I am searching the for the following names:Virginia (MURPHY)married to a John A. BOYD of Berkeley Co.,WV Sarah E.(MURPHY) m. David J. BOYD of Frederick Co.,VA Annetta (MURPHY)m. J.M. HOCKMAN of Hampshire Co.,WV Elizabeth (MURPHY) m.Andrew MCDONALD of Illinois Nancy (MURPHY) m. William HESS of Logan Co., Ohio And also anyone having a John Murphy with possible brothers of William and Samuel these fellows were hiers of a Joseph MURPHY of Sandusky Co., Ohio all this information was taken from a power of attorney letter written by J.M. HOCKMAN of Slanesville, WV Feb.18, 1893. Can anyone also tell me where Slanesville is located and what would be the best place to research for that area? Thanks Carla MURPHY

Does anyone have anything on these MOORE's from VA? Descendants of Thomas Moore Generation No. 1 1. THOMAS1 MOORE. He married DOROTHY "DOLLY" SPITZER January 10, 1817, daughter of PHILIP SPITZER and EVE HOLSINGER. More About THOMAS MOORE: Fact 1: Professional Tight rope walker More About DOROTHY "DOLLY" SPITZER: Fact 1: died at the home of her son Philip Children of THOMAS MOORE and DOROTHY SPITZER are: i. REUBEN2 MOORE, b. February 06, 1817; m. MARY CAMPBELL. 2. ii. ANDREW MOORE, b. January 23, 1818, near Broadway., VA. iii. REBECCA MOORE, b. April 13, 1819; m. WILLIAM FLETCHER. iv. DAVID CROCKET MOORE, b. April 18, 1819; m. SARAH WILL. v. POLLY MOORE, b. December 26, 1821. 3. vi. SARAH "SALLY" MOORE, b. June 11, 1823, Near Broadway, Virginia; d. August 25, 1907. vii. KATHERINE MOORE, b. December 12, 1824. viii. PHILIP A. MOORE, b. April 27, 1826; m. CLARINDA ROBINSON. ix. JOSEPH MOORE, b. January 10, 1828; m. SARAH JANE LOWER. x. ISAAC MOORE, b. March 21, 1829; m. SARAH C. ROBINSON. Generation No. 2 2. ANDREW2 MOORE (THOMAS1) was born January 23, 1818 in near Broadway., VA. Child of ANDREW MOORE is: i. ARTIE3 MOORE. 3. SARAH "SALLY"2 MOORE (THOMAS1) was born June 11, 1823 in Near Broadway, Virginia, and died August 25, 1907. She married WILLIAM H, GALLEHUE September 16, 1850. More About WILLIAM H, GALLEHUE: Fact 1: Buried in Linville Creek Church Cemetary at Broadway, VA Children of SARAH MOORE and WILLIAM H are: i. REBECCA F.3 GALLEHUE, b. December 09, 1850, Rockingham Co., VA; m. GEORGE O. ROWDABUSH, May 04, 1873, Rockingham Co., VA. More About GEORGE O. ROWDABUSH: Fact 1: Lived in Rockingham Co., VA - Farmer ii. JOSEPH E. GALLEHUE, b. January 16, 1852; m. AMANDA ALLEN, December 07, 1870. iii. WILLIAM N. GALLEHUE, b. November 18, 1853, Rockingham Co., VA; d. April 11, 1876; m. ELIZABETH O'ROARK. More About WILLIAM N. GALLEHUE: Fact 1: Farmer Fact 2: married by Rev Jacob Miller iv. STEWART S. GALLEHUE, b. November 14, 1855; m. CATHERINE JESSE FLICK, October 02, 1880, Rockingham County, VA. More About STEWART S. GALLEHUE: Fact 1: Saddler Fact 2: Married by Rev. M.B.E. Kline v. DAVID F. GALLEHUE, b. April 11, 1857. vi. RHUBEN M. GALLEHUE, b. March 14, 1859. vii. RASMUS J.(I) GALLEHUE, b. March 10, 1861. viii. CHRISTTEY M. GALLEHUE, b. March 08, 1864. 4. ix. MARY SUSAN GALLEHUE, b. October 11, 1866, Coots Store, Powhatan Co, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia; d. 1957, Lovington, New Mexico.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows anything about two Charles Murley listings in the book 'Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800' an Index of wills recorded in local courts of Virginia, page 307. It is listed like this. MURLEY Frederick (County) Charles 1749i Charles 1750i Anyone else researching the Murley name? Thanks, Teri [email protected]

Names in Frederick/Shenandoah: MOORE; PROFFITT; CLEVENGER; BIRD; ZIEGLER. Barb

Can anyone tell me if Mrs. Zirk is still a librarian in Moorefield. If so, could I reach her by email? Thanks, Judy

Judy, As of this past summer the Moorefield library was not on line. Margie Zirk is still the librarian, unless that has changed very recently. The address is 102 N. Main Street, Moorefield, West Virginia 26836. Phone (304)538-6560. Margie and her small staff are teriffic people and are most helpful. Best of luck. Bettie Myers Wehland (transplanted to Maryland, but a Moorefield native.)

I too would be interested in learning more about lands lying along the South Branch, as my ancestor seemed to have purchased several parcels there. I have been unable to place them with any accuracy, so all help is appreciated. Ellen [email protected] Subject: Early Land Surveys in South Branch Valley Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:27:42 EST From: [email protected] To: [email protected] I am trying to determine the location of early surveys and how the lots were laid out on the various Fairfax holdings in the South Branch Valley. I have read Charles Morrison's work on the topic but would like to know more about what and where the original records are, if anyone has tried to plot out the location of the various lots, etc. Am looking for South Branch Manor in particular but am also interested in Patterson Creek, So. Fork and Wappacomo surveys as well. I understand that in 1995, WV State Archives sponsored some kind of local history workshop and that Mrs. Zirk, the Moorefield Librarian gave a workshop on Fairfax land grants. Also Galtjo L. Geertsema, land surveyor of Martinsburg, also had some project on locating these early land surveys. Does anyone have info on these or other sources for this type of information? Sara Patton ______________________________

Washington Co., Maryland has a wonderful genealogy collection at the public library in Hagerstown. However, the genealogy collection is (or was) open fewer hours then the rest of the library. So it would be wise to call for the hours the collection is opened, so you can plan your time. Kathleen Rizer in Ohio Archivist for the 15,000 Descendants of Dennis Springer & Ann Prickett The question was ---------- > From: Jack/Kathy <[email protected]> > > Can anyone tell me about researching records in Washington County, Md.? I'm planning a trip to that area and would like to research ancestors who lived in the area around the time of the first revolution. > Thanks, > Jack Rose

I am searching for information on Benjamin Harper, born in 1770 in Virginia, who married a Charlotte ??? in 1792 in Frederick Couny, Virginia, and who died in 1844. His children were supposedly John (born 10 Jul 1798), Thomas (born28 Sep 1800), George Harper (born 7 Aug 1804), Levi Harper (born around 1808), and Benjamin F. (in 1814), all in Frederick County. Many of these family members moved to Ohio during the time when Ohio opened up for settlement. I have information to share. Paul Leiss, of Frederickburg VA.

information on a mary bayless who married a john kelly 1855 her parents were carr and sarah bayless

Searching the following families who probably came through and/or settled in the general Frederick co (and earlier) area: RUSK/RUST/McCARTY/HAGERTY Marilyn [email protected]

Can anyone tell me about researching records in Berkley Springs, WVa and Washington County, Md.? I'm planning a trip to that area and would like to research ancestors who lived in the area around the time of the first revolution. Are the records found in Martinsburg? Are there old church records going back to that era? Thanks, Jack Rose

I am trying to determine the location of early surveys and how the lots were laid out on the various Fairfax holdings in the South Branch Valley. I have read Charles Morrison's work on the topic but would like to know more about what and where the original records are, if anyone has tried to plot out the location of the various lots, etc. Am looking for South Branch Manor in particular but am also interested in Patterson Creek, So. Fork and Wappacomo surveys as well. I understand that in 1995, WV State Archives sponsored some kind of local history workshop and that Mrs. Zirk, the Moorefield Librarian gave a workshop on Fairfax land grants. Also Galtjo L. Geertsema, land surveyor of Martinsburg, also had some project on locating these early land surveys. Does anyone have info on these or other sources for this type of information? Sara Patton

Purchased the Berryville Celebrates 1798-1998 publication looking for NELSON. There was one reference to the name. Dr. John "Jack" Nelson was a physician there in Berryville. He died 1806. He was said to have practiced in Berryville and resided at ROSEVILLE. Where is ROSEVILLE in Clarke Co? I'm thinking it's a homeplace rather than a town. Right? Help me please, Karen Nelson Hangsleben

Who can do a look-up in the 1759 through 1776 Rent Rolls for the surname Maggard/Maggert/Maggert/Magart/Maggott/Magret/Magnert plus many other variations? Thanks for any help. Ken Maggard Marietta, GA

Hopefully some one will recognize these name and get in touch with me. James Gabriel HARRISON (father of James) James HARRISON (father of William) William Berchet Harrison Rev. (Father of Margaret) born Abt 1810. married Elizabeth IRELAND Abt 1831. Margaret Francis HARRISON born in Williamson Co., TN 28 Nov. 1832. died 8 Feb. 1906 Ozark, Christian Co., MO married William Walter WEBBER I, in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., IL, 17 Jan 1851. Any information to help fill in the blanks will be appreciated. Thank you for your time. Bill in Phoenix [email protected]

so my relative living near Woodstock Va - in 1753 he could have been in Augusta Co, later in Frederick/Dunmore/Shenandoah. All the same land, just counties changed. >X-From_: [email protected] Sun Feb 14 11:10:26 1999 >X-Sender: [email protected] >Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 08:11:04 -0800 >To: Harold Miller <[email protected]> >From: Ron Moore <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: help with county lines > >Mary > >I agree that the early dividing lines between these various counties seemed >to be very confusing until I read the book "Massanutten" by Harry >Strickler. It really helps to read the entire chapter on "Location of the >Fairfax Line" on page 20-23. My ancestor, Rudolph Mauck lived in the area >that later became Page County, VA in 1831. I thought this area was a part >of Frederick County in 1750 when he died, but his probate records are >located in Augusta County, VA. The answer I finally located was in >Strickler's book and I will quote a portion of it here. > >"The dividing line between Augusta and Frederick when the counties were >first established was in the neighborhood of Woodstock, VA. The true >Fairfax line was run in 1746 and crossed the Shenandoah River several miles >south-west of Massanuten. Massanuten was first in Spotsylvania County, then >in Orange, then in Augusta, then in Frederick, then in Shenandoah and >lastly in Page, and incidentally a fifth, Rockingham, since Adam Miller of >this settlement laid the corner stone for Rockingham. George Washington did >not run the Fairfax line." > >"In 1753 the line between the Couties of Augusta and Frederick was made >identical to the Fairfax line. Prior to that date it was north of the >Fairfax line. In 1738 when the Counties of Augusta and Frederick were >established, the dividing line was designated as running from the >head-waters of the Hedgeman River to the head-waters of the Potomac. In >1744 an Act was passed. providing that Augusta should pay her share of the >cost of running the line between the Counties, and the Act recites the fact >that Frederick had employed a surveyor to do the work. It was probably run >that year." > >"It has always been supposed and so accepted by historians that the Fairfax >line and the line between Augusta and Frederick were identical. While this >was true after 1753, before that time the dividing line was evidently >further north but not actually run until 1744. This supposition proved >confusing until I discovered these facts." > >"The whole of the Massanutten patent was in Augusta County apparently, >until 1753, when it became a part of Frederick County and wholly in the >Northern Neck after that line was definitely established in 1746" > >Although your family may not have lived in Massanutten, which is on the >other side of the mountain from Woodstock, the same concept of the changing >Fairfax line may apply. One needs to read the entire chapter in Strickler's >book to get a better understanding of it. The book is available in many >libraries. Strickler also intimates that Dr Wayland may not have had a >clear concept of this issue. > ><<Ron Moore>> >[email protected] > ><<Ron Moore>> >Listowner and Moderator >MOCK-GEN-L >[email protected] > >

>X-From_: [email protected] Sun Feb 14 08:52:25 1999 >Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 05:37:26 -0800 (PST) >From: [email protected] >Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 08:48:53 EST >Old-To: [email protected] >Subject: County Lines >Resent-Message-ID: <"Fu--7C.A.81C.KGtx2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1540 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > >Here is a message that Joe Baker posted a few months ago about County Lines. > >SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VA LAND RECORDS > >WHERE DO I SEARCH? > >References > >Martha W. Hiden, How Justice Grew, Virginia Counties: An Abstract of Their >Formation. >John. W. Wayland, A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. > >>From 1721 to 1734, the Shenandoah Co., VA area was part of Spotsylvania Co. In >1734 it became part of Orange Co. The Assembly created Frederick and Augusta >Cos. in 1738. Not until 1743 did Frederick have sufficient tithables and was >financially able to hold court and record documents. In 1745 Augusta set up >her county organization. The line at that time separating Frederick and >Augusta corresponded to the original Fairfax Line, passing in or near >Thorton's Gap in the Blue Ridge, crossing the Valley near Oak Hill (now in >Page County, north of Luray, between Big Spring and Rileyville), St. David's >Church (in Powell's Fort), and the Narrow Passage on the North Fork of the >Shenandoah River (between Woodstock and present-day Edinburg). In 1753 the >Assembly redrew the dividing line between Frederick and Augusta Cos. and moved >it to the Southwest corresponding. to the 1746 survey of the Fairfax Line. The >new line passed through present-day Page Co., a few hundred yards above the >village of Newport, crossed the Massanutten Mountain and passed just above New >Market. Shenandoah Co. (original named Dunmore) was formed from Frederick Co. >in 1772. > >Where should one search for Shenandoah County deeds and other court records? > >1721-1734 Spotsylvania County >1734-1745 Orange County > >1743-1772 Frederick County >1745-1753 Augusta County >1772- Up Shenandoah County (named Dunmore 1772-1778) > >Joe Baker > > > >==== SHENANDOAH Mailing List ==== > Need list assistance? Please contact: [email protected] > List Adm for SHENANDOAH-L and SHENANDOAH-D > Now with over 725 subscribers! > > >

