Hello Lisa, Do you have the name of George Tharp's first wife? and perhaps his birth year too? I have a Virginia Tharp d/o George and Susan Tharp married to Joseph Evans (a grand-uncle). Ed ----- Original Message ----- From:LadyMist1@aol.com To:vashenan@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] WILT - chancery Hi Gloria, This does not surprise me. My mother in law is the granddaugter to Philip Wilts son David from his first wife Elizabeth Martin. David ran away when he was young from the abuse suffered at the hands of Philip. He was raised by his dead mothers brother. It has been well known in our family that he had a bad temper, but I did not think attempted murder would be in there as well. George Tharp was the brother to Philips 3rd wife. Upon looking at my records further, this felony conviction happened before 1903 when he divorced his 2nd wife Fannie Shirkey. He served 2 years in jail and when he got out she wanted nothing to do with him anymore so he filed for divorce. Family dinners must have been real fun with this family. Thanks so much Lisa

Just a thought, but you might want to check out Warren County. Gloria B.

Julie, As far as I know Daniel Bly did transcribe all of the minute books. I looked too but did not find him. I did find several references to Blackwoods in the Judiciary Report for 9 June 1800 - 8 March 1802. Monday, 9 June 1800 Those Present: Abraham Bird, Michael Speigle, George Fravel, Donick Pennybaker On Petition of George Oakly and others. ORDERED that John Blackwood and James Blackwood, William Thomas and William Lawrence or any three of them to clear the ground for a road from Thomas Sansberry's Mill (my best interpretation) to the road leading by John Harnsbaugh's Mill to Front Royal and make report and all. No mention of a William J. Blackwood anywhere in any of the pages with references to Blackwood but since his middle initial is a J. it could be that he could be one of the above John or James Blackwood. Have you thought of that? ------------------------- Copied by Gloria Bushong

Wouldn't that be 2012? 72 years after At 03:59 PM 12/6/2010, you wrote: >It appears that the census will not be released until April 2011. > > >In a message dated 12/6/2010 6:57:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >sewnsew46@verizon.net writes: > >Hi listers, >Does anyone know when the 1940 census will be available to the public? > >Lynnie > >A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. >Proverbs 17:22 > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >VASHENAN-request@rootsweb.com 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 >VASHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gloria, Thank you very much for looking and pointing me in the right direction. I am planning a trip to VA in the spring, so hopefully I will find her. If you don't mind, I have another quick question. I found a reference for William J. Blackwood. He was suppose to be listed in the Shenandoah County VA Court Minute Book (1816-1821). The date is 9 Mar 1818. When I looked on line, I found a transcription of this book, but I could not find William Blackwood listed in it. Do you know if this entire book is transcribed? Thank you very much for your time. Julie -----Original Message----- From: vashenan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vashenan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Chochoruss@aol.com Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:02 PM To: vashenan@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] BLACWOOD Inquiry Julie, I believe the only way you will find anything on this is to read the newspaper for 1806 as I could find nothing in Chancery Records or Judiciary Records in Shenandoah County about this. That newspaper would be in the library at Edinburg. Gloria B. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VASHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Listmates, While searching for any information on the death of Jonathan Fry in the 1890 newspaper, I ran across this news item. Not sure why I copied it, except I am always interested in any Burke/Burk surname, so here it is. Maybe of help to someone? Gloria ------------------------- The Shenandoah Herald Friday, 19 December 1890 Page 3 EDINBURG ITEM Mr. Johnson Burke died at his home in Powell's Fort, on Sunday morning, aged 72 years. He was a brother of Mr. R. W. Burke, of this place, well known as a traveling salesman for M. Shockman, of Baltimore. He was also the father of Mr. John Burke, who resides on the river a short distance from town. ------------------------------ Copied and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Julie, I believe the only way you will find anything on this is to read the newspaper for 1806 as I could find nothing in Chancery Records or Judiciary Records in Shenandoah County about this. That newspaper would be in the library at Edinburg. Gloria B.

