I am trying to find any information on a gentlemen by the name of "Poke" Hash. I am assuming that "Poke" is a nickname, although I do not know this for sure. His first name could have possibly been John. I had heard a rumor that this gentlemen might have passed away in the 50's or 60's. I have also heard that this gentlemen's wife was still living in that area 10 years after his death. ANY information would be of help. Thanks, Tracy

Can anyone tell me who Wanless H. Ring's parents were? he was b 1893 and married Estella S. who was b 1896. I'd guess that two Rings - Herman E. b 1913 and Warren H. b 1921 were sons of the couple. The Wanless name really tugs at me - I've never seen that name anywhere! As always any help would be greatly appreciated. Bette

Hi folks For those that might be interested, Ginger got the Atkins Memorial Methodist Cem. and the Providence Methodist Church Cems finished and online., both in the eastern end of Grayson Co.., VA. Both are good sized cemeteries, and the burial total is now over 20,100. Buford Wilson reports that he has begun work on Snow Hill Cemetery in the southeast corner of the county. http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm 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

Hi folks For those that might be interested, the following items are new/updated on New River Notes tonight. http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm (click on the appropriate county to get there) Alleghany County, NC: The Old Sturgill Cemetery courtesy of Larry Hash of Winston Salem For Carroll County, VA An Update of the Popes Knob Cemetery from Buford Wilson with a really interesting photo. For Grayson County, VA Updates to the Greer-Stamper Cemetery at White Top Silas Ward Cemetery, Saddle Creek Photos added to both courtesy of Larry Hash. Larry also identified the location of the unmarked grave of William Horton Hash, buried in the Silas Ward Cem. W. H. Hash died ca. 1820, making this one of the oldest known cems. in Grayson County. The cem. photos show it to be in currently a sad state of repair. New items Rutherford Cemetery 1 on Couch's Knob courtesy of Minnie Hall (1 grave stone) Hines Branch Methodist Church Cemetery by yours truly (about 200 graves) Rock Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery by yours truly. (275 graves) This brings the Grayson County grave total to 19300+ Also added a link to a web site that has a listing ot the Atkins Methodist church Cemetery. Ginger is working on her version of that and that should be up very soon, as well as the Lebanon Methodist Church on the road to Fries. 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 with this Hawks? According to one source his name was Leftrich. According to another it was LeftWich. Who were his parents? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. A lot - why that would be so super! Bette Descendants of Leftrich Hawks Generation No. 1 1. LEFTRICH1 HAWKS He married (1) LENA DIAMOND Bef. 1907. She died Abt. 1910 in Grayson Co., VA. He married (2) LINNIE VICTORIA MOONEY Aft. 1910.

Looking for proof of parentage for Elijah Edwards b. June 7, 1812 in NC d. July 27 1888 in VA; brother to James A. , Nancy, Newell, Jane, & Elisha EDWARDS. Father is believed to be Thomas b. in NC and mother is possibly Mary unknown. Thank you for any advice and documentation. Beth Colvin in Florida

Does anyone know if the Leftwich M. Hawks mentioned in the obituary below from today's Galax Gazette online is the same person as the Leftrich Mitchell Hawks who was md. to Lena C. Diamond and had a dau. Gladys Virginia b. 1907? Sue Dotson [email protected] Nannie Mae Hawks Harrison, 80 Nannie Mae Hawks Harrison, 80, of Galax, died Friday, June 13, 2003. She was born Jan. 31, 1923, in Fries to Leftwich M. Hawks and Linnie Victoria Mooney. Survivors include her husband, J. Clayton Harrison of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Anita and Berton Whittington of Kernersville, N.C.; a son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Joyce Hess of Woodlawn; a sister, Velma Jarrett of High Point, N.C.; three stepdaughters, Wilma Faye Hudson of Galax, Sue Ward of Hillsville and Barbara Luper of Roanoke; two stepsons, J.C. Harrison of Galax and Danny Harrison of Danville; 14 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral was held Monday at Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home with burial in the Monta Vista Cemetery. The Revs. Mark Kilbourne and Jimmie Marion officiated.

Jeff, To you and the people who help you, Thank you so very much. It is so nice to be able to go to your wonderful web site and find all this info, especially for those of us who live hundreds of miles away. You all really are making a difference. Thank you. Kelly _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Hi folks I have six more Grayson Co., VA Cems online this morning. I know a couple have some coding errors, but have another obligation right now; but they are readable, if you are interested. http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm The new ones are: Greer-Sizemore Cemetery on Cabin Creek Jones Cem on Mud Creek Brad Richardson Cem. in downtown Rugby. Wiley Perkins Cem. on Guffey Creek William Weaver Cem. on Mud Creek; a suburb of Greater White Top City. Young Cem. on Ripshin, near Troutdale. None of these cemeteries are very large, but they 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

Sorry but I am again asking for help on the Hale/Boyer issue. I'd really love to find out who Lena Hale's parents were. She was born Oct. 1881 and married John Winton Boyer in 1900 so I will not be able to find her with her parents in a census. I have his name as John Winton Boyer. The cem record says John N. Someone else says it was Winton John. As always any help would be greatly appreciated. Bette

Can anyone tell me who the parents were of Lena Hale b Oct 1881 and married John Boyer? She was married before 1900 according to what I have so I can't find her in a census record with her parents. As always any help would be greatly appreciated. Bette

Thanks to everyone for the information about the Galax Gazette Newspaper website. I had it under favorites and it didn't work. But I got it now. Thank you!! Stephanie Harrington

Does anyone know if John A. Adams that married Eliz. Sexton if they are the parents of Mary Adams that married Creed Rutherford? I think they are for a couple of reasons - the marriage date of John & Eliz. is just over a year from the birth of Mary and they are all buried in the Wagg Cem! Thanks for any help!

Hi folks For those interested, the Old Town Memorial Cemetery (an African-American Cem) is online at New River Notes (http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm) courtesy of an anonymous researcher. 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

Hi folks Yesterday Dave Reedy & I went wandering around the western end of Grayson County and got some of the more obscure cemeteries, and the listings are now online, with photos. To find them, go to http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm, click on Grayson and scroll down to the cemeteries link. The new or updated cemeteries are: Blackburn, John Cem. On Grassy Creek Blevins, Alfred Cem. On Pond Mountain, near the NC/VA/TN corner Reedy, Mitchell Cem., updates from previous listing done by Rebecca Reedy Sisk; On Grassy Creek. Reedy, Peter Cem. on York Ridge, previous identified as a Pugh Cem., but upon investigation, and Dave's reconstruction. Richardson Cem., updates previous listing from the GCHS files. This cem is actually located at what had previously been identified as the Enoch Young or Laurel Hill Baptist Church Cem., which doesn't exist. Spencer Cem., updates with location information, file sent in from Becky Sisk, also confirms suspicions that two previous Spencer Cem. listings are actually one cemetery, duplicate listing deleted. Wagg Cem. on Grassy Creek. Walls Cem. on Middle Fork of Helton Creek. Calvin Wiles Cem. located on Shippys Branch. And for those who would like to know what Dave looks like, click on Meet the Grayson County Cemetery Researchers thing at the top of the page. Dave was chugging up the side of Pond Mountain when I took that pic, don't think he realized I did it. I didn't tell him either. :-) Dave got his revenge though when we were looking for the Bill Reedy Cemetery on Jones Branch. He nearly got me killed (fell in a hole); got the truck stuck in the mud, and met all sorts of unsavaory things, and never did find the cemetery. Becky if you are out there, have you done this one? That's all folks. 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

Stephanie, That is the correct address, and it DOES still exist. I have it bookmarked as the same address, and even clicked on your link in your posting and it took me right to it. I know they were having some problems Wednesday, because I was in the middle of working with the obituaries and lost the page. Nothing at all would come up for several hours, but it's definitely working now. Maybe that's when you were trying? Sue Dotson [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff & Stephanie Harrington" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:46 PM Subject: Galax Newspaper > Hi, > Can anyone tell me the website for the Galax Gazette Newspaper??? I use to have it as www.galaxgazette.com but it says it no longer exists. Was wonder if they have a new address, or they are just no longer on line. > > Thanks, > Stephanie Harrington

Hi, Can anyone tell me the website for the Galax Gazette Newspaper??? I use to have it as www.galaxgazette.com but it says it no longer exists. Was wonder if they have a new address, or they are just no longer on line. Thanks, Stephanie Harrington

I received this obit from my Aunt Jane Davis Altizer Bowen. I do not know what newspaper it was printed in -- but if you can help me with any of the names, I'd really appreciate. I'm sorry I don't know the source of the newspaper clipping: "John M. Davis was born in Smyth County, VA, March 5, 1852, departed this life April 2, 1918, aged 66 years and 27 days. He was married to Sarah Izabel Hill February 21, 1871. To this union were born thirteen children. His companion and three of his children have preceded him to the tomb. There are left to mourn the loss of father six sons and four daughters: Mrs. Mollie Horn, of Elk Creek, VA; Jane and Emma Davis, of Galax; Mrs. Lelia Welsh, of Galax; R. W. Davis, of Oldtown; Granville Davis, of Robert Lee, Texas; Orville Davis, of Cliffview; Chapman Davis, of Fries; Lawrence Davis, of Galax; and William Davis, of Willis, VA. Mr. Davis made a profession of religion at the Mt. Olivet church about 35 years ago and joined the Methodist church. He has often said that the 23rd chapter of Psalms was his favorite chapter in the Bible and would repeat "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the sill water." He said in talking to one of his sons regarding the war that is made but little difference to him that he would not live much longer, and that he was ready to go. He was loved and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He was laid to rest in the Ballard Cemetary on April 4th. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. H. Varner and Rev. James Bartlett" The William Davis of Willis, VA was my grandfather so John M. Davis would be my great-grandfather. Linda W. Davis Roanoke College Secretary for Math, Computer Science, and Physics Dept. Phone: (540) 375-2432 E-mail: [email protected]

I am working on a DAR application and need some help with info on George Reeves, Sr. b. abt. 1735 d. bef. 15 Nov 1811 Grayson Co., VA married to Jane Burton. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

Hi folks Got some more cemetery files online tonight for those that might be interested. http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm, click on the county you want to investigate for the appropriate files. For Grayson County, 3 cems all from Susan Story & Ginger Ballard Old Bethel Cem. Wagoner, Adam Cem. Reeves, Wayne Cem. For Smyth County, VA, 2 cems both from Renie Hoover Helton and typed by me. Ebenezer Church Cem Mt. Zion Church Cem. Note for Renie. aka, Epic Amazon: This finishes up the last batch you brought. FOr those that keep up with Dave Reedy. He is in this part of the world, came to see me today, and we are planning a cemetery expedition on Tuesday. 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