This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7401/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Pierce Dante Hamblin b 24 Mar 1756 in Worcester Co MD Father was George lived Charlotte Co & Pittsylvania Co VA, then moved to "Holston" Moved to Knox Co KY abt 1803. Mentions brother Benjamin & sister Elizabeth Tye both living in KY. Children mentioned 1820: Sally, 35 George, 33 John, 29, Thomas, 27 Vincent, 25 Peter, 23 Betsy, 19 Franky, 17 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I'm really enjoying the RR photos, almost all taken during the time my great-grandfather was an engineer with N & W. Thank you! Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: thomas rudder To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 10:57 PM Subject: [VARUSSEL] Fw: Pictures of Coal Camps Lots of Coal Camps!

By the way, if you haven't been checking recently, I've added a couple new items to the website the last couple days. Just go to the "See Whats New on the Russell Co. VAGenWeb" link at the Russell County VAGenWeb Project at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/ I'm going to try to get some things online on a little more regular basis, so check back often. Mike

My grandfather worked at the Pond Creek No. 1 mine at Bartley, WV. He travelled back and forth from Honaker to Bartley on a weekly basis. He was laid off about a week before this disaster occurred: http://www3.gendisasters.com/west-virginia/5379/bartley,-wv-coal-mine-gas-explosion-disaster,-jan-1940 More info here: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/4478/weep.htm You'll note there were a few men from the Drill area that died in the explosion. My wife's father was killed in a mining accident 13 days before her 8th birthday at the age of 30. She talks about it occasionally and has a vivid memory of that day when he left for work. Mike ---- John Parrott <[email protected]> wrote: > I loved read about the coal mines, and sitting here in sunny NW Florida, I > too can relate to coal mines because both my father, and grand father were > coal miners, and both worked for Clinchfield Coal Corp, which was > headquartered in Dante, Va until the mid 1970's (I think) then they moved to > Lebanon, Va-which by then was Pittston Corp. > Anyway, I never worked the mines myself, but did work at the Clinchfield > Coal Laboratory in Clinchfield from about 1958-1962 (when I was about to be > drafted into the military). > I highly suggest anyone who has connections to Southwest Virginia coal > mining, get a copy of Kathy Shearers excellent documentary of the life of > coal miners, as told by coal miners and their families. > Her latest book is "Wilder Days", about a now long gone town that once > boomed during the early part of the 20th century. > John Parrott > Crestview, Fl > Original Message ----- > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Randy Crouse McNew" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 2:53 PM > > Subject: [VARUSSEL] Thoughts on SW Va, coal mining and Bluegrass music. > > > > > >> Sitting here on a Saturday afternoon looking at some videos on YouTube, > >> feeling homesick for Southwest Virginia. (Debbie and Hannah are there > >> now.) > >> I was recording bluegrass off of YouTube to put on my IPOD. I was > >> listening > >> to Patty Loveless' "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive." A song she wrote > >> about > >> her grandparents and the hard times in the Eastern Ky coal mines. I came > >> across a short video about SW Va and coal mining. > >> > >> > >> > >> The story is a glimpse into the life of my father's family and my wife's > >> family. Since coal mining began, as an industry in Southwest Virginia > >> around > >> 1885, men had few choices about employment. You were either a farmer or a > >> coal miner or both; or you worked in a job that supported the coal > >> industry. > >> The video (link below), much to my satisfaction, illustrates the > >> closeness > >> of family and the pervasiveness of the musical heritage of the area that > >> was > >> passed down by the original Scots-Irish, German, and English Settlers of > >> the > >> area from whom I descend. Bluegrass, coal mining, and the Appalachian > >> Mountains and "hollers" of SW Virginia are who I am; different, but no > >> better than anyone else, anywhere. > >> > >> > >> > >> Coal mining is a hard life, and it was much harder 50 years ago. If you > >> ask > >> any miner today, he will tell you that he is proud, very proud, to be a > >> miner. I am very proud that my grandfather and great grandfather, Uncles > >> and > >> many of my cousins worked in the mines. My Dad told me that when he was a > >> boy, his father would leave home before daylight and get home after dark; > >> not seeing the sun shine until Saturday. I remember staying with my > >> Granny > >> and when my Pa (that's my grandfather) would get home, he would be black > >> with coal dust on his hands and face and he always had black edges around > >> his eyes where the coal dust didn't wash off. Like my father, I left SW > >> Va. > >> He came back several times and we