David, Thanks very much. Do you by any chance know the relationship of William Simpson and the Simpsons of Check? Willard, Poff etc.? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] VAFLOYD Digest, Vol 4, Issue 172: Simpsons, VA > William, > Simpsons was named for the community's first postmaster. William > Simpson became the first postmaster in April 1823. The last > postmaster at Simpsons, Clyne Angle, had a record of all the > postmasters. He maintained the Simpsons post office in a back corner > of his general store until the post office officially was closed in > August 1979. David Shank > >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:35:47 -0400 >> From: "William Conner" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [VAFLOYD] The community of Simpsons in Floyd County? >> To: "Floyd rootsweb" <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Does anyone know how Simpsons, located in the northern end of Floyd >> County >> near Check, got it's name and when it was named? >> >> - > > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen [email protected] > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.3/2075 - Release Date: 04/22/09 17:25:00