When I attended the Germanna conference I spent some time looking at the area and settlement patterns. I returned to examine the maps I obtained in Virginia and looked at Google earth type software I have on my computer at work. Has anyone done a lot of work on this topic? It appeared to me that the families may have lived communally for the first few years in one or several hamlets, worked communally to clear the productive bottom land and put in crops then after the land was surveyed about 1750s by George Washington, moved to other homesites/hamlets in the foothills on their parcels. . My family line is Broyles which was connected to the Fleshman's which are connected to the Blankenbakers, Clores and Weavers. I focused on Weaver road which transects the old Jacob Broyles land grant. I noted a very old homesite on the left adjacent to a creek with a large older home on a hill. This is the creek on Weaver Road past Woodward Hollow Road coming from the valley . When looked at this area using my Googgle earth type software which displays aerial photography it appears that there are some very old buildings about 1/4-1/2 mile in along that creek, not visible from the road. This summer I attended a Baptist church near Creagersville and met a John Weaver and I obtained his phone number for future reference. Last Saturday I spoke to him and was told that he lived along that creek on the right side of the road as a child and frequently walked the creek. He noted a home no longer there along the right side of the road but also some very old log structures on the other side of the hill overlooking the creek. I was wondering if anyone has explored this topic and actually tried to locate the original settlements? Susan In a message dated 10/12/2010 10:34:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: [email protected]

My husband has decided that for our 35 Wedding Anniversary he is going to take me back down to the area so I can do some research. I know I will be visiting the Germanna Foundation for sure. I also would like to find some of the graves of some of my ancestors down there. Does anyone know where some of the people are resting that were in the first group? I am looking for Hitt, Kemper, Fishback, Weaver and others. Thanks, Rhonda Cowan