I totally agree that it would be so nice if this ended up in a museum somewhere. Hopefully, whomever ends up with the lot will not hide the info away, but will share it with other family members! It looks like a real treasure trove. Kat On Feb 16, 2008 9:35 AM, <rvincehow@aol.com> wrote: > > I asked the e-Bay seller what family names were represented in the photo album for sale...The answer follows: > > "There are many Bolens and Leftwich's and > Morris'; there are also one or more of the following: Quesinberry, > Slate, Mitchell, Leatherwood, Cook, Coltrane, and Snider. There is, in > addition, a very long letter dated 1916 that outlines the generations > following the union of Pocahontas; concluding who exactly of all Bolen > descendants is descended from Pocahontas, and declaring that the > correct (original) spelling of the name is Bolling." > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Pocahontas-Rolfe-Leftwich-Bolen-Hillsville-VA-Records_W0QQitemZ170191706824QQihZ007QQcategoryZ20926QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > Here is the link if you are interested in viewing... > I have nothing to do with the listing of this item on eBay (I would never sell personal items like this on eBay)? I also think they should be donated... > > "GA" Roy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kat Fulcher <kfulcher55@gmail.com> > To: VAFLOYD@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 2:08 pm > Subject: [VAFLOYD] Sort of genealogy--Pocahontas, Rolfe, Bolen, Leftwich, Carroll Co. > > > > > > > > > > > Don't know if any of this pertains to anyone on the list, but thought > I would pass it on just in case. It is an Ebay listing for a whole > lot of genealogical items referencing SW Virginia. Looks to me like > things that ought to be in a museum somewhere!!! The URL for the site > is listed after the description. > > Kat > > "Up for bids here is a wealth of information and treasures of the > Bolen and Leftwich families, one of which (Bolen) are direct > descendants of the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. There are > letters, birth certificates, family trees, 17 tintypes, 10 > photographs, newspaper clippings, what looks like an entire newspaper > section from a Hillsville, Carroll County VA. paper dated 1920. The > collection includes an old photograph album (looks Victorian or > pre-Victorian),full of photos which are well labeled (see pic), all > but one, which is a tintype > of two soldiers with rifles who appear to be either Civil War or > Spanish-AmericanWar. There is a mourning band, a woven ribbon, a > leather folder; there are 63 paper items, including letters detailing > the geneaology of the descendants of the union of Pocahontas and John > Rolfe.This lot could be a great treasure for anyone from either of the > Bolen or Leftwich families, their descendants, or anyone interested in > Pocahontas and John Rolfe." > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Pocahontas-Rolfe-Leftwich-Bolen-Hillsville-VA-Records_W0QQitemZ170191706824QQihZ007QQcategoryZ20926QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > ********************************** > 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 > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com > ********************************** > 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 >
Kat; There were Leftwich; Quesinberry and Bolling families around the Bristol, VA-TN area. If this is information on their families, I hope they get it and share it.. Connie Kat Fulcher wrote: >I totally agree that it would be so nice if this ended up in a museum >somewhere. Hopefully, whomever ends up with the lot will not hide the >info away, but will share it with other family members! It looks like >a real treasure trove. > >Kat > >On Feb 16, 2008 9:35 AM, <rvincehow@aol.com> wrote: > > >> I asked the e-Bay seller what family names were represented in the photo album for sale...The answer follows: >> >>"There are many Bolens and Leftwich's and >>Morris'; there are also one or more of the following: Quesinberry, >>Slate, Mitchell, Leatherwood, Cook, Coltrane, and Snider. There is, in >>addition, a very long letter dated 1916 that outlines the generations >>following the union of Pocahontas; concluding who exactly of all Bolen >>descendants is descended from Pocahontas, and declaring that the >>correct (original) spelling of the name is Bolling." >> >>http://cgi.ebay.com/Pocahontas-Rolfe-Leftwich-Bolen-Hillsville-VA-Records_W0QQitemZ170191706824QQihZ007QQcategoryZ20926QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem >>Here is the link if you are interested in viewing... >>I have nothing to do with the listing of this item on eBay (I would never sell personal items like this on eBay)? I also think they should be donated... >> >>"GA" Roy >> >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kat Fulcher <kfulcher55@gmail.com> >>To: VAFLOYD@rootsweb.com >>Sent: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 2:08 pm >>Subject: [VAFLOYD] Sort of genealogy--Pocahontas, Rolfe, Bolen, Leftwich, Carroll Co. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Don't know if any of this pertains to anyone on the list, but thought >>I would pass it on just in case. It is an Ebay listing for a whole >>lot of genealogical items referencing SW Virginia. Looks to me like >>things that ought to be in a museum somewhere!!! The URL for the site >>is listed after the description. >> >>Kat >> >>"Up for bids here is a wealth of information and treasures of the >>Bolen and Leftwich families, one of which (Bolen) are direct >>descendants of the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. There are >>letters, birth certificates, family trees, 17 tintypes, 10 >>photographs, newspaper clippings, what looks like an entire newspaper >>section from a Hillsville, Carroll County VA. paper dated 1920. The >>collection includes an old photograph album (looks Victorian or >>pre-Victorian),full of photos which are well labeled (see pic), all >>but one, which is a tintype >>of two soldiers with rifles who appear to be either Civil War or >>Spanish-AmericanWar. There is a mourning band, a woven ribbon, a >>leather folder; there are 63 paper items, including letters detailing >>the geneaology of the descendants of the union of Pocahontas and John >>Rolfe.This lot could be a great treasure for anyone from either of the >>Bolen or Leftwich families, their descendants, or anyone interested in >>Pocahontas and John Rolfe." >> >>http://cgi.ebay.com/Pocahontas-Rolfe-Leftwich-Bolen-Hillsville-VA-Records_W0QQitemZ170191706824QQihZ007QQcategoryZ20926QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem >>********************************** >>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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >>________________________________________________________________________ >>More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com >>********************************** >>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 > > > >