Hi, check my Showalters, if you find anything interesting I can provide sources. Barb barbgeni@ix.netcom.com http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/r/Barbara-E-Christie/ searching: Bucknam, Coleman, Niswander, Breneman Rosch, Patterson, Spearman ----- Original Message ----- From: Justin L. Marple <s484647@gettysburg.edu> To: <VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 5:56 PM Subject: [VAROCKIN] Whitesel, Showalter, and Ashby > 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 >

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

To all Armentrout family members, The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society has voted to reprint "The Armentrout Family History 1739-1978" by the late Russell S. Armentrout. The Society will add an appendix of corrections to the reprint. (Sorry - we only have room for corrections, not additional generations. We'll have to leave that update to the Armentrout researchers) If you have corrections, please send them to me via email at pritchie@mnsinc.com or my address: Pat Ritchie 1559 Moffett Dr. Winchester, VA 22601 Or send them to the Historical Society at heritag1@shentel.net, Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society P.O.Box 716 Dayton, VA 22821 The deadline for corrections is August 1. As our plans become more finalized, I'll be sending out more details such as price & finish date. This is an expensive undertaking for the Society. Donations are welcome and can be mailed to the Historical Society at the above address. Be sure to specify "for the Armentrout book reprint." Thanks for your input. Sincerely, Pat Turner Ritchie Historical Society Publication Committee Chair

Sue Koller, are you any kin to the Koller's, Kellar's, Caller's , Kaller's, Kohler's , Caylor's or Kaylor's of Virginia? They spell their name many different ways. I am looking for a George that came to Virginia in 1769. He came from Penn. or Maryland. Any help would be appreciated. D.Kaylor

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

Sue... Please give some dates or time period for: Jacob H. Trumbo married Mary; 7 children all born in Rockingham area: Jacob; Margaret; Andrew; Elizabeth; John; George; and Dorothy. Do you have any spouse for Dorothy? Marg

Somehow I gave you an incorrect e-mail address. It should be, mggall@ccpl.carr.org. I'm sorry for the mistake. Looking forward to your "gleannings" Margaret Gallagher

Does any one know if this book, "Descendants of Rev Alexander Miller, Pioneer of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia" contains any of the families of Millers who went to McLean County, IL between 1835-1855? I'm looking for the family of William C. Miller/Ann Yeakle who left Rockingham county about 1854 to go to McLean, IL. William C. Miller's brother, James Miller arrived in McLean about 1835, and the Yeakel family and William C. Miller family left VA for IL about 1854. Would be interested in these families who settled in Illinois. Thanks. Nancy Yeakel Bender walnan@tcac.net

Hello, I am new to the list and am searching for any information on my gggrandfather, John RUCKMAN, Sr. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of data on him before his move to Barbour and Harrison counties, West Virginia. I believe he was born in Highland County, VA on August 6, 1828 but I also think he may have lived in Rockingham County, VA before moving to West Virginia. He was close to the family of John and Elsie STEUART (STUART), who also moved to Barbour County, WV and John RUCKMAN lived with the Steuart family when he was 22 years old in Barbour County. He married Margaret Sarah CALLIHAN (CALLAHAN) who was the daughter of Alexander and Sarah (PICKENS) CALLIHAN. They made their home at Lost Creek (Racoon Run), WV near Clarksburg. John and Margaret were married in 1852 in Barbour Co. If anyone has anything on a John RUCKMAN, Margaret Sarah CALLIHAN or the John STEUART family, I would really love to know. I have been trying for over a year to find anything on John's parents or siblings, if any. Thank You!, Becky (Ruckman) Boggs

Is there anyone that can do a look-up for me in Rockingham Co., VA Probate of Estate of Jacob Jackson HALTERMAN, Sr DIED 3 Feb 1867 His Father George HALTERMAN, Sr. b: Rockingham Co., VA +Elizabeth FITZWATER b: in Rockingham Co., VA m: in Hardy Co., (W)VA Jacob Jackson HALTERMAN, Sr b: 1834 in Dovesville, Rockingham Co., VA ************d: 3 February 1867 *************** +Emma (Amy) (SHAFFER) SHAVER b: 23 February 1837 in Dovesville, Rockingham Co., VA m: 1856 in Rockingham Co., VA d: 2 February 1869 in Hardy Co., W VA Jacob Jackson HALTERMAN, Jr b: 1863 in VA I need something to prove they had a son Jacob Jackson HALTERMAN, Jr I have been told that maybe the probate of estate may show that. Thank You, Joanne HALTERMAN

