The Virginia Colonial Records Project American Historical Association, Perspectives on History, December 1, 1992 by John T. Kneebone. https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/the-virginia-colonial-records-project

I am posting a note sent to me a couple months back that was part of an exchange of information with Mike Tutor related to some of the longstanding Poythress orphans, so to speak.   Mike assembled a biographic compilation and trial charge proposing a family lineage for Dr. John Poythress (see below). And we have had various efforts to assemble records and accounts related to his life and profession. And Mike also gives us a biographic compilation for William Poythress — suggesting Dr. John Poythress may have been the half-brother of William Poythress  of Bertie County, NC (m. Ann Lewis)….

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Atkinson, John, 1835-1897. Centennial History of American Methodism, Inclusive of Its Ecclesiastical Organization In 1784 And Its Subsequent Development Under the Superintendency of Francis Asbury: With Sketches of the Character And History of All the Preachers Known to Have Been Memebers of the Christmas Conference; Also, an Appendix, Showing the Numerical Position of the Methodist Episcopal Church As Compared With the Other Leadng Evangelical Denominations In the Cities of the United States; And the Condition of the Educational Work of the Church New York: Phillips & Hunt , 1884. (pp 419-20) FRANCIS POYTHRESS. Of Mr. Poythress’s early years little is known. He…

Diaries of William Byrd II of Westover William Byrd II (1674-1744) was master of Westover Plantation, on the north side of the James River and about a mile upstream of Flowerdew Hundred Plantation which is on the south side of the River.  Westover is operative today at 7000 Westover Road, Charles City, VA 23030, phone 804-829-2882. Westover is one of the more elegant of colonial plantations.  It was built about 1730.  Its builder, William Byrd, is widely credited to be the founder of both Petersburg and Richmond.  The home is highly regarded as architecture, notably for the early-18th century gates. …

01/29/2020 11:05:50 Poythress List, Do I have your attention with that subject line;)? I received a note yesterday from a man who wanted share this discovery with us. It was very thoughtful of him to take the photo of the artifact when he saw it and then look up our website and get in touch with me. A photo of the artifact and a second one of the insignia drawn by a Bill Poythress follows. The obviously question is what any of you may know about the Poythress man. https://poythress.org/2020/01/29/poythress-junior-birdmen-of-america-insignia-may-1937/ https://poythress.org/2020/01/29/poythress-junior-birdmen-of-america-insignia-may-1937/ I did a quick search to find out about…

Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 10:57:30 -0500 From: Lyn Baird lyn.baird@gmail.com Subject: Rediscovering Christanna John Kincheloe Happy New Year. I recommend Rediscovering Christanna: Native Worlds and Governor Spotswood’s Fort by John Kincheloe, available at Amazon and elsewhere. Many of you will have some familiarity with Fort Christanna in Brunswick County, Virginia. This book provides fresh insights into that history and aftermath, especially from the perspective of Indian peoples involved. The narrative is lively and interesting, while reflecting scholarly care and restraint, with rich footnotes and bibliography. Truth in advertising — not one Poythress is mentioned. But anyone interested in contextual…

The links below are provided as primary source materials to be used for Poythress family history studies of descendants of James Speed Poythress (1829 – 1923) and Martha (Mattie) Grice Poythress, née Raiford (1840 – 1917). Please attribute citations to the primary sources rather than this post. Legacy.com Obituary Biography An autobiography of George William Poythress is on the AMA History Project website. More information about the AMA History Project can be found at https://www.modelaircraft.org/museum/history-recognition/ama-history-project Academy of Model Aeronautics Autobiography of George William Poythress

Source: Veterans Affairs master index, prior war file | 76193916| RG 15, Powell, J. B. – Price, Lewis, dup roll 185A, pt. 2 of 4, 1917-1940 Record Accessed: FamilySearch.org

Record as appears in Ancestry Database: Name: Charles Asa Paythress White Gender: Hombre (Male) Age: 82 Birth Date: abt 1896 Death Registration Date: 13 sep. 1978 Death Registration Place: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México (Mexico) Father: Charles Asa Paytheress White Mother: Lucy Eleonor White Spouse: Maria Concepción Ibarra de Paythress Page Number: 67 Source Citation Archivo del Registro Civil (Civil Registry State Archives); Jalisco, Mexico Source Information Ancestry.com. Jalisco, Mexico, Civil Registration Deaths, 1856-1987 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Mexico. State of Jalisco Civil Registration. Registro Civil del Estado de Jalisco, México. Courtesy of the Academia Mexicana de Genealogia y Heraldica….

Bill Poythress from Brooklyn Flight Squadron Insignia Submission: This artifact was found (January, 2020) in a newspaper from May 1937 where it was used as insulation in an old farmhouse floor in New York. 

November 14, 1937 – January 14, 2020

Unsourced newspaper clip reporting death of John L. Poythress of Mecklenburg, VA and North Carolina

George Carrington Mason. The William and Mary Quarterly. Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul., 1943), pp. 249-271 This detailed history mentions Lt. Francis Poythress, John Poythress and William Poythress in different contexts. It also mentions Rev. Devereux Jarratt, rector of Bath Parish who reportedly mentored Rev. Francis Poythress. This article will prove very helpful for anyone interested in developing a better understanding of the early colonial period and the evolution of geographic boundaries we see referenced in land records, wills and other historical documents. The journal article can be read online via the JSTOR portal. If you have a library membership…

Links to family history and grave markers as documented on the Find A Grave website. Foxhall Alexander Link Annie May Link

Created by: Julie Cabitto, 22 Mar 2019 for blog: https://juliecabitto-preservinghistoryrecords.blogspot.com/ Open PDF Document

Will book 10, Page 305. Transcribed by Julie Cabitto 21 Mar 2019 This estate document mentions Rebecca Taylor, Lewis Poythress, Winn Thomas, James E. Poythress, Charles Baskervill (and brothers), Wm. G. Taylor, Thomas Suggett, Edmund Taylor (adm), William R. Baskervill, Jas. Taylor, Geo. D. Baskervill, Lombardy Grove, Clerk – Edw. L. Tabb. Court date: 16th day of May 1825.

