Surnames from 1730 thru 1740 In Virginia Along The Banks of The Roanoke and The James Rivers

[@cmb9993]

When I first started my Virginia search, I would find my ancestor in different counties, and thought "they really moved a lot" until I realized that as time passed the counties were divided into smaller counties so my ancestors weren't moving... The county lines were!

[@centenntrucker8496]

My 8x great grandfather William Skinner Sr. is said to be from Nansemond, Va.

[@chrishaston8102]

This is great! Captain Christopher Newport was my 10th great grandfather!

[@Calatriste54]

Beverly Plantation: Poage, Breckinridge, Patton, Hill.. Staunton, Tinkling Spring.. good program, sign me up!

[@rodneybowers1074]

Robert Beverley, father of William, left 50,000 acres to his children before William, brother of my John, acquired Beverley Manor and 118,490 acres in Augusta Co., VA. Must have been the Texas King Ranch of its day.

[@rodneybowers1074]

I believe both my families traveled the Great Wagon Trail, my mother's family from Lancaster, PA, to Mecklenburg, NC/York, SC before moving to Tennessee where one of our ancestors -- William Hannah -- signed a petition calling for the creation of the state of Franklin. I'm told my father's family -- Bowers -- came to North Carolina from Virginia before moving on to South Carolina, Georgia and on to Arkansas, where I am now. Fascinating website. Thank you for what you do.

[@piedmonttrails]

Thank you so much for your kind words!! I greatly appreciate them! It's a wondrous journey to discover the roads our ancestors traveled. Enjoy your Journey to the Past!!

[@hubertmichael1595]

Mecklenburg I s a region in Germany.

[@klr7793]

Never apologize for rustling papers to family historians. 😂

[@clf8668]

My grandmother is Ora Mae Byrd and a direct line to Col. William Evelyn Byrd I’m also related on my Grandfather Wilmer John Farmer related to Thomas Farmer who arrived in 1616 on Ship ‘Tyrall’ Jamestown and a member of Burgesses 1629-1630 settle in Neck of the land, and found out im related to Beverly, Carter, Dandridge, Washington, Jefferson and many more I’m hearing names you quoting that I am related to also very interesting….a lot moved to North Carolina…Dew, Barnes, Bryant, Brevard, Jetton, sharpe, Wallace, McKnitt ….Spencer, Newsome , McWorther, etc.

[@lesjones5684]

This is very interesting ❤❤❤❤

[@cassandrapatton1634]

James Patton is my ancestor.. this was awesome to watch, thank you!!

[@diarmuidbuckley6638]

Hello from Ireland.

[@cassandrapatton1634]

@@diarmuidbuckley6638 hello from New York!

[@piedmonttrails]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@PeedyJ]

My ancestor, Philip Pendleton arrived in Virginia from Norwich, England with his brother, Nathaniel in around 1680. Philip was a teacher and both were indentured servants.

[@piedmonttrails]

Thank you so much for sharing your family history with us!!

[@hubertmichael1595]

@@piedmonttrails My family came to Lexington, NC in Davidson county, and the next county over was Rowan county which ran from Salisbury, NC to the Mississippi River, but no all that change over time.

[@KWolf-vb7po]

As an enrollerd native American it was our land They looked to take.but I also have non native blood who came in the 1600 hundreds. I have non native blood on my dad's side which is "sir Richard Bracewell (later spelt as braswell) . My mom's mixed blood was also at james town.

[@vickielewallen3799]

I watch a lot of native Amer documentaries and have Chickasaw nation relatives in my extended fam. I see very few natives on the documentaries who are not mixed. I know some Navajo and Apache who are full blood, but most natives around here are also mixed. I think most of the population in the US are mixed up by now. Most people dna test results are long and drawn out, we're all "mutts," i know i am.

[@mechellturner3915]

@@vickielewallen3799 Yes I am late in replies. DAR Keep my life busy. MY s\dads side also not only Woodson's but we have Delaware natives and Cherokee, Lakota. some on both sides

[@vickielewallen3799]

@@mechellturner3915 The tribes/Nations are fascinating, what a history.

[@nellerue446]

I'm also related to Richard Bracewell (Braswell) 1704 - 1767 He"s my 7th great grandfather

[@genghis_connie]

I would urge anyone who is claiming Indigenous G-G grandparents, etc, to be careful about semantics. Being “part Native” but growing up not immersed in the culture (and/or without Dawes List or other Federally recognized enrollment) makes one pretty much Caucasian. TL;DR: A reminder to not romanticize being 1/18th NDN, especially considering they/we are alive and maintaining the ways, despite all our government did.

[@randywdc1]

Thanks! William Wood Sr was my 6G Grandfather and Wm Wood Jr & Samuel Wood were both my 5 G Granduncle.

