Tom, A second reply, if you will accept more speculation. Last night I was tired and didn't pick up the odd spelling. In the 1792 personal property tax there is an Adam Riggart, roughly the same group of neighbors, that is, in the New Market area. As to the spelling, Sheriff Beale is my favorite tax collector, but he couldn't spell German names worth a darn. So, I think the R***art in 1793 is also the same fellow. Now the thing I notice about him is that he doesn't own a horse. He's not a normal farm hand living in someone else's house (Tavener Beale would have recorded that if it were so); he might be a farm laborer with his own house and no horse. But I think it equally likely that he is some sort of industrial worker, that is, a shoemaker, a collier, a miner, etc. since these folks often did not have horses. Couple with the fact that he lived reasonably near Smith Creek, and the fact that you think there is a Germanna connection suggests there might be a tie-in with Pine Forge. Tom Tom wrote: > Hello List: > > Does anybody know anything about the Richarts of Shenandoah? I'm following Adam Richart/Rickard out of Shenandoah to Mason County around 1800, where his family was then connected to the Roush and Zirkle families. Knowing that those latter 2 were from Shenandoah, I'm trying to determine if they were acquainted with the Richarts prior to moving west. > > The name is also known as Rickart, Rickert, and Reichart. > > I believe Adam was migrating from PA, and perhaps just passing through Shenandoah, staying for a relatively few years. His first wife, Elizabeth, died there in 1797, near New Market (so the story goes). He then married Catherine. Some sons were Jacob, Michael, John, Joseph and George. > > I've seen a Jacob Rickard in the 1820 Shenandoah census, and I suspect he might have been related, but I can't find the root family. > > There was a Richart/Reichart family in the Germanna settlement, but I can't trace them forward. > > Any help or even speculation would be greatly appreciated. > > Tom > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe.

Tom: Thanks again for your Rickard ruminations. They might be very helpful as I move forward. You really have those folks dialed in geographically! Is that 1792 tax list online? If I come up with anything more, I'll post it to the SHEN list. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Pierce" <tvpierce@infionline.net> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Richart/Rickard > Tom, > A second reply, if you will accept more speculation. Last night I was tired and didn't pick up the odd spelling. In the 1792 personal property tax there is an Adam Riggart, roughly the same group of neighbors, that is, in the New Market area. As to the spelling, Sheriff Beale is my favorite tax collector, but he couldn't spell German names worth a > darn. So, I think the R***art in 1793 is also the same fellow. Now the thing I notice about him is that he doesn't own a horse. He's not a normal farm hand living in someone else's house (Tavener Beale would have recorded that if it were so); he might be a farm laborer with his own house and no horse. But I think it equally likely that he is some > sort of industrial worker, that is, a shoemaker, a collier, a miner, etc. since these folks often did not have horses. Couple with the fact that he lived reasonably near Smith Creek, and the fact that you think there is a Germanna connection suggests there might be a tie-in with Pine Forge. > Tom > > Tom wrote: > > > Hello List: > > > > Does anybody know anything about the Richarts of Shenandoah? I'm following Adam Richart/Rickard out of Shenandoah to Mason County around 1800, where his family was then connected to the Roush and Zirkle families. Knowing that those latter 2 were from Shenandoah, I'm trying to determine if they were acquainted with the Richarts prior to moving west. > > > > The name is also known as Rickart, Rickert, and Reichart. > > > > I believe Adam was migrating from PA, and perhaps just passing through Shenandoah, staying for a relatively few years. His first wife, Elizabeth, died there in 1797, near New Market (so the story goes). He then married Catherine. Some sons were Jacob, Michael, John, Joseph and George. > > > > I've seen a Jacob Rickard in the 1820 Shenandoah census, and I suspect he might have been related, but I can't find the root family. > > > > There was a Richart/Reichart family in the Germanna settlement, but I can't trace them forward. > > > > Any help or even speculation would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Tom > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. > >