I also found the original from AT Powell and from you Scott interesting. I am a HARRIS born and raised and still living in Augusta County, Stuarts Draft area. I married a BURFORD who has some RUCKER'S in his line we think, cannot prove. It is always good to see names that you are working on show up. thanks Dot Harris Burford ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE CUZ > AT powelljr you do my heart good. I am a 46 year old man who is IN LOVE > w/ the history in Amherst Co and farming there. My dad grew up there. We > were harris and Pleasants. I own DUNCAN HILL now and have a Mr Rucker > living directly beside me. > > Thank you so much for the story / info. > > ps we will be up in amherst County in Pedlar Mills May 26 to June 1. Are > you in the area for us to shake hands and meet. > > Scott Harris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 2 May 2006 02:06:10 EDT > Subject: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE > CUZ > > > BUCKY YA Said Fairfield Va. I wonder if you know that One of the Largest > Farm machinery Business & Road Truck's originated in That Little Village. > Have any of Y,ALL Cousins ever Cut Wheat with a Cradle, YA > know with A long Blade on a handle With 4 wooden fingers > TOOK a MAN to Swing a Cradle, Then one would follow along > Gather the Wheat in an arm full & with a hand full of the Straws Tie a > Bundle, Shock it in the Field Then Haul it in & Stack it & wait until the > Threshing Machine Came Around. > > NOW to get to the event that made Fairfield, Va. FAMIOUS__?? > > WAS a Fellow Known as the Inventor, <there was some Connection between > Him & > My Hudson Family> CYRUS McCormick, OLE Cyrus Invented the Machine Pulled > by > Horses > Called A Reaper, The Wheat still had to be tied With that hand of wheat > straws, UNTILL one of Cyrus's Slaves figured out how to Make a GADGET that > would > > Tie the Wheat with TWINE Then > the machine was Called A binder. A man by the Name of Deering Built a > Tractor Those two Joined Forces & were Known > AS McCormick & Deering. To International Harvester, Farm Machines & Road > Trucks & today one of the larger Road Truck > Builders is Navistar. JUST Wondering How many People have been Connected > Along the Way & Have Traveled VA U S RT 11 & I-81 have ever thought of > what > Started Along Near Fairfield & Raphine Va in Augusta County, Va. > > NOW I wonder just how SWEAT Drenched Memories this will bring Back from > the > Boys & YA GOTTA remember those Great Fried Chicken & All of those Fresh > Vegetables that Grand Ma & the Neighbor Women had fixed for Dinner, <WELL > THEN > IT > WAS the Meal in the Middle of the Day, the one after Breakfast, Then some > times there was more than one Farmer that Stacked Together, & every one > SWAPPED > labor, I remember one such Operation in Amherst County Va, A man by the > Name of > GLUNT > Owned the Threshing Machine & it was Powered by What was Called a Horse > Power, There were a Group of Wooden Toungs with one end Fastened to a > Metal > Frame, <ABT 6 of them> Hook a horse to the other end the horses would Walk > around > in a circle turning the Part similar to the Ring Gear in the rear of a > car > that Ring Gear meshed into A Cog Wheel That was Fastened to a Long Shaft > That > had > a Pulley Wheel With a Belt That went to the Threshing Machine. MR. Glunt > Made > his Last Threshing in 1931 up Peters Hollow BY Bear Mountain, Something > Happened to the Machine on the way out of the Hollow, THE machine Sit on > my > Daddys > Farm until Holloween & __?? Some of my Rucker Cousins & Who Else?? <I was > only > 5 YEARS OLD> Turned the Machine over. NOW this is Right much Like what > Happened. > JEST thought I,d Jar ya Memory, MOUNTAIN COUSINS & Others. > > CUZ A T <[email protected]> > > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== > Have spare time? The USGenWeb Census Project needs you! To volunteer or > view > transcribed censuses, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== > Find tons of Amherst County info at the Amherst County VAGenWeb Project! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaamhers/ > >

Thanks Dot. Ironically enough I have an AUNT DOT who live in Ca. -----Original Message----- From: DotB <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 2 May 2006 07:26:16 -0400 Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE CUZ I also found the original from AT Powell and from you Scott interesting. I am a HARRIS born and raised and still living in Augusta County, Stuarts Draft area. I married a BURFORD who has some RUCKER'S in his line we think, cannot prove. It is always good to see names that you are working on show up. thanks Dot Harris Burford ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE CUZ > AT powelljr you do my heart good. I am a 46 year old man who is IN LOVE > w/ the history in Amherst Co and farming there. My dad grew up there. We > were harris and Pleasants. I own DUNCAN HILL now and have a Mr Rucker > living directly beside me. > > Thank you so much for the story / info. > > ps we will be up in amherst County in Pedlar Mills May 26 to June 1. Are > you in the area for us to shake hands and meet. > > Scott Harris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 2 May 2006 02:06:10 EDT > Subject: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE > CUZ > > > BUCKY YA Said Fairfield Va. I wonder if you know that One of the Largest > Farm machinery Business & Road Truck's originated in That Little Village. > Have any of Y,ALL Cousins ever Cut Wheat with a Cradle, YA > know with A long Blade on a handle With 4 wooden fingers > TOOK a MAN to Swing a Cradle, Then one would follow along > Gather the Wheat in an arm full & with a hand full of the Straws Tie a > Bundle, Shock it in the Field Then Haul it in & Stack it & wait until the > Threshing Machine Came Around. > > NOW to get to the event that made Fairfield, Va. FAMIOUS__?? > > WAS a Fellow Known as the Inventor, <there was some Connection between > Him & > My Hudson Family> CYRUS McCormick, OLE Cyrus Invented the Machine Pulled > by > Horses > Called A Reaper, The Wheat still had to be tied With that hand of wheat > straws, UNTILL one of Cyrus's Slaves figured out how to Make a GADGET that > would > > Tie the Wheat with TWINE Then > the machine was Called A binder. A man by the Name of Deering Built a > Tractor Those two Joined Forces & were Known > AS McCormick & Deering. To International Harvester, Farm Machines & Road > Trucks & today one of the larger Road Truck > Builders is Navistar. JUST Wondering How many People have been Connected > Along the Way & Have Traveled VA U S RT 11 & I-81 have ever thought of > what > Started Along Near Fairfield & Raphine Va in Augusta County, Va. > > NOW I wonder just how SWEAT Drenched Memories this will bring Back from > the > Boys & YA GOTTA remember those Great Fried Chicken & All of those Fresh > Vegetables that Grand Ma & the Neighbor Women had fixed for Dinner, <WELL > THEN > IT > WAS the Meal in the Middle of the Day, the one after Breakfast, Then some > times there was more than one Farmer that Stacked Together, & every one > SWAPPED > labor, I remember one such Operation in Amherst County Va, A man by the > Name of > GLUNT > Owned the Threshing Machine & it was Powered by What was Called a Horse > Power, There were a Group of Wooden Toungs with one end Fastened to a > Metal > Frame, <ABT 6 of them> Hook a horse to the other end the horses would Walk > around > in a circle turning the Part similar to the Ring Gear in the rear of a > car > that Ring Gear meshed into A Cog Wheel That was Fastened to a Long Shaft > That > had > a Pulley Wheel With a Belt That went to the Threshing Machine. MR. Glunt > Made > his Last Threshing in 1931 up Peters Hollow BY Bear Mountain, Something > Happened to the Machine on the way out of the Hollow, THE machine Sit on > my > Daddys > Farm until Holloween & __?? Some of my Rucker Cousins & Who Else?? <I was > only > 5 YEARS OLD> Turned the Machine over. NOW this is Right much Like what > Happened. > JEST thought I,d Jar ya Memory, MOUNTAIN COUSINS & Others. > > CUZ A T <[email protected]> > > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== > Have spare time? The USGenWeb Census Project needs you! To volunteer or > view > transcribed censuses, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== > Find tons of Amherst County info at the Amherst County VAGenWeb Project! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaamhers/ > > ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== Don't be afraid! The cemetery ghosts are only genealogists with lanterns.