Dear Friends: I have had a lot of inquiries about the contents of the book and below you will find the Table of Contents to show an idea of what stories are included . Table of Contents: Tales and Superstitions 1 Witchcraft 1 Effie Sigmon's Coffee Pot 1 Haircuts 1 The Best Home-Brewed Beer Ever 1 Death by Dill Pickle 2 Catherine Sigmon and the Flashlight 2 Mattie's Memories 2 Fork in the Fireplace Mantle 3 Great-Aunt Polly 3 The Sigmonds Ghost 4 C.T.M. (Cow Tail Mail) 5 Franklin County, Virginia Tall Tale 5 Samuel H. Young 6 Cemeteries 7 The Adrian Hurt/Hurt Family Slave Cemetery 7 The Booth Cemetery 7 The Hatcher Cemetery 8 The Old Wade and Patterson Graveyard 8 The Preston Cemetery 8 The Law Graveyard 9 The Chestnut Presbyterian Cemetery 9 The Callaway Cemetery 9 The Tanyard Cemetery 10 The Taliaferro Cemetery on High Street 11 A Few Interesting Inscriptions 11 Towns and Villages 12 History of Ferrum 12 The Great Rocky Mount Fire 13 Blue Ridge Mountains, Buffalo Knob 15 Rentfro Ridge 15 Rentfro Family 16 Willis Ridge and Indian Creek 16 The Carolina Road 17 Pioneers Followed Roads Made by Wild Hogs 18 White Falls 20 Franklin County Schools 21 Poplar Grove School 21 Prillaman School 21 Red Top School {Nicholas Creek} 21 Sigmon School House 25 Miss Ora and Miss Etta 25 Katonka or Mary, Our Indian Princess 29 Our Indian Grandmother 29 Murder 30 The Murder Story of Elizabeth "Bett" Willis Sigmon 30 Franklin County and the Civil War 31 Southern Honor Before the War 31 A Visit of Colonel Heros von Borcke to Bleak Hill 32 Experiences of Owen Henry Price, Confederate Soldier 33 Camp Diseases and Battle Death 34 Guilty of Desertion 35 Union Sympathizers 35 Letters Home 36 The Saul Brothers Controversy 44 Excerpts from Salmon's Bicentennial History 44 Editorial by Gordon E. Saul, Col. U.S.Army Ret. 45 What's In A Name? 47 The Longest Name 47 The Saddest Name 47 Cardui 47 Sontag 47 Holland and Hollins 48 Old Sayings 49 If You Are Well Bred 50 Some Original and 'Archaic' Mountain Terms 50 Found at the Courthouse 53 James Mead and William Ramey 53 Robert & Rebecca Edmonds 53 Rich' Robinson {Roberson} 53 Jonathan Richardson 53 George Lamb 53 Elizabeth Maynor 53 1785 Inquisition on the Body of George Hunter 53 Peter Kingery 54 Joseph Smith 54 Theodorick Webb 54 Anderson, Jack and Claiborne 54 Claiborne, A Slave 54 George, A Slave 55 James Young 55 The Delancy Family's Great Loss 56 Couplets from the Past 56 Unusual Records 56 Liquor Stories 57 An Irish Proverb 57 The Passing of a Tradition 57 Moonshine and Murder 58 Officer Phlegan 63 Jim Hopkins 63 Lewis Washington "Fat Lewis" Quinn and the Revenuer 64 Instructions For Making Good Corn Liquor 64 Medicinal Uses for Moonshine 69 Hot Ginger Tea 70 Cough and Sore Throat Medicine 70 Mountain Folks Coffee Lace 70 Hot Irish Punch 70 Happy As Can Be 71 4th of July Address by Judge Abram Hancock Hopkins 73 Tobacco 78 Joseph Hare, the Celebrated Bandit 80 A Tribute to My Father 82 Some Memories I Have 83 Food 85 Preservation of Food in Colonial Days 85 Hog Killing 86 Receipts & Recipes 88 Pinto Bean Cake 88 Popcorn Candy Cake 88 Sweet Potato Cake 88 Green Tomato Pie 88 Peanut Soup 89 Squirrel Stew 89 Cracklin' Bread 89 Hardtack 90 Hoe Cakes 90 Johnny Cakes 90 Sally Lunn 90 General Lafayette Passed Through Franklin County 91 A Famous Feud 92 A Thorough Masonic Investigation 92 Are You As Smart as an 8th Grader in 1895? 98 Index 101
Beverly, How much does the book cost? Betsy Cline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Merritt" <beverlym@swva.net> To: "List" <VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 6:24 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Sigmon book Table of Contents > Dear Friends: I have had a lot of inquiries about the contents of the book > and below you will find the Table of Contents to show an idea of what > stories are included . > > Table of Contents: > Tales and Superstitions 1 > Witchcraft 1 > Effie Sigmon's Coffee Pot 1 > Haircuts 1 > The Best Home-Brewed Beer Ever 1 > Death by Dill Pickle 2 > Catherine Sigmon and the Flashlight 2 > Mattie's Memories 2 > Fork in the Fireplace Mantle 3 > Great-Aunt Polly 3 > The Sigmonds Ghost 4 > C.T.M. (Cow Tail Mail) 5 > Franklin County, Virginia Tall Tale 5 > Samuel H. Young 6 > Cemeteries 7 > The Adrian Hurt/Hurt Family Slave Cemetery 7 > The Booth Cemetery 7 > The Hatcher Cemetery 8 > The Old Wade and Patterson Graveyard 8 > The Preston Cemetery 8 > The Law Graveyard 9 > The Chestnut Presbyterian Cemetery 9 > The Callaway Cemetery 9 > The Tanyard Cemetery 10 > The Taliaferro Cemetery on High Street 11 > A Few Interesting Inscriptions 11 > Towns and Villages 12 > History of Ferrum 12 > The Great Rocky Mount Fire 13 > Blue Ridge Mountains, Buffalo Knob 15 > Rentfro Ridge 15 > Rentfro Family 16 > Willis Ridge and Indian Creek 16 > The Carolina Road 17 > Pioneers Followed Roads Made by Wild Hogs 18 > White Falls 20 > Franklin County Schools 21 > Poplar Grove School 21 > Prillaman School 21 > Red Top School {Nicholas Creek} 21 > Sigmon School House 25 > Miss Ora and Miss Etta 25 > Katonka or Mary, Our Indian Princess 29 > Our Indian Grandmother 29 > Murder 30 > The Murder Story of Elizabeth "Bett" Willis Sigmon 30 > Franklin County and the Civil War 31 > Southern Honor Before the War 31 > A Visit of Colonel Heros von Borcke to Bleak Hill 32 > Experiences of Owen Henry Price, Confederate Soldier 33 > Camp Diseases and Battle Death 34 > Guilty of Desertion 35 > Union Sympathizers 35 > Letters Home 36 > The Saul Brothers Controversy 44 > Excerpts from Salmon's Bicentennial History 44 > Editorial by Gordon E. Saul, Col. U.S.Army Ret. 45 > What's In A Name? 47 > The Longest Name 47 > The Saddest Name 47 > Cardui 47 > Sontag 47 > Holland and Hollins 48 > Old Sayings 49 > If You Are Well Bred 50 > Some Original and 'Archaic' Mountain Terms 50 > Found at the Courthouse 53 > James Mead and William Ramey 53 > Robert & Rebecca Edmonds 53 > Rich' Robinson {Roberson} 53 > Jonathan Richardson 53 > George Lamb 53 > Elizabeth Maynor 53 > 1785 Inquisition on the Body of George Hunter 53 > Peter Kingery 54 > Joseph Smith 54 > Theodorick Webb 54 > Anderson, Jack and Claiborne 54 > Claiborne, A Slave 54 > George, A Slave 55 > James Young 55 > The Delancy Family's Great Loss 56 > Couplets from the Past 56 > Unusual Records 56 > Liquor Stories 57 > An Irish Proverb 57 > The Passing of a Tradition 57 > Moonshine and Murder 58 > Officer Phlegan 63 > Jim Hopkins 63 > Lewis Washington "Fat Lewis" Quinn and the Revenuer 64 > Instructions For Making Good Corn Liquor 64 > Medicinal Uses for Moonshine 69 > Hot Ginger Tea 70 > Cough and Sore Throat Medicine 70 > Mountain Folks Coffee Lace 70 > Hot Irish Punch 70 > Happy As Can Be 71 > 4th of July Address by Judge Abram Hancock Hopkins 73 > Tobacco 78 > Joseph Hare, the Celebrated Bandit 80 > A Tribute to My Father 82 > Some Memories I Have 83 > Food 85 > Preservation of Food in Colonial Days 85 > Hog Killing 86 > Receipts & Recipes 88 > Pinto Bean Cake 88 > Popcorn Candy Cake 88 > Sweet Potato Cake 88 > Green Tomato Pie 88 > Peanut Soup 89 > Squirrel Stew 89 > Cracklin' Bread 89 > Hardtack 90 > Hoe Cakes 90 > Johnny Cakes 90 > Sally Lunn 90 > General Lafayette Passed Through Franklin County 91 > A Famous Feud 92 > A Thorough Masonic Investigation 92 > Are You As Smart as an 8th Grader in 1895? 98 > Index 101 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >
Hi Betsy, The cost is $25 which includes postage. If you'd like a copy her mailing address is 11625 Franklin Road, Ferrum, Va 24088, thanks. You can email your address and we'll send a copy right away. Thanks, Beverly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betsy Cline" <brcline@socket.net> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Sigmon book Table of Contents > Beverly, > How much does the book cost? > Betsy Cline > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beverly Merritt" <beverlym@swva.net> > To: "List" <VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 6:24 PM > Subject: [VAFRANKL] Sigmon book Table of Contents > > >> Dear Friends: I have had a lot of inquiries about the contents of the >> book >> and below you will find the Table of Contents to show an idea of what >> stories are included . >> >> Table of Contents: >> Tales and Superstitions 1 >> Witchcraft 1 >> Effie Sigmon's Coffee Pot 1 >> Haircuts 1 >> The Best Home-Brewed Beer Ever 1 >> Death by Dill Pickle 2 >> Catherine Sigmon and the Flashlight 2 >> Mattie's Memories 2 >> Fork in the Fireplace Mantle 3 >> Great-Aunt Polly 3 >> The Sigmonds Ghost 4 >> C.T.M. (Cow Tail Mail) 5 >> Franklin County, Virginia Tall Tale 5 >> Samuel H. Young 6 >> Cemeteries 7 >> The Adrian Hurt/Hurt Family Slave Cemetery 7 >> The Booth Cemetery 7 >> The Hatcher Cemetery 8 >> The Old Wade and Patterson Graveyard 8 >> The Preston Cemetery 8 >> The Law Graveyard 9 >> The Chestnut Presbyterian Cemetery 9 >> The Callaway Cemetery 9 >> The Tanyard Cemetery 10 >> The Taliaferro Cemetery on High Street 11 >> A Few Interesting Inscriptions 11 >> Towns and Villages 12 >> History of Ferrum 12 >> The Great Rocky Mount Fire 13 >> Blue Ridge Mountains, Buffalo Knob 15 >> Rentfro Ridge 15 >> Rentfro Family 16 >> Willis Ridge and Indian Creek 16 >> The Carolina Road 17 >> Pioneers Followed Roads Made by Wild Hogs 18 >> White Falls 20 >> Franklin County Schools 21 >> Poplar Grove School 21 >> Prillaman School 21 >> Red Top School {Nicholas Creek} 21 >> Sigmon School House 25 >> Miss Ora and Miss Etta 25 >> Katonka or Mary, Our Indian Princess 29 >> Our Indian Grandmother 29 >> Murder 30 >> The Murder Story of Elizabeth "Bett" Willis Sigmon 30 >> Franklin County and the Civil War 31 >> Southern Honor Before the War 31 >> A Visit of Colonel Heros von Borcke to Bleak Hill 32 >> Experiences of Owen Henry Price, Confederate Soldier 33 >> Camp Diseases and Battle Death 34 >> Guilty of Desertion 35 >> Union Sympathizers 35 >> Letters Home 36 >> The Saul Brothers Controversy 44 >> Excerpts from Salmon's Bicentennial History 44 >> Editorial by Gordon E. Saul, Col. U.S.Army Ret. 45 >> What's In A Name? 47 >> The Longest Name 47 >> The Saddest Name 47 >> Cardui 47 >> Sontag 47 >> Holland and Hollins 48 >> Old Sayings 49 >> If You Are Well Bred 50 >> Some Original and 'Archaic' Mountain Terms 50 >> Found at the Courthouse 53 >> James Mead and William Ramey 53 >> Robert & Rebecca Edmonds 53 >> Rich' Robinson {Roberson} 53 >> Jonathan Richardson 53 >> George Lamb 53 >> Elizabeth Maynor 53 >> 1785 Inquisition on the Body of George Hunter 53 >> Peter Kingery 54 >> Joseph Smith 54 >> Theodorick Webb 54 >> Anderson, Jack and Claiborne 54 >> Claiborne, A Slave 54 >> George, A Slave 55 >> James Young 55 >> The Delancy Family's Great Loss 56 >> Couplets from the Past 56 >> Unusual Records 56 >> Liquor Stories 57 >> An Irish Proverb 57 >> The Passing of a Tradition 57 >> Moonshine and Murder 58 >> Officer Phlegan 63 >> Jim Hopkins 63 >> Lewis Washington "Fat Lewis" Quinn and the Revenuer 64 >> Instructions For Making Good Corn Liquor 64 >> Medicinal Uses for Moonshine 69 >> Hot Ginger Tea 70 >> Cough and Sore Throat Medicine 70 >> Mountain Folks Coffee Lace 70 >> Hot Irish Punch 70 >> Happy As Can Be 71 >> 4th of July Address by Judge Abram Hancock Hopkins 73 >> Tobacco 78 >> Joseph Hare, the Celebrated Bandit 80 >> A Tribute to My Father 82 >> Some Memories I Have 83 >> Food 85 >> Preservation of Food in Colonial Days 85 >> Hog Killing 86 >> Receipts & Recipes 88 >> Pinto Bean Cake 88 >> Popcorn Candy Cake 88 >> Sweet Potato Cake 88 >> Green Tomato Pie 88 >> Peanut Soup 89 >> Squirrel Stew 89 >> Cracklin' Bread 89 >> Hardtack 90 >> Hoe Cakes 90 >> Johnny Cakes 90 >> Sally Lunn 90 >> General Lafayette Passed Through Franklin County 91 >> A Famous Feud 92 >> A Thorough Masonic Investigation 92 >> Are You As Smart as an 8th Grader in 1895? 98 >> Index 101 >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> 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 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message