Jerry, I communicate as much as possible through the list so as to share the information with as many as possible and it will archive for some of the family in the future. Any copies of documents I will send to you direct. First you asked about the name Collins. I first thought that it may be because of a relationship to Colin Leach who is in the Frederick Co., Va. census with Elias' father. Then I found out that Elias' 1st wife was Jane Ann Campbell who's father was Colin Campbell. At first I did not think I knew who his (Elias) father was but then I found some notes I had that said Charles Leach was his father. Elias' 2nd wife was Jane F. Rose daughter of Daniel Rose. Hope this helps, Stan Leach

I am seeking the parents and places of birth of John Griffith and his wife Catharine (maiden name not known). It has been suggested they were from Frederick County, Va., and were probably associated with the Hopewell Friends. John and Catharine Griffith arrived in Shenandoah (present-day Page) County, Va., around 1784. He and his son-in-law, John Valentine (wife Mary), jointly purchased property near Hawksbill Creek in Oct. 1786. He later sold this property and purchased land on Dry Run, located southeast of present-day Luray, where he died in 1820 and Catharine in 1824. Besides Mary, other children were David, John, William, Sally, Rachel, Elizabeth (m. John Rickabaugh), Nancy, Eleanor and Catharine. Joe Baker

Do you have all of Elias' info as in born 1/07/1811 Frederick Co., Va., married Jane Ann Campbell and then Jane Frances Rose and all their children? Stan Leach

Seeking any information on the parents and other relatives including siblings, of Elias Leach, found in 1840 Census, VA. Warren County. Elias later found in 1850 Census, Marion County, Mo. Elias born in 1811, probably in Frederick County. Elias' first born was Charles Collins Leach, apparently born in Loudoun County, VA. Regards, Jerry

I am searching for information on recorded STRIBLING births and deaths in and around Battletown, Frederick Co., VA, now Berryville, Clarke Co,. VA in the middle 1700's. Can anyone suggest reference material, parish registers, etc., that might help? Thank you. Patricia Max

I left off last week with Daniel Leach who I believe to be son of Elijah & Sarah Leach of Va., I am not able to find him listed after 1880 in the federal census. I also tracked Joseph to Ohio except he was in Madison Co. through the 1900 census. My next step will be to see if either of these counties have their death certificates and if those death certificates list parents. If anyone out there has this information I would appreciate them sharing. Joseph was married to Louisa Barron and they had 8 children that I know of, Sarah, Robert, William, Fronia, Samuel, Joseph, Charles and John. Also would anyone be able to tell me if there are newspaper obituaries available for those counties? Other than dates this is the bulk of my information, I do have a few of Joseph and Daniel's children's families. I would appreciate any input anyone could add. Thanks again, Stan Leach

When I sent a Query a few days ago I had a Major Case of Brian Fade and gave John Kelly's wife as Susannah Moon. John Kelly married HANNAH Moon about 1786 in Guilford Co.,NC. Hannah is the daughter of Susannah Brown and Richard Moon. The corrected Query is given below. I am looking for the Parents of my ancestor John Kelley/Kelley who was born about 1765. The hard part is I do not know their given names or when they left the Pennsylvania or Maryland area to migrate to Guilford Co.,NC. The earliest record I have of John Kelly is being a member of the Guilford Co.,NC Militia in 1782. There is a Daniel Kelly in Guilford Co. at that time who may be related but I have been unable so far to establish the relationship. John Kelly in 1782 lived in the area of Buffalo Presbyterian Church which was chartered by the Nottingham Company which in 1753 was located in Chester Co.,Pa (now Cecil Co.,Md). Many of the families in this area of Guilford Co., NC in 1782 were in Chester, Lancaster, and Bucks Co.,Pa in the 1750's. John Kelly married HANNAH Moon about 1786 in Guilford Co.,NC. Her father Richard Moon was a Quaker until he married (mou) in 1748. He was disowned by the Hopewell MM, Frederick Co, Va. in 1748. Some of HANNAH Moon's siblings married in the New Garden MM in Guilford Co.,NC but not HANNAH. Richard Moon was born about 1724 in Chester Co.,Pa. I don't know if John Kelly's parents were Scot-Irish Presbyterian or Quakers or neither. I am currently researching all the Kelly families in the Cecil Co.,Md and Chester, Lancaster, York, Cumberland, Bucks and Philadelphia County area looking for a family who had a son John who was born about 1765 and leaves the Pa. area before 1782. I have also looked in Virginia Counties along the Great Wagon Trail but so far I have failed to find the right Kelly Family. I am currently searching out the details of those Kelly Families noted in the Pa Wills CD hoping to turn up a lead. Any information you have on Kelly Families during the period 1730-1782 will be greatly appreciated. Best Regards, Raymond Kelly

