Thank you Gregg,
My Parhams also had some sort of Mill in Brunswick Co VA (maybe other counties
too). Would you mind posting the URL ? I've never been able to find anything in
the Library of VA d'base...can't navigate it at all.
thanks,
malinda
Gregg Kimball wrote:
> Thomas S. Berry's article "The Rise of Flour Milling in Richmond" VMHB 78,
> n. 4 (Oct. 1970), has some information on Ross; he was one of the first mill
> owners in the city. Ross' corn mill is shown in one of the early Latrobe
> watercolors of Richmond, and the mill complex is described on Policy # 172,
> 13 June 1796, (vol. 12, microfilm reel 1), Mutual Assurance Society of
> Virginia Declarations, Library of Virginia.
>
> Gregg Kimball
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J. H. Brothers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:34 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: David Ross's Plantation
>
> Ross has been the subject of a number of papers and articles. You might
> want to
> look at:
>
> Dew, Charles B.
> 1974 David Ross and the Oxford Iron Works: A Study of Industrial slavery in
> the
> Early Nineteenth-Century South. William & Mary Quarterly, Vol.
> 31(2):189-224.
>
> Salmon, John S.
> 1986a The Washington Iron Works of Franklin County Virginia 1773-1850.
> Virginia State Library, Richmond.
>
> The State Library also has some archival material-
>
> Ross, David
> 1776a Letter, David Ross, Oxford Iron Works, to John Hook, New London, 20
> October 1776. Virginia State Library, Personal Papers collection, #19904.
> 1776b Letter, David Ross, Oxford, to John Hook, New London, 30 November
> 1776.
> Virginia State Library, Personal Papers collection, #19906.
>
> My interest is in Ross' involvement in the iron industry. By 1776 Ross was
> living at the Oxford IW, at least part of the time. Although I have looked
> at
> the Grantor/Grantee files, I have been unable to establish when he bought
> the
> property. Part of the problem is that the deeds are registered in a number
> of
> different counties. some of them "burned". If you are interested, I have a
> considerable amount of data in terms of deeds and Virginia Gazette articles
> that
> are related. I have not worked with Ross' other land holdings, which are
> extensive.
>
> James H. Brothers IV
>
> "W. Scott Smith" wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am looking for the location of David Ross's Plantation on the James
> River.
> >
> > His office is in the town of Columbia, at the Point of Fork, on the North
> > Bank of the James.
> >
> > I was under the impression that his house was on the North Bank as well,
> > but after speaking with someone in Columbia this weekend, I have heard
> that
> > it might have been on the South Bank, just across the river.
> >
> > Any information would be appreciated.
> >
> > Scott Smith
> > Gaskins' Virginia Battalion of 1781
> > www.lynchburg.net/gaskins
> >
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