settled there in 1972, and he stayed > >> until > >> he died at the age of 52 in 1984. I left to go to college in 1985 and > >> took > >> a > >> job working on missile defense in Alabama in 1989. > >> > >> > >> > >> I will never forget, and will always be proud of, my Appalachian roots. > >> We > >> might talk differently, but we are as smart as anyone anywhere; we know > >> and > >> love God, we work hard, love our country, love our families, pray every > >> day, > >> mind our business, and humbly go about living, and know how to have fun. > >> Here, a man's word is his bond. We can, and will, take care of ourselves > >> anytime we need to. We are the first to step onto the battlefield and > >> have > >> left our dead on the fields of every war the US has ever fought. Most of > >> all, we are Americans. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Check this link, hold CTRL key and click on it, or cut and paste it into > >> your browser address bar and click on "Go" > >> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArYF8axBVY > >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArYF8axBVY&feature=related> > >> &feature=related > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Randy Crouse McNew > >> > >> Huntsville, AL > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG. > >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1387 - Release Date: > >> 4/19/2008 > >> 11:31 AM > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I live in Dickenson Co. but was born and reared in Buchanan Co. Have family ties in Russell Co. Redoing an old family farm on Little River in Honaker. Betty Combs Lyle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Crouse McNew" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: [VARUSSEL] "What part of Va?" RE: Thoughts on SW Va,coal mining and Bluegrass music. > To answer Betty Lyle..."What part of Va?" > > My Dad's parents lived in Amonate when he was born. This is a coal camp on > the Va/WVa state line (Tazewell Co., Va/McDowell Co., WVa.) My > Grandfather, > Claude McNew worked underground, and his father, Lee Grant McNew ran the > tipple. My Grandmother was born at Carbo. She was d/o of Lowney Patton > Childress and Eulabelle Brooks. The Brooks family lived on Hazel Mountain. > > Later my grandparents lived at Wilder and my great grandmother, Eulabelle > Brooks Childress, and her family are pictured on p. 120 of Kathy Shearer's > "Wilder Days". Some of my dad's Russell County people were Brooks, > Childress, Kiser, Counts, Jesse, Stiltner, and Boyd. They came from around > where Russell, Dickenson, and Buchanan County meet. > > After WWII, most of my Childress and Brooks families moved to Tazewell Co. > and most of the men went in the mines at Bishop or Boissevain. A lot of > them > also went north to Ohio and Michigan to get jobs and stayed. > > I lived in Baptist Valley (Tazewell County between Richlands and Tazewell) > near the schoolhouse and my Grandparents, Great Aunt and Uncle, and > great-grandparents lived on Lick Branch just up the road. > > I married Debbie Reynolds d/o Charlie Reynolds, Jr. Debbie's parents were > both from the Kent's Ridge/Sword's Creek area of the New Garden section of > NE Russell County near the Tazewell County line. Debbie's daddy and one > brother worked at the Seaboard No. 2 mines at Big Creek near Richlands. > Some > of Debbie's parents' Russell County families are Reynolds, Rose, Vance, > Slate, Taylor, Jackson, Robbins, Dennison, Jones, and Gross. > > Debbie and I both attended Richlands High School, that's where we met over > 30 years ago. > > Before college, I worked for S&S Corporation as a blueprint clerk and > later > as a draftsman. S&S manufactured coal mining equipment like scoops, and > feeder crushers, and man-trips. > > I went to college and now I work for the Missile Defense Agency in > Huntsville, Alabama. > > Randy Crouse McNew > Huntsville, AL > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1387 - Release Date: 4/19/2008 > 11:31 AM > >

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Lots of Coal Camps! ----- Original Message ----- From: john evans To: THOMAS RUDDER Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:22 AM Subject: Fwd: Pictures of Coal Camps john evans <[email protected]> wrote: Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:06:40 -0800 (PST) From: john evans <[email protected]> Subject: Pictures of Coal Camps To: bill porter <[email protected]>, charles allen Evans <[email protected]>, Jack Wallace <[email protected]> Plenty of good rr and coal camp pictures. John http://community-2.webtv.net/DizHarris/SHINBRIERALMOST/page4.html

