Check the Jefferson County, WV maps. Elk Branch is South of Shepherdstown, near what used to be Darkesville. The Elk Branch Church is there. Hope this helps. Mary Thomason-Morris, Archivist, Clarke Co. Hist. Assoc. -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D-request@rootsweb.com To: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:00:35 -0700 Subject: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D Digest V05 #5 > OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 5 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Elk Branch - Location? ["DRKessinger" <drkessinger@alltel.] > #2 "Assignee" - What did this mean in ["DRKessinger" <drkessinger@alltel.] > #3 Another Location, Please: JORDON S [Pam2570@aol.com] > #4 RE: [OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA] Another ["Pat Saletore" <psaletore@cyberhot] > #5 Re: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D Digest V ["Emma May Hunter" <genie@usadatane] > #6 8 Horses - Why? ["DRKessinger" <drkessinger@alltel.] > #7 RE: [OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA] 8 Horses ["Pat Saletore" <psaletore@cyberhot] > > Administrivia: > Administrivia: > Please consider supporting RootsWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > To unsubscribe from OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D, send a message to > OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D-request@rootsweb.com > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ ------- End of Original Message -------

Darkesville was - and still is - in Berkeley County, West Virginia. I live in the Darkesville area. Elk Branch may be in Jefferson County, but Darkesville isn't. The nearest streams to Darkesville on the Berkeley County 1847 map are Middle Creek, Buzzard Run and Goose Creek, which all empty into the Opequon, which, in turn empties into the Potomac upstream (west) of Shepherdstown. Shepherdstown is but a few miles from the border between the two counties and before 1801 Jefferson County was part of Berkeley County. Hope this clears up some confusion for you. Don Silvius Board of Directors Berkeley County Historical Society co-coordinator Shenandoah County (VA) GenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html Date forwarded: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:09:00 -0700 From: "archives" <archives@visuallink.com> Date sent: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:11:03 -0500 To: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA] Re: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-D Digest V05 #5 Check the Jefferson County, WV maps. Elk Branch is South of Shepherdstown, near what used to be Darkesville. The Elk Branch Church is there. Hope this helps. Mary Thomason-Morris, Archivist, Clarke Co. Hist. Assoc.