SW_VA-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > SW_VA-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 70 > > Today's Topics: > #1 SURNAMES ["George Basden" <gebasden@worldnet] > #2 Unidentified subject! ["zandra s walker" <ZWALKERMBROWN@p] > #3 Re: Burial Practices [dannyf@naxs.com (Danny Freeman)] > #4 Re: Pinto Beans /Correction ["Margie Phelps" <MargiePhelps@worl] > #5 Fwd: Nathanielmand Martha Byars HA [WKelly4901@aol.com] > #6 "Beans of Color" ["Edgar A. Howard" <ehoward@conknet] > #7 Oh Beans! [Bill and Sue McNaught <pp02570@ema] > #8 re last 3 day's emails ["Kathy Bemisdarfer" <bkpr1@netins.] > #9 Re: not exactly genealogy ["Charles E. Starnes" <starnesc@ucs] > #10 uhhh...BEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [DreamSun39@aol.com] > #11 Hicks [Roy Williams <ROYWMS@compuserve.co] > #12 Eddie, Eddie,Eddie [DreamSun39@aol.com] > #13 Beans again... ["S. Henrichsen" <henricsf@casmail.] > #14 beans...beans...and more [scotlandforever@webtv.net (Edward ] > #15 Soup Beans ["James Salyer" <jadds@bellatlantic] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SW_VA-D, send a message to > > SW_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. > PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THE SPELLING OF THE WORD: UNSUBSCRIBE > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: SURNAMES > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 20:57:33 -0600 > From: "George Basden" <gebasden@worldnet.att.net> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > Researching WILCOX, GRAY, DAVIS, CARICO, CARRICO of SW Virginia > predominately it appears Grayson CO. > > George > gebasden@worldnet.att.net > http://www.basden.com > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Unidentified subject! > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 19:52:22 -0600 > From: "zandra s walker" <ZWALKERMBROWN@prodigy.net> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi all, > I have really enjoyed all the talk about leather britches and feather beds > and how about pickled beans my favorate. Without the stories about the > times and the lives of the people, genealogy is nothing but a name and a > date. I had forgotten about my grandmothers beans until ya'll started > talking about them and all the old memories came flooding in. The stories > about the depression have given me new insite into my grandmothers' > personality. > Thanks to all > Zandra > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Burial Practices > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:31:35 -0500 > From: dannyf@naxs.com (Danny Freeman) > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > Not trying to sound morbid, but I work for the Police Dept. here, and we > have dug up a few old graves like those mentioned, and about the only things > found are large skeletal remains. All other bones were gone, and what was > left of the large bones wasn't in the best shape. Just a point of interest. > > Danny Freeman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry A. Overbay <laoverbay@naxs.com> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 6:35 PM > Subject: Burial Practices > > >I'm not an old man but most of the info shared recently, I have > >participated in during my childhood and continue some practices now. > > > >While talking to my Dad, the other day we talked about how cemeteries seem > >to be so much better cared for than they were in the past. With the advent > >of vaults, we no longer see the deely sunken graves that were so common in > >old cemeteries. I can remember, as a child, playing in cemeteries where > >you could lie completely hidden in a sunken grave while playing at soldiers > >or kick the can. > > > >I knew that when the coffins rotted away that naturally the graves would > >collapse but did not realize until Dad told me that when graves were dug > >that just above the level of the casket a shelf was dug on each side and > >boards were laid across the shelf to cover the casket. This further > >contributed to the extreme sunken condition of old graves when that shelf > >also collased. > > > >Also, at the close of the funeral ceremony and in the presence of the > >family, the grave was closed. Men would step into the grave and straddle > >the coffin while shovels of dirt were handed down until the boards were > >completely covered as to not create an unpleasant sound, a further sign of > >respect for the dead and the family. > > > > > > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > >#4 Chain letters, gossip, non-genealogical notes, commercial ads, pleas for > help, etc. are > >PROHIBITED on this List. Violators will be promptly locked out. -sysop > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: Pinto Beans /Correction > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 21:43:26 -0600 > From: "Margie Phelps" <MargiePhelps@worldnet.att.net> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > When my Pinto Beans are cooked they are red, not brown unless I am cooking > them to have with Bar-b-que, we even call them "red beans"and they are for > sopping, or covered with onions and tomatoes or even pica deguyo. They are > cooked fro about 4/5 hours real slow in a certian kind of pot ( and they > get really red), adding water (hot) when needed. , and then just the last > few minutes I had butter adn salt. I cook my black eyed peas the same. And > both come out delicous. I also add bacon to the beans while cooking. My > beans and my deviled eggs are very popular in our family and hte > neighborhood. > Margie > -----Original Message----- > From: RENA WORTHEN <doreatr@rbnet.com> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 8:53 PM > Subject: Pinto Beans /Correction > > >Kidney Beans are RED excellent in Chili. > >Pinto beans are brown and white when cooked they are brown. and are eaten > >with Cornbread. Pinto beans is a good source of protein > >Green Beans cooked with new potatos and bacon yummm > > > >Time for a snack.. > > > >---------- > >From: Diane Taylor <djtaylor@puc.edu> > >To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: Green Beans > >Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 7:50 PM > > > >Just another perspective: > > > >In Washington State, where I grew up, the fresh green beans were called > >snap beans or green beans. They were picked green and my grandmother and > >mother used to sit for hours and "snap" (break) them into about > >inch-size pieces to can. They were also sometimes called string beans, I > >assume because of the "string" along the one side that was pulled off > >during the snapping process. > > > >We also raised lima beans (you shelled those) and pinto beans, which > >were indeed, red. > > > >Diane > > > > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > >#3 Support the fight against unrequested junk e-mail (SPAM). > >Visit the webpage at: http://www.cauce.org/ > > -sysop > > > > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > >#5 It is YOUR responsibility to know how to SUBSCRIBE & UNSUBSCRIBE. It is > done > >by computer. Put the word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message with > nothing > >else. The address is sw_va-l-request@rootsweb.com . or -d- for DIGEST > mode. > >All this is in the Welcome statement I ask you to save. -sysop > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Fwd: Nathanielmand Martha Byars HARRIS, Again! > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:39:57 EST > From: WKelly4901@aol.com > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --part0_919654797_boundary > Content-ID: <0_919654797@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > > > --part0_919654797_boundary > Content-ID: <0_919654797@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> > Content-type: message/rfc822 > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > Content-disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <HARRIS-HUNTERS-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Received: from rly-yd03.mx.aol.com (rly-yd03.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.3]) by > air-yd05.mx.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:34:19 > -0500 > Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) > by rly-yd03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > with ESMTP id WAA25197; > Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:34:11 -0500 (EST) > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA07907; > Sun, 21 Feb 1999 19:17:50 -0800 (PST) > Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 19:17:50 -0800 (PST) > From: WKelly4901@aol.com > Message-ID: <53d32116.36d0ce0e@aol.com> > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:25:02 EST > Old-To: HARRIS-VA-L@rootsweb.com > Old-Cc: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Nathanielmand Martha Byars HARRIS, Again! > X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 4 > Resent-Message-ID: <"MQS1GC.A.b6B.axM02"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> > To: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2395 > X-Loop: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L-request@rootsweb.com > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > Dear List, > > I hope you all have not grown weary of my query. Thanks to all who answered my > message. It seems that I should have posted my lines down, complete with > locations before. If I had they would not have been as complete or as > together as now. > > Nathaniel Harris and Martha Byars were ma. on May 29, 1788, now this is the > same day that their baby daughter, Polly (b. Apr. 1, 1788) was baptized. > Their wedding date is recorded in "Thomasson Traces", "History of Louisa" and > "The Douglas Register." I have found in my research that Nathan and Nathaniel > were names that were used interchangeably. In 1792 I have record of a deed > conveying land from Nathaniel and Martha to Dudley P. Ellis "...in Louisa on > Gideon's line." The record of Nathaniel's death in Smyth Co., VA indicates > he was a Junior. He died 1854 and the age at death (91) indicates he was born > Jan. 20, 1763. He served in the VA Continental Army and guarded prisoners. > He received a pension at age 58. Martha and Nathaniel lived in KY for a short > time because one of their children was born their. By 1810 they were in > Washington Co. in a location that became Smyth Co. (My grandmother was born in > Seven Mile Ford. Smyth Co. is the location of "Hungry Mother Mountain". > Nathaniel and Martha's Children: > > Polly b. Apr. 1, 1788 > > Garrett b. Feb. 19 1792 M. Elizabeth Halfacre (I have more about them and a > contact or two if any one wants more). > > John Harris (no information) > > Susan b. Jun 1, 1796 m. Zadock Sexton. I do not have their children at this > time but I think I can get it. > > James b. about 1797 in KY. m. Nancy Heninger (they were on the 1750 census > with children Alfred b. 1830, NATHAN b. 1832 and Louisa b. 1843. No other > information at this time. However I may be able to get more). > > NATHAN b. about 1798 or '99 m. Rachel Cowden and in 1850 they had one child > James b. 1835. When Martha died, Old Nathaniel lived with them. > > NATHANIEL (3RD?) b. 1801 m. Mary Morris (This is my line and as their are so > MANY Nathan's and Nathaniel's you can see why I might believe their is a > connection to Nathaniel and Catherine Walton HARRIS. However with the > response I have receive these last two days, it can't be) > Children of Nathaniel and Mary Morris HARRIS: > > George Epperson HARRIS b. 1824 m. Mary J. Anderson > Children: Alonzo N. Harris b. 1855 > Margaret H. Harris b. 1856 > John H. Harris b. 1858 > Lelia J. Harris b. 1859 > James Augustus HARRIS m. 1st Martha Jane Patrick 2nd Margaret M. Patrick ( I > Have more about their descendants, please ask). > > William C. HARRIS m. Sarah Hazelett and moved to Indiana (I have some > information, but not much) > > Henry C. HARRIS m. Fannie Fry and moved to Indiana (I have very little about > them) > > NATHANIEL John HARRIS m. Sarah Ann Copenhaver (Again I have some but not > much.) > > John Thomas HARRIS m. Rachel Caroline Porter (these are my g-grandparents who > move to Iowa in 1885 or so. I have tons on them, including pictures and a > memoirs of the civil war from J.T. himself. I have just found two second > cousins who I found because they were stuck at John Thomas Harris) I have some > other Unrelated Iowa Harrises that I would be glad to share. > > Alfred J. HARRIS b. 1840 m. Mary Elizabeth Box (no other info) > > Susannah J. HARRIS b. 1842 not married. > > Mary C. HARRIS b. 1844 m. George Fog Wolfe (no other info) > > Now, the 1850 Census of Smyth has some other Harrises who I have not yet > identified. It seems that they could have all come to Washington Smyth at the > same time. > > 1. Lysander age 21 > > 2. Thomas age 62 and his wife Mary age 52. Children Martha A. age 24; Emily > B. age 19; Hiram A. age 15; Walter L. age 13; Rees T age 11; and William H. > age 9. > > 3. Henry and Lucinda Chapman Harris both age 40 with children, Mary E. age > 15; Nancy age 13; Susan age 11; John age 9; Helen age 7; NATHAN age 5: and > Henry T. age 1. The child Nathan is a clue to me that they may be related to > my line. > > 4. Lilburn H. age 31 and Phebe age 28 and children Mary Elizabeth age 8; > Rebecca Jane age 5; William A. age 3; and Anna or Hannah Caroline age 1. > Someone working on this line has more information than I do. The birth, > death, deed and will records are in good shape in Smyth. > > 5. Mary HARRIS AGE 22 > > I also have a Benjamin HARRIS who was deeded land in 1799 in Washington Co. I > have not found him later. > > If this is helpful to anyone and I can provide more I will be very happy. If > anyone is searching any of these lines and has more, lets share. I will be > looking for more information about the "unidentified but who are possibly > related" group. If any of you know more about them let me know the may give > me a clue about the origin of "Old Nathaniel Jr. from Louisa. > > Cheers, > Wilma Kelly > Wkelly4901@aol.com > > > --part0_919654797_boundary-- > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: "Beans of Color" > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 23:22:10 -0500 > From: "Edgar A. Howard" <ehoward@conknet.com> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > I think you are all full of beans. <g> > > Pinto are not red. Red beans are red. Pinto are speckled with dry > and brown. We called them Pintos, brown beans, or soup beans. > Some people call the white, or Navy beans, soup beans too. In S. CA. > they were called something else. I think cramberry beans. The > Mexicans eat them like crazy. > Have you heard of October beans? Are they different from pintos?? > > I think it is time to move on to another course in this meal. > > Did any of your people make cheese?? We made cottage cheeze. > -eddie > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Oh Beans! > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:01:58 -0500 > From: Bill and Sue McNaught <pp02570@email.kcc.edu> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > In Shreveport I ate red beans (with rice). In Miami I ate black beans > (also with rice). In Houston I ate kidney beans in chilli and brown beans > with cornbread. In Detroit I ate white Northern (also called Navy) beans > with cornbread and the cornbread had SUGAR in it. :-( Here in Kentucky > when the menu says "Soup Beans and C/B" you can bet it will be brown > pintos cooked for hours and served with chopped onions. Accompaniments are > usually fried potatoes, sauerkrout or a green tomato relish. > To the writer who had never heard of green beans: What do the labels in > your grocery say? My Stokely and Del Monte labels don't say snap or > string, but they do say Green Beans. > > Sue McN. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: re last 3 day's emails > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 23:00:10 -0600 > From: "Kathy Bemisdarfer" <bkpr1@netins.net> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > I just got home after being gone for 3 days, Had 101 E-mails. But loved > everyone of them. > I am only 46 years old, but do remember my Grandmother feather bed, Shuck > Beans, (or Leather Britches) I even help to string the Green Beans on the > heavy twin and got my fingers stuck many time. > I had forgotten about taking the broom to smooth at the feather bed. It > came back to me as soon as I > read the story of making the bed. Now we called the bacon that you put in > the Pinto Beans, Fat Back. > To those of you who do not know what that is, It is Salt cured pork. > Thanks for all the stories, it makes > me Homesick. I live in the Midwest now. > > I am Researching on Davis, Vance, Horn, 2-Lester sides, Webbs, Baker's, > Mullins, Stewarts, Rife's, > Peaks, These Names reach from Wise Co., VA, to Buchanan Co., VA, Letcher > Co., Ky and then into > Southern WV. > Kathy > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: not exactly genealogy > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 21:13:01 -0800 > From: "Charles E. Starnes" <starnesc@ucs.orst.edu> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > My roots run deep into the mountains of TN, GA, SC, NC, and VA. But > they also include some fine Yankee people. I love southern food but I > readily eat northern and western food too. I even eat food that comes > from other Non-American cultures. > > My ancestors fought on both sides in the Civil War, War Between the > States, War for States Rights, War to Preserve/Abolish Slavery.... > In one of my NC families, twin brothers fought on opposite sides! > I've voted for Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy. I've met Ronald > Reagan and Bobby Kennedy and I don't think Ronnie was a fascist nor > Bobby was a socialist. > > But maybe I am just a "poor dumb Hick". After all, I grew up poor and > my great grandmother was a Hicks. Though, as I recall, SHE wasn't dumb > at all! > > Now if you would like to help me with my genealogy problems..... > How about helping me find where and to what parents my ggg-grandparents, > John STARNES and Sarah Jane ADAMS were born, somewhere in SW VA around > 1775? > > Lots of <g>'s so nobody takes offense! > > Charles Ed Starnes > > "Edgar A. Howard" wrote: > > > > << the movie OCTOBER SKY > > > > If we are treated fairly, yes, I want to see it. Even TN Williams, > > and Falkner made us look nuts and wild.<g> > > > > That was Bobby Kennedy trying to sell socialism because us > > dumb hicks were so poor. Have you eat yankee food or food in CA?? I > > won't feed my dog that stuff. As others have said, we had the best > > cooks in the world. If my mother had raised those Kennedy boys they > > would have been better presidients, and men.<g.> > > -eddie > > > > > > ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > > #9 As of 2/7/1999 we have 475 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 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: uhhh...BEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:19:04 EST > From: DreamSun39@aol.com > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > Beans by any other name tastes as sweet! > > My 2 cents worth..you are all right! Having lived in several areas of the > US..I can say with some authority that.....Pintos beans are not the same beans > everywhere you go..for example..habichuelos rosadas (red beans) are also > called pintos in some > area of the Southwest....being from SW Virginia the pintos here are speckled > two shades of brown..turn brownish red when cooked....Eddie..please tell me > you are not serious about your remarks regarding CA food...I'd rather think > you are open minded enough to realize that he "melting pot" of this country > contains yes....all kinds of beans! I'm hoping you are just using your good > sense of humor to "stir" the pot a little? Or is it true what they say about > us hicks being narrow minded? > > Deborah Shelton Wood > soon to be ex-ed from the list? > oops! did I spill the beans? > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Hicks > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:19:38 -0500 > From: Roy Williams <ROYWMS@compuserve.com> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > >But maybe I am just a "poor dumb Hick". After all, I grew up poor and > my great grandmother was a Hicks. Though, as I recall, SHE wasn't dumb > at all!< > Charles,Wondering if your Hicks and my Hicks are connected? My GGGM was > Elizabeth Hicks d/o William & Elizabeth Hicks. William was the s/o John > Hicks a Rev War vet b 1759 in Henrico Co Va. He died in Hw Co Tn 1840. > Roy/Ala > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Eddie, Eddie,Eddie > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:26:51 EST > From: DreamSun39@aol.com > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > Well Eddie we knock heads again....thansk for responding to my private email > to you on the list! Eddie: I am under 40....and...as you said many people > form all over subscribe to this list...not everyone celebrates Sabbath on > Sundays...sorry if I bored you! PS.Yes this is a FLAME. > Deborah Shelton Wood > your msg below: > Date sent: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 01:43:17 EST > To: ehoward@conknet.com > Subject: Re: Beans & beds > > <<Please tell me you are kidding? > > When I ask for clarification of the terms it was not for myself. > Remember that I speak for the List and not just myself. I know what a > feather tick is. We never dried green beans, we canned them. Why > would someone dry what they could can?? > > Remember that there are 500 people out there when you post. > > Please be mindful in several ways. > > 1) Don't bore people. > > 2) Most of those 500 people didn't grow up in YOUR home, or town , > or state. Some may even be under 40 years old and don't recall the > olden days. God forbid they may have had to grow up in the city. > > 3) Define terms that are not heard on the TV. There is nothing more > boring than reading something you don't understand. This List is not > here for a few people to chat but to help EVERYONE. > > 4) These discussions of the old ways are very interesting, > entertaining, and helpful but please restrain yourself from telling old > family stories that convey no historic or genealogical info. > > Thank you all and good Sabbath. > -sysop > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Beans again... > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:39:17 -0500 > From: "S. Henrichsen" <henricsf@casmail.muohio.edu> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > As a kid, when we had to snap beans on the back porch, I remember sometimes > the whole family would get involved. My Dad, who is a tease, used to > always comment on a bean that was hard to "string"... > > Dad would say, "That's a tough one." > We'd ask: "What's tough?" > Dad: "Life." > We'd ask: "What's Life?" > Dad: "A magazine." > We'd ask: "How much it cost?" > Dad: "50 cents." > We'd say: "Haven't got 50 cents." > Dad: "That's tough..." > > Anyway, you get the idea. One of us would always chime in and play the > game. Sometimes we'd go round and round with it while we were snapping > those beans. And there always was at least a bushel of them it seemed. > I'm sure my Dad was probably trying to make the work seem less tedious. > > Mostly though, it was an opportunity for our parents to talk about the old > times, the stories, and the people they used to know. It was at times like > this that I learned the names of great and great great grandparents, > uncles, aunts, etc. Oral history is a lost art. When I take my kids to > see their grandparents today, I encourage my parents to tell the stories so > that my children can hear them. We seldom have the television on at > Grampa's. > > Next time I'll tell you about my Granny threatening us that she'd sew us up > with purple thread... > > Cheers! This is the most enjoyable list! > > S. Henrichsen > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: beans...beans...and more > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 09:29:59 -0500 (EST) > From: scotlandforever@webtv.net (Edward Boggs) > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > If I hear any more 'bout beans, I think I may not eat them > anymore.....and I may cough up a few feathers! (just light-hearted > humor guys.) I thought this was a genealogy linked chat. I agree, let get back to Geneology and forget the beans and featherbeds. > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Soup Beans > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 09:50:23 -0500 > From: "James Salyer" <jadds@bellatlantic.net> > To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com > > Well, I don't cook soup beans myself . But I do love them. I buy Luck's > Beans in the can and they are the closest to home cooked as you can get, but > I'm not used to the fatback in them. I am not an expert on beans but I have > made the following observations: Soup beans to my family is October beans > the bag of dry beans says Cranberry beans). Occasionally, we have white > beans, Great Northern beans on the bag. Then there is Navy beans. Navy > beans are smaller than Great Northern beans and Navy beans are used by my > family for pork and beans and baked beans. > > I've enjoyed the discussions on family traditions. > > Searching: KENT, CLARK, TOLBERT, CATES, BOUTON, BOND & others > > Thanks, > Angie > jadds@bellatlantic.net