I am interested in sending a query to Wilmer L. Kerns about an article he wrote for The West Virginia Advocate. Does anyone know how I might get in touch with him? For anyone else's interest, I am trying to learn whether research has been done on the descendants of Rebecca Stump married to John Carder. Rebecca would have been born circa 1828 in Hampshire County, Va., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Boggess) Stump, who had the following siblings: John B., Wm. B., Sarah, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Joseph, Jane, Jacob, and Malinda. I would really like to know whether John and Rebecca (Stump) Carder had a daughter also named Rebecca and a son also named John. I ask because in my Nicely line, I am missing the maiden name of Abram Nicely's wife who was named Rebecca? This Abram Nicely had a sister named Julia who married a John Carder. I thought possibly both Nicely siblings married into the Carder family. Abram and Rebecca Nicely named one of their children, Sarah, possibly after Rebecca (Stump) Nicely's sister, Sarah. This Nicely family lived in Allegany County, Md. in 1850, but seemed to have ties in Hampshire County, VA. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, [email protected] Barbara - Nicely/Knisely, etc. were in Head of Household census for Shenandoah County Virginia 1785. My Turney family was also there. Eve Turney married a John Teeter (they were in same area) and moved to Washington Co VA around 1774. their daughter Mary married a Nicely/Knisely who had also moved from Shenandoah Co Va.....it was Frederick Co, then Dunmore, finally Shenandoah. I have a little info on the family if you are interested. From where the Turneys were located near Woodstock, Va - it was not that far to Hampshire Co Va. So probably before the Rev War the Nicely family was in VA, and even for a while after. So I am sure the family in Maryland in 1850 - that the ties you see to Hampshire Co Va, it probably is the same general family. Mary Turney Miller [email protected]

I am interested in sending a query to Wilmer L. Kerns about an article he wrote for The West Virginia Advocate. Does anyone know how I might get in touch with him? For anyone else's interest, I am trying to learn whether research has been done on the descendants of Rebecca Stump married to John Carder. Rebecca would have been born circa 1828 in Hampshire County, Va., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Boggess) Stump, who had the following siblings: John B., Wm. B., Sarah, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Joseph, Jane, Jacob, and Malinda. I would really like to know whether John and Rebecca (Stump) Carder had a daughter also named Rebecca and a son also named John. I ask because in my Nicely line, I am missing the maiden name of Abram Nicely's wife who was named Rebecca? This Abram Nicely had a sister named Julia who married a John Carder. I thought possibly both Nicely siblings married into the Carder family. Abram and Rebecca Nicely named one of their children, Sarah, possibly after Rebecca (Stump) Nicely's sister, Sarah. This Nicely family lived in Allegany County, Md. in 1850, but seemed to have ties in Hampshire County, VA. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, [email protected]

QUERY: DEAVER, MORELAND, HIETT, SLANE ~ VA/WV -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [DaVar-Dever] WV DEAVER/DEVER, etc. Resent-Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 07:11:46 -0800 (PST) Resent-From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:16:29 -0500 From: "Joan Deaver" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Dear Flo. or Don Day, I read your query on the Davar-Dever Rootsweb mail list. There's a book by Penny & O.D. Linder, "The Dever & Related Families," 1998, McClain Printing Co., Parsons, WV 26287 that gives great detail about the WV DEVER/DEAVER line. The Linders live there now & have traced their line back from WV to MD, ca 1650. I have read that Penny served many years as Pres. of the WV Genealogical Society. You can buy the book through Amazon http://www.amazon.com. Penny's email is <[email protected]> I think you will find a wealth of information there. Happy hunting Joan Deaver Researching the genealogy of BAXTER, DEAVER, GREEN, NELSON, PHILLIPS, NC; also HENKEL, RITTER, ROTAN & WHEELER, Balto., MD <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/e/a/Joan-Marie-R-Deaver/> Joan Marie Ritter DEAVER ==== DaVar-Dever Mailing List ==== This genealogy mailing-list is AUTOMATICALLY SET so that your address may have ONLY EIGHT (8) BOUNCES before your address is removed!!!

Can anyone help Sandy? -- Subject: Frederick%20Co%20Page Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:41:02 EST From: [email protected] Hi my name is Sandy Brown I live in Iowa and an looking for information on the LEMLEY family. I am a decendant of George LEMLEY and Catherine YOHO. Untill today I knew nothing further than George on the LEMLEY side. But I found a web page by Wayne Green, It says that Georges Father was John LEMLEY, born (Date unknown) in New Jersey and that he died in Fredrick County, VA, on Nov 4, 1784. It lists his spouse as unknown, they had 3 children listed a boy (George) and 2 unnamed girls, married to Michael HUFFMAN and John KERNS. It had a description of a will, that lists the names of George, Michael, and John (son of Adam) to recieve things. and listed exrs. David DEDRICK George L-------, and Philip BASH. It also mentioned his wife to get a house and furnature, so I would assume that the wife and children were alive when he died. My question is this how can this be verified?? I was told to always check the facts for myself and be sure they are correct, how do I find out if all of this is correct?? If this is my George LEMELY he moved to Penn. Any Ideas on how to verify would be helpful!! Thank you, Sandy:-)

Thanks to several for info concerning Valentine Powers, the clergyman of frontier VA in the 1700's. The following link has some of the marriages performed and recorded by him: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhardy/hmarr.htm Here is a link to many marriages (including that of Valentine Powers in 1815) conducted in the Hardy Co. WV area with various clergymen named: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhardy/harmar.htm Valentine Powers may well have been 'the namesake' for my Valentine McDonald-McDaniel-McDonnel, born 1760 in the South Branch settlement area, son of Joseph McD--. Does anyone perchance have info concerning Joseph McDonald-McDaniel-McDonnell in the 1750's - 1760's of frontier VA? Please note that 'my' Joseph was apparently *not* the Joseph McD-- listed in many entries of Chalkey's Chronicles. 'This' Joseph McDonald was son of Bryan McDonald Sr. of the Beverly Manor settlement area of frontier VA (present Botetourt Co. VA.) For general information, since Chalkey's work for early Augusta Co. VA *excluded* the Northern Neck land grant area, people who were living in the South Branch area of present Hampshire County WV, and most of Hardy County WV, would generally not be found in Chalkey's Chronicles. Thanks for any help. Neil McDonald

My ancestors were mostly from W.Va. (Hampshire and Morgan COunty), but I'm sure throughout W.Va. Names I'm researching are Alderton, Barnhart, Burke, Maloney, Nixon, and I have a little info on Trues and Stumps. Jill ([email protected])

Ken Colby said: >Henry Lancisco, states in Order Book 3 (1749-1753) p. 420 of Augusta >County >" I Henry Lancisco, a German Protestant, having produced a certificate >from a Protestant Clergyman, and had taken the Sacrament and made oath being >inhabitant of this colony upwards of twelve years.... >....'This indenture made this seventeenth >day of December, in the year of our Lord seven hundred and seventy-two, >Between Henry Lancisco of the County of Augusta in the colony f Virginia >of the one part and Valentine Powers of the county of Hampshire'.... Valentine Powers was indeed the 'clergy-man.' He was evident in the Hampshire and Old-Frederick County VA area records in the late 1700's and 1800's, performing many marriages and other acts of clergy. He was of the commonly known 'Dunkard' faith per my readings. I am wondering whether 'Valentine Powers' may have been a father-son 'Sr.' and 'Jr.' since the recorded activities of Valentine Powers covered a long time span. Does anyone have further info for this Valentine Powers? Neil McDonald

Does anyone know the parents of Unisiah Smith B. 1774 Va? she married Mesias Hall B. 1775 Thanks, If anyone's interested there's a 10 generation wall chart available at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8852/familytreerings.html J. Alan Williams [email protected]

If you are interested in SOUTHERN OBITUARIES, I just surfed to the HAMPSHIRE REVIEW Obituaries at http://www.hampshirereview.com/hampshire_review4.html Flo. -- 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

