Thank you for sharing, my gg grandfather was Henry Lane, it is like Christmas when I get info on him. I have his civil war photo, a copy, but at least I have it, would be glad to share. He is buried in the old courthouse cemetary and I have been wanting to see about getting a D of the C marker for him but not sure how to go about doing it. Roselyn Ferguson Austin, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Hylton" <ayfudad2@comcast.net> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] Floyd County during the Civil War > Keep reading :) Paula, Thanks for sharing this. I found it very > interesting. > > Dale > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "William Conner" <wcon@swva.net> >> Paula, >> Thank you for sending the link. I've read the first 2 chapters and as >> they >> say , "it's hard to put down". I have always been curious about how the >> various families of the county became associated with their choice of >> political parties. I always figured it was rooted somewhere in the civil >> war >> but after reading the first two chapters I still see no pattern . Maybe >> someone else , on the list , has done some research or knows more about >> it. >> Bill >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paula Kelley Ward" <chachalady@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <vafloyd@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:20 AM >> Subject: [VAFLOYD] Floyd County during the Civil War >> >> >> > >> > A Va Tech Master's thesis by Paul Randolph Dotson, Jr. has a lot of >> > information about Floyd County during the Civil War: >> > >> > http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-4019122049721391/ >> > >> > My brother ran across this while searching for information about the >> > 54th Va. >> > Many Floyd County names are mentioned in Chapter 2. >> > >> > Paula Kelley Ward >> > San Antonio, Texas >> > chachalady@sbcglobal.net >> > "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they >> > make as they fly by." ~ Douglas Adams >> > >> > >> > ********************************** >> > Note from List Administrator!!! >> > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >> > something about your Brick Wall person. >> > To contact Listowner: >> > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >> > ********************************** >> > Search this list's archived messages! >> > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com 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 Free Edition. >> > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.12/1203 - Release Date: >> > 12/30/2007 11:27 AM >> > >> >> ********************************** >> Note from List Administrator!!! >> The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> Call. >> Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >> something >> about your Brick Wall person. >> To contact Listowner: >> Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >> ********************************** >> Search this list's archived messages! >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message