Listmates, I have been helping Pat try to find more information on her Jonathan Fry (1823 - 1890) but have come up with nothing new for her. I searched the Shenandoah Herald for the month of December 1890 and January 1891 going page by page to find an obit or notice of his death with no results. I know that some of you subscriber are subscribed to the Archives of the Daily New Record out of Harrisonburg. Could someone do a search of that newspaper to see if there is a mention? Since he lived in the Forestville area, it might be in that newspaper. He died 16 December 1890. Could be under Jonathan or John Fry. Thanks, Gloria

In a message dated 12/6/2010 9:23:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, msjp@comcast.net writes: > > Lisa, do you know names of the parents of George Tharp? > > > I have a hand written note next to her name saying "George and Nancy Tharp" but I never confirmed that as she is really not part of our tree. Lisa

Listers, If you are going to be researching in Virginia for any length of time, I highly recommend a membership in "The Virginia Genelogical Society" which provides wonderful booklets containing abstracts of county records plus a newsletter that keep members well informed on where to find information, as well as what in the works for the future. The following article came from one the newsletters that also included an article on the DAR online website projects and how those are progressing and going forward to provide more and better information to the general public. The "Virginia Genealocial Society Newletter; December 2009" Pages 10-11 -------------------------- To date, The Library of Virginia has posted over 4 million digital chancery images. More localities are presently being scanned and will be posted in the comining month. However, due to the recent redutions to the Library of Virginia's budget, the pace of the agency's digital chancery projests will necessarily proceed more slowly. PLEASE, not these projects REMAIN a very HIGH PRIORITY for the the agency and it is hoped that the initiative can be RESUMED in FULL when the ecomomy and the agency's budget situation improve. Please see the Chancery Records Index for a listing of the avaliable locality chancery collections. CHANCERY CAUSES are cases that are decided on the basis of equity and fairness as OPPPOSED to the strictly formuated rules of COMMON LAW cases. ---------------------------------- CHANCERY CAUSES often contain correspondenc; property lists, including slaves; lists of heirs; along with many oterh records. ------------------------- For comments, question, or correction regarding CRI or scanned images, plese contact _chancery@lva.virginia.gov_ (mailto:chancery@lva.virginia.gov) . On the Internet address: Http//:www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery. Chocy ____________________________________________________________________

Lisa, do you know names of the parents of George Tharp? ----- Original Message ----- From: LadyMist1@aol.com To: vashenan@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] WILT - chancery Hi Gloria, This does not surprise me. My mother in law is the granddaugter to Philip Wilts son David from his first wife Elizabeth Martin. David ran away when he was young from the abuse suffered at the hands of Philip. He was raised by his dead mothers brother. It has been well known in our family that he had a bad temper, but I did not think attempted murder would be in there as well. George Tharp was the brother to Philips 3rd wife. Upon looking at my records further, this felony conviction happened before 1903 when he divorced his 2nd wife Fannie Shirkey. He served 2 years in jail and when he got out she wanted nothing to do with him anymore so he filed for divorce. Family dinners must have been real fun with this family. Thanks so much Lisa In a message dated 12/5/2010 6:47:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, Chochoruss@aol.com writes: > Lisa, Here is the story. Looks like some of the relatives bad tempers. > > The Shenandoah Herald > 26 July 1907 > Page 3, Column 3 > > SHOT BY BROTHER-IN-LAW > > George Tharp, who lives near Shaeffertown, five miles northeast of New > Market in Shenandoah county, is recovering from a gunshot wound inflicted > a few > days ago by Philip Wilt, his brother-in-law. > The shooting followed a quarrel about a garden hoe, which Wilt carried > from the premises of Tharp and refused to return. During the quarrel > Tharp > is said to have hurled a shovel at Wilt and followed it with an ax. Wilt > then went to his house, got his shotgun, and fired a load of birdshot into > the > back part of Tharp's neck, head and shoulder, several shot piercing his > left ear. Tharp ran a short distance to his home and fell in his yard > from > shock and loss of blood. Dr,. J. E. Good of New Market, was phones for, > and > rendered the necessary surgical attention. > ----------------------- > Copied by Gloria Bushong > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VASHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Gloria, This does not surprise me. My mother in law is the granddaugter to Philip Wilts son David from his first wife Elizabeth Martin. David ran away when he was young from the abuse suffered at the hands of Philip. He was raised by his dead mothers brother. It has been well known in our family that he had a bad temper, but I did not think attempted murder would be in there as well. George Tharp was the brother to Philips 3rd wife. Upon looking at my records further, this felony conviction happened before 1903 when he divorced his 2nd wife Fannie Shirkey. He served 2 years in jail and when he got out she wanted nothing to do with him anymore so he filed for divorce. Family dinners must have been real fun with this family. Thanks so much Lisa In a message dated 12/5/2010 6:47:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, Chochoruss@aol.com writes: > Lisa, Here is the story. Looks like some of the relatives bad tempers. > > The Shenandoah Herald > 26 July 1907 > Page 3, Column 3 > > SHOT BY BROTHER-IN-LAW > > George Tharp, who lives near Shaeffertown, five miles northeast of New > Market in Shenandoah county, is recovering from a gunshot wound inflicted > a few > days ago by Philip Wilt, his brother-in-law. > The shooting followed a quarrel about a garden hoe, which Wilt carried > from the premises of Tharp and refused to return. During the quarrel > Tharp > is said to have hurled a shovel at Wilt and followed it with an ax. Wilt > then went to his house, got his shotgun, and fired a load of birdshot into > the > back part of Tharp's neck, head and shoulder, several shot piercing his > left ear. Tharp ran a short distance to his home and fell in his yard > from > shock and loss of blood. Dr,. J. E. Good of New Market, was phones for, > and > rendered the necessary surgical attention. > ----------------------- > Copied by Gloria Bushong >

Hi all, Here's the second article on the GPR scan written in the Staunton News Leader. A correction should be pointed out. I showed the reporter the gravestone of Christian Landes b. 1835 d. 1861, a great-grandson of John Landes. Seemingly, the reporter thought I was referring to the father of John Landes who is Christian Landes d. 1782 and buried off Kendale Road in York County in Heindel cemetery. http://www.newsleader.com/article/20101206/NEWS01/12060313/Project-unearths-genealogy Kim D. Garrison Arlington, VA (soon to be Weyers Cave, VA)

In a message dated 12/5/2010 5:49:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, paton42@shentel.net writes: Are chancery cases only for court cases? What is a chancery record? ---------------------------------- Yes, they are court cases. The Chancery Court handles suits such as divisions of estates, land disputes, divorce petitions and business partnership issues. The Judge hears from all sides and then makes what he thinks is a fair decision. The cases are initiated by a Bill of Complaint or Injunction by the Plaintiff who may have a grievance against the Defendant. It is a wealth of information for the genealogist and should never be overlooked. Gloria Bushong

Lisa, Here is the story. Looks like some of the relatives bad tempers. The Shenandoah Herald 26 July 1907 Page 3, Column 3 SHOT BY BROTHER-IN-LAW George Tharp, who lives near Shaeffertown, five miles northeast of New Market in Shenandoah county, is recovering from a gunshot wound inflicted a few days ago by Philip Wilt, his brother-in-law. The shooting followed a quarrel about a garden hoe, which Wilt carried from the premises of Tharp and refused to return. During the quarrel Tharp is said to have hurled a shovel at Wilt and followed it with an ax. Wilt then went to his house, got his shotgun, and fired a load of birdshot into the back part of Tharp's neck, head and shoulder, several shot piercing his left ear. Tharp ran a short distance to his home and fell in his yard from shock and loss of blood. Dr,. J. E. Good of New Market, was phones for, and rendered the necessary surgical attention. ----------------------- Copied by Gloria Bushong

Greetings! I am looking for information on Elizabeth BLACKWOOD. I received information that in 1806, in Shenandoah County, VA., she was involved in a dispute with Wm. LAWRENCE or Ralph SHAW. She was charged with assault. I have searched the web, but I can't find any information on this. Possible relatives are John BLACKWOOD b. 1767, James BLACKWOOD b. 1768, Martha BLACWOOD b. 1770. All three were born in Shenandoah County. Thank you very much for any assistance you might be able to give. Julie Blackwood Stewart

