Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-19


gations. had ever taken tho trouble that
hc has taken 10 carefully trace this
other Washington line. especially as
these two John WashinStons and Law
renee Washington. the brother of the
Wcstmorcland John Washington, had
All three cmigratcd to Nirginin about
The sam" time. that IL. about 1861 to
1861.
Mr.. Nelson WAS then engaged by MS To
make a thorough investigation of Ia.
Washington Lanicr ancestry relative TO
the inicrmarryiug OF two families in
the early Colonial DAYS Of Virginia.
Ills work involving much time and
iaoor. was completed in 1909: and the
results show that he has established by
authentic dOcumentary evidence tho
i.anier family line of descent from tho
John Washington. OF Surry County: and
mat he has positively disprovcd Albert
Wrllca's claim that tho I.anicrs arc
descended from John Washington Of
Westmorcland County. In View OF tho
iact that the county seats Of q large
par, OF the state Of Virginia were &C
"upied almost continuously BY either
the Northern or Southern, armies or bv
ho'h. during tho entire four years Of
The civil War, IL seems remarkable that
shHicicnt Of til" court -ecords IN that
state should have been found TO enable
MI Nelson 10 show hy ,ldisputable
proofs wills. marriage contracts. etcD
us of III" result If lis Washingtcn-
l'anior inNcstiEation-ou" copy Of
which report ! have and another Is in
~" possession of the gentleman 70
ierred 10 above. may further say
maj each exhibit attached hereto is AN
exact COPY or what appears in this
Nelson report but these exhibits con
stititc only very sm2ll part Of tho
riolc
It has h"ca IN, intention. since MIR.
Nelson submitted his report. 20 rrc-
par" Tor publication q regime of tho
result Of his findings. hut. although 7
know that Mr. Nelson's work was mos,
cons"icn,'omsly performed thought
Cor his SAX" ~ we'll as for M. OWN /,
might b" as we'll 10 have his work
verified BY two of the best eNpcrt su-
thoritieS known TO me before makine
auch publication therefore sub
United his report TO the Virginia Hi.-
ioricai Society at Richmond. Va. and
later sent the same report TO tho Tresi.
dent OF tho William and Mary Collepe
AZ Williamsburg. Va. an ackuowlcdz ed
expert on such matters aud quote
pci"" from their letters to mo con-
corning the matter submitted to them,
viz
The Virginia Historical Society.
Richmoud. Va. March /. 1918.
Mr. Atwood Violet
% Broad Street
New Ork.
Dear Sir,--"c nave just received YOUR
letter and the typewriter copy Of the
Nelson work Of the Surry Washing,ons
and Laniers. More than twenty years
ago found this line on an examination
OF the Surry records. and shortly after
wards. Mr.. Tyler, President of william
anu Mary College. discovered the same
facts from these records and published
/ the Information in the William and
Mary Quarterly. OF course no one
oetore Mr.. Nelson. went SO thoroughly
INT" this I-anicl family history. and his
wotk is very we'll done. cannot
sec that it requires any other comment
than the complimentary one have ex-
pressed.
Yours truly
,SigredD WM. q. STANARD
Corresponding Secretary.
Richmond. Va. March i, 1915.
MIR Atwood Violet:
Dear Sir,-Mr. Nelson states specific
ally, that the John Washington hs
writes OF is of Surry. and this John
Washington ia identical with the John
Washington, OF Surry, 7 wrote Of Mr.
Tyler and found our information in