Virginia focused genealogy and history
Tag: Farmer family genealogy
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to join my cousin, John David Morris, on a visit to the home where our 2x great‑grandmother Ann Octavia Vaughan (1844–1942) and her sister Mary Spencer Vaughan (1846–1881) lived after the deaths of their parents. The house—known today as the Farmer House—stands quietly along Little Creek in … Continue reading A Field Trip to Amelia County: Walking Through the Farmer House and the Lives of Our Ancestors
On the Chesterfield–Amelia borderlands, where the Appomattox River bends through tobacco fields and ferries cut across the James, a young militiaman named Ezekiel Dance spent the Revolutionary War marching from alarm to alarm. Never famous, never decorated, but always present when danger pressed closest to home, Ezekiel’s service reflects the lived reality of thousands of … Continue reading Ezekiel Dance – A Chesterfield County Militiaman in the Revolutionary War
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