My name is Marsha Moses. I live in Huntington, WV. I research the above names in Montgomery County, Va. My earliest Moses is Archie W. Moses who is said to have been born in Montgomery County in 1837. He married (?) Nancy Wells in Montgomery County in 1860. Both Archie and Nancy were said to have been from farms in a place where the post office was McDonald's Mill close to Blacksburg RFD. There son, Willis Jackson Moses, continued to live in Montgomery County all of his life (1866-1961) He was a methodist minister and was still preaching in his 90's. Thanks to people on this list, I have added a great deal of information about the Jewells, the Halls and the Vanovers to my data base this year. And was lucky enough to have been able to make a quick trip to Montgomery County over Labor Day weekend when I spent a day with a Moses cousin with whom I visited the grave of Asa Hall and some of the land marks of the Moses family. I know very little about Nancy Wells--and have been told by another researcher that that was not the name that is in that person's data base for the wife of Archie. This person believes her to be Nancy Martin. On the Gordons, I believe that Martha Elizabeth (Betty) Gordon was born circa 1837 and died in 1939. Both events took place in Montgomery County. I believe that her father was Jeff Gordon. My belief is based on the following: in an article in the Shawsville paper Oct 28--not sure of which year but the year in which Betty Gordon Jewell was 82...it says that she was born and reared in Montgomery County and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Gordon, of near Shawsville. So those are the people that I am interested in and research....hope to hear from some of you that our research intercepts. I am particularly interested in receiving information from some of you who have continued in the Montgomery County area--facts and stories that give me a feeling for your part of the world. The kinds of stories that give one a feeling for what the area was like in the 1800's or 1700's....what the time frame was for when the area was first settled. I have another man who I do not believe lived in Montgomery County--I think that he was a mine superintendant in Wythe County. His name was Dow Lorenzo Cole. The story goes that he played the fiddle at White Sulphur Springs in Montgomery County. I found a photo of the place. But I would love to have more information about what it was like in the 1800's. Thanks for reading. Marsha Moses in WV