as are those who might have had the knowledge we seek. Stories have that the child was very sick and may have been given up to receive medical care some how. It is sad, we have practically nothing to go on at this point, except that three separate and independent indivduals have mentioned this male child's existance over the last 50 years at various times, but when questioned further no one knows anything further. One mention was as recently as this Fourth of July. This unknown male child was reportedly born to a Hazel Knick and has a sister who is sincerely and painfully searching for him or signs of his existence. She has searched before and found other sisters, now they want to find out if this rumored brother ever existed. The paper tried to help her locate her other parent many years ago, that article is what started my search for her, but right now I don't think we have enough for them to help yet. Even if she never knows her father, she wants to find any misisng siblings before they get too old to find each other. Thank you again for your suggestions, wish us luck and more helpful caring people such as yourself. Mary E. Wright Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lostancestors2 Surnames: Knick Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3311.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mary Lou, Thank you, I thought about it. I had a relative down there try to contact them but so far we have all (the paper employees as well, so far)had no luck especially since not having any specific date. My relative tried searching microfilm and it was just too much for her going through it all to locate at this point, especially since we know very little as to exact dates. She tried the best she could to help me but we don't have a lot to go on right now. We just know that a "Knick" woman was seriously injured and a man died in the accident and that there may have been another man or two in the vehicle and we don't know if they survived. We don't know if it was a single vehicle but we think it may have been. We think they may have been coming eastbound from the Martinsville area. The woman in the vehicle is no longer alive and no one right now seems to remember specifics. We found an old medical reference to the woman's past injuries from the accident. It was sometime between 1950 & 1955 as our broadest guess. My relative thinks it should have been cooler weather around 1950-52. We can't find anything yet in the time frame everyone first thought it would have been. Some relatives thought it might have been around Christmas time 1951-52. My Daddy remembers hearing about it and when I made a very quick emergency trip down recently he tried to show me where he had been show that it was when he was a kid. He seemed to think it was closer to Callahan's Hill from Brosville west of Danville limits. I guess I will just have to wait until I can get out of both school and work long enough to investigate it myself. I love finding needles in haystacks and I think this is what it is going to take. The paper and library have limited personnel resources so we will need to get as much as we can on our own first. I was hoping that if someone tragically lost a family member in that time frame they would not forget it. This accident is very important to establish a time line to help pin down a search area for a reported lost family member who may have been adopted, possibly illegally and may not know it. We again have nothing other than it was supposed to have been a male child from the Danville-Pittsylvania-Henry area in the very last of the 1940's to around mid 1950's. He may have had blonde hair from an unidentified picture that someone remembers from over twenty years ago, of course that picture is lost to us now, as are those who might have had the knowledge we seek. Stories have that the child was very sick and may have been given up to receive medical care some how. It is sad, we have practically nothing to go on at this point, except that three separate and independent indivduals have mentioned this male child's existance over the last 50 years at various times, but when questioned further no one knows anything further. One mention was as recently as this Fourth of July. This unknown male child was reportedly born to a Hazel Knick and has a sister who is sincerely and painfully searching for him or signs of his existence. She has searched before and found other sisters, now they want to find out if this rumored brother ever existed. The paper tried to help her locate her other parent many years ago, that article is what started my search for her, but right now I don't think we have enough for them to help yet. Even if she never knows her father, she wants to find any misisng siblings before they get too old to find each other. Thank you again for your suggestions, wish us luck and more helpful caring people such as yourself. Mary E. Wright Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryLou3358 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3311.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi....how about the archives of the local newspaper...which I believe is the Danville Register & Bee. Perhaps you could contact them to see if they have a searching service. Alternatively, I'm sure the local library would have past issues and would do a search for you. mary lou Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lostancestors2 Surnames: Bray/Knick/Riddle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.pittsylvania/3311/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for any online sources that I can find to try to locate any info on fatal accidents on Hwy 58 just west of Danville in the 50's&60's. I am also looking for anyone who might remember any. I am particularlly interested in the area of Callahan's Hill, Westover or Brosville. There is one that may have had multiple victims with some survivors that may have occured b/t Dec 1950-51 to Feb 1951-52. Am also looking for any connections to the Bray, Riddle, or Knick families. Am also interested in cases where multiple family members may be involved. Since I am unable to do much traveling at this time, I am hoping that maybe eventually I may find some online connections to help my search. Where would records of things from these "in between time ranges" be archived? They are not the usual time period for a large portion of genealogical searchers. Also if anyone is familiar with any domestic violence murders or murder/suicides between Danville & Martinsville areas this may a! lso be of additional help. I know these are not the nice types of information to be looking for but they are just dots in a bigger puzzle I am working on. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

The list admin can be contacted at VAPITTSY-admin@rootsweb.com. Dave > Once again, does anyone know the address for the list administrator? I > have > info to share but her emails keep bouncing back to me. > > Thanks for any input, > > Sallie

Hi Sallie, I'm the list administrator. Are you actually trying to contact Gayle Austin, who manages the Pittsylvania USGenWeb site? Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sallie Hurt" <etccrafts@yahoo.com> To: <VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 8:06 PM Subject: [VAPITTSY] List adminstrator's contact info? > Once again, does anyone know the address for the list administrator? I > have > info to share but her emails keep bouncing back to me. > > Thanks for any input, > > Sallie

Once again, does anyone know the address for the list administrator? I have info to share but her emails keep bouncing back to me. Thanks for any input, Sallie ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/