I have a 1975 edition of the subject book. As others have noted, there are a few Herringtons in that book. I won't reiterate what others have already sent in. However, I wanted to let you know that I have another book, "Grayson County: A History in Words and Pictures", published in 1976 by the Grayson County Historical Society, compiled and edited by Bettye-Lou Fields, edited and annotated by Jene Hughes. Beginning on p305 of that book, I came across a short write-up on the "Harrington Settlement (The Bethel Community)", authored by a Mary Taylor Harrington. It is a just a few paragraphs, which I have excerpted below for your benefit: "The Bethel community on the headwaters of Elk Creek north of Buck Mountain was settled following the Revolutionary War and was first known as the Harrington Settlement. John C. Harrington arrived in 1844 and other early settlers included such names as Sage, Shuler, Cornett, Stamper, Hackler, Phipps, Long, Helms, Cooper and Golding. "Livesay Hall, located between Bethel and Central communities, was a two-story log building which served as meeting place (sic) for these early families. The lower floor was used for worship and the upper floor was a Masonic Lodge Hall. John C. Harrington was the first Mason in Grayson County and his apron is in the possession of his great-great-grandson, Charles Harrington, of Marion, Virginia. "The first pastor supplied by the Methodist Church came in 1892 and a wooden church, called the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church South, was built in 1896 on land donated by James Harrington and his wife, Martha Hale Harrington. Forty-nine years later a brick church replaced the old one on land donated by the S. Lee Shuler family. This building, complete with tables in the basement made from the pews of the old church, was dedicated in 1946 as Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in memory of the servicemen from the community serving in the first and second World Wars. "The community is justly proud of the Shuler family which has distinguished itself in the field of Methodist ministry, beginning with Phillip Loft Shuler and his brother James K. Shuler, both Methodist lay preachers. "At least five schools have been known to exist in different locations since 1844, and all were called either Harrington or Shuler. The last one was closed in the 1940's and the children were bussed to Comer's Rock or on to the high school at Elk Creek. "Stores in the community were widely scattered and usually only one was in existence at a time. The earliest one known was owned by James K. Shuler and the last by Granville Cornett. Andy Sells and W. H. Harrington both ran blacksmith shops. A gristmill was first run by John Long powered by the waterfalls on upper Elk Creek, and there were several sawmills powered by this same method. Over the years the community has been called Bethel, as the Harrington family scattered abroad and now only two families are left here by that name. This once heavily settled community now has only about twenty-eight families." On p306 of this same book, there is a picture of the William H. Harrington home, with a long caption listing the names of the people in the photo. The caption reads as follows: "This home built for William H. Harrington in 1890 is currently occupied by fifth and sixth generation descendants of John C. Harrington having been in the family since 1842. Shown in the foreground of the picture are a hitching rail and stile used by ladies to seat themselves on horse back. Shown on the porches, lower, L to R: Laura A Harrington, Annie Mae Harrington (Mrs. L. C. Christiansen), Georgia A. Harrington (Mrs. G. A. Hash), Peyton W. Harrington. Upper: Leona Poole, Cora Hash. ONly two of the once plentiful Harrington's (sic) remain in the community. They are Max and Clarence and live on land of their ancestor John C. Harrington. Other residents of the community now called Bethel who are living on land that has been in their family are S. Lee Shuler and Elmo Cornett. Photographs are not available." I would be happy to scan the picture from the book and send it to you if you like. This book was a particularly great find for me because it contains (on pp 99-124) the Civil War correspondence of my 2g-grandfather, Earl Carson Andis. It is extremely exciting to read his own words. Regards, Lawrence Gaither (Larry) Silvestro Son of John Lorenzo Silvestro and Kathleene Odile Tomlinson Grandson of Clarence Gaither Tomlinson and Irma Kathleene Whitesell G-Grandson of Noel A. Tomlinson and Virginia J. Andis 2G-Grandson of Earl Carson Andis and Thurza R. Cornett 3G-Grandson of Levi Cornett and Olive Polly Hale 4G-Grandson of William Cornett and Virginia (Jennie) Sutherland [email protected] wrote: > > Subject: Pioneer Settler of Grayson County > Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:29:51 -0500 > From: "Jeff & Stephanie Harrington" <[email protected]> > To: "Grayson County Virginia" <[email protected]> > > Hello Everyone, > Is there anyone out there who has this book "Pioneer Settlers of > Grayson County" and if they could tell me if there are Harrington's > listed in this book. I have a chance to purchase this book, but > before I do, I was wondering if there were any Harrington's listed. > > Thanks for the help, > Stephanie Harrington > [email protected] -- Get Paid to Surf the Web! http://www.alladvantage.com/home.asp?refid=bzg260