This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/1735.1742 Message Board Post: I am a descendent of Aley or Alia Hubbard Miller, and Christian Miller. My father, Marlin Wells Miller, is son of George Washington Miller, grandson of Aley or Alia Miller. I would like to share information with you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morrison Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/3488.1 Message Board Post: Hello: The Morrison family that I am trying to find has similarities to the places you mention. I find William Thomas Morrison with his brothers Garland.Gerland and Albet in McDowell County, West Virginia. The WWI Draft Registration Cards say that William stated that he was born in Russell County Virginia in 1894. This William married Virginia Earls from Tazewell County and we believe that William is a Jr, son of also William Thomas Morrison. Can you help me with these Morrisons? Thank you very much Cherie Lynn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3847 Message Board Post: Looking for information on my Grandfathers family. His name is Walter B. Owens and was born in 9/1909. He had an older brother Samuel. His father was Samuel Owens and his mother was Louise Hurt. Louise died when he was very young and he was sent away with Samuel. Samuel got remarried and had other children. His Father Samuel had diabetes. Walter got married and lived in Cincinnati, OH, then got divorced and lived in Falmouth, KY where he was remarried. Any help is appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/3846 Message Board Post: I am seeking any information on a Simon Geiger (Grigger) or family. According to an 1870 census, Simon's home was in Pike County, Georgia but his birthplace was Virginia. The 1870 census also indicated that he was single and 20 years old which suggest that he was probably born around 1850 in Virginia. I also located in Pike County, Georgia records a marriage of Simon Grigger to Dora Ballard on May 3, 1873. If this is the same Simon, he may be related to my ggggrandmother, Rachel Grigger (b. 1854) who married Edward Williams (b.1841) on May 8, 1873 in Pike County, Georgia. NOTE: Rachel's and Simon's marriage dates are five day apart. If any of these family names are familiar, I would appreciate your responding to jhill@phrd.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3845 Message Board Post: Descendants of William Kelly Generation No. 1 1. William2 Kelly (Edward1) was born Abt. 1785, and died 1875. He married Rebecca Caroline Nash 1816. Child of William Kelly and Rebecca Nash is: + 2 i. Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, born April 08, 1832; died October 02, 1917. Generation No. 2 2. Rebecca Nash3 Kelly (William2, Edward1) was born April 08, 1832, and died October 02, 1917. She married Charles David Munsey, son of Isaac Munsey and Patsey Dickenson. Notes for Rebecca Nash Kelly: Burial: Muncey Cemetery Located at the junction of Rt's. 613 and 606. From Lebanon take Rt. 19 to Hansonville and turn right on Rt. Alt. 58. Go to Rt. 613 and turn left. Follow Rt. 613 to the junction of Rt. 606. The cemetery is on the hillside on the right, just before reaching Rt. 606. Russell County, Virginia Will Book 15, Page 82 Executed 08 Feb 1918 I, Rebecca Munsey, being of disposing mind and memory do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, that is to say: 1st. It is my will and desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of personal estate as soon as convenient after my decease. 2nd. My will and desire is that my three children Viz; William K., David and Margaret M. are to have and to hold all my lands lying on Moccasin Ridge in Russell County, to be equally divided between them according to quality and quantity; William K is to have and to hold where he now lives, and David is to have the old homestead where I now live, neither of whom are to account for the improvements put on said lands at either place. 