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Blog postI’m delighted to announce that the Summer 2020 issue of Central Virginia Heritage features my article, “The Dwelling House At Snowden: A Virginia Historical Inventory Case Study.”
Using the Virginia Historical Inventory of the dwelling house at Snowden as a springboard, the article traces the history of this beautiful Greek Revival house built by John L. Harris in about 1850 on land once owned by Randolph Jefferson in Buckingham County, Virginia.
The current issue also -
Blog postI'm delighted to announce my newest publication, Peter Jefferson's Snowdon: A History of Settlement at the Horseshoe Bend, published by the Central Virginia Genealogical Association. It provides an informative companion to my previous books, The Jefferson Brothers and Peter Field Jefferson: Dark Prince of Scottsville & Lost Jeffersons.
This volume tells the story of settlement on the south side of the James River and the development of the plantation Peter Jefferson would call S -
Blog postI’m delighted to announce that the current issue of Central Virginia Heritage (v.36, no.1), published by the Central Virginia Genealogical Association, contains my article, “No Stone Left Unturned: The Papers of Walter Lloyd Fontaine,” which discusses the surprising information I learned about two of my Buckingham County ancestors hiding in W. L. Fontaine’s papers.
You’ll also find my review of Randy F. McNew Crouse’s new volume, The Freshest Advices; Buckingham County, Virginia, Ge -
Blog postWhen my extended Harris family, including my grandmother Minnie Garland Harris, left Buckingham County, Virginia to settle in a small town in southern Iowa called Leon, my great-grandfather, Clay Harris, married again. His son, Eugene Alexander “Gene” Harris, my grandmother’s half-brother, became the first in my very long line of Harrises to be born outside of Virginia.
As the 20th century unfolded, Gene led an exciting life far from his bucolic Buckingham County roots.
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Blog postThe Spring 2019 issue of Central Virginia Heritage, published by the Central Virginia Genealogical Association, is now available and includes my article “Where There's a Will, There’s a Way: Dissecting Last Wishes in Three Buckingham County.” In it, I expand on the Slate River Ramblings series “Buckingham County Notables “The Allens of Hunts Creek.” Follow this link:
https://slateriverramblings.com/2018/...
The essay opens, “The patriarch of this Allen line, Capt. Will -
Blog postI am delighted to announce that my article, “Randolph Jefferson’s Legacy,” which appeared in Scottsville Museum’s Spring Newsletter, is available online. Follow the link below to download a PDF and read more about the descendants of Randolph Jefferson.
scottsvillemuseum.com/portraits/Rando...
While you are in the vicinity of the James River's Horseshoe Bend, take time to explore the rich content at Scottsville Museum’s website: scottsvillemuseum.com.
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Blog postThe Winter 2018 issue of Central Virginia Heritage, published by the Central Virginia Genealogical Association, is now available and includes my article “Buckingham County Gold: The Allen Family Papers.” In it, I reveal my complex relationship to this family and offer suggestions about how to utilize the collection and others like it.
As a result of Buckingham County’s courthouse fire in 1869, genealogists and historians lack a solid vein of vital records containing this Virginia co -
Blog postI’m delighted to announce that the Fall 2018 issue of Central Virginia Heritage includes my article “Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire: Tracing My Harris Ancestor from One Burned County to Another.”
The life of John M. Harris spread across three counties: Albemarle, Buckingham, and Appomattox. His involvement in Buckingham County government; his military and militia service; and the determination of one of his descendants to document this Harris family—all provided clues to hi -
Blog postWhile working on my own family’s genealogy, as well as the history of the extended Jefferson family, I had the opportunity to explore the wonderful collection for Western State Hospital (a. k. a. Western Lunatic Asylum) housed at the Library of Virginia.
A taste of what I learned is highlighted in my recent article, “A Lunatic in the Family,” published in the Library of Virginia’s quarterly, Broadside (Summer 2018), pages 6-7.
Much more about strains of insanity and idi -
Blog postI’m delighted to announce the inclusion of my article, “Lost Jeffersons,” in the Summer 2018 issue of Central Virginia Heritage, published by the Central Virginia Genealogy Association.
Copies are available at Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Central-Virgin...
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