This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: missy0473 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/911.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello. I am also a descendant of Greenberry Chaney and have information for you. Please contact me. email: [email protected] 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: missy0473 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/911.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello. I am also a descendent of Greenberry Chaney and have information for you. Please contact me. email: [email protected] 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.

RootsWeb: CARTER-L Re: [CARTER-L] Re: JOHN DENTON CARTER ----- Original Message ----- From: thomas rudder To: Tom Rudder Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 3:05 PM Subject: Emailing: 0932186682 CARTER-L Archives Archiver > CARTER > 1999-07 > 0932186682 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: < > Subject: Re: [CARTER-L] Re: JOHN DENTON CARTER Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 00:44:42 EDT Hello Carolyn, I appreciate your offer to help with the material, but I was able to get a copy of the John Denton Carter book. Thank you. Libby Allen-Baker In a message dated 7/16/99 3:34:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: << I have been meaning to reply to your posting on the John Denton Carter book on TN ancestors. I found a reference to this book on the LDS site. You can go to any LDS family center and ask them to send the film of this book to you there. I'm happy to save you some trouble, though !! I have just ordered this sent to my local LDS center and I am told it will take about three weeks for it to get to me. I will be more than happy to look up any names you might want me to when I have access to the film. Just let me know who it is you are searching for... Carolyn >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This thread: a.. Re: [CARTER-L] Re: JOHN DENTON CARTER by < > a.. Re: [CARTER-L] Re: JOHN DENTON CARTER by < > a.. Re: [CARTER-L] Re: JOHN DENTON CARTER by John Robert Size < >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7521/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The attached document is from the file of the Rev War app of John Reid. It is a list of persons whose certificates of service were lost & who served between 1781-1785. It is signed by James Taylor & witnessed by ___ Williamson. It was rec'd in 1791 Includes the following names: William Reid Richard Thompson Thomas Whitehead Stephen Williamson Richard Thompson John Nelson Arnold Shell Joseph Hodge William Watson James Cunningham ___ Glaspy (Gillespie?) John Reid Arnold Shell Francis Alderson John Hall William Cole Michael Neely William Horton John Greear Absolam Bostwich Charles Jones John Morris John Menifee 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: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7520/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The widow of John Reid filed for Rev War widow's pension in Fayette Co TN in 1844. John Reid entered service in Washington Co VA. Her name before marriage was Kesiah Buchanan & they were m. 22 Mar 1784 in Caswell Co NC. He d. 23 June 1826. In 1852 she had moved to Dallas Co Arkansas to live with her only daughter Mrs. Clarrissa H. Smith. In her statement she said her husband had made statement for Col. Campbell when he was to be given a sword from Congress. 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.

If the WPA (Works Progress Administration) archived Historical Inventories of Russell County items in the 1930's, and the Library of Virginia has scanned images of these WPA Historical Inventories, does anyone know if there is a user-friendly way to Browse other WPA Historical Inventories from Russell County? I found WPA Historical Inventories for a Family Spinning Wheel, and Family Bible, when a Search for "Ball Family" returned over 600 items at http://www.worldcat.org/<http://www.worldcat.org/> Scanned images of the original WPA documents are available at the Library of Virginia. Scott

GIBSON, Linda Alice Age 82 went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 7:35 PM in Garden Manor Retirement Village. She was born in Rogersville, Tennessee on February 22, 1926 the daughter of George and Laura (Hayes) Ball. On December 24, 1946 in Stone Gap, Virginia she was married to Ransom Gibson, and he preceded her in death in 1970. She was a member of the Nazarene Church and was employed as a private home health care worker for many years. She is survived by her children, Patsy (David) Marcum of Sevierville, Tennessee, Gwynne (Michael) Gibson of Liberty Township, and Derrick (Marla) Gibson of Hamilton; eight grandchildren, Craig, Brandon, Adam Curron, Corey, Chris, Katy, Kayla, and Robbie; four great- grandchildren, Michael, Lilly, Adeline, and Kyle; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, and was the last surviving member of twelve children: one sister, Mollie Miller; and ten brothers, Hayes, Oscar, Billy, Curtis, Jim, Sam, Arthel, Woodrow, Bobby, and H.R. Ball. Funeral services will be held at the Brown-Dawson Funeral Home, 1350 Millville Avenue, on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 2:00 PM with Rev. Clyde Waites, Pastor of the Drexel Avenue Church of the Nazarene officiating. Burial will be in Butler County Memorial Park. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Monday from 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM. The family extends a heartfelt thank you to Vitas Hospice and to her nephew, Doug Miller, for their loving care and support. www.browndawson.com Published in the Hamilton Journal-News on 6/20/2008.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7518/mb.ashx Message Board Post: To the Honorable the Speaker and Members of the House of Delegates. The petition of sundry inhabitants of the County of Russell, respectfully sheweth That your petitioners having been advertised of a design in some persons to lay before your Honorable House a petition praying a division of Russell County, and to form a new one of parts taken from it & Wythe county. That it was in the year seventeen hundred & ninety two an Act of General Assembly passed for dividing the county of Russell into two distinct counties: that in consequence where of Lee County was formed of part of Russell which left Russell a small but compact & convenient county situated between Clinch & Cumberland mountains, having Lee County on the southwest and Wythe County on the northeast, which your petitioners conceived to be the proper, natural and most convenient bounds for the sd county of Russell: and that at present the county of Russell does not contain five hundred titheable persons, which small number of Titheables already subjects your petitioners to the yearly payment of a burdensome county levy & poor rates; and the increased number of delegates is conceived to be an unnecessary additional expense to the state in general. Your petitioners further beg leave to inform your Honorable Body, that from the circumstance of Lee County being taken from Russell by the above recited Act of General Assembly, has left the courthouse of Russell remote to many of the inhabitants in the extreme upper parts: that the public buildings being but indifferent & decayed, neither are they conveniently situated for water or in the center of the county; being also in a barren thin settled neighborhood which renders it difficult for persons attending public Justice to obtain the necessary accommodations for themselves & horses. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Honorable Body will in your wisdom continue the bounds of Russell county as already established by law: and also permit the inhabitants thereof to build a new courthouse at some convenient place near its center. And your petitioners as in duty bound will pray Russell County Oct 22 1794 H. Smith Thos Johnson Jacob Crabtree George Kinney Timothy Burgess Abner Vance Andrew Martin Moses Bevens Robert Coffey Thos Kenny James Ellett Wm Ellett Francis Browning James Scott Jesse Browning James Browning Henry Smith Michael Ellett Alex Shumaker William Gilmore Jonathan Davis Tho Davis George Robinson Andrew Cowan William Gilmore Sr James Hutchenson _____ Davis Peter Stacy Stephen Ogden Henry Smith Jr James Pemberton Daniel Gilmore Pa'k Koil Jonathan Prater Jeremiah Puckett James Coil John Koil Harden Smith George Asberry Jesse Daniel Will Webb Shadrack Nants Wm Fletcher Eph Hatfield Augustine Berry Samuel Short John Thompson Lan Vanhook Allden Williamson Wm Elam Wm Nash Thos Murphy Lazarus Damrell Jacob Francisco ______ ______ John Stacey Jeremiah Shelton Easur(?) Shelton Joshua Shelton Sam'l Hendrix Sam'l Ewing George Smith John Bristow(?) Moses Smith James VanHook Danel Price John Pucket John Hargis Wm Crumwell Charls Crumwell Thos Nash Alex Murphy John Murphy Adam Lash George Miller Elijah Webb Joseph Webb Isaac Moore John Green Peter Bays J___ Bays James Bays Simeon Jackson John Hunt Thomas Hunt Solomon Litton John Litton Henry Campbell Thomas Hendrix David Hendrix Wm Garret I do hereby certify that on the 26th day of August 1794, it being Court Day, in Russell County and likewise on the 28th day of October, it being also Court Day for the said county it was advertised on the wall of the courthouse near the doors that there would be a petition presented to the next General Assembly for a removal of the court house of said county given under my hand this 29th day of October 1794 Henry Dickinson CRC 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: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7517/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Russell Folder 8 To the Honorable Speaker and House of Delegates James Osborne Lieutenant of the Militia of the County of Russell On behalf of himself and Detachments of Militia who served under him when said county was actually invaded by the Indians, and the persons who furnished them with rations, beg leave humbly to represent That your petitioners was called forth under the Invasion Law upon Indian eruptions of the Enemy on this Frontier