Sorry to be so late in getting to the point of Bill's message below, but there are apparently four or more HALE lines that ran through Franklin CoVA in the 1700s, rather than one big bunch. According to DNA tests run through Family Tree DNA, "my" Franklin County HALE line does not match with descendants of Joseph HALE who died and left a will in Patrick County in 1803, nor with descendants of Nicholas HALE who entered Jamestown in the early 1600s, nor with Lewis HALE who m. Mary BURWELL. Neither do their descendants match with each other. Among the men who were tested who do match "my line" to a close degree, we have no idea of how they relate to each other, or of their earlier ancestry. John Hale b. 1765 probably in Southwestern Virginia, later Franklin CoVA, is the earliest among the three, and we don't know of his origins. Somewhere, back in the mists of the ages, I have a memory of my father telling me that "our HALEs" came down from Pennsylvania... there were seven(?) brothers who traveled together. How accurate my memory is can be debated, but who knows? There could be some truth to the memory. Anyway, if you want more information about the DNA tests, go to http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hale/ I am forwarding this message to several other lists that I think might be interested. Carolyn HALE BRUCE Co-author of Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots (hardback is out of print) and Rebel King, The Har'ships See our site at www.RebelKing.com Just arrived: VIRGINIANA, A Visitors' Guide to Virginia History & Other Stuff See our site at www.virginianabooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: wcon To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] New Subscriber Info. Myrtle was a Waldron, from out on Bent Mountain but her mother was a Hale and her Grandmother or great grandmother was a Conner. So that makes us kin to all the Hales on Bent Mt. and we are kin to the ones from Floyd through another marriage but the Hales from Floyd and Bent mt. are all from the original Franklin County Hales. Hope you have a great vacation and see you at the picnic. Bill > No, I have not talked with Myrtle. I knew that Clyne was > a blood relative, but is Myrtle also? The only > information I have on her is that she was married to > Clyne. I had not thought about talking with Myrtle. If > you do, let me know what you learn or possibly I could > join you. > > I'm off to vacation for the next week, so I'll be back > online after that. Take care. > > Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "wcon" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:31 AM > Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] New Subscriber Info. > > > > I think Cline Angle would have been the unofficial Mayor > > of Locust Grove, if it had been a town. I've been > > wanting to stop by and talk to Myrtle and see if she > > has any old geneology gems to share. I guess you know > > Linda, that you and I are related to both of them? Have > > you ever talked to her about geneology? > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > > I too have seen it listed as Locust Grove Township in > > > Floyd County, VA--all the same as far as I know. > > > > > > Linda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:34 AM > > > Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] New Subscriber Info. > > > > > > > > > > is the Locust Grove you all mention in Locust Grove > > > > Township. I find relatives living in that township > > > > in the 1860s and 1870s in the Census. cjs > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VAFLOYD Mailing List ==== > > > > Floyd County,Virginia Mailing List Web Site > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbs/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VAFLOYD Mailing List ==== > > > Floyd County,Virginia Mailing List Web Site > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbs/ > > > > > > > 7th Generation grandson of Daniel and Mary Conner who > > settled in Copper Hill, Va. around 1780. William (Bill) > > Conner > > > > > > ==== VAFLOYD Mailing List ==== > > Floyd County,Virginia Mailing List Web Site > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbs/ > > > > > > > > > > ==== VAFLOYD Mailing List ==== > Floyd County,Virginia Mailing List Web Site > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbs/ > 7th Generation grandson of Daniel and Mary Conner who settled in Copper Hill, Va. around 1780. William (Bill) Conner ==== VAFLOYD Mailing List ==== Floyd County,Virginia Mailing List Web Site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbs/