Michael: We plowed this ground a few months back. However, when I was a kid I always enjoyed rewalking freshly plowed fields just after a rain in hopes of finding arrow heads. Regarding Georgiana's middle name, she had a daughter named Valley, so that is another possibility. Jim At 03:06 PM 10/10/2006 , you wrote: >Hey Jim, > >Here we go again ... :D Can't remember if you and I have covered these >Petersons yet or not, so my apologies if I'm covering old ground. > >William Henry Peterson was my 4th Great Grandfather. His first wife was (I >think) Sarah Beazely/Beasely. They were married July 20, 1819, in >Shenandoah county. Their son, Charles Wesley Peterson, was my 3G >grandfather. Charles' granddaughter, Bessie Baker (Peterson) Gum, was my >great grandmother. Bessie died Dec. 12, 1994, at the age of 106. > >William married 2nd to Melvina Looker on August 17, 1836, in R'ham county. >William was 28 years older than Melvina. From what I understand, Georgia >was the 3rd child born to William and 2nd wife, Melvina. > >I'm aware that William had brother Isaac, but unfortunately I know little to >nothing about Isaac. Doubtful the above is of much help other than to cover >or re-cover another way in which our lines connect. > >William (March 22, 1792 - Feb. 19, 1883) and Melvina (January 14, 1820 - >July 14, 1899) are buried together in the Dayton Cemetery. > >Michael Sellers > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joseph J. Messersmith, Jr." <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:14 AM >Subject: [VAROCKIN] William Peterson family > > > > Deb beat me to posting that Georgia Harper's maiden name was Peterson and > > not Patterson. Georgia was the daughter of William Peterson and Melvina > > Looker. I am interested in hearing from anyone researching the PETERSON > > family since William Peterson is my ggg grand uncle. I descend from his > > brother Isaac Peterson and his wife Judith Pummell. > > > > Jim Messersmith > > Rockville, VA > > > > > > At 01:36 PM 10/10/2006 , you wrote: > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > > >Classification: Obituary > > > > > >Message Board URL: > > > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACI/1621.1 > > > > > >Message Board Post: > > > > > >Correction; Georgia's maiden name was Peterson. > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >[email protected] 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 >[email protected] 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 >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message