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

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  • I discuss the early history of lands in the Roanoke Valley area during the 1730s thru the 1740s. Welcome to the Live Stream !! Updates from the Great Wagon Road Project and much more.

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  • @cmb9993
    @cmb9993 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    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
      @centenntrucker8496 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Calatriste54
    @Calatriste54 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @rodneybowers1074
      @rodneybowers1074 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @klr7793
    @klr7793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Never apologize for rustling papers to family historians. 😂

  • @chrishaston8102
    @chrishaston8102 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @davida.french1212
    @davida.french1212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent talk! Thank you!

  • @duaneford8875
    @duaneford8875 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just subscribed, looking forward to learning.

  • @clf8668
    @clf8668 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    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.

  • @rodneybowers1074
    @rodneybowers1074 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    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
      @piedmonttrails  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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
      @hubertmichael1595 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mecklenburg I s a region in Germany.

  • @richardgreen9392
    @richardgreen9392 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Enjoyed!!! Richard Green

  • @KWolf-vb7po
    @KWolf-vb7po 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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
      @vickielewallen3799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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
      @mechellturner3915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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
      @vickielewallen3799 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @nellerue446
      @nellerue446 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Mydogpenny1970
      @Mydogpenny1970 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I read that a lot of white men did not mix with native Americans.Not sure if that’s true .I’m supposed to have a 5 great grandmother who is native but not sure how true that is

  • @JnWmMatt
    @JnWmMatt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just found you and enjoyed listening to you.

  • @cassandrapatton1634
    @cassandrapatton1634 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @tmr3513
    @tmr3513 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @lesjones5684
    @lesjones5684 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is very interesting ❤❤❤❤

  • @bryanspindle4455
    @bryanspindle4455 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @Voots7
    @Voots7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @cathyc6725
    @cathyc6725 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad I stumbled across this!

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @SHOE53
    @SHOE53 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    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.

  • @susangraham7213
    @susangraham7213 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @edwardtosh3291 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Cocke family seat was Bremo. Goochland and Fluvanna.

  • @mclyman-onkka3579
    @mclyman-onkka3579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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
      @suek.3448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @savanahmclary4465
      @savanahmclary4465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @harolddenton6031 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @harolddenton6031 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @PeedyJ
    @PeedyJ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    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
      @piedmonttrails  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @hubertmichael1595
      @hubertmichael1595 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@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.

  • @hubertmichael1595
    @hubertmichael1595 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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
      @piedmonttrails  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @TheoneNonlyJoelynCada
    @TheoneNonlyJoelynCada 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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 :)

  • @SteveTTTT
    @SteveTTTT 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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
      @yvonnedavis2117 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @abelincoln3261
    @abelincoln3261 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @yvonnedavis2117
    @yvonnedavis2117 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @venturesoutside-ht8sm
      @venturesoutside-ht8sm หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cumberland Va Walton’s

    • @yvonnedavis2117
      @yvonnedavis2117 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @nancysheplor502
    @nancysheplor502 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @randywdc1
    @randywdc1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @joshuawood5651
      @joshuawood5651 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Might be related, still doing research

    • @michelewood925
      @michelewood925 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @kudjoeadkins-battle2502
    @kudjoeadkins-battle2502 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @michelepainter9553
    @michelepainter9553 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @afortune5045
    @afortune5045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @piedmonttrails  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @BobCaldwell-px4vm
    @BobCaldwell-px4vm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @expatstacker3838
    @expatstacker3838 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @expatstacker3838
      @expatstacker3838 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @samanthac410
    @samanthac410 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I learned james patton was my ancestor! Wow!

  • @redriver6541
    @redriver6541 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @redriver6541 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

    • @user-nu6gl8io8f
      @user-nu6gl8io8f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @user-nu6gl8io8f
      @user-nu6gl8io8f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @zcam1969
    @zcam1969 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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

  • @BonnieDragonKat
    @BonnieDragonKat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @lesliekendall5668
    @lesliekendall5668 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @betsyroy6269
    @betsyroy6269 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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
      @patriciajrs46 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @yvonnedavis2117
    @yvonnedavis2117 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @virginiasmart2937
    @virginiasmart2937 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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?

  • @SohoJoe202
    @SohoJoe202 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @iveraherring502
    @iveraherring502 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, 06/ 14 / 2023

  • @margaretrussell5071
    @margaretrussell5071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @rebeccacurry3647
    @rebeccacurry3647 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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
      @piedmonttrails  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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
      @rebeccacurry3647 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@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
      @piedmonttrails  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @catzenhouse
      @catzenhouse 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @DenardPatterson-re4ym
    @DenardPatterson-re4ym หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @24kapparel
    @24kapparel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @tinacloud5888
    @tinacloud5888 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Blankenship, White,Reed, Wylie an many more.

  • @setfreetm5821
    @setfreetm5821 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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
      @yvonnedavis2117 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @carolyn3543
    @carolyn3543 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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
      @piedmonttrails  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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
      @carolyn3543 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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
      @zcam1969 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 ?

  • @scott236
    @scott236 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @diarmuidbuckley6638 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @scott236 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@diarmuidbuckley6638 I heard of him

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 !!

  • @janicenash8382
    @janicenash8382 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @_S.D._
    @_S.D._ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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
      @triedntrueiam 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @anitashirley4886
    @anitashirley4886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @anitashirley4886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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
      @anitashirley4886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @anitashirley4886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @landonedwards7504 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @khamesha8579
    @khamesha8579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @tmr3513
    @tmr3513 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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
      @drose1526 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @patriciajrs46 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @user-nu6gl8io8f
    @user-nu6gl8io8f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Any Collins out there???

