Joan Horsley's Genealogical Research
JAMES HORSLEY SR. JAMES HORSLEY JR. VALENTINE HORSLEY
JAMES & ELIZABETH (HORSLEY) PERDUE
1871 Letters of Sallie T. K. Horsley to Green Horsley Knowles
Top Ten Horsley Myths T.T. & JOHN B. HORSLEY
THOMAS KENDRICK
HARVEY JARRELL NANCY JARRELL MADISON
MILDRED "MILLY" WANSLEY, Wife of JOHN WANSLEY
Jim B. Evans has created a website for the Wansley Family
JOSEPH ABBOTT (born abt. 1710) and FAMILY of Halifax County, Virginia
Individual reports on his children:
Ann Benjamin Elizabeth and Martha Fleming Frances John Joseph Abbott Jr. Leonard Martha Mary Abbott Owen Moody Moses Rachel Richard Sarah William
Court Records Deeds Reports on 14 of Joseph's grand children are now included.
BENJAMIN DAVIS and FAMILY of EARLY VIRGINIA (born c1690)
Research (All Families) - Deeds, Marriages, Wills, Court Documents, etc
Joe Horsley's Personal Narrative of World War II
Most reports are in PDF format. See * below if you need a PDF reader and for special printing instructions
Reports are available in a bound soft-cover copy.
As many of you know, Joan Horsley passed away in February 2014. She worked 14 hours a day doing genealogy and had many reports in progress when she died. All the reports will be placed on this website as they are completed. Any questions concerning the reports should be directed to me (her husband) at:
TOP TEN HORSLEY MYTHS
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AND OUR HORSLEY FAMILY BEGINNINGS (Revised Oct 2010 [2015])
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JAMES HORSLEY JR. (1731-c1815) and FAMILY:
THE ROAD SOUTH FROM MARYLAND (Revised Oct 2011 [2015])
VALENTINE HORSLEY and SARAH KENDRICK FAMILY:
THE GEORGIA YEARS (Revised 2011 [2015])
Valentine Horsley & Sarah Kendrick Family (including sources
JAMES PERDUE FAMILY
(including sources)
MARRIED ELIZABETH HORSLEY
THOMAS KENDRICK and FAMILY
of HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA and YORK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
Thomas Kendrick - Timeline of Records
WILLIAM HORSLEY and HANNAH RYAN: Parents of
Theophilus T. Horsley, John B. Horsley, and Mary Horsley Parton
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John B. Horsley - York County, SC Deeds 1830-1839 with Annotated Time Line 1825-1860 View and print report
John B. Horsley and Wife “Permelia” in Family Bible Records View and print report
Probate of Estate of Jonathan Huff, Father of Pamela “Permelia” Huff Horsley View and print report
Overview: Jarrell Families of Early Culpeper and Madison County, Virginia View and print report
The JARRELL FAMILY of EARLY VIRGINIA Addendum A: Maps of Early Jarrell Migration in Virginia
With focus on DANIEL JARRELL and his wife MARY DAVIS
Their Family, Relatives, & Neighbors
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Addendum B: Jarrell Families and Related Harvey & Humphreys Families
Personal Property Taxes 1811 – 1836
Giles, Kanawha and Logan County, VA/WV
RICHARD JARRELL SR. FAMILY NANCY JARRELL MADISON (1789 – 1875)
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ELIJAH HARVEY & MARY JARRELL FAMILY WILLIAM HARVEY and ELIZABETH STANTON FAMILY MILDRED "MILLY" WANSLEY Jim B. Evans has created a website for the Wansley Family at https://www.wansleyfamily.org/john-and-mildred-wansley/
The following is the abstract from Jim's website:
His publication "John and Mildred Whitten Wansley of Albemarle County Virginia and Elbert County Georgia and their Children" documents two generations of the Wansley family, from Colonial Virginia beginning in the 1730s, through the Revolutionary Era, early Republic into the 1860s when the last of the Wansley children died.
John Wansley, Sr. was born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1738. John Wansley and his wife, Mildred Whitten, lived in Albemarle County, Virginia during the last few decades of the 18th Century. Previously, the Wansley family had lived in Louisa County, Virginia. Economically and socially the Wansleys lived modestly, in sharp contrast to members of the planter class, such as Thomas Jefferson, also from Albemarle County.
