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ISSN 0739-~482 SPRING 2006 Roonoke Cfty Albflc Lb-cry l:iiii~ ,,,., ~slnla ~~ . ----:""" -:""~..-- ---- .-1.- ------.:::: ...._ ~ ..._·_~.411.\ Virginia Appalachian Notes Danville eBrlstol • Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society Roanoke_, Virginia SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SO CIETY INC. Calendar Year 2006 Officers and Executive B oard Area Code 540 email address President Pamela B. Young 342-2367 pmyoungOO [email protected] Vice-President Elaine Powers 519-2817 c\[email protected] Record Secretary Susan Hays 884-3497 [email protected] Corresponding Secretary Mickey Prescott 985--075 1 [email protected] Treasurer Don Vaughan 989-8645 . [email protected] Membership Jim Nelson 725-5303 [email protected]. VAN Editor Needed Tm.mediate Past President Gene Swartzell 774-3856 [email protected] VAN Editor Emeritus Babe Fowler 563-1733 [email protected] Committees Computer/Labeler Don Vaughan 989-8645 [email protected] Program Elaine Powers 529-2817 [email protected] Historian Babe Fowler 563- 1733 fowlervw@cox. net VAN , Exchange Quarterlies Virginia Room Staff Publicity Karen Kappesser 977-0067 [email protected] Book Reviews As Signed The SOUTHWESTERN VffiGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. is a tax-exempt corporation under section 50l (c)(3) of the Federal Income Tax Code. Section 170 of the Tax Code provides for the treatment of contributions to the SVGS as a deductible contribution by the donor. Bequests, legacies, devises, transfers, or gifts to the SVGS may be deductible for Federal estate gift tax purposes, if they meet the applicable provisions of sections 2055, 23106, and 2522 of the Tax Code. MEMBERSHIP: Each SVGS member will be rnailed a copy of the "Society's" quarterly, tile VJRGlNIA APPALACHIAN NOTES (V AN). The VAN is usually published quarterly. The annual index will be included in the Fall jssue of the VAN for that year. Society memberships are on a calendar year basis and those memberships, which are not renewed by January 30, will be deemed as inactive and removed from the VAN mailing list. Single or family memberships are $20 .00; Organization and Library memberships are $15.00. Members with mailing addresses outside the United States shall add $10.00 to the above fees and all monies are payable in U.S. currency. All payments should be made by check OT money order, payable to: Sou thwestern Vi rginia G enealogical Society, Inc. or to SVGS, Inc. and mailed to: SVGS, ATT: Membership, Post O ffice Box 12485, Roanoke, VA 24026- 2485. BACK ISSUES of the VAN: 1995 and earlier, are available at a reimbursement cost of $4.00 each; as long as the supply lasts. More recent issues are $6.00 each. These prices include postage. Mailed to Virginia addresses please add 4.5% sales tax. A bulk mailing of old V ANs to one address may be eligible for a discoWlt. All payments should be made by check or money order, payable to SVGS and mailed to: SVGS, ATT: Jim Nelson, Post Office Box 12485, Roanoke, VA 24026-2485. BOOKS for REVIEW: Books submitted to the Society will be reviewed and the review printed in a subsequent issue of the VAN. When submitting a book, please include the price of the book, copies of the available advertising m~terial , and i~orma~on. a~ to where orders for addi ~on a l. copies may be placed. Following their review, all books Wlll be placed U\ the V u gnua Room of the Roanoke C ity Library, Roanoke, Virginia. VIRGINIA APPLACHIAN NOTES Published Quarterly By SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. Vol. 30 - No. 2- Spring 2006 (April, May, June) CONTENTS . Brief History of Early Quakers in Eastern Virginia-by Anthony Lowe 51 '1 New Members and Donations to tJ1e Society 59 Virginia Room Additions-Pam Young, Staff 60 African American Ancestry, Stua1t Cemetery-by Michael Blankenship 62 Bland Readies for lts Centennial-by Goodridge Wilson 66 Bland County Research Aids-by Denise A. Smith, Bland County Historical Society 68 (To) and This (Too) Shall Pass (Two)-by Hazel Wells Collins, courtesy of 74 Barbara C. Baganakis ( Cemetery Motifs and Their Interpretations 83 Montgomery Cotmty Obituaries-from RootsWeb.com continued 84 Charlton, Hornbarger, Porterfield, Walters. Ashworth, Parrish, Kiner, Dodd and Harmon 94 Family Reunion Photo Botetourt County, Virginia Deatl1 Records continued- 95 collected by Charles T. Burton, transcribed from cards by Vicey "Babe" Waskey Fowler -~ l<oonoke Cl~ Publlr.: Llbran­ Vifginla .AppOiachtan Notes Vli-5i1ma ~m - .. ~ P 0. Box 12485 Roanoke, Virginia 24026 Dear Genealogists, Ms Denise Smith's presentation of Bland County History is Anything but Bland was entertaining as well as informative. For anyone who missed it, Ms Smith gave excellent hand outs. The Virginia Room has copies. Speaking of the Virginia Room, the open house February 9 was a great success- over 150 people signed the guest book for the three hour event! Showcased were some Giles County poll books from 1820. The Virginia Room is looking for volunteers to create an "every name" index for copies of the Roanoke Beacon. The dates range fro1n February 1852 to August 1853. It seems the Virginia Room has 1nore copies than anyone else in the state and the Library of Virginia has offered to 1nicrofihn them. Volunteers will be able to work with the original materials before they are sent to the Library of Virginia on July 15, 2006. If you would like to contribute some time to this project, please get in touch with Laura Wickstead or me, as soon as possible 540-853-2073. As projects co1ne up I will pass them on to you. We're planning a bus trip to the Library of Richmond in August. Round trip seats will go for about $30 and we may be able to make a pick up in Christiansburg as well as Roanoke. I'll make an announcement at the May meeting with final details. Another exciting note - Mike Blankenship has volunteered to edit the VAN. We look forward to his tenure. He has also mentioned writing a column on African American genealogy. As always I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at the meetings. If you have suggestions/ ideas please feel free to contact me. Best Regards, Pam Young PMYoungOO [email protected] Virginia Appofachlan Notes 51 BRIEF I II STORY Of E/\RLY QUAKERS IN EASTERN VIRGIN1A By Anthony Lowe Although George Fox. the fo under of Quakerism traveled in eastern Virginia in 1672, the history of the religious movement in eastern Virginia actually began several years before his visit. A number of Quaker missionaries had already passed through the area, beginning with Elizabeth Harris in 1656. Letters from Quakers in England indicate that Elizabeth Harris of London visited in Isle of Wight. Nansemond. and Norfolk counties in 1656 spreading the Quaker message o f each indivi duar s immediate access to God without a minister or any kind of ceremony or ritual. This new understanding of Christianity was well received in Virginia. When Eli zabeth Harris returned to England in 1657, she reported a number of converts in Virginia. Among these was six teen year-old Margaret Brashere, the future wife of Thomas Jordan of C huckatuck. Elizabeth Han·is also reported that the Governor of Virginia was very open to her message as well. This governor was Richard Bennett ( I 609-1675) who had been elected to that office by the House of Burgesses on /\pril 30, 1652. Normally governors in Virginia were not elected, but appointed by the king. In 1649, aft er years of struggle between the Roundheads and Cavaliers, King Charles was dethroned and Oliver CromweJl and the Puritans came to power in England. for the brief period of time that Cromwell's government lasted, Virginians were allowed to select their own governor. Born in Somerset, England, Bennett had come to Virginia a Puritan supporter of Crom wel I. He married Mary Ann Utie in Isle of Wight County in 1641. Bennett served three terms as governor of Virginia, and unlike the New England Puritans, was very kindly disposed toward the Quakers and allowed them freedom to worship in their own way which helped the group to get established in Virginia. Bennett's son Richard Jr. became a Quaker and later moved to Maryland when Quakers began to be severely persecuted in Virginia under the royal governors. Early Quakers were persecuted not only because their beliefs and practices were contrary to the established re li gion of England, but also because those beliefs called for radical changes in social behavior and institutions as well. In addition to the idea that God spoke to and through everyone and not just clergy, Quakers also held a distinct group of social testimonies that later generations nicknamed "spice" based on the acrostic their first letters created: 1. Simplicity. This was primarily expressed in worship where Quakers gathered in silence without preaching or music and "waited on the Lord" for a message. Because they understood true religion to be an inward experience, they rejected all outward rituals and ceremonies such as baptism and physical communion. 2. Peace. George Fox wrote in his journal that he lived in the spi1it that took away "the occasion for all wars." Complete pacifists, Quakers were forbidden to serve in the military or take up anns against anyone. 3. Integrity. Quakers literally accepted the admonition from the book of James not to swear by anything, but to Jet their "yes mean yes and their no mean no." 4. Community. Quakers believed that salvation was worked out by living together in a holy community of which Christ was the head. Since God's will was not divided all decisions were ' made by consensus rather than voting.

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