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A special thanks to Carol Cook Wylie of Jacksonville, FL.   Carol ordered Bartholomew Stovall – The English Immigrant earlier in 2014 and enjoyed it so much that she recently placed an order for six more copies as Christmas gifts for … Continue reading →

July 7, 1684 Bartholomew Stovall’s fate was sealed when he signed a document granting him free passage to America in return for four years of servitude in the Virginia Colonies.  The eighteen year old English lad was to serve as … Continue reading →

Greetings To Friends of Bartholomew! Please allow me to catch you up on the details of our living blog, give you some insight on the status of Bartholomew Stovall – The English Immigrant, and finally I will solicit your help, … Continue reading →

The Stovall Family Bible The most frequent question asked from readers of Bartholomew Stovall – The English Immigrant is, “What happened to the Stovall family Bible?”  It was customary for family’s to keep a legend of births, marriages and deaths, … Continue reading →

Bartholomew Stovall at One Year – Reflections With Joan One year and two months after the death of her husband, George, Joan Stovall no longer felt the heart aches of loneliness. On this day she gave thanks for a healthy … Continue reading →

November 11, 1684 Three hundred and thirty nine years ago today crew members aboard the salve hauling ship, Booth spotted several red buoys that marked the entrance to a large bay, and tacked to its port side pointing them in a … Continue reading →

So, whatever happened to Bartholomew’s farm?  It’s a question that comes up often from readers of Bartholomew Stovall – The English Immigrant.  It is a fact that he settled on 320 acres (more or less) in what is currently Powhatan … Continue reading →

As Bartholomew Stovall stood on the banks of the River Thames in London and signed the document obligating himself to four years of servitude in the New World of America, I feel positive he had second thoughts before the ink … Continue reading →

    Attention to all my Blog Friends, especially those who live in or near Jackson, Mississippi.  Is there anyone who has information concerning the upkeep of the Stovall Family Cemetery located in Byrum/Hinds County, Mississippi?  This is the burial … Continue reading →

On August 12, 2013 my father William Ruis Stovall would have reached his 100th birthday.  Ruis was born in Morgan County, Alabama, where he resided most of his life, less the years during the depression when he worked farming in … Continue reading →