Hi, Folks . . . Does anyone know of these people? Notice that I am missing a connection? McBRIDE, RAIGNER, COWGILL, KIDWELL, BRELSFORD 1 Wheeler W McBride b: February 02, 1881 d: 1943 . + Ida M Raigner b: 1887 d: 1938 Father: William Raigner Mother: Mary Unknown . 2 ??? Goldsboro b: Aft. 1907 . 2 Winifred Grace McBride b: April 12, 1907 d: August 01, 1934 ..... + Welby Homer Cowgill b: January 22, 1902 d: July 04, 1989 m: December 14, 1926 Father: John Edward Cowgill Mother: Susannah Caroline Cowgill ..... 3 Erma Mary Cowgill b: March 21, 1928 d: October 29, 1994 ......... + Glenn Arthur Kidwell b: April 14, 1914 AKA-Glenn A. Wales d: August 21, 1978 Father: Howard Arthur Kidwell Mother: Cora Margaret Brelsford McBRIDE, HOTT, SHANHOLTZ (Shainholtz, Shainholtzer, etc.) 1 Daniel McBride b: abt 1809-1849 . + Unknown b: abt 1815-1852 . 2 Shelton A McBride b: abt 1848-1874 ..... + Sarah Hott b: May 15, 1871 AKA-Sallie m: April 05, 1894 Father: David Hott, Jr. Mother: Mary Ann Shanholtz Hope to hear from someone. Happy Hunting Flo. -- 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

QUERY: DEAVER, MORELAND, HIETT, SLANE ~ VA/WV Hi, Folks . . . Have you any connection to these people from VA/WV? An information/data exchange would be great. 1 Unknown DEAVER b: abt 1774-1803 Wife of Unknown DEAVER b: abt 1783-1806 . 2 Sarah E DEAVER b: abt 1817-1843 * UNCERTAIN of sibling matchup. ..... + George H MORELAND b: 1835 Father: James Bazil MORELAND Mother: Ms. Sarah Unknown ..... 3 Sarah Ivy MORELAND b: 17 Jul 1857 d: 26 Nov 1941 ......... + Benjamin B BRELSFORD b: 22 Jul 1849 d: 24 May 1928 Father: Nathan B BRELSFORD Mother: Ms. Margaret MCDONALD . 2 George DEAVER b: 09 Nov 1825 * UNCERTAIN of sibling matchup. d: 28 Nov 1907 Burial: Cowgill Cem, Sandy Ridge, Hampshire Co, VA } WV. ..... + Lucinda HIETT b: 27 Feb 1827 d: 10 Mar 1898 Burial: Cowgill Cem, Sandy Ridge, Hampshire Co, VA } WV. Father: Jeremiah HIETT Mother: Ms. Lucinda KIDWELL ..... 3 Howell F DEAVER b: 1851 Ice Mtn, WV ......... + Martha Ann SLANE b: 06 Dec 1857 AKA-Annie m: 1878 d: Abt. 1888 Hoping to hear from someone. Flo. <[email protected]> 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

Read the article on the BYU news website: http://newsnet.byu.edu/noframes/show_story.cfm?number=8836 (there is an underline between show_story)

Can anyone tell me if they know anything about Schopperts or Shoppards Ford??(unsure of the spelling) The only thing I know is, it was a road supposedly the main road in Berkeley Co. WV that lead into Shepperdstown? My grandparents lived along this road and I am curious. thanks Carla Murphy

Hi, Be sure to check the Madison County area as well. We have Bible Records of Paschal Early on line there. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vamadiso/madison.htm Shirley.......in Idaho wrote: Hello, I'm new to the list and would like to know if anyone is researching the surname Early? I am most interested in William Early who was born abt 1760. I have no idea who his parents were. Take care, Yvonne in Burke, VA Vive la USGenWeb Project! **************************

Hello, I'm new to the list and would like to know if anyone is researching the surname Early? I am most interested in William Early who was born abt 1760. I have no idea who his parents were. He was in Prince George's County, MD by 1777 or 1778. He died there in 1787 leaving an orphan child, Nathan, about 2 yrs old. William's brother was Thomas Early who md. Willimina Slye. Her brother William was born in Hampshire county abt 1758. I have been stuck here for a long time. Would appreciate any help. I'm posting this to 3 WVA lists. I apologize if you have to read it 3 times. Thank you, Shirley.......in Idaho

> > My gr-gr-grandfather was David R. Barbour b. ca. 1840 d. Nov. 7, 1892 of a > hemorage in Summit Point, Jefferson Co. MD. He is listed in the death > register as a carpenter by trade and may have been working there when this > occurred. He and the family lived in the Middleway area. I sent for the > will of Alfred M. Barbour in Jefferson Co. dated July 22, 1865 but the ONLY > person mentioned in the will is his wife, Kate D Barbour. There are no > children named. I have been told there is a very large plaque in Harpers > Ferry giving information on Alfred M. Barbour's accomplishments during the > Civil War but I haven't any detailed information of it's content. Can > anyone on this list give me any suggestions for Jefferson Co. books that I > may find information about these Barbours and whether or not David R. would > have been the son of Alfred M. Barbour? I am JUST starting my father's > line and research in Jefferson Co. and would appreciate ANY suggestions you > may wish to offer. > > Sharon B.

I am trying to find information on the area variously known as Bull Skin, Smithfield, Middleway and Wizard Clip VA/WV. I understand it is in present day Jefferson County near the Berkeley County and Virginia line. The Board of Geographic Names told me the area was originally called Bull Skin, after the creek by the same name, but was later changed to Smithfield or Smithfield Estates. Its name was later changed to Middleway because it was halfway between Winchester and Harpers Ferry and because there was already a Smithfield somewhere else in Virginia and the mail was getting lost. Supposedly, in the late 1700s or early 1800s there was a famous haunting there by a demon who cut up things with a pair of scissors, after which the residents began calling the place "Wizards Clip" or "Clip" and began calling themselves "Clippers." My fourth g grandfather, Samuel FRENCH resided there from before 1792 until at least 1820 and My third g grandfather, Walter W. FRENCH" and his sisters were born there. I would appreciate any leads on finding any history of the area. I have seen reference to a "Middleway Historical Society" but I haven't had any luck at finding an address or a website. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jay French [email protected]

I'm pleased to announce that I'm the current board administrator for the following surname query boards on GenConnect, which is hosted by Rootsweb: BLACKWOOD - CATLETT - FUNK - HELMS LANTZ - MCKINNON - SHELLY - WEISS If you have these names in your family tree, you're cordially invited to participate in these boards. Each surname also has an area to post in specific categories: bible records, biographies, deeds, obituaries, pension records, and wills. The index to the surname boards: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html Look forward to seeing you there! -- Karon ********************************************************************* * * * mailto:[email protected] * * Web Page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/karon_bosze * * * * GenConnect Surnames Board Administrator: * * * * BLACKWOOD - CATLETT - FUNCK or FUNK - HELMS * * LANTZ - MCKINNON - SHELLY - WEISS or WEIS or WEISZ * * * * http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html * * * * *** Proud Rootsweb Donor *** * * http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html * *********************************************************************

LOOKING any descendants with these last names:FOLK FOULK VOGT, BLESSING, BLESSINGER, MOHR, MOYER MYERS. [email protected]

Frederick County, Va Query Forum A new message, "Sevier," was posted by Cathie Hargreaves on Mon, 01 Feb 1999 If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the Frederick County,Va Query Forum: <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Frederick> --- NAME: Cathie Hargreaves EMAIL: [email protected] SURNAMES: Sevier, Taylor DATE: Feb 01 1999 QRYTEXT: William SEVIER of Frederick Co., VA was in Capt. Henry Speare's Company. On 1 Nov. 1760 he was fined 20 shillings for being absent from one general and one private muster. On 9 Oct. 1761 he was discharged. Was he the father of William SEVIER, b. 1760 VA, who m. Mar 1789 Berkeley Co., VA to Elizabeth C. TAYLOR? In Frederick Co. Order Book XII, p. 468, there is an entry concerning William SEVIER and his wife Catherine. What was the text of this entry and what was the date?. This is an automatically-generated notice. If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the Frederick County, Va Query Forum: <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Frederick>