I stand corrected. Bad Genealogy intel. Family history must have confused
Mecklenburg as the county division.
SORRY
JPA
-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Nicholls
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 1:24 PM
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Subject: Re: 1820s deaths and Year Without Summer
Excuse me, but I don't believe Lunenburg ever went from being part of
Virginia to becoming a county in NC. The NC-VA border was drawn before
Lunenburg ever came into existence.
Michael L. Nicholls
Professor of History, Emeritus
Dept. of History
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-0710
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On Aug 10, 2012, at 11:38 AM, John Philip Adams wrote:
> Go to the 1800, 1810, 1820 census. See where Wills is living. Check
> Kentucky and N. Carolina. Remember Lunenburg Co, went from being a
> part of Va. To becoming a county in NC.
> JPAdams
> Texas
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Craig Kilby
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 9:54 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: 1820s deaths and Year Without Summer
>
> Eric,
>
> Here is an outside the box thought. Maybe he didn't' die in Virginia at
all.
>
> Craig
>
> On Aug 10, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Huffstutler, Eric S. wrote:
>
>> Correction below... this was 1816 but residual effects were still
>> going on in 1819.
>>
>>
>> I don't think he was in the hole when he died but we do have to keep
>> in mind the year prior was a bad one with the volcano eruption that
>> caused the year without a summer. Crops failed and many people were
>> put out on the streets. Crops he relied on to sell. But he didn't
>> only sell groceries but imported dry goods too.
>>
>
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