Some Early Virginia Families

“Francis Poythress and related families”

“The Descendents of Francis Poythress”

This entry intends make accessible the index cards of Robert Bolling Bat te (RBB) and his source references available at the Library of Virginia 's internet site.

I also explain how this database came to be. What some call a gedcom, I c all a database because to quote Wikipedia, “a database is a structured co llection of records or data that is stored in a computer system.” I fi nd it more descriptive.

When I first came across the Batte card collection, I found it rather bewi ldering. Cli ck to view opening page. I could see it also contained valuable infor mation about Virginia family history. At the most fundamental leve l, it is what it appears to be the digitalization of a 3” by 5” card inde x. To the creator, the paper cards would have been a pretty fast way to l ocate individuals and connect to other individuals in their family on t he traditional genealogical chart. However, as scanned images with nam es and numbers that weren’t always applicable or significant, using the ca rds images quickly is a different matter.

In this study, I tried to bring Mr. Batte’s collection into the computer a ge by interconnecting the cards in ways only computers can do. I have tri ed to provide sources where I can on each entry, most frequently back to t he original card at the Library of Virginia internet site.

It should be noted that I have estimated many birth and death dates Bat te never added. I hoped to work with the prevailing rules at the rootsweb /ancestry site where the absence of dates is sometimes is interpreted inco rrectly as an indication that an entry represents a living person. Dat es should also to help researchers better pinpoint their searches more acc urately.

I have discovered is that in some trying to estimates dates is impossib le and indicates a problem with the lineage

I understand in the best of circumstances, the potential for mistakes is s omewhat large. I have used the sign “~ “ to mean probably. Mr. Batte as sumes his card file represents Virginians, but I have tried to make this m ore explicit, while preserving some wiggle room I have used “before” and “ after” rather liberally. At times it may be off by a decade or mor e. Or it may be off in slightly the wrong direction. I tried to triangul ate from ancestors and descendents Batte did provide and from siblings a nd sibling order. It has been a rather cheeky enterprise, as I will be t he first to admit. I am making estimates based on his estimates. As ma ny colonial women married at an early age, it expands the possible err or in estimating dates.

I cannot stress too often that looking at the card images is the best w ay for you to determine for yourself the merit of all the information her e. The work here should be your jumping off point for you own research.


LOOKING AT THE CARDS

When you consult the original card images at the LVA, you will find the so urce references as letters and numbers along the right edge of the index c ards.

Additional information below comes mainly from the same group of cards onl ine at the LVA in the miscellaneous section, Source A-O, Source P-Z, and P ublications. At the end of this entry, I include my advice on using the ca rds at t he LVA to extend or complement the use of this database.

The LVA says of RBB's system: "In the key to the sources a letter indicat es the type of document and the number indicates either the county or a sp ecific item. For example, A3 stands for Petersburg birth registers, B23 st ands for Charles Washington Friend Bible, and P81 stands for the publish ed title Rebirth of the Old Dominion. (A = birth register, 3 = Petersbur g; B = family Bible, 23 = Charles Washington Friend Bible; P = publicatio n, 81 = Rebirth of the Old Dominion.) "

Many place names refer to counties, and many counties changed boundaries a nd names over the history of the colony and the state. Mr. Batte often no tes the changes, but many times he does not. If in doubt, the Libra ry of Virginia sells an excellent book of maps that shows the counti es as their lines changed throughout most of the 400 years of Virginia's e xistence.

ABBREVIATIONS

Among the frequent abbreviations: MHB: Member of House of Burgesses; MH D, Member, House of Delegates; CSA, Confederate States of America; H-S, H ampden-Sydney College; VMI, Virginia Military Institute; R-M, Randolph Mac on College; PT with dates, probably means prior to; and ST, subsequent t o, “c”:circa or about. D.S.P. or dsp is Latin abbreviation of "decessit si ne prole" which translates to "died without issue." The < > brackets ind icate a burial place, as in . "_" around a place na me, usually indicates a house or estate name, but not all the places indic ated are necessarily grand although many were. The names were important w hen street and road numbers did not exist. "V" between two numbers refe rs to the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography with the volum e, V, followed by page.

