Milly, I can't answer your question about the flood, but I was curious about your McCLURE connection. My JONES line married into the McCLURE family. I believe they were from Scott Co., VA. I will see what I can dig up regarding a flood. Teresia (Sanders) Scott Hamilton, VA ATTENTION! New e-mail address: jamilandteresia@comcast.net The Ambrose Jones Wiki: http://ambrosejones.wikispaces.com Genealogy, it's a family thing. Surnames: Sanders/Saunders, Smith, Cathcart, Jones, Combs, Barker, Hawn, Dunlevy, Clegg, Huckleberry, Yeary, Wallace, Russell, McCarty, Lowe, Legg, American Indian Places: Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ireland, Germany On Sep 24, 2007, at 1:12 PM, MPiros1120@aol.com wrote: > Since White Shoals has been mentioned on the SW VA list I thought I > would > ask???both SW_VA & VALEE CO Lists > > Does anyone know if there was any flooding between about 1885-1900? > If so > would there be a list of names of people who died in a flood back then? > > The reason I ask is...my grgr-aunt MARY ANN OWENS McCLURE was born in > Lee Co > 1874 and lived at one time either in Rose Hill or White Shoals. Mary > Ann > married WILL?WILLIAM McCLURE unknown and I can't find either after > 1880. There > was talk from a distant relative that they either were killed by > indians or > had died in a flood. > > Thanks > > Milly WARD Piros > > My Mind Is Like Lightning....One Brilliant Flash and > Poooffffffffffffffffff, > It's Gone > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > 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 >