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BORN IN CHICKACOEN

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8th Great Grandmother - Powhatan Indian Mary Ann 'Little Flower' Baskett Lots of reading in this post... Here we go… Mary Ann 'Little Flower' Baskett was born  about  1662   in  Chickacoen (Chickacorn) District, Lancaster,Virginia.  She was a Powhatan Indian.  She married Thomas  Cardwell SR (my 8th Great Grandfather) in either 1681 or 1684.  They had four sons and three daughters between 1681 and 1700.  'Little Flower' died before  June 1737   in Henrico County, Virginia Reconstructed Powhatan village at the Jamestown Settlement  living-history museum. (Area in red approximate location of the Chickacoen District in Virginia) The history of the tract of land which is now Arlington County may be said to commence with the establishment of the County  of Northumberland in 1649. Previous to that time, this section  of Virginia was known as Chickacoen.     Northum...
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DOROTHY JONES ~ A Woman Of SPIRIT And INDEPENDENCE

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DOROTHY JONES  My 9th Great Grandmother Birth   1672   in Denbigh, Wales Death August 30,  1755   in Philadelphia, PA Buried Gloria Dei Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA Dorothy was born in Wales.  She was the third of four children of Ellis and Jane Jones, who were Quakers  from either Flint, or Denbigh, Wales, and came to America to escape religious persecution.  Dorothy came to America with her family on the ship "Submission" in the autumn of 1682.  This is a ship from the same era as The Submission;                                                        however,  The Submission was older and smaller than this one. The ship's log had Dorothy's age as 10 years.  _____________________________________ The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine,...
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THE ALLISON MURDERS ~ 1875

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Allison Murders ~ Braswell (Brassell) Hangings Russell M. Allison 1858-1875  John James Allison 1845-1875 (My 2nd cousins 4X removed) Even though this is a rather dark chapter in our county's history, it is what it is.   There still remain unanswered questions, unsolved mysteries, different ironies  surrounding the events, and a 'not-so-tasteful' subject matter  … this event remains part of our local history.  ************************************************** Rather than my retelling this EVENTFUL story, I will direct you to the following site … http://www.tngenes.net The site has over 800 pages of information - a researcher's paradise. Tons of information on cemeteries, death records, deeds, marriage records, Bible records, census records, obituaries, wills, Civil War Veterans, military records, and on and on and on… Once you get to the site, just look under History.  There you will find The Allison Murders.   T...
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