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"The Lost Records Localities Digital Collection consists of copies of records from counties or incorporated cities that suffered significant record loss due to a variety of reasons. The collection is divided into subcollections related to the localities which suffered record loss. The 'Source' of each item is listed, which tells the researcher the collection in which the original 'lost' record was found." The lost records are arranged by county: Ablemarel, Appomattox, Augusta, Botetourt, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, Charles City, Culpeper, Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City, Fairfax, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Mathews, Mecklenburg, Nansemond, Nottoway, Prince George, Prince William, Richmond City, Rockingham, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Warwick, Washington, Westmoreland, and Williamsburg. Documents include wills, deeds, and other miscellaneous papers. Each slave owner is listed first, followed by the date and type of document. The list of slaves follows and the new owner is listed if known. Surnames of the owner's children are indexed if noted in the document. Freed slaves are listed under Emancipated, which includes manumissions. Certificates of Freedom, Free Negro Registration, and Free Person of Color are also noted. Servants are included; counties without records are not included. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.

When one thinks of the American heroes of the Revolutionary War, the names Washington, Greene, Lee, Morgan, and even Arnold come to mind. Much has been written of these American patriots, and rightly so, but the attention these officers have long received has also obscured the contributions of many, many other patriots of the Revolutionary War. One such person is General William Woodford of Virginia, a man chosen by Virginia's leaders to command a regiment of Virginia regulars at the onset of war and who remained in service for over five years. William Woodford began his service in 1775 as colonel of the 2nd Virginia Regiment during which he and his men handily defeated Lord Dunmore's force of British regulars and runaway slaves at Great Bridge. Woodford was promoted to brigadier-general in 1777 and commanded Virginia troops at Brandywine (where he was wounded in the hand), Valley Forge, and Monmouth. On each of these occasions, along with countless smaller engagements, General Woodford and his men contributed significantly to the American cause. Their service came at great sacrifice, and as the war dragged on, Woodford's health declined. He remained in service, however, and when General Washington ordered the entire Virginia continental line to march to Charleston, South Carolina, to assist in the defense of that important town, Woodford led the troops. They arrived in April 1780, just in time to become trapped with the rest of the American garrison. A month of fruitless resistance against a far superior enemy force ended with the surrender of the entire American garrison. Five years of service culminated with captivity, first in South Carolina, during which Woodford's health declined precipitously, and then in New York, where he was sent in a desperate attempt to recover his health. Alas, it was not to be, and General Woodford joined the ranks of thousands of other patriots who paid the ultimate sacrifice for American independence. This book highlights William Woodford's service and sacrifice. An index to full-names, places and subjects; maps; and a bibliography add to the value of this work.

"His part was the grandest of any that was played."-Detective William Williams. This Thomas A. Jones work fills in many unknown aspects of the Booth-Herold escape account first exposed a century and a quarter ago. In late April 1865, journals coast to coast ran headlines about the assassins' flight following Lincoln's murder. And for decades following the United States press and authors end on end embellished and looked for new sensational angles to this story. Interest in this pivotal event continues to this day. In the Washington, D.C., area, a harbinger of spring each year is the hosted bus expedition along the Booth-Herold pathway through Southern Maryland. This Jones-Booth book gives as detailed an account as could be crafted from ten years of research of the Jones family, Charles County, Maryland, State and Federal Government primary and secondary resources. Southern Maryland pro-confederacy leanings are an important part of the Jones contributions to the Southern cause. He never could have acted alone and successfully without much support from all levels of Southern Maryland society...as indicated in this fascinating tale. And "Tom Jones" was thought by Federal authorities in early 1862 to be an "extremely dangerous" Confederate agent appointed by Richmond to be the South's top secret service agent in Maryland. The complete 1893 book authored by Jones entitled J. Wilkes Booth: An Account of His Sojourn in Southern Maryland after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his Passage Across the Potomac, and his Death in Virginia, vintage photographs, illustrations, maps, and a bibliography enhance the text.

This work covers the family and ancestors of Samuel Plummer Boggs (1893¿1965) and his wife Hilda Irene Garringer (1898¿1983), residents of Randolph County, Indiana, and the grandparents of the author. The Boggs family is of Scotch-Irish ancestry and arrived in America in 1724. Boggs descendants were early settlers in Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) where the family stayed for over a century. Families associated with the Boggs family were the Kincaid, Knight, Carder, McClung and McMillion families, many of which were also of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The Garringer family has been traced back to Germany, and migrated to America before 1770. The Garringers lived in Maryland, Virginia and Ohio before settling in Randolph County. Families associated with Garringers are the Hammer(s), Boots, Harbour, Collins, Finch, Grove and Morris families. Migration routes illustrate the movement of the families from Pennsylvania and Virginia to West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana. Lists are presented for the Boggs, Garringer, Hammer(s), Collins, Grove and Kincaid families. The text is enhanced by thirty-seven photographs, a list of abbreviations, a bibliography and an index of full names.

This second volume of _Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Virginia_ focuses on the descendants of Edward Bayly, Richard Bayly, Edward Byrd, Edward Ker, John Lewis, Samuel Marshall (Bayside Marshalls) and Roger Miles - primarily of Accomack County. A full-name and place index adds to the value of this work.Mary Frances devoted many years to the research of early Accomack County families and, at the time of this volume¿s original publication, was in the process of turning over her research to Barry and M. K., whose collaboration has generated a database of Accomack County families, initially focusing on the upper portion of Accomack County, but which is expanding into the rest of Accomack and Northampton Counties.These three individuals have over twenty-five years of experience each with Accomack County families and the various local records, cemeteries and people still living in Accomack County. Mary Frances has researched and locally printed over forty family booklets and, with Barry and M. K., published the _Tombstone Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia, 1854-1896_ in 1997 and the _Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1800-1860_ in 2000. They have also assembled over 40,000 names in a genealogy database, representing hundreds of Accomack County families.

Lists about 2500 books found in major libraries throughout the U. S. containing genealogies of families from Virginia and West Virginia. The books listed deal with families of Virginia origins but often follow their descendants far and wide across the continent. Each book is listed under the surname of the primary Virginia family covered in it. Many of the titles listed deal with several families, not all of which may have Virginia roots. Citations to all these allied families are listed in a cross-reference table, regardless of the geographic focus of the family, making this bibliography of use to researchers with interests outside Virginia also.

These court minutes are important because few records survive from this formative period in Tennessee history when Davidson County encompassed all of middle and western Tennessee. They are also important because many people are mentioned in the court minutes who do not appear in other records. County court responsibilities went beyond the hearing of lawsuits; roads and ferries had to be provided, brands and marks registered, orphans cared for, estates settled, and many other details of life handled in an orderly manner. In addition to providing a wealth of genealogical information, these abstracts give insight into life during the formative days of the county. A name index is included

The Cullman Baptist Association of Cullman County, Alabama was organized in July of 1883 with eleven charter members. For six decades, until 1946 when the organization divided in two, there were as many as one hundred twelve churches represented at its annual meeting. Lillie Crawford has carefully extracted excerpts of the minutes from this event and the end result is a generous and reliable source of information for genealogists; and for historians, a time capsule of early life in this still thriving community. Statistical tables from each year record data about the attending churches, pastors, clerks, post offices and membership numbers. Hundreds of surnames are represented in the various lists of attending delegates, ministers, committee appointments, petitioners, and even deceased members. Glancing through the years, the reader can observe the church community evolve steadily from a young organization concerned with personal survival to a large outreaching community with missions abroad and opinions on the leading issues of the day. There are insights into concurrent historical events such as when the church records endorsed the education of women in 1893, showed support for prohibition in 1919, and resolved to help alleviate the suffering of those living in war torn countries in 1945. A ninety-one page, full-name index completes this abundant resource. Anyone seeking ancestors in Alabama or surrounding states would benefit from browsing in this unique reference book.

For as long as the author can remember, he has had an interest in the French and Indian War. A decade ago, he purchased a set of the appropriate volumes of the Pennsylvania Archives and began an intermittent journey of research and discovery. He saw the need to create a finding aid to this wealth of information, and, in this volume, he shares this helpful research aid with others. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname and typically include: given name, date of enlistment and company or regiment. The amount of additional information varies and may include any combination of the following: age, birth place, occupation, rank, where stationed, and/or original source document, such as account book, list of recruits, muster list or return. Individual entries have been combined with others where there was sufficient information.

