2012 Change Log

21 Dec 2012Added pages for Col. William Edmiston, William Long Snodgrass and William Edmondson Hutton; added additional comment about James Clark to the bottom of his narrative page.
17 Jan 2012I am delighted this month to share additional information on the families of two brothers: James Clark (m. Ann Ryburn), and Capt. John B. Clark (m. Mary Beattie). Capt. John built a home on the Old Stage Road in the early 1800s. The home was inherited by John's son John Breckenridge Clark who in 1894 sold it to his first cousin once removed, Charles Alfred Clark, and his wife Florence Rosenbalm. Charles was a descendant of James and Ann Clark. Charles and Florence lived in the home for several years before it was dismantled. Jim Faris shared a photo of this old home with Charles and Florence on the front porch. See the new Clark Homes on the Old Stage Rd. page.

Jim also shared photos of many family members; a good place to start is the Exhibit section of Florence's page as several photos are linked from there, including images from the Bible of Florence's father Adam Rosenbalm who died during the Civil War. This and a second Bible are also linked to the Scrapbook-Text page. The Rosenbalm Bible provides Adam's date of birth and death, the marriage date for Robert Grant and Nannie Blanche Reid/Reed, as well as other dates. It also revealed 2 previously unknown children for Adam and his wife Hettie I also added newly found deed work for both James and John Clark with additional information yet to come. Browse through the pages for the descendants of John Clark and James Clark and you will find new tidbits here and there such as original signatures for James Kincannon Smyth and Isabella Breckenridge (Clark) Smyth. Many thanks to Jim on behalf of all his Clark cousins.
Added several new deeds to Abednego Wedding's page. Added a new page of photos for the old Samuel Dunn home. Use This Link, then look for the "additional PHOTOS" link near the top of the page.
Many thanks to Jim Ballard who shared research on the children of Catherine Moffett Edmiston and Robert Jones. I have added additional pages for each of their children. Also, in keeping with the Hutton theme of last months update, Mark Hall and the Historical Society of Washington Co. granted use of photos of brothers Joseph Snodgrass Hutton and Samuel John Hutton. Both men grew up at Hutton Plantation; both men left home to fight in the Civil War. Mark Hall wrote a very interesting article on the brothers for the Journal of the Historical Society of Washington Co. in 2009. As many of you know, Jim Ballard has also contributed several wonderful articles to the journal on the life of Gen. William "Grumble" Jones. To order any of these publications visit the societies newly updated (a nod here to its new president, Martha Keys) and very spiffy website.
Added a marriage date for David Hawthorne Edmondson and Martha Elizabeth Buchanan; also for Henry Horne Edmondson and Margaret Elizabeth McConnell. Corrected marriage date for Elizabeth Dunn and James F. Rector, also for Patrick Ryburn and Mittie A. Nunley, and for John David George Ryburn and Phoebe Emmaline (Larimer) Ryburn; also for John Clark Ryburn and Viola Jane Clark. Note: These 4 marriages were all incorrectly recorded in at least one of the two versions of the Washington Co. Marriage Registers (one is at the courthouse and a second copy - not identical to the first - is at the Library of Virginia). The corrected dates were taken from copies of the original marriage licenses obtained by Carolyn Ryburn at the Historical Society of Washington Co. Library. See the Image Index on the library website.
Several of the Hutton pages in the last release included links to 2 maps. On some pages the second link, which should have taken you to a map showing the location of the Hutton lands in Washington and Smyth County, instead took you to the same map as the first link - a close-up look at John Hutton's land on Hutton Creek. I have fixed that but if you didn't stumble across the correct maplink from elsewhere in the site, here it is: Hutton Land Locations.
Corrected date of death for Samuel Porter Edmondson, Charles Cole Edmondson (from New Mexico Death Recds online at Family Search). Added will abstract to pages of these individuals (see link on exhibit bar): John Hutton, Eleanor (Snodgrass) Hutton.
Added new photos for 2012 to the Scrapbook and Washington Co. pages. Both photos are from the camera of Charlie Barnette.
Last Edited21 Jan 2012
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