    • @joykendrick6156
      @joykendrick6156 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My family

    • @joykendrick6156
      @joykendrick6156 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @cooperjdcox49
    @cooperjdcox49 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @cooperjdcox49 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

  • @benjaminlewis671
    @benjaminlewis671 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @tltuttle2613
    @tltuttle2613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @KevinGSmith-mi8js
      @KevinGSmith-mi8js ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @KevinGSmith-mi8js
      @KevinGSmith-mi8js ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@piedmonttrails Which ones?

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @KevinGSmith-mi8js ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @buccaneersfan7948
    @buccaneersfan7948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just started following you.

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @buccaneersfan7948
      @buccaneersfan7948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @raspeight22
    @raspeight22 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Francis Speight, do you have any information on him?

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @user-wt6jw5ct3c
    @user-wt6jw5ct3c 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @abelincoln3261
    @abelincoln3261 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @sharoncrawford7192
    @sharoncrawford7192 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @SandfordSmythe
      @SandfordSmythe 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @randyvester4199
    @randyvester4199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had Joyner's in that area

  • @mpaige7081
    @mpaige7081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @user-nu6gl8io8f
      @user-nu6gl8io8f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Martin on my Ancestry DNA, he settled South Louisiana

    • @user-nu6gl8io8f
      @user-nu6gl8io8f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @lindas5511
      @lindas5511 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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.

  • @user-nu6gl8io8f
    @user-nu6gl8io8f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Any Mc Curdys out there??

  • @SarumChoirmaster
    @SarumChoirmaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Any info on a James Knott or Nott?

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      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
    @abelincoln3261 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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 …

  • @jerrykeeton6607
    @jerrykeeton6607 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @lorireel8582
    @lorireel8582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @melindalehan2060
    @melindalehan2060 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @mechellturner3915
    @mechellturner3915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @jerrykeeton6607
      @jerrykeeton6607 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @mechellturner3915
      @mechellturner3915 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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
      @rebeccacurry3647 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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!

  • @Realalma
    @Realalma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Capt. Newport was my 12th GG father.

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @LSAMace
    @LSAMace ปีที่แล้ว +1

    is there any books written on this Jacob Stover?

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @LSAMace
      @LSAMace ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @LSAMace ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

  • @user-nu6gl8io8f
    @user-nu6gl8io8f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @user-nu6gl8io8f
      @user-nu6gl8io8f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @lindasheldon757
    @lindasheldon757 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Any info on Benjamin Lewis?

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Lindasheldon757, are you on our family files list? If not, please email us at contact@piedmonttrails.com for more details about our Attic Family Files.

  • @debbiehall7016
    @debbiehall7016 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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/

  • @vickipitts3895
    @vickipitts3895 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you ever come across the Wasdin family?

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @vickipitts3895 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @vickipitts3895 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

  • @Codkillshot730
    @Codkillshot730 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have family from berkley preston albermale and hampshire

  • @micahthacker725
    @micahthacker725 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where actually is Goochland, Virginia?

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @plantagenetsurvivor8771
    @plantagenetsurvivor8771 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @patriciajrs46
      @patriciajrs46 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @user-hr3tx6uu9o
    @user-hr3tx6uu9o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anyone with surnames of Graham, Pinson orVandal?

  • @abelincoln3261
    @abelincoln3261 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for sharing! Enjoy your journey to the past!

    • @anniebieb
      @anniebieb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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
      @sammott8557 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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"?

  • @BeverlyKarim
    @BeverlyKarim ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @robertvansel7041
    @robertvansel7041 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @debbiehall7016
      @debbiehall7016 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My ancestor was Stancil! :-)

  • @chrisculpen9205
    @chrisculpen9205 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @joykendrick6156
    @joykendrick6156 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @haroldharwell7078
      @haroldharwell7078 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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
      @joykendrick6156 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm related to George Washington

  • @genniferwalker6277
    @genniferwalker6277 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is walker in there

    • @user-nu6gl8io8f
      @user-nu6gl8io8f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Walker is on my Ancestry DNA

  • @chriseggleston7573
    @chriseggleston7573 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ward's Plantation

  • @user-nu6gl8io8f
    @user-nu6gl8io8f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Harrison on my Ancestry DNA

  • @mechellturner3915
    @mechellturner3915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Woodso'n's and their descendants

  • @michealferrell1677
    @michealferrell1677 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    And Ferrells

  • @joykendrick6156
    @joykendrick6156 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Henerica

  • @anniebieb
    @anniebieb ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @anniebieb
      @anniebieb ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also Chenoweth

    • @anniebieb
      @anniebieb ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @user-dy7iq6cx3r
    @user-dy7iq6cx3r 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What about the French huegenots village of manakintown on the James river? These people arrived on the Mary Ann of the delamuse five ship expedition. What happened to manakintown? Heard that the family of Abraham des moulins , changed name to Abraham mullins! Then purchased property in perquians county North Carolina!the Noel mullins shows up ultimately from va to Lincoln co tn ultimately Moore county tn!found in 1840 lincolncotn census1840! Living with son Richardson! He was 78 at the time! Questions concerning travel flow from va to no, to tn!

  • @barbpearson9198
    @barbpearson9198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Robert Looney was my 7G grandfather!

    • @piedmonttrails
      @piedmonttrails  ปีที่แล้ว

      Wonderful!

    • @ilm-pd9hg
      @ilm-pd9hg หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Robert and Elizabeth are my ancestors as well