This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACI/1608 Message Board Post: Many of us know of Mrs. Arrington through the books that she published on Rockingham County. She died yesterday. http://www.dnronline.com/obituaries.php#4457

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACI/1606.1 Message Board Post: I have the parents of James Franklin Colvin as Robert W. & Louisa Colvin. Although Madison County marriage record lists Rebecca's parents as "James A. & M.C." Breeden, I believe it should be Job O. & Malinda Breeden. James & Rebecca's children were Rosa L. (born about 1902), Hazel V. (born about 1907) & Robert W. (born about 1909). One of the daughters married a Cave & had at least two children: Hallie (born about 1923) and Mazie (born about 1924). That's about all I know. I'd love to see the photo of the family!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACI/1607 Message Board Post: Daily News Record, Tuesday, April 6, 1915. ALEXANDER BECK DEAD Confederate Veteran Dies at home Near Grottoes After Illness of Several Weeks The funeral of Alexander Beck, who died Saturday evening at his home in Grottoes, was held yesterday morning from the Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church. Interment was in the cemetery near the church. Mr. Beck was severty-three years old. He had been ill for several years of Brights disease. He was a Confederate veteran and during the War between the States he was captured and held for nine months in the prison at Fort Delaware. Mr. Beck was a native of Deerfield but for four years has lived at Grottoes. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Besides his wife who was Miss Annie Garber, of Deerfield. Mr. Beck is survived by four sons, Robert Beck of Greenville, Henry Beck, of near Staunton. Everett and Frank Beck, at home, and one daughter Mrs. J. W. Cox of Doma, California. Angel Joseph-DeLawder ~Wild Roots Genealogy~

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It's funny they mixed so much is this area even back in the 1700's! I've always read that the Germans didn't mix and didn't learn English for a few generations usually. Sandy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACI/1606 Message Board Post: This James was married to Rebecca A. Colvin. Does anyone know who James and Rebecca's parents are. I have a picture of this family. I believe they are a part of our family line. If possible, I would like to know if any of their children married and who their spouses were.

Yes, Alexander Miller the Presbyterian preacher was Scots Irish to the bone. sndy wrote: > Yes, that helps! > Is the area we are talking about a mixed Scots Irish and German area? > Are those the 2 groups who were sharing the Union Church? > > >

Yes, that helps! Is the area we are talking about a mixed Scots Irish and German area? Are those the 2 groups who were sharing the Union Church?

Thanks for the links and history Deb! I found my records in the 2nd Peaked Mountain Church, (103) Charles Fey and Dorothy and (220) John Fey and Susanna. If I understand them right, this church was at Stony Creek at the "Bicket Maundy" Augusta Co, VA. The church was dedicated Oct 31, 1769. Is that area close to the Boone's Run area and now in Rockingham Co? I also have a record from the Augusta Co Court Will Book no 2, pg 57 pg 358. 8th February, 1759 Vendue of John Wingord's (Vinegard) estate -- To Henry Colar,....Charles Ty (Fy?) What would that be? Did they buy his land? Thanks to everyone for the help, Sandy

Sandy, Hopefully I'm not leading you down the wrong path. If my info is incorrect I trust one of the wonderful people more knowledgeable than I to correct the error of my ways. "Bicket Maundy" was translated and meant "Peaked Mountain". Record #103 for "Charles Fey and Dorothy" listed them as the baptism sponsors for John Michael, son of Lewis [Ludwig] and Elisabeth Reinhardt. Record #220 is the birth and baptism of Abraham, son of John and Susanna Fey (Fye?). Abraham born Oct. 29, 1792, and baptized June 23, 1793. The area was under the boundaries of Augusta County until Rockingham county was carved from it in 1778. Thus, its referred to as "Augusta county" on the 1769 record but was then within Rockingham county borders as of 1778. My interpretation of "Vendue" basically means "sale" or "public auction". This is/was basically an estate sale/auction or "Vendue" for the sale of personal property, ie, horses, wagons, beds, furniture, farm tools, implements, etc. In looking at the abstract of this item from Chalkley's Chronicles, its just my opinion, but it appears Chalkley listed those persons who bought personal property items but not real estate (land). It might be beneficial to get a record of the entire document in order to fill in the blanks of the abstract. You might get lucky and get a list of who bought what and what they paid for it. My 5 Great Grandfather, Adam Sellers (1742 - 1821), moved from R'ham county to Warren county, Ohio, in 1817 and died intestate in April 1821. His personal property and effects were sold via "Vendue" at public auction while the 206 acres of real estate were handled separately by his "heirs-at-law" and court appointed administrators. The personal property and effects of my 3 Great Grandfather, John Sellers, were handled the same way, ie., at "Vendue", when he died intestate on Jan. 19, 1872, in Augusta county. The administrator and heirs-at-law then handled the remaining real estate separately. It appears this is the same type of situation with the estate of John Wingord (Vinegard) in that those people listed, including Charles Ty (Fy?), were buying personal property items at public auction but not real estate. Hope that helps. Michael Sellers ----- Original Message ----- From: "sndy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Peaked Mountain Church > Thanks for the links and history Deb! > > I found my records in the 2nd Peaked Mountain Church, (103) Charles > Fey and Dorothy and (220) John Fey and Susanna. If I understand them > right, this church was at Stony Creek at the "Bicket Maundy" Augusta Co, > VA. The church was dedicated Oct 31, 1769. Is that area close to the > Boone's Run area and now in Rockingham Co? > > I also have a record from the Augusta Co Court Will Book no 2, pg 57 pg > 358. 8th February, 1759 Vendue of John Wingord's (Vinegard) estate -- > To Henry Colar,....Charles Ty (Fy?) What would that be? Did they buy > his land? > > Thanks to everyone for the help, Sandy >

Ed, Yes, I see from the records that the markers don't go that far back. I have written down that he died at Boone's Run, VA in 1787. That must have been out of an old family bible that we don't know where it went. Sandy

Thanks Ed!

Sandy, Here is the link, http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/peak_mtn.htm Ed Rinaca ----- Original Message ----- From: "sndy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Peaked Mountain Church > Ed, > Thank you very much for the help! I live in the west and have not ever > been to VA, so you have helped narrow my area to search. Do you know > what cemetary would be closest to Boone's Run in the 1787? > Thanks, Sandy Fye > >

Sandy, Probably the closest church cemetary to Boone's Run in 1787 would be the old St. Peters Lutheran Church with Peaked Mountain a close second. Of course there were "family" cemetarys as well. It would be very rare to find an engraved marker pre 1800 in that part of the country. Graves were mostly marked with field stones at that time. The Harrisonburg -Rockingham Historical Society has done a remarkable job of cataloging and indexing cemetaries in Rockingham County. I am going to give you a link below that takes you to the Peaked Mountain Cemetary and from there you can click on the CEMETARY INDEX for others in Rockingham. I suggest you look at the St. Peters Lutheran Cuurch cemetary and any others that are located near "Runkles Gap" "Greenwood" or "East Point". I have g-grandparents buried at St. Peters with markers and suspect two generations back are buried there but there are just no identifying markers. Good luck in your search! Ed Rinaca ----- Original Message ----- From: "sndy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Peaked Mountain Church > Ed, > Thank you very much for the help! I live in the west and have not ever > been to VA, so you have helped narrow my area to search. Do you know > what cemetary would be closest to Boone's Run in the 1787? > Thanks, Sandy Fye > >

As Harriet said, there was an "Upper" Peaked Mountain and a "Lower" Peaked Mountain. The Upper Peaked Mountain church was, as Linda and Thom indicated, at the Cross Roads church (which is now a Ruitan hall). It was a union congregation formed by the Reformed Church and the Presbyterian Church. The cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/massanutten1.htm remains at the corner of routes 679 (Battlefield Rd) and 276 (Keezletown Rd). The congregation moved to the corner of route 276 and route 33. The "new" church building is called Massanutten Presbyterian Church and has no cemetery. Here is a little history: http://www.massanuttenchurch.com/ The link says the congregation began just after the civil war. Perhaps they moved from their former site since it had been in the midst of the Battle of Cross Keys or perhaps members split off to form the new congregation. The Lower Peaked Mountain church was a union church made up of the Reformed Church and the Lutheran Church. Here is a little blurb from Wayland: http//www.rootsweb.com/~varockin/wayland/chap14.htm 3. McGaheysville Peaked Mountain Church, built in 1769, and held jointly by the Lutherans and Reformed, stood at or near the site now occupied by the old union church. The latter is said to have been built about 1800 by Nicholas Leap, and to have been dedicated May 25, 1804, by Christian Streit and John Brown; used only by the Lutherans since 1885. Here are the records from the William and Mary Quarterly: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~troutt/~troutt/Miscellaneous/Peaked+Mt..htm This record tells of the three locations where this church was located. The third, and last, is the one Michael indicated in the WPS record at the Library of Virginia. Little remains of the cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockin/HRHS/cem/peak_mtn.htm Nothing remains of the Peaked Mountain Church building. From many accounts, it "disappeared" over night and no one knows who tore it down. Deb Wake Richmond, VA At 01:21 PM 9/5/2006, you wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Mueller >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACI/1605 > >Message Board Post: > >I am trying to find the current location of the Peaked Mountain >Church. My great-great-great-great grandmother was baptised there >in 1776. i read that it was moved from its original location. I >think her parents were living in Meullerstadt which is now >Woodstock. I presume the church was near there but now references >to it say Rockingham county. Does anyone know where it is?

Some of the older ones are online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/wmmaryqtr/ Not all of the indexes have been done, but you can do a search on the Archives and should pick up anything in the W&M Quarterlies If you haven't discovered the USGenWeb Archives, the archives for Virginia are at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/vafiles2.htm and you can access the search engines from there, or browse the files for each county. Also - if you are near a library that subscribes to JSTOR you can access the volumes online there. The tables of contents are viewable from your computer at http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jstor/wm/index.html Harriet \On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:53:31 -0400, Mike and Amber Sellers <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know if the editions of the William & Mary Quarterly are > accessible and/or readable online? I keep coming across references to > some > of my direct, early ancestors in the Quarterly but have yet to find an > online source in order to read the articles. > > Michael Sellers >

------- Forwarded message ------- From: "Freddie Spradlin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: [VAGEN-L] FW: National Archives closure Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 23:29:30 -0400 In late July, the National Archives announced they were planning to cut back the hours of the Washington DC area facilities of the archives. This would eliminate all evening and Saturday hours and greatly harm the ability of the average genealogist to access the records. For full details, see http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2006/nr06-125.html While the Archivist of the United States was at the FGS conference he reported that they had received very little feedback from the country's genealogists asking for reconsideration. He was also presented with a request from the chair of the FGS Records Preservation Committee to consider some alternatives and a petition was started to allow genealogists to express their disagreement with the changes and to endorse alternatives that will allow the evening and Saturday hours to continue. You can see more details about that in Dick Eastman's weekly newsletter at: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/09/quick_please_jo.html The petition can be signed at: http://www.petitiononline.com/FGS2006 I would encourage each of you, as board members of The USGenWeb Project to use your influence to publicize this information throughout the project. Note that the deadline for receiving comments on the proposed changes by the archives is September 9, so there isn't much time. And I suspect that if they succeed in reducing the Washington hours, the regional archives will be soon to follow. I appreciate all that each of you do in support of the project membership and all genealogists with US ancestry. I believe that a little effort in support of this effort by FGS will pay off long term in enhancing our ability to deliver free information to our clients - genealogists everywhere. Mike St. Clair -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

If memory serves me, one of the churches was referred to as the "Upper" Peaked Mtn. and the other the "Lower" Peaked Mtn. It can get confusing as to which church is being referenced. Some history of the McGaheysville Peaked Mtn. Church along with the agreement between the Lutheran & Reformed congregations, translation of baptismal & marriage records and rolls of the early church were published in the William & Mary Quarterly and are online at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/rockingham/churches/peakmtn.txt Harriet Welch On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:05:48 -0400, Judith <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the Descendents of Rev. Alexander Miller Book....by > Shirley Cullers MiIller, the Peaked Mtn Church that Alex Miller > preached at was at Cross Keys and not at McGaheysville. He also preached > at the Cooks Creek Church at Dayton also. > [email protected] wrote: >> It is my understanding that there were two Peaked Mountain Churches >> and that the one at Cross Keys and Cooks Creek was the one of Rev. >> Alexander Miller and that the one at McGaheysville was a German >> Reformed church with a different minister. >> >> >> > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

According to the Descendents of Rev. Alexander Miller Book....by Shirley Cullers MiIller, the Peaked Mtn Church that Alex Miller preached at was at Cross Keys and not at McGaheysville. He also preached at the Cooks Creek Church at Dayton also. [email protected] wrote: > It is my understanding that there were two Peaked Mountain Churches and that > the one at Cross Keys and Cooks Creek was the one of Rev. Alexander Miller > and that the one at McGaheysville was a German Reformed church with a different > minister. > > >

Hi Robert, I'm looking for Charles Fye/ Fie (married Chrisley) who died at Boone's Run in 1787 and his son John Fye (married to Sussana Miller 1st wife and Christine Rhinehart Long 2nd wife) who died around 1817 and was supposed to be a member of St Peter's Lutheran Church. The names are spelt Fie, Fee, Fy, Fye, Foy, Fay... Thanks for the help, Sandy