The Explorations of a Holloman Genealogist, Part 3

by Glenn N. Holliman

This is part three, the last article written by Bob Fusinato describing the genealogical trip he and his wife Lynn Holloman Fusinato took in March 2017.  Sadly Lynn passed away earlier this year, but Bob as a memorial is sharing her family history knowledge with us.  We are grateful to Bob for this remembrance of a devoted, careful researcher of our family and country. - GNH

Research Trip to Missouri Comes to a Close
by Bob Fusinato

Monday, March 27, 2017

We had breakfast at the Arcadia Academy B and B. The proprietors were interested in Lynn's information about her family's connection with original Academy founder, Jerome C. Berryman and about Hinchey paintings, stories, and photographs.

Much of the morning we spent walking around the academy and then re-visiting the location where the A .W. Holloman house had stood before it burned down many years ago.

Later that afternoon we drove down to Rolla, Missouri  area where we were planned  to visit the Missouri Historical society on Tuesday.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

We visited the Historical society office in the basement of the Missouri School of Mines library.   Beth Lane had the boxes of Hinchey papers Lynn requested ready and waiting.  Lynn read through documents and Bob used a scanner app on his iPad to record them.  Bob also worked on the first segment of the travel log.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

We drove up to Columbia, MO where the University of Missouri is located.  On the way we stopped at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City, the state capital.

Having arrived around noon, we decided to go up to the break room on the second floor to share a package of peanut butter crackers and a bottle of Diet Coke that we brought with us.  The room had big windows with a view of the state capital.

We then stowed our stuff in a locker and went into the reading room.  Lynn was able to access some information concerning Spanish land grants which she downloaded to her WiFi thumb drive.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Up early to go to the Historical Society Research Center located in the Ellis Library of the   University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri.  They had newspapers from the period on microfilm which Lynn was able to copy to her thumb drive.

In addition to the historical collections of manuscripts and other papers, the society has collections of other art which it displays from time to time.  The hallways were lined with original art for newspaper editorial cartoons.   On the way out, we passed by an interesting bronze statue of the cartoon character, Beetle Bailey. Bob just had to get a few snapshots.

Friday, March 31, 2017

Lynn decided to go back to the state archives in Jefferson City, since they would be closed on Saturday.  We had a reservation at a motel in Jefferson City. So, we packed up our belongings and took them with us.  At the state archives,  Lynn downloaded some additional files of land records from 1848 to her thumb drive.  

I have to say that Lynn does not go on these genealogy trips willy nilly.  She comes with a set of questions and a plan for where she might find the answers.  She originally planned to continue her research through next Monday and drive back on Tuesday.  Sunday would be wasted from the genealogy standpoint since everything was going to be closed.  I think she felt that she would get what she needed after one more trip to the Ellis library in Columbia. So we decided to drive back home on Sunday.

Saturday, April 1, 2017

We drove up to Columbia where Lynn collected some more data and Bob busied himself with taking a few pictures of the cartoons.  

Sunday, April 2, 2017

We got up early, ate some complimentary breakfast at the hotel, and then hit the road for the roughly 8-hour trip back to the DFW area. 

On arrival we found the computer where we stored our data, including Lynn’s family history data, would no longer boot up.  It took some time to get everything restored. But that’s another story.  Lucky she had everything from this trip on her thumb drive.

Such is the life of a dedicated family historian and her loving husband. - Bob Fusinato

The Explorations of a Holloman Genealogist, Part 2

We continue the 2017 genealogical exploration by the late Lynn Fusinato as recorded by her devoted husband, Bob, who kindly wrote this description of their journey.  This is part two of a three part series. -GNH

Lynn Fusinato's Genealogy Trip to Missouri: 
The Holloman Move to Arcadia Valley
by Bob Fusinato

Religion played a large part in establishing sense of community in Missouri. Allan Holloman, 1805-1895, and his kin were largely Methodist Episcopalian. Unfortunately, it also was a source of disagreements and arguments. In the 1840's the Methodist Episcopalians split between North and South.

It was about this time that family friend and preacher Reverend Jerome C. Berryman convinced Allan Holloman to move his family to the Arcadia valley were Allan's children could attend the school Berryman was founding. Allan bought land, established a residence and as a literate man participated in the business of the community. When the area was split off of Madison county to form Iron county Alan served as a surveyor that established the boundaries of the county. A new city of Ironton was formed to serve as the county seat.

For information on A. W. Holloman, born Raleigh, NC, died Ironton, MO, visit http://stegenevieve.net/2009/01/allen-wolford-holloman/ .

Meanwhile the school flourished as a boarding school. An Irish immigrant and artist, named James W. Hinchey began teaching at the school eventually meeting and marrying Alan's daughter Lucinda Holloman. Hinchey was a prodigious keeper of diaries which he wrote in shorthand. He eventually taught his sons to do the same. Much of what Lynn has found out about her Holloman family comes from Hinchey diaries, drawings, and later photographs as his son's became pioneering photographers.           

Drawing by James W. Hinchey from Hinchey-Cochran papers, R1280] The State Historical Society of Missouri, Manuscript Collection.

Sainte Genevieve Missouri's Oldest Town

Settled by French Canadians from across the Mississippi in Illinois in the late 1740's, Sainte Genevieve claims to be Missouri's oldest town. We decided to spend a little time there on Saturday (3/25) (when government offices would be closed) to play tourist and visit Sainte Genevieve. First stop was the welcome center where we saw a short film clip and picked up some brochures of the oldest this and that. Bob was reminded of his visits as a Florida resident to Saint Augustine.

We walked around the old historic district and took the tour of the Felix Valle House, which was both his store and his family home. It was furnished in antiques from the period and was quite interesting. Lynn's ggggrandmother and her children bought land from the estate of Felix's brother back in 1847 and some of Lynn's other relatives apparently shopped at one of Felix's stores in Ste. Genevieve County in the 1830s and1850s.

The Felix Valle house was built in 1818 as an American Federal style residence. It gives visitors a glimpse into Missouri's French colonial past.

Felix's father was governor and referred to as "commandante". The Valle leadership was adept at transitioning from French rule to Spanish rule reflecting changes in European politics rather than anything on the ground here. It even continued past the Louisiana Purchase as English became the official language and Americans began pouring in.

It is likely that many of the newcomers would provision themselves here in Felix Valle's store for travel to the west. Lynn's Holloman's ancestors were apparently among them.

The collage on the left shows Bob standing in front of the welcome center. In the middle picture, Lynn is standing in front of Felix's father's house. The bottom is from a brochure showing the Felix Valle house and store.

Berryman's academy had a rough time continuing through the Civil War. Eventually after the war, the facilities were taken over by an Ursuline order. The original buildings and various successors were destroyed by fire. What is there now was mostly built in the early 1900's. Recently the school cafeteria and dining room have opened as a restaurant and creamery.

There is also a bed and breakfast operation in a section of the building. We spent Sunday night (3/26) there as a way for Lynn to get close to the ancestors who lived in the area.

The interior of the bed and breakfast area was quite nice. They give one a hint of what life might have been like in this area in the early 20th century. (With the exception of interior toilet and steam heat replaced by wall AC).

The Bollinger connection leads to one of the few lines of living relatives that Lynn has been able to trace. Lynn's second cousin once removed, Joyce Bollinger Hale, still lives on the Joseph Bollinger property in Iron county which contains the Bollinger family cemetery where Joseph Bollinger and other members of the family are buried including Lynn's great grandparents, Thomas Edward Holloman and Precia Matilda Bollinger.

We drove down to visit Joyce and her family on Sunday afternoon. Lynn went out to see the improvements made to fencing around the cemetery and take a few pictures to document current condition and in hope of finding new identifying markers. People have suspected that there are more grave sites than are marked, sadly with nowhere to turn to help identify them.

That's it for visiting the areas where Lynn's ancestors lived. Monday we will drive to the Missouri School of Mines at Rolla which houses a branch of the Missouri Historical Society and was our access to the Hinchey collection of papers, drawings, and photographs.- Bob Fusinato

The Explorations of a Holloman Genealogist, Part 1

by Glenn N. Holliman

Lynn Holloman Fusinato of Richardson, Texas passed away in January 2018. Trained as a scientist, she was meticulous and accurate in researching and recording her family history.  In her life's journey and her avocation of genealogy, she was accompanied by her husband, Bob, who now shares with us some of her research.  What follows is a trip Lynn and Bob took in the early spring of 2017, searching for family roots in Missouri.

In the following blog, one will find information on Hollomans, Holmes, Blackwell, Bollinger and Whites.  Our thanks to Bob for recording and sharing this story with our readers.  Later I shall be adding these articles to the family archives at www.bholliman.com.  More of Lynn's work and life can be found in our February 3, 2018 article. - GNH

Lynn Holloman Fusinato's 2017 Genealogical Trip to Missouri
by Bob Fusinato

Wednesday 03-22 to Sunday 03-26, 2017 (Farmington, Missouri and Environs)

We spent Wednesday driving the 600+ miles from our home in the Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas area to Farmington, Missouri. There we were to stay at the Crown Pointe lodge for 4 nights.

Courthouses, Cemeteries and Libraries
These are places genealogists visit to establish facts about family histories. On this trip we did our share of visiting each of them.

Our first stop on Thursday was the Sainte Genevieve courthouse recorder's office where deeds and other records are kept. Lynn's Holloman ancestors and related families settled in an area of Sainte Genevieve county known as the New Tennessee settlement.

We spent almost the whole day at the Court House in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri looking up land records in order to clear up some fuzzy areas in Lynn's earlier research. On return, we stopped at the Sainte Genevieve library where Lynn attempted to clear up a few loose ends. Then, with a few hours of daylight left, we took the scenic route back through Coffman, Missouri where Lynn's ancestors had settled back in the early 1800s.

Lynn traces her Missouri lineage back to her great, great grandfather, Allan W. Holloman whose parents moved from North Carolina to the Cape Girardeau area back in 1810 or 1811 when Allan was about 5 or 6 years old. They did not remain in the Cape Gerardeau area very long however. After the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, they moved up to Sainte Genevieve county to an area known as the New Tennessee Settlement where they established homesteads along a branch of the Saline River. 

Google Maps 2017 Coffman, MO and environs

This area has been bought up by the Crown Properties Company which has established vineyards and a winery on the site. As a result the land remains largely pristine but inaccessible. We have in the past taken the winery "tour" where we sampled some wines and sat on the hilltop patio overlooking Lynn's ancestral lands. On this trip, the winery was still closed for the winter.

The large part of the story of the westward expansion of the US is written in the land patents, deeds, and other documents to be found at the various county recorders offices in the region. The folks who settled in the New Tennessee settlement must have had a lot in common.  A neighboring patch of land belonged to William Holmes and his wife Mary Blackwell. The Holloman family became forever intertwined with the Holmes' when Alan married their daughter Lucinda Holmes.

Prior to settling in the New Tennessee settlement area, William Holmes farmed a plot of land he had obtained as a Spanish land grant. It was located to the southwest of the New Tennessee settlement along the Little Saint Francis River where the river is crossed by present day highway which runs between Farmington and Fredericktown. We passed over that stream on Friday (3/24) and Lynn just had to stop to take a few pictures.

The Bollinger Connection

Allan W Holloman's son, Thomas Edward Holloman (Lynn's great grandfather) married a girl from a bit further south in Madison county. There is quite a story involving a horse about how Precia Matilda Bollinger became Lynn's great grandmother, but I'm not going into it here. Suffice it to say that she is Lynn's connection to Joseph Bollinger and the Whites who lived along the Castor river. (Elizabeth White Bollinger was Precia Matilda's mother.)

Next, we headed to Caster Hill/Caster Station on Highway 72 to visit the cemetery on the original homestead of John White, Lynn's ggg-grandfather, where John and his wife Preshy are buried.

We then continued on to Patton, Missouri to visit a Methodist cemetery on the original homestead of Missouri pioneer John Bollinger where he and his wife are buried. John was Joseph Bollinger's grandfather which makes the couple buried here Lynn's gggg-grandparents.

John Bollinger was a Lutheran, not a Methodist, but the Lutheran ministers disappeared from the area around 1830-1840 and the local Lutherans joined other Christian faiths in the area which probably explains the Methodist church on the property. We took a few pictures, but the stones are getting harder to identify.

The best picture and write up is in a book called The Bollinger Connection first published in the early 1980's.

We headed back west on Highway 72 to research land records at the court houses in Fredericktown and Ironton. We were able to find a good copy of The Bollinger Connection in the Fredericktown library and Bob made a scan of it.

On our way back to Farmington, we stopped to check on the graves of Lynn's Holloman gg-grandparents in the Masonic cemetery in Arcadia .

Oh, and since Friday was Bob's birthday, we went back to the Colton's Steakhouse in Farmington for supper and to celebrate by overdosing on their sin-sational chocolate fudge brownie sundae.

Next Posting, more on Lynn and Bob's genealogical tour of Missouri.....

Lynn Holloman Fusinato - A Remembrance of a Hollyman Genealogist

by Glenn N. Holliman

One of the delights of the 21st Internet and retirement is to have the means and time to discover and get to know distant cousins, especially those who share an interest in our family roots.  Tens of thousands living in the United States today trace their roots to a son of a leather-worker and innkeeper in Bedford, England, one Christopher Hollyman (1618-1691).  

One of the genealogists who dug deep into her ancestral roots was Lynn Holloman Fusinato (1946-2018), who due to pancreatic cancer, passed away at her home on January 11, 2018 in Richardson, Texas . 

Lynn and husband Bob at the Hollyman Seminar in Isle of Wight, Virginia, April 2016.

Bob kindly wrote me of her death several weeks ago and shared information on her deep avocation of discerning her family origins.

"Tracing family roots became one of Lynn's passions.  Retirement afforded her the opportunity to devote more time and travel to it.  Lynn and I made many trips to Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia visiting courthouses, local libraries and state archives to find original source material about her relatives, going back to the Revolutionary War with one branch.  As you say she hails from Hollemans in Wake County, North Carolina.  

To her, genealogy was more than just family trees.  it was also about the stories and lives of her ancestors.  She has written a number of carefully researched papes which she shared with others....she had more work to to do and more pamphlets to write.  

However, one of her last requests to me was to gather her source material on her Holloman lines and pass it on to you."  (This is the Hollyman virtual archives at www.bholliman.com, a web storage facility for Hollyman and related families.) 

Below a meeting of Texas Hollyman genealogists in November 2015.  Left to right, Joseph Parker, Lynn Holliman, this writer - Glenn N. Holliman and our generous hostess for the day, Lynn Fusinato.

Lynn is the daughter of Miles Edward and Wilhemina (Billie) Prater Holloman of Lexington, Mississippi.  She graduated valedictorian of her home town high school and went on to acquire both bachelor and masters degrees in chemistry and computer science.   After marriage to Bob Fusinato and his service in the U.S. Navy during the 1970s, the couple settled permanently in Texas.  Highly educated and high energy, she both worked in the technical sciences and raised two children, Carolyn and Robert. 

Above, Lynn in  2015 shared coffee and her deep knowledge of family history with three distant cousins.  Her smile will be missed by family, both close and far....

Our thanks to her husband, Bob, who in his time of loss, has shared his thoughts and the story of Lynn's commitment to discovering and preserving our mutual histories for future generations. - GNH

EARLIER HOLLEMAN/HOLLIMANS IN WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

by J. Allen Holleman

Allen Holleman, organizer of the Hollyman Gathering April 2016 in Isle of Wight County, Virignia, continues his articles on some of the Hollemans who left Virginia and moved south to North Carolina. Allen's direct lineage stayed in North Carolina (but certainly not all), while mine kept moving south and west, eventually in my case to Fayette County, Alabama in 1836. - Glenn N. Holliman

The recent posts I have lately added seem to indicate that John and Jesse (Jr.) Holleman were the first of our ancestors in Wake County, North Carolina; arriving in 1804/05.  They were not.

Wake was created in 1772 in large part from the huge, old Johnston County to the east, as well as from Orange on the west side and a sliver from Cumberland to the south.  Chatham County was created from Orange at the same time.

Far right, Allen at the Smithfield, Virginia Hollyman seminars with cousin Steve Holleman, descendant of Jonathan and Barnett Holleman.

About 1800 Lewis Holleman, son of Jedediah, known as Jeddia, who was brother of Jesse Sr., my 5th GGF, bought property in Raleigh as well as some near-by farmland.  In 1805 he married a widow, Penelope Lane Atkins.  Penny's father was James Lane, brother of Joel Lane, called the "Father of Raleigh".

