Sussex County, VA USGenWeb Archives

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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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