Tom, Unfortunately I have never gotten around to putting that list on line. I'll be glad to do any lookups you might want. Tom Tom wrote: > 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. > > > > > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html