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This book covers the Northumberland County, Virginia, register of free blacks, 1803-1858. Northumberland County lies in the eastern section of the Northern Neck of Virginia, which is the peninsula of land bordered by the Potomac River on the north, the Chesapeake Bay on the east, and the Rappahannock River on the south. Originally, this region was part of Lord Fairfax's Northern Neck Proprietary, which extended from today's Northern Neck all the way to the Allegheny Mountains. At its height, the Northern Neck Proprietary included the following counties: Prince George, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Richmond, Lancaster, Stafford, Prince William, Culpeper, Fauquier, Warren and Frederick, and parts of Loudoun, Fairfax, Clarke and Shenandoah. The author had divided the book into two chapters. Chapter One gives the reader the history of the free Negro, including statistics on the number of free Negroes in Northumberland County compared with other Virginia counties. Chapter Two is the Northumberland County register itself. In 1793, Virginia's General Assembly passed a law requiring all free blacks and mulattos to go to their local courthouse to have their presence in the county registered, and to be given a number. The County Clerk recorded all registrations in ledger books in his office. This book is a transcription of the surviving lists for Northumberland County. Where available the author gives the reader the registration number, first and last name, color, age, stature, any identifying marks or scars, the dates of registration and certification, and whether the person was born free or emancipated. A bibliography and full-name plus subject index is included.

Family historians can hardly find a better way to add life to genealogical records than by reading county court minutes. On these pages can be found references to remarriages, heirs, apprenticeships, orphans, transients, indigents, and the insane. Mentioned here are: the laying out of roads, licensing of officials, mills, ferries, and ordinaries, as well as suits for assault, trespass, debt, paternity, land, and other county matters. Giles County was cut from Maury County in 1809. By this time, Indian problems were in the past, and the area was filling rapidly with settlers. Some families farmed only for a season or two before going elsewhere. Depositions and powers of attorney show connections to counties in South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky. Court was held in private homes until a courthouse was built, which soon burned. These records were abstracted from two surviving county court minute books and one circuit court minute book dating from before 1820. In the absence of census records for early Tennessee, and considering the destruction of many other early records, the information obtained from these three small books is an important discovery for genealogists. This book is arranged chronologically and has an every-name index.

Dr. Hess's years of dedication to this project have created a ground-breaking genealogical series and a must-have for those with Lutheran ancestors in the Philadelphia region. Until this series, these records had never been fully translated and thus were unavailable to researchers. This is the second in a five-volume series that Dr. Hess has translated from the original German. The first three volumes cover baptisms, volume four covers marriages and confirmations, and volume five covers burials. The baptism records include the names of the child, parents and witnesses.

This volume includes the name of the deceased, type of document, dates of signing and probate, heirs, executors, administrators and witnesses. Items in the inventory are generally described, but not in detail. The names of all slaves are included. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.

This book contains abstracts from Northumberland County Court records, which include deeds, wills, inventories, etc., for the period 1743-1749. The abstracts offer a wealth of names and relationships, dates, and places. Some abstracts also include information such as estate inventories, names of slaves, and more. An index to full-names and places adds to the value of this work.

During the years covered by this volume, life in Charles County was marked by currents of change that would lead to two major events before 1900. As indicated in Volume 3, the completion of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in late 1872 led to the founding of the new town of La Plata astride the railroad. The Volume 4 years also reveal an unbroken political, social and economic effort to move the county seat from its two-century-old site on Port Tobacco Creek to La Plata's more promising location on the Pope's Creek Branch of the railroad. In the early 1880s, Charles County legislators in Annapolis began making a pitch for state government support for the removal of the Charles County seat. By this time, several of Port Tobacco's most prosperous and most progressive merchants had moved to La Plata and had built new homes-probably more comfortable than any they had ever known in the sleepy, tidewater village. Political attitudes also were shifting, and the previously detested Republican party found new followers. The erratic but promising infusion of black society into the machinery of politics, government, and education was to be noted in many issues of the Port Tobacco Times of this period. The reader will find newspaper items of historical and genealogical interest, such as local events, marriages, deaths, court cases, and real estate listings. The every-name index includes property names, such as Burton's Hope, Clark's Inheritance, Stewart's Neglect, and Griffin's Trial.

