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From: "Raymond W. Ryan Jr." <>
Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: VA-SOUTHSIDE-D Digest V98 #277
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 10:21:28 -0400


Hallsboro, a private residence, is located in Chesterfield Co., Va. close to the
Powhatan Co., Va. line, not far off Rt. 60 (Midlothian Turnpike). In fact,
fronting Rt. 60, you will find Hallsboro (Hallsborough and variants) Tavern which
is quite old and is now a small retail establishment. Just behind Hallsboro
Tavern (as it was formerly called) one can see Bethel Baptist Church. Hope this
helps.

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> Subject:
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> VA-SOUTHSIDE-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 277
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> Today's Topics:
> #1 [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Hallsboro ["Betty Hall" <>]
> #2 [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] John Ulrick Smith [ (Art Siegel)]
> #3 [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] HURT [ (Barbara Eakley)]
> #4 [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: Hallsboro [ (Annette E Wetzel]
> #5 [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Dinwiddie & Chest [Ed Marsh <>]
> #6 [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] King, Lawrence WO []
> #7 [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Hallsboro Posting ["Betty Hall" <>]
> #8 [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Pillow Family []
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> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Hallsboro
> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:41:54 -0500
> From: "Betty Hall" <>
> To:
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> Can anyone tell me where in Chesterfield Co. Hallsboro is or was located?
> Was it near Petersburg?
>
> Thank you for any help you can give me. Still searching Halls behind the
> brick wall!
>
> Betty H.
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> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] John Ulrick Smith
> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 22:30:59 -0400
> From: (Art Siegel)
> To:
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> I am looking for information for John Ulrick Smith, (b)bef 1755. He died in
> SC, aft 1791, probably Newberry Dist. Wife unknown. His Son Daniel (b)12 Dec
> 1791, Newberry Dist, SC (d)GA. Married Sarah Lybrand (B)1799 SC -(d)1867 GA.
> The Smith Family came from Germany.
>
> Thank you,
> Gaye Siegel, Orlando, FL
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> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] HURT
> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 19:43:04 -0700 (PDT)
> From: (Barbara Eakley)
> To:
>
> Mirya,
>
> I have found HURTs associated with Browns in Bedford Co VA prior to
> 1840. Those Hurts include Elisha, Elizabeth, Garland, Ira, John, Lucy
> and William.
> There was a Hurt-Brown marriage in Montgomery Co c1900 (that Brown is
> one of mine..please let me know if you find details), and a Buddy Hurt
> worked for a Roanoke newspaper in this century. Hope this helps.
>
> Barbara
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> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Re: Hallsboro
> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:06:39 EDT
> From: (Annette E Wetzel)
> To:
>
> There was a Hall Farm, is a Hallsborough Tavern, and a Hallsboro Store on
> US Route 60 in northwestern Chesterfield County - past the village of
> Midlothian, approaching the Powhatan County line. Behind Hallsborough
> Tavern is Bethel Baptist Church, one of the oldest churches in
> Chesterfield.
> Hallsborough Tavern is located at the intersection of Old Buckingham Road
> (US 60) and Huguenot Springs Road. During the 19th century, it served as
> the focus of a small hamlet that included a store, school, post office
> and Baptist Meeting House. It was built in three major stages before
> 1833. The 19th C. stones in the cemetery behind the Tavern were moved to
> nearby Bethel Baptist Church. The earliest owner of the land was Daniel
> W. Michaux, descendant of Huguenots who had settled in adjoining Powhatan
> County. James Howard bought Hallsborough in 1810, and operated a tavern
> and a retail store on the property. His heirs sold the 616 acre tract to
> Austin Spears in 1826. Besides accommodating guests, a post office
> operated here from before 1834 to 1849. The Lynchburg stage stopped every
> weekday. Spears boarded horses for the stage line, and operated a stable
> and harness shop. He died in 1845, and his widow, Caroline, who had
> married Spears in 1818 at age thirteen, continued to run the tavern and
> post office. She rented out slaves and farm land, and acted as
> administratrix of the estate and legal guardian for her two underage
> children. Shortly after the Richmond & Danville Railroad was built in
> 1849, a post office of the same name was established one mile south at
> Hallsboro Station. Her son, Julian Austin Spears, inherited in 1897. His
> daughter, Gladys Spears Dance lived there until 1972. The house has
> fallen on hard times - having been recently used as offices and now as a
> kind of "country crafts" shop. It needs a kind owner. Due to road
> widening, it is unpleasantly close to traffic, but still beautiful.
> Hallsboro Store is said to have been built as a commissary for a large
> tannery which stood to the southwest. When the tannery was transformed
> into a pulpwood and excelsior mill, the building was used as a general
> merchandise store and post office. Both the store and the tannery were
> built by W. W. Baker ca. 1906. When the Richmond & Danville Railroad was
> completed, the depot and post office was known as Tomahawk. Postal
> authorities moved the post office from Hallsborough Tavern, a mile north
> along the Buckingham stage road, and the name was changed to Hallsboro.
> Postal officials wanted to retain the old name, Hallsborough but Mrs.
> Austin Spears protested against the duplicate use of the name. A
> compromise resulted in the respelling "Hallsboro." Hallsboro depot served
> as a commuter station for daily travelers to Richmond.
> Hall Farm Site. The Hall house, demolished in 1979, stood along Old
> Buckingham Road (present US 60) halfway between HallsboroughTavern and
> the village of Midlothian. The house was erected within a year after
> Joseph Hall bought the 99-acre parcel in 1845. William Henry Hall, who
> built the house ca. 1846, died three years later. Property passed to his
> son, William H. Hall, Jr. (1847-1913). Hall, who served in the War
> Between the States, lived there until his death in 1913. The house
> remained in the hands of Hall descendants until shortly before its
> destruction.
> Bethel Baptist, located just north of US 60 at Hallsborough Tavern, was
> established in 1817. The old church, of brick, was built ca. 1820, and
> was succeeded in 1894 by the present building, the only nineteenth
> century brick church in Chesterfield. It has a good collection of its
> nineteenth century furniture. In 1817, a group of 56, led by Benjamin
> Watkins and "River Daniel" Trabue, voted to constitute their own church,
> due to the difficulty of getting to Spring Creek Church. Two years later,
> they build the first Bethel church, of which no description remains. In
> 1826, the building was replaced by a Flemish bond brick structure. The
> building appears to be based on French rather than English decor...a
> large part of the congregation was of French Huguenot descent.
> Above from "Chesterfield County Early Architecture and Historic Sites by
> Jeff O'Dell.
> On Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:41:54 -0500 "Betty Hall" <> writes:
> >Can anyone tell me where in Chesterfield Co. Hallsboro is or was
> located? Was it near Petersburg? Thank you for any help you can give me.
> Still searching Halls behind the brick wall! >
>
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> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Dinwiddie & Chesterfield Co.s
> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 23:39:41 -0500
> From: Ed Marsh <>
> To:
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> I have been rather confused by the appearance of these two Counties for
> the city of Petersburg. Can someone tell me what I can infer from this?
> Is one north, the other south?
>
> Ed
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> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] King, Lawrence WOD co., Va?
> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 05:20:50 -0700
> From:
> To:
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> Hello, I just joined the Southside group and am hoping (against hope) to
> find information on:
>
> A Lawrence King who said he was born in Virginia showed up in Athens Co.
> Ohio for the 1840 census.
>
> He was born 1860-70 with a wife the same age and three sons b. c.
> 1800-1807-1810. The right age to be my line. They also said they were
> born in Va. In the 1830 Va. census Wod. Co? there is a Lawrence but I
> have no way of telling if it is the same one.
>
> Is Wod. Co. in the southside area?
>
> Does anyone know of this man or his family?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Pat Snyder
>
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> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Hallsboro Posting
> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 07:00:47 -0500
> From: "Betty Hall" <>
> To:
>
> Once again Annette E. Wetzel has come through with the answer! Her
> responses are so wonderful - so filled with historical information. I look
> forward to her postings, read them, and most times print them, because they
> are so informative about Virginia History.
>
> I wanted to say "thank you" to her publicly as well as privately.
>
> Betty H.
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> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Pillow Family
> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 08:58:04 EDT
> From:
> To:
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> Does anyone have any information on the Pillow family, possibly from Charlotte
> Co.
> Any information would be appreciated.
>
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