The Packet 1991-1992

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Thank You to Neil and Lucille Payne
Successor to The Quill Pen
Change of Command
Coming Events for Your Calendar: Callands Autumn Potpourri and Christmas in Colonial Chatham
Hear Ye All! [Meeting at Yeatts/Yates Tavern]
Historical Writing Opportunities
A Pittsylvania Institution
Specimen from Samuel Panill Wilson's Papers
Of Interest to All Keesees
Queries: Witcher/Cooper; Henry Clark, Anne Clark, Cassandra Philpott; Gilbert Burnett, Peggy Cunningham
German Ancestors Anyone?
Petition of Harmon Cook to Virginia General Assembly (October 28, 1778)
From the Book of Estrays
Specimen from Pittsylvania County 1797 Land Book
A Hard Act to Follow
Using the Pittsylvania County Clerk's Office?
The First Session of the Pittsylvania Court
A Late Arriving Query: Dianne Dodson/James Tarpley Yates
A Timely Reminder to All Members
Society Tid Bits: In Memoriam, Robert Carrington Vaden Jr.
Recommended Reading
Pittsylvania Historical Society Publications

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Report to P.H.S. Members
Tenth Annual Callands Festival Successful
Finances in Good Shape
Distinguished Speaker for Nov. 18 Meeting
1775 Tory Story Told: Committee of Safety Elected at Callands by Frances Hallam Hurt
New Editor of Packet
Did You Know?
Four Courthouses, Eight Jails
Some Facts About PHS Membership
What A Difference 63 Years Makes!
Genealogical Treasures at The Clerk's Office by Herman Melton and Henry H. Mitchell
Oldest Active Organization
Giles Mill: Mecca of the Frying Pan by Herman Melton
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks
Hundred Years Ago
Member Writes
Barns - Pride of the Farmers by Neil Payne
Indigenous Foods by Patricia B. Mitchell
Post Office Established at Pittsylvania Court House 1794
Are You in Debt?
From Estray Book [Entries dated] 1777 contributed by Lucille Payne
Queries
Christmas in Colonial Chatham

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Comments by the PHS President
Let's Hear From You
Fun Meeting Coming Monday, February 17
The Sergeant's Tomahawk Mill, by Herman Melton
Grandparents Source for Genealogy Info
Concerning Confederate Currency
Dinner at President's House by Elizabeth Langhorne
Recollections of a Famous Artist by Frances Hallam Hurt
Outstanding Chatham Citizen Remembered (Dr. Ernest Overbey)
PHS Salutes Newest Additions on Main Street
Genealogical Resources at the Pittsylvania County Public Library by Henry H. Mitchell
Methodist Church Believed Chatham's Oldest
Tobacco Plays Role in Our State History
Marriages of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, contributed by Lucille and Neil Payne
Making Bread in Early America by Patricia B. Mitchell
The Meaning of The Packet
The First Session of the Pittsylvania Court
Queries
Members Write Letters
200 Years of The Bill of Rights
Your Name

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Report to P.H.S. Members
Tenth Annual Callands Festival Successful
Finances in Good Shape
Distinguished Speaker for Nov. 18 Meeting
1775 Tory Story Told: Committee of Safety Elected at Callands by Frances Hallam Hurt
New Editor of Packet
Did You Know?
Four Courthouses, Eight Jails
Some Facts About PHS Membership
What A Difference 63 Years Makes!
Genealogical Treasures at The Clerk's Office by Herman Melton and Henry H. Mitchell
Oldest Active Organization
Giles Mill: Mecca of the Frying Pan by Herman Melton
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks
Hundred Years Ago
Member Writes
Barns - Pride of the Farmers by Neil Payne
Indigenous Foods by Patricia B. Mitchell
Post Office Established at Pittsylvania Court House 1794
Are You in Debt?
From Estray Book [Entries dated] 1777 contributed by Lucille Payne
Queries: Turner, Pitts, Dillard, Vaughan, Gregory Clifton, Berger, Walker, Midkiff, Vaden, Adams, Meadows, Allen, Murphy, Murphey, Booker
Thanks!
Christmas in Colonial Chatham

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