This volume continues the series of Bible records collected by individuals and organizations; one of the notable organizations being the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. Over many years typescript copies or photocopies of the family records of family Bibles have been deposited at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and in local historical and genealogical societies. Bibles are important in genealogical research in that they contain information about families that might not be found anywhere else. The Bible records herein have been arranged alphabetically by the last name of the family and any title page information has been included when available. Vital records have been gleaned from each bible and rearranged into four major groups: Marriages, Births, Deaths and Family Records. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.

This series presents abstracts of the earliest land records (the patents), grouping the information by owners. The level of detail included clearly separates this work from rent roll abstracts and land records. Patentees and others named in the patent document are identified and the relationship or involvement is defined. This includes relatives, former tract owners, persons transported and or completing service, surveyors, public officials, and occasionally employers. The abstracts identify neighbors and their tracts and, using data gleaned from other records such as probate, judicial proceedings, church and marriage records, they have identified and included many grants not included in the Rent Rolls. This work identifies virtually all of Kent County patentees, along with others who owned the land or warrant or acted as owner.

This book contains abstracts from the deed books (numbers: 4, 5 and 6) recorded in the period, 1729 to 1763. It provides a handy source of information useful to family historians. The records include not only deeds in the format of leases and releases, but also bonds, mortgages and occasionally prenuptial agreements, indentures of apprenticeship, and assignments of power of attorney. Clues to familial and marital relationships can be found in many of these instruments. Each entry ends with a citation to the original record.In the early records land warrants and patents are recorded. Descendancy of the land is frequently given, reciting the heirs and their relationships. A full-name and place index adds to the value of this work.

Newberry County was formed in 1785 and became Newberry District in 1800. Prior to the border surveys of 1764 and 1772, the area was included in Anson, Mecklenburg, and Tryon Counties, North Carolina. For this reason, a few grants and deeds from North Carolina are referenced in the Newberry County deeds. Early settlers of Newberry County, as indicated in these deeds, included Quakers, German Protestant immigrants, Germans from Pennsylvania, and Irish Protestant immigrants. There were also settlers from North Carolina. Migration from Newberry County to other areas of South Carolina is also indicated in the deeds.The deeds in this volume were recorded for 1794 to 1800; however, the earliest deed included in this work dates from September 1765. The instruments in this volume have been abstracted from LDS microfilm and South Carolina microfilm, using the original deed books in Newberry when necessary. A full-name index and a place index add to the value of this work.

The first Channel Islanders to set foot in the New World were probably fishermen who, searching for cod, found Canada. They established fisheries along all the Atlantic Canadian coast. The success of the fisheries required the Channel Islanders to settle there permanently, thus beginning many Canadian coastal settlements. Ms. Turk devotes a chapter to the contributions of Channel Islanders to the development of the Canadian Maritimes: Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Ontario. This reprint includes many corrections and additions sent to the author after the first publication in 1979.

Will Books are a good source in the search for slaves only if the owner named the slave(s). Many times a will lists property without specifying if it includes slaves. For example: "I will and bequeath to my (wife, son, daughter, etc.) all my estate both real and personal of every sort;" or, "...the property I have already given to my (wife, son, daughter, etc.)..." The documents often do not include the slave's name, sometimes only girl, runaway, boy, etc.Each chapter in this work contains information gleaned from one Will Book. The documents include Administrator's Estate, Executor, and Guardian Accounts, Wills, and Inventory and Appraisals. Each entry gives the name of the slave owner, page number, date, and type of document followed by a list of slaves. The new owner is listed if known. Surnames of the owner's children are indexed only if noted in the document. The slaves who were emancipated, freed or manumitted are listed in the index under Emancipated. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.

This fast-moving historical novel begins with the discovery of discarded books outlining the activities of a Captain Brian Manning, U.S. Army, who has recently been appointed military attaché for the American Embassy in Berlin, Germany, in the hectic two years before the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Germany in World War II. The story describes Manning's deep embroilment in espionage, the dangers confronting foreign attachés, the perils of falling in love with a Third Reich national and the courage and discipline of the American embassy employees. The story outlines Manning's return to active army duty and his exciting rise to tank command competency in Patton's Third Army. Lastly, the author recounts Manning's short tenure as Deputy Commander, U.S. Berlin Garrison.Apart from well-known and immediately recognizable public figures, most other characters in this fascinating story are wholly fictional (but plausible).

