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 ~ "Suffolk News-Herald" - article, 2 Mar 1969
Filename Date Submitter
Newspaper Articles
"A YOUNG MAN CHARGED WITH HORSE-STEALING"
 ~ George A. HOLLIMAN, late of Southampton Co.
 ~ arrested for theft of mule & wagon, Sep 1881;
 ~ team stolen from George W. CONGDON, of Chesterfield Co., 10 Sep 1881
 ~ "Daily Dispatch" - article
Mar 2019 Matt Harris
"Negro Horse-Thief Shot and Mortally Wounded"
 ~ buggy stolen from John J. BRYANT, of Southampton Co., 30 Apr 1883
 ~ thief shot by BRYANT, near Hawkinsville
 ~ "The Richmond Dispatch" - article
Aug 2013 Matt Harris
Tornado strikes Sussex Co., 8 Jul 1891
home of Marcus BURT destroyed
 ~ "The (Richmond) Times" - article
Aug 2013 Matt Harris
"A RAILROAD BICYCLE"
 ~ created by telegrapher E.H. BRANCH, of near Ivor
 ~ "The Virginian-Pilot" - article, 13 Apr 1900
Mar 2016 Matt Harris
"HEARS FROM HIS BROTHER AFTER 35 YEARS SILENCE"
 ~ William John NICHOLSON, of New Iberia, LA
 ~ Samuel Robert NICHOLSON, of Franklin
 ~ "The News-Leader" - article, 30 Mar 1908
Jul 2022 Matt Harris
"WAKEFIELD IS SCENE OF BATTLE WITH HOBOES"
 ~ Town Sergeant "Harry" Henry Lee HARRIS shot, 29 Jul 1921
 ~ Ivor telegraph D'Arcy Paul PURSELL shot at
 ~ "The Richmond Times-Dispatch" - articles
Jul 2021 Matt Harris
"SOUTHERN WILL ABANDON ROAD THRU WAVERLY"
 ~ branch line from Claremont to Emporia
 ~ "Smithfield Times," article, 18 Nov 1932
Dec 2022 Matt Harris
"Welcome Service For Rev. C. E. Gerringer"
 ~ Rev. Carl Elijah GERRINGER, pastor of Wakefield Christian Church
 ~ selected pastor of Antioch Christian Church, Feb 1935
Oct 2022 Matt Harris
"2 YOUNG WOMEN AND ONE MAN DIE IN MURKY WATERS"
 ~ Emmett Houston & Myrtle PATTERSON &
 ~ Virginia Ellis (BURTON; Mrs. Edgar Herman) PATTERSON
 ~ drowned 2 Dec 1936, Blackwater R., opposite Franklin
 ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 3 Dec 1936
Jun 2023 Matt Harris
Fatal car-truck collision, 3 Feb 1939, outskirts of Stony Creek
 ~ posted with obituaries of victims, both of Sedley:
 ~ Annie Bettie (DAVIS; Mrs. Wiley L.) JOHNSON & Thornton Butler ROLLINGS
Feb 2011 William J. DelMonte &
Bruce Saunders
"State Drops Case Against Ivor Woman Convicted Of Voluntary Manslaughter"
 ~ Andrew Carnegie THOMAS, shot 4 Oct 1946, Ivor
 ~ Mary Louise (HUNDLEY; Mrs. Jefferson E.) MACON, conviction overturned
 ~ "Tidewater News," articles, 23 Jul 1948
Apr 2023 Matt Harris
"Mass Funeral Held At Wakefield For The Blanks Family"
 ~ Wakefield Cemetery, 16 Apr 1950
 ~ murder/suicide 13 Apr 1950, at home, Huntington, WV
 ~ "The Smithfield Times" - article
Sep 2020 Matt Harris
"YOUTH DROWNS TRYING TO SAVE BOY FROM ICE"
 ~ Billy Ray COOK, d. 1 Feb 1961, Freeman's Millpond, age 17
 ~ "The Tidewater News" - article/obit
Mar 2012 Bruce Saunders
"Reunion at Old Church Turns Attention to Founder"
 ~ Barrett's Christian Church
 ~ founded 1808 by Rev. Burwell BARRETT
 ~ "Surry-Sussex Dispatch" - article, 28 Sep 1961
"Old Book Reveals Much About Early Christian Pastor"
 ~ Rev. William Brock WELLONS, D.D., 1821 - 1877
 ~ Christian minister, educator & publisher, Confederate chaplain
 ~ interred in Willow Hill Cemetery, Suffolk
 ~ moved to Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk


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