On July 9th, 11am, at the Princess Snowbird Campgrounds, the descendants of John and Nancy Vance will hold their reunion. This will be the 20th year that Daniel Vance has been president of the reunion committee, and he has done a wonderful job. John Vance [1746-1827] was a Revolutionary War veteran, and received land in Pendleton Co, VA (WVa) , behind Seneca Rocks, for his service. He and Nancy were married at Fort Pitt , ca. October 1773. They had seven children. John was from the Winchester, VA area. The reunion is a covered dish lunch, after a business meeting, with a speaker, and music provided by the Winebrenners. Pictures are shared, lineages, and family stories abound. All family and friends are invited to come and enjoy the day. Koren Fae Rawlings / William J. Vance 304-358-3261 P.O. Box 887 Franklin, WV 26807-0887 pendhist@access.mountain.net

Hello, one of my ancestors was Benjamin Kinley. I am related to the Berrys, Kinley, Herdman families. I know they lived for many years in 'Rockingham cnty, VA. I was wondering if anyone can tell me anything about Benjamin Kinley. And about his sister who married William Berry. I don't have her first name. Also is there a book I can purchase with the Kinley and Berry's in it? Any info would be great. Thanks, Donna in CA

The Archives Room at Handley Library, Winchester, VA, is scheduled to reopen on Tues., June 27, 1:00 p.m. The renovation of the Archives Room is completed, but the rest of the library is still under construction. Be prepared for construction noises (saws, hammers, etc.) Please enter the building at the Library Lane door at the loading ramp at the back of the library. Use the elevator or stairs immediately inside the door to go to the basement level. The Archives Room will be open Tues. through Wed. 1-5 p.m. and Thurs. through Sat. 10-5. There are no evening hours while the rest of the library is being remodeled. For questions, please contact the Archives at 540 662-9041, ext. 23 or handley@visualllink.com Sincerely, Pat Ritchie Assistant to the Director Handley Regional Library

Dear Listers-- Is anyone researching the Miller family of Rockingham? In the 1900 Census of Rockingham, the household of Simon Miller, an 83-year old widower, includes his mother-in-law, Anne Pane (or is it Paul?), aged 90. Does anyone have any information on this family? Also, does anyone have an index to the 1880 Census of Rockingham? If so, what page is Simon Miller found on? Thanks in advance, Kevin Thompson katatty@socket.net

Listed as a white male, age 63, Linville, page 471. Maggie

Greetings and salutations.... I just subscribed to the list this afternoon, and I thought I'd introduce myself, and send out for the information I'm looking for... My name is Melissa Strobel. I'm the archivist for the Youngwood Railroad and Historical Museum in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. I'm also civilian coordinator for the 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company I. We're a living history group that reconstruct the lives and times of this unit and of civilians during the Civil War. I'm also the list-admin for the Pennsylvania Civil War mailing list, also hosted by Rootsweb (sorry 'bout that shameless plug there!) I am looking for the following surnames, which I have traced parts of into this county: TODD PUFFENBARGER WHITMORE I have precious little on this branch of the family, but here's what I have: James Todd b. abt. 1765 in Moss Creek, Augusta County, Va. d. none listed married: Jane (no maiden name available) b. abt. 1765 children: Nathan Todd James Todd George Todd b. 1789 m. 1813 to: Sarah Puffenbarger (no dates available) Sons: James H. Todd b. abt. 1805 d. Nov. 19, 1877 John Todd b. 1815 married: Maria Whitmore d. 1850 Children: Addison P. Todd John H. Todd George Todd William Henry Todd b. Feb. 27, 1850 in Rockingham County, Virginia d. Feb. 29, 1904 in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pa married: November 22, 1872 in Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, (W) Va. Laura Effigene Ramsburg b. Oct. 10, 1854 Jackson's Mill, Lewis Co., (W) Va. d. Jan. 10, 1930 in Youngwood, Westmoreland Co., Pa Any and all information about any of these people would be vastly appreciated! In service, Melissa Strobel list-admin, Pa-Civil-War

I have received inquires concerning the availability of Harry M. Strickler's "A Short History of Page County, Virginia," that contains information on the Primitive Baptist Church and the group that moved to Fairfield County, Ohio, and formed Pleasant Run Baptist Church there. The reprint of this book and others are available from the Page County Heritage Association. Log on <http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagspc/pcgs.htm>, click on Page County Heritage Association, then Publications. The person handling sales is given along with his name and telephone number. His e-mail address which was not shown is <wpmenefee@yahoo.com>.

Harry M. Strickler, "A Short History of Page County, Virginia" has information on the Primitive Baptist Churchs that were located in what is now Page County and also surrounding areas in Virginia. According to Strickler, a group constituted in Virginia about 1790 and came out of what was called White House Church, was transported to Ohio in a body around 1805 by its founders on account of antislavery principles. Three ministers went to Ohio with the congregation, Lewis Seits, Samuel Comer and Martin Kauffman. The church was known as the Pleasant Run Baptist Church and was located eight miles east of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, at Strickler's Cross Roads. Strickler reproduces a list, dated 1806-1809, of some 88 members, from the Church Record Book. Elder Lewis Seitz was the first pastor. There was no mention that any members on the list coming from Rockingham County. However, since Page County was formed from Rockingham County (approximately southern third of Page County) and Shenandoah County (remainder) in 1831, perhaps some members were from the southern part of present-day Page County. Strickler also notes that a reunion was held at the Pleasant Run Church in 1950 with practically every family from the above list being represented. Joe Baker

--part1_68.4aae080.267ffc20_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would like further info on this group who left Rockingham Co. for Fairfeild Co., OH in 1806....This is the first time I've heard of them. Where can I find more info on them...like where in Rockingham did they come from & where in Fairfield did they settle...why did they go to OH? I too would like to see a list of people who went. Marg --part1_68.4aae080.267ffc20_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <VAROCKIN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (rly-zb04.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.4]) by air-zb02.mail.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:29:44 -0400 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-zb04.mx.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:28:53 2000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e5J4S7s05508; Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:28:07 -0700 Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 21:28:07 -0700 X-Original-Sender: Standswithfist1@aol.com Sun Jun 18 21:28:07 2000 From: Standswithfist1@aol.com Message-ID: <ba.6f44668.267efb47@aol.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:27:51 EDT Old-To: VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 108 Subject: [VAROCKIN] Re: Primitive Baptist Church late 1700s/early 1800s Resent-Message-ID: <KVDY6B.A.4VB.XFaT5@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/897 X-Loop: VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: VAROCKIN-L-request@rootsweb.com Hi listers, new to this list. I am looking for information regarding the 60 people who migrated with Martin Kaufman (Coffman) and the Primitive Baptist Church to Fairfield County, Ohio in 1806. If anyone has a list of the members who left Rockingham County, I would greatly appreciate a response. I am looking for any Powell who may be on this list. Thanks for your help. Gayle Standswithfist1@aol.com Man did not weave the web of life. He is only a strand of it, whatever he does to the web he does to himself. Researching, Brown, Butner, Garvin, James, Hale, Little, Powell, Riley, Schellhammer, Smith, White --part1_68.4aae080.267ffc20_boundary--

Hello all, Does anyone have information on Mary Lindamood who married John Hall in 1845. John and Mary Hall are buried in Solomons Church Cemetery in Forestville, Shenandoah County, as are other Lindamoods. John and Mary's daughter, Amanda, married Elias Weatherholtz. Elias and Amanda are my great great grandparents. Any information is greatly appreciated, Thanks, Don Don Silvius Database Production Administrator The Library Corporation <dsilvius@mail.tlcdelivers.com> <http://www.tlcdelivers.com>

Looking for the source of Daniel Baugher Sr. children birthdates.The Moyer book does not tell it's source.Is there a Bible out there somewhere? Diane

--part1_9.6f81e60.267fa340_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_9.6f81e60.267fa340_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Sylmalone@aol.com> From: Sylmalone@aol.com Full-name: Sylmalone Message-ID: <7a.6cdd41c.267fa261@aol.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:20:49 EDT Subject: BRODBECK, GRADY, NEWMAN To: Shenandoah-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 10 Researching Adam Brodbeck b May 17, 1772 in Muttenz, Switzerland, came to America on the ship "The Crown" through the port of PA. Don't know if he lived there for a while before coming to Shenandoah Co., he married Elizabeth Zehnder in Switzerland. His daughter Anna Marguretta married Conrad Newman, also born in Switzerland, they married in Shenandoah and several of their children were born there. They later moved to Carroll Co., Va. My Grady family is Ambrose Grady, born 1772 prob. in Culpeper, Va. s/o of John Grady born in Ireland. Ambrose married May Lee Sept. 10, 1804 in Shenandoah Co., Va. Would love to hear from someone that has connections with these three families. Thanks, Sylvia Newman Malone --part1_9.6f81e60.267fa340_boundary--

Posted on: Rockingham Co. Va Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Rockingham?read=254 Surname: Miller, Pernell, Balfour ------------------------- Mathias Miller m. Phoebe Pernell on 29 Feb 1816 in Rockingham County. Their son, Jacob Wesley Miller, was born in 1822 in Harrisonburg, VA and m. Mary Louisa Balfour in 1847. I am looking for information on the parents of Mathias Miller and Phoebe Pernell and any information on other family members, siblings, etc.

Hi listers, new to this list. I am looking for information regarding the 60 people who migrated with Martin Kaufman (Coffman) and the Primitive Baptist Church to Fairfield County, Ohio in 1806. If anyone has a list of the members who left Rockingham County, I would greatly appreciate a response. I am looking for any Powell who may be on this list. Thanks for your help. Gayle Standswithfist1@aol.com Man did not weave the web of life. He is only a strand of it, whatever he does to the web he does to himself. Researching, Brown, Butner, Garvin, James, Hale, Little, Powell, Riley, Schellhammer, Smith, White

Let me add the allied names of Frankham (Frankum), Andes, and Peterson to my Whitesel, Showalter, Ashby query. I descend from Walker Jefferson Frankham and Sarah Catherine Showalter. I also am a descendant of William Peterson and Sallie Beasley through Mary Catherine Peterson and Samuel Showalter (parents of Sarah Catherine Showalter). I also have problems with Sarah Showalter's daughter's husband's family. In other words, Wildie Rose Frankham (daughter of Sarah Showalter and W.J. Frankham) married Jackson Davis Whitesel (J.D. Whitesel was the brother in H.N. Whitesel & Brother). J.D.'s parents were Simon Whitesel and Catherin Andes. Catherin Andes was the daughter of Andrew. I do have more information on these people mentioned, however, I do not have enough information to move upward/outward/inward in these parts of the family. Thanks for any assistance you might be able to provide. Previous message I sent: I am researching the Whitesel (various spellings), Showalter, and allied families like the Ashby's. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Justin Marple ******************************************************** "Unless a man is honest we have no right to keep him in public life, it matters not how brilliant his capacity." Theodore Roosevelt The Strenuous Life (1900) ******************************************************** Justin L. Marple Box 1467 Gettysburg College x7937 History and Political Science double major s484647@gettysburg.edu

Hi, I am new to the list and I am researching BRODBECK, GRADY, NEWMAN.

Hi, I'm new to the list and was hoping someone could help me with any info on my g grandfather? This is what I have...His name was Robert KELLEY (Y) and he was born in VA in 1821. He married Susanna (no maiden name). They moved from VA to OH (Washington County) in the mid 1840s. They had six children born in OH. In 1860, Robert moved the family to Ralls County, MO. There they had another child and then around 1880, Robert remarried a Nancy BRANSTETTER. They had two children, Samuel Mood and Dona Belle KELLEY. Samuel was my grandfather. I'm trying to find out where Robert and Susanna were from in VA, what was Susanna's maiden name, and when and where were they married. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Rocky Kelley

>I am researching the Whitesel (various spellings), Showalter, and allied >families like the Ashby's. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Minnie Margaret Showalter was a daughter of the above couple. Some of her descendants are shown at the following site: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=loganholmes

Posted on: Rockingham Co. Va Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Rockingham?read=245 Surname: Combs, Layman ------------------------- Need to know when the Combs family reunion is scheduled. This branch of the Combs resided in the Tenth Legion and Bergton areas of Rockingham County. Also need to know when the Layman family reunion is scheduled. These Laymans resided in the Arkton area of Rockingham County. Thank you.

SORRY TO EVERYONE. I always seem to forget the dates. I did mention 1714 in the Subject and that is the guessed time of birth for Jacob, Mary was about 1718. Their first child was b. 1740 and the last around 1755, these are not firm years. Jacob H. Trumbo married to a lady named-Mary, no surname for her. I have 7 children listed for this couple. It looks like they were all born in the Rockingham area, all with the middle name "Mary". They are: Jacob; Margaret; Andrew; Elizabeth; John; George; and Dorothy. I have this Trumbo family down through 1911 in LaSalle County, ILL. Other surnames associated with this Trumbo family are: Long; Grove; Gibson; Jackson; Strawn; Robinson; Davis; Gray; Begs; Lair; Harness; Rhinehart; Custer; and Oats/Utz. Willing to share any of this information, but am looking for more in Jacob H's ancestors. Thanks Sue