The Sneads of FluvannaStone Print. & Mfg., 1910 - 117 strani |
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acres afterwards Albemarle Aldithley ancestors Archibald Sneed army Baptist Bashaw Benjamin Weaver Snead born Bradwell Broaddus Burwell called Charles Snead Chester City coat of arms Cornelius County daughter December deed book deed dated descendants Earl of Mercia Edgeworth Edward Elizabeth Elizabeth Pollard England father fleur-de-lis Fluvanna County Fork Church Fork section Fork Union George and Benjamin George Holman Snead George Tapscott Gilmer Gooch Goochland Harry Leland Hatcher heir Henry Henry VIII Henson honor hundred Issue James John Peyton John Snead Junius Keele King land lived Lord loved Lucinda Marcellus Martha Matilda mother Nathaniel Newton Nicholas Oranie pastor plantation Ralph Sneyd recorded in deed Richard Sneyde Richmond river Robert Sallie Ann Samuel Snead Sarah Shelton F Sheriff sister Snead married Sned Snede sons South Creek Stafford Tapscott three brothers Tunstall Wevère wife William and Mary William Snead Willis Winn writer
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Stran 11 - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Stran 54 - The bravest battle that ever was fought ; Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will find it not; It was fought by the mothers of men.
Stran 85 - There was no excitement, no hurrahing; but as the great chief passed, a deep, loving murmur, greater than these, rose from the very hearts of the crowd. Taking off his hat, and simply bowing his head, the man great in adversity passed silently to his own door; it closed upon him; and his people had seen him for the last time in his battle harness.
Stran 31 - Virginia. The days are never quite so long As in Virginia, Nor quite so filled with happy song As in Virginia; And when my time has come to die Just take me back and let me lie Close where the James goes rolling by— Down in Virginia.
Stran 31 - The days are never quite so long As in Virginia ; Nor quite so filled with happy song, As in Virginia ; And when my time has come to die, Just take me back and let me lie, Close where the James goes rolling by, Down in Virginia.
Stran 11 - The satirist may laugh, the philosopher may preach, but Reason herself will respect the prejudices and habits which have been consecrated by the experience of mankind. Few there are who can sincerely despise in others an advantage of which they are secretly ambitious to partake. The knowledge of our own family from a remote period will always be esteemed as an abstract pre-eminence, since it can never be promiscuously enjoyed; but the longest series of peasants and mechanics would not afford much...
Stran 13 - It was during the crusades, that the custom of using coats of arms was first introduced into Europe. The knights, cased up in armour, had no way to make themselves be known and distinguished in battle, but by the devices on their shields ; and...
Stran 31 - VIRGINIA The roses nowhere bloom so white As in Virginia; The sunshine nowhere shines so bright , As in Virginia; The birds sing nowhere quite so sweet, And nowhere hearts so lightly beat. For heaven and earth both seem to meet Down in Virginia.
Stran 30 - The ayr is very wholesome, insomuch that the people of the Country are seldome infected with Diseases or Sicknesses ; neither do they use the help of the Physicians nothing so much as in other countries. For when any of them are sick they make...
Stran 115 - McCall the above-described tract of land, with its appurtenances, to have and to hold the said tract of land, with its appurtenances, to the said George C.