Are chancery cases only for court cases? What is a chancery record? ----- Original Message ----- From: <Chochoruss@aol.com> To: <vashenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] WILT - chancery > _http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/_ > (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/) > > The above link will take you to the chancery records for Virginia. Some of > the counties have been scanned including Shenandoah County but some have > not. Hopefully some day they will do all of them. One can only hope. > > Gloria > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VASHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have this bit of Funkhouser data: Descendants of John Funkhauser   Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 FUNKHAUSER was born Abt. 1710, and died Bef. 1765. He married BARBARA ____. Children of JOHN FUNKHAUSER and BARBARA ____ are: 2. i. JACOB2 FUNKHAUSER, b. Abt. 1750; d. Bef. January 11, 1802, Shenandoah Co., VA. 3. ii. JOHN FUNKHAUSER, JR., b. Abt. 1735; d. Bef. June 08, 1807, Shenandoah Co., VA. 4. iii. ABRAHAM FUNKHAUSER, b. Abt. 1740; d. Bef. June 14, 1796, Shenandoah Co., VA. 5. iv. DAVID FUNKHAUSER, d. Bef. October 28, 1804. 6. v. CHRISTIAN FUNKHAUSER, b. 10 child; d. Bef. March 09, 1818.   Generation No. 2 2. JACOB2 FUNKHAUSER (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1750, and died Bef. January 11, 1802 in Shenandoah Co., VA. He married DOROTHY HUDDLE December 17, 1774, daughter of GEORGE HUDDLE. Children of JACOB FUNKHAUSER and DOROTHY HUDDLE are: i. DAVID3 FUNKHAUSER. ii. JACOB FUNKHAUSER. iii. ABRAHAM FUNKHAUSER. iv. JOEL FUNKHAUSER. v. DANIEL FUNKHAUSER. vi. JOHN FUNKHAUSER. vii. MARY FUNKHAUSER. viii. DOROTHA FUNKHAUSER.   3. JOHN2 FUNKHAUSER, JR. (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1735, and died Bef. June 08, 1807 in Shenandoah Co., VA. He married BARBARA ____. Children of JOHN FUNKHAUSER and BARBARA ____ are: i. JOHN3 FUNKHAUSER. ii. DAVID FUNKHAUSER. iii. MARY FUNKHAUSER. iv. ELIZABETH FUNKHAUSER, m. DAVID WEAVER. v. SUSANNAH FUNKHAUSER. vi. BARBARA FUNKHAUSER. vii. CHRISTINA FUNKHAUSER.   4. ABRAHAM2 FUNKHAUSER (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1740, and died Bef. June 14, 1796 in Shenandoah Co., VA. He married MAGDALENE ____. Children of ABRAHAM FUNKHAUSER and MAGDALENE ____ are: i. DANIEL3 FUNKHAUSER. ii. SAMUEL FUNKHAUSER. iii. ABRAHAM FUNKHAUSER, JR.. iv. BARBARA FUNKHAUSER. v. ANN FUNKHAUSER. vi. MAGDALENA FUNKHAUSER. vii. MARY FUNKHAUSER. viii. REGINA FUNKHAUSER.   5. DAVID2 FUNKHAUSER (JOHN1) died Bef. October 28, 1804. Children of DAVID FUNKHAUSER are: i. DAVID3 FUNKHAUSER. ii. JOSEPH FUNKHAUSER. iii. HENRY FUNKHAUSER. iv. BARBARA FUNKHAUSER. v. MAGDALENA FUNKHAUSER. vi. SAMUEL FUNKHAUSER. vii. MARTIN FUNKHAUSER. 7. viii. ROSENA/REGINA FUNKHOUSER.   6. CHRISTIAN2 FUNKHAUSER (JOHN1) was born in 10 child, and died Bef. March 09, 1818. He married (1) BARBARA LAYMAN, daughter of BENJAMIN LAYMAN and CATHERINE ____. He married (2) CATHERINE ____. Children of CHRISTIAN FUNKHAUSER and BARBARA LAYMAN are: i. REBECCA3 FUNKHOUSER, d. Bef. June 11, 1810; m. HENRY GOCHNAUER, March 08, 1806; d. Bet. 1816 - 1817. 8. ii. MARY MAGDALENE FUNKHOUSER.   Generation No. 3 7. ROSENA/REGINA3 FUNKHOUSER (DAVID2 FUNKHAUSER, JOHN1) She married HENRY GOCHNAUER, son of JOSEPH GOCHNAUER and ELIZABETH CRABILL. He died Bet. 1816 - 1817. Children of ROSENA/REGINA FUNKHOUSER and HENRY GOCHNAUER are: i. MARY ANN4 GOCHNAUER. ii. ISAAC GOCHNAUER.   