You are invited to view and download the latest edition of Prince
William Reliquary, a quarterly genealogical and historical magazine for
Prince William County, Virginia. To view it requires version 5.0 of
Adobe Acrobat, available as a free download. 

 

http://www.pwcgov.org/default.aspx?topic=040034001060001600
<http://www.pwcgov.org/default.aspx?topic=040034001060001600>  

 

Contents of the April 2005 issue include:

*        Prince William County Sheriffs, 1731-1904, by Tish Como.  More
than a list of local office holders, this is a history of the office of
sheriff in Virginia and how it evolved, with all its privileges and
responsibilities.

*        The Beginnings of Greenwich - a 1796 advertisement extolling a
neighborhood in western Prince William County.

*        Dumfries District Court Land Causes, 1793-1811 (continued), by
William M. Balderson Jr.  Continuing the case of McDaniel vs. Dunlop.
Includes a previously unpublished letter from Senator William Grayson.

*        How Old Was She?  The Mystery of Chloe Ashby, by Donald L.
Wilson.  The tale of a freed woman from Dumfries who claimed to have
cooked for George Washington and to have lived to age 116.

*        Death Records from Prince William County Estate Files, ca.
1913-1938, by Ronald R. Turner.  Part one, surnames A - Hall.

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Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian

Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center (RELIC)

for Genealogy and Local History

Bull Run Regional Library

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