To All: I would like to contact anyone who has information concerning the Harrold, Harrill, Herle, Harle etc. families in Northern Virginia. I am especially interested in any information concerning Hugh Harroll etc. who died in the fall of 1743 in Frederick Co., Va. leaving orphans, Hugh and Jane Harroll. According to his estate record he was a farmer and had built a cabin. I would like to know how he died, Indian attack or other cause? I would also like to learn what happened to the orphan children who were placed in the custody of William Davis.. This may be my Harroll, Harrell line. Thanks for anything! G. Lee Hearl

In a message dated 12/17/02 8:02:18 AM Pacific Standard Time, OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: I noted Stan's remarks re the Leach family of Fauquier County, VA. At one time I thought I was related to Valentine Leach so I did some research on his family. Once I found my Leach family, I did not keep the material on Valentine Leach. I know that he had a brother named Thomas who moved to Wood County, VA (WV) and then on to Ohio. There were other brothers as well. It took me seven years to find my Leach family in Kentucky and a land record in the State of Illinois where my Thomas Leach had written in 1864 that he was born in Northumberland County, VA in 1799. Since that time I believe I have found his father, William Leach and his mother, Elizabeth (Betsey) Smither all living in Northumberland County. Thomas was in Mason County in the 1820's along with his Uncle, Providence Orange Pickering. In 1836, Thomas and family moved to Schuyler County, IL. Keep looking, you will find all the information on this Leach family. Annie > Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:29:55 EST > From: Unionstan@aol.com > To: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <6c.274d5b80.2b2fade3@aol.com> > Subject: [OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA] Re: LEACH Chapter3 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > My grgrgr grandfather Enoch moved from Fauquier Co., Va. to Barbour Co., I > have found out that several other families in Barbour and Taylor Co., VA/WV > came from Fauquier or neighboring counties, Yates, Utterback, Glasscock > just > to name a couple off the top of my head. > I had thought the migration to Pickaway and surrounding counties (at least > for the Leaches) stemmed from the Revolutionary land grants. In this case > Valentine Leach received a land grant for his service and I feel that there > must be a family connection that caused Joseph and Daniel to move to Ohio. > Thanks, > Stan > > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D-request@rootsweb.com> > Received: >

My grgrgr grandfather Enoch moved from Fauquier Co., Va. to Barbour Co., I have found out that several other families in Barbour and Taylor Co., VA/WV came from Fauquier or neighboring counties, Yates, Utterback, Glasscock just to name a couple off the top of my head. I had thought the migration to Pickaway and surrounding counties (at least for the Leaches) stemmed from the Revolutionary land grants. In this case Valentine Leach received a land grant for his service and I feel that there must be a family connection that caused Joseph and Daniel to move to Ohio. Thanks, Stan

