In 2015 I visited Jamestown, Virginia, and was particularly interested in the first inhabitants of the town. I found this list while I was there. At the time I was looking into Samuel Jordan, who is not on this list and turns out to be a later resident of the town, and who also turns …
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My ancestor, Edward Jordan, secured a grant for 654 acres of land along Couches Creek in the newly formed Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1748. In 1720, Thomas Couch, Sr., received a land grant in Brunswick County (now Lunenburg County, formed in 1746) along what is known today as Couches Creek. Couches Creek Zip code: 23952 …
My Smith ancestors left Virginia in the 1820s, probably traveling along the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap to Tennessee. Here are some sources I’ve gathered while I’m learning about their journey. Images Sources: Florida Center for Instructional Technology at http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/ Library of Congress at https://www.loc.gov/ “Cumberland Gap and Heights, Tenn., from the Kentucky side. …
The following information is available thanks to Teresa Kelley: Stevensburg Baptist Church, founded October 23, 1833, in Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia. Tombstone Inscriptions The following tombstone inscriptions were made on 26 April 1997 and 10 May 1997. Only two stones could not be read: one because it was completely worn off; and the other because …
From Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia by Bishop Meade. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1857, Volume 2, pages 9-13. Article XLVI Antrim Parish, Halifax County When Halifax county was divided from Lunenburg, in 1752, it comprehended all that is now Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin, and Patrick. Antrim parish was coextensive with the county. At …