Reliquary's twenty-ninth issue has been posted.

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 7.0 of
Adobe Acrobat, available as a free download. 

 

http://www.pwcgov.org/library/relic/reliquary.htm
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Contents of the January 2009 issue include:

*        Evergreen Cemetery, by James Crown.   Traces the ASHMORE and
BERRYMAN families who owned Evergreen plantation, located on Quantico
Marine Corps Base.  Burials also include the names LANE and ASHBY.
(Note: This is not the Berkeley plantation, also called "Evergreen.")

*        Capt. Philip Lee's 3rd Virginia Company, 1776-1778, by Joan W.
Peters (concluded).  Biographical sketches of each recruit.

*        The Origins of Minnieville, a community near Dale City founded
in 1884.

*        The 1804 Presidential Election Poll in Prince William County.
A list of all voters.

*        The Will of Susanna F. Graham (probated 1833), mutilated in
Prince William County, but a complete copy has been found in Tennessee.

*        Dumfries District Court Land Causes (cont.), by William
Balderson.   John and Samuel LOVE vs. James EWELL over land near
Buckland.

You may use Control+F to search the text for keywords of interest to
you.  Backfiles can be searched on Google using keyword(s) plus
'Reliquary.'  Name indexes to volumes 1 through 6 are now posted online,
as well as a topical guide to the first 28 issues.  

 

We invite your comments and submissions.

Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian

Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center (RELIC)

for Genealogy and Local History

Bull Run Regional Library

8051 Ashton Avenue

Manassas, Virginia 20109

(703) 792-4540

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