I believe I left off with the fact that I had come to the conclusion that Elijah and Sarah had 5 boys and 5 girls that I knew of. 2 of the known brothers were, Enoch and William and 2 believed to be brothers were Daniel and Joseph because they were listed in the same household as Sarah in the 1850 Warren Co., Va., census as well as 1 sister Harriett. So my next course of action was to follow William since he was the next known son. Williams marriage record had him marrying Mary Elizabeth ROWZEE. I was able to locate them in the 1860 Warren Co., Va., census with a child Sarah E. Looked for William and Mary in 1870. I only found Mary and 3 children listed in the household of John Rowsey. The 3 children were Elizabeth, James T., and Margaret. I then when on the assumption that he was killed in the civil war. It took a while to prove it but I finally found a widows pension application for Mary at the Virginia State Library on line archives that stated that William was killed at the battle of Cold Harbor. I also tried to track Joseph and Daniel for 1860, but could find no record of them in Virginia. I tried Harriett and found her living with a Charles S. Leach in Warren Co., Va. he is 40 years of age (the right age to be a brother) and he has a child he has named Harriett and one he named Elias( which is what Enoch named my grgr grandfather), so that was 2 family names and Harriett living with them. This looked like a strong candidate for the 5th brother. Charles was also alive in 1870 Warren Co., but I have not been able to locate him after that. I also tried to look at older Leaches in Fauquier for wills and any evidence that might tell me who their children were. I could not find Elijah listed as a child ( except for a listing in Fauquier Families on a lease for Marshall Leach listed two sons as Elijah and Enoch). I haven't been able to find out any more then it looks like Marshall moved to Kentucky shortly after 1800??. One of the families that I was tracking as a possible candidate was Valentine Leach of Fauquier Co., who was a Revolutionary soldier who settled in Pickaway Co., Ohio. I put out queries for Pickaway and received an inquiry from someone who had a Daniel in his lineage who was in Pickaway Co., Oh. I first found the 1880 census listing for Daniel and found too many discrepancies to say it was the same man. Even though he had 2 children with the same name the census had them born in Ohio and I had them born in Va., and Daniel had a different wife. I then got some help from someone that got me a copy of the 1870 Pickaway Co., census and found Daniel with his first wife (Catherine Kidwell) and his first 3 kids are listed as being born in Virginia (David, Thomas and James). He also has Sarah, Mary, John, Lucinda, Amos, Louisa and Daniel listed as being born in Ohio. These are seven of the nine kids that were listed in the 1880 census with his second wife Dolly. More next week, Stan

this came in from a lovely lady on the [Ohio] Clark-Champaign mailing list. I think she means it's on sale at Amazon.com. Merry Christmas to me :) Ann ---------- Forwarded message ---------- "The Handybook For Genealogists", 9th Edition, Published by The Everton Publishers, Inc. I think I got my copy through Amazon.com and it was only $34.99 plus tax and postage. Delivered right to the door! I'll send you the page---I just looked and it is on-sale for $24.99 now! Lucky you!! Betsy

Consider the forwarded text as COPYWRITED MATERIAL Mr. Bloss has the notation of copywright followed by his name at the end of his letter, so I am guessing (?) that it belongs to him. I wrote to ask if I could forward it to my rootsweb mailing list, but he did not respond. So I may get myself in deep duck-do-do but I'm sending it out. Ann ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 19:50:33 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Bloss <aa974@yahoo.com> here is info on another route from Sheanandoah Valley to SOuthern Ohio c-1800 to 1855 DIARY OF TRIP FROM VIRGINIA TO OHIO revised 8/22/02 (c) Richard Bloss Notes: Grafton Bell's diary is transcribed here with explanations in ( ). This route is exactly the same as John Adam Bloss (born 1805) and Mary Ann (Davis) Bloss (born 1810) took in their wagon trip from Elkton, VA area to Springboro, OH, Warren County arriving Sept. 28, 1834. Or the John Miltenbergers in 1832. "Grafton B. Bell's travels from Virginia to Ohio started on the second day of April 1855. The number of towns, public places and private entertainment's commencing at Argenbright's Tavern" (This building is now known as the Miller-Kite House on Rockingham St. in Elkton, now home to the Elkton Historical Society.) "then to Ameganisville (there is a McGaheysville, a village on the road from Elkton to Harrisonburg), then to John unmous (?) for the night." NIGHT #1 (April 2, 1855) "The next day we past Harrisonburg, then to Dayton, then to Bridgewater, then to Kneff's Tavern for the night." (Now known as State route 42.) (In Dayton the Daniel Harrison House is c-1749) NIGHT #2 (April 3, 1855) "The next day we past Manasses (old maps give a town spelled Mossy which may be called Moscow now or Manasses may be a village called Parnassas), then to White Sulfur Springs Hotel, then to Sugar Grove inn for the night." NIGHT #3 (April 4, 1855) "The next day we past Clover Dale (this is very close to Armstrong on Rte 629, there a Church today named Cloverdale), then to Widow Miller's for the night." NIGHT #4 (April 5, 1855) "The next day we past the Bath alum spring, (maps show a Bath Alum on Rte 39 near junction with Rte 629 west of Green Valley) then to the Warm Springs, (at Warm Springs a round white bath building designed and built by Thomas Jefferson in 1766 is just off the road on the west side and would have been seen by our ancestors) then to the Boiling Springs, (now known as Hot Springs. The famous Homestead Resort at Hot Springs was not built until 1890) then to Macculas (?) for the night." NIGHT #5 (April 6, 1855) (At present day Hot Springs, their route would take County Rd 615 according to old maps. Jackson River Hotel is shown as being on County Road 687 to the west of present day Healing Spring.) "The next day we past the Seden Creek inn (? there is a Cedar Creek along County Roads 615 and 687)), then to Jackson River Hotel (old map shows this on present day County Rd 687), then to the Oakland Hotel, then to Haune (?) house. We stay the night at a small creek six miles east of the Allegheny Mts." (Where County Rd 600 joins US 60 near Callaghan, VA) NIGHT #6 (April 7, 1855) "Then the next day we past the White Sulfur Springs (in WV and site of the famous Greenbrier Resort). We stayed one mile west in some bottoms for the night." NIGHT #7 (April 8, 1855) "The next day we past the Green River Bridge (now called Greenbrier River), then to Lewisburg (WV). We get hay at Tuckwiller's at dinner. (Tuckwiller still a prominent name in Lewisburg) We stay all night at a spring in the Meadow (?) Mts." (May be near Meadow Bluff, WV) NIGHT #8 (April 9, 1855) "The next day we past the Suel (Sewell or Soule) Valley Inn (?) We stayed all night west of the Eagle Hotel in a bottom." NIGHT #9 (April 10, 1855) "The next day we saw nothing. We stayed all night on the west side of the big Suel (Sewell) Mts in the bottom." NIGHT #10 (April 11, 1855) "The next day we past the private entertainment Bz Biggot (?). Then for night at the foot of the Gauley Mts near the river." NIGHT #11 (April 12, 1855) "The next day we past the Gauley Bridge. Then for night at Lamptinsson's (?)." (The present day Gauley bridge was built next to the bridge used in 1855 which was burned during the Civil War. The foundations of the earlier bridge still stand in the river. Just west of Gauley bridge is Glen Ferris. The Glen Ferris Inn is pre-1855.) NIGHT #12 (April 13, 1855) "The next day we past the Eleven Mile Hotel, (may have been in Belle. (There is an Old Stone House in Bell pre-1855) then the Ten Mile Hotel (may have been in Rand). We fed (?) at the Kanawha (name of river they have been following since Gauley Bridge, and will follow on to Pt. Pleasant), then to Charleston, then to the Suspension Bridge, two miles west for night on a small branch." NIGHT #13 (April 14, 1855) "The next day we past the Franklin House, then to the Paucha River Bridge (called PACO now, the river is called Pocatalico). We stayed for night at a branch on the west side of the river." (a town now on west side of the river is called Raymond City) NIGHT #14 (April 15, 1855) "The next day we past the town, Red House, then to Buffalotown (now Buffalo) Then three miles west for the night." NIGHT #15 (April 16, 1855) "The next day we past Leon Town (now just Leon) then to Point Pleasant where we crossed the Ohio river and stayed all night two miles west of the ferry on the bank of the river." NIGHT #16 (April 17, 1855) "The next day we past Gallipolis (OH), then to Rotton (may be called Rodney now or may be something related to Raccoon Creek which crosses near here), then Bridgeville (may refer to Raccoon Creek), then to Senterville (Centerville near Thurman) We stayed all night one mile west on the bank of a creek." NIGHT #17 (April 18, 1855) "The next day we past Vega then to Winchester, then Jackson Court House. We stayed all night at Salt Creek." NIGHT #18 (April 19, 1855) "The next day we past Salt River at Richmond then to Chillicothe. We stayed for night east at the canal." (They may have taken the Three Locks Road along west side of Scioto River where Salt Creeks meets the Scioto River.) NIGHT #19 (April 20, 1855) "The next day we past the north Prong of the Paint River, then to Frankfort. Then for the night in a hollow nine miles east of