Jim, For information on Robert Ely home, go to the Wilderness Road State Park, http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/documents/wildroad.pdf Best Regards, Dorothy ======== -------------- Original message from <jimsnodgrass@tds.net>: -------------- > The Elys apparently came to Lee county after the Revolutionary War and the first > grouping was Jane smith Ely and her children. By 1820 there were 11 heads of > family on the census and in 1930 65 with 38 others scattered in the state. Be > fruitful and multiply was an edict they followed. > Does anyone have a history of the Ely home down by the rebuilt General Joseph > Martin fort and is it possible to visit the home, ie do they ever have tours or > an open house? I know the fort has at least one frontier day happening each > year. > ---- fracur423@aol.com wrote: > > I know mostly the towns that are on Hwy 58 Ewing ,Rose Hill ,Jonesville > > ,Ben Hur ,Pennington and Big Stone Gap . We never have time to venture far > > from that path. Lots of cousins around there . Fran > > > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VALEE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message