LETTER FROM LULA G. AULD TO MR. HAZELGROVE 2/22/45 RE: FAMILY HISTORY

                                                         97 Holbrook St.
                                                         Danville, Va
                                                         Feb. 22, 1945

            My dear Mr. Hazelgrove,

                 As you bear the name of Hazelgrove which was my
            Mother's and I have some very interesting data on the family
            history - the result of years of research -, I should like
            to share my findings with one who will transmit them to
            succeeding generations.

                      An old record gives the following:
            "Hazelgrove, -- Origin: Norman-French.  The first of the
            name known in America was James Hazelgrove who came to
            Virginia in the 17th century and settled in York County:
            left a son Daniel whose son James was born about the end of
            the century.  James married Elizabeth _______."

            The above is confirmed by the old Charles Parish Records of
            York County, Va. (collected by Mr. Landon Bell - copy in
            Danville Pub. Lib.), which record three generations of
            Hazelgrove, namely:

                 Hazelgrove, Daniel, son of James Hazelgrove and wife
            Mary, born Jan. 26, 1665.

                 Hazelgrove, Mary, wife of James, died March 16, 1665.

                 Hazelgrove, Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Hazelgrove
            and wife Mary, born Feb. 25, 1676.

                 Hazelgrove, Mary, (wife of Daniel) died Sept. 27, 1708.
            From the above we learn that James Hazelgrove was the
            immigrant to Virginia and we surmise that at the time of the
            birth of his son, Daniel, his approximate age was about 25
            years, making his birth date 1640, and as the name is
            Norman-French, he was born in England.

                 Did you see the record of the three Cols. William Byrd
            in Life Magazine, August 7, 1944?  If you are interested in
            this, doubtless you could examine a copy at the Library.  A
            very promising lawyer of Danville, Mr. Rutledge Clement,
            told much of this in an account of the achievements of the
            Byrd family, before one of the local clubs.  About the time
            of Col. Wm. Byrd III, the family lost much of its prestige
            until the resurgence of "Tom, Dick and Harry" Byrd of the
            present time.  This 3rd Wm. Byrd lived at the time of the
            Revolution.  He was a Tory, giving aid and comfort to our
            enemy instead of loyally supporting the cause of
            independence, his son being a Captain in the British army.
            On account of this the family suffered an eclipse, (which
            they richly deserved) and from which they did not emerge for
            some generations but they had already inter-married with
            some of the leading families of Virginia.

                 Col. William Byrd I, immigrant to Virginia, married
            Mary Horsmanden, a lady of very high and ancient lineage,
            tracing her line (as Mr. R. Clement said) to kings and
            emperors and knights and crusaders.  Indeed, I was
            overwhelmed when I saw my lineage through her all the way
            back to the beginning of recorded history.

                 One of my dear friends is a genealogist and she has
            assisted in collecting the record on which Senator Byrd was
            preparing his papers to join the Order of the First Crusade,
            and Admiral Byrd is honorary President of the Plantagenet
            Society.  My friend invited me to join these societies and I
            accepted the invitation for these and several others:  Magna
            Charta Dames, Order of the Crown (descent from Charlemagne),
            Knights of the Garter, Order of the Knight of the Golden
            Horseshow - the last-mentioned through Ursula Beverley
            Dudley, wife of John Dudley and daughter of Col. Robt.
            Beverley, Jr., who accompanied Gov. Spottswood on his
            expedition across the mountains.

                 If you, or your daughter, would be interested in
            joining any of these societies, I shall be glad to extend
            the invitation to you and put you in touch with the
            genealogist who assisted me in preparing my papers.  She,
            being a friend only charged me a nominal fee, but for you,
            it would be more.  If Senator Byrd and Admiral Byrd deemed
            it worth while to join the Order of the 1st Crusade and the
            Plantagenet Society, I thought perhaps you might consider
            doing likewise.  Of course, I paid the full entrance fee
            which was $100.00 each for the Magna Charta Dames (your
            daughter might be interested in this) and the Plantagenet
            Society, - the other societies are less.

                 And did you see the Byrd Genealogy in the Times-
            Dispatch in 1937 -- 200th Anniversary of the founding of
            Richmond by Col. William Byrd II? I have a copy.

                 I am an elderly woman (contemporary with your father,
            Elliott, whom I knew well when we were boy and girl) and I
            do not know how to use a typewriter, but if you would like
            to have a photostatic copy of the Byrd genealogy as
            published, I shall be glad to get it for you.

                 To revert to the Hazelgrove record:

                 John Hazelgrove who served in the Revolution is
            definitely identified as your ancestor and mine, by your
            great great aunt and my great aunt, Caroline Hazelgrove,
            wife of John McGhee, as shown by the record of a petition
            for military bounty land for the services of John
            Hazelgrove.  Perhaps your daughter may be interested in
            joining the Daughters of the American Revolution, a very
            popular society.

                 And did you know you are a Bowe descendant through
            Mildred Tyler Hazelgrove, wife of Josiah Hazelgrove?  Based
            on this line of descent, you are a descendant of Thomas and
            Elizabeth Perrin, Huguenots who settled near Yorktown, and
            the Va.-Historical Mag. is my authority for the statement
            that the old Perrin "mansion" is still standing in a good
            state of perservation in sight of Yorktown.  When the
            restrictions on gas are lifted, you may enjoy a visit to the
            home of your Huguenot ancestors.

                 And now may I extend to you a most cordial invitation
            to join the Huguenot society?  I have the Perrin data for
            this.  I am a member of the Huguenot Society of the Founders
            of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia.  The Perrins were not
            Manakin Founders, but all descendants of Huguenot settlers
            in Virginia prior to the Revolution are eligible.  I have
            sent in three Huguenot lines - Dabney, Fontaine, and Perrin.
            They have been verified and recorded by the Society.

                 I shall very happy to send you the papers for the
            Huguenot Society in which I hold a little office - State
            librarian.  You will not need the services of a genealogist,
            nor will you have to do any research work.  Your Aunt Myrtle
            with whom I have had some correspondence, can furnish you
            with all the necessary data from your ancestor Josiah
            Hazelgrove, and I have all that is necessary from your
            Perrin ancestor to Josiah H______.

                 This letter grown lengthy, but thinking you might be
            interested, I have written on and on and on.-

                 With best wishes, I am

                           Very sincerely yours,

                           (Miss) Lulu Gray Auld

            One thing I have not searched out.  The Hazelgrove coat-of-
            arms.  I feel sure they family is entitled to arms.  Do you
            know anything of this?  And have you any Timberlake data?
            John Hazelgrove, the Revolutionary soldier, m. Ann
            Timberlake, so I have Timberlake ancestry.