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