HALLOWEEN

 1960

Vernon, Texas

This is when we lived on Texas Street. Our cousins would come join us for the fun of 

Trick-or-Treating. 

Back then, Halloween was celebrated by children only. A large Halloween carnival was hosted by Hawkins elementary. I think it was only on the bottom floor, but different rooms offered activities and sold tickets for people to participate. These activities were things like a cake walk, dunking for apples, etc. Everyone, children that is, would turn out in costume.  They sold all kinds of food in the cafeteria. It was truly a hometown center of fun. My costumes were usually the store bought variety of clowns or skeletons with the suffocating plastic mask that I could barely see out of. It evolved into making our own costumes which usually consisted of hobos and witches. When we left the carnival, Mother and Daddy would take me individually to go door to door in search of the trick-or-treat candy. They would follow along in the car. This wouldn’t last for long as it was usually getting late on a school night.  I remember pilfering through the candy and separating the things that I didn’t like and Daddy would usually finish it up.  

Sources For George Vineyard 1759-1852

 Sources for George Vineyard (1759-1852)

Vineyard, Truett. Interview by Jewell Bell Krauss. 1982. Great grandson of my George Vineyard 1756. Grandson of George Vineyard, Jr. 1838, who is brother to my Edna C Vineyard.

1810 United States Federal Census. Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia; Roll: 70; Page: 637; Family History Number: 0181430; Image: 00086. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls) [online data: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.]

1850 United States Federal Census. Western District, Scott, Virginia; Roll: M432_975; Page: 350A; Image: 1. [Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls)]

Morton, Oren Frederic. A history of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: McClure Co., 1920, p. 403. [Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Ancestry.com Filmstrip #428]

Morton, Oren Frederic. A history of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: McClure Co., 1920. Miscellaneous data p 477. [Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Ancestry filmstrip #502.]

Morton, Oren Frederic. A history of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: McClure Co., 1920, p. 537. [Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Ancestry.com filmstrip #562.]

Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Index p 747 filmstrip 1789 & Appendix Revolutionary Soldiers p. 1408 filmstrip 482. [Online publication - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005]

Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). [Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010 filmstrip 610]

U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872. Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872; [Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. T718: 1818 – 1872 / 07: Revolutionary War, 1831-1848, filmstrip 328.]

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. “George Vineyard.” [online data: Ancestry.com 2012

Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940. “George Vineyard & Mary Campbell,” FHL Film Number 33797. [online data: Ancestry.com 2014]

Worrell, Anne Lowry. A Brief of Wills and Marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1733-1831; Roanoke, Virgina, 1932, p 9. [online data: familysearch.org/library]

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/855417/?georgevineyard.blogspot.com

https://scottcountyva.info/2006/1846-muster-roll-for-124th-va-infantry-commanded-by-hezekiah-p-neal/

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/vineyard/944/

George Vineyard, Sr Family Group Sheet

 

George Vineyard, Jr. Family Group Sheet

 

First Date 1969

 

Mark Ramsey was my first boyfriend. He gave me his I.D. bracelet and took me on my first date, chaperoned by his parents, 8^th grade, to the First Baptist sweetheart banquet. His parents were in the car waiting for us. I wore the formal that was made for me to be the flower girl in my brother's wedding. I shifted away from Mark as we entered high school, yet he never really went away. He always made himself available should I ever break up with a steady boyfriend. I do have to say that we had some really fun times after I went to college. I would come home after the 1st summer semester, and I dated him some then, but never committed. I didn’t want to be tied down, but he would have been eager to establish a relationship. He was a great guy! 

See The Work

 To live with purpose is to do good things even when no one is looking. It's important to do things right for your own self-worth and integrity. My husband and I were raised to do things right and to not leave a job undone. I know that his mode of operandi is to pitch in whenever he sees something that.... just needs to be done. I worked hard, and still do, to get ALL the squares filled, probably to a fault, leaving no stone unturned until the job is completed.

I recently read an article in Reader's Digest that was titled SEE THE WORK. Simple advice from a quiet woman of few words was, "See the work" which means when you see what needs to be done, do it without being told. If toys are left out, put them away. If dishes are being washed, grab a towel and dry. The list goes on daily....to just see the work.

