Peggy Short had a great input on our local schools. I have been searching for a photo of Boissevain School to add to my family history. I have dozens of old photos of Boissevain and the local area but for some reason no one has a photo of the old school. I also wish to make a model of it for the video I am putting together of growing up in a coal mining town. Having grown up in Abbs Valley, I don't remember a connection with Anawalt, which isn't too far away, located somewhat northeast of Pocahontas. Looking at a topographic map, I can't see where the valley extends that far. Keep the good information coming. Robert Crabtree. (formerly of Tazewell County)

Forwarded message: From: Self <Single-user mode> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Lee Co., Cemeteries Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:19:59 -0500 These are cemeteries in Lee Co. from the USGS maps. I have the maps and would be willing to look up a few places. CEMETERY NAME_ _IN DISTRICT_ Anderson Cemetery Kyles Ford Anderson Cemetery Keokee Arnold Cemetery Wheeler Bailey Cemetery Varilla Bailey Cemetery Big Stone Gap Baker Cemetery Keokee Baker Cemetery Pennington Gap Bales Cemetery Rose Hill Ball Cemetery Middlesboro South Ball Cemetery Ewing Barker Cemetery Rose Hill Barron Cemetery Big Stone Gap Bledsoe Cemetery Kyles Ford Botner Grove Cem. Rose Hill Brittain Cemetery Ewing Brooks Cemetery Coleman Gap Brooks Cemetery Coleman Gap Brooks Cemetery Ewing Brooks Cemetery Ewing Burgener Cemetery Kyles Ford Cedar Hill Cem. Rose Hill Chadwell Cemetery Coleman Gap Chances Cemetery Coleman Gap Chandler Cemetery Ben Hur Clarkston Cem. Big Stone Gap Coldiron Cemetery Big Stone Gap Collier Cemetery Big Stone Gap Collier Cemetery Big Stone Gap Collier Cemetery Big Stone Gap Colson Cemetery Wheeler Cooney Cemetery Ben Hur Crockett Cemetery Rose Hill Daugherty Cem. Ben Hur Davis Cemetery Stickleyville Dillman Cemetery Coleman Gap Duff Cemetery Stickleyville Duff Cemetery Duffield Duncan Cemetery Looneys Gap Ealy Cemetery Coleman Gap Edds Cemetery Ewing Eden Cemetery Keokee Ely Cemetery Hubbard Springs Ely Cemetery Ewing Ely Cemetery Keokee Ely Cemetery Ben Hur Ensor Cemetery Wheeler Estep Cemetery Coleman Gap Fannin Cemetery Ben Hur Fannin Cemetery Stickleyville Fee Cemetery Rose Hill Flanary Cemetery Hubbard Springs Fugate Cemetery Coleman Gap Gibson Cemetery Wheeler Gibson Cemetery Wheeler Gibson Cemetery Ewing Gilly Cemetery Big Stone Gap Glass Cemetery Stickleyville Graham Cemetery Ben Hur Graham Cemetery Stickleyville Green Cemetery Ben Hur Greene Cemetery Big Stone Gap Hamblin Cemetery Hubbard Springs Hamblin Cemetery Ben Hur Hickam Cemetery Stickleyville Hill Cemetery Ben Hur Houndshell Cem. Rose Hill Huff Cemetery Stickleyville Hughes Cemetery Keokee Hurd Cemetery Kyles Ford Hyden Cemetery Ben Hur Ingle Cemetery Rose Hill Johnson Cemetery Kyles Ford Johnson Cemetery Looneys Gap Jones Cemetery Wheeler Jones Cemetery Big Stone Gap Kincaid Cemetery Ewing King Cemetery Rose Hill Lambert Cemetery Ben Hur Larmer Cemetery Stickleyville Lawson Cemetery Stickleyville Lawson Cemetery Duffield Lawson Cemetery Big Stone Gap Lee Mem. Gardens Ben Hur Lucas Cemetery Hubbard Springs Marcum Cemetery Kyles Ford McClure Cemetery Hubbard Springs McConnell Cem. Ben Hur McKinley Cemetery Big Stone Gap McLin Cemetery Ewing McPherson Cem Ben Hur Miles Cemetery Stickleyville Miller Chapel Cem Ben Hur Moore Cemetery Looneys Gap Myers Cemetery Pennington Gap Napier Cemetery Pennington Gap Napier Cemetery Big Stone Gap Newberry Cemetery Stickleyville Noe Cemetery Hubbard Springs Odd Fellows Cem Stickleyville Olinger Cemetery Ben Hur Olinger Cemetery Ben Hur Olinger Cemetery Big Stone Gap Osborne Cemetery Kyles Ford Osborne Cemetery Ben Hur Oxford Cemetery Ben Hur Pace Cemetery Rose Hill Parkey Cemetery Ben Hur Parsons Cemetery Kyles Ford Parsons Cemetery Ben Hur Parsons Cemetery Pennington Gap Pennington Cem. Pennington Gap Pennington Cemetery Pennington Gap Peters Cemetery Keokee Peterson Cemetery Big Stone Gap Pillion Cemetery Coleman Gap Pleasant View Cem. Stickleyville Rasnic Cemetery Stickleyville Reasor Cemetery Big Stone Gap Reasor Cemetery Big Stone Gap Reasor Cemetery Big Stone Gap Reasor Cemetery Big Stone Gap Rhoton Cemetery Big Stone Gap Richmond Cemetery Ewing Robinette Cemetery Looneys Gap Robinson Cemetery Kyles Ford Roop Cemetery Ben Hur Rowland Cemetery Ewing Rutherford Cem. Ben Hur Shackelford Cem. Rose Hill Shupe Cemetery Big Stone Gap Slagle Cemetery Ben Hur Slemp Cemetery Big Stone Gap Slemp Cemetery Big Stone Gap Smith Cemetery Coleman Gap Smith Cemetery Ben Hur Spangler Cemetery Hubbard Springs Stanley Cemetery Coleman Gap Sturgil Cemetery Big Stone Gap Surgener Cemetery Rose Hill Sword Cemetery Ben Hur Thomas Cemetery Rose Hill Thomas Cemetery Rose Hill Thompson Cemetery Hubbard Springs Thompson Cemetery Ben Hur Turner Cemetery Pennington Gap Vanderventer Cem. Sneedville Waddell Cemetery Ben Hur Wade Cemetery Big Stone Gap Wampler Cemetery Ben Hur Wampler Cemetery Big Stone Gap Wares Cemetery Coleman Gap Whisman Cemetery Rose Hill Whitteker Cemetery Stickleyville Williams Cemetery Kyles Ford Willis Campbells Duffield Wilson Cemetery Big Stone Gap Woodson Cemetery Wheeler Woodward Cemetery Ben Hur Woodward Cemetery Hubbard Springs Wynn Cemetery Hubbard Springs Wyrick Cemetery Rose Hill Yeary Cemetery Coleman Gap Yeary Cemetery Ewing York Cemetery Ben Hur . . . get a life. Eternal Life!

Forwarded message: From: Self <Single-user mode> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Lee Co., town, communities Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:25:06 -0500 The following are towns, communities, and neighborhoods of Lee Co. They are on the USGS maps. I will look up a few. _TOWN_ _MAP DISTRICT_ Ben Hur Ben Hur Benedict Pennington Gap Blackwater Ben Hur Bondurant (historical) Pennington Gap Bonny Blue Pennington Gap Boons Path Rose Hill Buckles (historical) Keokee Bundy Keokee Calvin Keokee Carrol Mill Rose Hill Caylor Ewing Cedar Hill Hubbard Springs Collier Mill Ben Hur Cowan Mill Ewing Darbyville Pennington Gap Darnell Town Keokee Deep Springs Big Stone Gap Delvale Keokee Dominion Pennington Gap Dona Looneys Gap Dryden Keokee Edds Mill Rose Hill Ely Keokee Ewing Ewing Fleenortown Hubbard Springs Gibson Mill Wheeler Gibson Station Wheeler Goodloe (historical) Big Stone Gap Hagan Rose Hill Harvey Big Stone Gap Henegartown Rose Hill Hockett Hubbard Springs Hubbard Springs Hubbard Springs Imperial (historical) Pennington Gap Jasper Big Stone Gap Johnsons Mill (historical) Keokee Jonesville Ben Hur Jonesville Camp Ground Hubbard Springs Keokee Keokee Kesterson Mill Ewing Kincer Mill Ben Hur Lee (historical) Pennington Gap Leona Mines (historical) Pennington Gap Maness Pennington Gap Mayflower Pennington Gap Mill Branch (historical) Keokee Mohawk (historical) Keokee Monarch Pennington Gap Nash Mill Wheeler Newtown Keokee Ocoonita Hubbard Springs Olinger Big Stone Gap Penn Lee Pennington Gap Pennington Gap Pennington Gap Pocket Pennington Gap Pughs Keokee Purcell Keokee Rawhide Keokee Robbins (historical) Keokee Rose Hill Rose Hill Saint Charles Pennington Gap Seminary Big Stone Gap Shepherd Hill Keokee Sigma Keokee Smiley Rose Hill Stickleyville Stickleyville Stone Creek Pennington Gap Sulphur Springs Ben Hur Turners Siding Pennington Gap Van Sneedville Wheeler Wheeler Wilson Hill Rose Hill Woodway Stickleyville . . . get a life. Eternal Life!

Forwarded message: From: Self <Single-user mode> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Lee Co., Churches Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:28:24 -0500 Lee Co. Churches from the USGS maps. I have some of the maps if you want a look up. _CHURCH NAME_ _MAP DISTRICT_ Arthur Chapel Ewing Bales Chapel (historical) Rose Hill Ball Chapel Rose Hill Banner Chapel (historical) Stickleyville Beech Grove Church Back Valley Beech Hill Church Pennington Gap Belcher Chapel Pennington Gap Bethel Church Hubbard Springs Big Door Church Ben Hur Blackwater Union Church Kyles Ford Blue Spring Church Stickleyville Bowling Church Ben Hur Burhart Chapel Pennington Gap Calvary Church Keokee Chances Chapel Rose Hill Chattels Station Church Ewing Corinth Church Ben Hur Cumbo Church Rose Hill Davis Chapel Ben Hur Ely Memorial Church Keokee Enon Church Rose Hill Ewing Church Coleman Gap Fairview Church Back Valley Faith Baptist Church Hubbard Springs First Baptist Church Ben Hur First Baptist Church Pennington Gap First Christian Church Pennington Gap First Methodist Church Ben Hur First Methodist Church Pennington Gap Flatwoods Church Hubbard Springs Flower Gap Church Kyles Ford Friendship Church Hubbard Springs Galilee Church Ben Hur Gibson Chapel Big Stone Gap Gilbert Memorial Church Ben Hur Glasses Memorial Church Ben Hur Green Hill Church Keokee Greenleaf Church Sneedville Hardy Creek Church Rose Hill Hoover Chapel Keokee Horton Memorial Ben Hur Hurricane Chapel Hubbard Springs Ingles Chapel Ewing Lambs Chapel Rose Hill Livingston Chapel Stickleyville Lone Branch Church Sneedville Long Ridge Church (historical) Ewing Lower Rose Hill Church Ewing Marble Hill Church Varilla Marions View Church Kyles Ford McClures Chapel Rose Hill McConnell Chapel Ben Hur Meadow Fork Church Pennington Gap Miller Chapel Ben Hur Mount Carmel Church Ewing Mount Carmel Church Ewing Mount Hope Church Ben Hur Mount Merriman Church Sneedville Mount Moriah Church Hubbard Springs Mount Olivet Church Rose Hill Mount View Church Stickleyville Mountain View Church Varilla Osborne Chapel Stickleyville Pine Grove Church Pennington Gap Plain View Church Ben Hur Pleasant Hill Church Hubbard Springs Pleasant View Church Stickleyville Pond View Church Ben Hur Robbins Chapel Keokee Rocklick Church Pennington Gap Roller Chapel Ben Hur Rosedale Church Back Valley Russell Chapel Hubbard Springs Saint Pious Catholic Church Pennington Gap Sarepta Church Kyles Ford Seminary United Methodist Ch. Big Stone Gap Silver Leaf Church Rose Hill Smith Chapel Coleman Gap Smith Chapel Ben Hur Speaks Chapel Rose Hill Station Creek Church Stickleyville Thompson Settlement Church Sneedville Turners Chapel (historical) Hubbard Springs Union Chapel (historical) Rose Hill Union Church Stickleyville Union Hill Church Kyles Ford Valley View Church Keokee Vanhuss Grove Church Back Valley Walnut Hill Church Wheeler Wesley Chapel Hubbard Springs White Shoals Church Rose Hill Willis Chapel Keokee York Church Ben Hur . . . get a life. Eternal Life!

Forwarded message: From: Self <Single-user mode> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Lee Co. Gaps Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:34:33 -0500 Gaps of Lee Co. from the USGS maps. _GAP NAME_ _MAP DISTRICT_ Bow Gap Ben Hur Brierfield Gap Rose Hill Britton Gap Rose Hill Butchers Gap Varilla Chadwell Gap Varilla Cranks Gap Hubbard Springs Cumberland Gap Middlesboro South Dalton Gap Keokee Darty Gap Keokee Deep Gap Benham Ely Gap Ewing Falling Water Gap Rose Hill Fitts Gap Sneedville Flower Gap Kyles Ford Gibsons Gap Varilla Hubbard Gap Hubbard Springs Hubbard Springs Gap Hubbard Springs Hunter Gap Ben Hur Jones Gap Back Valley Lovelady Gap Keokee Low Gap Keokee McLin Notch Ewing McLin Notch Ewing Middleton Gap Rose Hill Morris Gap Keokee Olinger Gap Big Stone Gap Pennington Gap Pennington Gap Scott Gap Keokee Slagle Gap Ben Hur Tip Top Gap Ben Hur Trace Gap Keokee Turkey Cove Gap Big Stone Gap Beech Spring Hubbard Springs Blue Spring Stickleyville Cheek Spring Ben Hur Crockett Spring Ben Hur Spout Spring Hubbard Springs Wake Spring Big Stone Gap . . . get a life. Eternal Life!

Forwarded message: From: Self <Single-user mode> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Hollow names of Lee Co. Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:36:41 -0500 Hollars of Lee Co. _HOLLOW NAME_ _MAP DISTRICT_ Allen Hollow Keokee Ball Hollow Ben Hur Barnes Hollow Wheeler Boggs Hollow Keokee Bowman Hollow Pennington Gap Caney Hollow Hubbard Springs Carroll Hollow Keokee Colliers Cove Keokee Cooper Hollow Pennington Gap Craft Hollow Keokee Crusenberry Hollow Pennington Gap Deirth Hollow Pennington Gap Estep Hollow Coleman Gap Fallin Hollow Stickleyville Garrison Hollow Keokee Holmes Hollow Keokee Keck Hollow Wheeler Kimberland Hollow Stickleyville Kinzer Hollow Hubbard Springs Lewis Hollow Middlesboro South Long Hollow Rose Hill Long Hollow Ben Hur McConnell Hollow Keokee Miller Cove Pennington Gap Old Still Hollow Big Stone Gap Parsons Hollow Keokee Possum Hollow Rose Hill Rasnic Hollow Stickleyville Roberts Hollow Keokee Scott Hollow Rose Hill Smith Hollow Coleman Gap Wheeler Hollow Varilla Whisman Hollow Keokee . . . get a life. Eternal Life!

Forwarded message: From: Self <Single-user mode> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Lee Co. Springs & Ridges Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:38:54 -0500 _NAME _ _MAP DISTRICT_ Beech Spring Hubbard Springs Blue Spring Stickleyville Cheek Spring Ben Hur Crockett Spring Ben Hur Spout Spring Hubbard Springs Wake Spring Big Stone Gap Big Ridge Duffield Brooks Ridge Coleman Gap Chestnut Flats Sneedville Chestnut Ridge Back Valley Chestnut Ridge Hubbard Springs Chestnut Ridge Ben Hur Divide Ridge Benham Newman Ridge Kyles Ford Newman Ridge Kyles Ford Poor Valley Ridge Rose Hill Purchase Ridge Duffield Sandy Ridge Ben Hur Stone Ridge Stickleyville Tanbark Ridge Ben Hur Wallen Ridge Ben Hur . . . get a life. Eternal Life!

Forwarded message: From: Self <Single-user mode> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Lee Co., School names Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:42:27 -0500 Lee Co. school names from the USGS maps. _SCHOOL NAME_ _MAP DISTRICT_ Anderson School (historical) Kyles Ford Beech Grove School Back Valley Beech Spring School (historical) Hubbard Springs Belgium School (historical) Pennington Gap Bethel School Hubbard Springs Blackwater School Ben Hur Brooks Hall School (historical) Rose Hill Browns School Coleman Gap Carters Institute (historical) Stickleyville Cedar Front School (historical) Stickleyville Cedar Hill School (historical) Hubbard Springs County Industrial School Ewing Dean School Coleman Gap Deep Spring School (historical) Big Stone Gap Dry School (historical) Keokee Dryden Elementary School Keokee Elijah Knob School Stickleyville Elk Knob Elementary School Stickleyville Elk Knob School (historical) Stickleyville Elydale School Varilla Evergreen School Ewing Flatwoods Elementary School Hubbard Springs Flower Gap School (historical) Kyles Ford Green Hill School (historical) Keokee Hamblin School Hubbard Springs High Top School Rose Hill Holmes School (historical) Keokee Horton School (historical) Rose Hill Hunter Gap School (historical) Ben Hur Jasper School (historical) Big Stone Gap Johnson School (historical) Looneys Gap Jonesville Middle School Ben Hur Keokee Elementary School Keokee Larmer School Stickleyville Laurel Grove School (historical) Stickleyville Lee High School Ben Hur Lone Branch School Sneedville Long Hollow School Ben Hur Long Hollow School (historical) Rose Hill Low Gap School Hubbard Springs Maple Hill School (historical) Hubbard Springs Meadow Fork School (historical) Pennington Gap Midway School Hubbard Springs Miller School (historical) Ben Hur Mohawk School (historical) Keokee Mount Davidson School Back Valley Mount Washington School Sneedville Oak Grove School Ben Hur Pennington Middle School Pennington Gap Pine Grove School (historical) Pennington Gap Pleasant View School (historical) Rose Hill Puckett School (historical) Pennington Gap Robbins Chapel School Keokee Rock Castle School Ben Hur Rocklick School (historical) Pennington Gap Rocky Run School (historical) Ben Hur Rosehill Elementary School Rose Hill Saint Charles Elementary School Pennington Gap Sand Spring School Ben Hur Sarepta School Kyles Ford Seminary School (historical) Big Stone Gap Sproles Chapel School (historical) Middlesboro South Steeprock School (historical) Hubbard Springs Stickleyville Elementary School Stickleyville Tip Top School (historical) Ben Hur Walker School Ewing Walnut Hill School (historical) Wheeler Woodvine School (historical) Varilla York School (historical) Ben Hur . . . get a life. Eternal Life!

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Just recieved this on another mailing list .. To all of you interested in the Family Search site.....my brother in law is an employee of the LDS Church and was the head of Family Search for some time. I wrote him yesterday about the site to say that no one could get on because the server was busy.....this is his reply. Michele They don't want anyone on the server now. They aren't ready for any Beta type testing. They took it down today to put in special passwords. Somebody leaked or someone discovered the network's pre-beta test address and put the address up on the net. The internet system will not be ready for any outside internal evaluators for some period of time. Can't tell you when -- I don't think anyone knows. ==== NCASHE Mailing List ==== Researching the following surnames: BURKE, CARTER, PATRICK, WINGO, McGRADY, WIMBERLEY, WITT/WHITT, HENSLEY, ROBERTSON.

"Play it Again Sam (Eddie)"... that was great info on Tazewell County..LOVED IT...thank you..thank you. and for the LDS site tip... and for all of the others with additions regarding Tazewell County..it is very much appreciated... How's Toto like OZ (VA)... Pam Researching the following surnames: BURKE, CARTER, PATRICK, WINGO, McGRADY, WIMBERLEY, WITT/WHITT, HENSLEY, ROBERTSON.

Hi Guys, Could someone out there explain to me how to use this site...I finally got thru and it was asking for User Name and a password.. exactly what should be entered in these areas.. do I just use my name and then make up a password..??? It wouldn't completely load the site...probably because I didn't enter info correctly..can someone Please help here... Pam Researching the following surnames: BURKE, CARTER, PATRICK, WINGO, McGRADY, WIMBERLEY, WITT/WHITT, HENSLEY, ROBERTSON. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Griffith [SMTP:tango2@bellsouth.net] Sent: Sunday, March 14, 1999 8:23 PM To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: LDS sight This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------023DB6A2EFA1261A9CB73323 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit the LDS sight is up and working, it's at http://eval.familysearch.com/default.asp I just tried it and boy is it busy! --------------023DB6A2EFA1261A9CB73323 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="tango2.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Paul Griffith Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="tango2.vcf" begin:vcard n:Griffith;Paul x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:tango2@bellsouth.net x-mozilla-cpt:;0 end:vcard --------------023DB6A2EFA1261A9CB73323-- ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== #8 Anyone interested and researching SW VA and Appalachian history might be interested in the Fincastle History Forum list. Contact Edgar at ehoward@conknet.com or swvaroot@swva.net for a copy of the rules.

This has got to be the post of the week. GREAT DATA, THANKS. -sysop Date forwarded: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 16:13:25 -0800 (PST) Date sent: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:14:01 -0500 From: Peggy Short <lpshort@netscope.net> Subject: Tazewell County Schools To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com According to TAZEWELL COUNTY HERITAGE VOL.1 Asberry School was a one room school house located on the southside of Clinch Mountain where routes 601 and 16 connect. It was built around 1885. "Toto, I don't think we are in NH any more."

Howdy the list; Well someone didn't do their job, which is natural when it comes to the Feds. Left out of the cemetery list is that of the Whitaker Family, on Whitaker Ridge. A lot of the Whitaker descendents have ancestors buried there. Shame-shame. And of course the Burke Family Cemetery at Jewell Ridge. It was opened with the burial of James Burk, d. 1888 and the last is that of Rebecca Mitchell Burke, d. 1941. This cemetery is located on road 621, just east of the old UMWofA Union Hall. The only excuse the Feds had for missing these two important small cemeteries is that the Whitaker Family Cemetery is densely overgrown and the Burke Family Cemetery was just within the past 10 years recovered from the wilderness. These errors probably are just a small portion of unknown, unmarked cemeteries in the county. Folks, I have a list of the persons buried in the Burke Cemetery. The Rootsweb folks bounced my message when I added it into the text of this response. Any one interested should contact me directly at the above address. David. M. Burke deburgh@scescape.net

According to TAZEWELL COUNTY HERITAGE VOL.1 Asberry School was a one room school house located on the southside of Clinch Mountain where routes 601 and 16 connect. It was built around 1885. Mitchell School built around 1902 was located about two miles west of Rt. 16 beside of Rt. 106. It started out as a one room school but it had another room added. Bandy Elementary School was located in Sinking Waters. Baptist Valley School - from the early 1900's til 1923 there were two - both one room schools called West Baptist and East Baptist. A new school was built in 1922. There was also a Baptist Valley Two Year High School from 1930 -1950. Barns School was the first school in Tazewell County and was located in the cove. It was built by and was on land owned by early settle Robert Barnes. Beechfork School was located between Bandy and Amonate. Benbow High School was a two story weatherboarded building located in the upper end of Thompson Valley. Bishop-Graded School built 1931 near the foot of Big Stony Ridge. Bluestone School was built in the 1920's. It was located on the Bluefield Tazewell Rd. Burkes Garden High School was built in 1915. Burkes Garden Elementary School was erected in 1961 in the old high school site. Cedar Bluff High School located on Jones Chapel Rd. Cliffield elementary located at Cliffield was built in the 1900's. In 1952 a new school was built between Cliffield and Maxwell. Cove Creek School - 1st before 1890 a mile above the Bland County Line; 2nd - on Rt. 61 constructed in 1925 at the entrance to the Cove Rd. which crosses East River Mountain to Bluefield Va. Cove Elementary School - 1st built around 1920 2nd built in 1954 both located near Liberty. Crocketts Cove School - located at Stony Ridge. Was replaced by the Bishop School. Doran School - located in Doran - held in the Miles Chapel Church. Horsepen Cove - located on the Virginia West Va border. Laurel Braanch School was located abt one mile east of the Tannersville Post Office. Laurel Creek School was located about one mile up Laurel Creek near Bandy. Logan Street School located atop a hill overlooking downtown Bluefield. Pisgah School was located on old Rt. 460 between Frog Level and Crab Orchard Museum (near the new 460). Ravens Nest Branch School was located about three miles from Cedar Bluff taking highway 631 and turning left on 626 about one mile. Red Ash Elementary School was off old route 460 in Red Ash in a bottom on the other side of the railroad tracks. Rhudy School was in Burkes Garden. Rivermont Elementary School was on Dry Fork (Rt. 637) Sluss School was located in Upper Mudfork. St. Clair School was located in Tazewell on what is now the Old Fincastle Turnpike. Steelsburg School located just off route 19 about a mile West of Claypool Hill. Some articles mention the teachers or principals, the dates when they were open, etc. There is another part in the book about schools that are open now as well as a section about private schools. These schools I have mentioned are no longer in use.

Howdy list; Jewell Ridge Elementary School was built at the expense of the Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. Seven grades were taught there. I "graduated" the 7th grade there in 1945. I think that the building has been razed. It was sited just to the right of the Presbyterian Church which is still active. Teachers were hired by the County, but salaries and lodging were supplemented by the Coal Corp. Stinson Ridge school does no longer exist. My father taught there in the early days, like 1910-1920. This school was closed prior to 1950. In my mess somewhere, I have a copy of the front facade of the Stinson Ridge school. Cedar Bluff Elementary school was located in the town of Cedar Bluff. My uncle was at one time the principal of that school. The Lairds Chapel school was torn down before my time. I remember my parents talking about going to "meeting" (church) at the Lairds Chapel school. My father may have taught there before taking on the Stinson Ridge School. The location is on the road to Bear Wallow, near the intersection of Reynolds Ridge. My second cousin was teaching at the Raven School about two years ago and as far as I know, that school is still operating. Richlands High School is still in operation although the campus has been moved. I graduated from that institution in 1949. The Seaboard School is long gone. I don't remember where it was. David. M. Burke deburgh@scescape.net

_Name_ _District_ Abbs Valley Bramwell Baldwin Hollow Jewell Ridge Baptist Valley Pounding Mill Beaver Hollow Jewell Ridge Brewster Hollow Tazewell North Broad Hollow Tiptop Brown Hollow Richlands Brown Hollow Richlands Carpet Hollow Jewell Ridge Chicken Coop Hollow Jewell Ridge Clinch Valley Tiptop Crag Hollow Tiptop Dark Hollow Tiptop Doughton Hollow Richlands East Town Hollow Richlands Farling Hollow Tiptop Fed Hollow Jewell Ridge Freestone Valley Broadford Gillespie Hollow Richlands Goodwin Hollow Jewell Ridge Kentucky Hollow Richlands Little Valley Chatham Hill Long Hollow Jewell Ridge Lynn Hollow Tiptop McGuire Valley Pounding Mill Millstone Hollow Richlands Muddy Hollow Jewell Ridge Murry Hollow Jewell Ridge Neal Hollow Bramwell North Hollow Hutchinson Rock Piney Spring Hollow Richlands Poor Valley Hutchinson Rock Possum Hollow Tazewell South Pratter Hollow Bramwell Puckett Hollow Tiptop Rattlesnake Hollow Hutchinson Rock Sam King Hollow Jewell Ridge Snag Hollow Tiptop Sugar Tree Hollow Tazewell South Sulphur Spring Hollow Richlands Thompson Valley Tazewell South Town Hollow Richlands Ward Cove Pounding Mill Whites Hollow Richlands Wildcat Hollow Jewell Ridge Witten Valley Tazewell South Wrights Valley Cove Creek "Toto, I don't think we are in NH any more."

These are cemeteries that are on the USGS maps. I don't have the maps and don't know where the cem. is. -syop FAMILY DISTRICT Ball Cemetery Honaker Barns Cemetery Broadford Billips Cemetery Tiptop Billips Cemetery Tiptop Billips Cemetery Tiptop Billips Cemetery Tiptop Bowen Cemetery Tiptop Bowman Cemetery Bramwell Bowman Cemetery Tiptop Bowman Cemetery Tiptop Brown Cemetery Saltville Brown Cemetery Tiptop Brown Cemetery Garden Mountain Buchanan Cemetery Hutchinson Rock Burkes Garden Central Cemetery Garden Mountain Caldwell Cemetery Chatham Hill Carter Cemetery Tiptop Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands Company Cemetery Jewell Ridge Compton Cemetery Bramwell Crabtree Cemetery Chatham Hill Crabtree Cemetery Hutchinson Rock Dickenson Cemetery Tiptop Dickenson Cemetery Tiptop Dillon Cemetery Tiptop Dudley Cemetery Bramwell Earls Cemetery Tiptop Epperson Cemetery Tiptop French Cemetery Tiptop Graham Cemetery Tiptop Grandview Memory Gardens Cove Creek Green Cemetery Bramwell Green Cemetery Tiptop Green Hills Memorial Gardens Richlands Hankins Cemetery Richlands Harmon Cemetery Tiptop Harmon Cemetery Tiptop Harper Cemetery Tiptop Hayes Cemetery Tiptop Herts Cemetery Tiptop Holmes Cemetery Broadford Ireson Cemetery Tiptop Keister Cemetery Broadford Lester Cemetery Saltville Lowe Cemetery Jewell Ridge Maple Hill Cemetery Cove Creek Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell North Martin Cemetery Chatham Hill Mathena Cemetery Tiptop Mays Cemetery Tiptop McDowell Cemetery Tiptop McMullen Cemetery Tiptop Mitchell Cemetery Chatham Hill Mohawk Cemetery Bramwell Moore Cemetery Tiptop Morton Cemetery Tiptop Mullin Cemetery Bramwell Music Cemetery Bramwell Necessary Cemetery Chatham Hill Osborne Cemetery Broadford Page Cemetery Bramwell Peery Cemetery Tiptop Perdus Cemetery Bramwell Pocahontas Cemetery Bramwell Ratcliff Cemetery Broadford Saint Lukes Cemetery Cove Creek Sanders Cemetery Tiptop Sawyer Cemetery Jewell Ridge Sinkford Cemetery Tiptop Sluss Cemetery Tiptop Smith Cemetery Jewell Ridge Stevens Cemetery Tiptop Swim Cemetery Bramwell Tabor Cemetery Bramwell Tabor Cemetery Bramwell Taylor Cemetery Broadford Taylor Cemetery Tiptop Thompson Cemetery Hutchinson Rock Thompson Cemetery Hutchinson Rock Thompson Cemetery Tiptop Thompson Cemetery Garden Mountain Valley Vista Cemetery Cove Creek Wagner Cemetery Bramwell Wagner Cemetery Bramwell Wagner Cemetery Tiptop Wallace Cemetery Tiptop Ward Cemetery Broadford Watts Cemetery Tiptop Wilburn Cemetery Tiptop Wilburn Cemetery Tiptop Witten Cemetery Tiptop Yates Cemetery Tiptop "Toto, I don't think we are in NH any more."

_NAME_ _DISTRICT_ Airaudi Run Broadford Alum Branch Tazewell South Barkcamp Branch Hutchinson Rock Beaverpond Creek Bramwell Beech Fork Amonate Big Branch Bramwell Big Creek Richlands Bills Branch Amonate Blue Spring Creek Garden Mountain Bluestone River Bramwell Brush Fork Bramwell Burkes Garden Creek Cove Creek Cave Section Branch Pounding Mill Cavitts Creek Tazewell North Coal Branch Amonate Coal Creek Richlands Coal Run Bramwell Coon Branch Hutchinson Rock Corrells Branch Tazewell South Cove Branch Hutchinson Rock Cove Creek Cove Creek Cox Branch Tiptop Crooked Run Garden Mountain Curran Branch Anawalt Dalton Branch Tiptop Deskin Creek Pounding Mill Dix Creek Tazewell North Doubles Branch Tazewell South Dry Branch Richlands Dry Fork Amonate Earl Branch Pounding Mill East Fork Cove Creek Cove Creek Farmers Branch Anawalt Ferguson Branch Tazewell North Goose Creek Tazewell North Gose Branch Garden Mountain Greasy Creek Amonate Gwyns Branch Tazewell South Haynes Branch Bramwell Horsepen Creek Tazewell North Indian Creek Richlands Indian Creek Richlands Jackson Fork Amonate Jacobs Fork War Jamison Creek Keen Mountain Jessie Branch Richlands Johnson Branch Tazewell North Johny Branch Amonate Jonathan Branch Bramwell Katie Branch Richlands Laurel Branch Tiptop Laurel Creek Richlands Laurel Fork Tazewell North Laurel Fork Bramwell Laurel Fork Pounding Mill Left Fork Coal Creek Richlands Lewis Fork Amonate Liberty Creek Pounding Mill Lick Branch Amonate Lincolnshire Branch Tazewell North Little Creek Cove Creek Little Horsepen Creek Tazewell North Little Town Hill Creek Richlands Locust Branch Tazewell South Long Branch Amonate Long Branch Jewell Ridge Low Gap Branch Tazewell North Lowe Branch Pounding Mill Maiden Spring Creek Pounding Mill Matneys Branch Chatham Hill McCoy Branch Richlands Middle Creek Richlands Mile Branch Tazewell North Mill Creek Richlands Mud Fork Bramwell Mudley Branch Cove Creek Mudlick Creek Richlands Mundy Branch Tazewell North North Branch Indian Creek Amonate North Fork Clinch River Tiptop Oneida Branch Cove Creek Panther Branch Amonate Perry Branch Cove Creek Plum Creek Tazewell South Pounding Mill Branch Pounding Mill Raven Nest Branch Pounding Mill Ray Fork Amonate Reeds Branch Bramwell Rhudy Branch Garden Mountain Roaring Fork Hutchinson Rock Shadle Branch Tazewell South Shinawl Branch Tazewell South Slickrock Branch Hutchinson Rock Smith Branch Jewell Ridge Smith Branch Richlands Snyder Branch Garden Mountain South Branch Indian Creek Amonate South Fork Clinch River Tiptop Station Spring Creek Hutchinson Rock Station Spring Creek Garden Mountain Stillhouse Branch Broadford Teels Branch Tiptop Town Hill Creek Richlands West Fork Big Creek Richlands West Fork Cove Creek Cove Creek West Fork Plum Creek Tazewell South White Oak Branch Tazewell South Whitley Branch Tazewell North William Branch Amonate Wrights Valley Creek Cove Creek Yokel Branch Tiptop Zeke Creek Richlands "Toto, I don't think we are in NH any more."

These schools are on the USGS maps. I don't know there location. _SCHOOL_ _DISTRICT_ Abbs Valley-Boissevain School Anawalt Baptist Valley School (historical) Pounding Mill Beech Fork School (historical) Amonate Benbow School (historical) Tazewell South Bishop School Tazewell North Bluefield College Bastian Bluestone School (historical) Cove Creek Burkes Garden High School (historical) Garden Mountain Cedar Bluff Elementary School Richlands Cliffield School (historical) Pounding Mill Cottage Hill School (historical) Richlands Cove School Pounding Mill Dudley School Cove Creek Fairview School (historical) Cove Creek Falls Mills Elementary School Bramwell Fork Ridge School (historical) Keen Mountain Graham High School Cove Creek Graham Intermediate School Bramwell Graham Middle School Cove Creek Gratton School Tiptop Gray Branch School (historical) Richlands Healing Springs School (historical) Tazewell North Hill City School (historical) Richlands Hill Creek School (historical) Richlands Horsepen School (historical) Tazewell North Indian Creek School (historical) Amonate Jewell Ridge Elementary School Jewell Ridge Lairds Chapel School (historical) Jewell Ridge Laurel School (historical) Tiptop Lester School (historical) Saltville Liberty School (historical) Pounding Mill Lick Branch School (historical) Amonate Linkous School (historical) Tazewell North Little River School (historical) Pounding Mill Logan Street School Bramwell Matney School (historical) Jewell Ridge Mill Creek School (historical) Honaker Mitchell School (historical) Tazewell South Mud Fork School (historical) Tiptop North Tazewell Elementary School Tazewell North Paint Lick School (historical) Richlands Pisgah School (historical) Tazewell South Pocahontas Combined School Bramwell Pounding Mill School (historical) Pounding Mill Raven Elementary School Richlands Raven Nest School (historical) Pounding Mill Red Ash School (historical) Richlands Red Oak Ridge School (historical) Richlands Reedy School (historical) Amonate Reedy School (historical) Jewell Ridge Rhudy School (historical) Tazewell South Richlands High School Richlands Richlands Middle School Richlands Rivermont School (historical) Amonate Road Ridge School (historical) Honaker Saint Clair School (historical) Cove Creek Seaboard School (historical) Jewell Ridge Sinking Waters School (historical) Amonate Sluss School Tiptop Smith School (historical) Jewell Ridge Southwest Virginia Community College Richlands Springville School (historical) Tiptop Steeleburg School (historical) Richlands Stinson School (historical) Jewell Ridge Tannersville School (historical) Broadford Tazewell County High School (historical) Bramwell Tazewell High School Tazewell South Tazewell Middle School Tiptop Thompson School (historical) Hutchinson Rock Thompson Valley Elementary School Tazewell South Tip Top School (historical) Tiptop Virginia School (historical) Bramwell Wexler-Tabor School (historical) Anawalt Whites School (historical) Richlands "Toto, I don't think we are in NH any more."