Tom, I recently purchased a 731-page book that I have found helpful in my VA and TN research. It is "The Lutheran Church in Virginia 1717-1962" by William Edward Eisenberg, 1967. It contains a chapter entitled "Missionary Ministry of Paul Henkel". Quoting from that chapter: "For a year (1783-84) Henkel and his family lived at Shepherdstown. Then for five years they resided at The Forest in Shenandoah. The first of the extended journeys away from home was made to North Carolina in 1785. The move to New Market took place in 1790, and New Market became the chief base of operations for missionary activities, as well as Henkel's principal residence, for the rest of his life.---" Jerry Spore On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:23:56 -0800 "Tom Chapman" <[email protected]> writes: > All this traffic today reminded me that I have a couple questions to > ask: > > 1. If a person that is known to have lived in the New Market area > is > described in a 1796 document as being from Rockingham, where is the > likeliest place he would have lived. Perhaps Timberville? > > 2. My ancestor owned and sold two lots (60 and 62) in New Market > in > that same period, although he apparently did not live there. Is it > possible that lots in New Market were purchased as investments and > changed hands frequently? > > 3. My ancestor is described as a "neighbor" in a journal written > by > Rev. Paul Henkel. Does anybody know specifically where Henkel > lived > around 1795? > > Tom Chapman > > P.S. By the way (Don) I'm a Silvis descendant - of Armstrong > County, > PA. However, the subject ancestor is "Rickard." > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >