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Those were the good old days. No good roads, no telephones, no doctors closer than 4 to 7 miles and if one was needed, someone would have to ride a horse for him. And if you were not too sick when the doctor got to you, he would give you a big dose of castor oil, quinine, or Blue Hast pills, otherwise you died naturally. And in the later case, there was no ambulance and the blacksmith made your coffin.

~~Edwin Norman (1891 - 1970) writing of Culpeper County, Virginia (”History of the Culpeper County Normans” by Nellie Virginia Norman, 1972)

“The providence of God, which keeps up the generations of men, and so preserves that degenerate race, though guilty and obnoxious, in being upon earth. How easily could He cut it off without either a deluge or a conflagration! The divine patience lets the trees that cumber the ground not only grow, but propagate. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes and will do so while the earth remains. Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it.”

–Matthew Henry

Tiny chemical Markers on the Y chromosome create a distinctive pattern, known as a Haplotype, that distinguishes one male lineage from another. Shared markers can indicate relatedness between two men, though not the exact degree of the relationship. Y chromosome testing is most often used by individuals with the same last name to learn if they share a common ancestor. More detailed information about markers may found in DNA 101. Family Tree DNA is offering such testing.

A y-DNA study to connect males of the Miner surname and its variants was initiated in March 2005. Results. (Thomas Miner Family History)

The town of Middleburg, Virginia was founded and named by Revolutionary War hero Leven Powell as it was the “Middle Burg” between Alexandria and Winchester. Colonel Leven POWELL (1737-1810) was the son of William and Eleanor (Peyton) POWELL, and a grandson of Valentine PEYTON and his wife, Frances LINTON, of Occoquan Falls, Virginia.

On October 30, 2005 at 3 pm the town of Middleburg will be dedicating a painting of Colonel Powell.

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