As war with Japan was imminent, the British laid minefields off Hong Kong and Singapore; the Dutch in the Netherlands East Indies; and the Australians off New Zealand and Australia, in an attempt to prevent enemy invasion. Ships hastily converted to this task were referred to as "night raiders." Duty aboard a "floating ammunition dump" was hazardous enough; missions carried out under the cloak of darkness increased the odds of survival in enemy waters. As MacArthur, Halsey, and Spruance's forces advanced toward Japan, minesweepers worked with "night raiders"-clearing waters off landing beaches, while minelayers strove to deny the enemy freedom of the sea. Australian seaplanes ("Black Cats") flew long, perilous night-missions to mine Japanese harbors, and British submarines and planes joined in the attack on shipping. Late in the war, USAAF bombers ringed the Japanese home islands with thousands of mines. When hostilities ended, war-weary "sweep sailors" remained in Asian waters-ridding the sea of "shipkillers." The little-known efforts of these valiant men are illuminated in this rare look into history. One hundred and forty-four photographs, maps, and diagrams; appendices; and an index to full-names, places and subjects add value to this work.

For this work, the compiler reviewed microfilm copies of a number of guardians accounts or records books for the period 1707-1888 in Essex County, Virginia. The problem that users often face with using this type of original record is that the court indexes to the guardianship records usually refer to the person bonded or the guardian, and not the ward who is the primary interest for genealogical research. Most of the entries here are from sources that actually have "Guardians" on the spine of the original record book. Also, particularly for the early years, guardianship records (mainly bonds) may be found in Will Books. The index that is created here frequently presents the name of the ward, the name of a deceased or living parent, and the name of the guardian. Since public birth records do not begin in Essex County until 1856 and are rather incomplete for many years thereafter, the guardianship records supplement that void by frequently showing a parent-to-child relationship. Sadly, the earliest guardian bonds rarely give the name of the parent of the orphan.The filing date is indexed here for most records except bonds wherein the date the bond was executed is used. Oftentimes a guardian account is presented to the court earlier than the date it is finally recorded, as it frequently sat in "limbo" for one or more months pending any exceptions presented. As time goes on, one will find that a certificate may be recorded for a minor over the age of fourteen years who has chosen a guardian. A corresponding bond may list additional minors in the same family group who are under the age of fourteen years.A buried name index adds to the value of this work.

This book covers fourteen generations of descendants of Captain Thomas Harris. Each descendant is numbered, starting with Captain Thomas Harris, who was born ca 1586 in England and died in Henrico County, Virginia, in 1658. Thomas arrived in Virginia in 1611, first in Jamestown and then Henrico County. He was one of the first burgesses to represent Henrico County.There is considerable disagreement about the wives of Thomas Harris. Some researchers insist that he first married Ann Gurganey (widow of Edward Gurganey); they had no children. Others believe that he first married Audrey Hoare (born 28 August 1604 in England); Thomas and Audrey had two children: Mary and William. He then married Joane Vincent, his neighbor's widow, ca 1623.Records typically contain (as available): full name, date and place of birth, date and place of death, age at time of death, date and place of marriage(s), source of marriage information, name of spouse(s), spouse's date of birth and death, and the names of children with dates of birth and death. A full-name index and a list of sources add to the value of this work.

Cloaked by jungle foliage, the unheralded seaplane tenders operated ahead of the Fleet, like the Navy's famed PT boats. As Halsey's South Pacific, MacArthur's Southwest Pacific, and Spruance's Central Pacific forces advanced toward Japan, these ships served as afloat-bases for patrol planes referred to as the "eyes of the fleet." The large fabric-clad PBY "Catalinas" and later PBM "Mariners" combed the seaways for Japanese forces and carried out bombing, depth charge, and torpedo attacks on enemy ships and submarines. Nighttime anti-shipping operations-"Black Cat" or "Nightmare" missions-were dangerous and daytime combat operations even more so, when encounters with more maneuverable and heavily-armed fighters necessitated hiding in clouds to survive. The Japanese were keen to destroy the scouts and their floating bases, and seaplane tenders often lived a furtive existence, particularly early in the war. Pilots, plane crews and shipboard personnel received scores of awards for valor, including the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Silver and Bronze Star Medals.

