Sargeant Memorial Collection Legacy Genealogy Research Files, 1900-2015 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Margaret Marshall

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Box 10

Folder 1: Grymes family history, 1908

Newspaper genealogical column regarding the Grymes family, beginning with John Grymes, died approximately 1708.  Family names listed include Townley, Ludwell, Jennings, Lee, Burwell, Landon, Fitzhugh, Rootes, Page, Nelson, Randolph, Wormeley, Sayre, Lightfoot, Robinson, Pope, Steptoe, Clanborne, Bosque, Dade, Shepherd, Braxton, Bayley, Cottom, Norborne, Meade, Thornton, Weddeburne, Dudley, Pratt, Mason, Hooe and Carter.  Geographic locations listed include Brandon, Middlesex County, Virginia, Green Spring, Virginia, Morattico, Richmond County, Virginia, Smithfield, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Barnsfield, King George County, Virginia, Somerset, King George County, Virginia, York County, Virginia, Vancluse, Orange County, Virginia, King William County, Virginia, Yorktown, Virginia, Rappahannock County, Virginia and Louisiana.

Folder 2: Gunter family bible information, 1992

Copies of Gunter family bible pages, provided by Mrs. Pauline Gunter Santti. Family names listed include Hall, Marks and Santti.

Folder 3: Gutmann/Goodman family research, 2010

Descendants list for Manasses Gutmann/Goodman.  Prepared by Mandy Grantham Goodman of Seven Lakes, North Carolina.  Family names listed include Swantz, Rheinstrom, Thorman, Hirschler, Gerzon, Shulman, Lowenberg, Nusbaum, Jacob, Strauss, Wolfe, Mayer, Schwab, Campe, Oberndorfer, Hopwood, Pincus, Joseph, Hirsch, Blumenthal, Goldsmith, Straus, Rehling, Shapiro, Stauss, Trinkle, Smith, Straouse and Amber.  Geographic locations listed include Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vigo County, Indiana, Norfolk, Virginia, Newark, New Jersey, Sullivan, Indiana, Dielkirchen, Bavaria, Bayern, Germany, Hinzweiler Bavaria, Rockenhausen, Germany, Frankenthal, Germany, Cleveland, Ohio, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Washington, District of Columbia, New York, Pacific Palisades, California, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Dayton, Ohio, Jefferson, North Carolina, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Lexington, Virginia, Chattanooga, Tennessee and Des Moines, Iowa.

Folder 4: Guy family research, 2004

Descendants list for Henry Guy and Elisabeth Lambert.  Compiled by John Roberts of Richmond, Virginia. Family names listed include Jordan, Newton, Talbot, Shelton, Denny, Thorowgood, Bartee, Lambert, Herbert, Spann, Crow, Merriken, Roberts, Pead, Langley, Brown, Barrott/Barrots and Coleburn.  Geographic locations listed include Barbados and Norfolk, Virginia.

Folder 5: Hafner family research, undated

Narrative description and descendants of the Hafner family, beginning with Deter Hevener in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in 1766.  Spelling variations include Hafner, Heavener, Hevener, Heffner, Hefner, Hofner and Havner.  Family names listed include Warlick, Brinkley, Coon, Leonard, Lenhardt, Wise, Clonninger, Hoke, Wood, Harmon, Yoder, Borg, Shitle, Carpenter, Huffstatler, Weaver, Harvey, McGimmes, Eaker, Hailey, Biggerstaff, Seagle, Taylor, Long, Isenhower, Armour, McLean and Shelby.  Geographic locations listed include Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Rowan County, North Carolina, Lincoln County, North Carolina, Shelby, North Carolina, Lincolnton, North Carolina and Gastonia, North Carolina.

Folder 6: Hall family research and bible records, undated

Narrative description of the Hall family, written by Mrs. Jeannette H. McCall of Jonesboro, Georgia.  Also, copies of bible pages from the Hall family bible in the possession of Virginius Cornick Hall, provided by Mrs. Virginia C. Layman of Harrisonburg, Virginia.  Family names listed include Swilley, Kemp, Sellers, Cook, Smith, Gainey, Quinn, Bell, Mann, Davis, Melson, Everard, Johnson, Wilcox, Tull, Curtis, Planner, Roach, Bannister, Revell and Hunt.  Geographic locations listed include Williamsburg, Virginia, Bladen (became Robeson) County, North Carolina, Somerset County, Maryland, Putnam County, Georgia, Wilkes County, Georgia, Greene County, Georgia, Wilkinson County, Georgia, Hancock County, Georgia, Prince George County, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia and Bardados.

