The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17


what it was j. NJ.
Hermston, Ore.
CNo. 1862
Turner.
Mr.. Editor,-Your account of the
Turner family (No. 239) excites my in
terest and ask for further informa-
ton on the subject. John Turner, APP
parently native of Southampton
county. married Priscilla Blount. and
died In Greensv!lle county. Va. in
1861 leaving issue: John Blount,
Sugars, Simon. William. Thomas. James,
Mary (wife of John WalD, and Ann
(who subsequently married a lliusman,
Parsons Turner) John Blount. Sugars.
Simon and Thomas settled in North
Alabama. The families or any, of
William and James are unknown to
me. Family tradition makes one Simon
Turner father of this John. desire
further light on the ancestry Of this
line. Yours.
GRANVILLE GooDLOE.
Philadelphia. Ark, May Z. 1905.
Short.
(No 1863
Editor Genealogical Column:
Sir,-Can you or any Of your CORE
spondents give mo any information
concerning the ancestry of Wiley Short
of Brunswick county, Va. who. about
1888. married Frances Harrison. daugh-
ter OF Captain Cuthbert Harrison. OF
Prince William county? The children
OF this marriage were
Harrison: died unmarried.
Peterson Thweatt; died unmarried.
Richard. married Mary L. Jones.
George: married Mary Mallory
Brunswick county.
John (JaclS): died unmarried.
Alfred: came to Georgia and lived to
be quite old.
Wiley: married Lucy Ann Smith.
Mary: married James Smith.
Martina Peterson; married john Mac
lin Lundie Cmy grandnarents), Of
Brunswick county, and moved to Geor-
gia about 1850, settling in Coweta
county, near Newman.
Any information bearing on the
above inquiry Will be greatly appre-
ciated. Yours truly,
HOWARD MAcLIN ASKEW.
Atlanta. Ga. May Q, 1908.
(No. 1564)
Nccsc.
. Times-D ispatch,--Will you kindly
L tell me through the Genealogical COL
|.umn where the Neese family living IN
Nelson county originally came from,
their nationality and something Of
their history. There We're two brothers
| of them, John and George Neese. liv-
| ing in the northern part OF Nelson
| county during the first to the middle of
the nineteenth century.
Respectfully. j. II. N.
Wnynesboro, Va.
In none OF our works at hand do we
find mention Of this name of Neese.
u 1f al n.
ty can give the information through
this column.
(No, 1869
Brown.
Editor Times-Dlspatch Richmond, Va:
Dear Sir,--I am Informed that you
are from time to time publishing the
genealogy Of SOME of the old Virginia
/ families, AS my father was Vtr-
ginian. | am interested In this, and
would be glad to have any history OF
Ethe family that You may know.
My grandfather, James Brown,
Isettled IN Hanover county about 1T40,
my grandfather was William Brown,
/ born In that county, and my father.
John Thompson Street Brown, born In
tho same county In 1893. My grand
father married Hannah Street and
think my great grandfather n Miss
Holt, who was probably a niece or
grandniece of Chief Justice Holt. OF
England.
1 II you have any information about
| this family I would be very glad tt
have 1t. and would gladly pay for q
copy OF such record as you may have
Yours truly,
GEORGE &. BROWN,
I. louisville, KY.
There was u William Brown In this
i colony In i62O;where heisettled is MOI
known, There We're plenty OF Brown;
during the Colonial and Revolutionar.
War, Hening speaks of not less thar
] thirty-four, and mentions particularly
4 William Brown, Many Browns in Hen
rico, SpetsylvaGia, Hanover. and. II
fnct, all the counties. There arc ne
coat OF arms for the Virginia family
4 but those OF Massachusetts, New Yori
and Pennsylvania have each different
sets, 1t Will cost q fec TO got out TIN