From Stafford's earliest years Potomac Run has formed the dividing line between the county's upper and lower districts. For tax and administrative purposes, land south of the run became known as District 1 and land north of the run as District 2. For the sake of organization the author has, for the most part, arranged the research for this book in the same manner. The pages herein record the places and people that made old Stafford County unique. Each article in this volume is a compilation of information from primary sources and generous people who lovingly helped bring Stafford's wonderful history to light. In tracking the history of a particular property, the author attempted to follow the house and the parcel on which it stood. Whenever possible, biographical information about the owners/occupants of these tracts is included in the text. By adding diaries, letters, personal recollections, and oral history, the surviving public records have been enhanced to make Stafford's old residents not just names and dates on a page, but flesh and blood human beings who lived, loved, dreamed, suffered, and died here. At the end of each article is a bibliography of materials used in the research of that particular topic. Photographs, maps, and an index to full-names, places and subjects add to the value of this work.

In [General Mercer's] Experience and Judgment you may repose great Confidence.- George Washington, July 6, 1776. General George Washington's positive assessment of Hugh Mercer was based on their nearly twenty year acquaintance and friendship, a relationship that began in the French and Indian War. Both men commanded provincial units; Washington led Virginians and Mercer, Pennsylvanians. Unlike Washington, however, Mercer was not a native of the American colonies. He fled to Pennsylvania from Scotland in 1746 after the Battle of Culloden (part of an unsuccessful Scottish uprising against King George II). Mercer, who had studied medicine in Scotland, settled in the Pennsylvania frontier to avoid possible arrest for his participation at Culloden. When the French and Indian War erupted nearly a decade later, Mercer's neighbors tapped him to command a company of militia. Mercer quickly rose in the ranks and eventually commanded a battalion of Pennsylvania provincial soldiers as well as the garrison at Fort Pitt (captured Fort Duquesne). After seven years of military service, Mercer was discharged from the Pennsylvania Regiment in 1761 and settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He married, raised a family, and established a very successful medical practice. When the decade long political dispute with Great Britain turned violent in 1775, Virginia's political leaders considered Hugh Mercer for command of one of Virginia's two regiments of regular troops. After two close ballots, the Virginia Convention opted instead to appoint Virginia natives Patrick Henry and William Woodford to command. Mercer was selected a few months later to command the 3rd Virginia Regiment, but six months after his appointment the Continental Congress elevated him to the rank of Brigadier General in the Continental Army and he left Virginia to assume command of the newly formed Flying Camp in New Jersey. While he served in the northern theatre, Mercer played a critical role in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, two battles that helped save the American army and American independence. Sadly, General Mercer did not live to see the victorious end to America's struggle; he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton in 1777. Congress honored Mercer with a statue that still stands in Fredericksburg and several townships and counties have honored his memory by taking his name. This book seeks to chronicle Mercer's life and service and in doing so validate the observation of Major James Wilkinson, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, who wrote that:In General Mercer we lost a chief, who for education, experience, talents, disposition, integrity and patriotism, was second to no man but the commander in chief, and was qualified to fill the highest trusts of the country. An appendix with a transcript of Mercer's Last Will and Testament, maps, a bibliography, and, an index to full-names, places and subjects add to the value of this work.

This volume is a surname study of the Amory, Insley, Firman and Firth families of Messick, Poquoson, York County, Virginia. Every census record from 1790 to 1910 known to pertain to these Poquoson families has been abstracted and cited. The current volume brings each family from its earliest mention in the colonial era down to the present. Many female lines have been followed for one or more generations. The text is well illustrated with early photographs and includes a bibliography and an index of every individual known to be related by birth or marriage to the families studied in this volume. Most of the family photographs in this volume have never before been published. This is Mr. Willett's 9th volume of family history, and his 6th volume on the Messick area of Poquoson, York Co., VA. Mr. Willett is related to most of the Poquoson families through his maternal Martin and Hopkins ancestors; he is a family history researcher and recognized authority on the Willett surname and on his maternal families of Poquoson, York Co., VA.