FAMILY IDENTIFIERS

Mr. Batte uses various ways to link his families together, but the major o ne for his families of greatest interest is a combination of letters and n umbers to show each person's relation to the immigrant ancestor. I beg an with (P-1) which stands for Francis Poythress in the list below. Do n ot confuse the P families with the publication list, or the B families wi th the bible lists. (P-2) represents John Peterson. In the publication l ist those identifiers do have alternate meanings, but the source indicato rs are usually presented along the right side of the index card, and the p eople indicators are next to the name.

Not all families have individual ID codes. The cards explaining many of t he family code keys are among the card groups, usually at the beginni ng of the first group in a new letter of the alphabet. Some are simply in ferred from reading the cards.

As a hypothetical example, a card reference (P-2) ABA CDF would indica te that the person is descendent of (A) the first child of (P-2), the ( B) second child of that person, the (A) first child of that person, the ( C) third child of that person, the fourth (D) child of that person, the ( F) sixth child of that person. Mr. Batte also used numbers to indicate fa mily genealogy, but seldom in the cards.

THE CODES

Family Code: Family Head

1 John Batte {also see Poythress and Peterson for "conversions."
In my database I use [Batte 1].

A-1 George Archer
A-2 Henry Anderson
A-3 Anthony Armistead

B-1 Theoderick Bland
B-2 Robert Bolling
B-3 John Baird
B-4 William Bassett
B-5 Lewis Burwell
B-6 Edward Booker
B-7 Christopher Branch
B-8 Thomas Brodnax

C-1 Thomas Chappell
C-2 Cornelius Calvert
C-3 William Claiborne
C-4 Miles Cary
C-5 John Carter (Cortoman)
C-6 Richard Cocke
C-7 Edmund Custis
C-8 William Collier
C-9 Norfolk-Surry Brunswick Cocke
C-9A Thomas Cocke
C-9B William Cocke
C-9C Walter Cocke
C-9D Christopher Cocke
C-10 William Cocke
C-11 Thomas Carter

D-1 John Drummond
D-2 Edward Digges

E-1 Francis Epes/Eppes
E-2 Richard Eggleston

F-1 Theophilus Feild
F-2 Thomas Friend
F-3 French

G-1 William Gilliam
G-2A George Green
G-3 John Goode
G-4 Paschal Greenhill

H-1 John Hinton
H-2 Solomon Harrison
H-3 Stephen Hamlin
H-4 Benjamin Harrison

I-1 Edmund Irby

J-1 Samuel Jones
J-2 James Jones
J-3(Warwick) Jones
J-4 Peter Jones
J-5 Lewis Burwell
J-6 Thomas Jones
J-7 Roger Jones
J-8
J-9 Thomas Jefferson, J-9 also Jones ancestor of Mordecai Jones

L-1 Richard Lee
L-2 John Lewis

M-1 Andrew Meade
M-2 Joseph Mayo
M-4 William Moseley
M-5 A John Mason
M-6 Marshall ?

N-1 George Newton
N-2 Thomas Nelson

O-1 Thomas Osborne

P-1 Francis Poythress [Convert 142 C to (P-1) BG & 142 CAB to (P-1) BHA] S ee LVA, Poythress, Card 1

P-2 John Peterson [Convert 144 to (P-2)] See LVA, Peterson, Card 1

P-3 Francis Page

R-1 William Randolph
R-2 Henry Randolph
R-3 Samuel Ravenscroft
R-4 Rev. George Robertson
R-8 Archibald Robertson of PG

S-1 John Stith
S-2 Edward Stratton
S-3 Thomas Shippey
S-4 Archibald Stuart

T-1
T-2 Adam Thorowgood
T-3 Robert Turnbull
T-4 Thomas Todd
T-5 William Thornton

W-1 James Whittle
W-2
W-3 Thomas Walke

x-2 ____Feild
X-9 Thomas Williams
X-10 Nicholas Massenburg
X-12 Bartholomew Yates
X-11 John Cargill
X-13 William Colgate Boswell
X-14 Henry Isham
X-18 or 15 James Greenway

Y-1 Thomas Eldridge

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Source References

A Birth Registers
B Family Bibles
C Cemetery Records
D Deed Books
E Order Books
F Family Information
G Patents
H Himself or herself
I
J
K
L Census
M Marriage Records
N Newspapers
O Death Registers
P Publications
Q
R Parish Registers
S Spouse gave information
T Tombstone
U College Records
V
W Will Books
X Land Tax
Y Surveyors' Plats or Books
Z Miscellaneous
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Prefix D, E M W

1 Prince George
2 Chesterfield
3 Amelia
4 Nottoway
5 Brunswick
6 Charlotte
7 Prince Edward
8 Henrico
9 Lunenberg
10 Campbell
11 Dinwiddie
12 Richmond*
13 Petersburg*
14 Greensville
15 Isle of Wight
16 Southampton
17 Westmoreland
18 Sussex
19 Charles City
20 Mecklenburg
21 Northumberland
22 Richmond
23 Norfolk City
24 Staunton*
25 Pittsylvania
26 Botetourt
27 Surry
28 Powhatan
29
30 Hanover
31 Princess Anne
32 York
33 Gloucester
34 Franklin
35 King William
36 Essex
37 Middlesex
38 Spotsylvania
39 Elizabeth City
40 Norfolk
41 Northampton
42 Warwick
43 Albemarle

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Source References

A Birth Registers
B Family Bibles
C Cemetery Records
D Deed Books
E Order Books
F Family Information
G Patents
H Himself or herself
I
J
K
L Census
M Marriage Records
N Newspapers
O Death Registers
P Publications
Q
R Parish Registers
S Spouse gave information
T Tombstone
U College Records
V
W Will Books
X Land Tax
Y Surveyors' Plats or Books
Z Miscellaneous
_________________________________________________
Prefix D, E M W

1 Prince George
2 Chesterfield
3 Amelia
4 Nottoway
5 Brunswick
6 Charlotte
7 Prince Edward
8 Henrico
9 Lunenberg
10 Campbell
11 Dinwiddie
12 Richmond*
13 Petersburg*
14 Greensville
15 Isle of Wight
16 Southampton
17 Westmoreland
18 Sussex
19 Charles City
20 Mecklenburg
21 Northumberland
22 Richmond
23 Norfolk City
24 Staunton*
25 Pittsylvania
26 Botetourt
27 Surry
28 Powhatan
29
30 Hanover
31 Princess Anne
32 York
33 Gloucester
34 Franklin
35 King William
36 Essex
37 Middlesex
38 Spotsylvania
39 Elizabeth City
40 Norfolk
41 Northampton
42 Warwick
43 Albemarle



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Publications The first entry per line refers to an index card to be fou nd at the LVA internet collection of Robert Bolling Batte's index cards un der the Publications section at the very end of the family catalog list, w hich is divided into two sections.

LVA Card Number, Publication No., Author Name,Title

1 P-1Fothergill, Augusta B.Peter Jones and Richard Jones Genealogies
4 P-2Clark, EvaFrancis Epes, His Ancestors and Descendants
5 P-3Watson, Walter A.Notes of Southside Virginis
7 P-4Bell, LandonOld Free State
9 P-5Valentine, Edward Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers
11 P-6Turner, Willard R.Old Homes and Families of Nottoway
13 P-7Slaughter, PhilipHistory of Bristol Parish. VA
15 P-8Descendants of William Littlejohn
17 P-9Randolph, Robert IshamThe Carter Tree
20 P-10The Bland Papers
21 P-11Bolling, Robert (of Bolling Family, a Memoir of a Portion of
“Chellowe”)
23 P-12French, S. BassetCentennial Tales
25 P-13Randolph Booklet
27 P-14Brown, AlexanderThe Cabells and their Kin
28 P-15Bell, Landon C.Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County
P-16The Randolphs of Virginia
32 P-17Hale, Nathaniel ClaiborneRoots in Virginia
34 P-18Holcombe Genealogy
36 P-19Childs, James RivesReliques of the Rives
38 P-20Robertson, WyndhamPocahantas and Her Descendants
40 P-21Pecquet du Bellet, LouiseSome Prominent Virginia Families (4 Vol um es)
42 P-22Henry, Reginald Buchanan Genealogies of Families of the Presiden ts
44 P-23Garber, Virginia ArmisteadThe Armistead Family
46 P-24Lee, Cazenove GardnerLee Chronicle
48 P-25Boddie, John BennettSeventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Vi rg inia
50 P-26Freeman, Douglas SouthallR.E. Lee
52 P-27Friend, Carter WatkinsDescendants of Captain Thomas Friend
54 P-28Bradshaw, Herbert History of Prince Edward County, VA.
56 P-29Men of Mark in Virginia
58 P-30Clerical Directory (1926, 1950, 1959
60 P-31Johnson, John LipscombUniversity of Virginia Memorial
62 P-32Goodwin, John S.The Goodwin Families in America
64 P-33Randolph, WassellDescendants of Henry Randolph
66 P-34CallahanNaval Register
68 P-35Barksdale Genealogy
70 P-36Gold, Thomas D.History of Clark County, Virginia
72 P.37Baskerville, P. HamiltonAndrew Meade of Ireland and Virginia etc .
74 P-38Read, AliceThe Reads and their Relatives
76 P-39Pierce, Frederick CliftonFeild Genealogy
78P.40E.E. Goodwyn Notes


1 P-76Fothergill, Augusta B.Virginia Taxpayers
3 P-77Meade, William (MD)Old Churches-Ministers, and Families of Virgin ia
5 P-78Stratton, Harriet R.A Book of Strattons
7 P-79Boddie, John BennettColonial Surry
9 P-80Gott, John K.Fauquier County - Abstracts of Wills and Accounts
11 P-81Bruce, Philip AlexanderRebirth of the Old Dominion Vol. 3
12 P-82Bruce, Philip AlexanderRebirth of the Old Dominion Vol. 4
13 P-83Bruce, Philip AlexanderRebirth of the Old Dominion Vol. 5 *
14 P-84Biographies (American Historical Society) Vol IV
15 P-85Biographies (American Historical Society) Vol V
16 P-86Biographies (American Historical Society) Vol VI
17 P-87Tyler, Lyon G.Virginia Biographies, Vol. III *
18 P-88Tyler, Lyon G.Virginia Biographies, Vol. IV *
19 P-89Tyler, Lyon G.Virginia Biographies, Vol. V *
20 P-90Boddie, John BennettVirginia Historical Genealogies
21 P-91Boddie, John BennettSouthside Virginia Families Vol 1
22 P-92Boddie, John BennettSouthside Virginia Families Vol 2
23 P-93Boddie, John BennettHistorical Southern Families Vol 1
24 P-94Boddie, John BennettHistorical Southern Families Vol II
25 P-95Boddie, John BennettHistorical Southern Families Vol III
26 P-96Boddie, John BennettHistorical Southern Families Vol IV
27 P-97Boddie, John BennettHistorical Southern Families Vol V
28 P-98Boddie, John BennettHistorical Southern Families Vol VI
29 P-99Boddie, John BennettHistorical Southern Families Vol VIII
30 P-100Baird, Nancy ChappelearFauquier County - Tombstone Inscriptions
31 P-101Blanton, Wyndham Bolling Making of a Downtown Church
32 P-102(State Library Bulletin #13) Portraits in Virginia State Librar y
33 P-103Hardy, Stella PickettColonial Families in the Southern States
34 P-104Ravenscroft, Ruth ThayerRavenscroft Family History
35 P-105Adventures of Purse and Person *
36 P-106McGill (Magill?)Beverley Family of Virginia, The
37 P-107Campbell, Leslie LyleThe Dance Family in Virginia
38 P-108Wise, Jennings CropperSunrise of VMI
39 P-109Jett, DoraIn Tidewater Virginia
40 P-110Warner, Ezra J.Generals in Gray
41 P-111Whitelaw, Ralph T.Virginia's Eastern Shore 2 volumes
42 P-112Mallory Family
43 P-113Creecy, John HarvieVirginia Antiquary - Princess Anne Papers
44 P-114Miller, Joseph LyonDescendants of Capt. Thomas Carter
45 P-115Potter, MaudeWillises of Virginia
46 P-116Cockes and Cousins I **
47 P-117Family of Edward Eppes *
48 P-118Hendrick, Burton J.Lees of Virginia, The
49 P-119Wilson, Edith Bolling*My Memoirs
50 P-120Alexander, Frederick Stratford Hall and the Lees
51 P-121Couper, William100 Years at VMI Vol I
52 P-122Couper, William100 Years at VMI Vol II
54 P-123Couper, William100 Years at VMI Vol III
55 P-124Couper, William100 Years at VMI Vol IV
56 P-125Ryland, Elizabeth HawesKing William County, Virginia from old n ew spaper
58 P-126Brown, Douglas SummersGreenville County, Virginia
59 P-127Armes, EthelStratford Hall
60 P-128Christian, William AsburyRichmond, Past and Present
61 P-129Christian Family of Virginia (PC-1/11)
62 P-130Brock, Robert AlonzoHuguenot Immigration to Virginia
64 P-131Henry, Anne FontaineIntimate Virginiana
66 P-132Byrds of Virginia *
67 P-133Robert Colin McLeanGeorge Tucker
68 P-134Lee, Edmund JenningsLee of Virginia
69 P-135Green, Raleigh TraversCulpeper County, Virginia Note on
71 P-136Arvin, Evelyn FergusonAnte Bellum Houses of Lunenburg
73 P-137Bagby, AlfredKing and Queen County
74 P-138Jordan, Virginia FitzgeraldThe Captain Remembers
76 P-139Greene, Katherine GlassWinchester, Virginia
78 P-140Lancaster, Robert A. (Jr.)Historic Virginia Homes and Churches
79 P-141Norfleet, FillmoreSuffolk in Virginia
80 P-142Jones, CadwalladerA Genealogical History
81 P-143Chappelear, B. CurtisMaps and Notes of Upper Fauquier County
82 P-144Cockes and Cousins II **
83 P-145Living Descendants of Blood Royal * *
84 P-146Allen, Sarah Cantey Our Children
85 P-147Scott, William WallaceA History of Orange County, Virginia
86 P-148Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian I
87 P-149Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian II

1 P-150Rawlings, MaryAnte-Bellum Albemarle
2 P-151Williams, John LangbournePamphlet: Selections from Family Histor y
3 P-152Bell, Landon C.Sunlight on the Southside, Tithes, Lunenburg Co.
5 P-153Bell, Landon C.Charles Paris, York County -Register
7 P-154Norfleet, FillmoreSt. Memin in Virginia
8 P-155Jones, Walter BurgwinJones-Burgwin Family History Vol I
9 P-156Jones, Walter BurgwinJones-Burgwin Family History Vol II
10 P-157Payne, BrookePaynes of Virginia, The
12 P-158Bailey, James H.Older Petersburg
13 P159Scott, Mary WingfieldHouses of Old Richmond
14 P-160Virginia Counties (a bound volume of pamphlets:
14 P-160A Guide to Hopewell and Petersburg 61 pages
14 P-160Wyatt, Edward A. (IV)B. Plantations and Houses around Petersbur g
14 P-160Eubank, H. RaglandC. Historic Northern Neck 109 pages and index
14 P-160D. Westmoreland Association 32 pages
14 P-160F Brunswick Count VA (1807 exposition) 48 pages
14 P-160Wright, TRBG Westmoreland County 153 pages & index
14 P-160Weaver Betty W.E Chesterfield County 64 pages
15 P-161Seldon, Jefferson SinclairSinclair Family of Virginia
16 P-162Selden Family *
17 P-163Woods, EdgarAlbemarle County in Virginia
18 P-164Pollard, Henry R.Henry Robinson Pollard, Autobiography of
19 P-165Munford, Robert BeverleyRichmond Homes and Memories
20 P-166Dodson, E. GriffithSpeakers and Clerks--Virginia House of Deleg at es
21 P-167Waring, Lucy LemoineHardings of Northumberland County, Virginia
22 P-168Browning, Charles H.Americans of Royal Descent
24 P-169Brock, Robert KincaidArchibald Cary of Ampthill
25 P-170Williams, Kathleen BoothMarriage of Louisa County
27 P-171Neale, GayBrunswick County, Virginia 1720-1975
28 P-172Campbell, T.E.Caroline County
30 P-173Bruton Parish Churchyard
31 P-174Huguenot Society Publication No. 24
32 P-175Huguenot Society Publication No. 25
33 P-176Shepperson, Archibald John Paradise and Lucy Ludwell
35 P-177Stanard, William G. and MaryColonial Virginia Register
38 P-178Prince William County (WPA)
39 P-179Tallahassee Historical Society Annual -1934 No. 1
41 P-180The Cemeteries of Leon County, Florida
43 P-181Edmunds Pocahontas WightVirginians Out Front
44 P-182Andrews, Marietta Memoirs of a Poor Relation
46 P-183Hite, Mary ElizabethMy Rappahannock Story Book
48 P-184Christian Frances Archer Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia
50 P-185Register of Members 1861 Va Convention
52 P-186Bushong, Willard K.Historic Jefferson County
54 P-187Smith, Ella WilliamsTears and Laughter
56 P-188Fauquier County Bicentennial Fauquier County VA 1759-1959
58 P-189Kinsolving, Arthur BarksdaleThe Story of a Southern School
60 P-190Rogers, George W.Officers of the Senate of Virginia
62 P-191WeisigerColonial Wills of Henrico County, VA
64 P-192MeredithHistory of the Norfolk German Club
66 P-193Guide to Gloucester County
68.P-194Middlesex, Historic Buildings in
70 P-195Crozier, William ArmstrongVirginia County Records, Vol. I, Spotsyl vania Co.
72 P-196Early, Ruth HairstonCampbell Chronicles and Family Sketches
75 P-198Abstracts of Lower Norfolk County and Norfolk County
76 P-199Mecklenburg County (history) ("Land by the
77 P-200Brown, Stuart E. (Jr.) and Carter Hall
78 P-201Couture, Richard T.Powhatan: A Bicentennial
80 P-202Ambler, Charles H. (ed)Life of John Floyd
82 P-203Chamberlayne, Churchill Ham Chamberlayne, Virginian
83 P-204Krick, Robert K.Lee's Colonels
74 P-197Bohannon, A.W.Old Surry
85 P-205Mansfield, James RogerEarly History of Spotsylvania County
86 P-206Dodson, E. GriffithCapitol Building at Richmond
87 P-207Cummins, A. BernardNottoway County
88 P-208Wirt, WilliamLife and Character of Patrick Henry
89 P-209Peyton, J. LewisHistory of August County, Virginia
91 P-210Chamberlain, Churchill St. Christopher's School
93 P-211Marton, LouisRobert Carter of Nomini Hall
95 P-212Blackford, Launcelot Minor Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
97 P-213des Cornets, Louis (Jr.)English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Rec or ds
98 P-214Fitzgerald, Sallie HardawayJottings about Nottoway
100 P-215Wyatt, Edward A. (IV)Along Petersburg Streets
102 P-216Plantation Houses Around Petersburg-Wyatt
104 P-217Macdonald, Rose M. E.Clarke County, a Daughter of Frederick
106 P-218Hill, William B.Boyds of Boydton
108 P-219Lutz, EarlRichmond in World War II
110 P-220Gardiner, Mabel HenshawChronicles of Old Berkeley
112 P-221Bell, Edith Ruth and Brunswick Story, History of Brunswick Cou nt y
113 P-222Bulletin of the Virginia State Index to Obituary Notices (1932 )
116 P-223Varick, Floreda Duke and Tallahassee and Leon County, Fla. Cem et eries
118 P-224Cartmell, Thomas K.Shenandoah Valley Pioneer
120 P-225Chamberlayne, Churchill St. Peters Parish, Vestry Book & Regis te r,
120 P-225New Kent and James City Counties
122 P-226Chamberlayne, Churchill G.St. Pauls Parish, Vestry Book, Han ov er County
124 P-227Chamberlayne, Churchill G.Stratton Major Parish (Hanover) ve st ry Book
126 P-228Fall, Ralph E. (Rev.)Bowling Green, VA Historical Record of
128 P-229Gwathmey, John H.Twelve Virginia Counties
130 P-230Gouchland Historical Society Magazine (1972-78
130.P-230Vol 4 No. 2 Autumn 1972
130,P-230Vol 5 No. 1 Spring 1972
130P-230Vol 6 No. 2 Autumn 1974
130P-230Vol 10 No. 2 Autumn 1978
131 P-231FothergillWestmoreland County Wills
133 P-232TuckerNorfolk City Marriages 1797-1850
134 P-233Yantis, Netti SchreinerGenealogical Books in Print
136 P-234Meredith, Henry ClarksonSome Old Norfolk Families
137 P-235Travis, Robert J.The Travis (Travers) Family
140 P-236Woodworth, Robert BellThe Descendants of Robert and John Poage
142 P-236 (sic)CaseyName Index to Hening's Statutes -Casey
144 P-237The Episcopal Church Bound volume of pamphlets
144 P-237Turner, W.R.a. Nottoway Parish, 1748
144 P-237Diosc. VAb. Cannons of Protestant Episcopal
144 P-237Brydonc. Established Church in Va. And the Revolution
144 P-237d. St. Paul's Church, Richmond
144 P-237e. Manakin Church, Powhatan Co., VA
144 P-237f. Coronation Service for H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
144 P-237Robinson, Morgan P.g. Henrico Parish
144 P-237h. Christ and St. Luke's Church, Norfolk
144 P-237i. St. James Episcopal Church, Leesburg, VA
144 P-237j. National Cathedral, Washington, DC
146 P-238Descendants of John and Elizabeth (Rowe) Walton




