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Just love kickin' it with friends, having a good time while lovin' life & everyone in it! Favorite pastime...digging up ancestors. My riches are the rewards of a great husband & life partner, beautiful kids who have taught me what living is about & a multitude of friends who appreciate me for who I am, not who they think I should be.
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March 27

Mandi-ism's - Constantly being updated

Mandi-ism's
A Mandi-ism is what I refer to my daugther's words of wisdom that she spouts off when she should probably be keeping her mouth closed.  I usually just write them down, but have decided that I should be sharing the pleasure of her wisdom with everyone else.  I will do my best to update this blog as they roll off of her lips.
 
 
26 Mar 2008:  I have been spending the past few days gathering everything together so that I can get our taxes filed.  After several hours of sorting receipts yesterday I was losing patience with the task at hand as well as her incessant begging for MORE Easter candy.  I said to her, "Amanda, you are just about on my last nerve! Go do something!"  Without thinking she blurted out, "I was on your last nerve yesterday, so I can't be on it today because you don't have one left!"
 
 
27 Mar 2008:  After giving a big long stretch to work out the kinks, I said to her this morning, "Oh, that felt good. Whata'ya think, do I look taller?"  She said, "Mom, old people don't grow, they get littler. Don't you remember Granny?"
 
 
13 Jul 2008:  While doing the laundry today I had just finished a load of Mandi's dance leotards and asked her to go to her room and bring me some hangers.  She asked, "Why?"  I replied, "I need to hang your dance suits up so they can dry and I'm out of hangers here in the laundry room."  She said, "Can't you get them yourself?"  I said, "No, I asked you to get them."  With a heavy sigh and a roll of her eyes she said, "Ooooh! Alright! But I'm only bringing you the empty ones!"
February 11

POOR / POORE Family Research - Under Reconstruction

This blog entry is being reconstructed.
 
It will be available again shortly. 
 
October 04

Bickers Family Archives - Updated 10-3-2007

ROBERT BICKERS
1709 - 1808
7G-Grandfather of Lori J. (Hunt) Zierden
DOCUMENT: Land Transfer Deed - Bickers to Collins, 1732
Source: Spotsylvania, Virginia County Records, 1721-1800, Deed Book B, Pg. 296-297. Commonwealth of Virginia, Circuit Court of Spotsylvania County, Office of the Clerk, Spotsylvania, Virginia. 
Status of Document: Certified Copy obtained from Spotsylvania Officer of the Clerk.
Transcribed by Lori J. Zierden
 
Pg. 296
This Indenture made the Sixth Day of June in the year of our Lord God One -
thousand Seven hundred and thirty two Between Robert Bickers of Spotsylvania County
planter of the one part and John Collins of Caroline County planter of the other part -
Witnesseth that the said Robert Bickers for His Consideration of the Sum of five Shil
lings lawfull[sic] money to him in hand paid by the said John the receipt where of the said -
Robert doth hereby acknowledge and there of and of Every part thereof doth hereby ac
cept and Discharge the said John [undecipherable] admrs. Hath granted bargained & [hole in doc] by
these presents doth grant bargain. Sold unto the said John Collins his heirs [hole in doc] admrs.
and assigns one tract or parcell[sic] of Said Containing two hundred acres of being part of a -
Granted tract of one thousand acres granted by pattent[sic] to the said Robert Bickers the twenty
eighth Day of September MDCCXXViiii[1729] lying & being in St. marks[sic] parish in Spotsylvania
Pg. 297
297)
County and is bounded As followeth (to wit) Begining[sic] at a maple white oak & red oak
on the East Side the Beverdam [sic] run thence North Seventy three Degrees East one hundred
and fourty[sic] pines thence North thirty Degrees west two hundred & fifty two
poles to a red oak in poison feilds[sic] thence South Sixty degrees West one hundred & fifty Eight
poles to a red oak on the East Side of Beaverdam run thence Down the said run the -
Severall[sic] Curses[sic] to the begining[sic] And all the houses orchards fences timber major water
ways appertaining And all the right Estate property Claims & Demands of him the said
Robert Bickers of [2 words undecipherable] the [crossed through - promises] Said land or any part thereof
                                                                                                                                      To Have & to hold
the Said land and promises and Every part thereof with all & Every its appurtenances unto the
Said John Collins his Excrs. admrs. and assigns from th Day of the Date hereof for & during
the full End and term of Six months from thence Next Ensueing[sic] [crossed through - & fully] to the End -
that by Vertue[sic] of these presents and of the Statute of Transferring uses into possession
the said John Collins may be in the actual possession of the promises & may be Enabled
to Accept of a grant and release of the Land to him the said Robert Bickers his heirs
and assigns for ever In Witness where of the parties to these presents Interchange
ably have Set their hands and Seals the Day and year first above written~
Sealed and Delivered }
In presence of           }                     Robert Bickers {Seal} [Signed in own hand] 
                                                                       her
Benja. Carre                                     Elizabeth   E   Bickers {Seal}
Jon. Henderson                                                mark
Samuel Brockman
               At a Court held for Spotsylvania County on Tuesday June the Sixth 17[??]
                           Robert Bickers acknowledge this his Deed of Lease for
     Land, Unto John Collins at whose motion the Same is admitted to record~~
                                                       Test     John Walter Clk Court  [Signed in own hand] 
Certified by County Seal
as a true copy
   A COPY TESTE:
Paul M. Metzger, Clerk
By: Arlen Z. Roger  [Signed in own hand] 
        9-26-2007 
 
DOCUMENT: Will of Robert Bickers of Orange Co., Virginia 1808
Status of Document: Printed, transcribed copy acquired from above, Copied below viz:
 
DOCUMENT: March 29, 1775, proved February 2, 1808: Will of Robert Bickers of Orange Co., Virginia
LOCATION: Will Book 4, Page 277, Orange County, Virginia
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     In the name of God Amen - I Robert Bickers of Orange County and
St. Thomas Parrish[sic] Being painful and weak in Body But in perfect mind
and memory Blessed by to God for it I do ordain and Constitute this my
Last Will and Testament in manner and following - firt I comd. My
Soule[sic] into the hands of Allmighty[sic] God hoping Through the Tenderous
Death and pashion[sic] of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to Receive free
pardon and Foregiveness[sic] of all my Sins and my Body to be Decently
Buried at the Discretion of my Executors which I have affter[sic] named -
     Imprimis I Chuse[sic] my elder Son William Bickers and my Son in Law
William Edwards and I Give and Bequeath my plantation and all that
Land on the said side of the River whereon my plantation lyes[sic] To my
Younger Son Joseph and his heirs forever and Do give and Bequeath to
ye Said Joseph Bickers all my Stock and Moveables after my Decease and
my wife The Land bounded as followeth:
     Beginning at an ash and a Large maple by ye run side thence with
a Straight Course to the Rocky Spring and to a straight Course to ye
head of the Raccone[sic] Branch to a corner of Wm. Eastwoods thence with a
line to a corner white oak and two pines in Jno Seayers orphans Line
Thence with that line Crossing a branch by (?) Pear Tree and
Continueing[sic] To another line of mine that runs up to ye Main Road
running as high as the fork of a branch by the Edge of the ponds that
makes up to ye Brick Yard Thence Down the Main branch to the Beginning
ash and maple a Corner of Wm. Edwards.
     And I do make my Son Wm. Bickers (?Executor) of this my Last Will
and Testament making all others Void and Null - Witness my hand and
seal this 29th day of March 1775.
                                                                             Robert Bickers
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us:   Simon Finnel
                                                                             William Edwards
                                                                                        her
                                                                             Sarah   (X)   Finnill.
                                                                                        mark
     NB   That Corner at the head of the Rackone[sic] Branch and that land
was Transferred to Peter Copling by Jno Branham.
     AT a Court held for Orange county at the courthouse on Monday the
22nd day of February 1808. This Last Will and Testament of Robert
Bickers, deceased was proved by the oath of Simon Finnell a witness
thereto and as to personal estate of said deceased ordered to be
recorded.
     Teste:  Reynolds Chapman, Clerk
     At a Court held for Orange County at the Courthouse on Monday the
26th day of September 1808. This last Will and Testament of Robert
Bickers deceased was further proved by the oath of William Edwards a
witness thereto, and as to real estate of said deceased.
 
 
NICHOLAS BICKERS
1744-1836
Son of Robert Bickers (1709-1808)
DOCUMENT: Orange County, Virginia, 1785 Census
Source: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790. Records of the State Enumerations: 1782-1785, Virginia. Originally published by Washington Government Printing Office, 1908. Reprinted by Janaway Publishing, Santa Maria, California. 2000
Status of Text:  Personal Library of Lori J. Zierden
 
Heads Of Families - Virginia, 1785, Pg. 97
Orange County - List of William Moore
Bickers, Nicholas:  4 White Souls / 1 Dwelling / 1 Out Building
 
 
JOHN BICKERS
1735-
Son of Robert Bickers (1709-1808)
6G-Grandfather of Lori J. (Hunt) Zierden
DOCUMENT: Orange County, Virginia, 1785 Census
Source: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790. Records of the State Enumerations: 1782-1785, Virginia. Originally published by Washington Government Printing Office, 1908. Reprinted by Janaway Publishing, Santa Maria, California. 2000
Status of Text:  Personal Library of Lori J. Zierden
 
Heads Of Families - Virginia, 1785, Pg. 97
Orange County - List of William Moore
Bickers, John:  10 White Souls / 1 Dwelling / 4 Out Buildings
 
