The Huguenot Society
of the
Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia
The Virginia Branch
The Virginia Branch has over 300 members, spread across the United States and France, and meets twice each year, in the spring and the fall. It will sponsor the National Assembly, scheduled to meet in Richmond on May 16-18, 2013. Our latest meeting was Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 at headquarters, when Dr. Ann Woodlief spoke on "Huguenots and Vaudois: Carrying Their Histories to Virginia."You may e-mail us at manakintown AT yahoo.com.
Officers, 2011-2013:
Jack Apperson, President
Ann Woodlief, First Vice President
Stephany Breed, Second Vice President
Gene Garrison, Third Vice President
Jeanne Hughes, Treasurer
Linda Scoville, Historian
Jim Shepherd,
Registrar
Priscilla Condyles, Recording Secretary
Mary Susan Epling, Parliamentarian
Advisors: Gene Garrison, Carol Cason
Left to right: Carol Cason, Susan Epling, Jim Shepherd, Jeanne Hughes, Ann Woodlief, Jack Apperson, Priscilla Condyles, Gene Garrison
The chapter awards an annual scholarship for graduating high school seniors or college students who write an essay on Huguenot history. For details see the application for Scholarship for the Virginia Branch. You do not need to have Huguenot heritage to apply.
For details about membership--and any certified descendent of the Huguenots in colonial Virginia may join--please e-mail your name and address to the Virginia registrar at manakintown AT yahoo.com.