During the last two decades of the 18th Century, John Wansley and his sons owned a few horses and cattle but no land. John Wansley, Sr. served three 3-month service tours during the Revolutionary War for which he received a pension in the 1830s.
Ca 1800, the John Wansley, Sr. family moved from Virginia to Elbert County, Georgia, settling on Coldwater Creek. Sarah Wansley, daughter of John Wansley, Sr., and her husband, John Beck, had arrived in Elbert County, in the 1790s. Most of the Wansley children moved to Elbert County, including John Wansley, Jr., Reuben Wansley, Thomas Wansley, Millie Wansley Jenkins and Nathan Wansley. Mildred [Millie] Whitten Wansley died in 1829. By the time of John Wansley’s death in 1835, he was relatively prosperous with an estate valued at $2000.
You may contact Jim B. Evans at Wansley1835@gmail.com
CULPEPER and MADISON COUNTY, VIRGINIA
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CULPEPER and MADISON COUNTY, VIRGINIA
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CULPEPER and MADISON COUNTY, VIRGINIA
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Wife of JOHN WANSLEY of Albemarle County, Virginia and Elbert County, Georgia
(Previously known as Amelia Barber): Fictions and Facts in Wansley Family Genealogies
Three reports that will help you determine if your family is listed in these reports:
Decendands listed by:
First Name Last Name Genealogy Descendants Report FormatJOSEPH ABBOTT and Family Ann Benjamin Elizabeth and Martha Fleming Frances John Joseph Abbott Jr. Leonard Martha Mary Abbott Owen Moody Moses Rachel Richard Sarah William Court Records Deeds Reports on 14 of Joseph's grand children are now included.
JOSEPH ABBOTT and FAMILY
of Halifax County, Virginia
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ANN ABBOTT
Daughter of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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BENJAMIN ABBOTT and FAMILY
Son of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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ARMISTEAD ABBOTT - Son of Benjamin Abbott View or print report
ELISHA ABBOTT - Son of Benjamin Abbott View or print report
MARTHA ABBOTT - Daughter of Elisha Abbott View or print report
POLLY ABBOTT - Daughter of Elisha Abbott View or print report
JACOB ABBOTT - Son of Benjamin Abbott View or print report
JAMES ABBOTT - Son of Benjamin Abbott View or print report
JOSEPH ABBOTT - Son of Benjamin Abbott View or print report
NANCY ABBOTT - Daughter of Benjamin Abbott View or print report
ELIZABETH ABBOTT and MARTHA ABBOTT
Daughters of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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FLEMING ABBOTT and FAMILY
Son of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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FRANCES ABBOTT ROBERTSON and FAMILY
Daughter of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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JOHN ABBOTT and FAMILY
Son of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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JOSEPH ABBOTT JR. and FAMILY
Son of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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LEONARD ABBOTT and FAMILY
Son of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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JOSEPH ABBOTT - Son of Leonard Abbott View or print report
MARY ABBOTT OWEN and FAMILY
Daughter of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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DRURY OWEN Son of H. Owen & Mary Abbott View or print report
MOODY ABBOTT and FAMILY
Son of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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ELIZABETH ABBOTT Daughter of Moody Abbott View or print report
MOSES ABBOTT and FAMILY
Son of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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RACHEL ABBOTT
Daughter of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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RICHARD ABBOTT and FAMILY
Son of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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RICHARD M ABBOTT - Son of Richard Abbott View or print report
SARAH ABBOTT - Daughter of Richard Abbott View or print report
CATHARINE FULKERSON
Wife of Richard Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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JOHN J. ABBOTT
Son of Richard Abbott and Catharine Fulkerson of Halifax County, VA
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PAULINA (Perlina) S. LAX
Wife of John J. Abbott
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NICHOLAS W. ABBOTT
Son of John J. Abbott & Paulina “Perlina” S. Lax/Lack
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NANCY ELIZABETH LOWERY
Wife of Nicholas W. Abbott
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SARAH ABBOTT
Daughter of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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WILLIAM ABBOTT and FAMILY
Son of Joseph Abbott of Halifax County, Virginia
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WESLEY M ABBOTT - Son of William Abbott View or print report
COURT RECORDS
Relating to Joseph Abbott and Family of Halifax County, Virginia
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DEEDS
Relating to Joseph Abbott and Family of Halifax County, Virginia
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BENJAMIN DAVIS and FAMILY of EARLY VIRGINIA (born c1690)
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JOHN DAVIS (c1728 - 1808)
Master Joiner & Carpenter
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WILLIAM DAVIS (c1730 - 1823)
From Virginia to Kentucky
Probable Son of Benjamin Davis
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JAMES DAVIS (c1732 - 1824)
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BENJAMIN DAVIS (II) (1736 - 1797)
From Virginia to Georgia
Carpenter and Revolutionary War Soldier
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THOMAS TERRY and SARAH DAVIS FAMILY
Culpeper County and Madison County, Virginia
One Hundred Years in Wolftown: 1775-1875
Daughter of Benjamin Davis
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DANIEL JARRELL and his wife MARY DAVIS WILLIAM DAVIS JOHN DAVIS JOHN DAVIS ROBERT DAVIS JOHN DAVIS These new reports Joan did not publish these reports during her lifetime because there were problems that she had not solved. Most of the problems that Joan was addressing at that time still have not been solved. As researchers, it is up to you to build on her work. Hopefully these incomplete reports will provide clues to assist you in your journey. I appreciate Pam's extraordinary efforts to prepare these reports in a manner suitable for publication.