This is the history of the family of Colonel John H. Sothoron from 1807 to 1893, with emphasis on the Civil War era. The book begins with the War of 1812 using reports made to the federal government for claims of damages, census reports and many other sources. The role of slavery is examined and the author shows how fragmentary records of human bondage can be evaluated to establish specific conclusions. The Civil War era in Maryland was characterized by extreme political and military turbulence and a Union army troop shortage beginning in June of 1862. This book presents a thorough research analysis of how those forces directly effected the Sothoron family and St. Mary's County, Maryland, where they lived. The partisan politics, laws, policy and actions of the Union government are included to give the reader insight into how the entire Sothoron family, including infants, was the unwilling victim of harsh and draconian policies designed to oppress freedom. This story of the survival of the Sothoron family is a testament to the endurance of tolerance and liberty. This work has been thoroughly researched and footnoted. Diagrams augment the text.

Montgomery County was formed in 1784 from part of Philadelphia County, Pennsylania. This volume contains abstracts of the administration accounts (probate records) of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Administration accounts can fill in details when someone died without a will. An index to full-names and places adds to the value of this work.

This volume contains records from (Old) Rappahannock County Will Book 2, 1682-1687, beginning on page 1 through page 118, for wills and settlements of estates recorded 28 January 1682 through 14 March 1686/7. In addition to the full name of the deceased, these records offer a rich source of names, which may include spouse, children, relatives, witnesses, and/or others. Estate inventories provide a fascinating look at possessions during this time period. An every-name index adds to the value of this work.

County court order books contain records of all matters brought before the court while in session. The information contained in these records may not appear elsewhere. The order books typically provide a synopsis of court cases in a relatively organized format. Records you may find include records of legal disputes, bastardy cases, indentured servant cases, and much more.This volume contains records from (Old) Rappahannock County Order Book, 1689-1692, beginning on page 149 through page 254, for courts held 1 January 1689 through 6 April 1692. The last record is from Richmond County, Virginia, Order Book No. 1, 1692-1694, for 5 May 1694. An every-name and subject index adds to the value of this work.

The Tidewater area of Virginia covers Henrico and Charles City Counties. These two counties were the parent counties of Goochland, Albemarle, Amherst, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Cumberland, Powhatan, Chesterfield, Richmond City, Prince George, Brunswick, Lunenburg, Halifax, Bedford, Pittsylvania, Mecklenburg, Charlotte, Amelia, Prince Edward, Nottoway, Dinwiddie, and Petersburg City.Families mentioned in this volume include: Akin, Archer, Ashbrook, Babbicom - Parker - Milner, Batte, Branch, Burton, Cocke, Ligon, Lound, Pleasants, Woodson, and allied families of Henrico and surrounding counties. Jourdan takes the lineage from the earliest colonial records up through about 1800 using a wide range of documented sources: unpublished manuscripts, published family histories, magazine and newspaper articles, history books, biographies, abstracts of records, as well as some original records of Henrico County and the various counties which evolved from and adjoined the original county. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.

This compendium of newspaper articles, taken from three local Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, newspapers (The Washingtonian, The Mirror, and The Loudoun Telephone), offers a different sort of look at this period in our nation¿s history. Major news is covered, but more importantly, one gets a feel for the culture of the times through a description of the local happenings, opinion, humor and advertisements of those years. This first-generation material is copied directly from the microfilm but is cleaned up for easy reading. The articles move in a rough chronological manner. The ads are all from the decade of the 1880's but they do not necessarily accompany the news items on the same page. The period itself was a rather benign one in our nation's history - twenty years after the great Civil War and over a decade before the next conflict. The so-called "gilded age" in this community it was not. The selected articles encompass the local as well as the national, the mundane as well as the significant, the humorous as well as the somber, the little guy as well as the important person. This approach offers the reader a feel for the era as well as a simple knowledge of the incidents

In this volume the author has abstracted the essentials of the information contained in the deed books of the period 1770 to 1782. The records for the most part pertain to land transactions, bills of sale (frequently slaves), bonds, reports on the value or loss of value of land relating to proposed roads and mills, and deeds of gifts. The polls listing the eligible voters in 1771 and 1774 are also contained here, giving us a virtual census of the freeholders. Especially helpful to genealogists are the relationships revealed in these records. Often the names of wives, children and other relationships are shown. A glossary and an index to full-names and places add to the value of this work.

Every effort has been made to identify the persons interred in this ancient burial ground, which contains stones dated as early as 1765. Burials include many of the early natives of the Cedar Grove section of Caldwell Township as well as many inhabitants of the Little Falls area of Passaic County and veterans of the American Revolution. This work begins with a brief history of Cedar Grove Cemetery. The names are listed alphabetically and are supplemented with facts found in documented sources (state archives, church records, funeral home records, etc.) including occupations, military service, marriage, children and extensive census information.

Captain Samuel Winkley, mariner, was the earliest Winkley ancestor to settle in New England. Previous researchers have stated that this man came from Lancashire, England, but have offered no proof. The author has found the 1660 baptism of Samuel Winkley and additional evidence to confirm that Samuel Winkley definitely came from Devon, England. In fact, the name of Winkley in Devon can be traced back as early as 1219. Part One of this work covers the Winkley family in England, 1543 to 1700, and includes information on the related Clarke and Headon families. Appendices include transcripts from parish registers and churchwardens' accounts, as well as county and other records. Part Two of this work covers the Winkley family in New England, 1680 to 1900, for a total of eight generations. A list of unknown Winkley names is included, and appendices provide wills and probate records, and war service records. An index of Winkleys and an index of other names round out this work.

With over 1,500 Kentuckian surnames referenced in this major new work. Mr. Hehir provides in one source a comprehensive listing of all printed Kentuckian genealogies and family histories that have made their way into major library collections across the United States. The author researched library listings and catalogs covering many genealogical libraries including the Library of Congress, the National Genealogical Society Library and the Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution along with historical association libraries from Massachusetts to California. Many of the books deal with multiple families some with non-Kentucky roots. Arranged for ease of use the entries are presented alphabetically according to surname with a cross index to family and secondary names to help researchers find surnames that would otherwise remain buried with the text. No genealogist working with Kentuckian families should be without this time-saving volume on his or her bookshelf.

This fascinating account opens in 1603 with the arrival of explorer Champlain who named Cape Negro and later established Port Royal in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada. The book outlines where the original settlers lived and discusses the development

This work includes three alphabetically arranged lists and a petition for a road. The first list provides the names of persons that reported stray livestock on their property (1765-1775). The following two lists give the names of persons for which rent wa

The title says it all! This extensive volume of transcriptions offers a collection of the names of the emigrant ancestors of many thousands of American families. In the ample introduction, Mr. Hotten states his "object is simply and briefly to point out s

Lisa & Scott - editor Michael Griske's latest work - vividly describes the peaks and valleys of two senior citizens' romantic relationship through text messages which they exchanged. This couple hopes that others will be inspired to overcome the pitfalls which love alone can't always conquer by reliving their story in the pages of this book. Mr. Griske and Catherine Mayrides, both of whom are keenly aware of all the obstacles Lisa and Scott faced, have supplemented their words in this publication with narratives and poems which provide additional insights as to how this wonderful union was able to survive and thrive in a world where breakups are all too common. Also available from Heritage Books is Mr. Griske's book, The Diaries of John Hunton, the true saga of our nation's frontier era as recorded by a Wyoming pioneer and his good friend, Michael's grandfather - a must read for Old West enthusiasts.

County court order books contain records of all matters brought before the court while in session. The information contained in these records may not appear elsewhere. The order books typically provide a synopsis of court cases in a relatively organized format. Records you may find include appointments of local officials and militia officers, records of legal disputes, appointments of guardians for minors, apprenticeships of minors authorized by overseers of the poor, naturalizations, road orders, and the register of free Negroes.This volume contains entries from Northumberland County Order Book 1678-1698 beginning on page 183 and ending on page 337 for Courts held June 20, 1683 through April 7, 1686.