 
THOMAS BICKERS
1740 -
Son of Robert Bickers (1709-1808)
DOCUMENT: Orange County, Virginia, 1782 Census
Source: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790. Records of the State Enumerations: 1782-1785, Virginia. Originally published by Washington Government Printing Office, 1908. Reprinted by Janaway Publishing, Santa Maria, California. 2000
Status of Text:  Personal Library of Lori J. Zierden
 
Heads Of Families - Virginia, 1782, Pg. 39
Orange County - List of James Madison
Bickers, Thomas:  3 White / 0 Black
 
 
WILLIAM HENRY BICKERS
Abt 1732 -
Son of Robert Bickers (1709-1808)
DOCUMENT: Orange County, Virginia, 1782 Census
Source: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790. Records of the State Enumerations: 1782-1785, Virginia. Originally published by Washington Government Printing Office, 1908. Reprinted by Janaway Publishing, Santa Maria, California. 2000
Status of Text:  Personal Library of Lori J. Zierden
 
Heads Of Families - Virginia, 1782, Pg. 39
Orange County - List of James Madison
Bickers, William:  6 White / 0 Black
 
 
JOSEPH BICKERS
1748 - 1817
Son of Robert Bickers (1709-1808)
DOCUMENT: Orange County, Virginia, 1782 Census
Source: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790. Records of the State Enumerations: 1782-1785, Virginia. Originally published by Washington Government Printing Office, 1908. Reprinted by Janaway Publishing, Santa Maria, California. 2000
Status of Text:  Personal Library of Lori J. Zierden
 
Heads Of Families - Virginia, 1785, Pg. 97
Orange County - List of James Madison
Bickers, Joseph:  10 White Souls / 1 Dwelling / 2 Out Buildings
 
 
WILLIAM B. BICKERS
1784 - 1851
Son of John Bickers (1735 - )
5G-Grandfather of Lori J. (Hunt) Zierden
No further information at this time
 
 
WILLIAM P. BICKERS
1766-1855
Son of Thomas Bickers (1740- )
DOCUMENT: Virginia Marriages to 1800
Source: Ancestry.com Online Database. Dodd, Jordan. Virginia Marriages to 1800 [database on-line], Provo, UT.: The Generations Network, Inc. 1997
Status of Document: Printed copy on file with Lori J. Zierden
 
Spouse 1:  Bickers, William
Spouse 2:  Leathers, Sally
Marriage Date: 03 Jun 1794
Marriage Location: Virginia
                             Orange County
October 02

If You Know A Biker

This was found posted on the myspace.com bulletin board by Dark Angel.  The original author is unknown.
 
IF YOU KNOW A BIKER............


I saw you hug your purse closer to you in the grocery store line.
But you didn't see me put an extra $10.00 in the collection plate last Sunday.

I saw you pull your child closer when we passed each other on the sidewalk.
But you didn't see me playing Santa at the local mall.

I saw you change your mind about going into the restaurant.
But you didn't see me attending a meeting to raise more money for the hurricane relief.

I saw you roll up your window and shake your head when I drove by.
But you didn't see me driving behind you when you flicked your cigarette butt out the car window.

I saw you frown at me when I smiled at your children.
But you didn 't see me when I took time off from work to run toys to the homeless.

I saw you stare at my long hair.
But you didn't see me and my friends cut ten inches off for Locks of Love.

I saw you roll your eyes at our leather coats and gloves.
But you didn't see me and my brothers donate our old coats and gloves to those that had none.

I saw you look in fright at my tattoos.
But you didn't see me cry as my children where born and have their name written over and in my heart.

I saw you change lanes while rushing off to go somewhere.
But you didn't see me going home to be with my family.

I saw you complain about how loud and noisy our bikes can be.
But you didn't see me when you were changing the CD and drifted into my lane.

I saw you yelling at your kids in the car.
But you didn't see me pat my child's hands, knowing he was safe behind me.

I saw you reading the newspaper or map as you drove down the road.
But you didn't see me squeeze my wife's leg when she told me to take the next turn.

I saw you race down the road in the rain.
But you didn't see me get soaked to the skin so my son could have the car to go on his date.

I saw you run the yellow light just to save a few minutes of time.
But you didn't see me trying to turn right

I saw you cut me off because you needed to be in the lane I was in.
But you didn't see me leave the road.

I saw you waiting impatiently for my friends to pass.
But you didn't see me. I wasn't there.

I saw you go home to your family.
But you didn't see me. Because, I died that day you cut me off.

I WAS JUST A BIKER. A person with friends and a family. But you didn't see me.

August 28

Tie Another Ribbon for Kolby

Let's put up another ribbon for my 'adopted' son
 
Kolby Peterson 
 
He's headed back to Iraq for his 2nd tour of duty.
 
Keep him in your prayers to come home safely!
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