3rd. My will and desire is that my son David and my daughter Margaret M. have all my house-hold and kitchen furniture and all such other personal property as I may own at my death, after the payment of my debts and funeral expenses out of the same as herein before stated, to be equally divided between them. 4th. My daughter Nancy J. Tate having received from my estate all I ever intend to give her, therefore I give her nothing more. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 15th day May 1891. Rebecca X Muncy (sic) (seal) Witness H. H. Dickenson J. C. Wagoner At a Circuit Court continued and held for Russell County, at the court-house thereof, on Friday, the 8th day of February, 1918. Present: Hon. Wm. E. Burns, Judge presiding: The last Will and Testament of Rebecca Muncy (sic), deceased, was this day produced in court and proven by the oath of J. C. Wagoner, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, as provided by law, and thereupon said will was established, probated and ordered to be recorded as and for the true last Will and Testament of the said Rebecca Muncy (sic), deceased. Teste: E. R. Combes, Clerk. (signature) This file contributed by: Margaret Munsey Freeman - Notes for Charles David Munsey: Born during Civil War in a prison camp in Andersonville, Ga. (Jimmy Webb in his book says his name is Richard D. Munsey) Children of Rebecca Kelly and Charles Munsey are: + 3 i. William Kelly4 Munsey, born April 20, 1862 in Russel Co. Virginia; died January 26, 1949 in Russel Co. Virginia. 4 ii. David Munsey, born 1864; died 1942. Notes for David Munsey: Burial: Muncey Cemetery Located at the junction of Rt's. 613 and 606. From Lebanon take Rt. 19 to Hansonville and turn right on Rt. Alt. 58. Go to Rt. 613 and turn left. Follow Rt. 613 to the junction of Rt. 606. The cemetery is on the hillside on the right, just before reaching Rt. 606. + 5 iii. Margaret M. Munsey, born May 22, 1856. + 6 iv. Nancy J. Munsey, born April 1861; died 1949. Generation No. 3 3. William Kelly4 Munsey (Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born April 20, 1862 in Russel Co. Virginia, and died January 26, 1949 in Russel Co. Virginia. He married Martha Jane Shoemaker September 13, 1886, daughter of Phillip Shoemaker and Susan Kinsey. Notes for William Kelly Munsey: William and Martha burial: Muncey Cemetery Located at the junction of Rt's. 613 and 606. From Lebanon take Rt. 19 to Hansonville and turn right on Rt. Alt. 58. Go to Rt. 613 and turn left. Follow Rt. 613 to the junction of Rt. 606. The cemetery is on the hillside on the right, just before reaching Rt. 606. Children of William Munsey and Martha Shoemaker are: + 7 i. Frank5 Munsey, born July 06, 1887; died September 13, 1935. + 8 ii. Eliza Emma Munsey, born July 05, 1889; died February 20, 1974. 9 iii. Ocie Pearl Munsey, born July 06, 1891; died July 13, 1940. Notes for Ocie Pearl Munsey: Ocie never married. Burial: Muncey Cemetery Located at the junction of Rt's. 613 and 606. From Lebanon take Rt. 19 to Hansonville and turn right on Rt. Alt. 58. Go to Rt. 613 and turn left. Follow Rt. 613 to the junction of Rt. 606. The cemetery is on the hillside on the right, just before reaching Rt. 606. + 10 iv. Lilly Kate Munsey, born December 30, 1892; died June 13, 1942. + 11 v. Rebecca Ann Munsey, born November 29, 1894; died October 30, 1985. 12 vi. Myrtle Nancy Munsey, born August 19, 1897; died June 02, 1988. She married Edd Taylor. + 13 vii. Thomas Albert Munsey, born April 26, 1898; died December 03, 1967. 14 viii. Harvey David Munsey, born April 12, 1900; died November 14, 1971. He married Maude Banner January 20, 1934. 15 ix. Gaye Munsey, born April 07, 1902; died June 05, 1949. She married Fred Bailey Gent November 01, 1919. 16 x. Baby Munsey, born December 25, 1904. Notes for Baby Munsey: Burial: Muncey Cemetery Located at the junction of Rt's. 613 and 606. From Lebanon take Rt. 19 to Hansonville and turn right on Rt. Alt. 58. Go to Rt. 613 and turn left. Follow Rt. 613 to the junction of Rt. 606. The cemetery is on the hillside on the right, just before reaching Rt. 606. 17 xi. Baby Munsey, born May 27, 1906. Notes for Baby Munsey: Burial: Muncey Cemetery Located at the junction of Rt's. 613 and 606. From Lebanon take Rt. 19 to Hansonville and turn right on Rt. Alt. 58. Go to Rt. 613 and turn left. Follow Rt. 613 to the junction of Rt. 606. The cemetery is on the hillside on the right, just before reaching Rt. 606. 5. Margaret M.4 Munsey (Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born May 22, 1856. Notes for Margaret M. Munsey: Margaret was never married and never told who Bert's father was. Child of Margaret M. Munsey is: + 18 i. Bert5 Munsey, born January 15, 1894 in Hansonville, Russell Co. Va.. 6. Nancy J.4 Munsey (Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born April 1861, and died 1949. She married Henry B. Tate, son of James Tate and Sarah Owens. Children of Nancy Munsey and Henry Tate are: + 19 i. Pearl5 Tate. 20 ii. William Garland Tate, born April 19, 1865; died August 30, 1886. + 21 iii. Cline Tate, born 1878; died 1951. 22 iv. Ellen K. Tate, born November 06, 1880. + 23 v. R. Warren Tate, born October 1880; died 1951. + 24 vi. Eliza Myrtle Tate, born December 03, 1882. 25 vii. Henry R. Tate, born April 19, 1885. + 26 viii. Vince Tate, born June 1888; died 1949. 27 ix. Sallie S. Tate, born November 1890. Notes for Sallie S. Tate: Sallie did not marry. 28 x. Rebecca P. Tate, born March 1893. Generation No. 4 7. Frank5 Munsey (William Kelly4, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born July 06, 1887, and died September 13, 1935. He married Lorena Walkup April 04, 1920. Notes for Frank Munsey: Frank and Lorena Burial: Muncey Cemetery Located at the junction of Rt's. 613 and 606. From Lebanon take Rt. 19 to Hansonville and turn right on Rt. Alt. 58. Go to Rt. 613 and turn left. Follow Rt. 613 to the junction of Rt. 606. The cemetery is on the hillside on the right, just before reaching Rt. 606. Children of Frank Munsey and Lorena Walkup are: 29 i. Aletta6 Munsey. 30 ii. Juddie Munsey. 8. Eliza Emma5 Munsey (William Kelly4, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born July 05, 1889, and died February 20, 1974. She married Joe Davis 1941. Children of Eliza Munsey and Joe Davis are: 31 i. Kathleen6 Davis. 32 ii. Kelly Davis. 33 iii. Martha Davis. 34 iv. Fred Davis. 10. Lilly Kate5 Munsey (William Kelly4, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born December 30, 1892, and died June 13, 1942. She married Charles Purcell. Children of Lilly Munsey and Charles Purcell are: 35 i. Wayne6 Purcell. 36 ii. Paul Purcell. 11. Rebecca Ann5 Munsey (William Kelly4, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born November 29, 1894, and died October 30, 1985. She married Dan Gibson. Children of Rebecca Munsey and Dan Gibson are: 37 i. Dorothy6 Gibson. 38 ii. June Cornelia Gibson. 13. Thomas Albert5 Munsey (William Kelly4, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born April 26, 1898, and died December 03, 1967. She married Willie E. Tate November 22, 1921, daughter of James Tate and Virginia Gibson. Notes for Thomas Albert Munsey: Thomas Albert and Willie are buried in the Russell Memorial Cemetary in Lebanon, Va. Children of Thomas Munsey and Willie Tate are: 39 i. Howard Gray6 Munsey. 40 ii. Thomas Albert Jr. Munsey. 41 iii. Robert Tate "Bobby" Munsey. 42 iv. Imogene Munsey. 43 v. Katherine Boyd Munsey. She married ? VanHorn. 44 vi. William "Billy" Munsey. 18. Bert5 Munsey (Margaret M.4, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born January 15, 1894 in Hansonville, Russell Co. Va.. He married Lucy Emma Glenn, daughter of Adolphus Glenn and Alia Shoemaker. Child of Bert Munsey and Lucy Glenn is: + 45 i. Harold6 Munsey, born May 23, 1917 in Hansonville, Russell Co. Va.. 19. Pearl5 Tate (Nancy J.4 Munsey, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1). She married Stanford Colley. Child of Pearl Tate and Stanford Colley is: 46 i. James6 Colley. 