Folder 7: Hall, Bird and allied families, 1943

"A Genealogical Study with Biographical Notes" compiled by Josephine Bird Hall. Family names listed include Hall, Bird, Ridenbaugh, Emery, Storm, Rockefeller, Risler, Bellis, Ditts, Hanly, Cross, Bishop, Holmes, Downing, Friend, Hayes, Crawford, Todd, Phillips, Pope, Lester, Porter, Creal, Rook, Seymour, Waterbury, Holly, Stark, McConnico, Ewing, Stratton, Bass, Walthall and Shippy.  Geographic locations listed include England, Germany, Norfolk County, Virginia, Gloucester County, Virginia, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Patrick County, Virginia, Brunswick County, Virginia, Henry County, Virginia, Pulaski County, Kentucky, Stokes County, North Carolina, Garreard County, Kentucky, New Jersey, Columbia, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, Franklin County, Virginia, Perryville, Kentucky, San Antonio, Texas, Kansas City, Missouri, Springfield, Kentucky, Saline County, Missouri, Salem, Illinois, Arrow Rock, Missouri, Providence Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Lunenburg County, Virginia and Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Folder 8: Hall family history, undated

A letter from Frances Windsor Diebold of Richmond, Virginia detailing the Hall family and requesting additional information.  Family names listed include Hall, Duyckinck and Windsor.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland and New York City, New York.

Folder 9: Halstead/Holstead family research, 1986

Records compiled by Claude and Marilyn Lowe Halstead including descendants lists, death notices, wills, cemetery records, census information and civil war records. Family names listed include Halstead/Holstead, Simmons, Wilkins, Sawyer, Reid, Mills, Reading, Richardson, Whitehurst, Burley, Wicker, Garrett, Grimes, Matthias/Mathias, Etheridge, Taylor, Shelton, Joliffe/Jolly, Cornish, Preston, Smithson, Jennings, Pelt, Butts, Hunter, Hinton, Hooper, Old, Ottley, Duke, Norris, Tatem, Miller, McCoy, Williamson, Shaw, Willets, Boyd, Holey, Beach, Shook, Roberts, Wilson, Brown, Lamb, Davis and Barnes.  Geographic locations listed include England, Connecticut, Norfolk, Virginia, Tyrell County, North Carolina, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Orange County, North Carolina, McCracken County, Kentucky, Boone County, Virginia, Kanawha County, West Virginia, Monroe County, Virginia, Bibb County, Georgia, Pulaski County, Georgia, Chesapeake, Virginia, Butler County, Ohio, Vigo County, Indiana and Scioto County, Ohio.

Folder 10: Hammet/Hammett/Hammitt/Hamet family research, undated

Descendants list, narrative description, typed transcription of letters and a copy of the will of Richard Hammett, born about 1793, died about 1855, provided by Frank Hammett of Menasha, Wisconsin.  Other family names listed include Anderson, Overfield, Craig, Bennett, Meadows, Gardner, Glen, Hix, Williams, Marshall, Laning, Brewer, Rowe, Bradshaw, Phillips, McNeil, Saffer, Torrey, Hanson and Kyle.  Geographic locations listed include County Cork, Ireland, New York City, New York, Montgomery County, Virginia, New River, Botetourt County, Virginia, Prince Edward County, Virginia, Hampden Sydney, Virginia, Christiansburg, Virginia, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, Camargo, Illinois, Tazewell County, Illinois, Mason County, Kentucky, Scioto County, Ohio, Chillicothe, Illinois, Fauquier County, Virginia, Portsmouth, Ohio, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, Menasha, Wisconsin, Peoria County, Illinois, Lexington, Kentucky, Roanoke, Virginia and Minesworth, California.

Folder 11: Hampton family history, 1911

Newspaper genealogical column regarding the Hampton family of Virginia and Kentucky.  Family names listed include Wade, Jacobs, Holmes, Hathaway, Earle, Cantey and Peyton.  Geographic locations listed include Gloucester County, Virginia, Mathews County, Virginia, Caroline County, Virginia, Stafford, Virginia, Fauquier County, Virginia, King William County, Virginia, Fairfax County, Virginia, Surry, North Carolina, Greenup County, Kentucky and Howard County, Missouri.

Folder 12: Hancock family history, 1906-1974

Newspaper genealogical columns and an obituary for the Hancock family.  Other family names listed include Gaskin, Layton, Seldon, Maddox, Corn, Lane, Morrison, Ramsey, Lester, Turner, Spurlock, Rule, Fuson, Cooper, Adams, Adamson, Thomson and Ramsey.  Geographic locations listed include Chincoteague, Virginia, Atlantic, Virginia, Ocean City, Maryland, Surry County, Virginia, Prince William County, Virginia, Auburn, Tennessee, Patrick County, Virginia, St. Louis, Missouri, Cannon County, Tennessee, Ohio, Limestone County, Texas, Franklin County, Alabama, Nashville, Tennessee, Baird's Mill, Tennessee, Fresno County, California, Austin, Texas, Louisa County, Virginia, Hanover County, Virginia, Fluvanna County, Virginia, Albemarle County, Virginia and Amherst County, Virginia.

Folder 13: Hanger family research, 1977

Narrative description and descendants lists for the Hanger family compiled by Peggy S. Joyner of Portsmouth, Virginia. Alternative spellings of the name include Hanger, Henger and Hengerer.  Other family names listed include Cook, Bosserman, Argenbright, Rasmuisell, Ellis, Keller, Duncan, Fennell, Kavanaugh, Stuart, Milholland, Greaver, Eagle, Joseph, Peters, Gabbert, Fridley, Thomas, Snyder, Wise, Hull, Grove, Fulwider, Mayer, Steele, Shuey, Ott, Engelman, Burkhart, Allotott and Link.  Geographic locations listed include York County, Pennsylvania, Greenbrier, Virginia, Augusta County, Virginia, Staunton, Virginia, Middle River, Virginia, Dunmore (later Shenandoah) County, Virginia, Champaign County, Ohio, West Liberty, Ohio, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Germany, Frederick County, Virginia, Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Park County, Indiana, New Albany, Indiana, Harrison County, Indiana, Georgetown, Indiana and Floyd County, Indiana.

Folder 14: Hansford family history, 1963

Newspaper genealogical column and a letter regarding research into the Hansford family of Virginia.  Other family names listed include Wilson, Holt, Robins, Jones, Burt, Hewitt, Moody, Duke, Hill, Hyde, Camm, Shield, Harwood, Haynes, Wynne, Custis, Dade and Duncan.  Geographic locations listed include Gloucester County, Virginia, Hampton, Virginia and Robins Neck, Virginia.

Folder 15: Happer family research, 1974

Descendants chart of the Happer Family of Norfolk County, Virginia, researched and compiled by Alice Granbery Walter.  Other family names listed include Wilson, Walker, Porter, Harding, Herbert, Butt, Markham, Elliott, Holstead and Davis.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk County, Virginia and Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Folder 16: Hardgrove family research, 1967

Newspaper story about the Hardgrove family scrapbook. Other family names listed include Reilly, Graves, Williams and Coleman.  Geographic locations listed include Norfolk, Virginia and Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Folder 17: Harding family bible research, 1978

Family bible in the possession of Mrs. Stuart Ragland of Richmond, Virginia. Information regarding births, marriages and deaths listed for the Harding family.  Family names listed include Harding, Shute, McGavock, Rodgers, Daugherty, McNairy, Jackson, Morris, Cloyd, Irwin, Hobson, Stephenson, Davis and Marks.

Folder 18: Hardy family research, 1972

Ancestor chart beginning with Lucy Hardy Oliver, born 1884, died 1967.  Family names listed include Hardy, Bray, Jarvis, Dozier, Wallington, Oliver, White and Lamb.  Geographic locations listed include Bertie County, North Carolina, Currituck County, North Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Folder 19: Harris family research, 1979

Ancestor chart beginning with and compiled by Bonnie Harris Lowell, born 1950, Norfolk, Virginia.  Family names listed include Harris, Lowell, Sanford, Talley, Eatonfield, Marshall, Flippen, Hite, Garner, Jeter, Dalton, Boice, Fontaine, Grey, Rhodes, Forehand, Dewberry, Ford, Tuck, Newton, Hicks, Mann, Brown, Speight, Taylor, and Jenkins. Geographic locations listed include Chesapeake, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Lunenburg County, Virginia, Granville County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Halifax County, Virginia and Rockville, Virginia.

Folder 20: Harris family history, 1911

Newspaper genealogical column regarding the Harris family.  Other family names listed include Walton, Lanier, Chamberlain, Washington, Pope and Warner.  Geographic locations listed include Glamorgan, Wales, Manakin, Powhatan County, Virginia, Tennessee, Brunswick County, Virginia, Bordeaux, France and Bridge's Creek, Virginia.

Folder 21: Harrison family bible records, undated

Extracts from the Harrison family bible beginning with Benjamin Harrison, born 1741, died 1819.  Other family names listed include McClure, Stuart, Tucker, Carter, Rush, Rodes, Broadus, Stephens/Stevens, Smith and Edward.  Geographic locations listed include Charlottesville, Virginia, Harrisonburg, Virginia and Albemarle County, Virginia.

Folder 22: Harrison family history, 1904

Newspaper genealogical columns regarding the Harrison family in Virginia.  Other family names listed include Moore, Ware, Pendelton, Kennon, Payne, Madison, Henley, Richardson, Dupuy, Walters, Holland, Flinn, Coleman, Williamson, Woodson, Fleming, Heale, Gordon, Lee, Burton, Shelton, King, Morton, Barnett, Pillow, George, Coles, Fitzhugh, Armistead, Taliaferro, Alexander, Lawson, McMurdo, Page, Tyler, Short, Sweeney, Freeman, Barned, Scott, Brown, Peyton, McBryde, Carroll, Green, Handy, Triplett, Slaughter, Grayson, Bullitt, McMillian, Briscoe, Waye, Beale, Powell, Gibson, Langhorn, Dandridge, Ball, Schackleford, Huie, Christian, Gerard, Fry, Walker, Logan, Delahage, Cavenaugs, Smith, Reagan, McClure, Millan, McWilliams, Hammond, Stuart, Craven, Newman and Blackburn.  Geographic locations listed include Cabin Point, Virginia, Goochland County, Virginia, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Halifax County, Virginia, Caswell County, North Carolina, Danville, Virginia, Jackson, Mississippi, Henrico County, Virginia, Lancaster County, Virginia, Prince William County, Virginia, Mansfield, Virginia, Blacksburg, Virginia, Arkansas, Richmond, Virginia, Washington, District of Columbia, Louisville, Kentucky, Tudor Hall, Maryland, Culpeper, Virginia, Stafford County, Virginia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Augusta (previously Orange) County, Virginia.

Folder 23: Hart, William-pension application for service in the War of 1812, undated

Copies of William Hart's pension application for service in the War of 1812.  The other family name listed is Armstrong, his widow's maiden name.  Geographic locations listed include Washington County, Virginia, Middlebrook, Virginia, Augusta County, Virginia and Rockingham County, Virginia.

Folder 24: Harvey family research, 1963-1975

Research compiled by Robert Craig Shelburne, Asheville, North Carolina, from the Harvey family bible, beginning with the emigration of brothers William, John, Andrew and James Harvey of Kembleton, Argyleshire, Scotland in 1753.  Other family names listed include Caruthers, Hawkins, Gillispie, Trigg, Burwell, Hale, Simmons, Pendelton, Dawson, Bowyer, Carper, Borden, McDowell, Moore, Carter, Nicholson, Rorer, Smith, Booker, Hurt, Trolinger, Persinger, Woolstone, Ingles, Shelburne and Lancaster.  Geographic locations listed include Cecil County, Maryland, Botetourt County, Virginia, Montgomery County, Virginia, Radford, Virginia, Franklin County, Virginia, Floyd County, Virginia, Roanoke County, Virginia, Rockbridge County, Virginia, King William County, Virginia and Fincastle, Virginia.

