Salmons and Goochland/Cumberland County

I pulled some books off the shelf to reshelve them in places that make sense.  One of them is Southam Parish Land Processioning 1747-2784 by Ann K. Blomquist.  There are quite a few pages on which John Salmons is listed.  There is also one page on which William Salmons is listed and he seems to be in the same neighborhood as John.

So I decided to go on-line and see if I could get a feeling for the vicinity that is being talked about when John Salmons is among those to whom the processioning refers.  Over and over the points of reference are:  Widow Dillion's Path, Ham Chapel, Muddy Creek....here are some of the references that I found about these places:

The other chapel would be between Peterville and the James River and called initially “Willis” but shortly Ham Chapel. The parish entry detailing its construction is torn but most likely stated that it was to be constructed “as the other” in size and shape, etc. Its site using the names of the time was along Pruett’s Path and Widow Dillion’s Path or today’s along Virginia Road 45 north of U.S. Highway 60 near Ashby. Ham Chapel was finished sometime in 1747, but repairs, modifications and additions were frequently needed.
from:  http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~huntergeorge/hughespg2.html

I found some information about the Dumas family that includes an explanation of the area being in district #19 on the map on page 10 of this book...oh, yes, I see now that the information is actually labelled as being in precinct #19 on page 14.  This information is found at:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cullember/otherfam/dumas.html

I have a couple of maps on one of my own posts:

http://marshamoses.blogspot.com/search?q=salmons

OK....before I file the book, here are a few maps that help me understand this area of Precinct #19:

And in the below map Muddy Creek is labelled with the small marker.

There is no doubt in my mind that this is the area in which the Salmons Family was living when John Salmons died.  And probably all of these families could have attended the Ham Chapel if indeed it was near present day Ashby.

John Slater in Arkansas

I had bought a couple of books while attending the NGS conference in Missouri this past spring.  I unpacked them tonight and took a look.  The dates of the Index to the Arkansas Land Office are 1820-1907.  Both books have Slater males listed as having bought land.  None named have given name John.  I think it likely that John may have bought land that was in private hands


My 3-gr-grandfather, John Slater, is found in the

....1850 census finds John A. Slater living in Greenbrier, Independence, Arkansas with a wife: Louisa M. Slater who is 19.  THis John has North Carolina as his birth place.

My grandmother, Mary Ann McGregor Hawkins told me in an interview c. 1969 that her grandfather, John Slater, had been born in NC.  I feel sure that this is the right man.  And the John Slater who is found in Lassen County in the 1860 census is also shown as having been born in NC.  I have absolute proof that this John Slater in Lassen County is my man! Also Louisa is absolutely the name of the Lassen County's man's wife.

So where were they living in 1850?  I went surfing tonight and found the following maps:

Hmmmmm.....I am going to have to work on this some more.  The lower map has almost no resemblance to the boundaries of Independence County in the upper map.  Think I quit for the night.

Trip to the suburbs of Philadelphia

I very much want to make my next trip to Philadelphia to be a driving trip.  That way I will have my car in order to visit sites in the more suburban areas.  My earliest ancestors seem to have  settled in Philadelphia city.  Their children and grandchildren moved out into the surrounding countryside.  This blog post is mostly for me in order to organize my thoughts about this possible

Here are some websites that I am finding helpful. 

The first one gives overviews of Old Quaker Meeting Houses in Pennsylvania:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/graphics-pax/mtghse.html


http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/mm/radnoumm.xml

http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/burial/radnor/

http://radnorquakers.org/welcome/related-links/

http://pennsylvania-genealogy.net/Exeter-in-Berks-County-Genealogy.cfm

I found the below site while looking for Evan Thomas (connection to Foulke surname)
http://www.gwyneddmeeting.org/history/history.htm

I am doing some of my work in keynote (my slideshow program).  There are a few maps and etc that I feel do not belong to me to put on the internet without asking permission.  If you want me to add or clarify anything, let me know and I'll try to help.