Hello, new to the list. Would love to converse with anyone who may be following these Grayson County family lines: HURLEY, QUILLEN, SPENCER, and perhaps others we haven't uncovered yet in these lines. We have g-grand Silas HURLEY (b. 1877) to Riley HURLEY (b. NC) and Caroline QUILLEN (b. VA) in Grayson County. We have unverified info from a message board that Caroline QUILLEN is probably daughter of Silas and (Martha SPENCER) QUILLEN. We are also interested in learning about 1800s life in Grayson County if anyone would care to post tidbits. For instance, what was the population? The economic and educational levels? Was there a social strata? Was there much moving (families seem to cross into Ashe County, NC, with regularity). Where did the majority of the population immigrate from? Whatever you find interesting, we may too!

Welcome! The only Hurley I have is a Jane Hurley who md. John Adams b. 1838 VA, s/o Allen and Judith Adams. I have quite a few Spencers but no Martha and no Quillens. As for life in the early 1800s, your best bet is Jeff Weaver's New River web site: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm He has all of his links grouped by periods in history, and he also has a map at the top of the page with the counties of the area. If you click on the counties, it takes you to those pages where he's got just as many links. Hope you have LOTS of time because you'll be hooked for hours! :-) Sue Dotson [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly, Laura" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 10:29 AM Subject: HURLEY QUILLEN > > Hello, new to the list. Would love to converse with anyone who may be > following these Grayson County family lines: HURLEY, QUILLEN, SPENCER, and > perhaps others we haven't uncovered yet in these lines. > > We have g-grand Silas HURLEY (b. 1877) to Riley HURLEY (b. NC) and Caroline > QUILLEN (b. VA) in Grayson County. We have unverified info from a message > board that Caroline QUILLEN is probably daughter of Silas and (Martha > SPENCER) QUILLEN. > > We are also interested in learning about 1800s life in Grayson County if > anyone would care to post tidbits. For instance, what was the population? > The economic and educational levels? Was there a social strata? Was there > much moving (families seem to cross into Ashe County, NC, with regularity). > Where did the majority of the population immigrate from? Whatever you find > interesting, we may too! > >