Tag: Rainey

• Elder William Creath: Minister in Mecklenburg, Virginia

  My last post was about the Susanna Clark and William B. Jones marriage record. While researching that marriage record, I found a “ministers return” record from Mecklenburg, Virginia on microfilm on FamilySearch.org. The ministers wrote up lists of marriages they had performed, and sent the lists periodically to the clerk of the court. Here is…

  Julie Cabitto

  November 16, 2020

  Uncategorized

  Allens-Creek-Church, church, Clark, Creath, Jones, Kidd, Malone-Baptist, minister, Rainey, Roffe, Wilson's-church

• What is a chancery? Kidd land example

  I love the genealogical treasures you can find in chancery cases! In this post, I’ll try to explain what a chancery case is, and how they help me with family history; using the chancery of Jimmy Kidd’s estate as an example. Chancery records are not “beginner genealogy”, but it’s so worth it to learn more…

  Julie Cabitto

  March 18, 2020

  Uncategorized

  Bowers, Cannon, chancery, Clary, Cole, Gray, Jeffries, Johnson, Jones, Kidd, King, Lambert, Newman, Poythress, Rainey, Shaw, Tudor

• About Julie’s mapping project, can you help?

  I’ve been mapping out (pre-1900) deeds and plats that I’ve that been finding over the past 15 years. I’m still seeking plats. Many of the plats I found are from chancery cases, where the parents died intestate and land is being divided between the heirs. I got a few plats from a plat book at…

  Julie Cabitto

  January 31, 2020

  Uncategorized

  cemetery, chancery, GPS, Hall, Jones, Kidd, LVA, mapping, plat, Rainey, Taylor, Thomas, Walker