Whoa....what was the ad by William Gilmore in 1763? That is the date of
what I call the 1763 Cornstalk Event. I am thinking that there was a
son named William of the Gilmore family.
Kerr's Creek Massacre: John and his wife, Agness Anderson Gilmore were
killed by Shawnees in the first Kerr's Creek Raid of 19 October 1759 and
their possessions were plundered. Two of their children still at home
were also killed, but their names are unknown. There are many different
versions of the Indian attacks in that area, including the names of
those involved. Even reports written following the events contradict
each other. From the court records, we do know that the attack in which
John and Agness were killed was before November 1759, and their son
Thomas died during an attack shortly before September 1763. Below, see
some excerpts from court records following attacks at Kerr's Creek.
And I continue to be interested in the Rowland family...Would you please
tell me how to find the articles that you talk about in the below?
marsha in wv
qvarizona wrote:
>The database is not limited to Jamestown. Among other
>things, I have found an ad placed by William Gilmore
>of Augusta/Botetourt Co.in 1763, and an article about
>"Capt. Thomas Rowland of Botetourt" in 1777. Both
>articles led to solutions to long-standing genealogy
>questions. Great site.
>
>Joanne
>
>--- Randy Cabell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>That sounds GREAT.
>>
>>Is there any comparable data base of newspaper or
>>other text from Jamestowne
>>in the 1600's? I am finding it very difficult to
>>pin down anything in that
>>era.
>>
>>Randy Cabell
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Martha Katz-Hyman"
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>>Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 3:31 PM
>>Subject: Re: Virginia Gazette on-line
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>>
>>>Note that you can not only search the Virginia
>>>
>>>
>>Gazette but the
>>
>>
>>>transcribed York County inventories, the Colonial
>>>
>>>
>>Williamsburg
>>
>>
>>>Research reports and the Colonial Williamsburg
>>>
>>>
>>Research Division
>>
>>
>>>publications all at once by going to
>>>
>>>
>>www.pastportal.org. Click on the
>>
>>
>>>magnifying glass to search all of the databases at
>>>
>>>
>>once, or browse by
>>
>>
>>>clicking the book. I find the former method more
>>>
>>>
>>productive--just
>>
>>
>>>type in the word or phrase you want (for help,
>>>
>>>
>>click on "Search Tips")
>>
>>
>>>and click "Search," confirm this is what you want
>>>
>>>
>>on the next screen,
>>
>>
>>>and you'll be presented with links that contain
>>>
>>>
>>the word or phrase
>>
>>
>>>you're searching for.
>>>
>>>It can take some time to go through them all--but
>>>
>>>
>>Past Portal is an
>>
>>
>>>invaluable source for studying 18th century
>>>
>>>
>>Tidewater Virginia
>>
>>
>>>history, material culture and architecture.
>>>
>>>Going to the link given by Dr. Kukla will also
>>>
>>>
>>take you to links to
>>
>>
>>>other CW databases that should prove useful in
>>>
>>>
>>many research areas.
>>
>>
>>>Martha Katz-Hyman
>>>Architectural Collections Fellow
>>>Colonial Williamsburg
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