My ggg-grandfather (John?) Campbell Johnston/Johnson is said to have died in Lee Co. in 1885. He was born in Washington Co., moved to Smythe Co., then spent most of his life in Scott Co. Several of his children were married and living in Lee Co. by the 1880's. Could someone lookup his death record? Corinne

Yesterday Windycitypat posted a query on Elva/Elvira Collins who married Mormon Lawson in 1803. I believe that Mormon was either a 3g or 4g grandfather, but haven't been able to provie (or disprove) it yet. Like Pat, I would welcome any information on Elva Collins. Jim

Hello everyone in Lee Co., Va. and Lee and Owsley Co., Ky.. Would it be appropriate to send a e-mail with attachment, concerning Organ Transplantation? I am a Heart transplant Recipient as of 5-26-96, in Cincinnati, Ohio. I have Corresponded with many of you and you all have shared so Much with me. I serve as Chaplain for our Heart Transplant support group. Organ Donor week will soon be here and I would like to share Organ Donor information with you. Don Burke burkes@fuse.net

I have no idea how much these costs or where to order them. But, it will be a break through for Black researchers. You may be able to inquire http://www.familysearch.com This information was in the Cleveland Oh Plain Dealer Newspaper. A Mormon Church has CD-ROM packed with thousands of records from the Freedmon's Savings and Trust Co., a post Civil War bank for ex-slaves. It will be unveiled on Monday by the Church of Latter Day Saints at a news conference. There will be more than 70,000 of rare, poorly organized and aging paper files of bank account holders. Slave ships kept no slave identities , and if they were kept it was by the owners and first name only. It has taken the Mormons more than five years to compile the records stored at the National Archives. Along with the names, addresses and employment information , the cards often had children's names and sibblings,service in the Union Army and the client's former owners, along with their former plantations. Milly WARD Piros "I'm up a Tree, out on a Limb, reaching for a Branch, and can only grab a Twig because my Roots are covered".... http://www.geocities.com/millyella/sitemap.html

Hello List, I know some birth records were recorded very early in book form. My grandma was born in 1887 in Lee Co and it was recorded. I have that copy of her birth. I am looking for the birth record of WRIGHT STICKLEY WOLFE born 1880 probably Lee Co because his mother REBECCA MINTON VANHUSS and his father DAVID WOLFE(the elder) lived there at the time. After Rebecca's husband JOHN MICHAEL VANHUSS died 1865 , she lived next door to the Wolfe family. David and Rebecca may have married or not. Don't know. I know later Rebecca and Wright went to Missouri .She may have died there. Wright went on to Brownwood Tx, where he lived till his death in 1960s. Does any one know when the elder David Wolfe died..if he married Rebecca and know about Wright? I have his social security record with the above info on it. Any info will be appreciated. Thank you. Milly WARD Piros "I'm up a Tree, out on a Limb, reaching for a Branch, and can only grab a Twig because my Roots are covered".... http://www.geocities.com/millyella/sitemap.html

Some very interesting reading and more information on all the frontier forts of Southwest Virginia in the writings of Emory L. Hamilton can be found here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/other/forts.html Scroll down the page for sections on Martin's Stations, Gibson's Station, and Chadwell Station in lower Lee County. Martin's Station was a short distance east of the present-day town of Rose Hill at the beginning of Martin's Creek. Rose Hill was called Boone's Path in the late 1800's. I have always heard that the name was changed to Rose Hill for the abundance of wild roses which grew on a hill west of the town. Best wishes, Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: Jamie Goodin <jlgoodin@tds.net> To: <VALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 12:53 PM Subject: [VALEE-L] Rose Hill and Martin Station > Can anyone help clarify this for me? > I was in Bell County Kentucly today and read in a book that what is > present day Rose Hill was what used to be known as Powell River Valley > and that it was what the pioneers knew as Martin Station. > ==== VALEE Mailing >

Jamie, The Powell's River Valley is vast and runs from Wise County down into Tennessee. It is still called Powell's River Valley or Powell's Valley today. Yes, Rose Hill was known for many years as Martin's Station. According to Lee County history, a Gen. Joseph Martin and a group of about thirty of his friends established the first permanent settlement near Martin's Creek in 1768. They built cabins and surrounded them by a stockade fence as protection against Indian attack. This was long before Daniel Boone came through the area. In 1769 the station was abandoned because of the growing threat of an Indian war. Hunters and explorers used the cabins on their treks through the valley. In 1776, the station was revived and was the last outpost before starting the journey into Kentucky. The settlers had to abandon their wagons at this point and load their belongings onto pack horses to cross the Cumberland Gap Mountain into Kentucky because there were no roads for wagon travel. It was called Martin's station for many years before it became Rose Hill. There used to be an historical marker on the old road near Rose Hill. I don't know if one has been placed along the new highway or not. Hope this helps to answer your questions. Carline cagee@ntown.net

I am looking for the parents and siblings of ELVIRA "ELVA" COLLINS born 1782 Bedford County, Virginia and died after 1855 Hancock County, Tennessee. She married about 1803 in Lee County, Virginia to Moorman Lawson son of Bartholomew Lawson and Susannah Simkins. Any information on any Collins in the County during the time she was there is very much appreciated. Patricia

At 03:27 PM 02/20/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Now I'm posting MY thanks to those that responded with an answer to my question regarding posting queries.<< I agree with Mr. Lambert that we seldom see answers on this list, but we do see the questions and thank-yous. Several times I have been very interested in the question, but have never seen an answer. Maybe some answers could be posted to the list without the traffic becoming overbearing. Thx, SueBee

From: The Expedition of Elisha Wallen - part of this story says - A part of 20 or 30 men, led by Joseph Martin, settled in Powell Valley in 1769. The erected a fort on the north side of a creek, near two excellent springs and the fort and the creek were named Martin's Station. The settlers laid foundations for the settlement but Indians ran them off in late summer and the survivors returned to the headwaters of the Holston. A group returned to this station in 1775 but again were run out in 1776. The station known later as Martin's Old Station was not occupied after the Revolution. This is the area known as ROSE HILL today.... ...Priest's Fort date established unknown. Evacuation June 1776 at out break of Cherokee War. Located near present site of ROSE HILL. Joseph Martin led a group of land seekers into the Lee Co area in 1769. They staked claims in the name of Loyal Company and returned to their homes in HENRY COUNTY. Martin's Old Station was established when this group returned in 1775. This station was evacuated in 1776. In 1783 Martin established a new station 18 or 20 miles below the old station and about 2 miles from Cumberland Gap. In 1791 about 100 people were living in the area of Martin's Old Station and about 50 near the new station.<end> From "Frontier Forts" by the late Emory Hamilton comes this: In the year 1769, Joseph Martin of Henry County, Virginia, led a group of land seekers into Powell Valley in search of land. After losing their trail and having much difficulty in finding the valley they finally arrived, staked out vast acreages under the Loyal Company grant and returned to Henry County. In January, 1775, Martin with a group of men from Henry County returned to the valley. Among those accompanying him was John Redd, Mordecai Hoard, Brice Martin (his brother), and William Parks, the latter killed by the Indians the following year on his land claim. These men and others staked out their claims and were improving them for home sites. Sometime between January and June of 1775, this little group built a fort of which John Redd leaves this description: "Martin's Fort was on Martin's Creek. The fort was located on the north side of the creek. There was some 5 or 6 cabins; these built some 20 feet apart with strong stockades between. In these stockades there were port holes. The station contained about half an acre of ground. The shape was a parallelogram. There were two fine springs near the station on its north side. The station was not reoccupied after 1776, or during the Revolutionary War." (24) This station was evacuated in June of 1776, just prior to the outbreak of the Cherokee war. Captain Joseph Martin, after the Cherokee Campaign was appointed Indian Agent to that nation and moved his headquarters from the valley to Long Island. When Long Island was ascertained to be in the state of North Carolina, Martin then moved back to the Valley. In 1783, the Governor of Virginia and Council authorized the building of a fort at Cumberland Gap which fort was erected under the supervision and on the lands of Captain Martin, in the fall of 1783. This new station was some 18 or 20 miles below Martin's Old Station and 2 miles from Cumberland Gap on Indian Creek, or on Station Creek, a tributary stream, for certainly that is how the stream got its name. Unfortunately no one has left a description of the new station, but it is sometimes referred to as "the Blockhouse" suggesting that it had bastions at the corners. This was the last stopover for emigrants on the great Wilderness Road before their entry into Kentucky. Martin retained possession of this station until 1788, (25) when he sold it and returned to Henry County never to return to the western frontier in which he played so great a role, and has been almost forgotten by historians writing of the area. There is a State Historical Marker locating the site of Martin's Old Station at Rose Hill, in Lee County, Virginia. The location is correct, but the marker states that the fort was built in 1768, which is an error. Martin's first venture into the valley, as previously stated was in 1769, and no fort was built since their stay at this time was only a few days. The location of Martin's two forts can be easily verified by a letter written by him from his home in Henry County to the Governor of Virginia, on November 8, 1791, wherein he states: "From Moccasin Gap to Martin's Old Station, 25 miles; from thence to Martin's New Station, 20 miles; from thence to Cumberland Gap, 2 miles." He further states in this letter that about 100 souls were living at or near the Old Station, and at Martin's New Station and the neighborhood about 50 souls. These two stations were always in Virginia, and when both Walker and Henderson ran their lines they were so run as to leave Martin's Stations within the state. <end> There is some more information on Martin's Station at http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley Based on my research of the Spurlock family who lived at Rose Hill, I am comfortable in believing that Martin's Station and Rose Hill were the same general area. I don't think there is any question that both places were in the Powell [River] Valley. Best wishes, Pat Elder "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it." Abraham Lincoln http://ContinuityPress.com - Specializing in Melungeon, Appalachian/Cumberland, Jackson County Tennessee, and Civil War Genealogy-and-History Books

Thanks so very much Pat for taking time to share your research with us. This will give me a much better idea of the location of my folks. Norma

Hi All, Now I'm posting MY thanks to those that responded with an answer to my question regarding posting queries. Thank you one and all, J. Lambert

While visiting the Lee Co.,Va. web site under the heading Cemeteries, I saw a reference several times to Coleman Gap. Can anyone tell me where that is located? It said near Rose Hill ... but, is that where Rose Hill is now, or what was known as Rose Hill was in the 1800s? Wynona

Can anyone help clarify this for me? I was in Bell County Kentucly today and read in a book that what is present day Rose Hill was what used to be known as Powell River Valley and that it was what the pioneers knew as Martin Station. I know where present day Powell Valley is because I have been there, and I understand how the areas were so much larger back then but is this right about Rose Hill and Martin Station? Norma in Kentucky

Hi, I'm new to this list. I have seen queries posted but never see answers posted...just thanks to those for lookups. Are all queries answered privately and not to the list? Thanks, J. Lambert

Thanks for all the look ups. This Joshua Hall married Martha Williams abt 1856 in Lee Co. VA Found his son in 1880 Perry Co. KY, but can't track Josh. Thanks for the help. Betty

Does anyone have access to the 1860 Lee Co. VA census? Looking for Joshua Hall, wife Martha Williams. Any help appreciated. Betty Engle

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Hello, I am trying to find info on my great grandparents. I know they settled in Clairborne county but I don't know if they came from Lee. I am looking for a Anse or Anderson Barnard that married a Martha Jane Mullins on dec 16, 1882 in Hancock county. I need to find their parents. I am also looking for a John Johnson from Lee county that had a son named Andrew who was born about 1816. Andrew married Catherine Goodman. I would love to find more info on John and who is spouse was and their parents. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, sandy seitz

>From: Joe <valee1835@yahoo.com> > ... the 1835 tax list will be >permanently housed at Jeff Weaver's "New River Notes" website: > http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/lee1835.htm Thank you. Could someone pleae explain why a person would or would not be included on this list? My BO*L*N* (Bowlin(g), Bolen, Boling, etc.) ancestors are in the Lee Co. census for 1820, 1830, 1840, etc., so I expected to see them in the 1835 tax list but don't see anyone with this surname. Does the list include only people who owned land, for example? Thank you. Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> Lee Co. surnames: Bowlin(g), Hall, Rutherford, Smith