Dear Researchers: I am trying to find the place of death and burial place of ancestors who lived in Rockingham Co, Va in the late 1700's and early 1800's. I am interested in cause of death and how they died. Rumors or family "talk" is acceptable. From legends/rumors come clues. Christian SITES - died Aug 1828 - Rockingham Co, VA (?) Elizabeth REIMEL , died after 1807 -Rockingham Co, VA (?) (wife of Christian Sites) Christian SITES - died approximately 1884 - (?), VA (daughter of Christian & Elizabeth SITES) (married to William (B) SMITH) John SMITH - killed 10 Mar 1847 - Rockingham Co, VA (about age 30) A clue I have heard was that he was ambushed. . True? If so, why? (son of Christina & William SMITH ) (marr. to Mary Ann BUCHANAN) (She was marr (2) Jacob DEITRICK) Wendell SITES - died abt Mar 1786, Rockingham Co, VA (?) Johannah (Hannah) SIPE - died aft 1797 - Rockingham Co, VA (parents of Christian SITES0 Phillip REIMEL (RYMAL) - died abt 1807, Rockingham Co, VA Anna Catherine __?__ - died by 1798, ? (parents of Elizabeth REIMEL) If you have any ideas or proof, or are connected to any of these families, I would be more than pleased to hear from you. Phylliss Smith Davis - Glendale, AZ

"According to what I learned from the Surname-Origins list, below is > what I understand to be the origin of the Dove name." > > 1)A person of English background could actually have the name "Dove" > before he came to this country and would continue to use the name > Dove. > > 2)A person of German background whose name had been Toup or Doub or > Taube or Daube might change his name to Dove when he/she came to this > country. I was inquiring about a town called Bergton, VA, which had been called Dovesville previously which precipitated my looking into the name, "Dove. Thank you all for helping me out. Now if I could find out why my g grandmother was named Rosa Dove (middle name) Bent (maiden name). She married my g grandfather, Henry Brannon, in Gilmer or Doddridge County, WV. I'm not exactly sure where her parents, the Bents were from, but her grandfather was James Broadbelt. It was one of those things where the children of James Broadbelt had an argument and one boy called himself Bent and the other called himself Belt. But back to Dove, I have never seen that name in my genealogy connected with her or any of my family before. I know it must be a family name. Thanks for listening. Dee Toms Brook, VA >

Dee, According to the book "The Dove Family of Rockingham County, Virginia", by Lewis H. Yankey, 1991, page 1, the village was originally named after Henry Dove, the 1st Dove settler in Rockingham/Augusta County: "Henry (Toup, Doub) Dove is the first Dove settler we can trace in Rockingham County, Virginia. So far little is known of Henry "Toup" Dove's ancestors. Tradition is that he migrated with his family from Germany to America by way of New York and to Loudoun Co., VA by way of Pennsylvania, Maryland to Loudoun County, VA. The first accout of him is that he lived near William and Thomas Jackson in 1765 in Loudoun Co., VA. He came to Brocks Gap northwest Rockingham Co., VA (then in Augusta County, VA), became a large landowner, lived a few hundre yards from where the village of Dovesville was founded. Dovesville's name was later changed to West Gap and today (1980) is known as Bergton." Norman Dee Randall wrote: > Does anyone know the history of this town,why it was called Dovesvile > and then changed. I'm mainly interested in the name Dovesville. > > You can post my answer to the list,if you want. > > Thank you. > > Sincerely, > Dee > Toms Brook, VA

Henry Dove (?-1801) bought land in the Dovesille/Bergton area as early as 1777. He owned a mill there. (Dovesville is now known as Bergton, VA, and is in the northwest part of Rockingham County) Henry had 3 sons who stayed in the Dovesville area - George, Jacob, and Frederick. George was the high sheriff of Rockingham County for a number of years. He could speak and write English as well as German. The first Post Office at Dovesville was established in 1850 with Ulrick Wittig as Postmaster. For about a year from 1923-1924 Dovesville's name was briefly changed to West Gap, but on Jan. 24, 1924 it was changed again to Bergton. If you have ancestors from DOVESVILLE or the Brocks Gap area, try to come to BROCKS GAP HERITAGE DAY on Sat., April 8 at Fulks Run Elementary School. We'll have 100+ posters of old photos of many of the Dovesville, Criders, Fulks Run families plus schools & churches. All my personal library books of family, local & regional histories will be at the school for folks to use for research. If you have old photos, Bibles, deeds, letters, etc. of Brocks Gap families, please bring them along to let us copy them for future books & posters on the families. (We copy them on the spot & they never leave your possession). Other researchers & authors of Brocks Gap families will be there with their books to sell. Hope to see you at Heritage Day! Pat Turner Ritchie Researcher of Brocks Gap area of Rockingham Co, VA. Includes families of Albrite, Baker, Basore, Cherryholm, Fawley, Fink, Sonifrank, Caplinger, Crider, Custer, Dove, Fulk, Hottinger, Lantz, Mongold, Nesselrodt, Riggleman, Shaver, Sirk/Zirk, Souder, Southerly, Turner, Wittig, Whetzel, Yankey, & others.