Penny had a dower right to 1/3 of a large plantation, and the couple were given leave to run the entire plantation by the Atkins family for the benefit of her two children by Thomas Atkins.  In 1812 they had a son, one of several named William Henry Holleman, who in the latter half of the 19th C. became a wealthy businessmen and one of the largest property owners in Raleigh.

In the first US census in 1790, there were two others named Holliman.  One was James Grantson Holliman, a direct ancestor of Glenn N. Holliman, the principal of this website.  Before 1800 he had moved west and amassed huge acreages in Anson and Mecklenberg Counties in NC and Lancaster Co., SC.   He evidently had a large farm in Johnston Co. that became part of Wake in 1772.

The other was Thomas Holliman, with his wife Amelia and two children.  They lived in Raleigh west of the State House.  After he died, before 1800, she remained until her 2nd marriage later.  We don't know where Thomas was from.  A descendant, Lynn Holliman Fusinato, an excellent genealogist herself, has not been able to discover his origin.


For information on placing an article, please write Glenn N. Holliman at glennhistory.gmail.com. For manuscripts and materials on Hollymans and other associated families, visit the growing virtual archive at www.bholliman.com/ .

Please click on 'Older Post' below to see all of Allen Holleman's recent articles and the August 1, 2016 posting by Susan G. White.  A descendant of the Isle of Wight, Virginia Hollemans, she records the various quests of her maternal lineage to acquire a higher education.  GNH

Texas Cousins

by Glenn N. Holliman

A Gathering in Texas....

This past weekend while attending a nephew's wedding, I took time out to share lunch Lynn Fusinato and two other distant cousins and old friends, Lynn Holliman and Joseph Parker.

Lynn Holliman and Joe had attended Holliman gatherings in Alabama, and Lynn F. plans to join the clan at the Smithfield, Virginia event next spring.  (See announcement at close of this article)

What do committed family historians discuss when they get together?  Why, they share their lineages and try to connect dots!  Below,  Left to right, Joe Parker, Lynn Holliman, Glenn Holliman and Lynn Fusinato.

Lynn F., our host for the day, hails from Hollimans in Wake County, North Carolina.  Lynn H. traces his lineage back to James Granton Holliman, sharing the same with me.  Joe's line moved from Virginia to Kentucky and Indiana before eventually settling in the Lone Star state.  My own families left Virginia and stopped in North Carolina and South Carolina before settling in Alabama in 1836, my native state.

Lynn F. is careful, thoughtful and well organized in compiling her tree.  Lynn H., a retired investigator has made it his multi-year mission to explore the comings and goings of one David Holliman, a brother of James Grantson Holliman, who eventually settled in Georgia.  Joe is a human computer.  Just mention a Holliman name (various spellings) and out comes data!

We discussed the forthcoming Virginia meeting, and agreed we need to allot time for all to share their lineages and then break into table discussions for those interested in particular branches.  Health permitting, we four plan to be present.  COME JOIN US IN ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA - MARCH 31 - APRIL 2, 2015!

THE CHRISTOPHER HOLLYMAN, SR.

 HISTORICAL SOCIETY

CORDIALLY INVITE YOU

to

The Inaugural Meeting of the Society

at

SMITHFIELD

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY

VIRGINIA

MARCH 31- APRIL 2, 2016

FOR

A ONCE IN A LIFETIME TOUR TO THE CHRISTOPHER HOLLYMAN'S PLANTATION CA 1682

AND

OTHER HISTORIC HOLLYMAN SITES

AND

TWO DAYS OF SEMINARS

and Round Table Discussions

ON

THE HOLLYMANS of ENGLAND

AND

SUBSEQUENT MIGRATIONS

THROUGH OUT THE USA

PLUS

SESSIONS ON HOW TO TRACE YOUR HOLLYMAN DNA, THE MASSIVE FAMILY TREE (at www.Ancestry.com), HOLLYMAN WEB SITES, THE JAMESTOWN SOCIETY AND THE NEW HOLLIMAN ARCHIVES FOR HOLLYMANS (ALL SPELLINGS) AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES!

