28 Nov 1846/28 May 1860: Washington Co VA (Will Bk 15 p 31, 32): THOMAS CUNNINGHAM will: "I, Thomas Cunningham, of Washington County, State of Virginia, being of sound and disposing memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament. First, I direct my executor as soon as convenient after my death to sell as much of my personal property as may be necessary to pay my funeral expenses and all just debts which I may owe, and after the debts are so paid, I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Jane the remaining part of my personal property and all the land which I own in Virginia at my death for the support of her and those of oyur children which she my choose to keep with her to have and enjoy the same during her natural life or widowhood, and after the decease of my wife it is my will that my executors proceed to sell all my personal property and all my land upon such credits as he may think most conducive to the interest to my sons and Daughters, namely Samuel, James, Thomas, Edward, George, William, John, Andrew, Washington, Mahala, Sally, Susanah, Elizabeth, Jane, Martha, Mary, Margaret and Hannah Eliza which I will to them and their heirs forever. There is a part of land in the state of Kentucky belonging to the heirs of William Cunningham, decd, and I being one of the heirs of said William, decd, whatever that interest may be I authorize and direct my executor to sell & when sold the proceeds of the sale after deducting the expense to be equally divided among the above named children. Lastly - I constitute and appoint my friend Abram Mongle to execute this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 28th day November 1846. s/Thomas Cunningham (seal) Signed & acknowledged by Thomas Cunningham as his last will & Testament in presence of us who have signed our names as witnesses to the same in his presence and at his request. /sA Linder, John S. Gillenwaters. At a Court held for Washington County the 28th day of May 1860. The last Will and Testament of Thomas Cunningham deceased was exhibited in Court and proved by the oath of Abram Linder and John S. Gillenwaters the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Abram Mongle the Executor therein named who took the oath of an Executor prescribed by law, and entered into and acknowledged his bond in the sum of Four thousand dollars, with Abram Linder and John Minnick his securities, conditioned as the law directs. A certificate is therefore granted him for the probate of the said Will in due form. Teste: John G. Kreger C.C"

I am working on: ROBERTS Family of Roberts Cove - Grayson Co VA. I have lots of info at my site below. These Roberts spread out all over the country. COLE Family from Grayson Co. They settled in Grayson, cannot find out where they started out from. I have Charles Cole first showing up in the tax list for Grayson in 1794. He was born ca 1761 and married Elizabeth Stoneman in Grayson Co. I have lots of descendants of this family. Ancestors are my brick wall. This family also spread out all over the country. WARREN Family of Washington Co VA. This family started out in Montgomery Co MD with George born ca 1722 (don't know where). His grandson Basil migrated to Washington Co VA and was a prominent family there. This family also spread out all over the country. I have a lot of descendants in this family and ancestors are another brick wall. ROBERTS Family of Washington Co VA and another ROBERTS Family of NC. Boy is it fun trying to keep these separated in my mind. Have not been able to connect these 3 Roberts families. PARKS Family of Grayson Co. My GG grandmother was America Manerva Parks that married David Cole of the Cole Family listed above. STONEMAN Family. Elizabeth Stoneman married Charles Cole of the Cole family above. HAGA Family. Elizabeth Haga married Charles Cole, Jr of the Cole family above. As you can see, practically all of my maternal ancestors are from the same area. Check out my Web site below. BARB Main lines COLE, WARREN & ROBERTS Other names Carrico, Stoneman, Haga, Parks and more http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=barbnor > Today's Topics: > #1 Quarterly Report from the Chair [[email protected]] > >

My main interest right now is the family of William Patton and Margaret (Peggy) Taylor MARTIN which includes Sarah Jane DRIVER, Mary FERRELL, Hazel McGUIRE and Catherine TAYLOR. They lived bordering Tazewell, Smyth and Russell County with most of their records having them living in Russell County. Any information on the members of this family would be greatly appreciated. Also CRABTREE, SHEFFEY, COLLINS, HARRIS and LOWE I also need photos of Boissevain School, Tipple Hollow in Boissevain and Pegleg's Barber Shop in Pocahontas ca 1940. Robert Crabtree (formerly of Tazewell County now in CA) [email protected]

My cousin of Bristol VA just informed me that two old boxes of newspapers have been found at Emory & Henry U. covering 1862 - 1864 Bristol VA. Does anyone have the power to request that those newspapers be studied and copied? Mary Lou (Guyette) Wardlaw

<A HREF="http://www.ls.net/~newriver/misc/misc.htm">Click here: New River Valley Miscellaneous Files</A> Jeff Weaver was kind enough to put these things up for me if anyone wants to go look around at the miscellaneous files you will find a story or two about Bristol and a will and gift deed for my family in south west , Va. Write me if you are kinfolk okay.

Uncle Willis had a little Mom and Pop store down the hill from where we lived on Haddon Street. This is where we got our candies, and other assorted junk food to carry up in East Hill Cemetery and have our picnics and play when we were kids. I remember 2 for a penny candy and pop for a nickle,so were candy bars. Mama would send us down to Uncle Willis's store to buy a nickels worth of bolonga, if he cut it thick you got 5 slices, and if he cut it thin, you got 10 or more slices. Uncle Willis must have give credit to everybody in the family, plus all the goodies he handed out to us kids. Uncle Willis and his little store is one of my fondest childhood memories. He made sandwiches for the workers at the Bristol Door, a nickel for a little sandwich or a dime for a big sandwich and he give credit to lots of folks. He wrecked a car hauling moonshine, it flipped several times and he was crippled used a cane. At the top of Hadon Street was Tom Merrit's little store, he wasn't kin to us, but he was good to all us kids that lived there on the hill and like Uncle Willis gave us goodies to haul off to East Hill to have picnics and play. He use to give me pie tins and little coke bottles from the store vendors so I could play house with them. I wish I had kept those lil coke bottles, they'd be worth a lot of money now! They were miniture bottles and the stuff in them moved when you tilted the bottle. Descendants of Willis Pippin Jackson 1 Willis Pippin Jackson b: December 12, 1885 Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Bristol, Va. d: February 13, 1974 in Bristol, Virginia .. +Sally Monroe Canter b: May 04, 1885 in Wallace,Virginia m: December 09, 1913 in Washington County, Virginia Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Bristol, Va. d: June 01, 1949 in Bristol, Virginia Cause of death: breast cancer 2 Clarence Benjamin Canter Jackson b: October 03, 1905 in Washington County, Virginia Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Bristol, Va. d: September 08, 1958 .... +Elsie Mae Orfield b: 1908 Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Bristol, Va. d: 1944 *2nd Wife of Clarence Benjamin Canter Jackson: .... +Stella Barger Campbell b: December 17, 1910 Burial: East Lawn Memorial Park, Kingsport, Tennessee d: September 16, 1986 in Bristol, Tennessee 2 Steve Canter Jackson b: February 03, 1910

Could someone look-up these children of John and Bell and tell me who they married? Descendants of John Emmett Canter 1 John Emmett Canter b: 1863 in Green County, Tennessee .. +Rosiebell McCracken m: March 1888 in Washington County,Virginia 2 William Henry Canter b: November 23, 1888 in Wallace's Switch, Washington County,Virginia 2 Charles Canter b: 1893 in Wallace,Virginia d: July 01, 1896 in Washington County,Virginia Cause of death: Flux 2 Luther Canter b: 1893 2 Nannie Canter b: 1896 2 Jimmie Canter b: 1898 2 Maggie Canter b: 1901 2 John Canter b: 1904 2 Lucy Canter b: 1907 Anyone heard of a Canter who murdered a Judge Wilson's daughter, or wife, not sure which. Also a Canter who murdered an Ingalls girl by pushing her in front of a train? I am searching to see if these black sheep are mine. I don't have any black sheep yet, LOL.

Volks, Just to let you know we have _ 416 mail mode subscribers, 110 digest subscribers (526 total) _ There has been little activity. Jan & Feb are great months for indoor work. Please feel free to post surnames on which you are working. I was thinking the other day that I would like to get the _People's History of SW VA __ website activited. I have some material and it would be a work in progress. It might inspire some lively discussions on the subjects. Religion, accents/dielects, and foods are a few favorites of mine. Also, I would like to see some extracts of SW VA wills posted for the purpose of seeing what they can tell us about the life and times of our SW VA ancestors. Their standard of living, their means of livelyhood, etc. I know it is hard to find the time but I hope many of us could put some time into it. Thanks. -eddie owner/proprietor

BLANKENBECKLER ANNUAL FAMILY REUNION Below is the web address of Willow Springs, Missouri http://www.missourichamber.com/willowsprings/index.htm Please check this out. Please remember the date of your Blankenbeckler reunion and mark it on your calendar. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND - YEAR 2001 MAY 26th, Saturday [8am-6pm] & the 27th, Sunday[wrap up, 8am- til] WILLOW SPRINGS, MISSOURI We are hoping to have DINNER together Saturday evening, for those who are interested. Also, lunch on Sunday before departing. More on this later. AIRPORTS IN AND AROUND WILLOW SPRINGS, MO. Willow Springs has a small airport, single engine planes only. West Plains & Mtn. View both have airports which will accommodate small jets. The closest commercial flights are at either Rolla National [Commuter flights only] or Springfield-Branson Regional [Delta/United/TWA and Ozark] It is a fairly small airport with easy access in and out. Willow Springs Memorial Airport Highway DD Willow Springs, Mo. Telephone 417-469-9998 West Plains Municipal Airport Pomona, Mo. Telephone 417-257-1530 Unless you like small planes it is suggested you fly to Springfield and rent a car. The drive is all freeway to Willow Springs. A quick look at my Missouri map indicates two possibilities. At Pomona. Mo., about 11 miles south of Willow Springs on route 63---the map indicates an airport with runway[s] at least 4500 feet long. At Mountain View, Mo., about 14 miles east of Willow Springs on route 60---the map indicates an airport with runway[s] at least 4500 feet long. For commercial service, I suspect the closest airport to be Springfield, Mo.- about 70 miles west on route 60 I WENT ON THE NET & ASKED FOR INFORMATION ON AIRPORTS IN & AROUND WILLOW SPRINGS. THE ABOVE ARE THE RESPONSES I RECEIVED. I HOPE THEY HELP. I WILL POST INFORMATION ON RV PARKING & CAMP GROUNDS AS SOON AS I CAN GET THE INFORMATION TOGETHER. HELEN CAST [email protected] 310 PARK ROW SNOW HILL, MD. 21863

Hello everyone, I have an ancestor James Peery NEEL/NEAL who I have found in Tazewell Co. VA and based on the census records and other records I have determined the following about my GGG Grandfather. James Peery NEAL was b. 11 Apr 1810 in VA and d. 6 Aug 1880 Tazewell Co.VA. He married Delilah KIRK the daughter of William and Margaret (Brooks) KIRK. According to death records for Tazewell Co. VA my James Peery NEAL was the son of Calvan NEAL and Nancy (??) Neal. The children of James Peery NEAL and Delilah included (per 1850 census) Peggy (Margaret), Nancy, William, Frances, John (Jonathan), Louisa, and Samuel. In the 1880 census I found James P NEEL and Delilah NEEL living with their son Jonathan A. NEEL. Does anyone know if there is a connection with the PEERY family of Tazewell Co. VA and the NEAL family? Does anyone have a reference for a Calvan NEEL/NEAL who would have been born probably before 1790 as James was born in 1810 in VA. I found a Nancy PEERY in VA records. Might she have married Calvan NEAL and thus be a parent of James Peery NEAL?

For those of you who weren't aware of this FREE service, Kingsport Times News posts obituaries online daily on their website, and many times these include folks from Southwest Virginia. For those of you who aren't familiar with this area, Kingsport is right across the state line and borders Scott County. It may also include items or obituaries from Bristol (Washington County, VA). To browse the actual obituaries, use this link. http://www.timesnews.net/index.cgi?CONTEXT=cat&BISKIT=94662864930794&categor y=21 To sign up for their daily newsletter which includes names, ages, and residence of those included in the obituary section, use this link to sign up. This newsletter comes in handy if you just want to scan for names. http://www.timesnews.net/index.cgi?CONTEXT=cat&BISKIT=94662864930794&categor y=41 Of course, if you just want to read the paper, you can do that too. Here's the link to the front page. http://www.timesnews.net/index.cgi?CONTEXT=default&BISKIT=94662864930794

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I have AOL and had no trouble going to the site. There should be no difference except different links work for or do not work for AOL. It just means if it doesn't work by simply clicking on the URL, cut and paste it. Julia Williams Kodak Researching Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bedsaul, Brannock, Creed, Dickens, Golding (Golden), Gollehon, Goodson, Johnson, Norman, Roland (Rowland, Rolling), Suits (Suit), Upchurch, Williams and Wymer in Carroll, Grayson, and Smyth Co., Va. and Surry Co., NC and Residents of Shell Creek, Carter County, Tennessee. <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/o/d/Julia-W-Kodad/">Roots And Branches of SW, VA. and Surry Co., NC.</A> "Every house is builded by some man; but He that built all things is God." Hebrews 3:4 "The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

Members, Is Bellatlantic.net down?? I'm getting many error messages. Rootsweb will kick them out after so many error msgs. -eddie owner

I would like to thank everyone that given me the answer to my question about how AOL can access my site. Thank you-- BARB Main lines COLE, WARREN & ROBERTS Other names Carrico, Stoneman, Haga, Parks and more http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=barbnor I posted my URL on a couple of lists the other day. Some people that have AOL have written to me that they can't get there from AOL. I have noticed that when others post their URL to different lists, there is usually a second URL for AOL users. Does anyone know the difference in the 2 URLs and how I would post the URL for the site below for AOL users

Milly here with fingers in mouth..The address I posted did not work.....and it was from your site. I believe it was a drop down..Sorry. Here is the real one <A HREF="http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=barbnor"> RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Cole, Warren and Roberts Family Tree</A> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=barbnor Milly WARD Piros "My Mind Is Like Lightning ... One Brilliant Flash and ............Poooffffffffffffffffffffff It's Gone"! http://www.geocities.com/millyella/sitemap.html

In a message dated 1/5/01 8:32:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=barbnor >> Barb, I have no problem getting to that site....all they have to do is Hold their mouse over the address and highlight it Hold down CTRL and C to copy Put their cursor where they want the address and Hold down CTRL and V to paste. It takes 10 seconds to do this It is easy for AOLers to just click on the blue words. To get the blue words I drag a heart from the right hand corner of the site and drop it here on the letter.. <A HREF="http://banner.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/newgo.cgi?pos=097874570827927"> RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Cole, Warren and Roberts Family Tree</A> any time we do all we have to do is click on the words... Milly WARD Piros "My Mind Is Like Lightning ... One Brilliant Flash and ............Poooffffffffffffffffffffff It's Gone"! http://www.geocities.com/millyella/sitemap.html

I posted my URL on a couple of lists the other day. Some people that have AOL have written to me that they can't get there from AOL. I have noticed that when others post their URL to different lists, there is usually a second URL for AOL users. Does anyone know the difference in the 2 URLs and how I would post the URL for the site below for AOL users -- BARB Main lines COLE, WARREN & ROBERTS Other names Carrico, Stoneman, Haga, Parks and more http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=barbnor

Hello all; I found a marriage record for William G. Halten and Polly (Mary?) Canterbury; 1836; Gallia County Ohio. Can anyone give me any information or relatives for these people? Thank you for your time and attention.

Here is some abstracted data from the Revolutionary War Pension Applications for CROW applicants who served in either VA, NC, PA, & SC formations. I did not do the few from further north. CROW, Benjamin R20353 Lived in Clark county, Arkansas when filed. CROW, Christian S43417 Served in Rev. War & War of 1812. Received bounty land for 1812 service. Resided in Pickaway county, OH when filed. Entered service from Lancaster county, PA CROW, Dennis S39380 Served in VA troops. Filed from Madison county, VA 5/24/1832 CROW, George S40862 Served in PA troops. Entered service from Philadelphia. CROW, John W18978 Served in VA troops. Widow's name was Elizabeth. Marriage bond in records indicate that Dennis CROW & John CROW signed the bond 4/19/1779 (the actual bond is in the record). Elizabeth's name is given in bond as Betty COLEMAN. The application was filed from Montgomery county, VA. John entered the service from Culpepper county, VA in 1776. Served with Morgan's Rifles during the war. CROW, Robert S39365 Served in VA troops. 71 years old at time of filing, 10/30/1822, from Roane county, TN. Entered service from "Fincastle, now Wythe county, VA". First served in Capt. Joseph CROCKETT's company in the 7th Regiment. Enlisted 12/1777 for 3 year tour. Served only 9 months, was discharged early as reward for his part in apprehending 3 deserters. Fought in battles of Monmouth & White Plains. CROW, Thomas R2538 Filed from Lawrence county, TN although he lived in Giles county, TN. Enlisted at place called, "Cross Roads" in NC in Capt. John Montgomery's company, 6th Regiment SC line. [that is what it says]. Affidavit indicates transfer due to his being enlisted by "mistake" by Capt. Montgomer. Pension granted due to service as a fifer in company commanded by Col. Henderson of the SC line. Taken prisoner at Sullivan's Island, SC during fall of Charleston. Captive aboard prison ship Roebuck for 4 months. Due to disease, many prisoners were transferred to a camp on St. John's Island from where he made his escape. In 1821, his wife Sarah was 50 and children Betsy 16, Patsy 14, James 11 & Thomas 6. CROW, William S32196 Filed from Jackson county, OH while a resident of Clinton township. Aged 75 at time of filing on 4/2[?]/1833. Born in and enlisted in Rockingham county, VA. Entered service in Capt. John Hopkins company. William died 1/25/1854 per note on pension card. Hope this helps someone. If anyone needs follow up information, drop me a line. Best of wishes, Billy Markland Searching for MARKLAND, specifically William, in Fincastle or Washington county, VA area.