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research of the Childers surname.
Thank you
Bob Sanders
Childers surname list administrator
I have enjoyed this mailing lists myself, and I have found family through
it, so I am very pleased with it.
yes, you have to weed out the ones that are no interest or no connection,
but when you are searching for past information you do the same at library's
or other places
Sorry you don't feel this is informative enough for you, I don't see the
purpose of posting what you did, tp try to upset the ones who do enjoy it.
Dottie Childers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Thornhill" <thlbill(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <childers(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CHILDERS] CHILDERS Julia Margaret HUDSON 1921 2007 wife ofRoyC
Childers
> Sorry, I dont agree with you. Tfor2 is hosted on Rootsweb freepages just
> as
> this mailing list and the message boards are hosted by Rootsweb. If I was
> searching for someone on either one and one of these t42postings turned
> up:
> I would be pleased. The mailing list is a place I can check all three in
> one go as well as keep track of the message boards and mailing list, that
> interest me, with my e-mail program.
> Bill Thornhill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara King" <barbaraking2000(a)sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com>; <childers(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHILDERS] CHILDERS Julia Margaret HUDSON 1921 2007 wife of
> RoyC Childers
>
>
>>I don't know about everyone else, but I find these posts really
>>aggravating.
>> The "you've got mail" jingle comes on and I see there's a post to one of
>> my
>> mailing lists. Wow! you never know what might come in on that name you've
>> been researching. When it turns out to be a plug for tea for 2 and I'm
>> always disappointed. It seems like an intrusion to me. They aren't
>> researching, they aren't answering a question, they aren't asking one.
>> The're just wasting my time.
>>
>> Besides that, it appears to be useless duplication of another site. It
>> wastes space and time.
>>
>> Am I the only one who is bothered by this practice?
>>
>> Barbara King
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: childers-bounces(a)rootsweb.com
>> [mailto:childers-bounces@rootsweb.com]
>> On Behalf Of gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:11 PM
>> To: CHILDERS-L(a)rootsweb.com
>> Subject: [CHILDERS] CHILDERS Julia Margaret HUDSON 1921 2007 wife of Roy
>> C
>> Childers
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>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
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>> Author: t42chinns_dentoncotx
>> Surnames: CHILDERS
>> Classification: cemetery
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>> http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.childers/1872/mb.ashx
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>> Message Board Post:
>>
>> CHILDERS Julia Margaret HUDSON 1921 2007 wife of Roy C Childers
>>
>> DavidStrickland photographed this gravestone in the Chinn's Chapel
>> Cemetery,
>> Denton Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal
>> records. This is one of the 212,305 cemetery photos free at
>> http://teafor2.com
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>> If you know more about this person please reply here instead of
>> contacting
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Author: t42chinns_dentoncotx
Surnames: CHILDERS
Classification: cemetery
Message Board URL:
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CHILDERS Julia Margaret HUDSON 1921 2007 wife of Roy C Childers
DavidStrickland photographed this gravestone in the Chinn's Chapel Cemetery, Denton Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 212,305 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com
If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.
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I don't know about everyone else, but I find these posts really aggravating.
The "you've got mail" jingle comes on and I see there's a post to one of my
mailing lists. Wow! you never know what might come in on that name you've
been researching. When it turns out to be a plug for tea for 2 and I'm
always disappointed. It seems like an intrusion to me. They aren't
researching, they aren't answering a question, they aren't asking one.
The're just wasting my time.
Besides that, it appears to be useless duplication of another site. It
wastes space and time.
Am I the only one who is bothered by this practice?
Barbara King
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:11 PM
To: CHILDERS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CHILDERS] CHILDERS Julia Margaret HUDSON 1921 2007 wife of Roy C
Childers
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Author: t42chinns_dentoncotx
Surnames: CHILDERS
Classification: cemetery
Message Board URL:
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Message Board Post:
CHILDERS Julia Margaret HUDSON 1921 2007 wife of Roy C Childers
DavidStrickland photographed this gravestone in the Chinn's Chapel Cemetery,
Denton Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal
records. This is one of the 212,305 cemetery photos free at
http://teafor2.com
If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting
me because this is most likely not my family.