    Richmond Enquirer (Richmond, Virginia) • 03-03-1836 • Page [4]     Daily Richmond Examiner (Richmond, Virginia) • 07-11-1863 • Page [1]

[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 12 (Monday, January 23, 2017)]

Allied Wall Family – Updated by Lou Poole  

Biographical Information for John Maynard Poythress Poythress, John Maynard (1934-2012). Born in Macon, GA, the oldest child of three to John Maynor and Dorothy Bayne Poythress. Maynard was a graduate of Mercer University with a degree in English literature. After a short stint as a stock broker, Maynard began working in the customer service section of Inland Container in August 1960. He became a salesman in the company and was promoted to the position of sales manager for the company’s Dallas, TX plant in 1968. In 1970 Maynard was named the general manager of the Inland plant in Louisville, a…

Link to historical document, transcription and contextual annotation.

Barbara Neal Posted to Poythress Mailing List on September 6th, 2017 Linda Clark Smith & Marianne & I have all 3 at times worked on trying to definitively connect back J A Poythress, who I think we initially saw in the 1860 Census of Caddo Parish, LA with an intriguing Poythress relative in the household, John M Poythress, 26-yr old carpenter born in FL. While this email doesn’t connect either JA or John M further back, it does give us more info on J A Poythress’ family and descendants. Al’s posting about a John D Poythress applying in 1940 for…

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News report naming J.D. Poythress as vice president and C.W. Poythress as superintendent.  News story in Times Picayune, December 3rd, 1908. Poythress Planing and Creosoting Co Meridian

As many in the longstanding Poythress family research community know, John Maynard Poythress was one of the most active and passionate contributors to the mailing list, now housed with Ancestry’s Rootsweb and to this family history website.  Maynard passed away in 2012 at the age of 77.  Here is a link to his obituary. Anyone looking through the transcriptions of primary records on this site will soon learn the scope and significance of his contributions.  As a remembrance, here is a favorite family photograph of Maynard taken during a trip to Scotland in 1998. Below is a recent update from…

Query:  What more have we learned about Dr. John Poythress in North Carolina circa 1813?  The Boston Daily Advertiser on December 14th, 1813 posted this brief notice about the passing of Dr. John Poythress in North Carolina. Dr John Poythress NC 1813 The children Samuel Leffers and Sarah Hampton (1739-1808), as noted in family trees and in Maurice Davis’ History of the Hammock House: George (1767-1793) married Hannah Gibble about 1791 and was lost at sea. “They had only one son, Samuel II (1792-1875), who studied medicine under Dr. John Poythress, who had a private infirmary in Beaufort before his death…

There was keen interest in our new nation to learn news about the Napoleonic Wars (1803 – 1815), which included what we know as the American War of 1812.  During this era Captain (Joshua?) Poythress was sailing his ship, the Pohattan, to ports in Europe and the Caribbean and along the east coast of North America.  There are a number of news accounts documenting his arrivals in American ports.  In this post we have a newspaper account of his report on conditions in Lisbon shared upon his arrival in Norfolk on August 20th, 1810.  His account appeared in Charlestown’s Farmers’…

The link below will take you to a compilation of eight biographical and historical accounts of this Francis Poythress.  These are fascinating accounts.   There are more sources of documentation but these are the most substantial I’ve identified so far.  Supplemental documents will be added as the study of Rev. Francis Poythress progresses. http://poythress.org/early-virginia-studies/archive-library-collection-compilations/biographical-sketches-of-francis-poythress-18th-century-pioneer-of-methodism/ The Methodist historical archives are housed at Pace University in New Jersey — I’ve seen no indication that Poythress family researchers posting to our list have explored possible early correspondences, etc.   A “Francis Poythress” biographical file exists but we do not yet know the scope…

Virginia 15th Regiment Valley Forge Muster for Private David Poythress Primary document research opportunity in Library of Virginia Archives  

Note: John M. Poythress (Maynard) began investigating the portrait of Lt. William Poythress by the early 1990s.  This message recounts some of his early correspondence (circa Feb. 1992) about this image with Barbara Poythress Neal.  Researchers will find additional contributions and a high resolution scan on this site.   From: Barbara Neal Subject: [POYTHRESS] Lt William Poythress portrait source-info via Maynard1992 (John M Poythress) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 23:23:15 -0600 The portrait drawing of the profile-view of head and chest of Lieutenant William Poythress in American Revolution uniform is something that Maynard already had a photocopy of, before he…

Mississippi Supreme Court Case (1908) Poythress v Mobile & Ohio Railroad

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Poythress References in Virginia Historical Society Texts

This passage excerpted includes family history, personal descriptions and leadership qualities. Francis Poythress – Methodist Pioneer in Kentucky 1788

31 references to the Poythress surname are indexed and viewable online. Poythress Surname in Register National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Poythress in Virginia Literature: A Son of the Old Dominion by Mrs. Burton Harrison

Poythress Surname in National Archives Thomas Jefferson Collection

These indexes have 12 male Poythress marriage entries and 14 female Poythress marriage entries.  There is a link to the Lauderdale County Department of Archives & History, Inc. website where you will instructions about how to order records of interest.  The indexes cover the time frame of 1839 – 1845, and 1851 – 1938.  Some of the records for 1840 – 1845-1850 are presumed lost or destroyed. Lauderdale County Mississippi Marriage Indexes

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Images of Invitation

Images of wedding couple and invitation