Hey all, I've adopted two new county lists that you may want to subscribe to. Send the single word SUBSCRIBE to the appropriate address: Greene County Digest version: mailto:VAGREENE-D-request@rootsweb.com Regular version: mailto:VAGREENE-L-request@rootsweb.com Nottoway County Digest version: mailto:VANOTTOW-D-request@rootsweb.com Regular version: mailto:VANOTTOW-L-request@rootsweb.com I recommend Digest Version for all mailing lists unless you REALLY like getting LOTS of email! :) Digest Version is available for every list that I host and with it you get all the daily posts to the list combined into one neat little email! To switch from regular version to digest, you must unsubscribe from the regular version & subscribe to the digest version. It's not really hard to do. You can refer to your welcome message, assuming you still have it :) or follow this formula: Send the single word UNSUBSCRIBE to ListNameHere-L-request@rootsweb.com then Send the single word SUBSCRIBE to ListNameHere-D-request@rootsweb.com Needless to say you must change "ListNameHere" to the name of the list you want to switch modes on :) Also, if anyone is interested in adopting an email list that I run, I'm willing to share the wealth :) I have so many and running a list is EASY!!! I'd be glad to give up a couple of lists to "a good home" where someone with more time can take care of them. If you are interested, drop me some email. Trust me, it really IS easy! Happy Holidays! Jeannie P.S. Notice the address for subscribing and unsubscribing from the lists are NOT the same as the one for sending a message to the list :) ************* Jeannie Watts Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

HI My Name is Bill Hocutt, I am a Host for a Genealogical Chat Room on AOL. I would like to invite all of you to try our new site www.stategensites.com It has links to all 50 states, over 4500 links so far. I would also like to ask that if you have a home page you would like to add to this site please e-mail it to me. We desperatly need Virginia Sites. The Site also has 4 Genealogical Columns. I would like to invite yall to sample them. Our Newest Columnist specializs in the Civil War. This Weeks Column for Adventures in Genealogy is "Doing Interviews or Rednecks, Ear Trumpets and Aunt Bertha". You can read it at http://www.stategensites.com/unclehiram/ Then just hit the Feature Article button. Thank You Bill

My way of saying thanks for subscribing & all the help you have provided to me & the others on this list. Happy Holidays! :) Jeannie ************ Congratulations! You have just received an American Greetings Online greeting! To view your greeting, simply click on this pickup window: an American Greetings Online greeting! To view your greeting, simply click on this pickup window: http://www.americangreetings.com/pickup.pd?rr=y&i=11805414&r=madamx@tre If your e-mail doesn't recognize the above address as a link, simply copy and paste it in your browser address window. We hope you enjoy your special greeting. If you have any comments or questions, please let us know at: mailto:agquestions@aol.com We'd love to hear from you! Regards, Chris American Greetings Customer Service ************* Jeannie Watts Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

Hey all, I rcvd this & thought I'd pass it along :) Jeannie Twas The Day Before Yesterday TWAS the day before yesterday and all through the branches, NOT a name to be found, none of my ancestors. THE Journals and Bibles were dusty and worn, WHY should we care, these kinfolk are gone. THE pictures of children and family, long ago dead, ARE scattered, crinkled, and crammed under beds. DAD in his chair, and I with a book, HAD just settled back to give the TV a look. WHEN out on the street there arose such a clatter, I sprang to my feet to see what was the matter. ON the way to the window I tripped with a crash, I tore open the curtains and looked through the glass. THE sun in the sky was nowhere in sight, THE clouds were so gray, it could have been night. WHEN what to my wondering eyes should appear, THE Mailman with packages, letters and cards of good cheer. THE driver was grumbling while sorting his letters, I knew in a moment, things had to get better. THE size of one letter stood out from them all, A distant cousin was asking about family, one and all. THE names of Grandpa and Grandma, Great Grandparents all, NEXT came my Father, my Brother, and Uncle Paul. FROM cousins and uncles to aunts and nephews, NIECES and in-laws, just to name a few. SO through the many journals and photos, and stuff I possessed, MY search for my ancestors slowly progressed. WHILE up the family tree I gradually climbed, MY ancestors names, I was seeking to find. UPON that tree I have carved many a name, THE branches of which, will never be the same. THE tree is now filled with many I've found, BUT in the search for others, now I am bound. THE ancestors whose names, I have written with love, THE Lord has gathered to take to His Father above. WITH so many names yet to be carved on that tree, I have little time to waste on games and TV. GATHERING names, photos, histories and places, REQUIRES a lot of love, patience, and God's good graces. SOME were Farmers, Soldiers and such, Mothers and Fathers who struggled much. SOME were Settlers, who traveled far, some Adventures, who followed the stars. SOME were rich but most were poor, they came by ship, seeking more. SOME died young, others old, many their stories yet untold. I cried when I thought of those brothers and sisters, FOR I am who I am, thanks to my ancestors. MY family is but one branch on the Tree of Life, A tree that grew strong through toil and strife. ALONE, I'm just a bare twig or a stub, TOGETHER we build a Family Tree of Love (Written by Linnie Vanderford Poyneer one night after a long day of research) ************* Jeannie Watts Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

