HI -THOUGHT ID FORWARD THIS IN FO ON THE tALIAFERRO mILL IN vA, GOT IT FROM jULIE, THE LADY WITH THE cAROLINE cOUNTY LOOKUPS AVAILABLE...WAS HOPING FOR SOMETHING FROM fAQUIER cOUNTY THERE ...DOEA ANYONE KNOW WHO OR WHERE TO GET INFO ON THAT COUNTY,ESP. EARLY LANDOWNERS...HAVE BEEN TOLD ALMOST ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS FOR THAT COUNTY WERE DESTROYED IN THE REVOLUTION... Sheri --- 'Without Struggle there can be No Progress.' Fredrick Douglas please feel free to efax me @ 501.640.7613 --------- Forwarded Message --------- DATE: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:51:37 From: Julie Lofurno <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sheri, Now it's my turn to apologize for taking so long to get back to you. Haven't done much research on the computer for the last 3 weeks....between the flu and Christmas. Here is all that my book says about Taliaferro's Mill: p. 302 of COLONIAL CAROLINE: A History of Caroline County, Virginia by T. E. Campbell: Title: Grants by Spotswood of less than 1,000 acres to favorites: (year) 1719: Harry Beverley, Grantee, received 831 acres on Peumandsend, beginning at the flood gate of Taliaferro's Mill, at the east end of mill-pond. Not much of a description, but that's the entry. In 1711, a LAWRENCE TALIAFERRO received 220 acres in the upper valley of Peumandsend. Perhaps he had something to do with Taliaferro's Mill. On page 17 of the same book, it has this information about the earliest patents: "March 17, 1673, Robert Taliaferro, the son of Robert Taliaferro, 739 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River on both sides of the mouth of a creek known as Peumansend. (Evidently at this time all of Mill Creek was called Peumansend)." On page 47, it states..."With church and school firmly established, and one trading center flourishing about Taliaferro's warehouse at the mouth of Mill Creek, and another flourishing about Buckner's tobacco warehouse further up the Rappahanock, Caroline's Rappahannock alley had the essential elements to sustain a high order of society." Page 62...."John Taliaferro has the distinction of being the scion of the first family to reach the soil that is Caroline and produce a founding father. His first Caroline Taliafero ancestor patented 6,300 acres jointly with Lawrence Smith on the south side of the Rappahannock below Snow Creek in 1666......At one session of court a few years after Caroline became a county, three of the five sitting magistrates were Taliaferros. MUCH much more about the Taliaferros in this book....way too much to type out. There must be at least 30 different Taliaferro names with numerous entries for some of them. I highly recommend this book......I found mine on Amazon.com. Happy New Year. Julie red <[email protected]> wrote: hi- so sorry for the delay in my reply- im sure, if youre familiar with the Taliaferro/Toliver confusions, youve found by now that thje DNA testing has determined that there is no aqctual connection in the two lines- Taliaferro & Toliver have NO match... so, there has been a period of several months readjusting my papers as well as sorting out the many reference works, artices, etc -updating, correcting, explaining to many a more heart broken Toliver researcher than me,in order to get the facts as the NDA proved them to be-in some semblance of order & relaibility. now, i can get back to the many emails & such i had to put on hold until i could adequately decide if i should even persue most of them- dealing largely as they do withthe Taliaferro Clan... I am a 7th geneartion Toliver descendnant proven from my Rev War ancestor Jesse Toliver of VA & NC, who married 'Franky' stamper of the NC Stampers of England... however, if you would not mind, i wouold still love to have any info-sketches/maps,etc included in the Caroline book you mentioned that deals with the Taliaferro Mill,etc...if you wouldnt mind after all this trime ?? i would appreciate it much!! also, i am keeping the Taliaferro family info & all, just in case i can help someone else. if youd care to see what i have, please let me know 7 ill get you some copies out soon as the hooidats will allow ! Sheri in IL Merry Christmas !God Bless ! --- 'Without Struggle there can be No Progress.' Fredrick Douglas please feel free to efax me @ 501.640.7613 --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 17:57:41 From: Julie Lofurno <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Sheri, there are two books from Caroline County: COLONIAL CAROLINE: A History of Caroline County, Virginia by T. E. Campbell and HIDDEN VILLAGE Port Royal, Virginia 1744-1981 by Ralph Emmet Fall. There are numerous references to people with the surname of Taliaferro....too many to copy here. If you would like information on a specific name, I'll be happy to look it up for you. >From Campbell's book: Names cited with last name of Taliaferro: Ann, Benjamin, Catherine, Charles, Christopher, Elizabeth, Felix, Frances, Francis, Harry, Hay, Henry, James, John, John I, John II, Kemp, Lawrence, Mary Peter, Richard (many entries), Robert (many entries), Robert, Jr. Rose, Samuel, Sarah, Walker (many entries), William (many entries), Zachary, family, Also.....Taliaferro Mill, Taliaferro tract, Taliaferro Warehouse >From Fall's book: Names cited with last name of Taliaferro: Dr. Benjamin F, Charles C., Francis, Georgianna, James, John, Lawrence, Richard, Robert (Immigrant), Robert, Rose (Berryman), Walker, William, Capt. William of Essex Co., William W., Zachariah, Zachary red <[email protected]> wrote: hi, new to the lists, looking for info on my TOLIVER family, possible spellings are numerous- possibly an English line descended from Portugal... have had many definition of the surname given to me over the years, the most probable seems to be a Jewish origin- TOLIVER meaning in Portugese 'belonging to Oliver... also there have been 17th century mentions of the name Toliver & Taliaferro (interchangeable according to a persons spelling upon hearing the name!) having been entered in a Jewish synagogue in Toledo, Spain- also, my family has had intermarriage with female of the Choctaw & Cherokee Native American tribe in the USa in the late 17 to earliewst 1800s, as well as having been settled in the areas of the Powhattan Tribe in the late 1600s- it is implied the Toliver family of Engfland may be considered of Portugese &/or Melungeon descent... any information would be so very appreciated... Hope to hear from some of you soon ! Happy Hunting ! Sheri in Illinois, USA... 8th Generation Toliver --- 'Without Struggle there can be No Progress.' Fredrick Douglas please feel free to efax me @ 501.640.7613 ____________________________________________________________ Enter now for a chance to win a 42" Plasma Television! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda1.com/1/c/563632/113422/313631/313631 AOL users go here: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda1.com/1/c/563632/113422/313631/313631 This offer applies to U.S. Residents Only ============================== 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 Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard ____________________________________________________________ Free Poetry Contest. Win $10,000. Submit your poem @ Poetry.com! Do you Yahoo!? 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