The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-18
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, ard Garrett, and was the mother of
the late DIR. Robert Garrett, of VIII
Harrisburg. and grandfather OF Miss %
Lottle and Mary Garrett, Mrs. Peyton
Nelson. and Professor Van J. Garratt
of William and Mary College. All this
and nothing of William, who took un
land in Gloucester. He probably was
| some lonely bachelor who left nothing
but name. Let NIL OF his sex who
read take warning!
IN answer to the query on the Blows
we print the following:
Alexandria, October 81. 1905.
don't wonder that you arc stall
cd" on tho Blows. I have been stall
cd lo these many year--I Will tell
you about II. First, let me say / never
heard OF Walter Wake Blow:-and OF
the father. Robert BLOW, have
only the following noto sent Major
While Blow by some one OF the nome
IN California. give 1t entire:
! Jane Ralph-Robert Boiling.
| lane Boil ng-Richard Randolph
Jane Randolph-Anthony Wake ID.
January 3. 1924. BibIe.)
anthony Walkc-Susan Ann lIcClan-
nahan.
Edwin Walke-sarah Massenburg.
Sarah Massenburg (wife,-Robert
Blow. of Southampton.
think this is correct. The mar
'"SS ~ i'd"il 10 >. Al Is my great
Srandparents--ln Walke records Their
daughter Sarah married Robt BLOW T
! never Knew before that Robert was :,
descendcnt of Willinm-whom have
never been able to trace. If you have
Mr- Hathaway's books OF North Caro-
i'na Eenealosy 1t might be well to
see If his name occurs In early records
! looked through Vol. l, but Vol. II.
was not III Congressional Library.
.
to William Blow.
1873 from Nottoway Indians TO
Sam'l Blow ~
Ma'or Blow has several Of these IN
dian deeds to Samuel and William
10 ntly. which indicates some relation
snip. but what / cannot oven hazard
guess.
The old Blow Bible gives sanuers
Gmiiuren and tho first one ls
Mslilam' born In 1898, died in
died young: Eliz: Henry. died
young; Richard. died young; Richurd
lI46-lS33 Conc son my grandratber
i1S1-1STo); Martha (Mrs. Hines>; MARY.
ined young; Lucy (Mrs. B,rdsongI !:
Mary.
Mrs. Hines states in their old Bible
that her grandmother was Martha
KUHN but whether on father or
mothers side Mortha Dres's) 1 do
not know.
To go bnck, there are three distinct
lines OF Blows in that section, IL Won
count the untrnced line OF William
DIS third. III which OF the last two
samuel Blow belongs Is my unsolved
problem.
Toe first entry in land book is
George Blow, Surry county, 1863. Ho
had two sons. Richard (2) and George
81. The widow. Marsery. married
.'ichard Smith, November 3, 1878.
Richard (2) son OF George, deceased,
being OF age. pctItIoned TO have his
estate into his hands"
May .. 1856. George (a) Blow, being
OF fun ago, appeared III court and ac-
knowledged he had received OF Richard
smith, etc. Richard died In 1857, with
ont children. mis- wife, Elizabeth, ex-
ecutrix; George Blow and George
branch securities. George married
Elizabeth and died intcstatc, On Nav
Z. 1900, no made "a deed OF gift on n
noifcr to son Richard" In the mean
time all tho land taken up by the
father and these two sons can be
traced by deeds into other hands i'm
Georges lifetime. George was living
in i702. lilo evidently had q son, John
whose daughter, Rebecca. was bnp-
tized 1888 Sussex Parish Registcr),
anu uoupticsS there were many de.
Scendants. of very plain people, IN
tho county In my mothers day. aud
Who may be there now. Richard died
1910.
This ia the first batch. Major Blow,
of the army, and Lieutenant George,
OF the navy, insist on this derivation
an emulation OF tho May1ower Blows
If Sussex for 800 years" sounds we'll.
But at this time another Richard Is
there. a rather wealthy man--vestry-
nan--ot about the seme age as the
other. but whose will OF ice differ
ences and indiyidualIzes each. He Is
any second lot! fIe names his rhl-
dren In sequences. Tho son Richard,
born not later than 1905. Is dead. and
the grandson. Richard, Is ancestor OF
the ST. Louis line. Henry. 800 acres
She:e he now liycsi" Sarah (Mrs.
BlunD: Samuel born about iii CD;
Ioan In North Carolina. and Michael,
who married Priscelia Drew. Counting
daughters, ten in oil. Land Is left to