Sue Dotson just informed me that James Hash had a middle name of Allen. So I checked my database for James Allen Hash - and found one - s/o Wm. T. & Mary Haga - James Allen b 1889 d 1962 - and no spouse but a son, named Daniel. Can anyone tell me - is this the same family? Thanks as always for any help! Bette Bette Nelson wrote: > Does anyone connect to this Hash family? I'd love to connect it to > all the other Hash's I have. ;-) > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Bette > > > Descendants of James Hash > > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. JAMES1 HASH He married BESSIE FIELDER. Child of JAMES HASH and > BESSIE FIELDER is: > i. JAMES CECIL2 HASH, b. 23 November 1913, Comers Rock, Grayson > Co., VA; d. 25 September 1994, Galax, VA; m. ALENE VAUGHT, 10 October > 1938; b. 03 October 1922, VA. > > > > > > ==== VAGRAYSO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Grayson Co., VA > mailing list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected] or if your are on the Digest > list to [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Does anyone connect to this Hash family? I'd love to connect it to all the other Hash's I have. ;-) Any help would be greatly appreciated! Bette Descendants of James Hash Generation No. 1 1. JAMES1 HASH He married BESSIE FIELDER. Child of JAMES HASH and BESSIE FIELDER is: i. JAMES CECIL2 HASH, b. 23 November 1913, Comers Rock, Grayson Co., VA; d. 25 September 1994, Galax, VA; m. ALENE VAUGHT, 10 October 1938; b. 03 October 1922, VA.

The obit below appeared in today's Galax Gazette online. Does anyone know who the parents of the father were? I have a James Charles Thomas in my files, s/o Raymond (Charles Raymond) Thomas b. abt. 1910 d. 1976 and Eula Wright, and I'm wondering if this is the correct family. Sue Dotson [email protected] Joseph Thomas, 66 Joseph Thomas, 66, of Laurel Fork, died Saturday, July 26, 2003, at Heritage Hall - Laurel Meadows Nursing Home, Laurel Fork. He was preceded in death by his parents, James C. and Maudie Thomas; and brothers, Vernon Thomas, Roby Thomas and James June Thomas. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Louise Thomas of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Jeff Hill of Fancy Gap; a son and daughter-in-law, Ricky and Renee Thomas of Mount Airy, N.C.; two sisters-in-law, Lucy Thomas of Stuart and Rachel Thomas of Hillsville; and five grandchildren; Melissa Thomas, Lynette Thomas and Rebecca Thomas, all of Mount Airy, N.C., and Brooke Hill and Seth Hill, both of Fancy Gap. A funeral was held Monday at Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Funeral Home with burial in the Pine View Cemetery. The Rev. Harold Fenstermaker officiated. Flowers will be appreciated or donations may be made to the Laurel Fork Fire Department, 13139 Danville Pike, Laurel Fork, Va. 24352; or to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 3907, Martinsville, Va. 24115.

Has anyone seen this as a surname: CILE? In 1843 Melvina Cile married Lilborn Fulton in Ashe Co. Or this as a surname: CANORWAY? Or is this possibly a different name? They are in the 1850 Ashe Co census - with Wilborn Fulton. Any help at all will be greatly appreciated! Bette

Hi Marty, The 1850 Ashe Census, #261: Scarlot Daugherty 47 (m) VA. Violet 56 VA. Catharine 17 VA Robert Fulton 15 VA Hope this helps. Bette Marty Fulton wrote: >Last winter Family History Magazine reviewed a book: WILLIAM LAWSON, A SCOTTISH REBEL, AND OTHER PIONEER FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIA, by Bill Porter. In the review, it mentions sketches of numerous pioneer families, including Doughtery and Greear. Violet Fulton, the widow of David Fulton, married Scarlet Doughtery in Wythe County, Virginia, May 29, 1839. I know they are on the 1850 census in Ashe County, NC. Has anyone access to the above book, and is so, I would like to know if there is any information about either Scarlet or Violet. Thank you for your help. Marty Fulton > > >==== VAGRAYSO Mailing List ==== >If you wish to unsubscribe from the Grayson Co., VA >mailing list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to >[email protected] or if your are on the Digest >list to [email protected] > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Last winter Family History Magazine reviewed a book: WILLIAM LAWSON, A SCOTTISH REBEL, AND OTHER PIONEER FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIA, by Bill Porter. In the review, it mentions sketches of numerous pioneer families, including Doughtery and Greear. Violet Fulton, the widow of David Fulton, married Scarlet Doughtery in Wythe County, Virginia, May 29, 1839. I know they are on the 1850 census in Ashe County, NC. Has anyone access to the above book, and is so, I would like to know if there is any information about either Scarlet or Violet. Thank you for your help. Marty Fulton

Does anyone know who the parents were of the Goldie Palmer Marshall in the obit below that appeared in Wed.'s Galax Gazette? Sue Dotson [email protected] Goldie Palmer Marshall, 86 Goldie Palmer Marshall, 86, of Laurel Fork, died Thursday, July 17, 2003, at Harris Methodist HEB Hospital, Bedford, Texas. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, C. William "Bill" and Delores Marshall of Bedford, Texas; a sister, Ruth Tyree of Hampton; three grandchildren, Mike Marshall, Steve Marshall and Melissa Marshall; two great-grandchildren, Ashley Marshall and Haley Marshall; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral was held Tuesday at Stone Mountain Missionary Baptist Church, Laurel Fork, with burial in the Marshall Cemetery. The Revs. Clearance Marshall and Jeff Woods officiated. Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

At the courthouse in Grayson I found a marriage record on one of my husband's Dotsons in 1917, William Wesley Dotson. His wife was Minnie Beamer, b. 1899. It said her parents were E. F. Beamer and wife. I had already found Minnie, widowed, in the 1920 census living with her mother who was listed as Martha J. Dean, head of household. I suspect "Dean" was her surname from a second marriage after her first husband had died. Does anyone know the full name of E. F. Beamer, and/or the name of Martha's possible second husband? Second part to this question: I found a marriage record for W. W. & Minnie's son, Lawrence. It gives the parents of Lawrence as "WW & Minnie L. Pennington Dotson." I find this extremely odd when the marriage record for W. W. & Minnie listed Minnie as Minnie Beamer, single, with her parents as E. F. Beamer and wife. Can anyone help solve this puzzle? Sue Dotson [email protected]

To clarify: Elizabeth "Bettie" who married Andy Jones and had a daughter, Rosie Jones who married Martin Robinson, and Edna Lupina (Caroline) who married Commodore Isom Rector was listed with John and Sidney Witherington Davis. Patience Northern wrote: Here I am again. I need help with this family, parents for James T. Coomes and 2nd wife Amanda Davis Coomes: Amanda Davis, 17 yrs old 1850 Grayson Co., Va. census. included with the Toliver and Edna Davis Galyean family. Other surnames involved: John and Sidney Witherington Davis - raised the 2 girls

My name is Kathleen Burnett and I am your new List Mom. I want to take a moment and let you know who I am and a little about myself and how I work as a Mailing List Mom. I am a mother of 4 and grandmother of 10. I work outside of the home during the day and I am a list Mom to several other Mailing Lists. I am a hands on List Mom, meaning I keep track of what is going on with the mailing list and if you are ever in need of me during the day, while at work, you can reach me at [email protected] If I do not respond to you in a timely manner you can reach me at [email protected] My goal for your list is to keep it a safe place for you to research post and share information regarding your ancestors of Grayson Co., VA.. Safe meaning a place where you are not subject to postings other than posting related to the subject of the list. For your information, the VAGRAYSO Mailing List has 341 members, 276 of these are subscribed to the Regular List and 65 to the Digest List. I have very few rules on the lists I watch over; the main one is to treat your fellow members as you would like to be treated; Roll Calls will be called by me, with a beginning date and an ending date and the posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - Spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact me, [email protected] If you would like to visit the archived messages for this list you may go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com and type in VAGRAYSO from there you can search by date. There is a great Rootsweb site, Password Central; you can go to if you want to find out what Rootsweb lists you are a member of or need to unsubscribe from a list, just follow the instructions. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ I wish for each of you a success with your most difficult genealogical mystery and I look forward to getting to know you. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Someone asked for a list of the names of the children I have for Samuel Davis b 1820 & Eliz. b 1825 - so thought I'd post them all. Charles, Cora, Frank, Sarah, Robert, Wm. Washington, John, Amanda, Caroline, Hannah, Rush & Andrew. If anyone can help with this family I'd be ever so grateful! Bette Some of the families I research are: Anderson, Davis, Parsons, Livesay, Testerman, Blevins, Spencer.

I'm hoping someone will have this Davis family - Samuel b 1820 a s/o Jacob & Eliz. LNU Davis - Samuel married Elizabeth Hash b 1825. I have quite a list of children for this couple and most of them that is all I have on them. I'd love to exchange information with anyone who has them. Perhaps we could help each other. Thanks for any help! Bette

Hi folks For those that want new stuff, here is some of the new stuff online, since the last time I announced new stuff. Bill Reedy Cemetery - Grayson County - from Dave Reedy Snow Hill Baptist Church Cemetery - Grayson County from Buford Wilson Cemetery photos of 16 Acre Field Cemetery; Comer's Rock Baptist Church Cemetery; Harrington Cemetery, Sawyer-Sage Cemetery all in Grayson County - all photos from Susan Taylor Woodson. Partial Survey of the Wassum Cemetery, Atkins, Smyth County, VA by me. (I went to pick up Patti at work and got there early). Allison Cemetery at Saltville, Smyth County, VA from Renie Hoover Helton Obituary of Nathaniel Vannoy from Larry Cockerham - on the Wilkes Co., NC page. Photos of the Double Creek Area of Wilkes County from Nanalee Caudill Wrenn. Photos of the Bland Court House area by me. To find this stuff, go to http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm and click on the appropriate county to find it. Warm regards Jeff Weaver PO Box 351 Saltville, Smyth County, VA http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm - New River Notes http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/vacwhp.htm - Virginia Civil War Home Page

Can anyone help me identify either the parents of John Richardson or Molly Dolinger? Or both, preferably? I'll attach the obituary from todays Galax Gazette. I would appreciate any help. Bette Wetsel D. Richardson, 75 Wetsel D. Richardson, 75, of Whitetop, died Sunday, July 6, 2003, at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, Tenn. He was born Sept. 8, 1927, in Whitetop to John and Molly Dolinger Richardson. Survivors include his wife, Helen Lovelace Richardson; a daughter, Freda Kaye Richardson of Whitetop; one grandson; three sisters, Pearl Weaver of Whitetop, hazel Sellers of Elkton, Md., and Minerva Roop of Independence; one brother and sister-in-law, Howard and Lucy Richardson of Sugar Grove; a brother-in-law, Harold Peterson of Elkton, Md.; a sister-in-law, Coleen Richardson of Whitetop; and several nieces and nephews A funeral was held Thursday at Whitetop Baptist Church, Whitetop, with burial in the Byars Cemetery. The Revs. T.A. Pennington and Bobby Stamper officiated Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, was in charge of arrangements.

Hi folks In response to some requests for more early church information I went to the library today. :-) While I was there I found the citation for the book I mentioned in the Baptist Churches {long} post I did yesterday. Appalachian Mountain Religion: A History, by Deborah Vansau McCauley, University of Illinois Press, Urbana & Chicago, 1995. A good read for those that like those kinds of things. I also thought I would pull together some short sketch of the Methodist Church in the Upper New River Valley area. R. N. Price's 5 volume set, Holston Methodism certainly would contain much needed source material, but it is poorly indexed, and will take longer to develop a coherent story of the Methodists. I also looked at William Edward Eisenberg's The Lutheran Church in Virginia, 1717-1962, published by the Trustees of the Virginia Synod, Roanoke, Virginia, 1967. A look at that book yielded a few brief facts that some might be interested in. In Smyth County, the Lutheran Chruches are/were: Ebenezer Church in Marion, established in 1799 Pleasant Hill at Groseclose, established in 1843 St. James Church at St. Clair's Bottom, near Chilhowie, established in 1856 Attoway Parish was established in 1910 and has two churches in it: Furnace Hill Church established in 1921 and Attonement CHurch which was established in 1925. Another Lutheran Church esisted in Smyth County: St. Matthews, formerly known as Collups or Cedar Grove, which was extant during 1857-1929. This one would have been to the east of Sugar Grove. Mr. Eisenburg dosesn't mention Laurel Valley Church in his formal list of Smyth County Lutheran Churches, but in another place in his book he lists it as a Lutheran Church in Smyth County. This one is at Konnarock on the Smyth County side. Beautiful structure. In Grayson County, there have been several Lutheran Churches over the years, but only one remains to the best of my knowledge. Here is a sketch. In 1789 Rev. Paul Henkel visited German settlers on Elk Creek in Grayson COunty and by 1790 the Synod records show a church on Elk Creek in Wythe County. (Grayson wasn't created from Wythe until 1792/1793). Subsequent records reveal that this church's formal name was St. John's and is listed in Synod records until 1818, but Mr. Eisenburg speculated that the congregation met occasionally until 1830 when it was disbanded. It was about 90 years before the Lutheran Church made additional efforts in Grayson County. This was principally due to L. C. Hassinger, owner of Hassinger Lumber Company at Konnarock. Mr. Hassinger, a Lutheran, recruited Lutheran ministers for a "mission field" and funded much of their activity. Notable among these missionaries was one Rev. Kenneth Killinger and Sister Sofie, a Lutheran nurse who helped many families with medical care in the western end of Grayson County. Lutheran Churches in Grayson County in the 20th century are/were: Faith Church, established in 1931. This is the one across the road from Mt. Rogers Combined School. St. John's Lutheran CHurch. This one was established in 1939 on upper Grassy Creek. This building is now used as a hay barn, and I never remember any services being held there, so must have disbaned ca. 1960 or so. The Friendly Church at Whitetop City was established in 1923. This building is now used as the Whitetop Presbyterian Church. Ivy Grove Church at Rugby was established in 1930. The Ivy Grove Building is now used as a barn. Note, Faith Lutheran, Friendly Lutheran and Ivy Grove Lutheran Churches were merged in 1959, using the Faith church building, and the combined congregation is still active (the only one in Grayson), and uses the name Messiah Lutheran Church. There was also a Redeemer Lutheran Church on Fairwood Road near Troutdale, which was established in 1923. In 1959 it was consolidated with St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Konnarock just over in Washington County. This church was in land now owned by the National Forest Service, and the structure was burned. Hassinger's had a band mill at Fairwood. I dont know where the records of any of these congregations are, although I would suspect Roanoke College. As best I am aware there has never been a Lutheran Church in Ashe or Alleghany County, NC. There is one (some?) in Watauga County, but I don't know the particulars of those congregations. Warm regards Jeff Weaver PO Box 351 Saltville, Smyth County, VA http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm - New River Notes http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/vacwhp.htm - Virginia Civil War Home Page

Does anyone know if the Arthur Parks I have are one and the same person? I have Arthur Parks w/parents b Nov 1899. I have Arthur Lincoln Parks b abt 1890 married Lessie Mae Shuler - this Arthur w/out any parents. Thanks as always for any help! Bette

Does anyone have any knowledge of which daughter of Jacob & Hanna Hines was the mother of Wm.? My guess is it was Lucinda but very well could have been Charlotte. I'll attach the info I have on Wm. below. Thanks in advance for any help! Bette Descendants of William Hines Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM1 HINES was born 19 September 1853 in Grayson Co., VA, and died 09 October 1922 in Grayson Co., VA. He married ROSAMOND CAROLINE VAUGHAN, daughter of JOHN VAUGHAN and MATILDA BEDWELL. She was born 03 August 1856 in Grayson Co., VA, and died 08 July 1949 in Grayson Co., VA. More About WILLIAM HINES: Burial: Hines Branch Cem., Grayson Co., VA More About ROSAMOND CAROLINE VAUGHAN: Burial: Hines Branch Cem., Grayson Co., VA

In the Ashe Co. cemetery book I found a listing for Lou Parsons that married Ora Sullivan and listed were her parents: Joseph & Inez Powers Parsons. Does anyone have this family? I'd love to find a wife for one of my over 30 Joseph Parsons - some have no wife or children. Woe is them. ;-) As always any help would be greatly appreciated! Bette

Hi folks For those that might be interested, several new cemeteries are online for your researching adventures. Go to http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm and click on the appropriate county to get there. For Smyth County, Virginia 1. Scott Cemetery at Teas by Sadie Greer & Jeff Weaver 2. James Cemetery at Sugar Grove by Sadie Greer & Jeff Weaver For Grayson County, Virginia 3. Jones (Marshel) Cemetery at Grayson Highland Park by Ginger Ballard 4. Parks,(George Washington) Cemetery 5. Parks, (William Kendrick) Cemetery 6. Parks, (Riley Preston) Cemetery All three of the foregoing by Donna Edwards and Rodney Johnson 7. Baldwin, WIlliam M Cemetery at Whitetop 8. Davis (James Matterson) Cemetery on Mud Creek, Whitetop 9. Phipps Cemetery [2] on Laurel Hill 10. Campbell Cemetery at Troutdale All of these are by Jeff Weaver and Sadie Stamper Greer. 11. Sadie and I also talked to a fellow in Whitetop, Gene Roop, who has legally established a Roop Family Cemetery on his property, but no one is buried there yet. None of the cemeteries are very large, but are what they are. Enjoy. Warm regards Jeff Weaver PO Box 351 Saltville, Smyth County, VA http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm - New River Notes http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/vacwhp.htm - Virginia Civil War Home Page

I was wondering if anyone has the listing of the headstones at the Oak Hill Baptist Church cemetery in Mouth of Wilson. Thank you, Sheila Phillips