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Henderson.Low.You are in the CORDER section.Brooks.Compiled by Laura Henderson since 1989.

George Washington bust and Blue Willow plate.
George Washington bust and Blue Willow plate.
Pearl handled pistol of J.O. Corder.


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H. Ramey Corder

Manervia Holbrook

Ancestors of Distinction

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Jonathan Corder, 6th Confederate Cavalry.Turkey Tract.
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Corder J1 DNA Working Group
A Members-Only DNA Working Group called "Baker & Corder J1 DNA Research Project" has been organized at Yahoo.com If you are a descendant of Edward Corder , born ca. 1700 in London, and you can trace your Corder or related ancestry back to Frederick, Montgomery or Tazewell counties in Virginia, then we want to hear from you! Read more about the new Yahoo working group and requirements for participation..

The Legacy Project.

Corder Family Research Library
The Edward Corder Senior Memorial Library
In honor of our emigrant ancestor, Edward Corder Sr., I have established an online archive which will be populated with articles, photos, movies, paintings, links, and copies of documents and deeds relevant to Edward and his descendants. It is my hope that this archive will prove to be a useful and permanent resource for all of those researching Edward's lines.

Corder Links
The Corder Family Forum on Genealogy.com
Postings by Corder researchers all over the U.S.; includes postings on most identified Corder lines.

Donna Ledford's Corder Family Website by invitation on MyFamily.com
A collaboration and sharing forum exclusively for descendants of Edward Corder Sr.

The Corder Y-DNA Project Results on FamilyTreeDNA.com
Y-chromosome test results of all of Corder Family Project participants to date.

For additional Corder links and resources, please visit the Edward Corder Senior Memorial Library.

 

John Smith's map of Virginia.
Plez Corder.
Plez Corder.
Henry Ramey Corder and Manervia Holbrook Corder. Henry Ramey Corder. Manervia Holbrook Corder.

Begin Browsing with:
Plez Corder 's Parents...

Henry Ramey Corder
Manervia Holbrook

Adams, Asbury, Brace, Brannon, Boulware, Carter, Cooksey, Corder, Davis, Duncan, Fickle, Floyd, Green, Grey, Haldane, Hammon, Harmon, Henderson, Hodges, Hodgkisson/Hodgkinson, Holbrook, Howerton, Hutchinson, Jordan, Langham, Marmaduke, McFall, McMurdo, Newberry, Osborne, Patton, Pearsall, Powers, Raleigh, Ramey, Robinett, Shepard, Slaymaker, Smith, Stallard, Taylor, Tryon, Turnour.

Visit the Surname Index for a complete listing of names on my genealogy website and links to these family group sheets.

Photos:

Header: Blue Willow dinner ware similar to that owned by Emily Ramey Corder; replica of Houdin's bust of George Washington; pearl-handled pistol owned by Jonathan O. Corder; Jonathan O. Corder's toumbstone inscription [Company E, 6th Confederate Cavalry]; Henry Ramey Corder home place; Edward Corder's name on a survery performed by George Washington; Turkey Tract in old Frederick County, VA.

Sidebar:Map of Virginia by Capt. John Smith; Plez Corder age 15; Henry Ramey Corder; Manervia Holbrook Corder.

Photo below: Greenway Court, Virginia manor home of Lord Fairfax, lord proprietor of Northern Virginia. Edward Corder, our earliest Corder Ancestor, was a tenant at Greenway Court.

Be sure to visit the
Edward Corder Sr.
Memorial Library

Greenway Court, home of Lord Fairfax.


Check out the papers of George Washington.

Visit the University of Virginia's
"Papers of George Washington"
website. Edward Corder is
mentioned in Vol. 5, Page 337.

Ancestors of Distinction.

  • Edward Corder, Sr., English convict transportee and former inmate of Newgate Prison, who later accompanied George Washington in his early career as a surveyor.
  • Jacques Remy, French Huguenot refugee and indentured servant of Nicholas Spencer of Westmoreland County, VA.
  • Henry Adams, early settler of Braintree, Massachusetts, and patriarch of the John Adams family.
Portrait Gallery. Jonathan and Emily Ramey Corder.Jonathan Corder, b. 1842.Emily Ramey, b.1847.Jonathan Corder, b. 1842.Henry Ramey Corder, b. 1877.

Click an image to visit the family records and learn more about the people pictured. 		Resources.

A few related resources to help you learn more about the Corder family history:

French Huguenots

Indentured Servitude

The Old Bailey & Newgate Prison

Thomas, Lord Fairfax

The George Washington Papers

Wise County, VA Genweb

Scott County, VA Genweb

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ABOUT THIS RESEARCH
This family history is a work in progress collected and assembled by Laura Henderson. Please take a moment to read about my research to familiarize yourself with important caveats about the information contained on the site. I am continuing to research and add information on a regular basis, so check back frequently. If you can add to my information on any of the lines you find on the site, please send me an email.

In the spirit of sharing the family history, please feel free to download any photos which are attributed to my collection. If you use any of my original writing, I would appreciate a footnote or a link back to my site. If I have failed to acknowledge proprietary research, please let me know where, so that I can add footnotes or remove the material.

DEDICATIONS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This site is dedicated first and foremost to my grandmother Hazel Brooks Corder, and to the memories of Pearl Corder, Zella Corder, and Gladys Reed Montgomery.

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