in the years 1790 and 1791, and served with zeal and fidelity, the number of days respectively annexed to their names in the pay rolls hereunto annexed, and to which your petitioners beg leave to refer. Your petitioners further represent that after the performance of the services, they made application through their representatives to the Executive to direct a liquidation and payment of their claims, but have been referred by that Department to the General Government for a settlement of their accounts whereby they have been rejected, because, as the officers of the United States say, that the Detachments were not duly mustered on their entering into and discharge from service. This your petitioners to be leave to say was altogether impracticable from their peculiar situation being called suddenly from an extensive Frontier, and on sudden and unexpected attack of the Enemy, & discharged at different times and places. Add to this, they can with great truth say, that they never understood, nor do they believe any muster master was appointed to perform the duty by the General Government in the southwestern territory. These circumstances, your petitioners pray, that their claims may be referred to the Auditor for settlement under the Invasion Law - And that if it should be found a proper charge against the United States that this state will take upon themselves the adjustment with the General Government And your petitioners pray Osborne Jas To claims Nov 18th 1794 Special 29th __ 1794 James Osborn 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: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7516/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Folders 4 & 5 have small notes that say petitions were posted at the door of the courthouse. Folder 6 below & have scanned copy if anyone would like it: Russell 1793 Oct 24 Box 227 Folder 6 To the Honorable the Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates The Petition of Alexander McFarland humbly sheweth, That your Petitioner was employed by the commanding officer of the militia of the county of Russell to serve as a scout from the 29th day of May until the first of July 1790, in consequence of information shewing an intended invasion of the said county by the Indians; that your petitioner, as required, did serve the said time, for proof of which he begs leave to refer to Simon Cockrell Esquire, a Delegate from the said county to the General Assembly and to the Documents herein enclosed, by which also it will appear that repeated application hath been made to the honorable the executive and to the auditor of Public Accounts for a settlement of his claim for the said services, but without effect: He therefore prays, that your honorable House will take his case into consideration and do him that justice to which he is entitled, and as in duty bound he will ever pray Alexander McFarland Pet'n 24th Oct 93 Claims Reasonable, special Reported 26th Oct '93 Voucher to Mr. Cockrell 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: zbdd2 Surnames: Moore Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7515/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find firm evidence as to the parents of James Albert Moore who was probably born in Russell or Tazewell counties in 1873. He eventually moved to Smyth county near Saltville and is buried there. Census data from his later life indicates that his mother's name was Marth(a). I suspect that he is the son of David Moore and Martha Shelton or Samuel Moore and Martha Harry but I have not been able to confirm either to my satisfaction using census data. Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 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: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7514/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Russell County 1792 Oct 5 Box 227 Folder 3 To the Honorable the Speaker and members of the House of Delegates The inhabitants of the counties of Russell and Washington beg leave to lay before your Honorable Body this petition in opposition to two presented by the people of the county of Wythe The first praying that the county of Montgomery may be added to the Judicial District composed of Wythe, Washington and Russell and that the court for the same may be holden in Wythe Court House or to that purpose The other, that the District Court for the district composed of the counties of Wythe, Washington, and Russell may in the future be holden alternately at Washington & Wythe Court houses. As to the addition of the county of Montgomery to the Judicial District composed of the counties of Wythe, Washington, and Russell, your petitioners humbly conceive, should it be the case, would tend to defeat the purposed operations of the Act establishing District Courts and regulating General Court, and in a measure renew the evils it very wisely designed to prevent. The Law in it's present form proves to be very beneficial to the Commonwealth at large, and peculiarly so to the frontier counties of this state. Your petitioners also fear that such a measure would lay a foundation