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Back To: (Find A Grave Project) Back To: (Historic Cemeteries, Virginia, USA) Back To: (Historic Cemeteries, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA) Back To: (Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA) Back To: (Commonwealth Of Virginia) Over To: (Find A Grave: Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery) Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Williamsburg was the capital of Virginia from 1699-1790, as well as the center of education and culture for the colony. The great political thinkers such as George Washington, Peyton Randolph, and Richard Henry Lee met to discuss and debate the issues of the day at the Raleigh Tavern. Important visitors were invited to dine and dance at the Governor's Palace. The latest English fashions could b...
Official Church Web Site The project is to document profiles of past members. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Official Church Web Site The project is to document profiles of past members. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
This project focuses on bringing together all of the profiles of people buried at one of the world's most famous military cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Since its establishment on June 28, 1864, Arlington has become the final resting place for about 400,000 veterans and their immediate family members. Veterans and military casualties from each o...
In June 1624, King James I assumed responsibilty for the colony of Virginia after he dissolved the Virginia Company of London. He ordered Virginia's leaders to make a record of the colony's inhabitants and their provisions. This census-known as the 1624/5 Muster-is the first comprehensive account of households in British North America. In addition, it is the only extant census for seventeenth-c...
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States, and was named for King James I of England. The Jamestown Settlement was established on the James River about 40 miles upstream from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay on May 24, 1607. Established by the Virginia Company of London, along with making a profit, the goals of the company were to expand English lands ...
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The term "Ancient Planter" is applied to those persons who arrived in Virginia before 1616, remained for a period of three years, and paid their passage. They received the first patents of land in the new world as authorized by Sir Thomas Dale in 1618 for their personal adventure. Sub-projects Jordan Family Reynolds Family Primary source Wikipedia: Additional useful sites ...
Civil War Virginia: 29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry - Summary and Engagements Regiment: 29th Infantry Regiment Virginia Date of Organization: 5 Nov 1861 Muster Date: 9 Apr 1865 Regiment State: Virginia Regiment Type: Infantry Regiment Number: 29th Battles Fought Fought on 10 Jan 1862 at Middle Creek, KY. Fought on 5 May 1862 at Williamsburg, VA. Fought on 15 Jul 186...
Join this project (Actions > Join Project) if you would like to become part of it Soon after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, King William and Queen Mary ascended to the throne of England. They offered the Huguenots the privilege of settling in Virginia. About 600 came to Virginia in 1700- 170. Many settled at a deserted Indian village called Manakintown.which is on the south side of th...
United States Senators from Virginia List of United States Senators from Virginia (from U.S. Senate web site--no links) List of United States Senators from Virginia (with wikipedia links)
Note: While using ANY genealogical website or program...please be informed that ANY possible family connections are NOT valid until they can be verified with documentation. Scope of Project is To build a single, validated and documented shared family tree the goals being: 1) to create on Geni an accurate representation of the genealogical information 2) to clean up duplicates and ensure...
Complete listing of Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666 (from book published 1912 by George Cabell Greer, now copyright-free) Over 17,000 names here: Please add Geni profiles you manage to this project that appear on the list. Citation: Greer, George Cabell. Early Virginia immigrants, 1623-1666. Originally published: Richmond, Va., 1912. Compiled from Land Office records; gives name, d...
Links Naming Conventions Tribes Of Virginia
Back To: (The Commonwealth Of Virginia) Over To: (Wikipedia) Speakers All the past Speakers of the House Of Delegates for the Commonwealth Of Virginia. Pendleton, Edmund Wythe, George Harrison, Benjamin Lee, Richard Henry Tyler, John Sr. Harrison, Benjamin Prentis, Joseph Mathews, Thomas Wise, John Smith, Larkin Harrison, Edmund Holmes, H...
WORK IN PROGRESS Hyperlinks refer to Wikipedia pages where more information can be found . Motives Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a Cultural History) From Library Journal This cultural history explains the European settlement of the United States as voluntary migrations from four English cultural centers. Families of zealous, literate Puritan yeomen an...
