Category Archives: OAKS

Rice T. Oaks (c.1828-1887), Albermarle County, VA; Hamblen County, TN

1828 Rice T(homas) Oaks, son of RICE OAKS and PATIENCE SUDDARTH, born in Albemarle County, VA 17 May 1828 1850 Rice T. Oaks in Botetourt County VA 1850 census, boarding with farming family, occupation carpenter Marries Susan Bair, daughter of David … Continue reading

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Selected 18th Century Virginia Road Orders

One of the realities of 17th and 18th century rural England was that local landowners were responsible for the upkeep of the roads in their area. From the Pelican History of England 7, Plumb, J. H., England in the Eighteenth … Continue reading

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Notes on Sudderth (Suddarth) family from Rev Woods’ “Albemarle County in Virginia” (published 1901)

The following quotations are from Rev. Edgar Woods’ Albemarle County in Virginia, C. J. Carrier Company, Bridgewater, Virginia, 1901. According to the title page “Giving some account of what it was by nature, of what is was made by man, and … Continue reading

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Laura B. Oaks (1860-1937)

1870 Inhabitants in Williamsboro, PO Reidsville, NC 255/249 255/249 MAJOR OAKS, Age 46,  Occupation Tabacconist & Merchant, Value of Real Estate $3500, Value of Personal State, $2000;  Born Virginia;  Married; Fannie Oaks, Age 30, Keeping House, Born Virginia; LOUISA B … Continue reading

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Rice Oaks Sr (c. 1795-1873) Albemarle County, VA

1792 15 November 1792 Albemarle County marriages 1780-1853, vol 1 and 2: HENRY OAKS married SUSANNAH RANDAL (or Randolph) “Susannah gives her own consent” Witnesses: HENRY OAKS and Isaac Oaks c. 1795 RICE OAKS (SR) born in Virginia. 1817 (1 … Continue reading

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Joseph Holderby (1803-1875), Rockingham County, NC

1827 22 MAY 1827 MARTHA W STUBBLEFIELD marries JOSEPH HOLDERBY, JR Richmond Enquirer, Richmond, VA (Semi-weekly): Friday, June 15, 1827: “Married – on Thursday, May 31, by Rev. William S. Plumer, JOSEPH HOLDERBY, JR, Junior Editor of the Telegraph of … Continue reading

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Major Mortimer Oaks (1825-c. 1912) Albemarle County, VA; Reidsville, NC; Patrick County, VA

Note: Mortimer Oaks, my great-great grandfather, was called Major Oaks, which is a common first name in the Oaks/Oakes families of Central Virginia in the mid- and late 18th century and early 19th century. I strongly suspect that he was … Continue reading

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