"In 1907, the Indian Territory became the State of Oklahoma. To qualify for the payments and land allotments set aside for the Five Civilized Tribes, the former slaves of these nations had to apply for official enrollment, thus producing testimonies of immense value to today's genealogists. The book shows where to find and how to use the Indian Freedman Records, discusses Black Indians and Tri-Racial groups from the Upper South, and has added two lists of family names: Freedman Surnames from the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes, and Surnames of Tri-Racial families of the South"--From back cover of book.

This volume contains abstracts from forty-four newspapers originally published in Texas during the years 1839 through 1881. The authors have abstracted any mention of a death or implied death from death notices and obituaries; articles concerning accident

There is no such thing as a small genealogical research project. Family histories, like precocious children, always challenge their authors with more and more questions. Paul C. Van Dyke discovered this fact when he wrote a genealogy of his branch of the Van Dyke family in the late 1950s. That project led Mr. Van Dyke to explore and research the whole history of the Van Dyke family in America. This excellent book, based on primary sources recounting the Dutch settlement of New Jersey, is the fruit of those years of research. It is fundamentally a Dutch-American history. Incorporating a wide variety of historical accounts, original documents and illustrations, Mr. Van Dyke has written a compelling and richly informative account of nine generations of Van Dykes and the nearly three centuries of American history that serve as a backdrop. Thomas Van Dyck of Amsterdam was the 16th-century patriarch whose story opens the book, and the author also includes helpful background information on Holland's golden age of exploration and the Dutch East India Company. Thomas' son, Jan Van Dyck, and his family immigrated to New Amsterdam in 1652, eventually settling in New Utrecht on Long Island. Jan Jansen Van Dyck was the third generation, and his son John Van Dyck participated in the large Dutch migration (c.1711) to the Millstone Valley in Middlesex and Somerset Counties in the prerevolutionary province of New Jersey. The subsequent generations of Van Dyck farmers in New Jersey were well-respected, patriotic members of such communities as New Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, Ten Mile Run, Penns Neck, Rocky Hill, Harlingen, Griggstown, Bridgepoint, Kingston, Millstone, Somerville, Franklin, Montgomery and West Windsor. When they deemed the time appropriate, some of these hard-working and versatile Dutch broke with the farm tradition to enter upon various commercial occupations and the professions, as exemplified in the final chapter and appendices of the book. Every chapter opens with a genealogical note that provides vital statistics such as birth, marriage and death dates. The names of spouses and children are always included in the narrative accounts of the subjects. Numerous appendices furnish additional details, often through transcriptions of original wills, deeds, military records, etc. A bibliography and separate indices for subjects and surnames are included. (

This book contains a short history of Germanna and Germantown, Virginia; the small band of miners and their families who founded them; and the circumstances of their travel from the Nassau-Siegen District in Germany. Specifically covered is the family of John Joseph Martin (Johann Jost Merten). He was born May 24, 1691 in Muesen, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, and emigrated from Germany in 1713 with the first Germanna colony of 1714; his ancestry goes back to the 1500s. Martin's descendants are covered at great length, and the major allied families of Ehresmann, Fischbach/Fishback, Heimbach, Knieling/Kneiling, Moore, Otterbach/Utterback, Richter/Rector, Stuell/Still, Turner, Wendling, and Zachmann are covered to at least three generations in the appendix. Two indexes provide easy access to the names of people and places found in the text.

