Researchers, I don't know if anyone is aware of this information, but I ran across a lawsuit that was filed against about 100 people in Logan, Kanawha, Boone counties in West Virginia about July 1, 1859 to seize over 500,000 acres of land from the land owners. It was filed in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia by a Josiah Randall of Pennsylvania. This suit named Lawsons, Allen's, Brownings, Blankenships, Vances, and countless of other surnames. This appears to have gone on for at least a year. If anyone needs a surname look up let me know. K ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Burgess" <jim@promobiz.biz> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:05 AM Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Belcher - Toler - Brown - Browning - Blankenship families >I had two Charles Lewis and Charles in the file. > Fixed this record. > > thanks > Jim Burgess > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joel Hager [mailto:joel.hager@us.army.mil] > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:15 PM > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Belcher - Toler - Brown - Browning - Blankenship > families > > > Jim, > > I have added what I have found to your below message. > > Joel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Burgess [mailto:jim@promobiz.biz] > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:21 PM > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WVLOGAN] Belcher - Toler - Brown - Browning - Blankenship > families > > Dear Logan County, Virginia Genealogists, > > As I study the Logan and Wyoming county records I find that I have not > done > an indepth study of these records. Too bad that I did not learn to do > this > correct the first, second, third, fourth, fifth time around. Not to smart > I > guess. In my Toler book I am typing each marriage completely as I find it > in Pauline Haga and Donna Brown 's transcriptions. Hopefully the reader > will > be able to decide what is correct. > > The marriage records especially give us a great deal of insight into our > families. > For me the Wyoming County marriages for the most part (some exceptions) > seem > to > fall right in line as they should. > > The Logan County marriage records yield a lot of ah ha's as I am in the > process > of reviewing them again. > > I have thought that I understood the Brown and Toler and Browning > families. > Not so! > > I want to believe that these records are correct, but some yield new > revelations. > > Never in all these years have I understood the relevance and importance of > the > Belcher family to my families. Is there anyone on the list or does any one > know > some one who has studied the Belcher family in depth? > > Here are but two examples. Look at these Logan County marriages! > > Logan County, West Virginia Marriages 1872-1892 compiled by Donna Brown > 22 Jan 1891 Logan County Farmer Byron Christian Minister > Belcher, Lewis 39 Browning, Mary E > 20 > Logan, WV Logan WV 39 Logan Co WV Widow Logan Co WV Logan Co > WV > Single > H Belcher R Toler H Browning Sarah > J > Smith > > Who are H Belcher and R Toler? > > Charles Lewis Belcher s/o Henry and Rebecca (Toler) Belcher m. Mary Etta > Browning d/o Hiram and Sarah Jane (Smith) Browning. I do not know the > parents of Rebecca Toler. Henry and Rebecca (Toler) Belcher were in the > 1850 Tazewell County, Virginia census as I have shown in a previous > message. > Charles Lewis Belcher m. 1st Minerva Grimmett and is in the 1870 Logan > County census. > > A second marriage that is challenging is this record: > > Logan County, West Virginia Marriage Records 1872-1892 compiled by Donna > Brown > Sep 19, 1880 Logan County, Farming James M Cook Minister > Bailey, T V Brown, Malinda > Wyoming Co Va Wyoming Co WV 22 Logan Co Va Logan Co > WV 18 > L Bailey E Cook J H Brown N C Toler > NOTE: We have the name as Margaret (Is this Margaret Malinda Brown?) > > J H Brown and N C Toler are my ancestors James Harley Brown and Nancy C > Toler. > Margaret is listed in the Census Malinda is not! > > Yes I would agree this is Margaret Malinda Brown m. Isaac Van Bailey s/o > Louden and Emily (Cook) Bailey. > > Our families seem to have more than one name for the same person. Or are > they two > different people. We must carefully study the sketchy census records that > we have > and try to make a decision. > > I want to thank Stan Browning for writing the book on the Browning family. > Laura Loding is working on the Barnabus Curry family. > > My plea to each of you is that you will consider writing a book on your > Logan County > family. At the very least save what you have collected and send a copy to > the archives > in Logan and the Libraries in and around Logan. Some national libraries > would be happy > to receive your work. > > thanks > > > > Jim Burgess > > > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. 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>>...filed against about 100 people in Logan, Kanawha, Boone counties in >>West Virginia about July 1, 1859 to seize over 500,000 acres of land from >>the land owners.<< Who were the Vances involved in this lawsuit?

Carole This is the second charge against them, the people that sued on this second count were from France. The man from Pennsylvania and the people from France wants them ejected off the land. They are saying all of these people are trespassers. Abner Vance. K ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Hammond" <carole.hammond@comcast.net> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Belcher - Toler - Brown - Browning - Blankenship families >>>...filed against about 100 people in Logan, Kanawha, Boone counties in >>>West Virginia about July 1, 1859 to seize over 500,000 acres of land from >>>the land owners.<< > > Who were the Vances involved in this lawsuit? > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Hello K. My husband is related to the Lawsons. Can you tell me which Lawsons were named in this suit? What was the outcome? Darlene On May 25, 2006, at 12:35 AM, dkb wrote: > Researchers, > > I don't know if anyone is aware of this information, but I ran > across a lawsuit that was filed against about 100 people in Logan, > Kanawha, Boone counties in West Virginia about July 1, 1859 to > seize over 500,000 acres of land from the land owners. > > It was filed in the District Court of the United States for the > Western District of Virginia by a Josiah Randall of Pennsylvania. > This suit named Lawsons, Allen's, Brownings, Blankenships, Vances, > and countless of other surnames. This appears to have gone on for > at least a year. If anyone needs a surname look up let me know. > > K > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Burgess" <jim@promobiz.biz> > To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:05 AM > Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Belcher - Toler - Brown - Browning - > Blankenship families > > >> I had two Charles Lewis and Charles in the file. >> Fixed this record. >> >> thanks >> Jim Burgess >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joel Hager [mailto:joel.hager@us.army.mil] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:15 PM >> To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Belcher - Toler - Brown - Browning - >> Blankenship >> families >> >> >> Jim, >> >> I have added what I have found to your below message. >> >> Joel >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim Burgess [mailto:jim@promobiz.biz] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:21 PM >> To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [WVLOGAN] Belcher - Toler - Brown - Browning - >> Blankenship families >> >> Dear Logan County, Virginia Genealogists, >> >> As I study the Logan and Wyoming county records I find that I have >> not done >> an indepth study of these records. Too bad that I did not learn >> to do this >> correct the first, second, third, fourth, fifth time around. Not >> to smart I >> guess. In my Toler book I am typing each marriage completely as I >> find it >> in Pauline Haga and Donna Brown 's transcriptions. Hopefully the >> reader >> will >> be able to decide what is correct. >> >> The marriage records especially give us a great deal of insight >> into our >> families. >> For me the Wyoming County marriages for the most part (some >> exceptions) seem >> to >> fall right in line as they should. >> >> The Logan County marriage records yield a lot of ah ha's as I am >> in the >> process >> of reviewing them again. >> >> I have thought that I understood the Brown and Toler and Browning >> families. >> Not so! >> >> I want to believe that these records are correct, but some yield new >> revelations. >> >> Never in all these years have I understood the relevance and >> importance of >> the >> Belcher family to my families. Is there anyone on the list or does >> any one >> know >> some one who has studied the Belcher family in depth? >> >> Here are but two examples. Look at these Logan County marriages! >> >> Logan County, West Virginia Marriages 1872-1892 compiled by Donna >> Brown >> 22 Jan 1891 Logan County Farmer Byron Christian >> Minister >> Belcher, Lewis 39 Browning, Mary E >> 20 >> Logan, WV Logan WV 39 Logan Co WV Widow Logan Co WV >> Logan Co WV >> Single >> H Belcher R Toler H >> Browning Sarah J >> Smith >> >> Who are H Belcher and R Toler? >> >> Charles Lewis Belcher s/o Henry and Rebecca (Toler) Belcher m. >> Mary Etta >> Browning d/o Hiram and Sarah Jane (Smith) Browning. I do not know >> the >> parents of Rebecca Toler. Henry and Rebecca (Toler) Belcher were >> in the >> 1850 Tazewell County, Virginia census as I have shown in a >> previous message. >> Charles Lewis Belcher m. 1st Minerva Grimmett and is in the 1870 >> Logan >> County census. >> >> A second marriage that is challenging is this record: >> >> Logan County, West Virginia Marriage Records 1872-1892 compiled by >> Donna >> Brown >> Sep 19, 1880 Logan County, Farming James M Cook >> Minister >> Bailey, T V Brown, Malinda >> Wyoming Co Va Wyoming Co WV 22 Logan Co Va >> Logan Co >> WV 18 >> L Bailey E Cook J H Brown N >> C Toler >> NOTE: We have the name as Margaret (Is this Margaret Malinda Brown?) >> >> J H Brown and N C Toler are my ancestors James Harley Brown and >> Nancy C >> Toler. >> Margaret is listed in the Census Malinda is not! >> >> Yes I would agree this is Margaret Malinda Brown m. Isaac Van >> Bailey s/o >> Louden and Emily (Cook) Bailey. >> >> Our families seem to have more than one name for the same person. >> Or are >> they two >> different people. We must carefully study the sketchy census >> records that >> we have >> and try to make a decision. >> >> I want to thank Stan Browning for writing the book on the Browning >> family. >> Laura Loding is working on the Barnabus Curry family. >> >> My plea to each of you is that you will consider writing a book on >> your >> Logan County >> family. At the very least save what you have collected and send a >> copy to >> the archives >> in Logan and the Libraries in and around Logan. Some national >> libraries >> would be happy >> to receive your work. >> >> thanks >> >> >> >> Jim Burgess >> >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. 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