I am researching the following Surry County families. Bohannan Wilson Blunt Delk Deal I have a lot to share on the Bohannan line but not very much on the others. Email me if you're interested and I'll send you what I have on any of these families. Please put the surname in the subject of the email or reply to this one. I get so much junk email that I tend to delete emails these days if I don't recognize the send or the the subject. Thank you, Elizabeth Veserat

Hi, I am looking for any descendants of the Kings (the family that ran the drug store in Surry) Thanks David Burrell.

Matt Harris, researching the following families: HARRIS, HOLT, MUMFORD, OWEN, PROCTOR, REGAN Also, tangential ties to the following: FLOOD, BROWNE, SOWERBY

Will of William Murphry(Murfrey), 14 Nov 1717, Isle of Wight County VA -- Mark A. Murphy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/

Freshly posted excerpts. Some of these folks found early in Surry, Isle o' Wight VA, then Franklin/Warren/Edgecombe NC, and even later in Maury Co. TN (Collins, Murphy especially). Hope you see a name you like. This book is a valuable find, but I have only the few pages I requested, therefore no lookups, sorry. Murphys & others from "Bute County, North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767-1779" by Brent Holcomb -- Mark A. Murphy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/

One more thing to consider is sheer proximity and the availability and low prices of land. Many of my family lines began acquiring land in NC border counties more than 50 years before family members actually moved there in the late 1700s and early 1800s. A number of the NC emigrants inherited the land that they moved onto from fathers who lived and died in VA. ----- Original Message ----- From: <AaronGFett@aol.com> To: <VASURRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [NCEDGECO] migration pattern question > Thank you to all for ideas and answers to this question. > Just to share some of those answers: > 1. There was only so much land in a family to be divided between children > 2. Since rotation of crops was not yet a standard practice, soil became > depleted and new farm land had to be found that in turn caused a need for > clearing trees, and building houses and so the lumber mills moved in many > times bringing employees with them and creating new jobs in an area > 3. Several towns in NC such as Roanoke Rapids and Tarboro were busy port > towns on main river heads, etc and thus drew people to their area from VA and > other states. > 4, A lot of NC had rich soil good for growing the crops of tobacco and > cotton that many VA farmers grew. My George Acrile Savage grew cotton. His > father was a lumber merchant. > 5. Joining family that moved to NC in earlier years > 6. For the Scots and Scots-Irish, moving to a climate and terrain that > was more like their native land. > 7. Beginning in the early 1700's, the Roanoke River and fertile land > around the river drew colonists interested in large-scale agriculture and the > trade that went along with it. By 1760, Halifax was hopping with warehouses, > inns and taverns. It was also a political center, with the Provincial > Congress meeting there in April 1776 and again later that year. > > Thanks again, > Audrey > > > ==== VASURRY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check out the Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/Index.html > List Mistress is Eve Gregory egregory20@earthlink.net > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Thank you to all for ideas and answers to this question. Just to share some of those answers: 1. There was only so much land in a family to be divided between children 2. Since rotation of crops was not yet a standard practice, soil became depleted and new farm land had to be found that in turn caused a need for clearing trees, and building houses and so the lumber mills moved in many times bringing employees with them and creating new jobs in an area 3. Several towns in NC such as Roanoke Rapids and Tarboro were busy port towns on main river heads, etc and thus drew people to their area from VA and other states. 4, A lot of NC had rich soil good for growing the crops of tobacco and cotton that many VA farmers grew. My George Acrile Savage grew cotton. His father was a lumber merchant. 5. Joining family that moved to NC in earlier years 6. For the Scots and Scots-Irish, moving to a climate and terrain that was more like their native land. 7. Beginning in the early 1700's, the Roanoke River and fertile land around the river drew colonists interested in large-scale agriculture and the trade that went along with it. By 1760, Halifax was hopping with warehouses, inns and taverns. It was also a political center, with the Provincial Congress meeting there in April 1776 and again later that year. Thanks again, Audrey

Still looking for information on Joseph ANDREWS/Elizabeth PROCTOR and Benjamin ANDREWS/Mary HARGRAVE. Cindy Shepard