Is there someone who knows all about the change in county lines for Frederick/Dunmore/Shenandoah counties in Va? Very early records, say 1750s. I need help with some land deeds I have found. I know my ancestor purchased land in Frederick Co Va 1762, then it was Dunmore, it was Shenaodoah when he sold it in 1787. but now in Dunmore records I have found where he sold some land in 1753, and it says he was from Augusta Co Va. Says land was surveyed in Dec 1753. Mentions land where he now lives......and it sounds like the same land near Woodstock Va - but how could that be Augusta Co? I need help with when the various counties had court houses where land could be recorded, etc. As you can tell, I am very confused right now. Mary [email protected]

Flo: I noticed the name Lenox and would like to know if anyone researching the name has any information on a Lenox (Sarah or Harriet) b. ca. 1832 that married a Robert Hudson. According to the 1880 Allegany Co. MD census, she was born in a part of VA that later became WV, her father was born in Delaware (as was Robert Hudson and both his parents) and her mother was born in MD. On the death certificate of their daughter Sarah Ann (Hudson) Twigg, Loinax is listed as the mother's maiden name but believe it "may" have been Lenox. Sharon B. ---------- > From: Flo. or Don Day <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Source NAME & info needed. (surnames: Glover, Jollife, Rutherford, Hite, Lenox, Scott, Mitchell, Coughran, Cochran, McKean, Curlet, Langley) > Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 5:08 PM > > Do you need something specific looked up? > > Flo. > > Flo. or Don Day wrote: > > > > Hello . . . > > > > The book is: > > "Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia" by Cecil O'Dell, > > Marceline, Missouri, Walsworth Publishing Company 1995. > > > > Flo. > > > > Brian & Terri Rene (DaVar) Howard wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a xeroxed copy of two pages from an unidentified book. Could > > > someone please identify this book for me? Author? Publishing data? > > > etc... > > > > > > I am also interested in trying to establish IF this COCHRAN family is > > > related to *mine* .... > > > > > > Following is the material from this "source unknown" book: > > > > > > (pages 254 & 255 of a book, Source Unknown) > > > GLOVER > > > William Glover was the administrator of the estate of Edward Glover, > > > deceased (probably his father) in Orange County, Virginia, on 28 July > > > 1741. On 3 July 1736, Edward Glover was a witness to four land sales > > > (deeds) by William Jollife and his wife Mary in Bucks County, > > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > > > List Problems? Be sure to read your Welcome Message that > > > you received when you joined this list! You may also > > > e-mail me, Yvonne James-Henderson, list owner, > > > mailto:[email protected] > >>>snip<<< > -- > Winchester, VA, USA ~ ICQ uin 18874402 > Mailing List Moderator ~ The Genealogy Help Network > See the Web Site at ~ http://ghn.genealogy.org > Subscribe~ http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/GenHelpNetwork > Archives ~ http://www.onelist.com/archives.cgi/GenHelpNetwork > > RESEARCHING: VA,WV D~a~y,B~e~t~s~o~n,McD~o~n~a~l~d, > K~i~d~w~e~l~l, H~i~a~t~t/H~i~e~t~t,E~m~m~e~t~t,C~o~o~p~e~r, > M~i~l~l~s~l~a~g~e~l/M~u~h~l~s~c~h~l~a~g~l~e,R~u~t~m~a~n; > C~a~s~t~l~e~m~a~n,N~e~s~m~i~t~h/N~a~e~s~m~i~t~h,R~i~p~p~l~e, > FLANDERS > NYS V~a~n~d~e~r~s~t~y~n~e/v~a~n d~e~r W~o~e~s~t~i~j~n~e, > M~a~b~e~l~i~s,V~a~n~d~e~r~l~i~g~h~t/v~a~n d~e~r L~i~j~c~k~e; > OK,MO,IA,KS N~o~r~t~h~i~n~g~t~o~n,D~o~d~d > > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: > Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political announcements, current events, items for sale, > personal messages, flames, etc. is NOT ALLOWED and will > be grounds for immediate removal and exclusion from this > mailing list. For comments or list administration questions, > please contact mailto:[email protected]