Hi Folks, I have Edward's permission to send this to the list.....thought perhaps someone could find a link to him. Doris Wilks Moore ---------- > From: Edward Jones <senoj119@idt.net> > To: Doris Moore <djmoore@nb.net> > Subject: Re: Vick family > Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 12:26 PM > > > > Doris Moore wrote: > > > Hi Edward, > > > > We have a Vick mailing list and would love to have you join us there! Send > > an e-mail to: > > > > VICK-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > Type only "subscribe" in the body of the message (without the quotes). > > > > We have a great list of Vick cousins and researchers....a lot of the folks > > from the Joseph Vick Ass'n of America are on the list including the editor > > of the newsletter. There will be a book published soon on the first 4 or 5 > > generations of descendants of Joseph Vick. It is co-authored by John > > Beatty and Di Ann Vick. Please join us and tell us about your line!! > > > > See ya there, > > Doris Wilks Moore > > Hi Doris, > > Thank you for the e-mail. I subscribed to the rootsweb mailing list some > time ago and have enjoyed it very much. I will soon try to get involved. > My mother is Phala Taylor (Vick) Jones of Greensboro, NC. > Mother's father was Mark Rogers Vick of Roanoke Rapids, NC in Halifax > County. > Mark Rogers Vick was the son of Major William P. Vick II (married to Agnes > Bottoms) and grew up on Major Vick's plantation near Margaretsville, NC in > Northampton County, NC. > I visited Major Vick's plantation a couple times as a kid in the fifties > and several times since. Last year, I visited it twice to visit and photograph > the grave site. (I also found the grave site of Major Vick's four year old > daughter in one of the Bottoms' family grave sites near Diamond Grove which is > just up the road from Margaretsville.) > In an excellent work by Ruth (Vick) O'Brien, daughter of William Robert > Vick, granddaughter of Major William P. Vick II and great-granddaughter of > William P. Vick I entitled > > A GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES AND DESCENDANTS OF > > WILLIAM P. VICK I: 1792 - 1840 > AGNES BOTTOMS VICK: 1833 - 1907 > WILLIAM P. VICK II: 1837 - 1903 > JESSE PARKER AND LUCY JOYNER VICK PARKER: MARRIED 1845 > > Mrs. O'Brien starts with Major William P. Vick II's father, William P. Vick I, > who crossed over from Southampton County, VA to work on the vast Roger's > estate. She writes, "William P. Vick I was born in Southampton County, > Virginia in 1792. He married Lucy Joyner, born around 1820. She was much > younger than her husband. They moved to Northampton County, North Carolina > where William P. Vick I managed the vast Rogers family farms estate. Later, he > bought his own farms and became a successful farmer. William P. Vick I died in > 1840 of a stab wound in an argument with an old friend, a member of a > distinguished Northampton County family. There was only one child born to this > union, William P. Vick II, known as Major Vick because of his commission in the > Confederate Army. Major Vick, born 1837, was only three years old at the time > of his father's death. His mother, Lucy Joyner Vick, was only 21 or so. On > January 10, 1845, Lucy Joyner Vick married Jesse Parker. From this union, four > daughters and three sons were born, half-kin of Major William P. Vick II." > > I might add that I have confirmed from the 1850 census that William Vick II > was a young lad growing up in the Jesse Parker family. I have also determined > from local people just about where the Jesse Parker plantation was. I have not > been able to determine where William P. Vick I was buried. However, I have > been to the land known as the Rogers Estate. > > Mrs. O'Brien stated that William P. Vick I was the son of William Vick of > Southampton County, VA, will dated 1794. Perhaps she is correct since William > Vick (will dated 1794) lists a son by the name of William Vick in his will. (I > have a copy of that will in my possession). > > It was not the intention of Mrs. O'Brien to go further back into the family > history than that. However, she believed that William Vick was possibly the > son of Joseph Vick, son of Robert Vick, son of the original Joseph Vick. I can > see the difficulty determining that William Vick was the son of Joseph Vick > (will dated 1770) since Joseph Vick stated in his will that he had "seven > children," but that unfortunately, only the names of six children made it into > the court record of the will. (A librarian from a nearby library pointed out > to me that often names and other items were unintentionally left out as the > court recorded will was copied from the original. I have confirmed that the > original no longer exists in the courthouse). > > Mother and I have been able to update the portion of Mrs. O'Brians > excellent work ((I have confirmed much of its validity in a visit with Lawyer > Richard Edward Railey in Courtland, VA (Southampton County) who is the grandson > of William P. Vick II through Major Vick's daughter and the last one to live in > the plantation home near Margaretsville, NC, Alma Lee (Vick) Railey)) that > pertains to our part of the family. > > I didn't mean to get long winded, but my purpose of the last few paragraphs > was to point out Mrs. O'Brian's work published in Oct. 1970. I know a copy is > in the library in the Northampton County seat in Franklin, NC, and in the > library in the Southampton County seat in Courtland, VA. Perhaps someone could > advise me if a copy is in the hands of the Joseph Vick Family of America, Inc. > and in the hands of the people publishing the upcoming book on the first five > generations of the Joseph Vick family. > > Again, thank you for your e-mail. Joseph Jurlina was kind enough to send > me a letter and application to join JVFOA. If you don't mind, I would like to > thank him by using much of what I have written here in a reply. > > Sincerely, > > Edward L. Jones, Jr. > > > >