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From: "Mike Hitch (Mt. Vernon, MD)" <>
Subject: RE: [LDR] More Bits
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:45:51 -0500
In-Reply-To: <000701c1adeb$888ac480$c600a8c0@salsbr01.md.comcast.net>


I will correct myself on the following - I am not sure that McIlwaine did do
the Va Co. of London Stuff. My copy is still packed away (along with my
Mcilwaine copy) so I cannot verify. Sorry for any confusion!

 
Sincerely,
Mike Hitch
http://www.mikehitch.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hitch (Mt. Vernon, MD) [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:19 PM
To:
Subject: RE: [LDR] More Bits


You are right about the value of these old records! Many human-interest type
stores can be gleaned that one might otherwise never find in old wills,
probates, land records and chancery records.

However, I thought these particular records were found in the Public Record
Office in London which McIlwaine transcribed early in the 20th century (he
also did the Records of the Virginia Company of London, 1622-1624). Either
way, I believe most of the old records for Virginia were not lost during the
British conflagration in 1814 (though no doubt some were) but rather their
loss was compliment of the illustrious U.S Grant when he torched Richmond in
the War of the Rebellion. Thanks to Mr. Grant, I will probably never prove
connection of my Adam Hitch (1658-1731) of Somerset County back to what I
believe may be his grandfather John Hitch who owned a share of the Virginia
Company which entitled him to land in the colony which he took up sometime
in 1624/25! Only spotty Virginia records survived from the early years
thanks to clerks in the counties who did not send them all to Richmond prior
to the war. I guess we should be happy that a HUGE amount of Old Somerset
records survive from the colonial period!

 
Sincerely,
Mike Hitch
http://www.mikehitch.com


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 6:39 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [LDR] More Bits


In a message dated 2/4/02 3:19:04 PM EST, writes:

<< And some tales of the Court in Virginia, ca 1640, including a fella
who was both a woman and a man.

http://www.law.du.edu/russell/lh/alh/docs/virginiageneralcourt.html >>


Craig's reference above is just the tip of the iceberg of what can be found
in the Minutes of the General Court of Virginia (1979 LVA version, with
extra
notes, etc.). There is an incredible amount of stealing, trespassing, etc.,
etc. in the records.

Reference from LVA, FYI. 1924 version from website..
H[enry] R[ead] McIlwaine (1864-1934), ed, Minutes of the Council and
General Court of Colonial Virginia, 1622-1632, 1670-1676, with Notes and
Excerpts from Original Council and General Court Records, into 1683, Now
Lost (Richmond : The Colonial Press, Everett Waddy Co., 1924).


So many of Virginia's early records were lost. THESE only survived because
our esteemed President Thomas Jefferson had borrowed them from the Library
of
Congress, so when it was burned in the War of 1812 they were safe...This is
what I've been told...and God bless everyone who is late on returning their
library books!

This volume only recently came to my attention and I (and the library staff)
was disconcerted that the Alexandria VA public library couldn't find their
copy of the first edition 1924.

Thanks Craig.

Couisin Janet



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