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  Police: Two Armed Men Rob Germantown Home - News Story - WRC | Washington
GERMANTOWN, Md. -- Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division said they are investigating a home invasion robbery that happened Thursday evening.
The Robbery Section detectives said that at 4:54 p.m., the 5th District officers were alerted to a home invasion robbery on the 11900 block of Isen Manor Drive.
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  Clemens / Lewis Family Ancestry - pafg11 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Henry Martin was born in 1723/1725 in Germantown, Culpeper, Virginia.
Tillman Martin was born in 1730/1735 in Germantown,, Virginia.
Eve Martin was born in 1735 in,, Virginia.
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 Terry Mason's Family History Web Site.
Charles Fishback [Parents] was born on 11 Feb 1783 in, Culpepper, Virginia.
James Stonestreet [Parents] was born on 1 Oct 1787 in, Loudoun, Virginia.
Elizabeth Hudnall was born on 18 Jan 1734/1735 in Prince William, Prince William, Virginia.
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 MSN Encarta - Search View - John Marshall
Marshall was born in Germantown, Virginia, on September 24, 1755, the eldest of 15 children.
As a member of the Virginia Assembly from 1782 to 1791, Marshall worked for ratification of the U.S. Constitution and became a prominent member of the Federalist Party.
After Marshall's second term in the Virginia Assembly (1795-1797), however, Washington prevailed upon him to serve as a member of a commission to arbitrate diplomatic affairs with France (see XYZ Affair).
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 Germantown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Germantown is the name of some places in the United States of America:
(Germantown, site of the Battle of Germantown, is another place, now incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.)
This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
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Blair became a Judge of the Virginia General Court in 1777 and was elevated to Chief Judge in 1779.
In 1787, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, and in 1788 he served as a delegate to the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution.
Barbour was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1812.
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 Germantown
Germantown, Maryland, United States [CDP]; population was 41,145 in 1990; housing units was 17,121 in 1990; location is 39°11'N 77°16'W; land area is 10.72 square miles (6,861 acres); water area is 0.29 square miles (185 acres); FIPS code is 32025 [SourceCBP]
Germantown, Tennessee, United States [City]; population was 32,893 in 1990; housing units was 11,131 in 1990; location is 35°5'N 89°48'W; land area is 15.36 square miles (9,828 acres); water area is 0.02 square miles (10 acres); FIPS code is 28960 [SourceCBP]
Germantown, Wisconsin, United States [Village]; population was 13,658 in 1990; housing units was 5,100 in 1990; location is 43°14'N 88°7'W; land area is 34.42 square miles (22,029 acres); water area is 0.04 square miles (25 acres); FIPS code is 28875 [SourceCBP]
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 Virginia's Raab And Crippen Earn First-Team All-America Honors At Men's NCAA Championships :: Cavaliers finish a school ...
Virginia was 11th at the 2002 NCAAs and improved to 10th in 2003 with 125 points.
Virginia also finished 12th in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 2:56.41 after going 2:56.23 in the prelims, which is the third fastest time in school history.
Several Virginia swimmers competed in the prelims during the third and final day of NCAA competition.
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 REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES - LoveToKnow Article on REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A church in Germantown, Virginia, was founded about 1714.
The strongest churches were those of Philadelphia, Lancaster and Germantown in Pennsylvania, and Frederick in Maryland.
The German Reformed churches in Lunenburg county, Nova Scotia, became Presbyterian in 1837; a German church in Waldoboro, Maine, after a century, became Congregational in 185o.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RE/REFORMED_CHURCH_IN_THE_UNITED_STATES.htm   (1052 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
However, while many tech industries in Virginia are filing bankruptcy, Maryland and the District are adding jobs in the hospitality industry, construction trades, law offices and trade associations.
There may be 88,700 new jobs here this year, with 50,000 in Northern Virginia, 23,200 in suburban Maryland and 15,500 in the District, according to an estimate by Stephen Fuller, a regional economist at George Mason University.
The fact of the matter is Northern Virginia has terrible traffic, inadequately funded schools, urban sprawl, and a state government that milks Fairfax tax revenues and gives nothing in return.
discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/01/business_shears0524.htm   (2385 words)

  
 Genealogy
Genealogy, history and biography pertaining to the pioneer settlers comprising the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1714 and 1717, later arrivals, and to their descendants.
The Germanna Record, founded in 1960, is the official publication of the Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc. Sources of data include: cemetery inscriptions, Bible records, court orders, wills and deeds preserved chiefly in Culpeper, Orange, Fauquier, and Madison Counties.
Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750.
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 History
Marshall County was created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on March 12, 1835, from parts of Ohio County.
He served as a member of the Virginia General Assembly (1782-1791) and was named a special envoy to France in 1797.
In 1798, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Virginia from 1799 to 1800.
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 The Supreme Court Historical Society
JOHN MARSHALL was born on September 24, 1755, in Germantown, Virginia.
Following service in the Revolutionary War, he attended a course of law lectures conducted by George Wythe at the College of William and Mary and continued the private study of law until his admission to practice in 1780.
Marshall was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1782, 1787, and 1795.
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 NABA-DC Wood: Locations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Coming from Virginia, get on I-395 North to Massachusetts Ave, NW, Exit to right on 7th Street, NW, and north on 7th Street, NW to left on Barry Place, NW (across the street from Howard University).
From Virginia Beltway either take I-495 to I-95 south to Franconia Road exit then follow Franconia Road for about 2.75 miles to school on your right, OR Take Fairfax County Parkway (Rt 7100 South) to the Fanconia-Springfield Parkway where the road changes its name to Van Dorn Street.
Virginia Route 236 originates in the City of Alexandria as Duke Street, and changes names to Little River Turnpike near the interchange with I-395.
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 National Obituary Archive(NOA) - Arrangeonline.com
Marshall was born September 24, 1755 in Germantown, Virginia.
Marshall was elected to the Virginia legislature in 1782 and served in that body until 1791.
He is buried next to his wife in Richmond, Virginia’s Shockhoe Hill Cemetery.
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 GERMANTOWN AND THE FIRST PROTEST AGAINST SLAVERY
The official seal of Germantown bea rs at its center a trifolium having a grape vine on one leaf, flax blossoms on another and a weaver's spool on a third with the inscription "Vinum, Linum et Textrinum," to show that the people lived from grapes, flax, and trade.
In a few years the population of Germantown had increased so that additions were made: Kriegsheim with 884 acres (named for the home of the Palatine Quakers), Sommerhausen with 900 acres (in honor of Pastorius' birthplace), and Crefeld with 1166 acres were added to the 2750 acres of Germantown.
All were on the same road; Germantown was the nearest to Philadelphia and Crefeld was beyond Chestnut Hill in present Montgomery County.
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 Edmund Randolph
Randolph was born on August 10, 1753 in Williamsburg Virginia.
He was a delegate to the Virginia Convention the next year.
There he presented his famous Virginia Plan which was the root of much debate at the Convention.
www.ushistory.org /germantown/people/randolph.htm   (345 words)

  
 GERMANNA COLONY NOTES, GERMANNA COLONY HISTORY, GERMANNA,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It is a part of the Delmarva peninsula which derives its name from the fact that the three states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia all have a portion of the land between the Delaware River, or the Atlantic Ocean on the east of the peninsula, and the Chesapeake Bay on the west.
An outward migration from Virginia to Boone Co., Kentucky is mentioned with the dates implying that the years were the 1730's and the 1740's.
Virginia had the largest claim which included present West Virginia, Kentucky, parts of Ohio and land to the west of Ohio.
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As the fourth chief justice of the United States, he was principally responsible for developing the power of the Supreme Court of the United States and formulating constitutional law in the nation.
As a member of the Virginia Assembly (1782-1791), Marshall worked for ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
After serving a second term in the Virginia Assembly (1795-1797), Marshall served as a member of a commission to arbitrate diplomatic affairs with France.
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 John Marshall High School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Born on September 24, 1755 in Germantown, Virginia, he was the oldest of fifteen children.
Marshall became a lawyer in 1781 and served in the Virginia Legislature.
He was part of Virginia’s ratifying convention which adopted the Federal Constitution in 1788.
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 Exurbanites Occupy an Unsettled Place in Va. Politics
Although the Lechners were increasingly uncomfortable raising their twin sons in their Germantown neighborhood, they moved when they did because Stephan Lechner changed jobs.
Jamie and Stephan Lechner liked their house in Germantown well enough, but in recent years, they said, the neighborhood began to change in ways that made them feel less comfortable.
In recent Virginia elections, 15 to 17 percent of the vote has come from cities, 20 to 23 percent from rural areas and 58 to 62 percent from the suburbs, said Larry J. Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
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 Descendants of John Willingham
Gerrald appears on the tithe list of 1752 Lunenburg Co., Virginia on the land of Mary Willingham, his mother; also he appears 10 June 1764, 10 June 1769, 1772,1773, 1775, 1776 on the Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg Co.
He bought land in Halifax Co., Virginia in 1782 and remained there until his death in 1792.
Katherine Woerner believes that it is possible that John could have also been married to a Mary Johnson, perhaps the sister of Joseph Johnson, son of Stephen Johnson, whose (Joseph) daughter, Mary, married Jarrell Willingham.
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George R. Seweryniak, a permanent change of official duty station from Falls Church, Virginia, to Germantown, Maryland.
Although the agency initially authorized temporary quarters subsistence expense (TQSE), it has determined that reimbursement is prohibited under regulation, because the difference in distances from the old residence to each of the old and new duty stations is not greater than forty miles.
The claimant has failed to establish that the relevant difference in distances is greater than forty miles.
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 Harrisonburg, Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Harrisonburg is an independent city within the confines of Rockingham County in the State of Virginia.
Winchester, Harrisonburg, Virginia area map: Including James Madison University
Men of Mark and Representative Citizens of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia: Portraits and Biographies of Men and Women
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 John Marshall Biography / Biography of John Marshall Biography
The eldest of Thomas and Mary Marshall's 15 children, John Marshall was born on Sept. 24, 1755, near Germantown, Va. Frontier and family were the shaping forces of his youth.
His mother came from the aristocratic Randolphs of "Turkey Island." His father--"the foundation of all my own success in life," recalled John Marshall--was a man of humble origin who, through native ability and strength of character, rose to relative prominence.
His father saw to it, however, that John was solidly grounded in English literature and history; he also brought home practical lessons in politics from his service in the Virginia House of Burgesses du.....
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 west virgin history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
, served in the Virginia General Assembly in 1794 and, later that year, was elected the third Governor of Virginia (1794 to 1796) by the General Assembly.
He was a member of the Virginia General Assembly (1778-1788), serving as Speaker in 1781 and in 1783.
general court (1789-1808) and later served as the Governor of Virginia (1808 to 1811).
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 Germantown VA Apartments for Rent: Find Apartment Rentals in Germantown, Virginia
Germantown VA Apartments for Rent: Find Apartment Rentals in Germantown, Virginia
Finding just the right rental property in Germantown can create a tremendous amount of stress, especially when you are new in town.
With hundreds of apartment communities and neighborhoods to choose from in Germantown, and with size, layout, rent, move-in costs, location, amenities, schools, shopping, transportation and more to consider, the search can be overwhelming and time consuming.
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 The 1738 Immigrants to Virginia from Nassau-Siegen
Harrisonburg, Virginia: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1964.
The transitory stay of the Georgia settlers was known to the people at Germantown, Virginia, who in 1743 told the Moravian missionaries, Schnell and Hussey, about a group of very pious people who moved to Georgia with their minister, Mr.
Henry Huffman, who was a member of the 1734 group from Nassau-Siegen, was also from the Freudenberg parish, and it may have been due to his influence that these five men settled permanently in Virginia.
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 Hans Jacob Holtzclaw/Anna Margaret Otterbach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
1810 at: Fauquier County, Virginia Spouses: Jeremiah Darnell
1725 - 1730 at: Germantown, Virginia Married: at: Died: at: Spouses: Henry Hitt
1725 - 1730 at: Germantown, Virginia Married: at: Died: at: Spouses: Harman Miller
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1707 in Wales, and died 1760 in Germantown, Virginia.
1750 in Germantown, Fauquier Co., Maryland, and died December 1815 in Scott Co., Kentucky.
1770 in Essex Co., Virginia, and died in Lexington, Nelson Co., Kentucky.
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 Harman Utterback
Harman UTTERBACK was born in 1746 in Old Germantown, Prince William County, Virginia.
Harman married Elizabeth CRUMP about 1769 probably in Fauquier County, Virginia.
Harman UTTERBACK left his will in Fauquier County, Virginia dated Nov 1829.
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