Blog Feed: Chasing the Family Ghosts

Life in Colonial Virginia

Published on 2012-05-18 04:55:00

I have written several previous posts on my Colonial Virginia ancestry. > read more

Fort Boykin Virginia

Published on 2012-02-13 05:56:00

My Father at Fort Boykin While Chasing the Family Ghosts in Virginia, my father and I had the opportunity to visit Fort Boykin, located near Smithfield, Virginia. > read more

My British Isle Heritage

Published on 2012-02-08 05:36:00

Several of my earlier posts referenced my heritage from the British Isles … > read more

More Askews in Colonial Virginia

Published on 2012-02-04 15:27:00

While in Virginia, with my Father, we stopped by the St Peter’s Church in New Kent County Virginia … the third > read more

Sam Snow – Setting the Record Straight

Published on 2012-01-25 05:06:00

I previously produced a blog entitled, > read more

Genealogy and Genetics

Published on 2012-01-20 05:52:00

My father, brother, and I have been very successful tracing our genealogy back to 17th Century England using archival records research. > read more

Virginia Colonists – Isle of Wight

Published on 2012-01-05 05:27:00

This past Summer I was able to travel with my father to the Isle of Wight County near Smithfield, Virginia. > read more

G. W. Askew and Blythe’s Mississippi Regiment (44th Mississippi Infantry Regiment)

Published on 2011-12-23 04:52:00

In 1860, my GGGrandfather, George Washington Askew, was 22 years old and a recent graduate from University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), had just returned to the family farm in Lowndes County, Mississippi. On January 9, 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union and on February 28, 1861, George enlisted at Columbus, MS, as a private in Captain Butler’s Company of the 5th Regiment, 1st Brigade of Mississippi Volunteers. > read more

Early Mississippi Settlers

Published on 2011-01-02 15:36:00

Mississippi became the 20th state to join the Union on December 10, 1817. However, at that time, much of North Mississippi was considered Indian Territory and not open for settlement. In 1820 the Treaty of Doak's Stand opened up much of Central and West Mississippi to settlement but, the North was still considered Chickasaw and Choctaw lands not yet open for settlement. In 1830, government officials meet with the Choctow tribe at Dancing Rabbit Creek in Eastern Mississippi and they ceded their t [..] > read more

G.W. Askew and Winter 1863-1864 at Dalton, Georgia

Published on 2010-12-25 15:38:00

After being released from Parole Camp at Demopolis, Alabama; First Lieutenant G. W. Askew and the 42nd Alabama moved to join Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee near Chattanooga. Although the regiment didn’t arrive in time to participate in the Battle of Chickamauga, the unit joined the siege forces around Chattanooga during October 1863, fully participating in the Battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. For more on the 42nd Alabama’s participation in these battles, please feel fre [..] > read more

G.W. Askew and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Class of 1860

Published on 2010-12-04 19:24:00

George W. Askew was a graduate of the Class of 1860 from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. > read more