I was recently browsing the Chancery cases on the Library of Virginia's website when I came across a case in Page County titled Jno. B. Davis & Others vs. Thos. J. Davis & others. Among the surnmames listed as parties to the case was the name Maiden, so this caught my eye. A quick search at the family tree on Ancestry.com found that Thomas J. and John Barton Davis were brothers of Anna (or Anne) Elizabeth Davis, wife of John Tyler Maiden and my great-great-great grandmother! So, this was obviously a case that involved our family and was worth looking into. Luckily the Library of Virginia had scanned in all of the pages associated with this case, and I was able to find out all of the details of the case and a lot of new things about that branch of our family tree.
Monday, March 4, 2013
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