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    1. Re: [VAROCKIN] Lick Run in Rockingham County
    2. Joseph J. Messersmith, Jr.
    3. Hi June: Although you may already know this, I found Wolf Run on my VDOT map of Rockingham County. It starts in the Blue Ridge Mountains east of Elkton and flows westward where it empties into Elk Run about 2 miles east of Elkton. Elk Run then flows through Elkton and empties into the Shenandoah River. In looking at my VDOT map of Page County (Page was created in part from Rockingham in 1831), I see a Wolf Run that starts on the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains and empties into Stony Run that then empties into Naked Creek, which is the boundary between Rockingham and Page Counties. The Page County Wolf Run is only about 6 or 7 miles from the Rockingham Wolf Run. I also see a Cub Run in Page County flowing along the foot of the eastern slope of the Massanutten Mountain. I do not see a Lick Run or Luck Run in the southern portion of Page County. I am beginning to see why they kept creating new counties. They were running out of names for runs and creeks so in order to avoid having multiple streams with the same name in the same county, they had to create new counties. HA! Just a thought! Jim At 10:12 AM 04/07/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Jim, > I don't know if this has anything to do with your question about Lick Run >or not but thought I would pass it along. > My Everharts had three pieces of property in Eastern Rockingham County in >the 1790s. The grants place them "in the Peaker Mountain" and one of them is >on the West side of Luck, Cub, and Wolf Runs. I have never found "Luck Run" >on a map and was wondering if my Luck Run and your Lick Run might be the same? > > At any rate, I did find Cub Run on a map in Wayland's "Virginia Valley >Records" On it I see that Stoney Run is just north of Cub Run. > Any ideas from anyone will be appreciated. > Thanks June Everheart >

    04/07/2000 09:58:41