8. MARY MAGDALENE3 FUNKHOUSER (CHRISTIAN2 FUNKHAUSER, JOHN1) She married CHRISTIAN GOCHNAUER, son of JOHN GOCHNAUER and BARBARA HISEY. He died Bef. May 08, 1844 in Shenandoah Co., VA. Children of MARY FUNKHOUSER and CHRISTIAN GOCHNAUER are: i. JACOB4 GOCHNAUER, b. October 27, 1809. ii. CHRISTIAN GOCHNAUER, b. February 19, 1819. iii. JOSEPH G. GOCHNAUER, b. January 08, 1821. iv. JOHN F. GOCHNAUER, b. September 1823. v. ELIZABETH ANN GOCHNAUER, b. February 14, 1829. vi. MARY GOCHNAUER. vii. NATHAN GOCHNAUER, d. an infant.   I have this Funkhouser, and am trying to connect John Evey. Descendants of Isaac Funkhouser   Generation No. 1 1. ISAAC1 FUNKHOUSER He married ELIZABETH ____. Child of ISAAC FUNKHOUSER and ELIZABETH ____ is: 2. i. HAYDEN D.2 FUNKHOUSER, b. Abt. 1855.   Generation No. 2 2. HAYDEN D.2 FUNKHOUSER (ISAAC1) was born Abt. 1855. He married LUCY A. EVEY July 04, 1882 in Shenandoah Co., VA, daughter of JOHN EVEY. She was born Abt. 1860. Child of HAYDEN FUNKHOUSER and LUCY EVEY is: i. X3 FUNKHOUSER.   From: Julie <juls92627@yahoo.com> Subject: [VASHENAN] Funkhousers To: vashenan@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 12:41 PM What are you looking for specifically Dave? I'm not sure if anyone is researching them, but we've all run into them at sometime :-) Julie ________________________________ From: "dgarms9172@aol.com" <dgarms9172@aol.com> To: vashenan@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, December 3, 2010 5:33:39 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] VASHENAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 131 I would appreciate it if someone on the vashenan web list would let me know if they have any information regarding the Funkhousers who settled in the lower Shenandoah Valley in the 1740's. Thanks. Dave Garms at dgarms9172@aol.com.       ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VASHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

RMB the image and rotate before printing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara & George Grenier" <grenier@earthlink.net> To: <vashenan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] WILT - chancery > Has anyone printed any of these? When I go to print preview I just > get a blank. The page is sideways and I don't see a way to turn it. > I am interested in Philip Ludwig > > http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=171-1866-038#img > > Barbara > Southern California > > > At 01:13 PM 12/5/2010, you wrote: >>_http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/_ >>(http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/) >> >>The above link will take you to the chancery records for Virginia. Some of >>the counties have been scanned including Shenandoah County but some have >>not. Hopefully some day they will do all of them. One can only hope. >> >>Gloria >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VASHENAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In a message dated 12/5/2010 4:16:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, Chochoruss@aol.com writes: > > > _http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/_ > (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/) > > The above link will take you to the chancery records for Virginia. Some of > > the counties have been scanned including Shenandoah County but some have > not. Hopefully some day they will do all of them. One can only hope. > > Gloria > > I found a record here that references a felony conviction of Samuel Wilt's son, Philip. Are these records online somewhere? How might I find this one? I have never come across this before. Lisa