Indeed, the hunt is real! After reading the following, you tell me👉👉👉 Are we cousins (#theKingandI)?
Welcome to the twisted vine on our genealogy search! The missing link begins with Ron's maternal Grandfather, Raymond Forrest Stanley:
Ron's grandfather was born in Bedford, Va, and my grandmother was born in Lynchburg. The couple shown below are Raymond Forrest Stanley's grandparents!👇
 |
| James Wheat Jennings and Rachel Jenny Wilkerson |
Many more photos of Ron's tree limbs are in our stash, than my branches! I did, however, find this gem!
Hazael Wheat was my maternal grandmother's(Eva K Thomasson)great grandfather. We knew 'the missing link' was hidden somewhere in the stack of photos and musty albums.
Our genealogy searches began several years ago, as we had 'inherited' boxes of paraphernalia from our parents, uncles, and cousins. (It was discovered that these people saved everything from rubber bands to plastic bags, bank receipts, matchbook collections, buttons, napkins from bars, and photo negatives .... in case they needed them 😂.) The boxes continued to be shoved to the back of that dreaded "must do" list, until we started decluttering our home. In that daunting process of eliminating unwanted items, those 'inherited boxes' moved up to the front line. I began blogging about our roots/heritage/genealogy. First, the genealogy hunt began as an interest, which evolved into a hobby of sorts, and now it appears to have finally become a full-blown obsession. Yes, I suffer from ADGD. (Attention Deficit Genealogy Disorder. It's when you start researching one ancestor, but get distracted by another ancestor, which causes you to bounce around to different ancestors only to end up doing a lot of work with very little to show for it!)
Our genealogy searches began several years ago, as we had 'inherited' boxes of paraphernalia from our parents, uncles, and cousins. (It was discovered that these people saved everything from rubber bands to plastic bags, bank receipts, matchbook collections, buttons, napkins from bars, and photo negatives .... in case they needed them 😂.) The boxes continued to be shoved to the back of that dreaded "must do" list, until we started decluttering our home. In that daunting process of eliminating unwanted items, those 'inherited boxes' moved up to the front line. I began blogging about our roots/heritage/genealogy. First, the genealogy hunt began as an interest, which evolved into a hobby of sorts, and now it appears to have finally become a full-blown obsession. Yes, I suffer from ADGD. (Attention Deficit Genealogy Disorder. It's when you start researching one ancestor, but get distracted by another ancestor, which causes you to bounce around to different ancestors only to end up doing a lot of work with very little to show for it!)
But let's get back to THE MISSING LINK 😁😁😁. Bingo. Discovered! Voila! RON AND I HAVE THE SAME 4-5TH-ish GREAT GRANDFATHER! Yep, you read that correctly. If you think that your family is normal............... then you probably aren't a genealogist! Our family tree is in full bloom, including nuts, apples that don't fall very far, and vines that are added through the years.
The above chart is a 'first sketch' of more to follow, filling in birth, marriage, and death dates. Do you see the missing link? Look to the right. ZACHARIAH WHEAT! Soooooooooooooo......... Are we cousins? 😁😁😁(#theKingandI)
I have read that "Grandpa Zachariah Wheat married (Edith Chastain) and bought/built a log home at Ash Spring in Wheat's Valley, Bedford, Va around the year 1700. He owned approximately 1700 acres of land, for which he paid $1.00 per acre." I have also learned that the Zachariah Wheat Family Cemetery, in Wheat's Valley, is near the intersection of ST640(Wheat's Valley Rd) and SR765(Overstreet Creek Rd), plot #66. Speaking of Ash Spring: 
Well, that settles it! ROAD TRIP, ROAD TRIP, ROAD TRIP. Much information has been found in our old musty albums, thanks to Ron's mother, Dot Sharpley. Her excursions to THe Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library were profitable. Extensive records, charts, photos, certificates, etc were found at the library. I suspect we will be visiting 201 East Main Street Bedford, Virginia soon!
- Being asked if I want to go to a cemetery is like being asked if I want money 😊
- I bet the skeletons in my family closet can outdance the skeletons in your family closet!🤣
- All my friends are posting weather updates and photos on facebook and I'm just over here like, "Hooray! I just found my 3rd Great Grandmother's maiden name."😍
- I'd rather browse a cemetery for ancestors than browse a mall for new shoes.😀
- You know you're addicted to genealogy when you have more pictures of ancestors than your living relatives on your walls. 💓
No comments:
Post a Comment