Tag: Virginia

George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781): Augusta and Botetourt County, Virginia, and Sullivan County, North Carolina, Records, 1751-1781

November 26, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “Item to my loving Wife Mary my Sorrel Horse in her poſseſsion Mare called Trim” In the last posting, I presented the information I’ve been able to find about George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) up to his purchase of land in Augusta (later Botetourt) County, Virginia, in November 1751. As that posting … More George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781): Augusta and Botetourt County, Virginia, and Sullivan County, North Carolina, Records, 1751-1781

George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781): Orange and Augusta County, Virginia, Years to 1751

November 19, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “A parcel of Land Containing one hundred & forty acres by Patent bearing Date the third day of November MDCC & Lying and being in the county of Augusta in a Bent of James River” Now that I’ve completed a series of postings about Moses Birdwell (1769-1849), which I finished with a final … More George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781): Orange and Augusta County, Virginia, Years to 1751

Thomas Brooks (1775-1838) and Wife Sarah Whitlock (1774-1837): Kentucky Years, 1798-1836

May 15, 2021

Or, Subtitled: “A Rough Hardy Race of Men, Very Large & Stout, & Altogether an Excellent Population, for a New Country” Thomas and Sarah Brooks Establish Their Young Family in Kentucky (1798-9) In the previous posting about Thomas Brooks (1775-1838), I track him up to 1798, when he moved with wife Sarah Whitlock and infant daughter … More Thomas Brooks (1775-1838) and Wife Sarah Whitlock (1774-1837): Kentucky Years, 1798-1836