Blunt, Browne, Judkins, Jerkins (same people as Judkins), Swan ----- Original Message ----- From: <MiltS85479@aol.com> To: <VASURRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:50 PM Subject: Roll Call: Simmons Line > Researching William and Mary Simmons of Northside of Birchen Swamp. William > Simmons was born in England and died 1677 in Surry Co., VA. Son of William > and Mary is William II Married Elizabeth Mansell. He may have played a minor > role in Bacon's Rebellion. > > Milt Simmons > Houston, TX > > > ==== VASURRY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check out the Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/Index.html > List Mistress is Eve Gregory egregory20@earthlink.net > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Researching William and Mary Simmons of Northside of Birchen Swamp. William Simmons was born in England and died 1677 in Surry Co., VA. Son of William and Mary is William II Married Elizabeth Mansell. He may have played a minor role in Bacon's Rebellion. Milt Simmons Houston, TX

Hello All, This letter is from George Acrile Savage in Rosemary,Halifax Co, NC(son of James H. Savage/Savedge and Catherine Barfield) to his cousin Richard Rush Savedge (son of Hezekiah Savedge and Kezziah Phillips) in Elberon, Surry Co, VA. Thank you to cousin Mary in VA for sending me a copy and Thank you to cosuin Gene in FL for interpreting it for me. Audrey Orlando, FL see below Rosemary, NC Sept 11th ,1912 Dear Cousin Richard, I guess you think I don’t intend answering your letter I received in July. Would of rote (wrote) before now but your letter got misplaced and I could not think of the name of your post office. But my wife made another thorough search tonight and found it. Well, I went to the reunion at Spring church and was sadly disappointed in not seeing you there. Would of come to your house that night but had promised to go to Norfolk the next day to see my son, George and his wife. I had a nice time at the reunion. Met 20-odd of the Surry Artillery, some that I had not seen since the surrender. Well, I haven’t much news to write that will interest you. Our town is building up though. Rosemary MFG. CO are putting up another cotton mill, 160 feet by 700 and are building another big power plant and are putting up 125 houses for its operators. You asked me what land was selling for here. There is not much sales for land in Roanoke Rapids for it is so high. There is not many able to buy. They ask for a lot 25 by 160 feet from 300 to 700 dollars and don’t care to sell at that point. Come out to see us and look around and see how you like NC. Well, this leaves us up but not well. Hope it may find you all well. You can leave Wakefield on the morning train and get here at 12 o’clock the same day. Come by Suffolk and take the Seaboard Airline train into Roanoke Junction. I live an a half mile of the depot. It won’t cost but $.75 to Suffolk and $1.65 from there to Roanoke Jct. Would be glad to see you at any time. Write real soon and with the news. Give my regards to your people and (our) (inquiring) friends. G.A. Savage

In the period 1650-1700, I seek to better understand the relationships between the HAWKES/HUX families and the following apparently interrelated families: TAYLOR RAWLINGS JORDAN BAILEY ROSE ORCHARD CARPENTER CARTWRIGHT FLOOD In the period 1700-1740 LUCAS BRIGGS PARTIN COLLIER SOWERBY NORWOOD MOORING

Researching the HUNT families. The HUNTs have direct connection to the other following families: KNOTT, JUDKINS, HARPER, HANCOCK. Carol Garrett ckgleo@aol.com

Also, DIXON,MIXON,JACKSON,ADAMS,CARTER,WATSON,PONCIER,HEWITT,and some others! Two WALKER lines: Isham WALKER, RS., and Col. John WALKER God bless, Carolyn -----

Hi everyone, Researching:- WELLS, DEVANY, RULAND, HART Monica England

Looking for ancestors of John Issac Davis, born Nov. 11, 1869 at Gills Mill, Surry County, Va. Thanks, Fred

My ancestral lines in Surry County are: Clarke Ezell Horton Rose Sowerby Winn/Wynne Jerry W. Murphy jwm_genealogy@hotmail.com Jerry's Homepage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jwmurphy/ Rootsweb List Administrator: ALFRANKL-L, TNHARDIN-L, TNWASHIN-L, TNWAYNE-L, BRATTON-L, COCHRAN-L, HAFLEY-L, PATTERSON-L, SOWERBY-L Wayne County, Tennessee Web Page: http://www.netease.net/wayne Wayne County Computer Club: http://www.netease.net/waccc

I have been bombarded with emails regarding Surrey County and now something called "roll call". Please get me off your email list. Webworm67@aol.com

This has been very interesting. I'm researching the Dewells, Colliers and Wrenns of Surry and Sussex Counties. Cathy J. Snyder Boyd, TX

I am researcing MORRIS, BABB, BURT, EDWARDS from Sussex, Southampton,Surry. Ben