The following files were uploaded to the York Co. Archives in October & November. You may view these files at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/york.htm Wood/Jordan Marriage Record, 1797 (wood1.txt), file size 1.6 kb, submitted October 1999 by Barry and Rhonda Guilliams Will of John Gayle, 1811 (gayle1.txt), file size 6.0 kb, submitted October 1999 by Jean Gayle Will of Robert Wood, Sr., 1892 (wood1.txt), file size 6.5 kb, submitted October 1999 by Barry and Rhonda Guilliams Many thanks to our submitters! Won't you consider preserving & sharing your treasured documents by submitting a transcription of your own? What a wonderful way to show pride in your heritage while insuring these resources will still be around for future generations! Thank you, Jeannie Watts, archivist. ************* Jeannie Watts Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

Looking for information on a Noah Barefoot. Would like to know who his children and wife were and did they later go to North Carolina? Lee

There are 5 Wagstaff's listed for York County in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632 - 1800, compiled by Clayton Torrence; Basil 1719 w. Basil 1726 i. Albrighton 1735 i. John 1775 w. John 1781 w. I have copies of the wills or inventories of all but Basil 1726 i., and I can find no reference to him anywhere.. Can anyone please help? Van Wagstaff Winston-Salem, NC

----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph "Van" Wagstaff <joseph.wagstaff@gte.net> To: <VALUNENB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 11:44 AM Subject: Wagstaff Family > Is anyone working on the WAGSTAFF family history? I have traced my origins > from Granville Co. NC>Mecklenburg-Lunenburg Co.VA>York Co.VA. I am > particularly interested in any information regarding; > > Basil Wagstaff (There were 3 from abt. 1650 - 1750) > > John Wagstaff ( There were 3 from abt. 1700 -1800) > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Van Wagstaff >

The following files were uploaded to the York Co. Archives in September. You may view these files at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/york.htm OH NO! There WERE no new files uploaded during September! Won't you please consider preserving & sharing your treasured documents by submitting a transcription of your own? What a wonderful way to show pride in your heritage while insuring these resources will still be around for future generations! Any help you are able to provide would be deeply appreciated. Thank you, Jeannie Watts, archivist. ************* Jeannie Watts Now Available: "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" Also available: "The Descendants of James Bailey & Lucy Simms" For more info: http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx

Singleton family that may have migrated to Richmond, Virginia's East End of town

Hello All: I'm seeking parents of my gggrandfather, Thomas SHELTON (abt 1813 in VA). Although he married and lived in Patrick Co VA, he has no record of parents. What I do know about him: He married Elisabeth D. or Elisabeth ALLEN (abt 1814 NC) in 1835 in Patrick Co VA.Joshua ADAMS minister. He and Elisabeth are shown in the census 1850-1870 with the children below: Josiah A b 1835 William J 1838 Mary J 1839 James P 1841 , 24th VA reg, killed Civil War at Williamsburg Charles Madison 1843 my ggrandfather m. Nelia F NAPIER- Vet 58th Va and POW Sarah E 1844 Lucinda 1846 Peter Tobe 1846 married sister to Nelia (above) Demarius NAPIER Susan R 1847 Martha A 1849 Samuel E 1852 George W ? Thomas and Charles are shown to be saddler and tanner by occupation. All replies welcomed! Thanks for your time! Deborah Shelton Wood

Is anyone following the family of Richard and Robert HARRISON, early inhabitants of York County in the Queen's Creek/King's Creek area?