C Cemeteries

C1 Blandford
C2 Hollywood, Richmond
C3 Shockoe, Richmond
C4 Elmwood and Cedar Grove, Norfolk
C5 Forest Lawn, Norfolk

Deeds

D1 Prince George
D2 Chesterfield
D3 Amelia
D4 Nottoway

Parish Registers

R1 Bristol Parish Register
R2 Albemarle Parish Register
R3 Cumberland (Nottoway) Parish Register
R4 Henrico Church Register (Rich)
R5 Monumental Church Register (Rich)
R6 Douglas Register
R7 St. Peters Register
R8 Bath Parish Register
R9 Abington Parish Register
R10
R11 North Farham Parish Register (Lunenberg Parish)
..
R21 St. Charles Church Lynchburg

Family BiblesOrder by Number

B01 John Batte Bible
B02 John Henry Batte
B03 S. Bassett French
B05 John Jones of Warwick
B07 Dr Theoderick Bland
B08 Goodwyn
B09 William Cole Powell
B10 John Feild
B11John A. Meade
B12 Banister Peachy Tabb Bible
B13 Geo Feild Bible
B14 Henry Ruffin Baird
B15 Francis Fitzgerald Bible
B16 Jones (1819-1933) in State Library
B17 Thomas Curtis Bible
B18 Bassett Bible
B19 Booker Bible
B20Claiborne Bible 1621-1934
B21 Booker Bible
B23 Charles Washington Friend
B34 Chas Washington Friend
B35
B41 Richard Drummond
B42 Richard Quarles Drummond
B43 Anne Foster Fletcher Bible
B51 C Archer Family
B91 Frederick A. Batte

SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE

Because I didn't include all person's in Mr. Batte's card file, I am offer ing some practical advice for using the LVA images of R. Bolling Batte's t yped and handwritten index cards.
Click to view op ening page.

I have provided under source, the card group name and card number for t he individuals here. At times the cards contain valuable extracts of wil ls and land patents and deeds or transcriptions of family tombstones. S ome cards contain charts or suggestions or questions.

To extend or examine the cards for your family groups you may wish to down load some cards.

Download the family name of interest into a folder with the same name as u sed by the LVA. Use one of any number of photo reading programs to view t humbnails and/or enlarged cards with arrow icons or such to move from o ne card to the next like a slide show. In other words, you want to be ab le to duplicate the author's approach to extracting information. Large th umbnails can speed the process. (I have used ACDsee for years, and fi nd it helpful.)