for the obtainment of Consolidation of the Judicial Districts throughought this state, which would not only com___ the wishes of a few advocates for such a scheme but effectively destroy the valuable purposes of the District Law. Your petitioners humbly conceive that the Judicial District in which they reside contains as large a space of territory if not larger than any other of the districts, and the population of which, particularly towards the boundary westward encreases very considerably. An addition therefore of territory, which would be extremely injurious, Your Petitioners humbly hope will never be acceeded to by your Honorable Body. Your petitioners would also humbly represent, that in consequence of the District Court being by law held at Washington Court House, considerable sums of money have been expended to greet a large and commodeous Court House, and a very strong and secure jail. The petition praying that the District Court may in future be held alternately at Washington and Wythe Court houses your petitioners conceive is extremely partial and inconsistent and could only have originated in the minds of some few designing characters only to gratify their interested motives, whose estates lying contiguous to Wythe Court house, would expect to receive some pecuniary advantages thereby. But from the following _____________________, the partiality and inconsistency of their petition will evidently appear. The distance from Washington Court house to the extremity of Russell county westward is one hundred and thirty computed miles. _____ the distance from the said Court house to the extremity of Wythe county eastward, at the head of Reedy Island is, as you petitioners conceive not more than ninety computed miles. Washington Court house is situated about ten miles from the southern boundary of this state, and not so far south of the line dividing Washington & Russell counties. Many of the inhabitants of Wythe county near the boundary line of Wythe & North Carolina live about an equidistance from Washington and Wythe Court houses, so that they labour under no inconvenience from their attendance upon the District Court as it is at present situated. The most remote inhabitants of Wythe county when they appear at the District Court have not to travel more than ninety miles, but the most remote inhabitants of Russell County when they attend have to travel one hundred and thirty. Therefore should the District Court be holden at Wythe Court house as prayed for the extreme inhabitants of Russell County westward would would have to travel one hundred and eighty five miles, and the extreme inhabitants of Wythe County eastward would have to travel but thirty two; this proves an amazing disproportion, consequently their petition contains evident partiality. Your petitioners are well aware that the alternate holding of the District Court will be attended with an intolerable inconvenience to the Clerk thereof, and dangerous consequences to the parties litigant by the removal within the year of the records & papers, which in their passage are subject to a variety of accident. Your petitioners found their opposition to the petitions above mentioned, only from the hints contained in two advertisements, set up at the doors of the Court house of Washington county, which to the knowledge of your petitioners were only discoverable at a court held for Washington County on Tuesday twenty first of August 1792, therefore can only guess at the reasons offered in those petitions to enforce the prayers thereof, they being so cautiously handed about, that few if any of those who could be supposed would act in opposition thereto have been favoured with a sight of them. Your petitioners (from a thorough conviction, that the present situation and establishment of their Judicial Districts, and Court house thereof, is perfectly eligible, convenient, equitable, and impartial) humbly hope that your Honorable Body will not think it expedient, to make any alteration or addition thereto, but they earnestly pray that in future it may remain as at present established by ! law; and you petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray. Samuel Ritchie Jno W. Crunk Sam'l Ewing Michael Oxer Henry Hamblin Moses Dorton Abraham Oxer John Robinson Howard (?) Dorton Richard Price (ILLEGIBLE) Lewis Harris Thomas Stapleton Andrew Cowan Thomas Hanieford (?) Benjamin Hanieford (?) Shadrack Williams Sam'l Williams William Gilmore Jr William Gilmore John Cowan James Scot Francis Browning H. Smith Harry Smith Richard Oney Henry Williams Richard Williams Robert Maysey Sam'l Robinson Sr George Robinson David Robinson Sam'l Robinson Jr Richard Preece William Preece Thomas Mcnight Steven Ogdon Petter Beays(?) George _____son John Grear _____ Gilmore Jesse Vermillion Enos Browning Joel Barker John Weir Michael Elliot Abraham Fuller Caleb Green John Green John Gibson Joseph Fealds David Hargaradas (ILLEGABLE) Antony Mcnight Thomas Price Sr John Price William Price Charles Bickley Henry Burke Edward Horn Albenego White Abraham Crabtree (ILLEGABLE) Sim (Sam?) Jackson Thos