I just wrote to Mr.Edgar Howard recommending a book and he suggests that it would be good to post the message to the List. So here goes: "Mr. Howard: I just read your message of about an hour ago about "Benge". I want to read it. I also would like to recommend a book that made a great impression on me, and I believe our friends on the list would enjoy reading it. "The Education of Little Tree", by Forrest Carter, was originally to be named, "Me and Grandpa". It is Carter's autobiographical remembrances of life with his Eastern Cherokee Hill country grandparents, after being orphaned. It is a touching account of 1930s depression-era life. Rennard Strickland in his forward of the book says, "The Education of Little Tree' is a book from which one never quite recovers. After reading Little Tree one never again sees the world in quite the same way." Probably most of us on the list have read it - for those who haven't I highly recommend it. I just recently subscribed to the list, and I can hardly wait to check the mail - morning and night? Thank you." Ruth Doss Hanley - AND EDDIE SAYS, "GET A LIFE. ETERNAL LIFE." and I'm for that!!

That's O.K. Pam! I was just trying to keep the ball rolling.....but your doing a pretty darn good job of it, I must say!

-----Original Message----- From: Diane Taylor [SMTP:djtaylor@puc.edu] Sent: Friday, February 26, 1999 2:13 PM To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re:Old-Time Remedies Edward Boggs wrote: > What "Old-Time" remedies were handed down in your families? Edward: You mean, like getting a wool sock (or strip of wool material) wet with cold water, wrapping it snugly around the neck and covering it with a piece of cotton; pining it in place with a diaper pin? (what did they use before diaper pins??) This was done in my house for sore throats and really worked. In the morning, we would wake up with the sore throat gone!! Guess the wool heated up and drew out the soreness. My mother always used this on all her children and I used it on mine. I wonder if they remember that? I am sure it was passed down to my mother from her mother and grandmother. (mother was only 16 when she had her first of 8 babies) I will have to ask her. I also remember I hated to have it put on (it was sooo cold) and then in the morning, I hated to have it taken off (it was so nice and warm and comforting-feeling). Okay, this was too chatty, Edward. But you got me started! Diane Biggar-Taylor ==== 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. [Pam Moehling] Hi Everyone, Don't some of these old time things we discuss amaze a lot of you...it does me... I'm not that old but have tried this and I can tell you that this one REALLY works.... If you have a child who is really fretful because they are teething..you take an egg and place it inside a sock..you then hang the sock in a closet and forget about it...and the child won't have a hard time cutting new teeth at all..heard about this from an old lady friend we new and it worked with both of my sons...this sounds crazy, doesn't it..and I didn't even remember doing this until I read Diane's story...and let me tell you if you have two babies, both in diapers, and one is giving you fits crying all the time..you'll try anything!!! <g> Pam

While I agree that "The Education of Little Tree" is a good read, it is not autobiographical. The Library of Congress lists it as fiction. The author used this hoax to sell his book. It is a good story anyway, Regina > >I just read your message of about an hour ago about "Benge". I want to read >it. I also would like to recommend a book that made a great impression on me, >and I believe our friends on the list would enjoy reading it. > >"The Education of Little Tree", by Forrest Carter, was originally to be named, >"Me and Grandpa". It is Carter's autobiographical remembrances of life with >his Eastern Cherokee Hill country grandparents, after being orphaned. It is a >touching account of 1930s depression-era life. > >Rennard Strickland in his forward of the book says, "The Education of Little >Tree' is a book from which one never quite recovers. After reading Little >Tree one never again sees the world in quite the same way." > >Probably most of us on the list have read it - for those who haven't I highly >recommend it. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Seeking information on Charles Cole 1761-1831 m Elizabeth Stoneman 1771-1831. Don't know where he was born, but his children and grandchildren were born in Grayson Co. Have a pretty good gedcom for Charles' descendants, but no info on Charles' ancestors. Would share info.

In my family there is a variation of this that a boy who grows to manhood without ever seeing his father has special powers. -Regina >The seventh son of a seventh son was supposed to have the gift of healing. >Along this line, a child whose father died before it was born was supposed >to be able to cure "thrush" by blowing in the baby's mouth. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Edward Boggs wrote: > What "Old-Time" remedies were handed down in your families? Edward: You mean, like getting a wool sock (or strip of wool material) wet with cold water, wrapping it snugly around the neck and covering it with a piece of cotton; pining it in place with a diaper pin? (what did they use before diaper pins??) This was done in my house for sore throats and really worked. In the morning, we would wake up with the sore throat gone!! Guess the wool heated up and drew out the soreness. My mother always used this on all her children and I used it on mine. I wonder if they remember that? I am sure it was passed down to my mother from her mother and grandmother. (mother was only 16 when she had her first of 8 babies) I will have to ask her. I also remember I hated to have it put on (it was sooo cold) and then in the morning, I hated to have it taken off (it was so nice and warm and comforting-feeling). Okay, this was too chatty, Edward. But you got me started! Diane Biggar-Taylor

Sorry guys, I mailed the last one via forward by mistake.

--WebTV-Mail-1717566943-1471 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-1717566943-1471 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhRn3yLXcGctvRAlywshdTBLofyq6wIVAL2tRep89eRbqhkg0UNoa5BJ1hJI From: scotlandforever@webtv.net (Edward Boggs) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 14:08:28 -0500 (EST) To: bkpr1@netins.net Subject: Re: re HAT Message-ID: <29580-36D6F12C-2549@mailtod-172.iap.bryant.webtv.net> In-Reply-To: "Kathy Bemisdarfer" <bkpr1@netins.net>'s message of Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:36:03 -0600 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) My g-grandfather also wore bib-overalls, nothing new about that. Just thinking how people used to wear "Jeans" as a utility wear, now as a fashion. --WebTV-Mail-1717566943-1471--

--WebTV-Mail-529190198-796 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-529190198-796 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAuAhUAoaw9sSm4EAA8c2JSzszp+zXSFPECFQC6SXswKt2WsVXBm7CWYGvI68Tmqg== From: scotlandforever@webtv.net (Edward Boggs) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 14:34:00 -0500 (EST) To: ehoward@conknet.com (Edgar A. Howard) Subject: Re: re HAT Message-ID: <14251-36D6F728-2427@mailtod-171.iap.bryant.webtv.net> In-Reply-To: "Edgar A. Howard" <ehoward@conknet.com>'s message of Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:11:19 -0500 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) What "Old-Time" remedies were handed down in your families? --WebTV-Mail-529190198-796--

Looking for any information on the Haney family from Buchanan. I think they ran the Boutetort Hotel for a number of years. Henry Haney left Virginia in the mid 1800's and moved to Indiana and Iowa -- possibly looking for gold? Married Eliza Ann Fish and they ended up in Kansas City, Missouri. Also, looking for information on Tilghman Fish who, I believe, was born in Virginia in the early 1800's. Thanks Nanette Richard Director, Alumni Programs University of Utah Alumni Association Phone: 801(581-3708) FAX: 801(581-3711) e-mail: nrichard@alumni.utah.edu nrichard@worldnet.att.net

I'm told that my grandfather, died 1950, wear a coat year 'round. Saying that what kept the cold out would keep the heat out. He was a carpenter in the Moccasin Creek Valley. -eddie <<I don't know if there was a custom, but my Grandfather wore a Straw hat in the summer time, and in the winter time he wore a Felt Hat. He saved his good Hat for Church. Most men would always wear some type of head covering, saving their best one for church. I don't think I ever saw my Grandfather David Vance go anywhere with out his hat. He even wore long underwear under his work clothes in the summer time. I remember seeing him once as he went to bed, he even wore them. He and his Hat would be wringing wet with sweat when he came in from working in the fields. He said this kept him from getting a cold. He was a Coal Miner, farmer and logger. ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== #7 "Roll Calls" or such by other names are to be called by the SYSOP ONLY. NO WARNINGS!! Each member is free to post their SURNAMES anytime they please. . . . get a life. Eternal Life!

I don't know if there was a custom, but my Grandfather wore a Straw hat in the summer time, and in the winter time he wore a Felt Hat. He saved his good Hat for Church. Most men would always wear some type of head covering, saving their best one for church. I don't think I ever saw my Grandfather David Vance go anywhere with out his hat. He even wore long underwear under his work clothes in the summer time. I remember seeing him once as he went to bed, he even wore them. He and his Hat would be wringing wet with sweat when he came in from working in the fields. He said this kept him from getting a cold. He was a Coal Miner, farmer and logger.

When I was about 3 years old, I remember wanting to wear my grandfather's hat. It was what I would describe as a straw cowboy hat. Is this something someone would wear on a farm? I believe they were coalminers though. (He was from Wise Co. and Pennington Gap.)

I have added 33 more SURNAMES for 10 of the members on the Surname Database at http://www2.fortunecity.com/millenium/quarrybank/194/swabc.htm Fred Preston

I have recently uncovered some information in my mothers paper that perhaps will help me solve a nagging problem. My mothers parents were: William Michael Fleenor b. 1875 in Washington Co.. d. 8/1947 in Dante, VA m. Lundy Cynthia Sigman (Sigmen) 1898 in Holston, Va (Washington Co..) William had a number of brothers and sisters the only one I know for sure was a Isaac Fleenor. There is information available that suggest that William and Isaac may be the sons of William Westly Fleenor;however, the William listed was a William M. but married to somebody else. It is possible that he was married prior as he was 8 years older than my grandmother. If anyone has information that will help end this roadblock I would be appreciative. I am also looking for any leads on Lundy Cynthia Sigman. Thanks for any help. Mike Lacy

Hello Audrey Bethel is about 3 miles west of Damascus toward Abingdon on rt. 58. Lodi is about 4 miles north of Damascus toward Glade Spring on rt. 91. Also I know people with the names MINTON, DUTTON, COLE AND COMEHNAVER in and around Abingdon. If I may assist you let me know. Danny Freeman -----Original Message----- From: B4solong@aol.com <B4solong@aol.com> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 8:52 PM Subject: Locations >I have been reading with interest the postings to this list. > >I have been reviewing some of the information furnished me by my family and >also searching my atllas for towns mentioned. I found Damascus and Gates City >but where can I find Bethel and Lido? > >Researching SW VA for MINTON, DUTTON, HOLBROOK, COLE, STEFFEY, SKEEN, EVANS, >ROBINSON AND COPENHAVER. > >Any info appreciated. > >Thanks, >Audrey Jeffries > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#9 As of 2/27/1999 we have 485 members. Traffic can get heavy so check your >mailbox often. We should regulate traffic so it don't get out of hand. >There is an average of ten members coming and going each week. >-sysop > >

Looking for info on Archibald Calvin Blankenbeckler b 9 June 1877 Scott Co Va Helen Cast hcast@shore.intercom.net

Lewis Preston Summers in his book, History of Southwest Virginia 1746-1786 and Washington County 1777-1870, names in his list of Revolutionary soldiers a David Thomas. Possibly, this David is an ancestor but I have been unable to find any further mention of him. Would anyone have any further information or possibly know where Summers may have gathered his information. Any help and suggestions are appreciated.

G. Lee, <<the "Old Glade" road>>> How do you know this, and how did you know it was called the "Old Glade", and why was it called the Old Glade?? You confirm my theory so I believe you. <g> I don't see the Cummings Syncline but I do see the Shutters Cem. I grew up on the Old Glade Road. I'm interested in your source. Thanks. -eddie . . . get a life. Eternal Life!