[@joshuawood5651]

Might be related, still doing research

[@michelewood925]

My Wood ancestors came through Virginia. We have traced back to John Wood born about 1730 and lived in goochland later Amherst. Died 1783

[@hubertmichael1595]

My family came from Overalbin Germany on the Rhine River in 1738, and took the ship (the Glasgow) into Philadelphia, Port, and then into Lancaster where the first Michael died in America; then down the Great Wagon Rd into Lexington NC to the Yadkin River, and purchased 932 acres on the Yadkin River. My great grandfather Nicholson Michael was Salisbury Guard/Salisbury Militia, and is buried at Pilgrim Reform Church in Lexington, NC

[@piedmonttrails]

Thank you so much for sharing your family history with us. So many families traveled the Great Wagon Road to new dreams and adventures.

[@clawhammer704]

My wife’s ancestor was a confederate guard at the Salisbury prison also. He buried in a family cemetery in Eastern Rowan county, NC. They were German Lutherans.

[@ANDREWMICHAELS-g3b]

I just found your channel Carol, pleasure to listen to you and thank you for everything you share and your passion. I have evolved as my extended immediate families Family Tree Guru lol at 38 years old, I'm an OIF Vet that has some time to himself in the last year and a half. I make sure to source and check over and over. I am descendant grandson of last name Grim of the winchester virginia area and west virginia , also grandson of meshach browning and his line and I am also grandson of the friends who established Friendsville Maryland. Blows me away that I've tracked ancestors, grandparents to what I call the "old country" lol of virginia, west virginia, pennsylvania and maryland. I'm coming from Illinois and the east coast seems like a distant far land and known of all the history and it seem like it's far away . It's surreal for me now to be here in this region and discovering everything I have discovered and continue to "dig up", history and knowing where you come from is one of the most fascinating things I love to learn and know .

[@piedmonttrails]

I share your passion for the past! I'm blown away on a daily basis at the fascinating discoveries we make here at the Attic. Thank you so much for your kind words and I wish you well on your Journey to the Past!

[@tmr3513]

I know when my ancestor crossed the Potomac. He was in the same boat as Gen. Washington was in.

[@JnWmMatt]

Just found you and enjoyed listening to you.

[@davida.french1212]

Excellent talk! Thank you!

[@duaneford8875]

Just subscribed, looking forward to learning.

[@Voots7]

Originally from sw Va Giles county. Accent is music to my old ears..

[@allanauvil5994]

Born in Rich Creek in ‘43. Love my New River Valley

[@Voots7]

@@allanauvil5994 🙂👍💪

[@indianahomestead]

Do you have any suggestions for books or other documents that may have more details on the Hockaday family? Came from Blisland Parish, Cornwall England to Blisland/New Kent County around the James River.

[@piedmonttrails]

I recently researched the Charles City County militia in 1756 and I remember a James Hockaday was listed on May 21st. Much of the colonial court records in New Kent County are destroyed. I would suggest the Vestry Books C.G.Chamberlayne published these in 1935 entitled The Vestry Books of Blisland Parish, New Kent and James City Counties.

[@richardgreen9392]

Enjoyed!!! Richard Green

[@mclyman-onkka3579]

Great program, and that is an awesome discovery! I recognize Van Meter and Hite from Berkeley County, VA, families who settled what became Marion County, Ohio. (1820, along the Greenville Treaty Line) My ancestor was a John Page (how creative), son of Nathaniel Page Sr. I hope I can catch the podcast about the western Maryland roads. Nathaniel Page Sr, and, presumably his family, moved back and forth between Berkeley County, VA, and Washington County, MD, between 1783 and about 1800. I am guessing my husband's Darnell-Rector ancestors must have used the Great Wagon Road as the went back and forth between Virginia and North Carolina.

[@suek.3448]

My family went to Marion OH in early 1800s and stayed! Still there today! Lots of Keirns there!

[@savanahmclary4465]

The earliest days of Virginia, Tennessee (State of Franklin) and North Carolina: There was period of time, that there was an area of land, that was West of Virginia, into Tennessee and North Carolina, that all three states claimed the same strip of land. When Virginia property tax collector came to the land owners in that area: The land owners maintained, that they lived in North Carolina, or Tennessee. When the property tax collector came from Tennessee, to the property owners in that same,area: They maintained they lived in Virginia, or North Carolina. When the North Carolina property tax collector came: The property owners maintained they they lived in Virginia, or Tennessee. These American property owners NEVER paid any property taxes ...to any county, or state. Americans being Americans.

[@harolddenton6031]

My uncle Frank Jones born in 1938 in sulphur springs,tn he married a Patsy Kegley from elizabethton. Her father owned his own cabinetry wood working shop in town of elizabethton.

[@harolddenton6031]

My (6 th) great grandparents Jonas Denton and his wife Jane Seaman purchased 3,100 acres from Sir Joist Hite for 200 lbs of sterling in strausburg/toms brook area of Shenandoah valley,va.

[@samanthac410]

I learned james patton was my ancestor! Wow!

[@cathyc6725]

Glad I stumbled across this!

[@piedmonttrails]

So happy to have you here. Enjoy your journey to the past!!

[@susangraham7213]

I’m related to Baileys and Cockes from the 1615s on, and just now trying to sort out where they lived and where the moved along the James River. They went east and north over time, and ended up in Missouri in time to cross the plains in the 19th century. Complex migration over 250+ years. Thanks for this!

[@edwardtosh3291]

The Cocke family seat was Bremo. Goochland and Fluvanna.

[@deborahlester4018]

You may already know this but the Cocke family owned the Bremo mansion at Bremo Bluff, VA.

[@deborahlester4018]

Lol just saw the above reply

[@redriver6541]

This was great. Thank you for sharing this. My Martin family came out of Goochland Co. I can go back to Thomas Martin (married Susannah Walker 1772), but I can get no further. He had a son named Hutson and I've seen other Hutsons, but nothing concrete to connect them. Are there any professional genealogists in that area that I can hire? I'm obsessed with knowing who Thomas Martin's parentage was....as well as his wife. Love the channel. Subbed, liked, and looking forward to watching more. Thank you.

[@piedmonttrails]

Hi Red River Thank you so much for your kind words and I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed this live stream. I have always conducted my own family research and I then spent my time gathering other family's data which is now stored in the Attic of Piedmont Trails. If you like, I can go through our files here to see if anything connects to your family. You are welcome to contact us through the Piedmont Trails website. Thanks Again and I hope you enjoy your journey today to the past.

[@redriver6541]

@@piedmonttrails thank you so much for replying and offering your information. I've went to your webpage and joined the mailing list. I will try to get some more information in an email and send it you....at least a small amount of things that I know, and may help or be pertinent in a search....names, childrens names, church records of the immediate family, etc. I'm from Muhlenberg Co KY and have ancestry in VA, NC, and SC mostly....with names such as Campbell, Woodson, Harper, Guy, Wilcox, Craig, Jones, Bell, Hill, Walker....a few just off the top of my head. With lots of information on them as well. I've spent the last two decades putting the information together and confirming it as good as I can. If I can't confirm it I usually set it aside until I'm able to. You actually motivated me to go ahead and create a website to share my information. Again many thanks and I look forward to speaking with you further. Woodrow Martin

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

My great great grand father is a Martin from England, he left & settled South Louisiana then he married a Price.

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

15:32 15:35 15:36 Have you done a ancestry DNA if so you may find the same Martin.I.My best friend thought she was a Green until ancestry DNA, her ancesor took the last name.He left the East Coast & made his way to South Louisiana.

[@lorriwall2523]

​@redriver6541 I have Martin in my family who lived in VA then NC. What's your website?

[@Steve-Duh-Rino]

I’m a Taylor from southwest VA. My gg-grandfather was from (supposedly) the VA Piedmont, and was according to family legend adopted. We all know how family legends go, as far as to their accuracy. Anyhow… we continue our quest

[@yvonnedavis2117]

My father's sister's husband is a Taylor, they from VA as well.

[@abelincoln3261]

BTW I traced The Ward Family from that area to here where I live .. They had lumber mills, several of them and a considerable amount of land. Then shortly before the Civil War most of the family moved to Florida.. and again started saw mills... there. Here they referred to their mills on early maps ( 1700 1800s ) as Old Effingham Mills. Meaning they were already considered established old lumber saw mills and gris mills in the early 1700s and 1800s in this area. It is after all an area where one of the first stage coach / native foot paths leads towards the west from Charleston to Camden to The Great Cherokee tribal lands near Ashville SC NC It is literally one of the oldest highways in the country. Some of it is still a sand road.. dirt road... near where I live.

[@piedmonttrails]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@TheoneNonlyJoelynCada]

Flowerdew Hundred! That's US! Grandpa Wilcox ❤ I'm of the LeHew Family from Front Royal VA :) Jos Hite, Robert McCay are both my Grandfathers. I'm Edgar Hickerson and Virginia Derflingers Grand daughter. We've been in Harmony Hollow since our Indian grandparents gave it to us :)

[@bryanspindle4455]

My ancestors have been in Virginia going back to 1637. Some of their names were Tabb, Todd, Ballard and Spindle among others.

[@lesliekendall5668]

My 5th great gpa was * William Kendall/Kindall, 1740-1777, Orange County. Married Sarah Foster (who moved to NC with their 6 children and 3 siblings after William's death). * His father Henry Kendall, 1699-1758, Orange County. * His father Thomas Kendall, 1672-1720, married Elizabeth Ann "Mary" Washington in 1692. b. different county of VA, d. in Maryland. * His father was John Kendall. But there's a big gap between John and the ancestor, Henry Kendall who came to VA from England in 1635 (age 17) on the ship David. Do you help people fill the gaps? because unless it's already online I'm a total novice. Thank you for posting this video.

[@michelepainter9553]

If my 4x gf was really a Hines as he claimed to be he supposedly came from VA and then my Piland/Pilant came from NC. Your videos are so informative, thank you so much! 💗

[@piedmonttrails]

Thank you so much for your kind words!! I greatly appreciate them.

[@JoshRC32]

SURNAMES LISTED; 3:48 NEWPORT 5:27 MAYO 7:46 HOWARD 7:54 VENABLE 7:51 KENT 7:53 LYNCH 7:53 PERK 8:01 BALLOU/BALLOW, CLARK, ADAMS, MERRIWEATHER, HUGHES, LACY, HORSELY, SAUL

[@expatstacker3838]

So glad I came across your channel! Have you heard of an early Virginia English settler called Ensign Thomas Savage? I’m a direct descendant and know some about him, but was wondering if you’ve done research and/or put anything together about him? Along with other interesting things, he served as an interpreter, living with Chief Powhatan.

[@piedmonttrails]

Hi Expat Stacker, send me an email. I have several notes on Ensign Thomas Savage.

[@expatstacker3838]

@@piedmonttrails thanks! I sent an email a couple of days ago to an email address I found on Piedmont Trail’s website. I’d love to read any information you have once you have the time to send!

[@piedmonttrails]

@@expatstacker3838 Thanks for your request. I will pull the files and add that task to my growing daily list. Thanks again.

[@carolyn3543]

My family is from the Tidewater region. I have names and dates, but I want to really understand more. Weather info, Agricultural info and how the social structure worked. How did the families get together to create marriages? Such a fun puzzle.

[@piedmonttrails]

Families helped one another with crop harvesting, barn raising, and many other activities. Social gatherings were popular and church events. This is how many couples were introduced to one another and how courtships would begin.

[@carolyn3543]

My relatives were planters and lived a little ways from each other. Mostly they were in K&Q county (where the records at the court house were all burned), but some were in King William. Temple, Hill, Waring, Latane, Baylor, Bogardus, Gregory, Whiting, for example.@@piedmonttrails

[@zcam1969]

i think a settler could get a land grant without paying for it , they where required to maintain a dwelling or make the property productive by farming ,crops ,cattle etc That's what a Grant is , maybe they had to pay later or default on it if they did nothing with the land ?

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

I have both Miles and Charity ancestors who moved west from Charles City, and Henrico counties.

[@iveraherring502]

Thank you, 06/ 14 / 2023

[@rebeccacurry3647]

Robert Adams is a great grandfather of mine and I've recently found his and his wife's graves ( Mourning Lewis Adams) our family moved to Georgia sometime after the Revolutionary War. Another great grandfather ( also Robert Adams) was burgess for Martin's Hundred 1623-1624. I have copies of Robert and Mourning's last will and testament which give general descriptions of where their land was ( and who was inheriting what). I'm planning a trip to visit Jamestown and Goochland where the Adams Cemetery is located and to try and see some part of the land. Having never been to Virginia before about how far away is Jamestown from Goochland?

[@piedmonttrails]

Hi Rebecca, I hope you enjoy your trip to Virginia. Jamestown is approx. 80 miles from Goochland if you by-pass Richmond. I hope the weather is perfect for you and please update me on what you discover.

[@rebeccacurry3647]

@@piedmonttrails thank you for your reply! I'm trying to plan how I'm going to navigate the trip. There's so much I want to see! I'm definitely recommending your channel to s couple of my Adams cousins who are also doing our family genealogy. I will say that the Adams that migrated to Georgia maintain strong family bonds. The last Adams great grandfather died at 95 and I was blessed to have known him when I was a little girl ( such a sweet man) and my grandmother ( we called her Mimi) was his daughter. She also died at 95 and her funeral was packed. She was a true lady. So, I have enjoyed following their lineage.

[@piedmonttrails]

@@rebeccacurry3647 Thank you so much for sharing our channel and I wish you the best success on your trip!

[@catzenhouse]

My 7th great-grandparents! Also related to the Bollings, Baileys, Cockes, Buckners, Bathursts, Randolphs, Jordans, Stiths... Had No clue about any of this until just a few years ago. I think my late dad's mother's ancestors were mostly a blank slate to us all. Assumed they came over during the Potato Famine. Very little family background was known. All this information certainly set me back on my heels and go "What?!" Sadly my dad never got to find out about all this history. He would have loved to have known.

[@zcam1969]

Wynns Falls ''Ferry '' 1754 on the Dan River is less than 3 miles from my house ..My family tree goes back to the first U.S censes 1796 white springs sulfur springs south of Roanoke

[@betsyroy6269]

My ancestor, Martha Sizemore, came over from England with Sir Thomas Dale and Rev Alexander Whitaker. Martha was the housekeeper of Rev Whitaker in Henricus. She took care of Pocahontas during her captivity. It was during this time that the Native American ancestry entered the Sizemore family. We are not sure exactly how. The Sizemore Native American ancestry is through a Native American male and a European female.

[@patriciajrs46]

That's fascinating. Usually, it seems, the stories were about native females and while men. I haven't heard many stories of the native men choosing European women. Thank you.

[@afortune5045]

Any information of family with surname Fortune living in the Nelson County area? Fortune Cove, located West of Livingston VA, was the origin of several descendants that took land grants in the mountains of North Carolina and headed South in the late 1700’s. Help much appreciated.

[@piedmonttrails]

I have files on the Fortune family. What is the name of your earliest ancestor?

[@24kapparel]

Your profile is beautiful along with your voice. You have full lips like me. Great video.

[@SHOE53]

My early family member John Shoemaker sold a acre of land to form historic St John's church in Richmond for 539 pound tobacco and serve as vicker for many years later on the sons move to Rowan county N. C. in which the they serve in the revolutionary war.