The objective of the "Lees of Virginia" Project is to give the accurate historical, documented account of the Lee Family lineage that was started by Anne Constable . This project will include the direct descendants and ancestors of the Lees of Virginia lineage. Because this is a very complicated, sometimes confusing lineage, we understand that mistakes have occurred and therefore by creating th...
First Battle of Winchester The First Battle of Winchester, fought on May 25, 1862, in and around Frederick County, Virginia, and Winchester, Virginia, was a major victory in Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War. Jackson enveloped the right flank of the Union Army under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks and...
Oldest Structures [ ) St. Luke's Church (Smithfield, Virginia) St. Luke's Church] Smithfield, Virginia ca. 1632 Adam Thoroughgood House Virginia Beach, Virginia ca. 1636 Jamestown Church Jamestown, Virginia 1639-1641 Bacon's Castle Surry County, Virginia 1665 associated with Bacon's Rebellion Old Mansion, Caroline County, Virginia, 1669 oldest house in the region although tree ring ...
The Commonwealth Of Virginia during the Southern War for Independence. See these related projects as well for other details: The Army Of Northern Virginia The Army Of The Potomac
The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, as well as the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac. Districts Three districts were created under the Department of Northern Virginia: Aquia Distric...
Note: While using ANY genealogical website or program...please be informed that ANY possible family connections are NOT valid until they can be verified with documentation. Scope of Project is To build a single, validated and documented shared family tree the goals being: •1) to create on Geni an accurate representation of the genealogical information •2) to clean up duplicates and ensu...
Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
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Company D ( "Fray's Company") The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Pollock's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Fredericksburg Artillery) Summary of Battles and Engagements The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
This project traces and documents the descendants and ancestors of "Councillor" William Farrar of Jamestown, Virginia, " Ancient Planter ." from From Virginia Through the Southwest: Information about William Farrar WILLIAM FARRAR was the third son of John Farrer the elder of Croxton, Ewood, and London, Esquire and Cecily Kelke. He was born into the wealthy landed gentry of Elizabethan E...
(James Lafayette) patriot of the American Revolution Born: Birthplace: Spy, revolutionary. Born into slavery to owner William Armistead around December 10, 1748, in New Kent, Virginia. In 1781, James Armistead volunteered to join the U.S. Army in order to fight for the American Revolution. His master granted him permission to join the revolutionary cause, and the American Continental Army s...
Company E Mercer Cavalry - Spotsylvania County The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company H Sparta Greys - Caroline County The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company F===Bowling Green Guards - Caroline County==The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company B Fredericksburg Grays - Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company A Washington Guards - Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company B Caroline Light Dragoons - Caroline County The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Read's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (38th Battalion) Summary of Battles and Engagements The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company E =The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
21st Virginia Infantry=== Summary and Engagements ==This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 21st Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
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Company M The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
23rd Virginia Infantry=== Summary and Engagements ==This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 23rd Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company A === Louisa Rifles ==The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
The National Archives has a large collection of Confederate Civilian Files. This project is a placeholder for some of the interesting ones from the Commonwealth Of Virginia. See the Source Documents associated with the individual profiles for the details. Patrick County Thomas Shelton Spotsylvania County Issac E Trigg - suit for payment for fence damaged by Jackson's Troops passin...
Company D =The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
1st Virginia Infantry Summary and Engagements This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 1st Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
The Commonwealth of Virginia was initially composed of only four shires. Each shire, and later each county was composed of one or more parishes because the Commonwealth was originally officially Anglican and tithes were collected via the central church of the parish. The original shires of the Commonwealth covered vast areas. Indeed, for a brief period of time Governor Spotswood's grant from Ki...
The James River was the main waterway of Colonial Virginia, used for commerce and transportation. The influential planters built their stately homes near this river and her tributaries. The earliest towns were founded on her shores. We have a map, at the right, (also found at ) that shows the path of the James. When you view this map, you will instantly see why the tributaries of the James we...
Colonizing Virginia is an umbrella project covering the colonial period of Virginia history. It will begin with the first Englishmen set foot on a tiny island called Jamestown in 1607 and end with the outbreak of the American Revolution.
Company B The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company D The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Official School Web Site The schools of today are elaborate multi-million dollar affairs that clearly place an emphasis on the importance of providing a state of the art environment for learning. Tremendous expense goes into the physical plant associated with our places of learning - planning for them, building them and maintaining them. Not so long ago, our parents or grandparents, were ta...