Hi I am looking for info on the Wood Family of York Co. I visited Grafton Christian Church today and there are many Woods buried there. Also my great great grandfather was William Wood son of Robert and Mary Wood. He was born in 1858. I will share what info I have on William after he married Columbia McIntosh in Warwick Co VA on 29 Dec 1881. Thanks. Rhonda Sincerely, Barry and Rhonda Guilliams Guilliams@webtv.net Yorktown, VA Researching in VA: Adams, Ailstock, Firth, Garrett, Ginger,Guilliams, Gwin, Kelley, Pate, Slater, Tyree, Underwood, Via/Viers, Vest, Walters, & Wood

--part1_816bf408.25108d5a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey gang... Here's another forward from Southside Tabb list originator....please respond to this gentlemen as I don't know who the list owner is. Thanks guys To those who sent requests...I'm workin on them....need to wait for the dag gone rain to quit so I can paddle up to the courthouse..hehehe As soon as I get the info....I'll pass it on to ya... Happy Hunting Crystal:) --part1_816bf408.25108d5a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Kfl0@aol.com From: Kfl0@aol.com Full-name: Kfl0 Message-ID: <641bd99d.251074b0@aol.com> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:04:00 EDT Subject: Tabb-Southside To: CDu1041689@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 86 Hi Crystal, Not sure if you're the originator of the Tabb info from the Southside list. But if you aren't, could you let me know the address of the person who sent it? I have Smiths in my line from the area. . Thanks Charles Cornell --part1_816bf408.25108d5a_boundary--

Hello all! I am happy to announce that my long awaited second book "The Descendants of John Thomas Clay, Jamestown Immigrant and son of Sir John Clay of Wales" is now available! For more information, visit my web site at http://www.trellis.net/users/madamx Also available is my first book "The Descendants of James Bailey and Lucy Simms". Thanks! Jeannie Watts

--part1_126ff1e7.2507a7bf_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit forwarded from Southside list.. --part1_126ff1e7.2507a7bf_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yb04.mx.aol.com (rly-yb04.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.4]) by air-yb03.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Sep 1999 19:19:35 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yb04.mx.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Sep 1999 19:19:17 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA25719; Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:18:59 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 16:18:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37D59EFE.207B@worldnet.att.net> Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 18:25:50 -0500 From: "Margaret G. Driskill" <MDriskill@worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: MDriskill@worldnet.att.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0C-WorldNet (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] TABB family of York Co. Resent-Message-ID: <v-M0ID.A.RRG.h1Z13@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/8106 X-Loop: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L-request@rootsweb.com Hi gang!(please see the email below and the one who posted to the York County LIST write to JeanGayle@aol.com) Thanks.... JeanGayle@aol.com wrote: > > Hi Margaret, > > I am not sure if I am contacting the person who put the information re the > TABB family on the York Co. rootsweb list, or not. If not, can you help get > this to the right person? Thanks. > > I just got back from 3 weeks of research in York, Gloucester and Mathews Co., > VA, looking for info on my Rev. John Gayle who was a minister of the Grafton > Baptist Church until his death in 1812. I passed through the community of > Tabb many times during the 3 weeks. John Gayle's neighbors included the > Tabbs, Minsons, Chismans and Jordans. John Gayle's first wife is not known. > His second wife was Elizabeth Curtis Howard, widow of Robert Howard. His > third wife was Ann ________. So am searching for possible 3rd wife for John > Gayle from among his neighbors. Jean Gayle ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== Welcome to the VA-SOUTHSIDE mailing list! This list is for genealogy researchers of the counties of: Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Franklin, Greensville, Halifax, Henry, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottway, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Prince Edward, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex. It also includes the cities of: Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Danville, Suffolk, Emporia, South Boston, Franklin, and Martinsville. --part1_126ff1e7.2507a7bf_boundary--

