Nicley also spelled Knisley/Kneisley - has connections. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Chocybrown@aol.com> To: <MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] CLEM - CLEMM > Donna, > Regarding Lauren's post of marriages, NICELY, MYERS, & GRAY are > Shenandoah names connected to the CLEM families in Powels Big Fort area of > the > county. Passage Creek cuts through the middle of this valley running north > to > south. Powel's Fort is not a fort, it is a valley. It is called that > because it > provided protection from attach with a mountain range on both sides. The > valley > is narrow and long and this is where the CLEMS lived. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html > If you go to this site, and put the above names in the search engine > it will bring up some old documents (1760-1780) that mentioned their > association. There is alot of information on the site concerning CLEMS. > The site has an article on the DANIEL B. CLEM HOME which sold 8 > November 1887 to JOHN A. G. CLEM & SARAH C. CLEM & GEORGE A. G. CLEM. The > home was > one of the oldest in Powel's Big Fort and was located 3 miles south of > Detrick, > Virginia on Route 74. > Chocy > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > The OFFICIAL website for this list is: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/washington/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >