Windows Into Our Past: The Long Hunters
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Why did the Roberts move from Scotland to England?
If I have tracked my family back correctly, they came from the Deal, Kent, area of England to the United States. But, reportedly they were originally from Scotland. I have been trying to find the reason why they moved. I found the following post from a John Roberts who...
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Blackwater German Baptist Church of the Brethren
I remember Dad telling me that my great-grandpa, Elbert Roberts, attended a German Baptist Church in Blackwater. The German Baptist were also known as “Dunkers” since they believed in completely immersing a person three times during baptism. They are commonly known as the Church of the Brethren today. I...
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1782 Land Taxes Pittsylvania County, Virginia
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/1782LandTaxes.htm Name Acres Joseph Bayes 350 William Beel 100 William Griggory 60 Clement McDaniel 300 James Caldwell 300 John Watkins 100 Samuel Brooks 125 Henry Blanks 175 Abednigo Tunner 50 ...
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Oaths of Allegiance – 1777 Pittsylvania County, VA
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/Oaths.html copy done by Cynthia Hubbard Headen source: The Magazine of VA Genealogy, v.23, #1 (Feb.1985), transcribed by Marian Dodson Chiarito These lists were taken from a typewritten copy found in the Clerk’s Office, Pittsylvania County, at Chatham, Virginia. The two following affidavits found attached to the copy are...
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Roberts on the 1850 Federal Census for Lee County, Virginia
This is the 1850 Federal Census for Lee County, Virginia Year: 1850 State: Virginia County: Lee Sheet No: 319B Reel No: M423-955 Division: District 31 Page No: 35 Enumerated on: August 1st, 1850 by: Stephen Crockett Transcribed by Ellen Finley-Johnson for USGenWeb, LINE | Dwell Famil | Firstname Lastname ...
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