Folder 25: Harwood family research, 1933

Descendants list for Thomas Harwood, Jamestown, Virginia emigrant and additional research for the Harwood family compiled by Aurelia Binns Stringfield, Newport News, Virginia.  Other family names listed include Needler, Wills, Green, Davidson, Kirkland, West, Baker, Cocke, Iken, Caffrey, Hutchins, Wing, Perryman, Wood, Kittredge, Payne, Alexander, Fleming, Jones, Ivy, Sims, Whittington, Foley, Burke, Fouche, Fairly, Graham, Jordan, LeSueur, Sullivan, Purvis, Viessmann, Underwood, Anthony and Evans.  Geographic locations listed include England, Mulberry Island, Virginia, Warwick County, Virginia, James City County, Virginia, Nashville, Tennessee, Jefferson County, Mississippi, Fayette, Mississippi, North Carolina, Charles City County, Virginia, York County, Virginia, Holmesville, Mississippi, Maine, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Walpole, New Hampshire, Winchester Springs, Tennessee, Napoleonville, Louisiana, Adams County, Mississippi, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, San Antonio, Texas, Hinds County, Mississippi, British Columbia, Canada, New Orleans, Louisiana, Natchez, Mississippi, South Norfolk, Virginia, Sussex County, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Ontario, Oregon, Munich, Germany, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Boston, Massachusetts and Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Folder 26: Harwood family history, undated

Newspaper genealogical column regarding the Harwood family of Virginia, beginning with Captain Thomas Harwood of Martin's Hundred, who died about 1652.  Other family names listed include Humphrey, Reade, Tabb, Cocke, Pendleton, Pollard, Todd, Fauntleroy and Garrett.  Geographic locations listed include Gloucester County, Virginia, Charles City County, Virginia, King and Queen County, Virginia, Yorktown, Virginia and Weyanoke, Virginia.

Folder 27: Hatcher family history, undated

Newspaper genealogical column regarding the Hatcher family, beginning with William Hatcher of Henrico County, Virginia, born 1614 in England, died 1680.  Other family names listed include Greenhaugh, Williamson, Woodson, Crump, Nash, Burwell, Fowler, Taylor, Bransford, Cunliff, Turpin, Hobson, Booker, Bransfield, Gordon, Matthews, Gower, Hancock, Porter and Ferris.  Geographic locations listed include Rutland, England, Lincolnshire, England, Henrico County, Virginia, Goochland County, Virginia, Powhatan County, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Cumberland County, Virginia, Chesterfield County, Virginia and Edgecomb County, North Carolina.

Folder 28: Hatchett family history, undated

Newspaper genealogical column regarding the Hatchett family, beginning with John Hatchett's emigration in approximately 1690.  Other family names listed include Bass, Belcher, Perdue, Mann, Neal, McCane, Remay, Lewiston, Freston, Cralle, Blackwell, Roberts, McCargo, Marshall, Truby, Craddock, Vaughan, Fergerson, Talbot, Chaffin, Foster, George, Dunbar, Moore, Bags, Jones, Hite, Igburn and Palmer. Geographic locations listed include Amelia County, Virginia, Manakin Town, Virginia, Chesterfield County, Virginia, Nottoway County, Virginia, Prince Edward County, Virginia, Charlotte County, Virginia, Lunenburg County, Virginia, Henderson County, Kentucky, Caswell County, North Carolina, Chesterfield, Virginia, Long Cane, South Carolina, Louisa, Virginia, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Mississippi, Illinois, Iowa and Brunswick County, Virginia.

Folder 29: Hatton family history, 1913

Newspaper genealogical column regarding the Hatton family, beginning with John Hatton's emigration to Elizabeth City, Virginia in 1613.  Other family names listed include Wilson, Manning and Rives.  Geographic locations listed include Elizabeth City, Virginia and Norfolk County, Virginia.

Folder 30: Hayman family research, 1968

Program from the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Voyage of Tedric and Henry Hayman from Liverpool, England to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, after surviving a shipwreck.  Other family names listed include Berlin, Croom, Swindell, Davis, Lathan, Bell, Hamner and Holtzscheiter.  Geographic locations listed include Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Columbia, North Carolina, Edenton, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia, Newport News, Virginia, Fork Union, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Coinjock, North Carolina, Scottsville, Virginia and Houston, Texas.