Hello Everyone i have added a few small newspaper tidbits to the Lee County site http://devoted.to/lbwelcome The additions are called Newspaper Tidbits These were transcribed by another researcher for me So I did not transcribe them personally. I have listed the newspaper that they were found in so that you may use that to check them for accuracy. I have a few more that I will be adding shortly If you have any other information to add to them you are welcome to send them to me I will post it to the site. Some of the articles are regarding murder, etc and I hope the articles do not offend you if they are about your ancestors. I have included them since they do include names and might help someone with their research. If you have any questions please email me at [email protected] Carol Turner

Thanks for the info on the marriage license. Sure explains a lot for me with my dilemma on proving the parentage of Rebecca Willis. My how things have certainly changed. -- Researcher: Family Surnames of VA, TN, KY: Shuler, Estep, Hall, Lawson, Roberts, Rogers, Wallen, Willis, White, Maggard, Sturgill, Stidham, Boggs, Robinson

Thanks but that HALL family doesn't go back far enough ----- Original Message ----- From: "SBuzby" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [VALEE] HALL info > For HALL family info, go to > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~duncanrw/ > Vesta Lou Hubbard did the research and it is extensive. I found my > Daddy's cousins and their connections that I would never have known > without the hard work of Vesta Lou & cousins. > Her information is found on Hills and Hollers by Wayne Duncan. An > outstanding site. > SueBee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "phil smith" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:52 PM > Subject: Re: [VALEE] Marriage License Info > > >>I have a Lee Co. VA. HALL family....father David HALL b. abt. 1780 VA. >>died 1850-60 Lee Co. VA marr.abt 1800 to Nancy (?) b. abt 1775 N.C. d. >>1860-70 Lee Co VA ..I only know of one child Cynthia Ann HALL b. abt 1813 >>Lee Co. VA d 28 april 1865 KY............she married Elisha Smith >> phil >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This > infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/2005 > >

For HALL family info, go to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~duncanrw/ Vesta Lou Hubbard did the research and it is extensive. I found my Daddy's cousins and their connections that I would never have known without the hard work of Vesta Lou & cousins. Her information is found on Hills and Hollers by Wayne Duncan. An outstanding site. SueBee ----- Original Message ----- From: "phil smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [VALEE] Marriage License Info >I have a Lee Co. VA. HALL family....father David HALL b. abt. 1780 VA. died >1850-60 Lee Co. VA marr.abt 1800 to Nancy (?) b. abt 1775 N.C. d. 1860-70 >Lee Co VA ..I only know of one child Cynthia Ann HALL b. abt 1813 Lee Co. >VA d 28 april 1865 KY............she married Elisha Smith > phil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]>

Hello. My name is Mark Bray. I am researching the Delph family of Jonesville and Rose Hill. Other surnames include McMillian, Wooliver, Parkey, Gulley, and Teague. I was also wondering are there any Lee County death indexes? Also, where do you write for obituaries? Thanks, Mark Bray Boiling Springs, SC

Flora, I noticed you are researching Wallen,,I don't know if we have talked before or not,,I have talked with 'so'many people related to them ,,but are you related to the ones from Scott Co.Va?Of course back then it could have been Lee or another county,,the family I am searching more info on is John Walling bn 1808 son of Joseph Walling and Frances'Fanny'Tyree,,'Fanny was also once married to my GGgrandmother Sarah Ellen Bishop bn 1831 Scott Co,Va d/o Samuel Bishop and Mary Neely's,,"Fanny was once married to GGgrandma Sarah's Uncle William Bishop",,they married in 1825 and divorced in 1853,,What I am hoping to find is 'more"info on John Walling's wife Margaret"Peggy"? Conley,,she had 2 children in the early 1800's "somewhere"in Ky,,one was my Ggrandfather Napoleon Conley bn abt 1828-29 and his sister Jane Conley bn between 1830-32,Margaret is my major brick wall,,What I need is info on them 'before"1850,,like when she and John married,where in Ky Napoleon and Jane were born,and what Conley ,Margaret had Napoleon and Jane by, I have info on them from 1850 up until about thier death,,any information would be greatly appreciated,,I have been looking for a very long time on these questions and don't get anywhere,, Thanks Leatha On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:47:29 +0000 [email protected] writes: > Thanks for the info on the marriage license. Sure explains a lot for > me with my dilemma on proving the parentage of Rebecca Willis. My > how things have certainly changed. > > -- > Researcher: Family Surnames of VA, TN, KY: Shuler, Estep, Hall, > Lawson, Roberts, Rogers, Wallen, Willis, White, Maggard, Sturgill, > Stidham, Boggs, Robinson > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Yvonne, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email > at <[email protected]>. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 > months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >

Zenis Rex Yeary died 3 January 2004 in Portsmouth, Virginia. See the US Social Security Death Index, "Name: Zenis R. Yeary; SSN: 226-16-1907; Last Residence: 23701 Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia, United States of America; Born: 3 Nov 1918; Died: 3 Jan 2004; State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)." Mark Mark Walton email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VALEE] ZENIS YEARY Importance: Low Zenis Yeary was the son of William Lee & Rosa (Saylor) Yeary. He married Eloise Carroll. Zenis was b. Aug 1918 in Lee Co., Va. Mar. in 1940 in Harlan Co., Ky. In a message dated 4/27/2005 11:23:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Virginia, Clippings; name and headline: PFC. Ralph Yeary, Missing in Action PVT. Zennis R. Yeary, Somewhere in France Lt. Col. C. L. Pennington, Now Lieut. Colonel Leslie W. Pennington, High School to Navy Would you like any of these clippings sent? They are very small clippings but they have a picture. Norma ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list. ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

I have a Lee Co. VA. HALL family....father David HALL b. abt. 1780 VA. died 1850-60 Lee Co. VA marr.abt 1800 to Nancy (?) b. abt 1775 N.C. d. 1860-70 Lee Co VA ..I only know of one child Cynthia Ann HALL b. abt 1813 Lee Co. VA d 28 april 1865 KY............she married Elisha Smith phil ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:47 AM Subject: [VALEE] Marriage License Info > Thanks for the info on the marriage license. Sure explains a lot for me > with my dilemma on proving the parentage of Rebecca Willis. My how things > have certainly changed. > > -- > Researcher: Family Surnames of VA, TN, KY: Shuler, Estep, Hall, Lawson, > Roberts, Rogers, Wallen, Willis, White, Maggard, Sturgill, Stidham, Boggs, > Robinson > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Yvonne, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email at > <[email protected]>. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/2005 > >

Sure wished I could help you with that brick wall, Milly. Who knows? Maybe someday I'll run across that story you need. Later, Norma

Zenis Yeary was the son of William Lee & Rosa (Saylor) Yeary. He married Eloise Carroll. Zenis was b. Aug 1918 in Lee Co., Va. Mar. in 1940 in Harlan Co., Ky. In a message dated 4/27/2005 11:23:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Virginia, Clippings; name and headline: PFC. Ralph Yeary, Missing in Action PVT. Zennis R. Yeary, Somewhere in France Lt. Col. C. L. Pennington, Now Lieut. Colonel Leslie W. Pennington, High School to Navy Would you like any of these clippings sent? They are very small clippings but they have a picture. Norma

Thank you, Norma your time was appreciated... Milly Piros*Garfield Heights I have been to the end of the Earth. I have been to the end of the Waters. I have been to the end of the Sky. I have been to the end of the Mountains. I have found NONE that are not my Friends. >>>>>Navajo Proverb<<<<<

Yes please if you have the time and thank you so much I owe you. Virginia Yeary-Ferguson In a message dated 4/27/2005 8:47:01 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Virginia, Clippings; name and headline: PFC. Ralph Yeary, Missing in Action PVT. Zennis R. Yeary, Somewhere in France Lt. Col. C. L. Pennington, Now Lieut. Colonel Leslie W. Pennington, High School to Navy Would you like any of these clippings sent? They are very small clippings but they have a picture. Norma

Phyllis wrote: > This is so funny I hadnt thought of this before > But when my Grandmother married in 1918 in Ky that was > her tale My Grandfather came to her house with license > an preacher in hand she had no ideal he was goin to do > either But she married him anyway Thought you all might enjoy the following, which by coincidence I posted to the Sprinkle List earlier today. It confirms that the woman did not have to be present for the license to be issued. This "lucky" lady had 3 men obtain licenses to marry her :-) Ogden Standard Examiner 27 Mar 1890 A Race For a Wife Three Men Want the Same Woman and Make the Start Three Licenses Issued for Marriage to the Same Lady and the Contestants Hurry to Wed the Bride [Standard Special - S.F. Chronicle Service] Akron, Ohio, March 26 - Shortly before noon to-day Jacob H. Sprankle, the well-known farmer of Mogadore, hastily drove up to the court house and procured a marriage license for himself and Miss Lucinda Snyder. After receiving the precious document, he asked whether another license had been issued for some one else to marry the same girl and on being answered affirmatively he grew very excited and left post haste for Mogador to claim his bride. He had scarcely left when another swain appeared in the person of Samuel P. Creamer, who very deliberately took out a license for himself and Lucinda Snyder. Being informed of Sprankle's visit, Creamer held a short consultation with friends and they were said to have boarded a south bound valley train for Krumroy station, three miles from Mogadore. If he meets with no mishap Creamer will be able to arrive before Sprankle. The race for a wife apparently thus narrows down to a test of the railroad and a sturdy pair of legs against horse and buggy. All the parties are well to do and quite prominent. - - end transcription Well. . .did Jacob get his lady??? Apparently not :-( I found Samuel Creamer with a wife named Lucinda on the 1900 census in Akron; they have been married 10 years, so that matches. Margaret

Sorry, Milly. No Owens in the bunch. That doesn't mean they didn't serve just that the lady who made the scrapbook at the time didn't include an Owens. Norma

Hi Virginia, Clippings; name and headline: PFC. Ralph Yeary, Missing in Action PVT. Zennis R. Yeary, Somewhere in France Lt. Col. C. L. Pennington, Now Lieut. Colonel Leslie W. Pennington, High School to Navy Would you like any of these clippings sent? They are very small clippings but they have a picture. Norma

not all the preachers recorded the marriages in the same county as they were performed. it was whatever was convenient for the preacher. Sometimes these preachers traveled around. Nell E. Lamantia http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/m/Nell-E-Lamantia/index.html

My Great Grandparents were married in Perry Co., Ky and I have been able to find a marriage license, but no return. At least the part that has their parents names was not returned, but they were married. Or at least had several children so I assume they actually got hitched: ) I have not idea why there is no return documents. Teresia On Apr 27, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Phyllis Anderson wrote: > This is so funny I hadnt thought of this before > But when my Grandmother married in 1918 in Ky that was her > tale > My Grandfather came to her house with license an preacher in > hand > she had no ideal he was goin to do either > But she married him anyway > phyllis > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the Lee County, VA discussion list, send them to > [email protected] > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Phil I think i have one from Greene Co Tn like that there is 2 posting for the marriage license 6 months apart 2 different surety persons on them. I could never figure what happened with the first one someone said the minister might not have been there at the time of the first one. But it did help me. the 2nd surety was signed by his father which helped me connect the 2 together phyllis -----Original Message----- From: phil smith <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [VALEE] REBECCA WILLIS >If you don't mind me jumping in........the marriages that I have seen on my >family that have "no return" on them was when they did not follow through >with the marriage after posting bond, so after time had elapsed they had to >re post bond....at least that what happened with them. >phil >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marian Dunlap" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 12:03 PM >Subject: Re: [VALEE] REBECCA WILLIS > > >> That is an interesting tidbit of information you have passed on about >> marriage licenses. I had never heard that before. I know that very often >> you find a license issued and it shows "no return". I never was sure >> whether the preacher just didn't get to the court house with his record, >> or >> what happened. There are several early marriages listed under licenses in >> Blount Co TN that all say "no return. In those cases I have the theory >> that >> these couples had been married by a minister some time previously, but >> then >> when the county was formed and started their records some of these people >> took out a license thinking that they then had it legally recorded. In >> some >> cases there were children who appeared to be older than the date the >> license >> was issued. >> Marian >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:01 PM >> Subject: Re: [VALEE] REBECCA WILLIS >> >> >>> Listers, >>> >>> I don't know how many of you know this fact, but in the 1800's & >>> early 1900's the woman was not required to be present when a marriage >> liscense was >>> issued. The parents listed for her cannot be relied upon because the man >> may >>> not have known who they were or if she had a step-mother or two or three. >> In >>> other words any man could go in and order a marriage liscense if he >> thought >>> the lady would be willing to marry him. Sometimes you will see where a >>> liscense was issued but not completed. >>> >>> >>> ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== >>> Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This >> infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list. >>> >>> ============================== >>> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >>> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== >> Need to reach Yvonne, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email at >> <[email protected]>. >> >> ============================== >> New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >> at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >> http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/2005 >> >> > > >==== VALEE Mailing List ==== >Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Would you know at what age a female could obtain her own marriage license without the consent of a male family member or a person who stood good for her. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [VALEE] REBECCA WILLIS > Listers, > > I don't know how many of you know this fact, but in the 1800's & > early 1900's the woman was not required to be present when a marriage liscense was > issued. The parents listed for her cannot be relied upon because the man may > not have known who they were or if she had a step-mother or two or three. In > other words any man could go in and order a marriage liscense if he thought > the lady would be willing to marry him. Sometimes you will see where a > liscense was issued but not completed. > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 4/25/05 >

This is so funny I hadnt thought of this before But when my Grandmother married in 1918 in Ky that was her tale My Grandfather came to her house with license an preacher in hand she had no ideal he was goin to do either But she married him anyway phyllis