As I recall There was a Benjamin Baird that md. a Grizzard---Prince George Co. Va. Ring a bell? Fred On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:15:11 -0400 "Chuck Carter" <crcarter@shentel.net> writes: > I have documented my Surry Carters back to Richard (1766-1851) and > Sarah Little Carter. Richards' parents were Richard (circa 1720) > and Mourning ?. This branch of the tree very probaby descends from > the immigrant William Carter (1600-1655) and wife Avis Purtley. > > Related Surry County families are Bell, Carstarphan, Crafford, > (Crump on my mother's side), Drewry, Grizzard, Gwaltney, Little and > Riggan. Other neighbors from the Blackwater Swamp community on the > Surry/Isle of Wight borderland are: Batts, Brown, Holt, Savidge, > Wall and Warren. > > Richard Carter's son George Lewis Carter (1802-1843) and wife, Nancy > W. Gwaltney trekked westward, settling in Nicholas County, KY in the > mid-1830s. Some of the other Surry surnames also found in Nicholas > County are; Bishop, Ellis and Sosby/Soesby/Sorsby. > > Chuck Carter > Middletown, VA > > > ==== VASURRY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to check out the Surry County VAGenWeb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry/ > List Mistress is Eve Gregory schsva2@hotmail.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >