To Those Interested: There is a Candlers Mountain at Lynchburg, Va.. It's quite a Hill! GLH.... In 1756 I attended a great safety council held > at Lynch's Crossing to jower over the Stamp Act, and there I > met Zed Candler, who had returned and settled on a royal > grant for fighting Indians ... Zed Candler lived on Flat > Branch five miles from Lynch's Crossing (it is now > Lynchburg). His grant was for five thousand acres and was > called by him Kilkenny. He was from home all the time G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.

Very interesting letter! Can anyone confirm that Candlers Mountain at Lynchburg, Va. and Lynch's Crossing mentioned below are generally, at least, the same place? If so, would that be roughly the intersection of Route 29 and Route 460 on a current Virginia map? Thanks, Jeff Smith "G. Lee Hearl" wrote: > > To Those Interested: > There is a Candlers Mountain at Lynchburg, Va.. It's quite a Hill! > GLH.... > > In 1756 I attended a great safety council held > > at Lynch's Crossing to jower over the Stamp Act, and there I > > met Zed Candler, who had returned and settled on a royal > > grant for fighting Indians ... Zed Candler lived on Flat > > Branch five miles from Lynch's Crossing (it is now > > Lynchburg). His grant was for five thousand acres and was > > called by him Kilkenny. He was from home all the time > > G. Lee Hearl > Authentic Appalachian Storyteller > Abingdon, Va. > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library