This book offers a compilation of essays regarding the military history of Rhode Island. Although small in size, Rhode Island history is big in significance. Since the American Revolution, and especially in the Civil War, Rhode Islanders have long contributed to the nation's defense. These essays, each different in its scope, provide an overview into the Rhode Island military experience and a better understanding of the rich military heritage of the smallest state.Rhode Island's motto is Hope, originally styled as "In Te Domine Speramus," meaning "Our Hope is in Thee, Lord." Rhode Islanders have long used the anchor as a symbol of Hope, while wearing badges and buttons inscribed with the motto on their uniforms in times of conflict, or even now by the Rhode Island State Police and Rhode Island National Guard.Chapters include: "We landed beat them from fence to fence," "Died in the Service of his Country," "The muffled drum's sad roll has beat," Solving a Rhode Island Civil War mystery, "An Officer of Rare Judgement," "Martyrs to the Cause of Liberty," "I have not heard of him since," In Search of Private Coman, Writing Rhode Island Civil War History, Ocean State Confederates, "They have just brought one more," "Here we lost many good men," "With regret I am called to inform you," "Scarce a man but lost a friend or relative," and Lines on the Death of Alfred S. Knight.

This transcription was developed from a book bought at a yard sale in Frederick, Maryland. The following was written inside the cover of this volume: "Smith's Temple of Fancy, Frederick Maryland; this book can be duplicated by David H Smith; Frederick December, MD[; ] 1/88." The transcriber believes it to be one of the original records held at the Frederick County Courthouse, which were removed when the county deaccessioned a lot of its paper records and deposited them on the sidewalk where some of the papers were picked up by people from the community who saw their value. Transcribed records include: date, name of the person involved, type of record (if tax was not being paid), tax district, values for disbursements, state tax, interest, county tax, and total paid. The transcriber has included verbatim local law information from legislative acts which pertain to the dispersion section of the book and information on the tax rate. There is also statute law relating to the payments for judges, mayors, and other occupations. The transcriber's remarks are in brackets. An every-name index adds to the value of this work.

This book is an annotated index to the death certificates issued in Harford County, Maryland, from July 1898 through December 1918. Death certificate entries contain the name of the deceased, date of death, place of death, time of death (beginning in 1911), race, and age. The entries have been arranged alphabetically by the name of the deceased and other names mentioned have been cross-referenced, thus precluding the need for a separate index. There are over 8,500 death certificates indexed, including nearly 2,000 African Americans and many certificates for soldiers and civilians from other states who died at either Aberdeen Proving Ground or Edgewood Arsenal in the flu epidemic that spread from 1918 into 1919.Names on death certificates were often illegible and information had to be gleaned by the author from local newspaper obituaries and tombstones. Dates and ages often differed. Therefore, information abstracted in this book has been annotated by the author with other data and comments inserted in brackets for clarification.

The boundaries of old Frederick County today encompasses 12 counties: Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, and Page counties in Virginia; and Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy, and Grant counties in West Virginia. During the 1700s a land dispute between a Colonist and an Englishman developed into a lawsuit. The suit was between Jost Hite, the plantiff and Lord Thomas Fairfax, defendant. Fairfax claimed to inherit all of the country know as the Northern Neck from his father and maternal grandfather, Lord Thomas Culpeper. During the eighteen years of the court battle no land was legally disposed of, resulting in no legal land documents. This book is a comprehensive study of the settlers of old Frederick County, who they were, where they came from, and where they lived in the county, and where they went.

The names of more than one thousand Garlinghouses are catalogued here to aid in researching the roots of this venerable and historically elusive family. A petition found in the Pennsylvania State Archives, dated 1746, refers to a Jonathan Garlinghous residing in Buck's County on the north branch of the Delaware River. John Garlinghouse appears in two petitions on behalf of Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania, dated 1746 and 1748 respectively.While much Garlinghouse family history has gone unrecorded or has been lost over time, this volume represents a comprehensive survey of every known family member throughout the United States descended from these early Pennsylvania families. Each entry includes information such as date and place of birth, date of death and place of interment, marriage(s), names of spouse(s) and offspring, and military service whenever known. An index of maiden names, married names and children is also included, making this book an invaluable resource for tracing the roots of your Garlinghouse ancestors.

This alphabetically arranged index contains births, marriages and deaths from the early 1800s to 1930. Births are arranged according to the surname of the parents. Date of birth, gender, number of children and father's occupation are given when possible. The marriage section is cross-referenced by brides' and grooms' surnames and gives date and place of marriage. The list of deaths supplies the date and place of death, and place of birth if known. These records, more than 6,000 entries in all, were acquired from town records and town reports at the Gray town hall.