Washington" (Washington Court House). (The hollow is still there, a dip in highway, just 9 miles east of WCH.) NIGHT #20 (April 21, 1855) "The next day we past the Independence Peace (?) and Plenty Hotel, then to Washington (Washington C.H.). We eat our dinner on the east side of town." NIGHT #21 (April 22, 1855) "The next day we past Sabina then we stay for the night at a branch west of town." NIGHT #22 (April 23, 1855) "Then to Wilmington. Then to Harveysburg. We stay for night at the bridge on the west of town." NIGHT #23 (April 24, 1855) "Then to Waynesville. Then to Franklin." Arrive April 25th. People known to be part of the 11 wagons in this 1855 trip John & Mary (Bloss) Hess Mary's brother is Johan Adam Bloss Grafton B. Bell & Sarah Hess Sarah's parents were John & Mary Hess above Children Mary Catherine age 13, Thomas age 11 and Luvenia Francis age 6 Ben & Francis (Hess) Phillips Francis is sister ofJohn Hess above. Lee Anna Hess (single) sister to John Hess above There were other Hess family (s) who are known to have continued on to Montieau County MO (near Tipton MO) There were 11 wagons in the 1855 train. Present Day Towns and Routes for 1855 Trip 1. Leave from Elkton, VA on US 33 to Harrisonburg. Distance about 17 miles. 2. Leave Harrisonburg on State 42 to Dayton, Bridgewater, Moscow, Churchville, Buffalo Gap. Take County Rte 629 west from Buffalo Gap through Deerfield, Armstrong, Green Valley, McClung and join State Rte 39 west at Bath Alum. Distance about 60 miles. 3. Leave Bath Alum State 39 to Warm Springs. Distance about 13 miles. 4. Go south on US 220 from Warm Springs to Hot Springs. Distance about 5 miles. 5. Go west out of Hot Springs on County 615, At County 687, turn south. Pass through Gathright Dam, bear right on County 638, bear left on County 666, then right on County 600 to Callaghan. Distance about 25 miles. 6. Go west on US 60 into West Virginia, pass through White Sulfur Springs, Caldwell and then to Lewisburg. Distance about 17 miles. Continue on US 60 through Alta, Clintonville, Sam Black Church, Crawley, Rupert, Hines, Chamico, Rainelle, Lookout, Hico, Victor, Ansted, to Gauley Bridge. Distance about 84 miles. Continue on through London, Glasgow, Cedar Grove, Belle, Rand, Malden, Port Amherst and into Charleston. Distance about 32 miles. 7. State 62 west out of Charleston seems to be the wagon route. Stay on US 60 in Charleston until you can take State 25 west. Follow State 25 until you can take State 62 west. A faster route is to join I-64 west on the east side of Charleston and follow to the Nitro exit and go north a short distance to State 62 west. State 62 passes through Poca, Bancroft, Hometown, Red House, Eleanor, Buffalo, Robertsburg, Grimms Landing, Arbuckle, Leon, and then to Point Pleasant. Distance about 52 miles. 8. Cross Ohio river on US 35 and then take US 35 west to Chillicothe, (it is possible that wagon route took Three Locks Rd. where Salt Creek meets the Scioto River) then to Washington Court House. The wagon train would have taken State 7 to Gallipolis and State 588 to Rodney to rejoin US 35. Distance about 91 miles. 9. At Washington CH take US 22 to Sabina and Wilmington. Distance about 22 miles. In Wilmington take County 73 to Harveysburg, Waynesville and Franklin. Distance about 29 miles. Total distance is approximately 461 miles. Freeway Alternate Route which Approximates Wagon Trip 1. From Elkton, take US 33 to Harrisonburg. 2. Take I-81 south through Harrisonburg to just north of Lexington. Follow I-64 west. 3. Follow I-64 to Charleston, WV. 4. In Charleston take US 35 west. Follow US 35 to Dayton, Ohio. NEW HANOVER TO ELKTON Approximate Route of Georg Conrad Bloss family trip from New Hanover, PA to Elkton, VA in approximately 1750-53. Old maps detail the route of the mid 1700s from Philadelphia to the Shenandoah valley. It was a major route of the times. [Ann's note: this is the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia through the Shenandoah Valley into the Carolinas]. We know Georg Conrad Bloss lived in New Hanover for approximately three to five years from several sources. One, George Conrad Bloss is listed in the "Rupp" boats lists at the Philadelphia city hall on the sailing ship "Lydia", which arrived in September 1749. Second, the family baptized a daughter at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Hanover in 1750. Records of the time also indicate that it was very common for German emigrants to be indentured for 5 or 6 years to a farmer to pay for the $18-50 boat fare from Europe. 1. New Hanover is northwest of Philadelphia, just north and west of Norristown. 2. Trip would have followed approximately present day US 30 through Lancaster, York to Gettysburg. 3. In Gettysburg, the route would follow US 15 south to Frederick, MD. 4. In Frederick, the route would have followed approximately US 340 south west to Front Royal and on to Luray and to Elkton. Prepared by: Richard Bloss c/o SCS, Inc. 3637 Green Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 44122 216-464-0405 e-mail aa974@yahoo.com Grafton Bell, born in 1815 in Luray, VA, is the great great grandfather of Richard Bloss. John Adam Bloss, born 1805 in Elkton, VA, is the great great grandfather of Richard Bloss. Revised: July 1999 with new information and notes from Rita Franke, a descendent of John and Elizabeth (Bloss) Miltenberger, who made this trip in 1832. Revised in April 00 with data from Jerome Salmons. He remarks that parts of the route in WV is also known as the James River and Kanawha Turnpike. E-mail: csalmons@citrus.infi.net Known other travelers who made this trip at other times John & Eva Elizabetha (Bloss) Miltenberger 1832 Eva is sister to Johan Adam Bloss Sara (Bloss) (Scarff) Olinger (may be 1832 or more likely 1834) Sara married Olinger in Ohio, he ran the Red Lion Tavern. Sara apparently married first husband, Scarff in VA. Scarff died in Warren Cnty. Sara is sister of Johan Adam Bloss Johan Adam & Mary (Davis) Bloss (He used Adam only) 1834 Goerge Blose, son of James Washington Blose, was married in OH in 1810 so must have made the trip prior to that time. The George Jacob Moyer-Blose/Bloss branch (he used only Jacob) also moved to Montgomery County Ohio. He is recorded to have bought land in 1804 in Montgomery County OH. (c) Richard Bloss

I want to start by saying that I encourage any and all comments and especially any contributions, but please make them to the list. If you are dead seat against sharing them with individuals who you do not know how they will use it then by all means send them to me privately. OK, I left off telling you that I finally found some proof of who my grgrgrgrandfather Enoch Leach's parents were because he had remarried and the marriage record of Calhoun Co., WV had the info recorded as Elijah and Sarah Leach. All right, from there I knew that Enoch was born in Fauquier Co., Va. and his parents were Elijah & Sarah Leach so I immediately wrote the Fauquier Co. courthouse looking for a marriage record, death record, or will for either Elijah or Sarah Leach. But to no avail none of the records were available. (They did have appraisal of estate and settlement of estate papers for Sarah but nothing said about family in them). So I then started surrounding county searches. No luck. I then went to the census'. The only 2 listings I found in Va. for Elijah were 1810 Fauquier and 1840 Fauquier. The 1810 census had 1 male and 1 female listed both between the ages of 16-26. So I assumed this had to be Elijah & Sarah with no children, probably just married. The 1840 census was a mistake because it was not Elijah but Enoch Leach. I then went on the assumption that Elijah preceded Sarah in death and looked for Sarah Leach in the census'. Found an 1830 Frederick Co., Va. and an 1850 Warren Co., Va. listing. 1830 said she had 4 boys and 5 girls living with her. 1850 listed her with 3 boys, Joseph, Daniel and William and 1 girl, Harriet that all had the same last name (Leach) so I am assuming that these are 3 boys and I know 1 other (Enoch), so that accounts for 4 boys and 1 girl. But when I looked closer at the information in the census record I noticed that William was only 18 which would make him 2 young to have been reported on the 1830 census, so now there are 5 males. I now had 4 other names to research, so I again went with marriage, wills, and death records for the 3 boys in Warren and surrounding counties. I was able to find the marriage records for the 3 males. Only 1 listed the parents and that was William's, and yes he was Elijah and Sarah's son. So I now knew that Elijah was alive until at least 1832. Why wasn't he at home for the 1830 census? I then started looking at obscure records and various spellings. I found a deed in Fauquier for 1829 that Elijah and Sarah Leach of Frederick Co., sold land. That deed started me looking into how they received the land and found out they had received it through a court settlement from Sarah's grandfather. Those court papers help me to identify a couple of generation back on Sarah's side from her maiden name of White to her mother's maiden name of Minter. But no help for the Leaches. I finally found a marriage record for Elijah and Sarah White under the spelling LEITCH in Fauquier Co., Va. More later, Stan Leach

from a memeber of the Greene Co Ohio mailing list... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 10:35:07 EST From: RFolkerth@aol.com To: OHGREENE-L@rootsweb.com Check this website; it mentions a book ... http://www.mcn.org/2/noel/Westmoreland/MigrationTrails.htm DICK FOLKERTH Dallas, Texas

this came in from a member of the Clark-Champaign mailing list ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 22:45:06 -0800 From: Denise <champa@bellsouth.net> To: CLARK-CHAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CLARK-CHAMP] Maps Here are some of the websites that I have found that have helped me a great deal when I don't have the books to answer my questions or I need to respond to someone through email: Map Collections 1544-1999 - http://www.lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html Early American Trails and Roads - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gentutor/trails.html#Great Heritage Pursuit - Ohio - http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Welcome.html The USGenWeb Archives Digital Map Library - Ohio State Maps http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/ohio/state.html USGS National Mapping Information - http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form Early Virginia Maps - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/repehtml/repemaps.html Denise K. Moore Post Office Box 752 Gautier, MS 39553-0752 champa@bellsouth.net ==== CLARK-CHAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== Problems, questions about the list? Send them to CLARK-CHAMPAIGN-admin@rootsweb.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I have no excuse for my ignorance (age maybe?) Stubenville is in Jefferson Co, directly south of Columbiana. This is an example of why we all need each other. Ann ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Ann The county seat of Columbiana Co OH is Lisbon, not Stubenville. Wade Dick Bradenton FL

> The tagline on the SHENANDOAH LIST is very outdated! > Rootsweb no longer accepts Donations > G. Lee Hearl Lee, I send a very big THANK YOU. Ann

this came from a member of the Clark Champaign Cos Ohio mailing list ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Try "Map Guide to American Migration Routes", 1735-1815, by William Dollarhide, pub. Heritage Quest. It is very good. I purchased it on-line for about $10. I don't have the URL but do a search for "Heritage Quest". Also it is available in the Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library System.

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 08:26:39 -0800 From: "Faulkner, Jim" <jim.faulkner@moodysrms.com> To: OHGREENE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [OHGREENE-L] very early roads to the interior Ann, Here's another you might look at: "The Old Pike: A History of the National Road", by Thomas B. Searight. Originally published by the author in 1894 in Uniontown, PA. Reprint by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1990. ISBN 1-55613-407-X Jim Faulkner