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From: "Byrd, Barbara A" <>
Subject: RE: GERMANNA ANCESTORS
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:45:46 -0500

Reference Hall family.

Have patience, I am a newbee.

I am looking for any info on Lewis Hall who married Sarah A. Shinault. They
had 2 sons, Lewis M. and John. Lewis M. Hall married Lina _________ in
Caroline Co, Camden Farm (Port Royal) 17 Apr 1898. Lina's parents are a
mystery. Anybody got any info?

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> From: Elke Hall[SMTP:]
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> Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 6:25 PM
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> Subject: Re: GERMANNA ANCESTORS
>
> Lewis, read your Germanna connection. Very interesting! Our Hall family
> in
> Giles Co. is connected to the Dunns. Do you know more about Nancy Dunn?
> Sarah Hale was married on 12 May 1861 in Giles Co. to John Harvey DUNN.
> He
> was the son of Cynthia Shumate and Madison Dunn. Sally was the daughter
> of
> Isiah HALE and Sarah HALL. Sarah's first husband was George LYBROOK (also
> German). Sarah was the daughter of Benjamin Hall and Margareth McKenzie.
> Margaret was captured as a little girl by Indians and lived with them
> until
> she was a grown women, then her father found her near Chicago and brought
> her back to Giles Co. where she married Benjamin Hall. Margaret's father
> Murdock McKENZIE also came from Culpeper Co. to Giles Co. He owned land
> in
> Culpeper Co. on Burgess River ( Virginia Northern Neck land grants, 0 -98:
> In 1767, Murdock McKenzie of Culpeper owned 82 a. in said county, surveyed
> by Richard Young on Burgess River at Mouth of Little River, adj. Hon.
> William Beverly , Esq. dec'd., Hon. Presley Thornton, 5 Oct. 1767. ) In
> 1768, Alexander Baxter owned 182 a. next to Murdock McKenzie. surveyed by
> Richard Young. (4 August 1768). A
> John McKensey, now Jonathan Pratt, owned some land adj. to James Shirley
> of
> Culpeper Co. on Hughses River. This land had also been surveyed by
> Richard
> Young. (2 March 1768).
>
> Haven't checked the location of this land closely, do you know if it is
> near
> the Germanna community?
>
> I know of several families who came from Culpeper Co. to Giles Co.: I am
> trying to prove connections to the Germanna family Kirk / Duncan. Charles
> Duncan married Margaret Kirk on 17 Dec. 1786 in Fauquier Co. Several
> researchers think that Charles Duncan is the son of John L. DUNCAN and
> Elizabeth HOLTZCLAW, who were married bef 1762 in Northern Virginia.
> Elizabeth is the daughter of John Holtzclaw and Katherine Russell.
>
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