To answer Betty Lyle..."What part of Va?" My Dad's parents lived in Amonate when he was born. This is a coal camp on the Va/WVa state line (Tazewell Co., Va/McDowell Co., WVa.) My Grandfather, Claude McNew worked underground, and his father, Lee Grant McNew ran the tipple. My Grandmother was born at Carbo. She was d/o of Lowney Patton Childress and Eulabelle Brooks. The Brooks family lived on Hazel Mountain. Later my grandparents lived at Wilder and my great grandmother, Eulabelle Brooks Childress, and her family are pictured on p. 120 of Kathy Shearer's "Wilder Days". Some of my dad's Russell County people were Brooks, Childress, Kiser, Counts, Jesse, Stiltner, and Boyd. They came from around where Russell, Dickenson, and Buchanan County meet. After WWII, most of my Childress and Brooks families moved to Tazewell Co. and most of the men went in the mines at Bishop or Boissevain. A lot of them also went north to Ohio and Michigan to get jobs and stayed. I lived in Baptist Valley (Tazewell County between Richlands and Tazewell) near the schoolhouse and my Grandparents, Great Aunt and Uncle, and great-grandparents lived on Lick Branch just up the road. I married Debbie Reynolds d/o Charlie Reynolds, Jr. Debbie's parents were both from the Kent's Ridge/Sword's Creek area of the New Garden section of NE Russell County near the Tazewell County line. Debbie's daddy and one brother worked at the Seaboard No. 2 mines at Big Creek near Richlands. Some of Debbie's parents' Russell County families are Reynolds, Rose, Vance, Slate, Taylor, Jackson, Robbins, Dennison, Jones, and Gross. Debbie and I both attended Richlands High School, that's where we met over 30 years ago. Before college, I worked for S&S Corporation as a blueprint clerk and later as a draftsman. S&S manufactured coal mining equipment like scoops, and feeder crushers, and man-trips. I went to college and now I work for the Missile Defense Agency in Huntsville, Alabama. Randy Crouse McNew Huntsville, AL

Bishop is in Tazewell County, or about 25 miles northeast of Lebanon, county seat of Russell County. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jpeck612004" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] saw mills. > How would I go about getting info on a Boyd Stacy was part owner in a > saw > mill in Biship Virginia . is that russell county or another county > any help I thank you for Jalena Peck > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What part of Va.? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Crouse McNew" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 2:53 PM Subject: [VARUSSEL] Thoughts on SW Va, coal mining and Bluegrass music. > Sitting here on a Saturday afternoon looking at some videos on YouTube, > feeling homesick for Southwest Virginia. (Debbie and Hannah are there > now.) > I was recording bluegrass off of YouTube to put on my IPOD. I was > listening > to Patty Loveless' "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive." A song she wrote > about > her grandparents and the hard times in the Eastern Ky coal mines. I came > across a short video about SW Va and coal mining. > > > > The story is a glimpse into the life of my father's family and my wife's > family. Since coal mining began, as an industry in Southwest Virginia > around > 1885, men had few choices about employment. You were either a farmer or a > coal miner or both; or you worked in a job that supported the coal > industry. > The video (link below), much to my satisfaction, illustrates the closeness > of family and the pervasiveness of the musical heritage of the area that > was > passed down by the original Scots-Irish, German, and English Settlers of > the > area from whom I descend. Bluegrass, coal mining, and the Appalachian > Mountains and "hollers" of SW Virginia are who I am; different, but no > better than anyone else, anywhere. > > > > Coal mining is a hard life, and it was much harder 50 years ago. If you > ask > any miner today, he will tell you that he is proud, very proud, to be a > miner. I am very proud that my grandfather and great grandfather, Uncles > and > many of my cousins worked in the mines. My Dad told me that when he was a > boy, his father would leave home before daylight and get home after dark; > not seeing the sun shine until Saturday. I remember staying with my Granny > and when my Pa (that's my grandfather) would get home, he would be black > with coal dust on his hands and face and he always had black edges around > his eyes where the coal dust didn't wash off. Like my father, I left SW > Va. > He came back several times and we settled there in 1972, and he stayed > until > he died at the age of 52 in 1984. I left to go to college in 1985 and took > a > job working on missile defense in Alabama in 1989. > > > > I will never forget, and will always be proud of, my Appalachian roots. We > might talk differently, but we are as smart as anyone anywhere; we know > and > love God, we work hard, love our country, love our families, pray every > day, > mind our business, and humbly go about living, and know how to have fun. > Here, a man's word is his bond. We can, and will, take care of ourselves > anytime we need to. We are the first to step onto the battlefield and have > left our dead on the fields of every war the US has ever fought. Most of > all, we are Americans. > > > > > > Check this link, hold CTRL key and click on it, or cut and paste it into > your browser address bar and click on "Go" > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArYF8axBVY > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArYF8axBVY&feature=related> > &feature=related > > > > > > Randy Crouse McNew > > Huntsville, AL > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1387 - Release Date: 4/19/2008 > 11:31 AM > >