Some researchers save or print out the whole browser page, but I recomme nd that you save only the card image itself on your computer. You can pri nt it later. Put the cursor inside the image on the LVA page. Right cli ck and select your program's equivalent of "save image as." Save to the f older you create or have created earlier. Enlarging the image first does n ot change its download size. The cards are in gif format and numbered. Ea ch group uses the same image numbers, so caution is advised. I change for mats-- gif to jpeg--with my photo program. This is required by my progr am for the orientation to be rotated. A fair number of cards were scann ed upside down, and a few are sideways. Also be aware that it is possib le to download two or more images from the internet at the same time unle ss you have a very old computer setup. I found that five windows or “tab s” is the ideal number. You can right click on your PC toolbar, and casca de the windows if you are using separate windows. Using the LVA +5 link m akes it possible to get through this process quickly. Save one image, whi le others are downloading. Cards are numbered one through 100 or more.

Cards groups are in alphabetical order, just as you would expect th em to be in a library card catalog. Each group is like a drawer. Often t he family name is entirely within a group of cards with another surna me as its heading. This is true for the Atkinsons, for example, who a re w holly contained in the "Atkins" group. Usually, a family placement c an be inferred from the alphabetical list. "Bowcock" contains "Bowde n, " " Bowe," and "Bowling." The usual order is alphabetical, with marri ed women --surname (maiden)--after single women, but mixed with the me n. If there is more than one person with the same name, the oldest usual ly come first unless, as with the Epes, there is a family line progressi on of similar names. Those families tend to be grouped. That is the ide al and the usual, but regrettably, that is not always the case. You may mi ss what you are looking for if you always expect the LVA scanned car ds to follow that pattern. RBB's family and individual identification let ters or numbers can help ensure the correct family members or matched toge ther.

Most people have a "card" with a "front" and a "back," (eg two images) b ut some just have a scanned front. A few have five images. Women in Batte 's more important family groups have a card in their maiden name group a nd their married name group. If a woman married more than once, it is pos sible she will have cards under each husband's surname, but not always. U sually, the most information for women is under the surname group of her h usband. The children are most often listed with the father on his card. So metimes the children are in the card collection but not spelled out on t he father 's card. On rare occasions, the children are on the mother's ca rd.

I have observed some quirky things about the LVA digital collection.. T he Ravenscroft family group appears to be missing entirely though it was o bviously created by Mr. Batte for he makes repeated references to it. T he Jones and Epes are in separate groupings. The Jones family have sever al groups. The Field group (which contains "Feild" and no people spelli ng their name "Field"), is followed the Fendall group. The Feilds actual ly begin in the Featherston group. This is also true for a few others, inc luding Green and Bland. Be aware that at times the cards are out of ord er (the Pryors and the BatteR group, for example). Sometimes, as with t he Armisteads and the Battes, those that can't be placed in the general fa mily scheme are put at the end of the group. Other quirks: The Tayloe gr oup has one Tayloe, Rebecca, but consists mainly of the Taylor family wi th first names starting with R. For Tayloes, see Tarleton, Card 68-111. T he "Osbourne" group contains only "Osbornes." The Jones Brunswick gro up appears to be a subs et of the Abraham-T.Haney group. At rare times ca rds are misfiled out of group or the flip side is scanned first. A few "bl ank" cards are mixed in. At times, the surname is correct but the first n ame is out of alphabetical order. Some cards within a family are inexplic ably missing. Some cards are just misfiled entirely or misfiled with an a ssociated family. {e.g. Armat, Card 50, contains Anne Wallace}.

Sometimes Mr. Batte writes a large script "E" over an entire card or pa rt of it as if to "erase" all the data under it sometimes or just a stri ke through. Mr. Batte appears to reuse many index cards this way, particu larly in his publications list. Some cards are written in a different han d.

To sum up: the Library of Virginia and Mr. Batte's index cards provide a r ich resource for researchers, but neither is infallible.

New facts or interpretations may realign some of the families here. Mr. Ba tte adjusted his work many times in is own lifetime. Some disagree with h is interpretation. I try to adjust family lines if the evidence is clear- cut. Nevertheless, by interpreting him where he is unclear, I may have go ne too far at times. Users should explore the cards and the sources and m ake their own judgments.

I have added some more recent families when correspondents have provided s ources or have demonstrated a willingness to accept emails for those who m ight discuss the sources with them. I have made the determination to add m ore material on a case by case basis. I have added a few more names with i nformation obtained outside the database. By and large, the reason for t he database remains the same: to make R. Bolling Batte’s work more accessi ble.