York County was formed in 1785 as a county of Camden District. York obtained its own court of ordinary (or probate court) in 1787. The wills abstracted in this work are found in the following York County will books: A (1787-1799, LDS microfilm renumbered YK 72 at the South Carolina Archives), Will Book A-1 (1800-1813, South Carolina Archives microfilm C1695), Records Book D (1814-1820, South Carolina Archives microfilm C1690), Will Book or Estates Records Book G (1819-1837, South Carolina Archives microfilm C1691), Estates Records Book 2 (1837-1840, South Carolina Archives microfilm C1694) and Will Book 3 (1840-1862, South Carolina Archives microfilm C1695). When necessary, the original wills in the estate packets have been consulted. A few wills which were not recorded in the will books are included. Chapters include: Will Book A, 1787-1799; Will Book A-1, 1800-1813; Estates Records Book D, 1814-1820; Will Book or Estates Records Book G, 1819-1837; Estates Records Book 2, 1837-1840; and, Will Book 3, 1840-1862; followed by: Testator Index, Personal Name Index, Slave Index, and Place Index.

Learn more about your ancestors from these deed book entries recorded between February 1835 and March 1840. When a property transaction was finalized, the legal documents were returned to court and ordered to be recorded in the deed book. Sometimes the tr

This well-written, well-documented historical narrative offers a "comprehensive and scholarly treatment of the beginnings of Chicago and its place in the evolution of the old northwest." It tells the "story of early Chicago, concluding at the point where the life of the modern city begins." Chapters include: The Chicago Portage, Chicago in the Seventeenth Century, The Fox Wars: A Half-Century of Conflict, Chicago in the Revolution, The Flight for the Northwest, The Founding of Fort Dearborn, Nine Years of Garrison Life, The Indian Utopia, The Outbreak of War, The Battle and Defeat, The Fate of the Survivors, The New Fort Dearborn, The Indian Trade, War and the Plague, and The Vanishing of the Red Man. Appendices include: Journal of Lieutenant James Strode Swearingen, Sources of Information for the Fort Dearborn Massacre, Nathan Heald's Journal, Captain Heald's Official Report of the Evacuation of Fort Dearborn, Darius Heald's Narrative of the Chicago Massacre (as Told to Lyman C. Draper in 1868), Lieutenant Helm's Account of the Massacre, Letter of Judge Augustus B. Woodward to Colonel Proctor concerning the Survivors of the Chicago Massacre, Muster-Roll of Captain Nathan Heald's Company of Infantry at Fort Dearborn, and, The Fated Company: A Discussion of the Name and Fate of the Whites Involved in the Fort Dearborn Massacre. A bibliography and an index to full-names, places and subjects complete this work.

"Many of the sketches contained in this book were originally published in the Indianapolis Journal. These, and such as have been given the public in other papers, have been carefully revised and rewritten. ... The dead Governors of Indiana 'both Territorial and State' are sketched, and monographs of other distinguished men are given. The book contains other papers, of a historical character... The information contained in this book, which necessarily develops much of the early political history of the State, was obtained from various sources, and can not elsewhere be found without great research and labor." Sketches include: William Henry Harrison, John Gibson, Thomas Posey, Jonathan Jennings, Ratliff Boon, William Hendricks, James Brown Ray, Noah Noble, David Wallace, Samuel Bigger, James Whitcomb, Joseph A. Wright, Ashbel P. Willard, Abram A. Hammond, Henry S. Lane, Oliver P. Morton, James D. Williams, Christopher Harrison, Milton Stapp, David Hillis, James Noble, John Tipton, Oliver H. Smith, Albert S. White, Edward A. Hannegan, Jesse D. Bright, John W. Davis, George G. Dunn, William W. Wick, Tilghman A. Howard, James H. Cravens, Andrew Kennedy, Robert Dale Owen, Thomas Smith, John L. Robinson, Cyrus L. Dunham, John Law, Michael C. Kerr, Isaac Blackford, Stephen C. Stevens, Charles Dewey, Jeremiah Sullivan, A Historical Trio, Benjamin Parke, Thomas Randolph, Williamson Dunn, Abel C. Pepper, Joseph Lane, James Gregory, Joseph G. Marshall, Michael G. Bright, Nicholas McCarty, Calvin Fletcher, William H. Morrison, James S. Athon, Michael C. Garber, John D. Defrees, Free Masonry in Indiana, Madison from 1844 to 1852, and Indiana Press in the Olden Time. Five portraits and a full-name index add to the value of this work.