Hunt Abner Vance William Samples David Ward Edward Young John Bristow John Ruth (Keith?) Alexander Murphy Daniel Desp____(?) Jacob Francisco George Francisco William Ramey Thomas Nash Jr Peter _____ Henry Bowen Thos Ferguson ___ Ferguson John McCormick Edward Callahan Benjamin Longley Jonathan Dryden Leonard Hutton William Berry Sam'l _____ Jas Campbell James Trimble Willaim Kyburn(?) Thomas Berry Elisha Dungan Arch'ld McKinnie Robert _____dson Andrew Davison John Moffett John Montgomery James Smith David Evins Patk Watson John Orr Isaac Hughes John Allison Michael Fleenar James Weir (?) James Crow(?) Robert Kincaid Wm Beatie Abraham Bradley William _____ John Evans Sam'l Edmondson James Gl____ Jas Thompson (ILLEGIBLE) John Keys David Dryden Samuel Buchanan Rob't Montgomery William McDonnald (Illegible) Jno ___ John C. ____well Rob't Preston John Preston Sr Chas Cummings James Dickenson Jacob Coppes(?) John Balfour John English Mathew Smook David Watson Sam'l Russell Alex'r Doran Thomas Montgomery William Anderson Wm Scott Chas Hanes And'w Colvill Jr And'w Colvill William Leger Henry ____ Thomas Kindrick Richard _______ Robert Ramsey Rob't Ligget James Campbell Arch'd McGinnis Rob't Hornsby Henry Sh____ Wm Carmack John Fleenor Samuel Hensley William Carmack Lewis Pitts Nickles Hensley John Fleenor Nicklos Fleenor James Sprouls Samuel Sprouls John Sprouls D. Craig Henry Grimes John Barker Abram Fulkerson Thomas Goff Abraham Bledso Thomas Bledso Peter Levenston John Kendrick Sr John Russell James Smyth Thomas Barker James Burks Thomas Kendrick Daniel Frick (Friel?) John Gray Jas Logan Charls Barker Alexd'r Luony Timothy Cary William Carson William Bradshae Daniel ____ William Faren ____ Dilloughby William Robinson David Coons(?) Rob't Laris(?) James Wright Williams Wedly Jacob ____ John Gilworth Samuel Musgroves James Swan Moses Lathem (?) Thos Colley Sam'l Scott Sr ____ Vanhook Jesey Robinson Robert Houston Joseph Head Adam Deck Thomis Smith Frederick Deck Reuben Bradley John McCrabb Fielden Hensley John Stuart James Fulkerson David Beatie William Hayter Wm Hensley Henry Holt(?) Jacob Teton (?) James Cray (?) Henry Moore William Large John Benham Ezekle Hobbs Elija Frost William Smith John Phips Sr Jacob Goodman George Goodman William Bond John Phips Jr Basil Talburtt Levin Bledso Larkin Hensley John Sprouls Geor__ Nicely Charles Barker John ______ William Coys Roling Childs Henry Childs John Childs John Loid Levy Moore Joseph Breedon Thomas Mc Corm____ John Robinson Willim ____ Thos Scott William Hampton Sam'l Moore John Holliday Charles Scott Peter Scott John Smithers Thos Tate Benoni Banning Isaac Spratt John Whiteley Robert Fowler And'w Marshall Jno Marshall Jas Campbell Wm Bates Wm Clark ___ Bruster John Lucas Jas Young Wm Cox Walter Mattenly Sr Jas Tosh Chs Tate Thos Bray(?) Daniel Campbell Enoch Moore Brooks Mattenly Valentine Hatfield John Turley Wm Bennett Stepen Bennett Jno Bennett Clark Benning Alexander Wilie Joseph Campbell Andrew Lamie Walter Mattenly Wm Conway Enoch Mcharty Young Lee Jas Stokes Charles Mattenly John Shannon David Young Will Mathias Arthur Workman Wil Belcher Rich'd ___ Sam'l Feilds _ Fulkerson Sam'l Scott Wm Russell James Prosser (?) Neel McNeel John Brinks(?) James Craig Joseph Cole Jno Day (?) James Bradley John Fulkerson Sam'l Mc Chenney(?) Cornelioas Carmack David ____ Jacob Mungle Joseph Gray Jesse ___ Wm Pitcher(?) Jno Gobble Isaac Newland Jacob Zimmerle John Mc Cullack James Fulkerson Robert Henderson (ILLEGIBLE) James Longley George McNew Jesse Carmack Andrew eMES(?) Joseph Hensley Jon Manpower Rob't Johnson Hugh Neely Stephen _____ Levi Bishop James Berry Drury Flecher James Sprouls Andry Goff Joseph Frost Aliga Gilenwater James Fugit George Finley David Lowry(?) Robert Craig James Cummings Thos Cummings John Porterfield Jno White John Gilliland (ILLEGIBLE) Moses White W. King Andrew Forgison John King ELijah Kiny Wm Ward John Ward Ro't Barns James Daniel Gorge Belsher Rob't Belsher Craven Belsher Wm Garrison Gorg Asbury Jam Yong John Haney Wm Nash John Murphy Jeremiah Scaggs Thoa Murphy Russell & Washington Pet'n 5 Oct 1792 6th Justice 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: dennisfieldsjaxfl Surnames: Fields Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7510.3.1.1.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: AT this link: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/landgrants/washcosurvbk.html The Washington County Surveyors Record of 1781-1797 shows: Page 97 - Richard Fields...65 ac...in the Rich Valley on the east end of his settlement survey...Treasury Warrant...Beginning corner to Moses Belshers tract...Warrant #9829, dated December 12, 1781 Page 97 - Richard Fields...200 ac...in the Rich Valley...Commissioners Certificate...Beginning on the side of Clinch Road corner of James Crabtrees survey...April 13, 1782 - Richard Fields, assignee of John Crabtree...200 ac...on the head springs of Elkhorn branch...129 ac surveyed for John Crabtree, May 27, 1774, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1772...August 27, 1782 My Richard Fields lived from 1749-1827 and married Hannah Crabtree, Sounds like a match! His son was Joseph B. Fields 1755-1823 who we are currently discussing in this thread, and Joseph did have a son named Joel Esa Fields 1802-1888. 