In the case of Mt. Crawford, Mt. Sidney, Mt. Jackson,etc., Mt. is the abbreviation for Mount not Mountain. I was thinking someone would jump in and explain why, so, since no one has let me explain. Before the days of the automobile and when people got around by horse or horse and carriage, as they traveled from place to place their horses or mounts would get tired and they would need a replacement if they were traveling to the next town. Mt. Crawford, Mt. Sidney, Mt. Jackson, etc. were designated towns where you could find a reliable replacement mount....horse. Also, I have a really cool picture of Mt. Crawford Cemetery if anyone is interested. I used the picture as a screensaver on my desktop for the longest time. Last summer my cousin and I discovered it by accident. It's located in Mt. Crawford just behind and I mean, just behind some old houses and a church that are located right on the main road through Mt. Crawford. We were on the way to dinner to another cousin's home in Broadway...and looked over to our right and in between the house we could see gravestones. We were so excited, but disappointed to because we did not have time to check it out right away. After dinner and while driving back to our motel (The Village Inn) we both decided we couldn't wait until morning. We went to Sheets Gas Station, bought a couple of flashlights and after locating the cemetery walked up and down the rows and rows of headstones shining our flashlights on each one looking for Fifers. It was a warm August night and I was barefoot. We had so much fun!!! We visited it again in November and it was so cold and windy that day we got windburn. And, we were taking pictures with our mittens on. As we were leaving I looked in my rearview mirror and that's when I saw the Mt. Crawford Cemetery wrought iron sign across the entrance way. Please let me know if you would like a picture. Marta 'If man cares not for his roots, then how can he care for his branches?' --Doyle M Davis Associated families Bixler, Brenneman, Coffman, Craun, Diehl, Fifer, Garber, Glick (GLÜCK), Griffith, Kyger, Landes, Landis, Laymon, Miller, Propes, Propst, Reeves, Royer, Ruff, Shank, Smith, Strickler, Swank, Thomas, Welch, Ziegler of the Shenandoah Valley of VA **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002)
Marta, I noticed that one of your associated families was Propst. My 3 great-grandmother was Elizabeth Propst. She married Jacob Shaeffer in Shenandoah County. They moved to Rockingham County and had at least 4 children while they lived around Dayton. During the Civil War, as legend has it, some of the fighting happened on their land and they left the area and came to Ohio. Do you have any record of this family? I have not found any info of where this family was located prior to this. There are so many ways of spelling Shaeffer/Shaffer/Schaffer/Shafer/Shaver that it is hard to determine the families needed. Thanks for any information that you might have to send. Bonnie Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: <Emjuma3@aol.com> To: <varockin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:34 AM Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Name of cemetery on Cemetery Road in Mt Crawford Marta 'If man cares not for his roots, then how can he care for his branches?' --Doyle M Davis Associated families Bixler, Brenneman, Coffman, Craun, Diehl, Fifer, Garber, Glick (GLÜCK), Griffith, Kyger, Landes, Landis, Laymon, Miller, Propes, Propst, Reeves, Royer, Ruff, Shank, Smith, Strickler, Swank, Thomas, Welch, Ziegler of the Shenandoah Valley of VA **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1429 - Release Date: 5/12/2008 6:14 PM
Bonnie- I hope that you might be able to help me. My grgrgrandfather was Daniel Perry Shaver. I have been looking for his parents forever. Do you have any connection to this Daniel? There are so many but I can't find the right one. Mine was born 20 Sep 1809. We believe he was born in Shenandoah County but haven't been able to find parents there so we are branching out into neighboring counties to look for possible info. If you have any info on this Daniel I would appreciate it. I live in Springfield, Ohio and there have lots of Shaver/Shaffers who have moved here from Virginia, including my father. Thanks for any help you might be able to give. Sharon Bonnie Jones <bbjones@infinet.com> wrote: Marta, I noticed that one of your associated families was Propst. My 3 great-grandmother was Elizabeth Propst. She married Jacob Shaeffer in Shenandoah County. They moved to Rockingham County and had at least 4 children while they lived around Dayton. During the Civil War, as legend has it, some of the fighting happened on their land and they left the area and came to Ohio. Do you have any record of this family? I have not found any info of where this family was located prior to this. There are so many ways of spelling Shaeffer/Shaffer/Schaffer/Shafer/Shaver that it is hard to determine the families needed. Thanks for any information that you might have to send. Bonnie Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:34 AM Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Name of cemetery on Cemetery Road in Mt Crawford Marta 'If man cares not for his roots, then how can he care for his branches?' --Doyle M Davis Associated families Bixler, Brenneman, Coffman, Craun, Diehl, Fifer, Garber, Glick (GLÜK), Griffith, Kyger, Landes, Landis, Laymon, Miller, Propes, Propst, Reeves, Royer, Ruff, Shank, Smith, Strickler, Swank, Thomas, Welch, Ziegler of the Shenandoah Valley of VA **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1429 - Release Date: 5/12/2008 6:14 PM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAROCKIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message