After establishing my connection to Edna Vineyard, I began finding much information about her Vineyard Family. Below is a wonderful article about a meeting that took place in her father's home. Edna would have still been living at home. Opening the link to the blog is well worth the visit. Sheila has done an amazing job posting information for this and many other families in the Scott County VA community. In the comments on most pages, I was able to see the many familiar names of other genealogists that I have either been in contact with or have followed their websites. This further substantiates that I'm on the right track! Though the picture isn't very clear, nor was it on her website, I will give the information that she gave about the meeting at my g-g-great-grandfather's house.
1846 Muster Roll for 124th Va Infantry Commanded by Hezekiah P. Neal (scottcountyva.info)
Sheila had been contacted by a dealer of historical documents. He had in his possession the original copy of the 1846 Muster Roll, see picture above. There are 70 names on the muster roll. (Many are names that over the years have been placed on my family tree.) It is entitled "A list of the commissioned and staff officers, belonging to the 124th Regiment Commanded by Hezekiah P. Neal, at Estillville on the 14, 15, & 16th days of April, 1847 and the Regimental Muster at the residence of George Vineyard on the 17th day of April, 1847.
I will not list the 70 names, nor expound on the notes of the meeting, but suffice it to say that there are familiar names. Please check out this blog to reference this meeting which was held at my g-g-grandfather's home.
George Vineyard, Jr. would have been about 54 years old at the time of this meeting. He lived in a volatile time between the Revolution and the Civil War. He was committed to the various situations facing the nation at the time because both his father and his grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War.
