fchs@sitestar.net This is the email address I have for the Franklin County Historical Society. There is no Genealogy Society, however the FCHS has a lot of genealogy data. Donna W.
Can anyone give me the e-mail address for the Franklin Co. VA Genealogical and Historical Society? I appreciate the help, Donna in CA
From Endicot take rt fourty to rt eight to rt fiftyeight to Hillsville then seventyseven goes all the way to Beckly West Virginia. Have you tried the tiger map? Beckly is in Raliegh. You would have to cross Lover's Leap Mountain. Or go to Christiansburg on eightyone. I do not know how long these roads have been around. Jody and Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary & Deb <grif@ctsi.net> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Franklin County Migration Summary > Concerning the migration of my ancestors from Franklin County, VA to > Raleigh County, WV. If I were about 32 years old living in Endicott > VA area with a wife and five young kids around 1852, any ideas on > what roads, trails, paths etc. I would have taken from Endicott VA to > the Cool Ridge WV area? > > > > Gary Griffith > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NPeters102@aol.com> > To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:36 PM > Subject: [VAFRANKL] Franklin County Migration Summary > > > > Horace Greeley did not need to tell us to go west. From the time our > > ancestors landed on our eastern shores at places such as Plymouth > Rock & > > Jamestown there had been expansion westward. Some even entitled this > westward > > movement Manifest Destiny -- the belief that territorial expansion > of the > > United States was both inevitable and divinely ordained. > > > > For some reason there was a mass exodus of families from Franklin > County, VA > > just prior to the Civil War. Much of the migration was to parts of > VA that > > would become WV with the impending war. The populations of Boone, > Fayette, > > Kanawha, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh and Wyoming Counties grew > as a > > result. > > > > Franklin County researcher Otis Scott, who was the first to make me > aware of > > the Franklin County exodus writes, "I can not begin to come up with > a reason > > so many families moving to WV. It is sort of westward but you would > expect > > people to move to TN or the OH Valley. Would the farming lands there > been > > that much of an improvement over Franklin? I am familiar with those > parts of > > WV and they are similar to Franklin as far as the lay of the land." > > > > There seems to be no singular reason, according to our little study, > for why > > our ancestors moved from Franklin to set up housekeeping in future > WV > > counties. What follows is my attempt at summarizing the reasons put > forth by > > fellow researchers on the subject. > > > > Employment and the dream of a better life seemed to be the most > popular > > responses given for migration. > > > > According to Jackie Sink Mygatt, "The stories my father tells, that > were > > related to him by his grandpa, were that jobs were hard to come by > and my > > ancestor went in search of same." > > > > Patty Smith says her families came to the areas that are now > Tazewell, > > Mercer, Wyoming and McDowell Counties. She speculates, "From some of > the data > > I have on the Cockrans, they appeared to have owned quite a bit of > land in VA > > ... But I think the children/sons in particular moved on in hopes of > free > > land grants & starting a new life for themselves." > > > > Ed W., another researcher, says that "farming was the main way of > making a > > living. All of the land was in use by the parents of these people. > Since it > > took a lot a land to make a living, the only option was to go where > there was > > available land." > > > > June, a researcher from the Fayette County list, says some of her > relatives > > migrated first to Monroe County and then on to Fayette County. She > explains > > the second leg of the journey in the following manner: > > > > "We were always told that our ancestors came to Beards Fork to work > at the > > big "ban mills," that is the saw mills ... I have some photos from > the > > timbering days. The size of the treestumps is staggering. Three > grown men > > could sit comfortably side-by-side on one, all facing the camera. > The virgin > > forests our ancestors saw must have been a truly impressive sight! > Needless > > to say, it is now difficult to find a tree more than about 150 years > old in > > Fayette County and they are absolutely dwarfed by the trees I see in > these > > photos." > > > > Diane Kuras talks about a different kind of employment awaiting our > > ancestors. "I believe there were others from the area (Franklin > County) who > > went to the Kanawha area, perhaps due to employment at the salt > mines." > > > > There was also mention of illegal employment. Cathy, of the Wyoming > County > > lists, talks about a professor at Clemson University who labels > early > > Franklin County as the "moonshine capital of the world" and says > that there > > was constant expansion of its "trade routes into backwood areas." > > > > Peter Ramsey, a Franklin County researcher, says that our relatives > may not > > have been seeking a better life but may have instead been running > from a > > previous one. He explains in the following way: > > > > "Some of the folks may also have moved west to escape the law. There > are some > > cases of murder and bigamy in that list that I could relate and are > perhaps > > others." > > > > Audrey Johnson sent an E-mail on the Perdues and Leffews in which > she also > > mentions her grandfather, James H. Goforth. His migration does not > fit our > > criteria since it occurred a little later & since he was coming from > Wilkes > > County, NC instead of Franklin County, VA. However, his case still > deserves > > consideration. From Audrey's E-mail comes the following: > > > > "My grandfather was on his way to Wyoming to homestead when he saw > my > > grandmother out sweeping her mother's porch. He turned to his friend > with > > whom he was traveling and said, I am not going another step further. > I am > > going to stay right here and marry that pretty girl." > > > > James Goforth never did make it to Wyoming County. He married Nancy > Catherine > > Perdue & they lived in Brushfork, just outside of Bluefield in > Mercer County. > > Seems love is a migration factor we also need to consider. > > > > I received between 75-100 responses to my Franklin County migration > query. > > I'd like to thank the following people for their contributions and > help in > > compiling the list: > > > > Sandy Spradling > > Kathy Thomas > > Regina Gray > > Sherry Drew > > Sharon Phillips Belenski > > Brenda Chatterton > > June (settleciocca@earthlink.net) > > Jack Spangler > > Jim Hartman > > Rhonda Palmer > > Peter Ramsey > > Wayne Witt Bates > > tsadams@alltel.net > > French Campbell > > Deirdre Mercer > > Almeda Lappin > > Patty Smith > > Diane Kuras > > Carrol Hurley Ullrich > > Angela Griffin > > Joyce York > > Lisa Rider Shindlebower > > Audrey Johnson > > Cathy (CATEACHSC@aol.com) > > Nancy Acord-Greathouse > > Nan Mykel > > Ed W. (blb00991@mail.wvnet.edu) > > Tom Dillion > > Sam Cook > > Doris Slaughter > > Brock Robertson > > Mercedes Murphy > > Rickie Bennett Longfellow > > Sonny Griffith > > Otis Scott > > Anita Rose Schmidt > > Libbie Griffin > > Marsha Moses > > Colleen Simmons > > Joann Giddinge > > Nancy Frederick > > Gracie Stover > > Anita (Awpaxwv@aol.com) > > W. Darrell Miller > > Sue Huffman > > Jean Abshire > > Marie Martin > > Carlisle Bowling > > Richard Wilstead > > Jackie Sink Mygatt > > Yvonne Booz > > Gary Griffith > > Nyla Creed > > Patte Wood > > > > The final list of families that migrated from Franklin County > contains some > > 80 surnames. The alphabetical listing is as follows: > > > > Abshire > > Adams > > Adkins > > Angel/Angle > > Bailey > > Bates > > Beckelhimer > > Belcher > > Bell > > Blankenship > > Bowles > > Bradshaw > > Brogan > > Brown > > Campbell > > Clark > > Clay > > Cockran > > Cook > > Cooper > > Cox > > Craddock > > Darby > > Dearien > > Dent > > Dickerson > > Dillon > > Feazell > > Ferguson > > Gadd > > Goode > > Gray > > Griffith > > Hale > > Hatcher > > Huff > > Hurt > > James > > Keys > > Kidd > > Kingrey > > Lamb > > Leffew > > Lilly > > Maxey > > Maynor > > McCormack/McCormick > > McVey > > Meador/Meadows > > Newberry > > Perdue > > Peters (2 lines) > > Phillips > > Proffit > > Radford > > Rausch/Rouse > > Richards > > Robinson/Robertson > > Saunders > > Scott > > Shrewsbury > > Sigmon > > Sink > > Smith > > Snead > > Spangler > > Stanley > > Stephens/Stevens > > Stover > > Sweeney > > Tench > > Thomas > > Trail > > Underwood > > Via > > Wade > > Warden > > Wingo > > Worley > > Young > > > > This summary, list of contributors & list of migrating families can > also be > > found at the following URL: > > > > http://www.geocities.com/ncreed1/Migration.html > > > > Thanks for listening and as my Grandma Coleman used to say, "Ya'll > come!" > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Mike Peters > > npeters102@aol.com > > > > > > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > > Messages from this mailing list are "warranted" to be virus free ... > > BUT some virus might masquerade as a mailing list message ... > > ALWAYS be careful with unexpected attachments to email messages. > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > This list's archives may be searched by going to URL: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?listname=VAFRANKL > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >
Concerning the migration of my ancestors from Franklin County, VA to Raleigh County, WV. If I were about 32 years old living in Endicott VA area with a wife and five young kids around 1852, any ideas on what roads, trails, paths etc. I would have taken from Endicott VA to the Cool Ridge WV area? Gary Griffith ----- Original Message ----- From: <NPeters102@aol.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:36 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Franklin County Migration Summary > Horace Greeley did not need to tell us to go west. From the time our > ancestors landed on our eastern shores at places such as Plymouth Rock & > Jamestown there had been expansion westward. Some even entitled this westward > movement Manifest Destiny -- the belief that territorial expansion of the > United States was both inevitable and divinely ordained. > > For some reason there was a mass exodus of families from Franklin County, VA > just prior to the Civil War. Much of the migration was to parts of VA that > would become WV with the impending war. The populations of Boone, Fayette, > Kanawha, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh and Wyoming Counties grew as a > result. > > Franklin County researcher Otis Scott, who was the first to make me aware of > the Franklin County exodus writes, "I can not begin to come up with a reason > so many families moving to WV. It is sort of westward but you would expect > people to move to TN or the OH Valley. Would the farming lands there been > that much of an improvement over Franklin? I am familiar with those parts of > WV and they are similar to Franklin as far as the lay of the land." > > There seems to be no singular reason, according to our little study, for why > our ancestors moved from Franklin to set up housekeeping in future WV > counties. What follows is my attempt at summarizing the reasons put forth by > fellow researchers on the subject. > > Employment and the dream of a better life seemed to be the most popular > responses given for migration. > > According to Jackie Sink Mygatt, "The stories my father tells, that were > related to him by his grandpa, were that jobs were hard to come by and my > ancestor went in search of same." > > Patty Smith says her families came to the areas that are now Tazewell, > Mercer, Wyoming and McDowell Counties. She speculates, "From some of the data > I have on the Cockrans, they appeared to have owned quite a bit of land in VA > ... But I think the children/sons in particular moved on in hopes of free > land grants & starting a new life for themselves." > > Ed W., another researcher, says that "farming was the main way of making a > living. All of the land was in use by the parents of these people. Since it > took a lot a land to make a living, the only option was to go where there was > available land." > > June, a researcher from the Fayette County list, says some of her relatives > migrated first to Monroe County and then on to Fayette County. She explains > the second leg of the journey in the following manner: > > "We were always told that our ancestors came to Beards Fork to work at the > big "ban mills," that is the saw mills ... I have some photos from the > timbering days. The size of the treestumps is staggering. Three grown men > could sit comfortably side-by-side on one, all facing the camera. The virgin > forests our ancestors saw must have been a truly impressive sight! Needless > to say, it is now difficult to find a tree more than about 150 years old in > Fayette County and they are absolutely dwarfed by the trees I see in these > photos." > > Diane Kuras talks about a different kind of employment awaiting our > ancestors. "I believe there were others from the area (Franklin County) who > went to the Kanawha area, perhaps due to employment at the salt mines." > > There was also mention of illegal employment. Cathy, of the Wyoming County > lists, talks about a professor at Clemson University who labels early > Franklin County as the "moonshine capital of the world" and says that there > was constant expansion of its "trade routes into backwood areas." > > Peter Ramsey, a Franklin County researcher, says that our relatives may not > have been seeking a better life but may have instead been running from a > previous one. He explains in the following way: > > "Some of the folks may also have moved west to escape the law. There are some > cases of murder and bigamy in that list that I could relate and are perhaps > others." > > Audrey Johnson sent an E-mail on the Perdues and Leffews in which she also > mentions her grandfather, James H. Goforth. His migration does not fit our > criteria since it occurred a little later & since he was coming from Wilkes > County, NC instead of Franklin County, VA. However, his case still deserves > consideration. From Audrey's E-mail comes the following: > > "My grandfather was on his way to Wyoming to homestead when he saw my > grandmother out sweeping her mother's porch. He turned to his friend with > whom he was traveling and said, I am not going another step further. I am > going to stay right here and marry that pretty girl." > > James Goforth never did make it to Wyoming County. He married Nancy Catherine > Perdue & they lived in Brushfork, just outside of Bluefield in Mercer County. > Seems love is a migration factor we also need to consider. > > I received between 75-100 responses to my Franklin County migration query. > I'd like to thank the following people for their contributions and help in > compiling the list: > > Sandy Spradling > Kathy Thomas > Regina Gray > Sherry Drew > Sharon Phillips Belenski > Brenda Chatterton > June (settleciocca@earthlink.net) > Jack Spangler > Jim Hartman > Rhonda Palmer > Peter Ramsey > Wayne Witt Bates > tsadams@alltel.net > French Campbell > Deirdre Mercer > Almeda Lappin > Patty Smith > Diane Kuras > Carrol Hurley Ullrich > Angela Griffin > Joyce York > Lisa Rider Shindlebower > Audrey Johnson > Cathy (CATEACHSC@aol.com) > Nancy Acord-Greathouse > Nan Mykel > Ed W. (blb00991@mail.wvnet.edu) > Tom Dillion > Sam Cook > Doris Slaughter > Brock Robertson > Mercedes Murphy > Rickie Bennett Longfellow > Sonny Griffith > Otis Scott > Anita Rose Schmidt > Libbie Griffin > Marsha Moses > Colleen Simmons > Joann Giddinge > Nancy Frederick > Gracie Stover > Anita (Awpaxwv@aol.com) > W. Darrell Miller > Sue Huffman > Jean Abshire > Marie Martin > Carlisle Bowling > Richard Wilstead > Jackie Sink Mygatt > Yvonne Booz > Gary Griffith > Nyla Creed > Patte Wood > > The final list of families that migrated from Franklin County contains some > 80 surnames. The alphabetical listing is as follows: > > Abshire > Adams > Adkins > Angel/Angle > Bailey > Bates > Beckelhimer > Belcher > Bell > Blankenship > Bowles > Bradshaw > Brogan > Brown > Campbell > Clark > Clay > Cockran > Cook > Cooper > Cox > Craddock > Darby > Dearien > Dent > Dickerson > Dillon > Feazell > Ferguson > Gadd > Goode > Gray > Griffith > Hale > Hatcher > Huff > Hurt > James > Keys > Kidd > Kingrey > Lamb > Leffew > Lilly > Maxey > Maynor > McCormack/McCormick > McVey > Meador/Meadows > Newberry > Perdue > Peters (2 lines) > Phillips > Proffit > Radford > Rausch/Rouse > Richards > Robinson/Robertson > Saunders > Scott > Shrewsbury > Sigmon > Sink > Smith > Snead > Spangler > Stanley > Stephens/Stevens > Stover > Sweeney > Tench > Thomas > Trail > Underwood > Via > Wade > Warden > Wingo > Worley > Young > > This summary, list of contributors & list of migrating families can also be > found at the following URL: > > http://www.geocities.com/ncreed1/Migration.html > > Thanks for listening and as my Grandma Coleman used to say, "Ya'll come!" > > Sincerely, > > Mike Peters > npeters102@aol.com > > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Messages from this mailing list are "warranted" to be virus free ... > BUT some virus might masquerade as a mailing list message ... > ALWAYS be careful with unexpected attachments to email messages.
>To: bobnroa@pipeline.com >Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 >Subject: Pounds to Dollars > >From: Margarette B Swank <marswank@juno.com> > >Barb >The list member that wanted info on the currency used in the early years >can get that info by checking the coin books in any craft or Hobby >store.....The Coinage Books >give the various countries including Great Britain. It has not changed >that much in >England and would have the markings that is used to indicate pounds, >Sterling, Quid, and all the >other denominations and how they are identified in print. >My son has one of those books as he collects coins from all over the >World and I have seen it numerous times. > >Margarette Swank
This book started as a project, a cousin of my husband's wanted me to make a genealogy book for her great-nephew , so when he grew up he would know some of his family history. I put so much time, research, ink cartridges, paper etc., I decided to sell them in hopes it might help someone fine their family . Ethan Robert Cundiff Genealogy compiled data on Cundiff, Lavinder, Ramsey and many allied families. 335 pages , indexed. A section for photo's , this is not indexed or numbered. The book is $40.00 plus $4.00 S/H. The book is Spiral bound. If interested contact: Donna B. Wilkes 2935 Iron Ridge Road Rocky Mount, VA 24151 email-ktrygal1@aol.com 540-483-3392 ****Please note that I am new at putting books together, I don't want you to be disappointed. I enjoy doing the work and I want to share what I have done and many has shared with me. *****This has been great therapy for me, it gets my mind off of the loss of my son for a little while each day.
Try this web site! http://eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/exchangerates.php Barb S. Franklin Co. List Administrator ----------------------------------------------- At 01:03 PM 01/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Dear Friends of the "list", > >Is there any one out there that can help me convert pounds, shillings, etc., >into dollars? I have wills, land sales, etc., for the early 1800's and >1700's that list all monies in the English manner. I am at a loss to get an >idea as to the dollars it equaled. Even in today's coinage it would help. > >I there a web site????????????? > >Thanks a bunch > >Daundra in Michigan > > >==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== >The Franklin Co VAGenWeb "Family WebPage" list is located at URL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/fran-web.htm > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB
Hi. Over the years I've tried to find the "easy answer" to the question without much success. In a book catalog I finally ran across, John J. McCusker, "How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States", American Antiquarian Society, 1992. I found it "tough reading" as I have no background in the subject. There is a table on p. 333 which shows 100 English Pounds 1782-1796 was equivalent to $333.33 Virginia dollars (those years). The $333.33 dollars was worth $5,653.73 U. S. dollars in 1991. There is much more in the book & a huge bibliography including two articles on "money" by Benjamin Franklin, one as early as 1729. The book begins (more or less) with English currency in 1600! The author was Professor of History at Univ. of Maryland 1991, and became distinguished Professor of History and Economics at Trinity Univ., in fall 1992. Hope someone out there will share their expertise! Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <Budblossum@aol.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 1:03 PM Subject: Pounds to Dollars??????HELP!!!! > Dear Friends of the "list", > > Is there any one out there that can help me convert pounds, shillings, etc., > into dollars? I have wills, land sales, etc., for the early 1800's and > 1700's that list all monies in the English manner. I am at a loss to get an > idea as to the dollars it equaled. Even in today's coinage it would help. > > I there a web site????????????? > > Thanks a bunch > > Daundra in Michigan > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > The Franklin Co VAGenWeb "Family WebPage" list is located at URL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/fran-web.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >
Dear Friends of the "list", Is there any one out there that can help me convert pounds, shillings, etc., into dollars? I have wills, land sales, etc., for the early 1800's and 1700's that list all monies in the English manner. I am at a loss to get an idea as to the dollars it equaled. Even in today's coinage it would help. I there a web site????????????? Thanks a bunch Daundra in Michigan
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 From: Beverly Merritt beverlym@swva.net >The Franklin County 1870 Census is ready to be printed. It will be 482 >pages plus a 53 page, every name, index. It will be spiral bound with >laminated covers. The price is still $45 plus $4 s/h or can be picked up >in Rocky Mount. >Anyone that hasn't ordered the book can notify me by email and I will >reserve a copy for them, mail the check whenever it is convenient. We >should be able to ship them in the next two weeks, at the latest. Thank >you, Beverly
This is a note I received from a member of the book committee. Barb S. List Administrator Note From The Book Committee - Heritage Book January 23, 2001 We expect a February delivery date. Price is $75 per copy plus $5 shipping as long as un-ordered copies last. We experienced some mechancial problems at the printer and a few other setbacks but are getting closer. The books will arrive shrink wrapped and will be mailed immediately to those who've paid for that service. Those to pick up here will be called as far as possible; postcards sent to those for whom we have no telephone numbers. Pictures submitted for publication will be sent with books or mailed out to those who provided return postage. Others may contact us after the book is distributed. Mail payment to: Franklin County Historical Society P.O. Box 905 Rocky Mount, VA 24151
Hello, I am new to this list. I am hoping to find information on my Hill line. I descend from Cholin(Chollin,Collins,Collin)Hill born 1793 in either Franklin or Betotourt County, VA. He married Julia McCrosky, March 15, 1815, daughter of George McCrosky and Elenor Harkins. Cholin Hill and Julia had the following children: Washington Brooke Hill born Jan 1, 1817 Eliza Jane Hill Child Hill Child Hill Mary A Hill 1825 Ellen Hill Elizabeth Hill Washington Brooke Hill (I descend from him) married Sarah Ferguson. Their children were: Gilley A. Hill born 1839 America Hill born 1840 Collin Brooke "CB" Hill born Nov. 11, 1841 Mary Hill born 1847 I descend thru Collin Brooke Hill. He married Susan E Turner born Mar 24, 1841,daughter of Bartlett Turner and Mariah Boone. Their children are: Mattie P Hill Maria "Ella" Luellie Hill Mary B "Polly" Hill Lemuel Turner Hill George Allin Hill Charlotta "Susan" Hill James levota Hill Willie Brooks Hill I descend from Susan Charlotta Hill, she is my great grandmother. Any information on this family would be appreciated. I definitely have alot of holes and missing pieces. And I am not sure if this info is completely correct. Family names I descend from, from Franklin County: HILL, TURNER, FERGUSON, BOONE, McCROSKY, CRUMP, AYERS, KESSLER, PRICE. I have information on all of these lines. Sincerely, Susan (named for my great grandmother Hill) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
>From: OldWare@aol.com >Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:09:13 EST >Subject: RE: FRANKLIN COUNTY INFO >To: bobnroa@pipeline.com >X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 117 > >I have no ties to these records- however thought they may help some one. > >Franklin County, Virginia >Partial List of the Marriage Bonds. > >James Wright married Peggy Young October 9, 1786. >Jacob Webster married Fanny Walker Woods May 3, 1790. >James Akers married Lucy Webster January 13, 1792. >Theodric Webb married Permelia, Webster February 23, 1792. >Joseph Price married Nancy Webster January 2, 1797. >Thomas Billips married Sadly Webster November 28, 1793. >Edward Billips married Susanna Webster January 7, 1789. >Henry Reel married Patty Akers April 29, 1790. >Samuel Flora married Elizabeth Dillman April 8, 1788. >Abraham N. Hartsell married Elizabeth Houts May 4, 1796. >Josiah Wright married Peggy Ferguson November 20, 1797. >Christley Peters married Mary Noftsinger February 20, 1796. >Jacob Hichman married Mary Overfelt May 13, 1793. >Rebecca Tony married Joshua Ferguson August 18, 1792. >Abner Bird married Jane Jamison March 11, 1791. >John R. Webster married Deborah Webster February 3, 1834. >James Webster married Polly Akers October 15, 1834. >David Webster married Lucinda Hawkins January 16, 1819. >Henry Akers married Sarah Wimmer March 22, 1823. >Christian Peters married Charlotte Webster October 6, 1838.
Mike; I'll add some, belatedly: My ancestors, Emanuel UNDERWOOD d c1845 in Franklin Co, don't know what happened to wife Elizabeth "Celia", but their daughter Ellender b c1825 m c1844 William V MITCHELL and they moved to Roane Co, (W)VA in the 1850s. I'm also researching BARTLETT families who married in Franklin Co [Susannah P SHORT, dau/Reuben; Sabrina HILL dau/Thos; and Mary SNUFFER] and took their brides to KY and IN. Jim Bartlett jimbartlett@mindspring.com (new) Gaithersburg, MD On Wednesday, January 03, 2001 1:47 PM, NPeters102@aol.com [SMTP:NPeters102@aol.com] wrote: | I'd like to thank the following for their replies to my Franklin County | migration query & for their contributions to the growing list: |
Can anyone tell me if a certain John Hunt who died in Bedford Co., VA, in 1777 left any children at his death? If so, what were their names & approximate birth dates? I can't establish identity for any children from Bedford records in any time period. The (above) John Hunt of Bedford had died before 24 November 1777, as on that date Elizabeth Hunt and Gilbert Hunt were granted Administration on Estate of John Hunt, deceased [Bedford Court Order Book 6, p. 134]. An Inventory & Appraisal was returned to Court 22 June 1778 [Order Bk 6, p. 160]. One page of Appraisal shows "Dr. John Hunt". There are no recorded wills for HUNT on file in Bedford Co. VA from 1754 to ca 1817. 9 August 1777 a John Hunt of Bedford Co. took Oath of Affirmation during the Revolution and appears on a long list signed by William Calloway [VA State Library, Accession #27657]. Currently I have no way of determining if he was the identical John who died by November 24. Oath of Affirmation would suggest this John was a Quaker, but that remains to be proved. I haven't been able to find "him" in Quaker records (re: Hinshaw, Bell, or Wright). No "Elizabeth Hunt" appears in Bedford records after 1777 (including extant tax lists from 1782 when a widow would likely be listed) until 3 Aug. 1796 when John Adams Sr. of Bedford made his will leaving several household items to Elizabeth Hunt [Hurt?] relationship not stated [Will Book B, pp. 189,190]. The identical items were again conveyed by John Adams Sr. via Deed-Gift to Elizabeth Hunt, proved 22 Sept. 1796 in Superior Court, New London Dist. of Bedford [Deed Book 1 of District Court, p. 208]. "Hunt" is written clearly. Duplication is probably explained by Elizabeth (X) Hunt having signed as a witness to the will, but a witness wasn't supposed to receive via a will to prevent conflict of interest when called by the court to prove a will. An Elizabeth Hunt consented to marriage bond of Wm B. Lytle & Polly Hunt 23 Dec. 1799, and also to marriage bond of Thomas Aliff & Jane Hunt 21 Feb. 1803. The identities of these Elizabeth Hunts 19 and 26 years after one John Hunt died isn't established by the bonds, since if both bonds referred to a widow in 1777, she apparently had a Hunt daughter born after 1782 and had never remarried. SOME ADDITIONAL BEDFORD CO. VA RECORDS re "JOHN HUNT": A John Hunt appeared in Bedford Court Order Book 3 in Feb. of 1768 in an on-going suit (cause not stated) against a George Gaddy, with Hunt losing in Aug. of 1769. Gaddy was of Cumberland County in 1762 but apparently had moved to Bedford by 1767. Feb. 1782: James Turner Jr. complained against John Hunt and Memucan Hunt for a Breach of the Peace and John Hunt was held until making 100 pounds Security for good Behavior for 1 year [Bedford Co. Court Order Book 6]. This was abridged here by me, but nothing further was stated about the Memucan Hunt. This wasn't the John Hunt who died 5 years earlier in 1777, but this one was then old enough to be held responsible for his own behavior and make a bond in his own name, thus of legal age (21) or over. 6 May 1793 Bedford Marriage Bond for John Hunt & Ann Owen, Henry Sutphin surety, consent of Owen & Mary Owen. Married by John Ayers, 9 May 1793 [Wm W. Hinshaw, Vol. 6, Sect. 18, p. 938; + Dennis & Smith, "Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, VA", p. 33]. This John is basically unidentified, although it seems possible he was son of Stephen Hunt Sr. who died testate in Bedford 1827, or of an Owen Hunt, born before 1765, whose wife was a Turley, but Owen appearing only in Franklin Co. records after 1786, i. e. on 1787 Pers. Prop. Tax List B; a James Hunt on same list. 18 Dec.1809, a John Hunt of Bedford Co. bought 1069 acres in Bedford nr Jumping Run from Joseph Stith of Breckenridge Co. KY, for $4000.00. Recorded by James Steptoe, Clerk of Bedford Co. 26 Mar. 1810 [Deed Book 13, pp. 517, 518]. 23 Jan. 1817 John Hunt of Bedford Co. bought 110 acres in Bedford nr Jumping Run from Hezekiah Meador of Bedford for $1015.00. Recorded by James Steptoe 6 Feb. 1817 [Deed Book 15, pp. 156, 157]. Note: These records created by & for Bedford County, 8 of which were recorded after Campbell Co. was cut off in 1782 and Franklin in 1786. -WMH
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I havebeen searching for him (my gr grandpa) for over a year. His son,John William Simpsn,M.D attended U of PA med sch 1839-40. John William married Catherine Feagan, Fauquier co. VA 1844. They moved to TN 1848.I have complete data since 1848. There were an awful lot of Samuel Simpsons. I am 94 and need help. Can any one help?
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Horace Greeley did not need to tell us to go west. From the time our ancestors landed on our eastern shores at places such as Plymouth Rock & Jamestown there had been expansion westward. Some even entitled this westward movement Manifest Destiny -- the belief that territorial expansion of the United States was both inevitable and divinely ordained. For some reason there was a mass exodus of families from Franklin County, VA just prior to the Civil War. Much of the migration was to parts of VA that would become WV with the impending war. The populations of Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh and Wyoming Counties grew as a result. Franklin County researcher Otis Scott, who was the first to make me aware of the Franklin County exodus writes, "I can not begin to come up with a reason so many families moving to WV. It is sort of westward but you would expect people to move to TN or the OH Valley. Would the farming lands there been that much of an improvement over Franklin? I am familiar with those parts of WV and they are similar to Franklin as far as the lay of the land." There seems to be no singular reason, according to our little study, for why our ancestors moved from Franklin to set up housekeeping in future WV counties. What follows is my attempt at summarizing the reasons put forth by fellow researchers on the subject. Employment and the dream of a better life seemed to be the most popular responses given for migration. According to Jackie Sink Mygatt, "The stories my father tells, that were related to him by his grandpa, were that jobs were hard to come by and my ancestor went in search of same." Patty Smith says her families came to the areas that are now Tazewell, Mercer, Wyoming and McDowell Counties. She speculates, "From some of the data I have on the Cockrans, they appeared to have owned quite a bit of land in VA ... But I think the children/sons in particular moved on in hopes of free land grants & starting a new life for themselves." Ed W., another researcher, says that "farming was the main way of making a living. All of the land was in use by the parents of these people. Since it took a lot a land to make a living, the only option was to go where there was available land." June, a researcher from the Fayette County list, says some of her relatives migrated first to Monroe County and then on to Fayette County. She explains the second leg of the journey in the following manner: "We were always told that our ancestors came to Beards Fork to work at the big "ban mills," that is the saw mills ... I have some photos from the timbering days. The size of the treestumps is staggering. Three grown men could sit comfortably side-by-side on one, all facing the camera. The virgin forests our ancestors saw must have been a truly impressive sight! Needless to say, it is now difficult to find a tree more than about 150 years old in Fayette County and they are absolutely dwarfed by the trees I see in these photos." Diane Kuras talks about a different kind of employment awaiting our ancestors. "I believe there were others from the area (Franklin County) who went to the Kanawha area, perhaps due to employment at the salt mines." There was also mention of illegal employment. Cathy, of the Wyoming County lists, talks about a professor at Clemson University who labels early Franklin County as the "moonshine capital of the world" and says that there was constant expansion of its "trade routes into backwood areas." Peter Ramsey, a Franklin County researcher, says that our relatives may not have been seeking a better life but may have instead been running from a previous one. He explains in the following way: "Some of the folks may also have moved west to escape the law. There are some cases of murder and bigamy in that list that I could relate and are perhaps others." Audrey Johnson sent an E-mail on the Perdues and Leffews in which she also mentions her grandfather, James H. Goforth. His migration does not fit our criteria since it occurred a little later & since he was coming from Wilkes County, NC instead of Franklin County, VA. However, his case still deserves consideration. From Audrey's E-mail comes the following: "My grandfather was on his way to Wyoming to homestead when he saw my grandmother out sweeping her mother's porch. He turned to his friend with whom he was traveling and said, I am not going another step further. I am going to stay right here and marry that pretty girl." James Goforth never did make it to Wyoming County. He married Nancy Catherine Perdue & they lived in Brushfork, just outside of Bluefield in Mercer County. Seems love is a migration factor we also need to consider. I received between 75-100 responses to my Franklin County migration query. I'd like to thank the following people for their contributions and help in compiling the list: Sandy Spradling Kathy Thomas Regina Gray Sherry Drew Sharon Phillips Belenski Brenda Chatterton June (settleciocca@earthlink.net) Jack Spangler Jim Hartman Rhonda Palmer Peter Ramsey Wayne Witt Bates tsadams@alltel.net French Campbell Deirdre Mercer Almeda Lappin Patty Smith Diane Kuras Carrol Hurley Ullrich Angela Griffin Joyce York Lisa Rider Shindlebower Audrey Johnson Cathy (CATEACHSC@aol.com) Nancy Acord-Greathouse Nan Mykel Ed W. (blb00991@mail.wvnet.edu) Tom Dillion Sam Cook Doris Slaughter Brock Robertson Mercedes Murphy Rickie Bennett Longfellow Sonny Griffith Otis Scott Anita Rose Schmidt Libbie Griffin Marsha Moses Colleen Simmons Joann Giddinge Nancy Frederick Gracie Stover Anita (Awpaxwv@aol.com) W. Darrell Miller Sue Huffman Jean Abshire Marie Martin Carlisle Bowling Richard Wilstead Jackie Sink Mygatt Yvonne Booz Gary Griffith Nyla Creed Patte Wood The final list of families that migrated from Franklin County contains some 80 surnames. The alphabetical listing is as follows: Abshire Adams Adkins Angel/Angle Bailey Bates Beckelhimer Belcher Bell Blankenship Bowles Bradshaw Brogan Brown Campbell Clark Clay Cockran Cook Cooper Cox Craddock Darby Dearien Dent Dickerson Dillon Feazell Ferguson Gadd Goode Gray Griffith Hale Hatcher Huff Hurt James Keys Kidd Kingrey Lamb Leffew Lilly Maxey Maynor McCormack/McCormick McVey Meador/Meadows Newberry Perdue Peters (2 lines) Phillips Proffit Radford Rausch/Rouse Richards Robinson/Robertson Saunders Scott Shrewsbury Sigmon Sink Smith Snead Spangler Stanley Stephens/Stevens Stover Sweeney Tench Thomas Trail Underwood Via Wade Warden Wingo Worley Young This summary, list of contributors & list of migrating families can also be found at the following URL: http://www.geocities.com/ncreed1/Migration.html Thanks for listening and as my Grandma Coleman used to say, "Ya'll come!" Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com