According to "The Heartland-Rockingham County" by Nancy Hess: " The post office was named for the many families of Doves who lived there. Because of the similarity of the name to Doversville, the Postal Department said the name would have to be changed. West Gap was chosen because of the first settler, Thomas West, but many of the people didn't like the name Gap. within a year or so it was changed to Bergton. Apparently there was no significant reason for the name, only a suggestion." Hope that helps, Martha Dee Randall wrote: > Does anyone know the history of this town,why it was called Dovesvile > and then changed. I'm mainly interested in the name Dovesville. > > You can post my answer to the list,if you want. > > Thank you. > > Sincerely, > Dee > Toms Brook, VA

Does anyone know the history of this town,why it was called Dovesvile and then changed. I'm mainly interested in the name Dovesville. You can post my answer to the list,if you want. Thank you. Sincerely, Dee Toms Brook, VA

I am researching the following names in the Augusta, Rockingham and Green Co. area of VA. I have information on these families and will be glad to exchange data. Researching Crawford, Sipe, Shifflett, Wilson (Russell Co.), Haney Tobin (NY), Self , Davis, Morris, Compton (Russell Co.), Rodgers, Sutphin, Hearen, Tally and McDonald. <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/crawfordnet/rockingham.htm">http://members.ao l.com/crawfordnet/rockingham.htm</A> Robert

For any of you "out-of-towners" who might be planning a research trip to Rockingham County, you might be interested in the web page I just added to the Rockingham Co. VAGenWeb site. I tried to give information you will need on the area and some research tips. The address is: http://home.rica.net/tel16/rham/research.htm Best of luck, Harriet

Hi hope you can read this. This week brings me to search for my "McAllister " Group. The first generation is pure speculation. I was given this information from a kind soul doing census look-ups in PA. From Rebecca on though I am quite confident. any help in clarifying, proving etc. would be great. About half of Eva Belles children are buried in the Vigo Co. area of Indiana, and the rest are buried in the Grand Rapids, Mi area. Thanks 1. THOMAS MCALLISTER was born Abt. 1811 in Maryland. He married MARY ???. She was born Abt. 1813 in Pennsylvania. Children of THOMAS MCALLISTER and MARY ??? are: i. REBECCA2 MCALLISTER, b. Abt. 1839. ii. JOHN MCALLISTER, b. Abt. 1843. iii. PURMELIA MCALLISTER, b. Abt. 1847. iv. RILEN MCALLISTER, b. Abt. 1853. v. ELIZABETH MCALLISTER, b. Abt. 1841. 2. REBECCA2 MCALLISTER (THOMAS1) was born Abt. 1839. She married LORENZO D. COATS May 13, 1862 in Owen Co., Ind., son of STEWARD COATS. He was born Abt. 1838 in Indiana. Children of REBECCA MCALLISTER and LORENZO COATS are: i. MARY R.3 COATS. 3. ii. EVA BELLE COATS, b. October 05, 1874, Owen Co., Ind.; d. September 29, 1911, Terre Haute In. 3. EVA BELLE3 COATS (REBECCA2 MCALLISTER, THOMAS1) was born October 05, 1874 in Owen Co., Ind., and died September 29, 1911 in Terre Haute In. She married SAMUEL MCCLELLAN REA May 18, 1895 in Owen Co., Ind., son of SAMUEL REA and ELEANOR WILSON. He was born October 09, 1864 in Indiana, and died June 16, 1947 in Terre Haute In. EVA BELLE COATS: Burial: Higland Lawn Cemetary SAMUEL MCCLELLAN REA: Burial: Rea Cemetary Occupation: Coal Miner Children of EVA COATS and SAMUEL REA are: i. MALCOLM4 REA. ii. TROY REA iii. GERTRUDE REA. iv. MYRTLE REA. v. SAMUEL CLIFTON REA, b. 1890; d. Abt. January 23, 1965. vi. GUY REA, b. 1893; d. July 28, 1958, Terre Haute In. vii Fern Rea viii Maudetta Rea Thanks,Tim B. Searching: Abbott,Arens,Barnes, Boettger, Brannon, Brown, Coat(e)s, Dougherty, Grimm, Houseworth,LaLonde, McAllister,Mizer,Monger, Patton, Pick, Proctor, Rea, Scribner, Spink, Sterk,Trudeau, Wiese, Wilson

Searching for any information on Nazelrod (Nesselroth, Nesselrodt, Nasalroad, etc), information on Rebecca Michael and her relatives, information on Esta Ella Roach and her relatives (had illegitimate son by someone named Miller in 1890s), and Theofilius Shifflett and his relatives (is there a connection between him and Patsy Cline?). ANY information is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Wanda Polyniak Baltimore, Maryland

Cindy SPH Miller or DR Samuel Patrick Henry Miller is my great grand father. He was born in 1834 and died in 1895. He spent his entire life in Rockingham County and was the owner of the SPH Miller Saw Mill. Our line, his 2nd Great Grand Father Adam Miller left Pa ca 1726 and settled in/around the current town of Elkton, VA in Rockingham Co. This Miller line is still represented in Elkton/Rockingham Co area. I have no specific information regarding who else may have been involved with his Saw Mill operations and would welcome any information you have. I have more information on this line and willing to share if you see a fit. Regards, Claud Miller Sanford Bowie Md.

Does anyone have any information on the S.P.H. Miller & Co.? There is a copy of a mortgage for one steam saw mill recorded 19 Nov 1873 in Orange, VA (lost original was dated 6 Jan 1868) between James Huffman of Page Co., John H. [ ? ] of Rockingham Co., on one part and the S.P.H. Miller & Co. of Rockingham Co. I would like to know what Millers (or others) were involved in the company. The copy was recorded in the Orange Deed Bk. about the same time Millers out of PA. settled in Orange. Wonder if there is some connection? Thank you for your help. Cindy May arthurjh@direcpc.com

Can anyone help with more info on the couple here? The info came from FTM CD #403 but I didn't get any further data on location, etc. I don't have the CD myself. Thanks. I would love to find parents or siblings for this John and perhaps connect him to another family I have in my database. Thanks again. 1 John Canterbury b: Bef. 1710 . +Sarah Gurney m: 1718

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Actually, a good quality CD-ROM R/W drive is available for less than $200. Best Buys has one on sale now for only $179. I recommend a R/W drive as well. Most any of the computer stores carry them for less than $200. When you back up please keep a copy off site as well. A house fire will destroy back-ups as well. George Painter Painter, Rowan, Tenney, McCann, Bayne SNIP................... > > Recommendations from the specialists I have consulted say a zip drive is not > as reliable as a CD Rom R/W (read/write). Buy the fastest rpm you can > afford. Prices are high now but will be coming down. They go between > $250-400.00. > > May I suggest you BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP away from your hard drive. > > Thanks, > > Kim > OliverKid@aol.com > Researching: OLIVER, LOFFLAND, GUINTHER, ROUSH, RICKARD, MEHAN, LANDERS, > BASHAM, EDWARDS, SPRIGGS, ET AL in VA, WV, & OH > >

Hello all, Advice from someone else who has lost everything and had to start over - back up your database and keep a copy on every computer you use. I have a backup copy at work and since we have multiple computers at home, I have a copy on each of them. Every time I make a single change, I create a new backup. It's a terrible thing to lose all that work - but only takes a few minutes at most to make that backup. If you have a CD R/W, use that rewritable disc that comes with the drive for this purpose. I hope you can easily re-create your database. Don (I spent six years as a technician and know this is a common occurrence) Don Silvius Database Administrator The Library Corporation <dsilvius@mail.tlcdelivers.com> <http://www.tlcdelivers.com>

Marriages Rockingham Co, Va - 1778 - 1816 Ruddle, Stephan & Sarah Bags widow of Tom Bags - security John Fitzwater xxxxxxxxxxxxx There has been some thought that Sarah Beggs/Bags was related to John Fitzwater. This is not correction xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sarah Barnes daughter of Charles & Elizabeth (McDowell) Barnes married 1764/65 Thomas Beggs s/o James & Elizabeth (Hardy) Beggs. Marriage bond filed Williamsburg Va. Thomas & Sarah (Barnes)Beggs has the following children: 1. John b. 4 Jan 1766 Augusta Co, Va 2. James b. 4 apr 1768 Augusta Co, Va 3. George b. 1770 Augusta Co, Va 4. Elizabeth b. 11 Aug 1773 Augusta Co, Va. Thomas & Sarah (Barnes)Beggs lived in Brock's Gap Thomas Beggs served in the Revolution and in 1780 was a victim of camp fever in Petersburg, Va Thomas' will was proved May 1780. His widow and John Fitzwater gave bond of 40,000 pounds as admrs. of his will xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Brock's Gap, Va where Beggs farm was located, became part of Rockingham Co, in 1787 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mary Cole marycole@Prodigy.net

Thank you for the wonderful responses. Please, send everything on Thomas OLIVER and his children. I did not print it because I had not yet proved he was my kin. Also, please, send anything you have on his Uncle David LOFFLAND who he lived with in Loudoun in 1777. I can't find that LOFFLAND there at that time. Only a different one that had a strange name. Could be they CALLED him David? Your assistance has been tremendous! Thanks very much, backing up, Kim OLIVERkid@aol.com

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