Confederate States: Alabama , Florida , Georgia , Indian Territory , Louisiana , Mississippi , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee ,
Cooper's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Stafford Artillery) Summary of Battles and Engagements The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company A The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
30th Virginia Infantry Summary and Engagements This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 30th Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Thornton's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Caroline Artillery) Summary of Battles and Engagements The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company A The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Official Church Web Site Return to Historic Spotsylvania Churches Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
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Company C ( "Petersburg New Grays") The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
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Back To: (Historic Cemeteries, Virginia, USA) Back To: (Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA) Down To: (Confederate Cemetery) Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
58th Virginia Infantry Summary and Engagements This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 58th Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
16th Virginia Infantry Summary and Engagements This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 16th Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Official Web Site This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to The Town of Front Royal, Virginia. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Official Web Site This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to The City of Fredericksburg, Virginia. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
[Official Web Site] This project is to document members of Wallers Baptist Church, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
This project is to document historic cemeteries in the Town of Front Royal, Virginia. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
This is to document all of the profiles buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia, USA. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
[Official Web Site] This project is to document members of Bethany Baptist Church, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Brander's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Letcher Artillery) Summary of Battles and Engagements The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
This project is to document the Historic Churches in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Please see the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
[Official Web Site] This project is to document members of Mount Hermon Baptist Church, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Find A Grave The Wilderness Chapel, or the Alexander Chapel was built shortly after the death of William Jones Lacy in 1884 by Major Horace Lacy of Chatham in Fredericksburg and Ellwood in Orange. It is located on the Ellwood Estate, now owned by the National Park Service, on Route 720 off Route 20 in Orange County. The chapel fell to ruin in circa 1970, with just the vestibule left standing.
This project is to document the Historic Churches in Madison County, Virginia. Please see the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
This project is a table of contents for Historic Churches of Virginia. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Official Web Site This project is a table of contents for all of the projects related to Arlington County, Virginia. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Official Web Site This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to Orange County Virginia. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Official Web Site This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to Madison County Virginia. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company E (Lynchburg Rifles) Company E - Lynchburg Rifles, Campbell County; enlisted April 19, 1861; mustered June 3, 1861; reorganized April 26, 1862. Captains: James Edward Blankenship (resigned August 25, 1861), Christopher Valentine Winfree (retired April 26, 1862), John Cabell Ward. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company C ( "Capt. John Porter's Co." - Culpeper County) The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company L ( "Jeff Davis Guards") Madison Courthouse, Madison County Capt. Elliot Blankenship The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company F ( "Muhlenburg Rifles") Shenandoah County Capt. Samuel Williams The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
1st Lt. Royal T. Bosher's Company (The Lynchburg Public Guard) The Lynchburg Public Guard was a militia formed at Lynchburg and composed of men from Lynchburg and the surrounding area, mostly from Campbell county. This project is to document the profiles of those men. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Virginia Local Defense This is an umbrella project for all of the Virginia Local Defense Units. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company C Company C organized at Scottsville, Capt (later Colonel and commander of the 19th) Henry Gantt. Most companies recruited and formed in Charlottesville. Organized for 1 year at Manassas Junction May 1861 - transferred to Confederate service 7/1/1861 - reorganized 4/29/1862 - surrendered Appomattox Court House 4/9/1865. The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of ...
Company C The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company B Company B (1st) Culpepper Minutemen: CAPT. C T CRITTENDEN – Mustered out on 17 January, 1862. Company B (2nd) Crittenden's Company: CAPT. C T CRITTENDEN – Assigned to the regiment on 15 March, 1862. The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
Company F The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
55th Virginia Infantry Summary and Engagements This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 55th Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
47th Virginia Infantry Summary and Engagements This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 47th Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
34th Virginia Infantry Summary and Engagements This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 34th Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
19th Virginia Infantry Summary and Engagements This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 19th Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
13th Virginia Infantry Summary and Engagements This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 13th Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
12th Virginia Infantry Summary and Engagements This is an umbrella project for all of the companies of the 12th Virginia Infantry. See the Related Projects for details. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin