Greetings all and Happy New Year! I have been on your site for some months and enjoy the stories about SW VA. I was there for several days about ten years ago and wished I could stay indefinitely. The land of my roots! My Great-Grandfather, Noah Reynolds Hobbs, was born in Russell County in 1805. I have periodically searched for his parents for years without success. They moved from the area probably by 1816 and went to Indiana-then to Missouri - then to Nebraska and Wyoming. If anyone on the mailing list has a Hobbs ancestor I'd like to hear from you. Otherwise, I'll continue to enjoy the information each of you contribute. Carol McManus CCMcManus@aol.com Colorado

Found these - don't know if they are yours, but might be related, and offer possible clues: Source: Scofield, Flossie, One Line of Descent, Thomas Alley, Jacob Need and Allied Lines. Neodesha, Kan.: unknown, 1973 Azby Christon Alley, b. 1806, md. 15 Dec. 1825, Noah R. Hobbs, Franklin Co., IN. Sampson Alley, b. 20 Aug. 1797, md. 28 Nov. 1819, Lucretia (Creecy) Hobbs, Franklin Co., IN. (He md. 2nd, Mrs. Susan Hillman.) These two were children of Samuel Alley of Henry, Russell and Wash. Cos. VA area, apparently all born before the family came to IN. Book has substantial info on the Alleys, including that Samuel and two of his sons left VA about 1810 by flatboat on the Ohio. ----------- Source: Addington, Robert M., History of Scott County, Virginia. Kingsport, Tenn.: Kingsport Press, 1932 No date on this specific reference, but it was from a reminiscent article by an old man published in 1914: just mentions Noah Hobbs as one of several men involved in early boating on the Clinch and/or Holston Rivers. Book also names Noah, Kesire, Elizabeth, A. J., David and Henderson Hobbs on an early but undated membership list of the Sulphur Spring Baptist Church, later called Darthula. No location other than the county. ----------- Enjoy! Genie --- CCMcManus@aol.com wrote: > My Great-Grandfather, Noah Reynolds Hobbs, was > born in Russell County in > 1805. I have periodically searched for his > parents for years without success. > They moved from the area probably by 1816 and > went to Indiana-then to > Missouri - then to Nebraska and Wyoming. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com