- Hi All, I've updated the 'Grayson County/Galax Cemetery Location' listing in the 'Files' section of Jeff Weaver's NCNR Yahoo Group. Changes: 1) Format change to the entire file. 2) File currently contains Geographic Coordinates for 264 Cemeteries 3) Added various notes about the file contents to the beginning of the file File Name: Grayson_Cems_Mar_2003_Nad83.txt Known Cemetery Locations (those with geographic coordinates) in Grayson County/Galax, VA To access the file, 'click' on the text 'Grayson County, VA Waypoints' next to the Folder Icon Here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ncnr/files/ - Paul B. Anderson FCCS (USN, Retired) Kingsport, TN native living in Norfolk, VA

- Hi All, I've updated the 'Grayson County/Galax Schools Location' listing in the 'Files' section of Jeff Weaver's 'NCNR' Yahoo.com Group. File Name: Grayson_Schools_Feb_2003_Nad83.txt Known Educational Institution Locations in Grayson County/Galax, VA Changes: 1) Format change to the entire file. 2) Corrected The District locations to the two 'Mountain View' Schools (they were transposed). 3) Various School Name tweaks to include 'Alias' Names. 4) Rich and Ginger Ballard have provided a Galax Gazette article from the 1992-93 time frame that listed ALL schools that have existed in Grayson County/Galax. I've folded the ones I did not have into this listing and will update the Latitude/Longitude values as they become available. In addition, I've added two 'new' files to the 'Grayson County, VA Waypoints' folder. They are: 1) Galax_Roads.txt 2) Grayson_Co_Roads.txt. These files list Grayson County/Galax E911 Road Names and their Aliases and are extracted from the Roads Layer of the Census 2000 Tiger Files. I will be doing additional work on these files to make them a better cross-reference. To access these files and others, 'click' on the text 'Grayson County, VA Waypoints' next to the Folder Icon Here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ncnr/files/ - Paul B. Anderson FCCS (USN, Retired) Kingsport, TN native living in Norfolk, VA

My ancestor is John Swindle, Jr. of Ashe Co NC and Grayson Co., VA. One of his daughters was Lucy Swindle b. 1808 Ashe Co., NC. She is also the sister of Mrs. James S. Rector of Grayson Co., VA. She married Dr. Stephen L. Landreth ,Jr. of Ashe Co., NC. b. 6-30-1815 Ashe Co., NC d. 5-19-1898. Lucy Swindle Landreth is buried on the Landreth Plantation, at Ashe Co., NC. Dr. Stevie was the son of Stephen L. Landreth, Sr. b. 1766 VA d. 1857 Ashe Co., NC His mother was Jane Creek b. 1785 VA. They married 1814 NC. The father of Stephen L. Landreth, Sr was William Landreth, who had come to Ashe Co. NC from Augusta Co., VA. I believe he is the man who established this Landreth family firmly in Ashe Co., NC. Dr. Stevie and Lucy had the following children: 1. Benson Landreth m. Drenna Lou Edwards 2. Issac Landreth m. Betty 3. Jane Landreth m. Haywood Edwards 4. Mae Landreth m. Columbus Sherman Edwards 5. James Landreth 6. Martha Landreth The above children are shown on the 1850 Ashe Co census. Also shown living in with the Landreth household is: John Wesley Swindle, 22yrs., laborer, He is the son of Elizabeth Swindle, who is the sister of Lucy Swindle Landreth. I still have alot of work to do on this family. If you are related, please write back. Lillian Kathleen Martin

Does anyone know where I can purchase a copy of the book Unto the Hills by Belva Counts? Genealogical Volunteers are Angels --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.456 / Virus Database: 256 - Release Date: 18-Feb-03

Here's the citation info on the work, including date of publication. Also included is a list of libraries owning a copy, as listed in OCLC WorldCat database Unto the hills, some Hillmans and others : a partial genealogy of the southwest Virginia families of Carrico, Edwards, Hillman, Newberry, Stallard, Wells and other allied families / Author: Counts, Belva Marshall, 1912- Publication: Radford, Va. : Commonwealth Press, 1979 Location Library Code MO SAINT LOUIS CNTY LIBR ZAE AL AUBURN UNIV AAA CO DENVER PUB LIBR DPL DC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DLC IN ALLEN CNTY PUB LIBR IMF KY BEREA COL KBE KY EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIV KEU NC APPALACHIAN STATE UNIV NJB NM ARTESIA PUB LIBR ANM NY NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR NYP VA LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA, THE VIC VA MOUNTAIN EMPIRE COMMUN COL LIBR PZP VA NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOC GSY VA RADFORD UNIV VRA VA ROANOKE CITY PUB LIBR RNC VA ROANOKE CNTY PUB LIBR RNL VA UNIV OF VIRGINIA [email protected] VA VIRGINIA TECH VPI VA WASHINGTON & LEE UNIV VLW WI WISCONSIN HIST SOC Hope this helps. Bonnie Knauss [email protected] [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: The Carver's Daughter [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: looking for book by Belva Countys Does anyone know where I can purchase a copy of the book Unto the Hills by Belva Counts? Genealogical Volunteers are Angels --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.456 / Virus Database: 256 - Release Date: 18-Feb-03

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Here is a list of all marriages in Grayson Co., VA between 1793-1836 which are related to my Swindle family of Ashe Co., NC. TOLLIVER, LANDRETH, PHIPPS, ROUSE, RECTOR, SWINDLE. All these people are either in my direct line, or married into my line which is that of John Swindle, Jr. af Ashe Co., NC. He died in 1853 in Grayson Co., NC. All of these people have connection to Ashe Co., NC and Grayson Co., VA and my specific Swindle family line. http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/graymarr.htm Joseph Swindle m. Becca Nobbet 11-23-1826 (sp. Noblitt) Alexander Vaughn m. Polly Landreth 11-20-1834 Allen Edwards m. Nancy Landreth 6--16-1822 Benjamin Landreth m. Elizabeth Farmer 1-31-1822 Benjamin Landreth m. Priscilla Wilkerson 1-10-1836 John Landreth m. Rebekah Ward 1-26-1826 George Tolliver m Margaret Blevins 4-13-1834 William Tolliver m. Betsy Long 5-24-1814 Isom Cox m. Jane Phipps 2-25-1836 Joseph Young m. Jane Phipps 8-11-1825 Thomas Jones m. Jane Phipps 9-27-1826 Larkin Phipps m. Charity Barton 3-15-1834 Micajah Fortner m. Ellenor Phipps 9-2-1834 Spenser Foley m. Nancy Rector 1-29-1807 Joseph Parker m. Elizabeth Rector 9-17-1800 Jesse Rouse m. Cleo Pearl (last name ???) 2-12-1807 If you have any of these names in your line, please write to me. We can share. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin

Hello, I am a Swindle researcher of the New River Valley Swindle families, and the other families which married into our line. My direct ancestor is John Swindle, Jr who lived in Ashe Co., NC but died 1853 in Grayson Co., VA. I did a check of this website: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm This is called New River Notes. Here are the records and names which I am interested in. If you have these people in your line, please contact me. 1. 1801-1872 Ashe Co., NC marriage records Martin Swindle married Elizabeth Patton 6/28/1857 Wesley Swindle married Polly Phipps 7/14/1845 2. 1860 Alleghany Co., NC census Elizabeth Swindle 56 yr., farmer b. NC (d/o John Swindle, Jr.) Eli Swindle 23 yr., Laborer, b. NC (her son) 3. 1820 Ashe Co. census John Swindle (my ancestor) 4. 1810 Grayson Co., VA Thomas Noblit Jacob Rector Jesse Rector, Jr. Bennet Rector, Jr. John Swindle (my ancestor) 5. 78th VA Militia (Confederate) 1862 (duty station Moccisan Gap, Scott Co.) Jack Phipps James Swindle (son of John Swindle, Jr.) 6. Civil War Soldiers from Ashe Co. Eli Swindle, 23, laborer, 1860, AICC HH#84, Co. I, 61st NC INFANTRY, Enlisted, Age 33 , Artist, 1870 AICC. Best regards, Lillian Kathleen Martin

Can anyone help me trace the Wood family? I have found in the 1880 Grayson Co Wilson District census data on the New River page the following information-- 257. Wood, Hannah M. 31 H KH VA VA VA Ambrose J. 12 VA VA VA Wiley M. 7 VA VA VA Margaret E. 6 VA VA VA Susan 1 VA VA VA Mary 4 VA VA VA Moving back to 1870 I found in Wilson District: 123. Wood, Zebedee 29 Farmer 300 NC Hannah 21 William J. 6 Ambros J 2 John L. 5/12 (Zebidee Wood(s) served in Co.K, 37th NC Infamtry, CSA, enlisting in Alleghany Co, NC on 9/1/1861. He was wounded on 7/10/1862, and retired to the Invalid Corps on 7/25/1864.) I believe that Wiley M. could be my grandfather, Wiley Hensley, born in Major, Grayson Co, Virginia. A family story states that something happened to his father when he was young and the children went to live with a family by the name of Hensley. No one can actually verify this but the children listed in the 1880 Grayson Co census have the correct ages and names except for Susan that I know to be Nan in later years. Any help on this would be appreciated. Julie Hensley Utt [email protected]

I just wanted to thank everyone for their response to my query. I have looked at this George and Mahala Jennings before as possible parents for my Nancy Quesenberry, but the dates just don't fit. Nancy was married to William H. Stewart 1857 in Lee Co. Her parents are listed as George and M. A. Quesenberry. Nancy and her brother Miles Quesenberry were listed as being born in Grayson Co on the 1870 Lee Co census. While Nancy was married to William her reported birthdate from her marriage record and the 1860 Census indicate she was born abt 1825, but after she was widowed the 1890 and 1900 Census for Lee Co indicate her birthday as May 1812. Either way this George and Mahala couldn't be their parents unless they were married after they had children, after all Nancy was an unwed mother herself before marrying William. I have in my notes that Dicy Quesenberry daughter of George Q who married William Phillips was born 1837. That would make her only 8 years old when she got married. I don't think that birthdate is right. So either Dicy has been hooked to the wrong George, or George and Mahala did have children before they were married. Is Mary a nickname for Mahala? Does anyone happen to know where this George and Mahala were in 1850? I would appreciate any info on these families. Thanks, Leslie

Sue: On page 41, I find: Randolph Phillips and Mary Cox Bond 1822-36: Dec 26, 1822: Randolph Phillips and Mary Cox, dtr of Ambrus: William Phillips, surety. Return not found, but reported as Dec. 26, 1822 in Marriage Register One. Same page: James Phillips & Elizabeth Mallory No original papers found, but married Feb 12, 1824 by Rec. William Carrico according to Marriage Register One, page 15. Page 144 which I quoted from before has the following: John Phillips & Lucinda Burcham Bond: Aug 24, 1845: John Phillips and Lucinda Burcham, dtr of Burden; Elisha B Vaughan, surety. Burden Burcham and James Phillips consent. Return: married Aug 28, 1845 by Rev. James Phillips Thomas Phillips & Phebe Walk Bond: Aug 24, 1847: Thomas Phillips and Phebe Walk, dtr of Elisah: James Phillips, surety. Elisah Walk consents. Return: married Sept 2, 1847 by Rev. James Phillips. William Phillips & Eliza Jane Montgomery Bond: Feb 4, 1851: William Phillips and Eliza Jane Montgomery: John W. Phillips and Mahlen Phillips, sureties. Bride is of age. Return: married Feb 19, 1851 by Rev. Henry Lindsey. Then the following for William Phillips & Dicy Quesenberry: Bond: Jul 13, 1844: William Phillips, Jr., and Dicy Quesenberry, dtr of George: Daniel Nester, surety. Randolph Phillips and George Quesenberry consent. Return: married Au 8, 1844 by Rev. John Phillips. Ambrose Quesenberry & Margaret Phillips Bond: Aug 17, 1843: Ambrose Quesenberry and Margaret Phillips, dtr of Richard; Gabriel Smith, surety. Richard Phillips consents. Return: married Nov 16, 1843 by Rev. John Cock. There are also other Quesenberry's on this page as well. The index for Phillips is as follows: Aaron, groom James, groom James, surety James, groom, James, surety James, father, James, surety James, father James father, Jehu, groom John, groom John W. surety Katherine, bride Linda Ann bride Lucinda bride Lucretia, bride Mahlon, surety Malinda, bride Margaret, bride Nancy, bride Polly, bride Rachel, bride Randolph, groom Randolph, father Richard, father Richard, father Richard, father Rosamond, bride Sarah, bride Susannah, bride Thomas, groom Thomas, groom Tobias, surety William, groom William, groom William, surety William, father William, groom William, groom If you are interested in any of these, let me know. Julia Julia Williams Kodak Researching Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bedsaul, Brannock, Cockerham, Creed, Dickens, Franklin, Gollehon, Golding (Golden), Goodson, Johnson, Jones, Musser, Norman, Rowland, Snow, Suit, Upchurch, Wymer, and Williams in southwest Virginia and Surry Co., NC and residents of Shell Creek, Carter County, TN. "The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" Romans 6:23

Dear Leslie Ann, I don't have the "Register 1" you spoke of, but there is a great site (New River Notes) that has "Grayson County, Virginia Marriages 1793-1836" http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/graymarr.htm Here are the only Quesenberry men that show up as getting married in Grayson Co during that era. QUESENBERRY, Amos, and Usley GOAD - 28 Aug 1832. QUESENBERRY, Frederick, and Mary HUFF - 3 Jul 1836. QUESENBERRY, Frederick, and Nancy BANKS - 15 Oct 1835. QUESENBERRY, George, and Matilda JENNINGS - 20 apr 1836. QUESENBERRY, George, and Joanna WEBB - 1 Feb 1836. QUESENBERRY, Tober, and Isabell GOAD - 15 Dec 1831. Now, instead of looking for one George -- you have two Georges. Then you have the additional (and slightly different) data that Julia at [email protected] sent you. Whew! I'm not sure whether that makes your quest easier or more difficult. In any event, good luck. Larry Ward ----- Original Message ----- From: Leslie Ann Ballou To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:14 PM Subject: Marriage Records Greetings~ I was hoping that someone had access to Grayson Co. VA Marriage Register 1 (1793-1852) and could do a lookup for me. I am trying to find a marriage record for George Quesenberry and M. A. They were probably married somewhere around 1810-1811. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Leslie Ann

Julia, Are there any other details given for that Phillips marriage? Any other clues for me? I have a Randolph Phillips in my files md. to a Mary Cox 1822, with no children listed for them. I'm thinking this William was probably his son. This Randolph had a brother William that I show md. to Jenny Smith 1824, and among other siblings a brother John b. 1798. I don't show that he was a Rev. but I show John's son James J. Phillips with the title of Rev. so perhaps this was the Rev. John Phillips you mention. Anything else you can give me on this would be appreciated. Sue Dotson [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:57 PM Subject: Marriage Records > I just realized this was out of the time frame you anticipated. Do you think > this is the correct couple? The only other marriage for a George Quesenberry > is to Joannah Webb Feb 1, 1835 also by Rev. John Cock. Page 86. > There is a G.Q. listed as a witness to the marriage bond of Andrew > Quesenberry and Abigail Banks and also a G.Q. listed as father of the bride > and as giving consent for the marriage of William Phillips and Dicy > Quesenberry married Aug 8, 1844 by Rev. John Phillips, page 144. It also > states consent is given by Randolph Phillips so I would assume William was > underage as well. Surety is Daniel Nester. > If you need anything else, let me know. > Julia > > Julia Williams Kodak > Researching Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bedsaul, Brannock, Cockerham, Creed, > Dickens, Franklin, Gollehon, Golding (Golden), Goodson, Johnson, Jones, > Musser, Norman, Rowland, Snow, Suit, Upchurch, Wymer, and Williams in > southwest Virginia and Surry Co., NC and residents of Shell Creek, Carter > County, TN. > "The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" Romans 6:23

I just realized this was out of the time frame you anticipated. Do you think this is the correct couple? The only other marriage for a George Quesenberry is to Joannah Webb Feb 1, 1835 also by Rev. John Cock. Page 86. There is a G.Q. listed as a witness to the marriage bond of Andrew Quesenberry and Abigail Banks and also a G.Q. listed as father of the bride and as giving consent for the marriage of William Phillips and Dicy Quesenberry married Aug 8, 1844 by Rev. John Phillips, page 144. It also states consent is given by Randolph Phillips so I would assume William was underage as well. Surety is Daniel Nester. If you need anything else, let me know. Julia Julia Williams Kodak Researching Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bedsaul, Brannock, Cockerham, Creed, Dickens, Franklin, Gollehon, Golding (Golden), Goodson, Johnson, Jones, Musser, Norman, Rowland, Snow, Suit, Upchurch, Wymer, and Williams in southwest Virginia and Surry Co., NC and residents of Shell Creek, Carter County, TN. "The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" Romans 6:23

According to Carroll/Grayson Marriages by John Perry Alderman, I find the following: on page 89, Grayson Co., Marriages: George Quesenberry & Mahala Jennings Return 5-64: Rev. John Cock married George Quesenberry, Jr. and Mehaley Jinnings on Apl. 26, 1836. Bond not found. Julia Julia Williams Kodak Researching Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bedsaul, Brannock, Cockerham, Creed, Dickens, Franklin, Gollehon, Golding (Golden), Goodson, Johnson, Jones, Musser, Norman, Rowland, Snow, Suit, Upchurch, Wymer, and Williams in southwest Virginia and Surry Co., NC and residents of Shell Creek, Carter County, TN. "The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" Romans 6:23

Greetings~ I was hoping that someone had access to Grayson Co. VA Marriage Register 1 (1793-1852) and could do a lookup for me. I am trying to find a marriage record for George Quesenberry and M. A. They were probably married somewhere around 1810-1811. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Leslie Ann

Harold, Jeff has been extremely busy this past year. He and his wife sold their home in northern VA and moved to the New River area, and have been fixing up the home they purchased. All this while dealing with his lupus and various other health issues. Just give him some time. Sue Dotson [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: HAROLD HAGA To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 8:32 AM Subject: Jeffrey C. Weaver Hi, Does anyone know if Jeff Weaver is still putting information on the net? He has a very extensive site in ls.net/~newriver/nrv However it appears that he has not posted any new information for the better part of a year. Has he quit or is he using another web site? Thanks for any info. [email protected]

Hi, Does anyone know if Jeff Weaver is still putting information on the net? He has a very extensive site in ls.net/~newriver/nrv However it appears that he has not posted any new information for the better part of a year. Has he quit or is he using another web site? Thanks for any info. [email protected]

Even though the following couple married in Surry Co., NC, I'm wondering if they lived across the line in VA since one of their sons was born there. Would you please check your materials for any record of this family. George WILSON married Mary ADAMS in Surry County, NC 10 JAN 1787. I'm trying to determine if they are the same family that moved to Indiana before 1808 from an unknown location and entered land in 1811. At that time this family consisted of George WILSON (1762-1844), spouse Mary (?-1856), sons John WILSON (b. 1788, VA) and William WILSON (b. 1792, NC), and daughter Rachel WILSON (b. 1809, IN). Other children, birthplace and date unknown, are Joseph, Margaret and Elizabeth. I would appreciate any information that might tend to prove (or disprove) the connection between these two families. Thank you for any info, Harold Clupper [email protected]

Hi all, I had a family of Powers arrive near Rugby Grayson VA apx 1778 and I still have a list of unknown wives from this era: The family was associated with the German settlements and churches of Elk Creek and Cripple Creek...VA, and especiall Reven George Keith died 1803. David Powers born apx 1740 lived in Wallen's bottom and apparently died 1780 thur 1790 with wife Mary Unknown. George Powers born 1762 lived on Cripple Creek in Wythe with Elizabeth/Ernestina unknown until 1809. Peter Powers born 1765 lived on Turkey Fork branch of Elk Creek with wife Elizabeth unknown until 1803 and migrated to Russell VA. His grandson Jefferson Powers born apx 1806 married a Mahala Unknown born Wythe VA... John Powers born apx 1785 married Elizabeth Kinser d/o Walter Kinser and moved to Russell VA.. Valentine Powers married Elizabeth Staley d/o Jacob Staley and migrated to Montgomery TN apx 1814... Maria Magdalena Powers married William Walters of Wythe and they lived out their lives there... Anna Maria Powers married Henry Newman 1794 and nothing more is know of this family after some baptisms in 1810.... Joseph Powers married Elizabeth Welch and settled in Ashe NC. Neighbors were Thomas Comer, Rectors, and the family was associated with Hudson/Porters/Kirks... If anyone is missing an Elizabeth from this era or find any reference to Powers/Bowers, I would appreciate hearing from therm... Thankyou Janet Powers Maune