I am interested in comparing notes with anyone who knows anything about the following family group. My interest is mainly in Elizabeth's child John Roadcap by an Unknown Father. Does anyone know John's father ? Descendants of Elizabeth Roadcap Generation No. 1 1. ELIZABETH4 ROADCAP (PEACHY3, EMANUEL2, PETER1) was born Abt. 1842 in Brocks Gap, Rockingham, Virginia, and died Unknown. She met (1) UNKNOWN. She married (2) HENRY MONDAY January 20, 1869 in Stonewall, Rockingham County, Virginia. He was born Abt. 1830 in Virginia, and died Unknown. Notes for ELIZABETH ROADCAP: Elizabeth appears at age 8 in the 1850 Rockingham County, Virginia census. She is living at age 27 in the household of her parents in 1870. She is listed as "Elizabeth Monday," but her husband Henry is not living with them at the time in 1870. Elizabeth appears at age 35 with her husband Henry, who is 15 years her senior in the 1880 census. Her occupation is given as "keeping house." Notes for HENRY MONDAY: Henry is listed at age 50 in the 1880 Rockingham County, Virginia census. His occupation is given as "farm laborer." Henry and his family are living right next door to his father-in-law Peachy Roadcap in the Stonewall District at the time of the 1880 census. Child of ELIZABETH ROADCAP and UNKNOWN is: i. JOHN5 ROADCAP, b. Abt. 1863, Stonewall, Rockingham County, Virginia. Notes for JOHN ROADCAP: John is listed at age 7 living with his mother, Elizabeth in the household of his grandparents in the 1870 Rockingham County, Virginia census. He may have been illegitimate. He is listed in the 1880 census as the step-son of Henry Monday and Elizabeth. There is a John Roadcap who died in 1950 at the age of 82 years buried in the Mundy-Roadcap Cemetery in Brown's Gap, Virginia. His wife, Elizabeth Roadcap is also buried there. Elizabeth died in 1948 at the age of 78 years according to her tombstone. Could this be John Roadcap, son of Elizabeth Roadcap and Unknown Father ?? Children of ELIZABETH ROADCAP and HENRY MONDAY are: ii. THOMAS5 MONDAY, b. Abt. 1870; d. Unknown. Notes for THOMAS MONDAY: Thomas is listed at age 10 in the 1880 Rockingham County, Virginia census. The census indicates that he could not read or write. iii. MARY E. MONDAY, b. Abt. 1874; d. Unknown. Notes for MARY E. MONDAY: Mary is listed at age 6 in the 1880 Rockingham County, Virginia census. iv. GEORGE MONDAY, b. July 1879; d. Unknown. Notes for GEORGE MONDAY: George is listed at 11 months in the 1880 Rockingham County, Virginia census. His birth date is given as July 1880 in the census, although at 11 months of age, his birth date should be July 1879.

Hi all, Can anyone tell me the location of the New Dale Baptist Church? Can anyone tell me anything about that church and whether any records have survived? Norman Runyon

I wonder if any of the Rockingham County researchers have any information on the following Davis Family: my ggrandmother - Rachel Catherine Davis, b. 25 Jun 1853 in Rockingham Co., VA, and married Henry Banyon Utz of Madison County, VA. Rachel's father: Robert W. Davis, b. 12 Aug 1823 in VA, md. Elizabeth F. Lohr, b. 03 Jun 1835 in VA. Robert's father: William Davis, b. Abt. 1795 in VA, md. Dorothy Rogers, b. Abt. 1800 in ? I have information on the siblings of both Rachel and her father, Robert. I would very much like to know more about this family, especially William and Dorothy. Thank you so much! Faye Marshall

Seek information on the parents of James William BELL and the BELL family. James was born in Rockingham County, Virginia around 1843. Not much is known about his early life. Later, he moved to Grant County, West Virginia during the Civil War. On June 3, 1865, he married Sarah Jemima GOLDIZEN ROHRBAUGH. I need information on James' family and his children. During James' life, he lived in Grant, Pendleton, Randolph, and Tucker Counties of West Virginia. He died November 14, 1920 in Lewis County, West Virginia. Did he have any brothers and sisters? I was told by a relative now dead that James had a brother named John in Harrisonburg, Virginia, who owned a greenhouse. In my research, I found a John H. Bell who owned a greenhouse in Harrisonburg. His parents were John W. and Sophia GETZ BELL. I have yet been able to prove a connection to John, other than my relative. As mentioned early not much is known about James, other than the information given. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Vera Lewis vlewis@citynet.net

-----Original Message----- From: Hewick (by way of Josephine Lindsay Bass <jbass@digital.net>) <hewick@oasisonline.com> To: CSA-History-L@rootsweb.com <CSA-History-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, May 20, 2000 5:03 PM Subject: Fw: NARA Fee Increase Proposal >----- Original Message ----- >Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 11:06 PM >Subject: NARA Fee Increase Proposal > > >> Just received this from another mail list. Thought some of you may be >> interested in this information. >> >> The NARA proposal to revamp the system and fees for providing copies of >> Military Service Records, Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Files, and >> Pension Application Files has been published in the 25 April 2000 issue of >> the Federal Register. Public comment is invited and should be directed to >> >> NARA Regulation Comment Desk >> 8601 Adelphi Road >> College Park, MD 20740-6001 >> Fax: 301 713-7270 >> >> The comment period closes on 26 June 2000. NARA prefers that you use >either >> the postal address or fax number to submit our comments rather than e-mail >> >> A complete copy of the Federal Register notice is available from the NARA >> Web site at http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html. >> >> The proposed Reproduction Fee Schedule covers a number of items, but the >the >> Military Service Records, and the Pension and Bounty-Land Warrants are of >> the greatest concern to genealogists. NARA proposes three major changes: >> >> 1. The NATF Form 80 would be discontinued, to be replaced by two new >forms: >> NATF Form 85 to request both Bounty-Land Warrant application files and >> Pension files (more than 75 years old), and NATF From 86 to request >Military >> Service Records (more than 75 years old). >> >> 2. For all three types of files, NARA would no longer send a selection of >> pages, but would send the complete file. This would eliminate the two-step >> process currently used and should be beneficial to most genealogists. >> >> 3. The fees for all three types of files would be raised. For Military >> Service Records the new fee would be $17.00, regardless of the number of >> pages included in the file. For Bounty-land Warrants the fee would be >> $17.25, again without regard to the number of pages. For Pension Files the >> fee would be $40.00, regardless of the number of pages. >> >> Finally, the proposal would go into effect on 1 September 2000, if >approved. >> >> Many genealogists may consider the proposed fees to be excessive. NARA >> specifically invites comment on the proposed fee schedule. The FGS/NGS >> Records Preservation and Access Committee urges everyone who wants to >> comment to carefully read the full proposal before submitting comments. >The >> proposed fees are intended to cover the actual cost of locating, copying >and >> mailing the records, plus 10% as authorized by law, and are based on the >> average size of the files. NARA states that the average for Military >Service >> Records and Bounty-land Applications is somewhere under 20 pages, while >the >> average for full Pension Files is 105 pages. >> >> The FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee will be looking at >the >> NARA proposal carefully, and will submit comments as appropriate. >> Individuals who would like to provide input to the Committee's evaluation >> are welcome to do so but are also encouraged to comment direct to NARA at >> the address given above. Comments for Committee consideration should be >> e-mailed to fgs-access@fgs.org, or mailed to Federation of Genealogical >> Societies, Attention: RPAC, PO Box 200940, Austin, TX 78720-0940. In order >> for the Records Preservation and Access Committee to adequately evaluate >> such input it must be received by 26 May 2000. The deadline for comment to >> NARA, however, is still 26 June 2000. >> >> Posting of this message to other mail lists is encouraged. A copy of this >> message will also be available on the Records Preservation and Access page >> of the FGS Web site <http://www.fgs.org/fgs-recordsnews.htm> and on the >NGS >> Web site <http://www.ngsgenealogy.org> >> >> >> > > > >

-----Original Message----- From: Phyllis Johnson <johnsonmd@rica.net> To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, May 18, 2000 5:05 PM Subject: Morral reunion >The first annual Morral reunion is being held June 17th, 2000 at >Seneca Rocks Park, Seneca Rocks, West Va. It is for the descendants of >Samuel Morral and Mary Davis Morral. It starts at 11.00. For details >contact Bonnie Miller: bvmiller@aol.com or Phyllis Johnson, : johnsonmd@rica.net > >

Hi LIST! Just surfing around this morning and came across this website, its very nice! http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html This site has USA, Surnames, Countries (other than USA), Adoptions and a whole lot more! good hunting! CHERYL IN TEXAS

I finally gave up perfection and uploaded my imperfect gedcom to WorldConnect. You'll find Rush, Hanger of Augusta and Rockingham Co. <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com> in "go to data base" box: type "rush_hunter" Let me know if your family connects -- and, yes, do send corrections (grin). Lynne Hundley ==== VABOTETO Mailing List ==== Only messages concerned with genealogy are appropriate for posting to the list. If you have an off-topic message you want to post, check with the listowner first at doreatr@rbnet.com

The SONS of UNION VETERANS of the CIVIL WAR, 7th West Virginia Infantry Camp # 7, held their 2nd Annual Blue-Gray Picnic. It was held on the 13th of May, at Welton Park in Petersburg, WV. There were several members encamped there overnight, in a living history display. Richard Byrd, of Martinsburg, WV brought his cannon, other members had their civil war era firearms, and gentlemen and ladies were in period dress. The McNeill's Rangers and Brig. Gen. James Boggs' Camps of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Order of the Bonnie Blue Phoebe Warner Chapter, family, friends, and guests enjoyed a day of fellowship, good food, period dancing, and mock skirmishes. A Confederate service was performed by Chaplain Randy Ours for Dave and Fay Staley's reafirmation of wedding vows. Door prizes were drawn all day, with the winners being: Jim Barker, American flag pin; Carol Ours, camp cap; Harry [Tre] Key, 3rd, a locally dug civil war bullet; ----------, five 50/50 raffel tickets; Carolyn Sindy, Lincoln Bookends; and Mary Alice Vance, a print by Civil War artist Kunstler, titled "Until We Meet Again". The drawing for the 50/50 raffel was held, and Sherry Pennington of Franklin was the winner. 'Fighting from Fox and Ox Rocks in Petersburg Gap', reported by William B. Hill. "During the Civil War, General Imboden was encamped on the South Fork, and Federal forces were at Moorefield and Petersburg. Mullegan commanding at the latter place. The company of Captain Scott and part of the company of Captain Hughes were sent on the mountain east of Petersburg and south of Petersburg Gap, just above the high rocks, to hold Mullegan from re-enforcing the Union Army at Moorefield so Imboden could attack that army. Informant, one of Scott's Company, was detailed to climb a tree high above the rocks and observe the movements of Mullegan stationed on hill just west of Petersburg. While so stationed he observed the Federals forming preparatory to moving to Moorfield, and so reported to his Captain. The advance guard of Mullegan's Cavalry passed through the Gap and when the main body was in plain view and opposite the rocks, the artillery and infantry only a little behind, fire was opened from the rocks and Mullegan's forces prevented from aiding the Union army in Moorefield." {Source: 'History of Grant and Hardy Counties, WV, by E.L. Judy, 1951} SUVCW, 7th WVa Infantry Camp # 7 Bill Vance, Camp Secretary 304-358-3261 pendhist@access.mountain.net

Phoebe Bland Warner, 1815-1905, was a True Local Confederate Heroine. A monument dedication will be held in her honor, 2pm, Sunday the 4th of June, 2000 at the Clinton Hedrick Community Building, Riverton, WV. Phoebe traveled on foot, from the Dolly Hills, across the Dolly Path over North Mountain, to warn the Confederate forces in Franklin that the Union Army was on the way for a surprise attack. It was in Feburary, in the middle of the night, and she had to ford a swollen Friends Run several times. For this act of heroism we honor her this day. Please join us in celebration of our local heritage. For more information contact 304-358-3261; <pendhist@access.mountain.net> . Koren Fae Rawlings 304-358-3261 Order of the Bonnie Blue Phoebe Warner Chapter, Public Relations Officer pendhist@access.mountain.net