Hi Judy, Yes, I received an email from William and am awaiting further info from him. Glad to help! Tangela -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: 05 November 2002 10:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VIA-L] Anyone in the Group live near Richmond, VA In a message dated 11/4/2002 5:27:39 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > . I would be happy to secure copies and post them if > someone can tell me where and how, etc. > Hi Tangela, Has William contacted you regarding the Charles Brown Bible pages? I believe that's what he was referring to. If not I'll try to look up the catalog number and the library they're at. Thank you for volunteering. Judy

In a message dated 11/4/2002 5:27:39 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > . I would be happy to secure copies and post them if > someone can tell me where and how, etc. > Hi Tangela, Has William contacted you regarding the Charles Brown Bible pages? I believe that's what he was referring to. If not I'll try to look up the catalog number and the library they're at. Thank you for volunteering. Judy

Hi, I don't live in Richmond, but am taking a trip there Nov 23rd to copy a Jackson family bible. I would be happy to secure copies and post them if someone can tell me where and how, etc. This is my first time posting - so I hope it works. Tangela Holcomb [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: 02 November 2002 5:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VIA-L] Anyone in the Group live near Richmond, VA In a message dated 11/2/2002 1:41:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Does anyone live near Richmond, if so could you pick up copies of the Brown > Papers and post them. Let us all know and we can share the cost. > William, If no one in our group lives in or near Richmond and we cannot get copies of these papers I can contact a researcher I use in Richmond. Do you know how large a collection we're talking about? I know photocopying charges are pretty high (ususally 25 to 50 cents a page). Judy

My Dad described the Friday 'court days' in his home town of Vanceburg, Ky. He said the streets were dirt and there were always impromptu horse races being staged down the main street. (this was back around 1920). Evidently there was quite a bit of liquor flowing, too. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maupin Reunion" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 7:45 PM Subject: [VIA-L] Discussion of Court Days > Good Evening!!! > > Would appreciate everyone idead and view on Court Days. > > When we we on out Maupin Reunion 2000 tour in Williamsburg, one of the employees of Colonial Williamsburg talked about Court Days. This was one or two days each month that people from all over the county came to do their court business. They said it was like a fair. Vendors would come and sell their wares and people would transact at the courthouse those items they needed. > > I noticed that when Daniel Maupin died the inventory was take within the month from when he died, yet it was not recorded until the first week of April the following year. This I though stranage, until I found that Dr. Socrates said that Margaret died the following year from her husband Daniel. I started searching and found at the end of March, about the 23 or 15 the Personal Property Tax showed Margaret on the rolls. Since Margaret was left apparently a "life interest" in the personal property She must have died after the 25 and before the date in April the inventory was recorded. > > Knowing this when I examine wills I look for the date written, then the date of the inventory and the date both were recorded. This willl give you a more accurate indication of the exact date of death. As the counties grew the use of courtdays inceased now when any day is courtday. > > Would like comments and opinions on this system of courtdays> > > William >

Good Evening!!! Would appreciate everyone idead and view on Court Days. When we we on out Maupin Reunion 2000 tour in Williamsburg, one of the employees of Colonial Williamsburg talked about Court Days. This was one or two days each month that people from all over the county came to do their court business. They said it was like a fair. Vendors would come and sell their wares and people would transact at the courthouse those items they needed. I noticed that when Daniel Maupin died the inventory was take within the month from when he died, yet it was not recorded until the first week of April the following year. This I though stranage, until I found that Dr. Socrates said that Margaret died the following year from her husband Daniel. I started searching and found at the end of March, about the 23 or 15 the Personal Property Tax showed Margaret on the rolls. Since Margaret was left apparently a "life interest" in the personal property She must have died after the 25 and before the date in April the inventory was recorded. Knowing this when I examine wills I look for the date written, then the date of the inventory and the date both were recorded. This willl give you a more accurate indication of the exact date of death. As the counties grew the use of courtdays inceased now when any day is courtday. Would like comments and opinions on this system of courtdays> William

Forgot I had this extract: I give to my son Robert Thompson all my land and plantation except a lot for burying place on where my wife and son David is Buried...to his heirs or assigns forever...equally divided between my daughters..Jean Crenshaw..Hannah Epperson..Judith Mallory..Sarah Brown..Mary Davis..Elizabeth Langford...I constitute and appoint Robert Harris and Benajah Brown my only executors..October 20, 1777

Good Evening!!! That was the one listed. Would appreciate the list of name and dates that was in it. William -----Original Message----- From: Helen Stogdale <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, November 02, 2002 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [VIA-L] Number of Pages >William, I have a copy of the Via, Hughes, Turner, >Talley & Jones Bible. There is a Gilson Via listed in >it. Is this the right one? If it is I can e-mail you >a copy. Helen >--- Maupin Reunion <[email protected]> >wrote: >> There are two bibles that we might want Gilson Via >> Bible 3 pages >> >> Brown Bible 7 pages. >> >> If you anyone can go or Judy hires a researcher to >> go I would like to have some pages on the Maupins >> copies also. >> >> William >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site >http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > >

In a message dated 11/2/2002 2:06:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > There are two bibles that we might want Gilson Via Bible 3 pages William, I'll check on the Gilson Via one. I think that was on line and I might have downloaded it. Judy

In a message dated 11/2/2002 12:50:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Where did you learn of an 1848 letter written by Charles Brown? Edna, This was referred to in Dorothy Maupin Shaffett's book on Gabriel and Marie Maupin. I believe somewhere in Dorothy's book it mentions where a lot of his material was kept but right now cannot find the info...seems like with an attorney Micajah ___. I had a researcher in Albemarle check some holdings and she could not find the letter. And after rereading Dorothy's reference it may not mean the part about Maragret Via was in this letter. That reference may just have been placed in this paragraph. But if it wasn't mentioned in the 1848 letter I don't know why this would be mentioned in the same paragraphs as his letter..... Judy

In a message dated 11/2/2002 1:41:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Does anyone live near Richmond, if so could you pick up copies of the Brown > Papers and post them. Let us all know and we can share the cost. > William, If no one in our group lives in or near Richmond and we cannot get copies of these papers I can contact a researcher I use in Richmond. Do you know how large a collection we're talking about? I know photocopying charges are pretty high (ususally 25 to 50 cents a page). Judy

There are two bibles that we might want Gilson Via Bible 3 pages Brown Bible 7 pages. If you anyone can go or Judy hires a researcher to go I would like to have some pages on the Maupins copies also. William

In a message dated 11/2/2002 3:35:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Does anyone have any ideas on how to pursue this to futher prove this line? > > I tried to locate a copy of the letter by Charles Brown written in 1848 > where > he states his grandmother was a niece of Margaret Via's but could not > locate > it, so I don't know if it's in a private collection or if I just didn't > check > the right places. > Judy - Where did you learn of an 1848 letter written by Charles Brown? Here are two sources that I've not located, but which I felt may have something to do with this Thompson family. John R. Brown, "Browns of Albemarle County, Virginia", 1963 and "History of Greer Family of Franklin County". ~~Edna Happy Fall from <A HREF="http://www.ednabarney.com">Edna Barney</A> ednabarney.com THE AUTUMN time is with us. Its approach Was heralded, not many days ago, By hazy skies that veiled the brazen sun, And sea-like murmurs from the rustling corn, And low-voiced brooks that wandered drowsily By pendent clusters of empurpling grapes Swinging upon the vine. And now, ’t is here! ~~William Davis Gallagher

Good Afternoon!!! Does anyone live near Richmond, if so could you pick up copies of the Brown Papers and post them. Let us all know and we can share the cost. William

William, I have a copy of the Via, Hughes, Turner, Talley & Jones Bible. There is a Gilson Via listed in it. Is this the right one? If it is I can e-mail you a copy. Helen --- Maupin Reunion <[email protected]> wrote: > There are two bibles that we might want Gilson Via > Bible 3 pages > > Brown Bible 7 pages. > > If you anyone can go or Judy hires a researcher to > go I would like to have some pages on the Maupins > copies also. > > William > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/

In a message dated 11/2/2002 3:40:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > "His wife, now about the same age, alive and hearty and never a female > of her generation known to die under the age of 85 years that grew to be a > woman" (Virginia Independent Chronicle, 22 October 1788, Richmond Virginia). > Edna, The citations you give seem to point to Jane Thompson being a Via. Does anyone have any ideas on how to pursue this to futher prove this line? I tried to locate a copy of the letter by Charles Brown written in 1848 where he states his grandmother was a niece of Margaret Via's but could not locate it, so I don't know if it's in a private collection or if I just didn't check the right places. Does anyone know if there is a will abstract book for Albemarle County? William...if you can't get Robert Thompson's will let me know and I'll try to get it. Judy

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Good Afternoon, Group!!! Just remembered a few weeks ago while checking various archives, saw the papers of Dr. Charles Brown. Since he was a big time Genealogist back inthe 1850's he may have included the Vias. His papers were at William and Mary College, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia State Library. I cannot remember which. At the time I thought about asking if anyone had seen them but got sidetracked. William Dr. Charles Brown is buried at Mt. Moriah Cemetery in White Hall

Good Afternoon!!! Dr. Charles Brown at one time wrote articles for the Daily Progress in Charlottesville. I beleive abstracts of his articles appeared in the Historical Society Magazines from Albemarle Co. I guess you know that Dr. Charles Brown made several trips to England working on the famous Jennings estate. He was never got anywhere with it. When Victoria was on the throne she said all the decendants were in America. If they could prove their lines they could claim their part. Abt. 1921 a lady on one of the Male Jennings line, brother to Sarah Jennings Dabney and her aunt, claimed and got about $11 Million. The balance I heard was nationalized in WWII and was used to bring German ophans to England. William -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, November 02, 2002 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [VIA-L] Thompsons >In a message dated 11/2/2002 3:40:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > > >> "His wife, now about the same age, alive and hearty and never a female >> of her generation known to die under the age of 85 years that grew to be a >> woman" (Virginia Independent Chronicle, 22 October 1788, Richmond Virginia). >> > >Edna, >The citations you give seem to point to Jane Thompson being a Via. > >Does anyone have any ideas on how to pursue this to futher prove this line? > >I tried to locate a copy of the letter by Charles Brown written in 1848 where >he states his grandmother was a niece of Margaret Via's but could not locate >it, so I don't know if it's in a private collection or if I just didn't check >the right places. > >Does anyone know if there is a will abstract book for Albemarle County? > >William...if you can't get Robert Thompson's will let me know and I'll try to >get it. > >Judy > >

Good Morning, Group!!! The real proof as to the Thompson/Brown connection comes in the fact that Bernard Brown, son of Benjamin and Sarah Thompson, name one son Robert Thompson Brown b. 1-16-1777, this birth occurred at about the same time Robert Thompson died, how appropriate. The Brown family and the Thompsons were very close families and intermarried several times. While I lived in the area I visited all but one of the Brown Cemeteries. However, at that time I was not aware of the connection to the Thompsons or the connection to the Via. Shortly before I moved from White Hall I became aware of the Thompson/Via connection. I have several friends, however, in the area that I can get the cemetery informatiion from. One of the cemeteries is on very private land and that one will be hard to get the data from. It was called, many years ago Trinidad. It was the main home of Benjamin Brown, he is buried in a clearing west of the house. Benjamin Brown's first wife was said to be a Hescott. I visited with several descendants of the Brown family, the surnames have changed many times but the middle name of Hescott was still used. One family had inherited the silver or I should say pewter flatware of some of the early Browns. It used the initial H. for Hescott. There was a big age difference between Benjamin Brown and Sarah Thompson, twenty years or more. The second family's children did not start until about 1745. I know nothing yet of the children of the first wife, or if there were any, but I suspect they were. I will have to track the lines back of the Jones family who were descendants of the Browns. They were the one using the Hescott name. Anyone have anything to add to this I would appreciate it. William Albertson [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, November 02, 2002 5:40 AM Subject: Re: [VIA-L] Thompsons >In a message dated 10/31/2002 11:19:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > >> For those of you who do not know William Albertson he has been researching >> the Maupin lines for many many years. He also researches allied families. >> >> Below is an e-mail that he sent to me and said I could share it with the >> Via >> group. He has been working to prove Jean Thompson was a daughter of >> Amer's. >> > >Judy - It has always seemed to me that Jane was the daughter of Amer Via. My >reasoning is thus: > >When Margaret (Via) Maupin's husband died, she was described in his obituary >thus, "His wife, now about the same age, alive and hearty and never a female >of her generation known to die under the age of 85 years that grew to be a >woman" (Virginia Independent Chronicle, 22 October 1788, Richmond Virginia). > >Jane and Robert Thompson were pioneers to Albemarle County, arriving in 1745 >from Hanover County, same time and place as William Via and Margaret (Via) >Maupin. In Ruby G. H. Maupin's, "History of the Maupin Family", 1969, pages >12, 62, Sarah Thompson 1726-1815 who married Benjamin Brown, of Brown's Cove, >Albemarle County, Virginia was described as a niece of Margaret Via . >Bernard Brown, who was a son of Sarah and Benjamin, was described as a >descendant of a sister of Margaret Via. According to a genealogy of this >Brown family ("Magazine of Albemarle County History", volume 8, pages 55-70), >Benjamin Brown's wife was Sarah Thompson, the daughter of Robert Thompson. >Sarah Thompson was said to be an immigrant to Albemarle/Louisa County in 1745 >and settled at Brown's Cove. > >Dorothy (Maupin) Shaffet also mentions this Via connection in her book. > >~~<A HREF="http://www.ednabarney.com">Edna Barney</A> >ednabarney.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

In a message dated 10/31/2002 11:19:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > For those of you who do not know William Albertson he has been researching > the Maupin lines for many many years. He also researches allied families. > > Below is an e-mail that he sent to me and said I could share it with the > Via > group. He has been working to prove Jean Thompson was a daughter of > Amer's. > Judy - It has always seemed to me that Jane was the daughter of Amer Via. My reasoning is thus: When Margaret (Via) Maupin's husband died, she was described in his obituary thus, "His wife, now about the same age, alive and hearty and never a female of her generation known to die under the age of 85 years that grew to be a woman" (Virginia Independent Chronicle, 22 October 1788, Richmond Virginia). Jane and Robert Thompson were pioneers to Albemarle County, arriving in 1745 from Hanover County, same time and place as William Via and Margaret (Via) Maupin. In Ruby G. H. Maupin's, "History of the Maupin Family", 1969, pages 12, 62, Sarah Thompson 1726-1815 who married Benjamin Brown, of Brown's Cove, Albemarle County, Virginia was described as a niece of Margaret Via . Bernard Brown, who was a son of Sarah and Benjamin, was described as a descendant of a sister of Margaret Via. According to a genealogy of this Brown family ("Magazine of Albemarle County History", volume 8, pages 55-70), Benjamin Brown's wife was Sarah Thompson, the daughter of Robert Thompson. Sarah Thompson was said to be an immigrant to Albemarle/Louisa County in 1745 and settled at Brown's Cove. Dorothy (Maupin) Shaffet also mentions this Via connection in her book. ~~<A HREF="http://www.ednabarney.com">Edna Barney</A> ednabarney.com