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Author: kdmanring
Surnames: Childers
Classification: queries
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Seeking information on the family of John A. Childers who was married to Sarah Ann White, both buried in McFall cemetery, Mcfall Missouri. Did they have 2 children who died in childhood/infancy? Davis childers (1871-75), Lucy T. Childers (infant child). These children are buried at Fairview Cemetery/Fairview Church, outside of Mcfall Missouri. Would like to determine their parentage. I have family buried in the plot next to these children. Choose the spot in part because I share childers/childress heritage. If you aren't comfortable posting on the board contact me by email. Kelly.Manring(a)davita.com
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Author: eatmorefish64
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Greetings: I did the original post here way back when and by chance found your recent posting. My email is eatmorefish64(a)yahoo.com
I am intrigued by your picture of Henry Patrick's (CHILDERS) wife. Her name was Mary K "Sis" BUSE. I would love to get a copy if I could........ :)
My Treasvant CHILDERS data is general only and I am not a descendant of that line.
Treasvant CHILDERS: Enlisted in Captain William H Fowler's Battery of Alabama Light Artillery at Tuscaloosa, Alabama on 1 March 1862. Participated in the bombardment of Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines near Pensacola, Florida after the confederates lost the positions. Other engagements included Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in Nashville Tennessee. Stationed in Mobile at wars end. His group surrendered to Federal forces at Citronelle, Alabama one month after the surrender of Robert E. Lee.E
Old saved posting: http://www.geocities.com/m_backus/Alabama_Ancestor_files/ Treasvant "Tris" D. Childers migrated to Arkansas sometime between the years 1870 and 1880. He was probably accompanied by his wife Emma, her brother William Scott McShan, her sister, Sarah and brother-in-law, George Seaton. Treasvant was born on May 28, 1835, probably on his family's plantation in Greene County, Alabama. He was the fourth child (and third son) of seven children born to Jonathan and Sarah Childers. Both parents, originally from South Carolina, moved to Alabama shortly after their marriage in 1830. It is thought that he was named after a local Greene County physician, Treasvant de Graffenreid, also originally from Chester District, South Carolina (the home district of Sarah Childers). Although this part of Alabama was occupied by Indians, soon after their removal many members of Jonathan's family moved to the newly opened lands of west central Alabama. So obscure were the boundaries!
that some members of Jonathan's family thinking they were settling in Alabama, actually settled in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Treasvant lived on the family plantation until 1862 with his family. His family consisted: Husband: JONATHAN CHILDERS Born: 31 Aug 1804 at South Carolina Married: Died: 12 Jan 1861 at Alabama Father: JOHN CHILDERS Mother: MARY GARRETT Jonathan Childers born 31 Aug 1804 SC died 12 Jan 1861 AL Williams Cemetary, West Greene, Alabama 16 May 1993 Several of his brothers and their families are buried in the same cemetary, but I don't have photographs. I have photos of the headstones of Jonathan and Sarah's daughters. Two of their sons died in Virginia in the war, and the youngest son (my GG Grandfather) is buried in Arkansas
Some Grant notes on our CHILDERS line:
....... ..The next main line of Childers within the Y-DNA test group was Celtic. This is the group that our family line of CHILDERS is associated with. Most of these individuals trace their ancestry to the mid 1700s within the 13 English Colonies of North America. Within this Celtic group, one family connects their Childress ancestry back to Scotland. The possible implications to our family will be revealed a little later.
Gary Childress, administrator of the Association, traces his ancestry to John Childress, who was born 1759 in Albemarle County Virginia. This John Childress of Albemarle County married Elizabeth Lindsay. The father, grandfather, great grandfather, and others of this John Childress of Albemarle County arrived in Virginia in early 1745. Some land patents from these families survived and are recorded on 24 March 1745. Gary Childress of the Association discovered in his research that the ship Jenny set sail from Glennock, Scotland in November of 1744. The ship docked one more time in Wales before making a 6-week Atlantic crossing to Virginia. The descendants of this family group that immigrated to the New World of English controlled Virginia "were adamant that their Childress families on that 1745 voyage were Scottish, not Irish, and not Scots-Irish." As of today, this line of Childress is considered Scottish with roots in the Edinburgh area of Scotland.
So, what does this mean to the family line of Freeman Cratus CHILDERS? Gary Childress, administrator of the Childers ~ Childress Association, recognizes some similarities between his Scottish branch of Childress as represented by John Childress of 1759 Albemarle County, and of our Freeman Cratus Childers family that traces back to Jonathan Childers born about 1750. The connection is not close, but current study of Y-DNA comparisons suggests that both of these distinct families may have shared a common ancestor as much as 850 years ago. Since the John Childress of 1759 birth is considered Scottish, then so may we now consider that our own Jonathan Childers of around 1750 birth is also of "possible" Scottish decent. This link to Scotland is weak, but remains the most solid clue to the origins of our CHILDERS family name as channeled through Freeman Cratus CHILDERS.
Without Y-DNA testing, I would have concluded that we descended some how through Abraham Childers of the 1600s. With Y-DNA testing, we now know that is not the case. Through Y-DNA testing and sharing of information, we know our line of CHILDERS is Celtic and that these Celtic Childers / Childress families immigrated to the 13 English controlled Colonies in the 1700s. Without being part of the Childers ~ Childress Association, I would have concluded that our CHILDERS line was "Scots Irish" which takes on a history of its own. With the Y-DNA testing and distant connections to another family line, we can now perceive a possible direct connection to Scotland. This is a significant breakthrough that may yet be fully clarified one day.
Conclusions to the Origins of our CHILDERS Line:
Variations of this family name include CHILDERS, CHILDRESS, CHILDRES, CHILDREY, CHILDRE, and CHILDRAY. Pronunciations of the same spellings are sometimes different. The Freeman Cratus CHILDERS family pronounces their name as "Chill-ders" while other localities might pronounce theirs as "Child-ers". Per the DNA evidence presented so far and the current feedback of that data, our family line of CHILDERS is possibly associated with Scottish Childress families of 850 years ago. The date of this time period would be 1150 AD. From 1150 AD in Scotland to around 1750 when Jonathan CHILDERS was born in Virginia, spans 600 years. The 600 years of span between those two dates divided by an average of 30 years per generation equates to 20 generations of our CHILDERS clan. From Jonathan CHILDERS of around 1750 to that of Freeman Cratus CHILDERS of 1915 birth totals six more generations that span 165 years. This 165-year span divided by six generations equates to 27.5 years per generatio!
n. From here, we jump from our most solid origins to date to that of Jonathan CHILDERS of around 1750, our oldest named CHILDERS ancestor in our family tree. Or do we?
Scots Irish Roots, still a possible path of our CHILDERS Family Line
The prior section defined a possible Y-DNA link to Scotland around the time of 850 years ago to about 1150 AD. Our family name of CHILDERS would not appear in North America for another 600 or so years totaling about 20 generations. A lot can happen in 600 years.
In the early 1600s, England took control of Northern Ireland and created a huge plantation in what became known as Ulster. The native Irish families were displaced and protestant emigrants were encouraged to enter. Some English families did come, but the majority of the immigrants came from the Scottish lowlands about 30 miles away across the sea. These Scots jumped at the opportunity to improve their lives. They also refused to drop their Presbyterian faith in place of the Church of England as England was pressing them to do. The Scots and the Irish were essentially the same people, but both had gone in different religious ways. After several generations in Northern Ireland, these Scots were no longer true Scots, and they weren't Irish either. They became known as Ulstermen and would later be described as "Scots-Irish".
The CHILDERS sir name has no direct association with Scots Irish sir names of the 1700s that I could find, but I have seen postings on the Internet from others that state their CHILDERS sir name was Scots Irish. They further speculate that the CHILDERS sir name of today was spelled totally different in Gaelic (Scots) and point to the Gaelic "til" as having the "chill" sound. They are basically suggesting that the current CHILDERS and CHILDRESS sir names in America represent the English spelling equivalent of what ever their sir names were in North Ireland.
History of Fairfield County, South Carolina
The origin of the name Fairfield is not known, but local legend attributes it to a remark by Lord Cornwallis about the "fair fields" of the area. The county was formed in 1785 as a part of Camden District. The town of Winnsboro, which was settled around 1755, is the county seat. Fairfield County lies between the upcountry and the lowcountry areas of the state, and it was settled both by Scotch-Irish immigrants from colonies to the north and by English and French Huguenot planters from the lowcountry. In the colonial period this area was a center for the Regulator movement, which sought to bring law and order to the backcountry.
Within the Jonathan CHILDERS section that follows next, he is shown as purchasing land from a James BLAIN and later having the property sold to a Robert BRICE. These BLAIN and BRICE sirnames are both traced by to Northern Ireland. Our Jonathan CHILDERS of no documented birth date, location, and ancestry is shown existing in a community of neighbors whose indicated origins point to North Ireland. When combined with known history, these people are referred to as Scots Irish. From the facts of association, our John "Jonathan" CHILDERS was also likely of Scots Irish roots.
Final Conclusion on the Origins of the CHILDERS Sir name
The origins remain elusive with no solid documentation back to Ireland, Scotland, or England. DNA testing reveals Celtic origins and possible connections to Scotland 850 years ago. The oldest named CHILDERS in this family tree seemingly appears from thin air into a 1805 land purchase in Fairfield County, South Carolina. His neighbors, as per land purchases and later sells, are all documented as Scots Irish. Without new clues, I conclude that our John "Jonathan" CHILDERS was also Scots Irish.
.............. By all accounts, the John CHILDERS family should be in the South Carolina 1800 census, but they have yet to be identified. This suggests that the right county has not been searched, the records have not survived, or that the John CHILDERS family was staying with another family during this time. The early census only listed the names of the head of households before listing the number of people in the house. Solving where the John CHILDERS family was in 1800 may one day help solve the puzzle of our CHILDERS past.
Fairfield County land purchase, 1805
Fairfield County, South Carolina was settled in part by a strong Scots Irish contention and this is where John CHILDERS makes his first recognized documented appearance. Per the Fairfield County Deed Book "U", page 204, John CHILDERS agrees to purchase a 200-acre plantation located at the South Fork of the Little River. This land had originally been granted to Nathan Arterbury in 1786 and was now in the possession of James BLAIN. James BLAIN was of documented Scots Irish decent. The plantation cost John CHILDERS three hundred dollars. The land purchase was signed December 11, 1805.
Jumble of prior thoughts on the subject.
I would love to get a picture of Mary K "Sis" BUSE. :)
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The 1900 and 1910 Federal Censuses in Kentucky show Minnie CHILDERS (b. 1898) as a child of Charley and Millie CHILDERS. It appears Myrtle GOSE was Charley's 2nd wife.
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you are right I looked at the wrong birth/Death info for Minnie Childers. She was actualy B.18 Feb 1898 in pike,ky and Died Jun 1981 in lawrence ky.
Thankyou for bringing that to my attention.
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This is not my CHILDERS line, but I did a quick search to see what I could find for you. A very interesting result popped up! I found a Charley CHILDERS b. 20 Oct 1870 and died 5 Nov 1940 in Lawrence KY. The death record stated his wife was Myrtle GOSE. His father was James CHILDERS and mother listed as Elizabeth HEARLD. How is this possible that they would have the same birth and death dates? Perhaps you have crossed some facts.
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Looking for info on the mother of Minnie Childers B.20 Oct 1870 D.05 Nov 1940 in lawrence,ky
She married Ora Blackburn also from Pike,ky
I have found census reports of her listing two diffrent mothers. a myrtle Goose and a Millie Thompson. I have not been able to locate a birth record for her.
Does anyone know for sure which is her actual birth mother?
Any help will be gladly appreciated.
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This came to me via another ROOTS WEB site thought it might be of some
interest to some of my fellow Childers/Childress
Several Virginia counties, most of them in the eastern part of the state,
have suffered tremendous loss of their early records during the intense
military activity that occurred during the Civil War, and others lost
records
in fires. At some point, almost everyone conducting genealogical or
historical research will face the problem of finding information from a
so-called
"Burned Record county."
If you are working with a county that has suffered a loss of court
records, you must devote all your genealogical energy and historical
knowledge to
the project. First, survey any extant records as well as all existing
indexes; second, read every surviving record page by page; third, consult
the
records of the surrounding counties; finally, seek out other types of
records,
such as church, business, private, and government documents. Previously
lost records are still turning up; some are returned by descendants of
Union
soldiers who took souvenirs. As new information surfaces from the counties
and independent cities, and “new” records are discovered, the beginning
dates of record categories may change.
Within the colonial period, the major source available are the patents
that were recorded in the Secretary's Office between 1623 and 1774.
Determine
also if any church records are extant for the county of your interest. A
few more resources are available during the statehood period.
Title to virgin land issued from the governor in a record now called a
grant; petitions to the legislature date from 1775 into the 1850s; tax
records, both land and personal, date from 1782 into the twentieth
century;
militia fines date from 1795 to 1860.
Researchers should also consult the federal census schedules that were
taken every ten years and for Virginia survive from 1810 onward,
excepting
1890, which was almost entirely burned. Realize, however, that most of
these
records are simply lists and do not give family information. The record
can
locate a particular name within a specific county.
Burned record counties might be grouped into three basic categories:
Hopeless, Almost Hopeless, and Difficult.
Included in the Hopeless category are:
Appomattox: created in 1845, county court records were destroyed by fire
in 1892.
Buchanan: created in 1858, county court records were destroyed by fire in
1885; records created after that date suffered extreme damage in a flood
in
1977. A few re-recorded deeds exist.
Buckingham: created in 1761, county court records were destroyed by fire
in 1869. One plat book survived and some wills and deeds were later
recorded.
Dinwiddie: created in 1752, county court records prior to 1833 were
destroyed in 1865. One plat book, one order book, and one judgment book
survive.
Henrico: created in 1634 as an original shire, all county court records
prior to 1655 and almost all prior to 1677 are missing; additionally,
many
isolated records were destroyed during the Revolutionary War, and almost
all
Circuit Court records were destroyed by fire in Richmond on 3 April 1865.
James City: created in 1634 as an original shire, all county court
records
were lost in 1865.
King and Queen: created in 1691, county court records were lost in fires
in 1828 and 1865. One plat book and three mid-nineteenth century Superior
Court record books survive.
Nansemond: created in 1652, county court records were destroyed in three
separate fires, the earliest of which consumed the house of the court
clerk
in April 1734 (where the records were kept at that time), and the last on
7
February 1866. A few fee books have been found in the records of Sussex
County.
New Kent: created in 1654, county court records were destroyed when John
Posey burned the courthouse on 15 July 1787, and records created after
that
date were lost to fire in 1865.
Warwick: created in 1643, county court records were destroyed at several
times with most destruction occurring during the Civil War. A seventeenth
century livestock registry, one order book, and one minute book from the
eighteenth century survive.
Included in the Almost Hopeless category are:
Prince George: created in 1703, most county court records were burned
during the Civil War. A few record books survived and, proving that there
is
always hope, the volume in which deeds and wills were recorded between
1710
and 1713 was found within the last decade.
Elizabeth City: created in 1634 as an original shire, records were
damaged
and/or destroyed during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the Civil
War. A few early deeds, wills, orders, and guardian's accounts survive.
Gloucester: created in 1651, all county court records were destroyed by
an
1820 fire, and most of the records created after that date were destroyed
in Richmond on 3 April 1865. Six minute books from the nineteenth century
and two surveyor's record books survive.
Hanover: created in 1721, most county court records were destroyed by
fire
in Richmond on 3 April 1865. A few isolated record books that were not
sent to Richmond and various scraps of loose papers survive.
Included in the Difficult category are Twenty-five other Virginia
counties
have suffered some loss of county court records, some to a greater degree
than others :
Albemarle: created in 1744, all order books except the first and all
loose
papers were destroyed in Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville in 1781.
Bland: created in 1861, all but a few record books and some chancery
papers were destroyed by fire in 1888.
Brunswick: created in 1732, the first pages of a number of early record
books damaged by time.
Caroline: created in 1728, most records prior to 1836 were destroyed
during the Civil War. Some deeds and wills are recorded in extant Chancery
Papers, and a considerable number of order books and loose papers survive.
Charles City: created in 1634 as an original shire, records have been
destroyed at various times. The most damage occurred during the Civil War
when
the records were strewn through woods in a rainstorm. Many fragments of
records exist, so many, in fact, that there is something for almost every
year.
Chesterfield: created in 1749, lost one marriage register and some loose
court papers during the Civil War.
Clarke: created in 1836, had pages cut from several record books during
the Civil War.
Craig: created in 1851, lost the first deed book and most of the loose
papers during the Civil War.
Fairfax: created in 1742, original wills and deeds as well as many other
loose papers were destroyed during the Civil War; deed books for
twenty-six
of the fifty-six years between 1763 and 1819 are missing.
Greene: created in 1838, lost the first deed book during the Civil War
when it was removed from the courthouse; no records were lost, but some
suffered extreme water damage in efforts to put out a fire in the 1970s.
King George: created in 1721, had one will book, an early marriage
register, and an order book "carried away during the Civil War." A few
years ago
the will book was deposited in the Virginia Historical Society.
King William: created in 1702, all county court records prior to 1885
(except for seventeen will books) were destroyed in a fire in that year.
Lee: created in 1793, lost the oldest marriage register in an 1863 fire.
Louisa: created in 1742, lost one order book in Richmond in 1865.
Mathews: created in 1791, all county court records were burned in
Richmond
on 3 April 1865. At least two bond books, one plat book, and a number of
fee books survive.
Northumberland: created in 1645, suffered some loss in a fire in the
clerk's office on 25 October 1710.
Nottoway: created in 1789, many county court records were destroyed or
heavily mutilated in 1865.
Prince William: created in 1731, many county court records have been
lost,
destroyed, or stolen at various times. Scattered years of deeds, wills,
and orders, as well as various bond books and a plat book, survive.
Richmond: created in 1692, has some record books damaged and mutilated
due
to unknown causes; additionally, the will books prior to 1699 were
missing
as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are also
missing.
Rockingham: created in 1778, many pre-Civil War records were lost during
the Valley Campaign of 1864. In an effort to safeguard the records, they
were loaded onto a wagon that was subsequently set afire by Union troops.
Records that were saved include: administrators, executors, and guardians
bonds.
Russell: created in 1786, the first marriage register and all loose files
were lost in a fire in the clerk's office in 1872.
Stafford: created in 1664, many pre-Civil War county court records were
lost to vandalism during the war. Scattered years of deeds, wills, and
orders
have survived as has an old General Index.
Surry: created in 1652, has lost deeds for 1835-1838 and order books for
1718-1741 and various other early record books are fragmentary. Court
house
fires in 1906 and 1922 did not result in loss of records which were then
housed in a separate clerk's office.
Washington: created in 1777, lost a minute book for the period 1787-1819
and many loose papers in a fire in the clerk's office on 15 December 1864.
Westmoreland: created in 1653, lost an order book for the period
1764-1776
to theft, and many loose papers were damaged during both the
Revolutionary
War and the Civil War.
Hello,
Is anyone doing research on a Stephen Childress of Augusta/Montgomery Co. VA? He was born ca. 1740s-50s or earlier, died 1815, married an Elizabeth (possibly Boling), and had 8 children: Elizabeth (married Robert Elliott); Boling; Andrew; William; Altha (married Jeremiah Richards); Jane (married Thomas Harrison); Nancy; and Jinny. Thanks, Mary