Tommy, I've seen a Civil War Engineer's map for Buchanan area which shows names of residents. That map or an adjacent one may show the settlers in the valley up Jennings Creek (I think that's the creek that Arcadia is on). I drove down that winding road from the Blue Ridge to Arcadia. It crosses the creek some seven times, if I remember correctly. Anyway, about the maps. I saw them at the Virginia State Library in Richmond. But they aren't allowed to make copies there. You can get copies from the Virginia Historical Society, also in Richmond. Incidentally, the east side of the Blue Ridge at Arcadia is in Botetourt Co. So you might ask about Mumford on the Botetourt list. Lynne Hundley ---------- > From: Thomas Markham <markm@ictransnet.com> > To: VABEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VABEDFOR-L] Munford, Va. > Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 9:11 PM > > > I am trying to locate Munford, Va. on a road map of Botetourt County, > Va. Munford was a small community of the 1800 that does not exist > today. It was located on State Hwy. 614 from 2 to 3 miles down the > mountain from the Peaks of Otter toward Arcadia, Va. My relatives lived > there, or in that immediate area, and I am trying to locate the Old > Markham Cemetery on what was the Home Place of Jesse E. Markham, who > died in 1900. This place was bought by his son J. Solomon Markham who > died in 1914, and from here I do not know who got the property, but it > is near where Munford, VA. use to be. > > Melvin Markham is in the process of helping me with this problem, since > he lived in Monford as a boy, but he is in Goode, Virginia, and not near > enough to measure this for me. I would like to know the exact mileage > from the Blue ridge Parkway to where Munford use to be. > > I know there must be someone in Bedford County that is very familiar > with this area. Please help me with this problem. > > Thank You Very much, > Tommy Markham > > > ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== > You may search the archived postings of this list at URL: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname-VABEDFOR