JMayhew050 wrote: > > Betty, sorry I do not have detailed info for you but am interested in your > name. I was born and raised in a small town named Renick and have been > chasing DODSONS for quite some time. > Jack Mayhew > jmayhew050@aol.com My husband (the Renick) says "Renick WV branch of my family are very distant cousins. However, we have visited there twice and also talked to some folks when I did research about 1980. My branch of the family settled in Kentucky about 1790 although all were sescended from two brothers who settled near Harrisburg (Paxtang) PA about 1719 from Enniskillen Ireland. There is a book called "Greenbrier Renicks" published about 1950 by Mrs. BF Harlow all about the WV branch with many stories about the town originally called "Falling Spring". It's in the Library of Confress and other places. I have excerpts from it somewhere. Good Luck" Tom Renick (These are some notes from 'Renick Pioneers' booklet we put out in 1980's: Robert Renick was killed by Indians and his family (wife and children) captured by the Indians? Colonel William with his brother Thomas were among the first explorers of Greenbrier Co - west of Augusta Co, VA. William (one of the Renicks who built the first section of the Renick house) served as a Lt. at Point Pleasant in 1777. In March 1769 Thomas Renick was one of the early settlers of Greenbrier Co. Lewisburg Presbyterian Church cemetary has several early Renicks buried there. Not much, but when we found our ancestors went west to Kentucky, the "Greenbrier Renicks" were put on the back burner. My husband once talked to Matthew Tabor who was going to get him a Renick Volunteer Fire Dept cap since we live in rural Florida and are probably our own fire dept -- but the cap never materialized. Matthew in 1980 was old, but showed us around the town of Renick and gave us loads of information and pointed out the home of a descendent of the Renick for whom the town was named, and we later visted with her. Keep hunting those Dodson/Dotsons since I've found more Renicks than I know what to do with! Betty