Captain Enoch Osborne

Hi Grandson,

We left Tennessee headed for Maryland on Saturday. Since Grandpa and I had been working on our family history on ancestry.com, we chose to go through Grayson County, VA on our way. You see.. a part of my biological ancestors settled in that part of the country, in Independence, VA. My great, great, great, great grandfather was Captain Enoch Osborne. He was a captain in the revolutionary war. He would be your great, great, great, great, great, great grandpa. He was a very famous and good man. Not only did he have his own militia in the Revolutionary War, he was also a Methodist preacher and a majestrate of the Grayson County court. He hung out with Davy Crockett among other famous people from long ago.

On our way through Grayson County, looking to find Fort Osborne, where Captain Enoch Osborne and his family was buried, we found a store called "Osborne's Family Market." We stopped in. After talking to the guy behind the counter for awhile, we learned that he was the owner of the store, and was an Osborne and that his great, great, great, great grandfather was also Enoch Osborne. We were distant cousins - and this was so neat! Grandpa took a picture of us in front of the store.

We went on and found Fort Osborne - on a beautiful hill in front of the New River, beside a barn on Battlefield Road. It was amazing. You could not read most of the writing on the tombstones, but there was a huge brick monument in front of the gravesite explaining who was buried there. It was so awesome!

Just so that you know, this branch of your family, the Osborne's.. ultimately came from Warwickshire, England. Another branch came from France and another from Sweden. You are quite a mix my dear!

We spent the night in Virginia Saturday night and then drove to Maryland on Sunday. Sunday night we stayed at Grandpa's mom's house. Today is Monday - and today, our truck broke down. We had to have a tow truck come get it and we had to rent a car. We spent dinner and the evening with good friends of Grandpa's and had a really good time. We are hoping the truck can be fixed by tomorrow.

Your birthday is in 2 days! You will be 4 years old! I love you and miss you Ryan!

Love,
Grandma