A kind lady from Ferrum sent me an article from the Franklin News Post regarding Graveyard Caught in Middle of Road Change. This is located on Rt. 888 in Franklin Co.near the Floyd Co. line. For years I have been trying to find the burial site of my ancestors, Moses and Margaret Dixon Janney and my grgrandparents Burwell and Mary Radford Janney and 2nd wife of Burwell, Betty Janney Ray Janney. If anyone could get me in contact with some of the parties involved in this, I would be most grateful!! The names of people I read in the paper were: Edith Sharp, a trustee of the cemetery, or a Arlene Turner, James Turner Jr. or Hampton Turner. Some of my ancestors lived on the borderline of Franklin and Floyd Co.s. For close to 10 years we have been traveling from Ca. to Floyd and Franklin to search for info on the Janney family and the burial site. A distant cousin told me his father took him to the burial site many years ago, but, he does not remember how he got there; only that he had to walk through a pasture field, climb over a fence and cross a creek to get to it. My ancestors land was 30 acres in Floyd Co. and 37 acres in Franklin Co. In 1895 the land was sold to a Tazwell Martin, but, I have never been able to find if he willed the land to someone, sold it or whatever. From other documents it looks as if a Co. named Rock Creek Ltd. may have purchased it in later years from another timber Co. from N.C. Is it possible that there may be a record of the people buried in this cemetery???? My grandfather was Robert Janney, son of Burwell and Mary Radford Janney. He enlisted in Jacksonville in 1860, but, stated he never went home after the war and ended up in Ohio. We have his war record from 1860 to early 1865, then lose track of him until his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Francis in Zanesville, Ohio. Ginnypin@aol.com

HI. I thought I got just a whiff of Quakers in those names. (Turner & Janney) Does anyone know? Some VA Quakers transferred to Ohio Monthly Meetings. If you think it worthwhile, check out Wm W. Hinshaw's Encylo. of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 6 on VA, but I forget the Vol. # for Ohio. I dimly remember the Janneys' being in Loudon Co. VA and mixed in with Quakers there. At least one James Turner and James Jr. are in Quaker records from vicinity of Bedford, and you know most of Franklin was in Bedford before 1785/6. Luck! Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ginnypin@aol.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 12:53 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Cemetery/Road CHANGE HELP > A kind lady from Ferrum sent me an article from the Franklin News Post > regarding > Graveyard Caught in Middle of Road Change. This is located on Rt. 888 in > Franklin > Co.near the Floyd Co. line. > For years I have been trying to find the burial site of my ancestors, Moses > and > Margaret Dixon Janney and my grgrandparents Burwell and Mary Radford Janney > and 2nd wife of Burwell, Betty Janney Ray Janney. If anyone could get me in > contact with some of the parties involved in this, I would be most grateful!! > The names of people I read in the paper were: Edith Sharp, a trustee of the > cemetery, or a Arlene Turner, James Turner Jr. or Hampton Turner. Some of my > ancestors lived on the borderline of Franklin and Floyd Co.s. > For close to 10 years we have been traveling from Ca. to Floyd and Franklin > to search for info on the Janney family and the burial site. > A distant cousin told me his father took him to the burial site many years > ago, but, > he does not remember how he got there; only that he had to walk through a > pasture > field, climb over a fence and cross a creek to get to it. > My ancestors land was 30 acres in Floyd Co. and 37 acres in Franklin Co. In > 1895 > the land was sold to a Tazwell Martin, but, I have never been able to find if > he willed > the land to someone, sold it or whatever. From other documents it looks as if > a Co. > named Rock Creek Ltd. may have purchased it in later years from another > timber Co. > from N.C. > Is it possible that there may be a record of the people buried in this > cemetery???? > My grandfather was Robert Janney, son of Burwell and Mary Radford Janney. He > enlisted in Jacksonville in 1860, but, stated he never went home after the > war and > ended up in Ohio. We have his war record from 1860 to early 1865, then lose > track > of him until his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Francis in Zanesville, Ohio. > Ginnypin@aol.com > > > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Franklin Co., Va. List Administrator > Barbara Stanley > bobnroa@pipeline.com or > VAFRANKL-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >