Simon Z. Block of Powhatan County, VA
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Simon Z. Block of Powhatan County, VA
According to Richard T. Couture's 1980 bicentennial history of Powhatan County, Virginia, Simon Z. Block was summoned to court there in November 1825 and fined for having an unlawful assembly of slaves at his tavern or “ordinary.”
Was Simon Z. Block (between 50 and 60 years old on the census of 1830) a member of the large Jewish Block (also Bloch) family with roots in Bohemia?
If so, what connection did Simon Z. Block of Powhatan County have to Simon Block Jr., who is reported to have moved from Richmond, Virginia, to Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, before 1820?
Simon Block Jr. had a son named Zalma (b. ~1811, VA).
Was Zalma Block carrying on a family tradition as keeper of the St. Charles Hotel in Cape Girardeau City?
Was Simon Z. Block of Powhatan County Simon Zalma Block?
Was Simon Z. Block (between 50 and 60 years old on the census of 1830) a member of the large Jewish Block (also Bloch) family with roots in Bohemia?
If so, what connection did Simon Z. Block of Powhatan County have to Simon Block Jr., who is reported to have moved from Richmond, Virginia, to Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, before 1820?
Simon Block Jr. had a son named Zalma (b. ~1811, VA).
Was Zalma Block carrying on a family tradition as keeper of the St. Charles Hotel in Cape Girardeau City?
Was Simon Z. Block of Powhatan County Simon Zalma Block?