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: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7513/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Martin Pruitt filed for Rev War pension 1832 in Madison Co Ill at age 84. He enlisted Washington Co VA in 1778. He d. 4 Feb 1841. Images at Footnote 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: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7512.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Nicholas Proctor filed for Rev War pension in Hamilton Co Ill in 1834 at age 78. He states he was b. 1756 in Brunswick Co VA, moved to Rowan Co NC at age 5 or 6 until he was about 19 when he moved near the Holston River in VA. In 1778 he volunteered there & went to Boonesboro. Joseph Proctor, clergyman of Estill Co KY, and Little Page Proctor of Hamilton Co Ill made affidavits for him. Images at Footnote 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: dennisfieldsjaxfl Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7510.3.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A history of Washington County, Virginia might include all the territory originally encompassed in Augusta County, formed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1738; Botetourt County in 1770; Fincastle County in 1772; and Washington County established on December 7, 1776. Each of the subsequent counties split from the Washington County of 1776: Russell County in 1786, Lee County in 1793, Tazewell County in 1800, Scott County in 1814, Smyth County in 1832, Wise County in 1836, Buchanan County in 1858, Dickenson County in 1880. I was looking at a book called Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920. Based on the information provided to me by family members, he was born in Washington County. So my family was wrong. No big deal. I took their information on faith and didn't feel the need to research when Washington County was formed. His birth was in 1755, so it would have been either Augusta County or Botetourt County. The map I used was for 1790, so for everything after 1790, my original post is correct. I appreciate your kind response madyev821. I typed up a response to ruddert...but decided to take the high road with the delete key. God bless you both, and 440 too. Thanks for pointing out the error. I don't like spreading false info either. 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: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7511.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Linda - I guess I should have said he made a statement in Morgan Co KY to get his pension transfered there. He had moved there to stay with his daughters. The source is Footnote.com They have records digitized from the Nat'l Archives. The site is fairly new & can be hard to navigate. Last I looked you can get a month's membership for about $8. You can download the images to your computer's photo program. The files may contain birth records, letters from lawyers, and statements from folks that aren't in the county records. Have seen actual pages from Bibles. If you decide to try them out, will be glad to help if needed. It can get rather frustrating... All my best Marlene 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: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7510.3.1.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Was just curious if he had come from another area of VA, or even another state. In one census Joel Fields said he was b. in Smyth Co VA & from what little I could gather at the time, Joseph had perhaps owned land in that small square portion of Smyth that is farthest west ??? Marlene 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: LindaSharp3358 Surnames: Pruett/Sims/Simmerman/Reynolds/Craig/Baker Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7511.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: To "my440sixpack" about John Prewett who filed for Rev War pension in 1832 and enlisted in Washington Co in 1775. You typed that he made statement in Morgan Co KY in 1840 that he was moving to KY to live with his daughters and died 4 Jan 1841. My maternal side are Pruett, Pruit, Prewett. Did you mean to say that he was in Morgan county, IN when he made statement, or was there a Morgan Co KY at that time? I have many Pruetts in Morgan Co. IN is why I asked. Also where can I find the source? 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.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: madyev821 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7510.3.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dennis, In 1755 neither Washington or Russell County had been formed. All of both counties were in Augusta County at that time. Washington County was formed from Fincastle County in 1776 and Russell from Washington County in 1786. 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.