The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-03
QUERIES AND LETTERS.
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QUERIES AND LETTERS.
| Drnntley.
| Editor Genealogical Column.
| Will you kindly give como informn-
ton ms, rs to the brantley family, of 1sle
! and Wills exist. would be glad to
learn especially OF them and OF the
history th genI,saloEy .. and other records
the first American ancestor and which
OF tho family went to North Carolina,
and and founded the North Carolina fam
oxford. Ala.
We find an Edward Bradley, first
Can any reader answer above?
RaElnnd.
Editor Genealogical Colnfnn
Kindly give In your column. the his
tory and senealagy OF the Ragland
coat at IL a ~ 0 1nformatl en' Wanted as
to the ancestry of Mary Ragland. who
married William Lipscomb, of Louisa
county. When and where was ] she
grandparents? Did she descend from
the Ragland family OF Wales? Any
| facts that you Will give will be apre-
ciated. +. X. ID.
who einigrated from Monmouthshire.
and settled In Hanover county. Va.
1920. are as follows: Argent; three
uniforms passant in pale sable. Crest
unicorn statant. gules. armed, crined
and unRuled, or.
We cannot give history here at
present. but Will try and do so shortly
ryrcc.
Editor Genealogical Column:
VIII you please give me what infor-
nation you can collect about the Ty-
rec family. Mr.. Joseph Tyree lived
about mile from Hanover Court
house. Mt a place called "Marlhili." He
War Of 1872. and was closely Connected
with the Watt and Haw families OF
Hanover. Any Information will be
aS Ws ean os sarv ,s e. e % &
this Tyree family. Can any reader
Page.
Editor Genealogical Coiumn:
VIII you tell me In your column how
to get THE Page Family" by DR.. II.
NJ. G. Page, of New York? and obllge.
DESCENDANT.
Write to the publishers
"Press OF the Publishers Printing Co.
T l2oll2s East Fourteenth Street New
DR.. r; NJ c. Page, the author. Is now
Thornton and Motley.
Editor Genealogical Column:
Dear Sir.-kindly furnish me in
Sundays paper crest and any informh-
ton you can relative to the Thornton
and Motley families OF Virginia. ObliG-
Ing. Yours truly,
We gave the Thornton families, with
sible on October Is. 1904, to when
we refer you. AS to the Motley family,
no arms are found for them. and very
| little Of the family can be gained.
Hyfn tn ,tcyl tt..
MIA. 1884. but. nothing OF his family
given.
Slaughter.
Editor Genealogy Column:
ried Frances Ann Jones Robt. Slaugh-
ter. second. married Mary, daughter OF
Augustine Smith. Robert Slaughter.
daughter Of William Harrison a grand
daughter OF Colonel Burr Harrison.
Robert Slaughter and Susanna HART
son; his wife, had, first, James. mar
married Miss Poindexter; third. Jessie
married Miss Slaughter: fourth, Au-
grist1ine married Miss Fisher; fifth Ca
and. married. second MISS Hoard. Gov
ernor Slaughter had by his first wife
James. who had son William Harrt-
son s aaa anthony. bert, Eon-
We're two sons In the younger genera
tion named Burr Slaughter.
Will some one please give Informal
b ti9e the family Of this Ga
OF Kentucky? S.
Letcllcr and Perkins.
Editor Times Dispatch:
Pease give In your genealogical col-
n UNI account q the, Letcher. and Per-
coming to.America. to the time when
Colonel William Letcher Of Revolu-
tionary fame. married Miss Elizabeth
and from that date TO the present time.
Have either family a locator arms;
and i 50. what is it? Thanking You in
4 DESCENDANT AND CONSTANT.
READER. a IN
Arms are not given for either Of the
a at, o, 8, families, though we find Sir
zabeth of Norfolk county. Va, bought
lands at Jamestown in l744. and sold
the same to Richard, Amber, in 1746.
the name Of Stephen. Giles Leteher. who
arf!Ha sseasta psfNnss sossp
Perkins lpresumed her father witness
kins Letcher, who was born In Gooch-
land 1883, was a, prominent statesman.
He went to Kentucky. where he died
We have not time to trace back eith-
very early In the colony, and from
whom Colonel sWlilla(ll SLelciler,S OF me
Revolution. and Governor John Letcher
descended Is # 5
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Alas! Too True.
"After ALL" said tho optimlst. "our
lneighbors turn out to be better tim
some OF us seem to think them to he
Perhaps" replied the pessttnlst hut
none of them will ever turn out to be
as good as most Of us seem to think
they ought to be,''--;rhe Catholic Stan.
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