 In my time with Lynn F., I discovered her grandfather and my grandfather both lived in west Alabama at the same time, early in the 20th Century.

If you trace your ancestry to Christopher Hollyman, Sr. (1618-1691) you will not want to miss this national gathering of his descendants in the ancestral home of almost all North American Hollemans, Hollimans (and various spellings). 

Our Registration Center and Gathering Place for Seminars and Dinners will be the Smithfield Inn, 112 Main Street, Smithfield, VA (757-357-1732).

As the Smithfield Inn is sold out for lodging, a special rate has been secured at the near-bye Hampton Inn.  Guests may book individual reservations under the name of Holliman Family Reunion.  One may call the hotel direct at 757-365-4760 or go to www.smithfieldsuitesva.hamptoninn.com.

·       Enter the dates ranging from March 31-April 2, 2016.

·       Click on Add Special Rate Code and enter the Group Code (HFR).

·       Click on Check Rooms and Rates.

Guests will be able to select their room type and proceed to make their own reservation using a credit card to guarantee their room.

The rates are as follows:

·       Standard King room at $109.00 plus tax.

The cut-off date is March 1, 2016 for this special rate.

The program begins with a Meet and Greet, Thursday, March 31, 5 pm - 6:30 pm, Smithfield Inn followed by order-from-the-menu dinner.  Sessions and field trips held and/or originated at the Smithfield Inn on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, 2016.  Please call your lodging choice directly BUT let us know if you plan to attend as space is limited. Location could be moved subject to enrollment. 

The Holleman House and Smithfield are located approximately 1 hour from Jamestown (by ferry across the James River) where Christopher and his sister, Judith Hollyman landed after their long and weary sailing from England, May 1650!  Williamsburg and Yorktown are near Jamestown.

Left, Joe, one of the most informed of all Holliman  genealogists, listens as Lynn H. shares his latest findings on 18th Century Hollimans from North Carolina and Georgia.   

                               


                                                                           Agenda

              for the Christopher Hollyman, Sr. History Society

             March 31-April 2, 2016

March 31, 2016

5 pm – 6:30 pm registration, meet and greet, Smithfield Inn, Smithfield, VA

6:30 – 8:30  pm – Dinner, Welcome, Announcements, Group Photo and Review of the Agenda  (order from the menu)

Distribution of Materials: “The Hollymans from England to Virginia and Beyond”

April 1, 2016

9 am – Noon

"Getting to Know You" - Share your lineage with the group and what do you wish to learn?"

"Where to Find your Cousins - Facebook, the Yahoo Group, The Hollyman Family Tree, the Holliman Virtual Archive and the Jamestown Society”

As time permits - “England to Virginia” and "The Virginia Experience"

 Noon – Lunch on your own at one of Smithfield's many dining venues

1:30 pm – Visit to Isle of Wight Museum (across from the Smithfield Inn)

2:30 – Field Trip 1830 Holleman House at Christopher Hollyman 1682  Plantation including loop tour of Smithfield Hams and Ivy Hill Cemetery. Group photo at Holleman House! Optional extended 30 minute visit to possible site of Christopher Hollyman’s grave (Wear old clothes and shoes as old burial place in woods)

5 pm – Return to Smithfield and Dinner on your own

7:30 pm Business Meeting of Christopher Hollyman, Sr. Historical Society Executive Committee; open to all

If you will come to Virginia this spring, cousin Allen Holleman will share some of his Isle of Wight peanuts with you!  Ahem, you may have to buy your own beverage.

April 2, 2016

9 am –  Noon

Break Out Sessions  on Topics that interest You! – Whether more information on DNA, Ancestry.com, your lineage or problems in tracing your family, Hollyman genealogists will be prepared to lead discussions on ancestors and issues.  Floating round table discussions available .

11 am – Sixth and closing Session – ‘Creating Structure for the Christopher Hollyman, Sr. History Society”

Noon – Close of Hollyman Seminar – Participants encouraged to visit Jamestown on their own, site of Christopher and Judith Hollymans 1650 arrival in the New World!

And don't miss Williamsburg, founded in the 1690s, a marvelous Colonial towne preserved and celebrated.

PLEASE JOIN YOUR COUSINS IN OLD VIRGINIA NEXT SPRING!