I have several York county books and will be happy to do look ups as time permits. I have York Marriagaes 1760-1853 and the Charles parish Register in York which covers 1648-1787. Please email me the full name of the person, NO ALL OF ONE SURNAME PLEASE. Cindy

--part1_256502a1.25051b2f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I recieved this on the Southside list and thought I would forward it to you guys...it's very interesting...again, I live in York County and now that school is starting back...I'm willing to do look-ups...just let me know. They can hide but they can't run...... Crystal :) --part1_256502a1.25051b2f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-za03.mx.aol.com (rly-za03.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.99]) by air-za02.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Mon, 06 Sep 1999 08:52:50 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-za03.mx.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Mon, 06 Sep 1999 08:52:37 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA04179; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 05:52:12 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 05:52:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37D3BA8F.3FCA@worldnet.att.net> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 07:58:55 -0500 From: "Margaret G. Driskill" <MDriskill@worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: MDriskill@worldnet.att.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0C-WorldNet (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-l@rootsweb.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] TABB FAMILY-York County, Virginia Resent-Message-ID: <1lM07B.A.DBB.6j703@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/8073 X-Loop: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L-request@rootsweb.com This was sent by a subscriber. Thank you...Very interesting....Margaret There is a small community located in the southeastern end of York County, VA that is called TABB. I know because I live there. It has been called Tabb forever and it is so called because of the Tabb family that once lived all around here. There are only a few members of that family left here who actually use or have the name of Tabb, but some of other Tabb family names are still prevalent around here. Two of them are SINCLAIR and SMITH (particularly GEORGE LEVEN SMITH). There is a very old house, Thorpland, on Calthrop Neck Road in Tabb that has been in the Smith/Sinclair family since Christopher Calthrop first came to these shores in the mid 1600s. The name was once spelled Calthorp, but it is the same family. My daughter was an Art History major at Ole Miss a few years ago with an emphasis on southern decorative arts and she wrote a paper on the history of Thorpland. The College of William & Mary had tons of information on the house and the family. I mention all of this as there is a strong connection between the 2 families, Smith/Sinclair and Tabb. ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for immediate removal and exclusion from this mailing list. For comments or list administration questions,please contact mailto:hen1@idt.net --part1_256502a1.25051b2f_boundary--

I am researching the Powell, Tabb, Moreland, and Cocke families of Va. Who were the parents of William G. Powell & Elizabeth Tabb Moreland, and early York Co VA family. Their son was Thomas Jefferson Powell b. about 1807, d. before 1850 York. Thomas may have married a Moss. Thomas J. Powell Sr b. 1807 had son Thomas J. Jr 1835 York VA Thomas J. Powell Jr b. 1835 m. Martha E. Moreland, dau of Lewis, and had a son Thomas Clifford Powell b. 1864 York, who married Lucy Servant Moss. Any help on these families would be appreciated Pleae email Ralph Rodriguez (Rrod49@aol.com)

Here is a volunteer project for someone who has plenty of time to spend helping others. >X-Message: #1 >Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 00:11:12 -0400 >From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> (by way of Lesley Shockey <lshockey@citynet.net>) >To: WVGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990829001048.01a78850@mail.citynet.net> >Subject: [WVGEN-L] [STATE-COORD-L] Lineage Project >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Sam Sneed & family for the Lineage Project at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~lineage/ >is requesting: > >"I really need you all to find some willing >soul to take this monstrous task of approximately 100 submissions per >day, and put it back in operation. Ms Megan created a really fine >research tool here, and myself and my 14 year old carried the load for >another year or two, but we really don't have the time now. > >A small percentage of dead email addresses on it notify us of their new >addresses, for change. The rest simply stay as listed with no one to >contact. The surname and date is still of some value to the >researchers. > >The colors on the pages need changed, and our photo and links need >removed, and the autobot needs enabled. You really need to help find >someone who is willing to spend a minimum of 1 to 2 hours daily, and >someone who will carry the project for a year or more." > > >Please forward this to your state lists and have any interested person >contact either: > >Sam Sneed: SSneed@BellSouth.Net or >Megan: MsPiglet@Prodigy.Net or >myself: tstowell@chattanooga.net > >Thanks, > >Tim >