How would I go about getting info on a Boyd Stacy was part owner in a saw mill in Biship Virginia . is that russell county or another county any help I thank you for Jalena Peck

I loved read about the coal mines, and sitting here in sunny NW Florida, I too can relate to coal mines because both my father, and grand father were coal miners, and both worked for Clinchfield Coal Corp, which was headquartered in Dante, Va until the mid 1970's (I think) then they moved to Lebanon, Va-which by then was Pittston Corp. Anyway, I never worked the mines myself, but did work at the Clinchfield Coal Laboratory in Clinchfield from about 1958-1962 (when I was about to be drafted into the military). I highly suggest anyone who has connections to Southwest Virginia coal mining, get a copy of Kathy Shearers excellent documentary of the life of coal miners, as told by coal miners and their families. Her latest book is "Wilder Days", about a now long gone town that once boomed during the early part of the 20th century. John Parrott Crestview, Fl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Lyle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] Thoughts on SW Va, coal mining and Bluegrass music. > What part of Va.? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randy Crouse McNew" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 2:53 PM > Subject: [VARUSSEL] Thoughts on SW Va, coal mining and Bluegrass music. > > >> Sitting here on a Saturday afternoon looking at some videos on YouTube, >> feeling homesick for Southwest Virginia. (Debbie and Hannah are there >> now.) >> I was recording bluegrass off of YouTube to put on my IPOD. I was >> listening >> to Patty Loveless' "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive." A song she wrote >> about >> her grandparents and the hard times in the Eastern Ky coal mines. I came >> across a short video about SW Va and coal mining. >> >> >> >> The story is a glimpse into the life of my father's family and my wife's >> family. Since coal mining began, as an industry in Southwest Virginia >> around >> 1885, men had few choices about employment. You were either a farmer or a >> coal miner or both; or you worked in a job that supported the coal >> industry. >> The video (link below), much to my satisfaction, illustrates the >> closeness >> of family and the pervasiveness of the musical heritage of the area that >> was >> passed down by the original Scots-Irish, German, and English Settlers of >> the >> area from whom I descend. Bluegrass, coal mining, and the Appalachian >> Mountains and "hollers" of SW Virginia are who I am; different, but no >> better than anyone else, anywhere. >> >> >> >> Coal mining is a hard life, and it was much harder 50 years ago. If you >> ask >> any miner today, he will tell you that he is proud, very proud, to be a >> miner. I am very proud that my grandfather and great grandfather, Uncles >> and >> many of my cousins worked in the mines. My Dad told me that when he was a >> boy, his father would leave home before daylight and get home after dark; >> not seeing the sun shine until Saturday. I remember staying with my >> Granny >> and when my Pa (that's my grandfather) would get home, he would be black >> with coal dust on his hands and face and he always had black edges around >> his eyes where the coal dust didn't wash off. Like my father, I left SW >> Va. >> He came back several times and we settled there in 1972, and he stayed >> until >> he died at the age of 52 in 1984. I left to go to college in 1985 and >> took >> a >> job working on missile defense in Alabama in 1989. >> >> >> >> I will never forget, and will always be proud of, my Appalachian roots. >> We >> might talk differently, but we are as smart as anyone anywhere; we know >> and >> love God, we work hard, love our country, love our families, pray every >> day, >> mind our business, and humbly go about living, and know how to have fun. >> Here, a man's word is his bond. We can, and will, take care of ourselves >> anytime we need to. We are the first to step onto the battlefield and >> have >> left our dead on the fields of every war the US has ever fought. Most of >> all, we are Americans. >> >> >> >> >> >> Check this link, hold CTRL key and click on it, or cut and paste it into >> your browser address bar and click on "Go" >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArYF8axBVY >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArYF8axBVY&feature=related> >> &feature=related >> >> >> >> >> >> Randy Crouse McNew >> >> Huntsville, AL >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1387 - Release Date: >> 4/19/2008 >> 11:31 AM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Crouse McNew" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 2:53 PM Subject: [VARUSSEL] Thoughts on SW Va, coal mining and Bluegrass music. > Sitting here on a Saturday afternoon looking at some videos on YouTube, > feeling homesick for Southwest Virginia. (Debbie and Hannah are there > now.) > I was recording bluegrass off of YouTube to put on my IPOD. I was > listening > to Patty Loveless' "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive." A song she wrote > about > her grandparents and the hard times in the Eastern Ky coal mines. I came > across a short video about SW Va and coal mining. > > > > The story is a glimpse into the life of my father's family and my wife's > family. Since coal mining began, as an industry in Southwest Virginia > around > 1885, men had few choices about employment. You were either a farmer or a > coal miner or both; or you worked in a job that supported the coal > industry. > The video (link below), much to my satisfaction, illustrates the closeness > of family and the pervasiveness of the musical heritage of the area that > was > passed down by the original Scots-Irish, German, and English Settlers of > the > area from whom I descend. Bluegrass, coal mining, and the Appalachian > Mountains and "hollers" of SW Virginia are who I am; different, but no > better than anyone else, anywhere. > > > > Coal mining is a hard life, and it was much harder 50 years ago. If you > ask > any miner today, he will tell you that he is proud, very proud, to be a > miner. I am very proud that my grandfather and great grandfather, Uncles > and > many of my cousins worked in the mines. My Dad told me that when he was a > boy, his father would leave home before daylight and get home after dark; > not seeing the sun shine until Saturday. I remember staying with my Granny > and when my Pa (that's my grandfather) would get home, he would be black > with coal dust on his hands and face and he always had black edges around > his eyes where the coal dust didn't wash off. Like my father, I left SW > Va. > He came back several times and we settled there in 1972, and he stayed > until > he died at the age of 52 in 1984. I left to go to college in 1985 and took > a > job working on missile defense in Alabama in 1989. > > > > I will never forget, and will always be proud of, my Appalachian roots. We > might talk differently, but we are as smart as anyone anywhere; we know > and > love God, we work hard, love our country, love our families, pray every > day, > mind our business, and humbly go about living, and know how to have fun. > Here, a man's word is his bond. We can, and will, take care of ourselves > anytime we need to. We are the first to step onto the battlefield and have > left our dead on the fields of every war the US has ever fought. Most of > all, we are Americans. > > > > > > Check this link, hold CTRL key and click on it, or cut and paste it into > your browser address bar and click on "Go" > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArYF8axBVY > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArYF8axBVY&feature=related> > &feature=related > > > > > > Randy Crouse McNew > > Huntsville, AL > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sitting here on a Saturday afternoon looking at some videos on YouTube, feeling homesick for Southwest Virginia. (Debbie and Hannah are there now.) I was recording bluegrass off of YouTube to put on my IPOD. I was listening to Patty Loveless' "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive." A song she wrote about her grandparents and the hard times in the Eastern Ky coal mines. I came across a short video about SW Va and coal mining. The story is a glimpse into the life of my father's family and my wife's family. Since coal mining began, as an industry in Southwest Virginia around 1885, men had few choices about employment. You were either a farmer or a coal miner or both; or you worked in a job that supported the coal industry. The video (link below), much to my satisfaction, illustrates the closeness of family and the pervasiveness of the musical heritage of the area that was passed down by the original Scots-Irish, German, and English Settlers of the area from whom I descend. Bluegrass, coal mining, and the Appalachian Mountains and "hollers" of SW Virginia are who I am; different, but no better than anyone else, anywhere. Coal mining is a hard life, and it was much harder 50 years ago. If you ask any miner today, he will tell you that he is proud, very proud, to be a miner. I am very proud that my grandfather and great grandfather, Uncles and many of my cousins worked in the mines. My Dad told me that when he was a boy, his father would leave home before daylight and get home after dark; not seeing the sun shine until Saturday. I remember staying with my Granny and when my Pa (that's my grandfather) would get home, he would be black with coal dust on his hands and face and he always had black edges around his eyes where the coal dust didn't wash off. Like my father, I left SW Va. He came back several times and we settled there in 1972, and he stayed until he died at the age of 52 in 1984. I left to go to college in 1985 and took a job working on missile defense in Alabama in 1989. I will never forget, and will always be proud of, my Appalachian roots. We might talk differently, but we are as smart as anyone anywhere; we know and love God, we work hard, love our country, love our families, pray every day, mind our business, and humbly go about living, and know how to have fun. Here, a man's word is his bond. We can, and will, take care of ourselves anytime we need to. We are the first to step onto the battlefield and have left our dead on the fields of every war the US has ever fought. Most of all, we are Americans. Check this link, hold CTRL key and click on it, or cut and paste it into your browser address bar and click on "Go" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArYF8axBVY <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArYF8axBVY&feature=related> &feature=related Randy Crouse McNew Huntsville, AL

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7400/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The widow of Miles Goforth filed for widows pension in 1852 in Washington CO Missouri. Her name was Sarah & she was 85. She stated that her husband lived & served in the "Holstein Country" including on the Clinch River adjacent to TN. She named Campbell, Bowen, and other officers of Washington Co VA in the statement, but never said Miles actually lived in Washington Co VA. They m. 1785 in Rutherford Co NC, and lived in Green Co TN before moving to Missouri. He d. 8 May 1821 of fever. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

My gg grandfather was also in the 29th Infantry. And was paid by the same person, V. C. Huff in that infantry. If you would like, if you don't already have them, I can send you Ira Fuller's pay chits from the Confederacy. I have access to Footnote and I can print out the originals and send them to you. Pat Loftin ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] fuller > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: mainyank > Surnames: Fuller Russell > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7107.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hello, > > I am looking for information on Ira Fuller, Russell County Virginia, who > served with the 29th and 37th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. I > believe that he passed away in 1925. I was fortunate to acquire Fuller's > sword belt from the Civil War with his name on the back. > > Could he be the father of Mattie Fuller Gilmer? > > I am hoping to find descendents & pictures, if possible. > > Thank you very much. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7399/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Samuel Gilbert filed for Rev War pension 1833 in Lee Co VA at age 72 He entered service in Washington (Russell) Co VA in 1776 Jacob Crabtree Sr said he'd known him since 1775 Robert W. Wynn, a clergyman also made statement for him. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mafreeman1 Surnames: DAVENPORT Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7382.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Elisha Tate (1801 - 1858) married Eliza Claibourn Davenport (1805 - 1883). She was the d/o Thomas J. Davenport and Permelia Davenport. Not exactly sure where her middle name fits in. I have the parents of Thomas J. Davenport as as Thomas and Unknown. I have the parents of Permelia Davenport as Henry Davenport and Nancy Pemberton. I descend through Eliza C. Tate who married David Glenn 6 Jan 1859 in Russell Co., VA. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: my440sixpack Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7382.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Chris - first, if anyone goes looking for him at footnote - they have his last name spelled DEVENPORT & sometimes it looks like Devinport... Looked over the entire file again hoping to see a Tate as witness or something - but didn't find a thing. There is a letter from JW Stevens of Abingdon dated 1854 that says the heirs of Claiborne believe he didn't receive all that was due to him. Makes me think some of the children stayed in VA. Marlene Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I have information that Elisha and Eliza are buried in the Burdine Tate Cemetery on Big Moccassin, but if they are there the graves are un- marked. I've looked for their graves several times. I descend through their daughter Nancy Ann who married Rufus Morgon Owens ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] Claiborne Davenport > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: mafreeman1 > Surnames: DAVENPORT > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.russell/7382.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Elisha Tate (1801 - 1858) married Eliza Claibourn Davenport (1805 - 1883). > She was the d/o Thomas J. Davenport and Permelia Davenport. Not exactly > sure where her middle name fits in. I have the parents of Thomas J. > Davenport as as Thomas and Unknown. I have the parents of Permelia > Davenport as Henry Davenport and Nancy Pemberton. > I descend through Eliza C. Tate who married David Glenn 6 Jan 1859 in > Russell Co., VA. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1383 - Release Date: 4/17/2008 > 9:00 AM > >