It was a few years ago that I was researching in Richmond, Virginia – one of my favorite places – and I ran across what was, to me, a very curious entry found in the 1740’s King George County Orphan Accounts. While flipping through microfilm at a semi-leisurely […]
She is a lady of mystery. Over the years many a person has tried, unsuccessfully, to document who the wife of William Longmire was. Many a person more has ascribed various last names and family connections for Susannah Longmire which have no basis in fact. And despite the […]
Lately I have been digging around more in my direct line – in this case I speak of William Longmire Jr born ca 1740’s. I believe he was the youngest son of the hat thief and like his older brother, George, left a few evidentiary items pertaining to […]
The store ledger account featured here was William Longmire’s own. And what an active account it was! Note the year 1743 and that the account is already quite robust and ongoing from previous entries. William has had this account for some indeterminate time prior and a balance is […]
Our subject of interest here, William Longmire, was not always a hat thief. As it stands we can only say he was once a hat thief, and boy did he pay a price for that. So, who was this young fellow, styled a laborer in the London court […]
The Life and Times of William Longmire of London and Virginia 