tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post116424826717266568..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Mildred Weedon's Cornbread DressingWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1164375562721083002006-11-24T07:39:00.000-06:002006-11-24T07:39:00.000-06:00Hey, hey, Cousin,,,,,Ah'm from jest over the ridge...Hey, hey, Cousin,,,,,<BR/>Ah'm from jest over the ridge from ya'll.<BR/><BR/>My two major paternal lines went into the mountains of East Tennessee in the late 1780's to get away from 'civilization' in Virginia and Maryland, where they landed early in the reign of William and Mary. One of them was a line of bastardy from William's Holland days, which prudence dictated he ship to the colonies,,, out of sight out of mind and all that. Let the painted savages deal with them.<BR/><BR/>They also were instrumental in founding the short lived State of Franklyn.<BR/><BR/>My great x3 grandfather Kaspar is the man running hunched over whilst carrying two wooden buckets of water to save the Dunkard Church in episode ? of the Civil War series.<BR/><BR/>A goodly line of my father's generation got out and eimigrated North for work in the early last century,,,,, and as has been observed by the family historian, the ones who stayed behind now have too many children and too few teeth.<BR/><BR/>In any event, though being brought up in the North, I was not raised with 'Yankeefied Ways'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1164320638602408072006-11-23T16:23:00.000-06:002006-11-23T16:23:00.000-06:00My family has lived in Richardsville, VA for centu...My family has lived in Richardsville, VA for centuries. It's about half way between Fredericksburg and Culpepper but off the beaten path. Route 3 connects the two larger cities, and Route 610 forms a loop that goes into some pretty country just between the confluence of the Rapidan and Rappahanok rivers. That's where we're all from. My mother and father were both born there, as were their parents, as were some of their parents, etc.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1164318658867878452006-11-23T15:50:00.000-06:002006-11-23T15:50:00.000-06:00That's bordering on soul food,,,,, especially the ...That's bordering on soul food,,,,, especially the recurring theme of 'grease'. 8>)<BR/>What part of the Southland do you call home ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com