Colonial Surry

Colonial Surry
Author: John Bennett Boddie
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1966
Genre: Land grants
ISBN: 0806300264

This is a collection of genealogical data from important name lists for Colonial Surry, which once encompassed almost the entire southern part of the state of Virginia (i.e., fourteen present-day Virginia counties). Noteworthy lists include Surry land grants, 1624-1740, and various Surry and Sussex censuses and marriage bonds.

The Descendants of Jonas Ricks and Other Ricks Families in America

The Descendants of Jonas Ricks and Other Ricks Families in America
Author: Donald Milton Ricks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1998
Genre:
ISBN:

"Jonas Ricks apparently valued anonymity. His personal style was that of a quiet and private man, and those propensities helped build a genealogical 'brick wall' that continues to hide his past, beyond Rowan County, North Carolina. Jonas lived in that county about 1768 ... "It is possible that Jonas Ricks did not want his ancestry known. Whatever the reason ... only a few records exist in which he appeared before his death in 1821"--Page 85