Understanding Vineyard Family History

 AMERICA IN THE 1760s

The Project Gutenberg eBook of History of the United States, by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard.

The History Place - American Revolution: English Colonial Era

The population in America reached 1,500,000; Boston was destroyed by fire; George III became the new English King. 

The above map was found in the History of the U.S. by Charles & Mary Beard. It is well worth the time. 

As I put together the family of my Edna C Vineyard, I truly feel that I'm on the correct track. There have been no signs to lead me differently. However, as I tried to write the history of George Vineyard, Jr., Edna's father, I ran into difficulties with Censuses in the 1800s, which is no surprise because they have only the number of people in the household. I stumbled on the 1820 census because the one I have attached doesn't match the number of people in the household. I've backtracked trying to rectify that. Perhaps there is another George Vineyard who would be a cousin, brother, or of some other relation to Edna's family. 

With that said, I feel comfortable to give in a nutshell what I do believe of our Vineyard lineage. Further research will be done to see if I have missed the birth of some of Edna's siblings. Until them, I have changed George's status to "Work In Progress." 

I will share the information from a blog that I have previously mentioned. It is found at:

George Vineyard Sr and Coley Lineage

I have attempted to contact the author with no return correspondence. Years ago, I also contacted another great Vineyard researcher, Glenda Trogdon. I have recently tried to find her again with no luck. Armed with this combination of the Vineyard history, I feel comfortable sharing what was found on the Vineyard blog. I admire the work the Coley Family has done on the cemetery of Edna's grandfather. They have proven our lineage to the Revolution and restored his gravesite. Her blog is well worth the read. 

Here is her information. It is written about Edna's sister, Polly A Vineyard who married William E Coley in 1860. It also brings us full circle to another Quillin/Coley connection. See my post on Oct 8, 2023 to see the scribbles of this connection.

George Vineyard Jr & George Vineyard Sr 

"Willam E Coley married Polly A Vineyard Oct 25, 1860 (daugher of George Vineyard Jr and Hannah Hart). They had several children (possibly 5), one was James Lawrence b. 1866 who married Katherine Reed (these are Granddad Issac Coleys parents). James Lawrence Coley and Katherine Reed Coley had 10 children one was Issac Grady Coley b. 1892 married Anna Elizabeth Quillen May 11, 1913 and had 2 children, Angus Coley b. 1914 and William G. Coley b. 1918. William G. Coley married Myronell Osborne 4.8.1939 and had 4 daughters (2 of which were born in the Issac Coley home below) and qualify for the DAR based on George Vineyard Sr's fighting in the American Revolution. Willam Grady Coley died in 1958.

George Vineyard Sr 1759-1852 fought in the Revolutionary War (around 1775-1783) Rev. Solider Pension Number S7794 and was buried on Red Hill (Gate City) Virginia directly behind the Benton Cemetery on Red Hill Road (see photo of original tombstone). Today it is covered in trash and should be cleared for proper viewing. We have asked the City/County several of times to assist with this to no avail. We are trying to get the DAR involved so if anyone can help us with our journey, that would be appreciated!

George Vineyard Sr (son of Christopher Vineyard b. 1733 in Germany and died in 1807 in Virginia) was born 1759, married Mary Campbell in 1790 and died 1852. He is buried on Red Hill in Gate City, VA. They had 5 Children, one was George Vineyard Jr who was born in 1793 and married Hannah Hart (born 1802) in 1829. George Vineyard Jr and Hannah Hart had 7 children, one was Polly A Vineyard who was born Nov 13, 1829 (who married William E Coley b. 1837). George Vineyard Jr died March 20 1860.

George Vineyard Sr's father was Christopher Vineyard who was born in Germany in 1733 and died in Virgina in 1807. Christopher Vineyard was married to an Elizabeth (?) date unknown but came to Virginia from Germany between 1733-1759. Christopher Vineyards father was John Vineyard (married to a Barbara Evick) from Germany and he was born sometime prior to 1733. It is unknown if John Vineyard or his son Christopher Vineyard came to America first."