This was especially interesting to me as my maiden name is Webb AND I was born in Roane Co., WV & grew up in Spencer, Roane Co., WV. It was supposedly named after a "Judge Spencer Roane"! How remarkable!!!!!!! Please keep the information coming! It is so exciting! Edna J. Barnes: dejb@wirefire.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <AWNRDC@aol.com> To: <WEBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:17 AM Subject: [WEBB] James WEBB of Smithfield VA Resource of possible interest > > THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION > An Overview of the Manuscript Sources in the Rare Book, > Manuscript, and Special Collections Library > Duke University > http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/pathfinders/american-revolution > > John Rutherfoord Papers, 1754 (1781-1865) 1931. 2,712 items and 33 vols. > Richmond, Va. Family, business, personal, and political correspondence of > John Rutherfoord (1792-1866), lawyer, merchant, and governor of Virginia, > 1841-1842; of his son, John Coles Rutherfoord (1825-1866), lawyer, planter, > and member of the House of Delegates; of Ann Seddon (Roy) Rutherfoord > (1832-1906?), wife of John Coles Rutherfoord; and of Thomas Rutherfoord > (1766-1852), father of John Rutherfoord, and Richmond merchant. Early papers > are those of Isaac Holmes, assistant quartermaster at Petersburg, Virginia, > chiefly from Richard Claiborne concerning provisions for Revolutionary > soldiers; and of James Webb, apparently a lawyer of Smithfield, Virginia, > having connections with John Marshall, Spencer Roane, and John Wickham, > consisting of legal correspondence and papers. The papers of Thomas > Rutherfoord include a letter, 1810, expressing objections to the embargo and > an article, 1812, on the necessity of a navy to protect the maritime rights > of the United States. > > > > ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== > To change list modes or leave http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html > Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > > To connect to your list website and post your web links and family pages > TO contact list owner <WEBB-admin@rootsweb.com >or post a complaint > To read Webb lines http://www.angelfire.com/or/matney/WebbPlace.html > > ============================== > 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 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 3/14/02