Shirley - Thanks so much for the information! On Nov 18, 2007, at 3:02 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Birth records 1824 (Shirley Starks) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:16:14 -0800 > From: "Shirley Starks" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Birth records 1824 > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > The earliest birth records I have found on film for Warren > County,VA was > around the 1870's. My search centered strictly on my Grand mother & > siblings. > > Dee Ann Buck, in her book of abstracted records for Warren Co, VA > [ MARRIAGE > REGISTRY WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1854 - 1880 ] > Pg 1: > > ANDREWS, Charles Henry, 24 yrs of age, single, born & living in > Warren Co, > VA. Parents Elias & Margaret Andrews, m'd on 25 Oct 1877 to Sarah > Frances > ANDREWS, 17 yrs of age, single, born in Shenandoah Co, VA, living > in Warren > Co, VA. Parents Jacob & Catherine ANDREWS, m'd by Rev James S > Petty, Pg 28, > Line 38. > > ANDREWS, Jacob, 22 yrs of age, single, born in Shenandoah Co, VA, > living in > Warren Co, VA, Farmer, parents Wm & Nancy ANDREWS, m'd on 25 Sep > 1856 to > Catherine NAUGEL, 22 yrs of age, single, born in Shenandoah Co, VA, > living > in Warren Co, VA, parents Joseph & Ann NAUGEL, m'd by Rev. Thomas > Buck, Pg > 3, Line 26. > > DEATH REGISTRY WARREN COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1853 - 1874, by Dee Ann > Buck. > Pg 1 > > ANDREWS, Charles, died in Jan 1855, in Warren Co, VA, cause of > death not > given, age of death .. 15 days, born in Warren Co, VA. Parents > Elias & Mary > Jane Andrews. Death reported by Elias Andrews, father. > > ANDREWS, unnamed female, died in Feb 1865, in Warren Co, VA, cause > of death > not given, age of death 10 days, born in Warren Co, VA. Parents > Elias & > Mary Andrews. Death reported by Mary Andrews, mother; pg 25, Line 1. > > ANDREWS, William, died in Sep 1855, in Warren Co, VA, consumption, > age of > death 65 yrs, born in Warren Co, VA, Farmer, Wife's name not given, > parents > not given, Death reported by Elizabeth Roberson, daughter. Pg 10, > Line 4 > > ------ Penny, died in Nov 1855 in Warren Co, VA, typhoid fever, age > of death > 75 yrs, born in Fauquier Co, VA. Slave of Robert L Armistead, mother > Frankey, death reported by George C Armsted, agent for the owner, > African-American, Pg 10, Line 8. (Guessing her last name may have > been > "Andrews"?) > > Shirley S > >> Hello everyone, >> >> My great great grandfather James M. Andrews was born in Warren County >> circa 1824 according to a marriage record from Page County - parents >> Benjamin and Sarah Andrews. >> >> I would like to find his birth record, but am thinking that 1824 pre- >> dates the formation of Warren County and that perhaps the actual >> record for that time period would likely be in Shenandoah or perhaps >> Frederick. >> >> I do not know the name of the town or area in which he was born. I >> do know that in 1850 and 1860 he lived in the Naked Creek area of >> Page County. >> >> Does anyone have a recommendation about the best County to check for >> this birth record (if there is one)? >> >> Thanks for your help, >> >> Sally Andrews Gudas >> >> On Nov 16, 2007, at 3:03 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock (Don Silvius) >>> 2. Re: The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock >>> ([email protected]) >>> 3. Re: The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock (Pat Shelton) >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:39:46 -0500 >>> From: "Don Silvius" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [VASHENAN] The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Reading through "Pages from newspapers past" from one of Shenandoah >>> County's >>> newspapers I found the following from Feb. 15, 1906... >>> >>> >>> "The old oak tree on the river road, which has been standing for >>> centuries >>> and has been one of the corners of the town since Jacob Miller, >>> nearly a >>> hundred and fifty years ago divided two farms into town lots, has >>> fallen a >>> victim to the axemen's touch. On last Tuesday, Messrs. Edward >>> McInturff, >>> John Cooley and Jos. Smoots cut down this grand old relic. The >>> tree was >>> hollow and there was danger of its being blown down. During the >>> war, when >>> Woodstock was in the possession of the enemy, it was used as a Post >>> Office. >>> There fair maidens deposited letters intended for their gallant >>> beaux in the >>> Confederate army, and in turn received tender missives placed in >>> the inner >>> recesses of this faithful sentinel." >>> >>> >>> Thought this was interesting and amusing - NOT a story you hear >>> every day, >>> to be sure. >>> >>> If you are watching the website, I have been updating some pictures >>> and >>> adding bits of data that has been sent to me. My book project is >>> now >>> complete. >>> >>> Don Silvius >>> coordinator >>> Shenandoah County GenWeb Project >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:52:06 EST >>> From: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock >>> To: [email protected] >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >>> >>> Thanks Don for sharing such a great story. We truly love the old >>> stories..... >>> >>> Russell and Gloria Bushong >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************** See what's new at http:// >>> www.aol.com >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 3 >>> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:59:49 -0500 >>> From: "Pat Shelton" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >>> reply-type=original >>> >>> Don, >>> >>> Thank you for sharing this sort of information. I'm never sure >>> what we're >>> allowed to share on this site, so I never want to offend, but I do >>> love >>> reading local history and stories. >>> >>> Pat Shelton >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Don Silvius" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:39 PM >>> Subject: [VASHENAN] The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock >>> >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> Reading through "Pages from newspapers past" from one of Shenandoah >>>> County's >>>> newspapers I found the following from Feb. 15, 1906... >>>> >>>> >>>> "The old oak tree on the river road, which has been standing for >>>> centuries >>>> and has been one of the corners of the town since Jacob Miller, >>>> nearly a >>>> hundred and fifty years ago divided two farms into town lots, has >>>> fallen a >>>> victim to the axemen's touch. On last Tuesday, Messrs. Edward >>>> McInturff, >>>> John Cooley and Jos. Smoots cut down this grand old relic. The >>>> tree was >>>> hollow and there was danger of its being blown down. During the >>>> war, when >>>> Woodstock was in the possession of the enemy, it was used as a Post >>>> Office. >>>> There fair maidens deposited letters intended for their gallant >>>> beaux in >>>> the >>>> Confederate army, and in turn received tender missives placed in >>>> the inner >>>> recesses of this faithful sentinel." >>>> >>>> >>>> Thought this was interesting and amusing - NOT a story you hear >>>> every day, >>>> to be sure. >>>> >>>> If you are watching the website, I have been updating some >>>> pictures and >>>> adding bits of data that has been sent to me. My book project >>>> is now >>>> complete. >>>> >>>> Don Silvius >>>> coordinator >>>> Shenandoah County GenWeb Project >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 contact the VASHENAN list administrator, send an email to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> To post a message to the VASHENAN mailing list, send an email to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> __________________________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VASHENAN- >>> [email protected] >>> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the >>> email with no additional text. >>> >>> >>> End of VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 206 >>> **************************************** >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 contact the VASHENAN list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the VASHENAN mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VASHENAN- > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 208 > ****************************************