Digging into our family history creates deep connections. Genealogy is about finding our roots. As we research our family tree, we realize how our lives are intertwined with the history of our great nation. My family history includes the Quillin family, the Ewing family, the McNair family, the Jones family, the Bridges family, the King family and the Hulsey family. It is an honor to share their family stories. Search each family name by clicking the labels on the bottom right side.
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Sources For George Vineyard 1793-1860
Friday, October 20, 2023
Edna's Parents - George Vineyard and Hannah Hart
1860
George Vineyard passed away in March 1860. The 1860 census was taken on 16 August 1860. Hannah was a widow and had 3 children living with her. Hannah and her oldest daughter, Polly, were weavers. They lived next door to son John and his wife Elizabeth, who was also a weaver.
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Meeting at George Vineyard's House
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Sheila had been contacted by a dealer of historical documents.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.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Monday, October 16, 2023
Small Town America Part 3
Learning to Accept Responsibility
Our projects were our own with no parental involvement, just
guidance and supervision. We were shown love and grace within boundaries. We participated in activities that built character: Camp Fire Girls where service to others was emphasized, attending church camp and singing in the church choir and learning handbells, taking piano lessons that created a discipline like I had never experienced. I was left to my own devices. There were no 'helicopter moms' intervening on behalf
of every detail in a child's life. We were
dropped off at places to go and do as we pleased, but we were expected to behave
appropriately. In a small town, word got around if we didn’t behave. We were
expected to complete our homework in a timely fashion and keep our grades up,
following the teacher’s instructions and paying the consequences of not doing
so. There were no “soccer moms”
screaming like banshees on the sidelines. Parents seldom went to games because
dads were at work and moms were at home for the children. Only the winning team got
a trophy and maybe second and third place got ribbons. Last place losers
accepted their loss and went home with ambitions of being better next year.
Just because you lost, didn’t make you a loser — it made you a good sport and you
didn’t need a trophy for that. Teams had tryouts and not everyone
made the team. We learned to deal with the disappointment. That, too, is part
of life. It taught us to be responsible for ourselves and to learn how to increase our skills and thought processes. This led to a philosophy of being independent and working hard for what you want.
Sunday, October 15, 2023
Sources For Edna (Vineyard) Quillin
Saturday, October 14, 2023
Edna Quillin Becomes Edna Barker Censuses 1870 & 1880
When We Finish This Life
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