Research (All Families) - Deeds, Marriages, Wills, Court Documents, etc Over 5,000 images were collected by Joan Horsley with help from numerous friends including genealogists. These include census information, deeds, wills, personal property tax records, land grants and tax records, pictures of people and areas where they lived, etc.
The majority of the records are for the following families: Abbott, Brown, Davis, Doe, Fulkerson, Harvey, Hatcher, Horsley, Huff, Jarrell, Mathews, Robert, Robertson, Simms, Terry and Wansley. Links to the images are found on three web pages. Be sure to read the instructions at the top of each web page. Table of Contents for all Research Images:
Abbott
Davis & Jarrell
Doe
Horsley
Huff
Census Info VA etc
Miscellaneous These images were collected by Joan Horsley with help from numerous friends including genealogists. As many of you know, Joan passed away in February 2014. She worked 14 hours a day doing genealogy. Any questions concerning the reports should be directed to me (her husband) at any of the email addresses you have used before or
Daughter of Benjamin Davis (c1742 - c1811-2)
See the JARRELL FAMILY of EARLY VIRGINIA above
(Joan wrote this entire report.)
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(c1655-aft1704)
and his wife MARY WHITE
of King William County, Virginia
(This William Davis is the father of our Benjamin Davis I)
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(c1681-c1755)
of King William County, Virginia
Son of WILLIAM and MARY (WHITE) DAVIS
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(c1602-1664)
of Queens Creek, York County, Virginia
Probable grandfather of our Benjamin Davis I
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(c1755-1816)
Culpeper County/Madison County, Virginia
Probable son of James Davis (c1732 - 1824)
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Revolutionary Soldier Born 1754 Virginia – Died 1842, Georgia
Could he be related to the Benjamin Davis family?
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were begun by Joan Horsley prior to 2012 and were completed using Joan’s research notes by Pam Lasher. You can contact her at the following email address:
Joe Horsley's Personal Narrative of World War II
This is a story about Captain Horsley and the forty-two enlisted men who were in the 1097th Engineers during World War II.
For the sake of those of my family and friends who might be interested in knowing some of my experiences while "away to the wars", I am undertaking this little chronological narrative covering the period from the time we left training camp in the States until after the war in Europe ended in complete victory. I can promise that there will be no hair-raising or exciting events to relate, and nothing of the story book flavor in it. In fact, its chief virtue, if any, would be that the experiences related are so very routine and typical of those of thousands of service force troops who fight all their battles far from the blood and smoke of the front lines.
(From his narrative.)
Joan's father left this personal narrative concerning his service in World War II. My assumption is that he wrote it based on his personal daily notes and typed it between the end of the war and when he returned to the States. Joan inherited his mind, values and work ethic. *In order to read a PDF file, you need a PDF reader. If you do not have a PDF reader, click here to install Adobe Reader, a free program. (When you download and install Adobe Reader, you may want to uncheck McAfee Security Scan Plus, Adobe Yahoo! Toolbar and Adobe Photoshop® Album Starter Edition, unless you think you may need them for other purposes.)
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