[@BobCaldwell-px4vm]

Family landed in Cub Creek area then later moved to land grant in Catawba County, NC. James Caldwell family

[@SohoJoe202]

My family the Walston’s are from Northampton, Va, however our name was Jay while in enslaved in Rye, Ny during the 1780’s. They were of Moor and Angolan bloodlines who were enslaved by French Huguenots, John Jay and his family.

[@margaretrussell5071]

I’m trying to find out more about the point my husband and I bought and where he grew up his whole life. We are on Sack Point on the Nansemond River. Do you know any information about this area. I know sacks of goods were dropped here by boat for trade but I want to know more history about it.

[@piedmonttrails]

Tons of early history data for this area. Are you wanting the families or the trade history?

[@BonnieDragonKat]

I am a Hite descendant. Not sure if I tie into Jost on my mom's side, but I do through a cousin on my dad's side. Yes we need a book! Daniel M's last name may be pronounced Monahan.

[@setfreetm5821]

Just found out William and Mayor Joseph Mayo are my great x5 grandfathers.Im looking for the Scott family who are also related to the Mayo family.

[@yvonnedavis2117]

Joseph Mayo, a family member as well was also born in Powatan, VA.

[@yvonnedavis2117]

Didn't mention the name Walton, but my father was Walton born in VA as well !

[@venturesoutside-ht8sm]

Cumberland Va Walton’s

[@yvonnedavis2117]

True, there are some Waltons in Cumberland also other of my family as well, Davenports is one.

[@yvonnedavis2117]

Some of my family are Mayo's from Powhatan, VA

[@nancysheplor502]

Our ancestors are Duffs and Greenes and Doss (or Dawes.) We have ancestors buried in Goochland. Want to visit and research some day.

[@JCBrown-dz9cb]

My husband has all these names on tree

[@scott236]

I'm told I'm related to Abraham Childers who lived along the james River in the 1600s. I keep seeing Childers family in Henrico VA. Mine would have ended up in NC.

[@diarmuidbuckley6638]

I trust you know we had President Childers in Ireland in 1970s. His father wrote a spy novel and was executed in 1920 or so.

[@scott236]

@@diarmuidbuckley6638 I heard of him

[@piedmonttrails]

I have a large Childers surname file in the Attic. I encourage you to email me or use the contact form on the website. piedmonttrails.com/ Enjoy your journey to the past !!

[@JCBrown-dz9cb]

MY FAMILY TREE SURNAMES,PALMER,TANNER,MARTIN,FLEMING,BROWN,MONTGOMERY DOSS,REED

[@virginiasmart2937]

My grandpa Dedmon said they owned a plantation in Virginia but I can't find anything about it. He had a brother Kelly and Oliver Dedmon . Can anyone help?

[@raspeight22]

Francis Speight, do you have any information on him?

[@piedmonttrails]

I do have a Speight Family file here at the Attic. Please contact me either by email or using the website contact form for more details. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

[@tltuttle2613]

I have a William Byrd/Bird and Nancy Wright on the James River

[@KevinGSmith-mi8js]

Colonel Evelyn William Byrd the 1st and his son Colonel Evelyn William ( The Black Swan) the 2nd of Westover Virginia.

[@piedmonttrails]

That's great!! We will have another presentation about these early families coming up soon. Enjoy your journey to the past!

[@KevinGSmith-mi8js]

@@piedmonttrails Which ones?

[@piedmonttrails]

@@KevinGSmith-mi8js We will expand our coverage along the James River and into the Shenandoah Valley during the same timeframe; 1730 to 1740. I'm planning on the May Live Stream, scheduled for May 28th. Will keep you posted!

[@KevinGSmith-mi8js]

Wright is another family i have! We are possibly related to 7 different former Presidents

[@ScottWhitby-i5y]

how do i find out if im related to Richard Whitby on Hog island in 1623

[@piedmonttrails]

Hi @user-wt6jw5ct3c, if you need some research tips on researching the 17th century, join me live this Sunday @ 7:30 pm eastern. We will discuss researching genealogy and how things have changed so much during the past ten years. Bring a friend! Looking forward to seeing you there.

[@sharoncrawford7192]

My great grandparents came from Virginia to Ohio. Theyre name was Phillips.

[@SandfordSmythe]

Are you aware of the Phillips DNA site? Especially good if you have a male member of your family with the direct Philips blood line.

[@abelincoln3261]

New Sub here/. I've studied old maps, historical trails, early colonial settlements, water ways, ferries... etc... I have a ton of maps docs etc.. that may be of interest to the channel.

[@piedmonttrails]

Sounds great!

[@cooperjdcox49]

How about Cox, Taliaferro, Cary, Cocke? In 1730-50

[@piedmonttrails]

Hi Cooper JD Cox and Thanks for the question. I'm happy to look through my records for the surnames you mentioned. Could you please provide a few more details about your ancestors and if you already have documentation that they were in the area during that time, that would be great to share with me.

[@cooperjdcox49]

@@piedmonttrails William Cox 1598-1646 Jamestown Death 9th great-grandfather Henry Cox 1651-1695 Son of William Cox William Cox 1688- Essex Virginia Son of Henry Cox William Richardson Cox Sr 1701-1751 Son of William Cox Cary Cox Sr 1736-1814 Son of William Richardson Cox Sr Orange Virginia William Cox 1761-1848 Son of Cary Cox Sr Cary Cox 1814-1896 Son of William Cox

[@_S.D._]

Part of my MamMaws family originated in Charles City in 1610 with my 9th GGM Jane 'The Elder' Gibson (Gipson), a mixed (the records say dark mulatto) free woman. She was a midwife. One of my 7th GGF is a John Smith 🤔. I gotta do more digging. I have the surname Lewis is as well.

[@triedntrueiam]

The Gibson's lived close to the Smith's in one of my census searches. I have Smith, Looney, Hayes, and King ancestry. It's like a rainbow coalition. My people are mulatto or black, depending on who filled out the paperwork. But, a good portion of my extended family do not look like me. 😂 Good luck on your search. I have more to accomplish as well.

[@deborahlester4018]

Gipson was a common melungeon name.

[@jerrykeeton6607]

Thurston James , John James . Thurston Family connected to Martin's Hundred .

[@benjaminlewis671]

12:25 this is what I am here for!!!

[@tinacloud5888]

Blankenship, White,Reed, Wylie an many more.

[@JCBrown-dz9cb]

I have white and Reed just discovered a woman serial killer IS my 3rd cousin her name is Reed

[@anitashirley4886]

Have you ever heard of the Tuckahoe Dutch? It was actually written on an old census for one of my family lines

[@piedmonttrails]

That name does not sound familiar to me. But you now have my curiosity. I'll see what I have on hand in my files.

[@anitashirley4886]

@@piedmonttrails Thank you! I think the Dutch probably refers to the German, but can't figure out Tuckahoe. Also, have you ever run across the names Thomas and Margaret Shirley in NC around 1800 to 1810? My ancestor Noah Shirley was born around 1809 in NC or TN. The Shirley's we're in White county,TN by 1810. I'm having a real problem figuring out who his parents were. If I can find that out it will solve a question for 4 Shirley family lines/ cousins. Thanks for your input!!! Anita Shirley

[@anitashirley4886]

Do you have any suggestions for sorting out a group of people by the same last names into accurate family groups? I have a group of about 12 Shirley family members in White County TN 1810-1830s. They are all over the court records, but because of the time period I can't determine each of their ages or who goes in what family. Also, do you have any suggestions for accessing records for Sequatchie Valley,TN, 1825-1854? Thanks!!

[@anitashirley4886]

I think my Shirley family line could be from Thomas Shirley and Betsy Dearing Shirley married in Rutherford County,NC June7,1798. Have you ever run across this family or Shirley's from NC in that time period? Also my Belcher/Rogers lines were the lines listed as Tuckahoe Dutch. Thanks for your broadcast!! Anita Shirley

[@landonedwards7504]

Tuckahoe was a term (and still used in VA today) that referred to people of English ancestry who inhabited the area east of the Blue Ridge. Their counterparts were called Cohees, chiefly Germans and Scotch-Irish, who inhabited the mountains and valley to the west. Most likely a "Tuckahoe Dutch" refers to a German or Dutch person who migrated into VA along the coast. Or came into Jamestown or Norfolk by boat, and inland from there. The current use of "Tuckahoe" in VA is more of a place name than anything, and doesn't refer to a person's origin. The only reason I know this is because I grew up in the Tuckahoe district of Henrico County.

[@melindalehan2060]

mom left historical papers on Va. at chesterfield historical library near chesterfield courthouse, donated by Sue Hughes

[@piedmonttrails]

That's wonderful!!

[@khamesha8579]

Hi. My Great grandfather is James Craddock, my great great great is Richard Craddock. I have documentation of James coming in from Liverpool England during 1800's. Does anyone have any info? Amelia, Henrico Virginia. I appreciate it.

[@piedmonttrails]

I have a large Craddock family file in the Attic. Please email me or use the contact form on the website. piedmonttrails.com/

[@Codkillshot730]

I have family from berkley preston albermale and hampshire

[@abelincoln3261]

I believe there's the issue of the first lands that were granted to The Lords Proprietors then I think around 1712 to 1729 when the King made some cash payments to them.. anyway... I find few aware of these facts... Of how the land was granted first then retaken then granted again.. during the early colonial times.. In 1629, King Charles I granted Sir Robert Heath (the attorney general) the southern half of the English land in the New World between 36 degrees and 31 degrees north latitude from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The land was named "Province of Carolina" or land of Charles. Sir Robert's attempts at settlement failed and in 1645, during the English Civil War, he was stripped of all of his possessions as a Royalist supporter of the King. In 1663, eight members of the English …

[@mechellturner3915]

descent. I am a Woodson Descendant. four de 100 is Woodson. he was a doctor/surgeon.

[@jerrykeeton6607]

You are probably kin to Jesse James . Have You researched that lineage ?

[@mechellturner3915]

@@jerrykeeton6607 yes I have, also kin to dolley payne madison, and yes o many cousins married together, Jese is on my dad's side,

[@rebeccacurry3647]

Me too! Through a great grandmother Elizabeth Woodson Lewis who had a daughter named Mourning which in turn married a great grandfather of mine Col Robert Adams. I've heard of a Jesse James connection since childhood but thought it could just be talk. Anyway, hello cousin!

[@DenardPatterson-re4ym]

I'm a descendant of Doll Heath owned by Adam Heath 1695 Surry colonial Virginia South of James River.

[@Realalma]

Capt. Newport was my 12th GG father.

[@piedmonttrails]

WOW, Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@dennisthurman2070]

My ancestors were Monacan, Cherokee and German, Irish....surnames of Thurman, johns,Mason,palmer,Doss,Tanner,brown ,almond the list is endless

[@tmr3513]

Did you know the first meeting of the House of Burgess was to bring to trial an indentured man accused of getting a servant pregnant? He was found guilty but nothing could be done because there was no one to bring punishment. He was my ancestor by the way...

[@drose1526]

Let the one without sin cast the first stone????? (Jesus in Bible) I"m glad nobody threw stones at your ancestors. What a story to pass along!

[@piedmonttrails]

Yes, I did know that. Our history is amazing isn't it? So, the servant was your ancestor. That is fascinating!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@patriciajrs46]

Wow! Isn't it interesting how the lives of our ancestors intertwined and branched out?

[@mpaige7081]

I want to know more about the Slaves who took the Martin surname from Rockingham Co NC

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

Martin on my Ancestry DNA, he settled South Louisiana

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

My ancestors were slaves in VA in the early 1700, no clue to their names , I have to check my Ancestry DNA

[@lindas5511]

My family the Ash(e) family lived in the area of The Isle of Wight Va during this period. They were free people of color and lived in the area until they left for Ohio sometime after 1830 living there by the 1840 census, There was a community of Free people of color living also in Northampton Carolina Colony. In records their race is referred to as Mulatto (African/ White European mix) or in one case I found information that said they were free people because their mother (Grandmother) was a free native american and their father was an enslaved African. Children took their status from their mother which would mean they were born free. According to DNA 2% of my DNA from this line is Native American.

[@clawhammer704]

@@AnnetteTurner-b2w in the 1840 census it just listed the head of household full name. It only listed how many males and females in each family. It’s very hard to trace from those years back unless someone’s got good evidence of records. Like my family that where things stop. Iv looked for over thirty years. Got several different hints for several directions but no solid evidence to pin down. I so wished I had listened my great grandfather and mother who knew these old people who told them but I was not intrigued at that time.

[@plantagenetsurvivor8771]

John Lynch started a fairy service on the James River. Lynchburg, VA is named for him.

[@patriciajrs46]

Did you know that it's actually spelled ferry? Your spelling is used for Tinkerbell. Just letting you know.

[@janicenash8382]

Looking for surname Cox and Acock Aycock, Harrington, Haney, Beaver ❤

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

Any Collins out there???

[@joykendrick6156]

My family

[@joykendrick6156]

John Collins, Shannon Collins, Sandra Collins Crnojevich. Lyle Collins, Liam Collins, Brittany Collins.

[@lindasheldon757]

Any info on Benjamin Lewis?

[@piedmonttrails]

Hi Lindasheldon757, are you on our family files list? If not, please email us at [e-mail] for more details about our Attic Family Files.

[@LSAMace]

is there any books written on this Jacob Stover?

[@piedmonttrails]

Hi Thomas, I don't of any books written solely about Jacob Stover, but many do contain information about him.

[@LSAMace]

@@piedmonttrails to I am looking for his son Abraham. He bought land on cub run, and owned land In south Rockingham. I can't find him in Augusta orange . Abraham stover b. 1720 oley berks, where Jacob stover was from.i can find his brother in old lunenburg and Brunswick. Otherwise Abram is a ghost. Any tips?

[@piedmonttrails]

@@LSAMace I don't know any tips right off the top of my head for now. But please allow me the time to pull my Stover Family files during the next few weeks and may-be I will have the answers or a few leads to share with you.

[@LSAMace]

@@piedmonttrails Do you have a way to send you an excel file, I am making a very long timeline on Jacob Stover and his kids

[@buccaneersfan7948]

I just started following you.

[@piedmonttrails]

Thanks for subscribing to the channel. Welcome to Piedmont Trails.

[@buccaneersfan7948]

@@piedmonttrails Thank you. Keep up the great work.

[@debbiehall7016]

I wish you had names from 1683 (on a 4 year indentured) -1709 (Stansall/Stancil) :-)

[@piedmonttrails]

We may have them in our files. Have you checked our website yet. We update the names for the indentured servants as often as possible. I'll include the link here for you. piedmonttrails.com/colonial-indentured-servants-project/

[@joykendrick6156]

My descendants Godfrey Ragsdale. My grandmother father was Charles Alfred Ragsdale.

[@haroldharwell7078]

I had a Great Uncle Ragsdale , he was named for one of our forefathers. As the story goes (in my mother's family) he was a Colonel in the Continental Army, family lore says , he traveled with his family to George Washington's inauguration. I wonder, is their any connection?.

[@joykendrick6156]

I'm related to George Washington

[@barbpearson9198]

Robert Looney was my 7G grandfather!

[@piedmonttrails]

Wonderful!

[@ilm-pd9hg]

Robert and Elizabeth are my ancestors as well

[@SarumChoirmaster]

Any info on a James Knott or Nott?

[@piedmonttrails]

Yes, I have a Nott/Knott family files that is fairly large here at the Attic. Please email me or use the contact form on the website for information. piedmonttrails.com/

[@abelincoln3261]

In early colonial times the use of the long S was popular ( f ) often being taken for an actual F thus many names including sir names may have been mistakenly written or copied.. Causing serious confusion when it comes to attempting to carry out a genealogical study! If one reads old maps for example, they will note the use of many long S uses... within the mapping world. Another issue concerns the little known fact that few could write and read during the colonial period, especially those who were sent on Convict Ships, Hulks... etc... So when they gave their names to be added to the ship's manifest ( rolls ) their names would be written incorrectly.. thus their actual names ( correct spellings and or annunciations ) were often lost forever!

[@piedmonttrails]

Thanks for sharing! Enjoy your journey to the past!

[@anniebieb]

@@piedmonttrails the added S causes a lot of long hours trying to find the correct family. My last name is Bower and family members added an S sometimes and sometimes not. Other writers also added the S. Good luck keeping it straight.

[@piedmonttrails]

@@anniebieb I completely agree with you! For the Bower Family file I have here at the attic actually contains four separate files. Bauer, Bower, Bowers, and Bauers. Many of these families intertwine with one another and I have group sheets with notes attached to these individuals to show me the complete family even though the material may be in a different folder.

[@sammott8557]

Tku for explaining about the long S. I hadn't known why the "f" in my family name of Gosney, which in older documents especially overseas is spelt as Gofney. So was it pronounced "Gossney"?

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

Any Mc Curdys out there??

[@lorireel8582]

Family Surname Chaney and Reel (spelled different I am almost certain)

[@vickipitts3895]

Have you ever come across the Wasdin family?

[@piedmonttrails]

I checked my files and this is one surname I don't have listed. Can you tell me more about them? For instance, location and time period?

[@vickipitts3895]

As far as I know, my father was born in Georgia. We found some Wasdins in Virginia and Alabama. My dad said that he had some relatives that fought in the Revolutionary War.. My best guess, maybe they came to Virginia around late 1600 or early 1700. I really do not know. Some are Wasdin and some are Wasden but the belief is they are all related.

[@piedmonttrails]

@@vickipitts3895 Very interesting because I've looked through my sources here and don't see anything regarding that name in Virginia. I will tell you that recently I've been researching the Westin name in the Shenandoah Valley area circa 1728. Is it possible that this name coincides with Wasdin? Hmmm. You have my curiosity and now I'm on the search. 🤔I've looked through my AR soldiers listing and found nothing. I've looked through my British soldier listing and found nothing. I have found one David Wasdin living in North Carolina in 1820. He appears to be over forty years of age. By the mid 19th-century, I find dozens of Wasdin family members living in Georgia and Alabama.

[@vickipitts3895]

They do seem to be mostly in Georgia and Alabama With some scattered into Florida. My dad was born in Colquit Georgia. Robert Lamar Wasdin 1931 to. Oscar Wasdin and Debbie Houston

[@BeverlyKarim]

My Roden-Rhoaden family left Calvert County to the Shenandoah Valley before moving to South Carolina.

[@micahthacker725]

Where actually is Goochland, Virginia?

[@piedmonttrails]

Hi Micha, Goochland was established as a county in Virginia during 1728. The community of Goochland became the county seat and is located just north of the James River. Tons of history in this immediate area.

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

My ancestors were bought thete from Africa in the 1700s.

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

From Virginia to Louisiana between Lake Bourge & Donal 26:38 d son Ville.

[@Alexandria.Washington]

Prove they are from Africa.

[@randyvester4199]

I had Joyner's in that area

[@robertvansel7041]

I know my family started in Virginia the name is Wensel or Vancil

[@debbiehall7016]

My ancestor was Stancil! :-)

[@anniebieb]

Family of Harlan, Gist, Howard, Jones, Bower, Jordan, Anderson. Family tree: Bower-Jordan

[@anniebieb]

Also Chenoweth

[@anniebieb]

Yes. Thank you for reminding me of my great grandmother's lineage.

[@chriseggleston7573]

Ward's Plantation

[@SherryHill-k5y]

Anyone with surnames of Graham, Pinson orVandal?

[@genniferwalker6277]

Is walker in there

[@AnnetteTurner-b2w]

Walker is on my Ancestry DNA

[@michealferrell1677]

And Ferrells

[@mechellturner3915]

Woodso'n's and their descendants

[@chrisculpen9205]

My Middle Name is Rives my family name. 13 removed descendant of Pocahontas.

[@deborahlester4018]

They say there are about half a million Pocahontas descendants. Hey cuz!