tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post7983918591026208160..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Connecting the Dots, Virginia StyleJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-12780834420526051832021-11-25T21:45:06.224-08:002021-11-25T21:45:06.224-08:00If that is so, Steve, then you and I are distant c...If that is so, Steve, then you and I are distant cousins. Janet Murdock was my sixth great-grandmother. I suspect you and I have plenty of company on that branch of the Tilson line!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-1795264102905175652021-11-25T19:22:29.329-08:002021-11-25T19:22:29.329-08:00My line of the Tilson family is connected to the M...My line of the Tilson family is connected to the Mayflower through Stephen Tilsons wife Janet Murdock. She is an ancestor of four Mayflower names. They are William Mullins, Richard Warren, John Alden and William Brewster.Steve Neemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570871878335535277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-49151188047593331062019-11-09T23:13:52.593-08:002019-11-09T23:13:52.593-08:00Thank you so much for getting in touch! I would lo...Thank you so much for getting in touch! I would love to learn about those details you mentioned--and to know which part of the Tilson line you are researching, yourself. Yes, the Cole family is a familiar name to me from what I've been able to glean on the Tilson family's time in what is now Smyth County, Virginia. Please feel free to connect through my email if you prefer. Just type the name of this blog, all lower case with no spaces between words, at gmail dot com.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-21807255131852825922019-11-07T08:54:23.515-08:002019-11-07T08:54:23.515-08:00Jacqui, I live in the area that your Tilson family...Jacqui, I live in the area that your Tilson family called home. To explain everything that has happened here among five different states would take a volume to type. I will try to gather some information for you and condense it and get it to you as quickly as I can. I'm actively researching a line of the Tilson family that also is supposed to go to the Mayflower. It goes through the Cole family that traveled with the tilson's to St Clair's Bottom in now Smyth County Virginia. I'm so happy to have found your blog!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710953079835341776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-85158499874204037162019-07-26T22:27:02.358-07:002019-07-26T22:27:02.358-07:00Thanks for bringing up the Legacy Family Tree webi...Thanks for bringing up the Legacy Family Tree webinar on this topic! Tracing records from "Washington County" can indeed be frustrating. I have another family member who was born in that Washington district in North Carolina that you mention, and died in Washington County, Tennessee. I finally realized the man probably never moved away from his home town, but likely was born and died in the very same place!<br /><br />As far as Washington County, Virginia, goes, the specific location I'm after actually did have records in Virginia, rather than North Carolina or Tennessee. The issue is more a case of local records--if they are still in existence at all, not destroyed by fire--not yet having been uploaded to any digital repositories. There is a large body of records which still needs to be accessed the old fashioned way, including, it seems, records on this family's residence in Virginia.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-26953475530881686272019-07-26T04:40:02.459-07:002019-07-26T04:40:02.459-07:00Try checking NC records or The NC State Archives- ...Try checking NC records or The NC State Archives- a lot of the early TN records are maintained there. Washington district was formed by the NC legislature around 1777. In 1784 this area became the State of Franklin with John Sevier as Governor but it only lasted until 1787. Washington bordered along VA and NC. Very good webinar on this on Legacy Family Tree. In The Treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375033022104189242noreply@blogger.com