21. Cline5 Tate (Nancy J.4 Munsey, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born 1878, and died 1951. He married Jershua Towe. Children of Cline Tate and Jershua Towe are: 47 i. Parks6 Tate. 48 ii. Clarence Tate. 49 iii. Carl Tate. + 50 iv. Zed Tate. 23. R. Warren5 Tate (Nancy J.4 Munsey, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born October 1880, and died 1951. He married Julie Cox. Children of R. Tate and Julie Cox are: 51 i. Danah6 Tate. 52 ii. Maxie Tate. 53 iii. Glenn Tate. 24. Eliza Myrtle5 Tate (Nancy J.4 Munsey, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born December 03, 1882. She married Carson Blevins. Child of Eliza Tate and Carson Blevins is: 54 i. Wanda6 Blevins. She married Arthur Jennings (Jack) Owens. Notes for Wanda Blevins: Wanda and Jack were divorced, they had no children. 26. Vince5 Tate (Nancy J.4 Munsey, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born June 1888, and died 1949. He married Callie Reese. Children of Vince Tate and Callie Reese are: 55 i. Vince Jr.6 Tate. 56 ii. Dorothy Tate.. She married James Clear. Generation No. 5 45. Harold6 Munsey (Bert5, Margaret M.4, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1) was born May 23, 1917 in Hansonville, Russell Co. Va.. Child of Harold Munsey is: 57 i. Margaret7 Munsey. She married ? Freeman. 50. Zed6 Tate (Cline5, Nancy J.4 Munsey, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1). He married 1st.Virginia Tarr, 2nd.Kathleen Clayton. Children of Zed Tate and 1st.Virginia Tarr are: + 58 i. Mary Helen7 Tate. 59 ii. Valorie Tate. She married James Bain. Generation No. 6 58. Mary Helen7 Tate (Zed6, Cline5, Nancy J.4 Munsey, Rebecca Nash3 Kelly, William2, Edward1). She married Eldon Campbell. Notes for Mary Helen Tate: Mary's Mother is Virginia Tarr. Child of Mary Tate and Eldon Campbell is: 60 i. Kate8 Campbell.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VANCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3844 Message Board Post: I am looking for the family of Bud Vance, born about 1899 to Alex Vance and Mariah Wilson. He married Donnie Rasnake. I believe they had children named Lakon, Farley, Lou, Linda, Dean and Tip. Any info would be great. Please feel free to email me also.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COUCH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3843 Message Board Post: I am a decendant of both JEREMIAH COUCH's. For more information please contact me at bobnregi@bellatlantic.net Hope to hear from you. Regenia Campbell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3787.1 Message Board Post: Walker Pauley's mother was Flora Virginia Pauley daughter of Creed and Martelia Kitts Pauley. I have much more including pictures. Contact me direct.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: proffitt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/ABC.2ACE/3831.1.3 Message Board Post: this makes us cousions if you could send me some information on the proffitts id like to have it do you still live in russel va my brother and i are planing a trip to bluefield this fall and would love to meet some of the familey thanks again phyllis i was told we had indian blood i dont know if this is true but would like to know

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/3831.1.2 Message Board Post: Yes this is my Husbands Great Grandparents throught their daughter Bertha, she married Thomas Davis.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: proffitt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/ABC.2ACE/3831.1.1 Message Board Post: this is who im looking for henry was anderson proffitts son and virgina proffitt is also his daughter virgina married a phillip dawson and her daughter maudie dawson married a audie lilly who are my grand parents i hope you can help me im looking for information on my familey thanks for youer time and im hopeing to get to know some familey memberd

Lady, I sat in there an hour mostly by my lonesome. Meet me there friday night at 9 or there after. I have not talked to you in forever. Need to catch up on all the new and stories. Cysee ----- Original Message ----- From: "clyde783" <clyde783@charter.net> To: <VARUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:25 AM Subject: Re: [VARUSSEL] Chat >I was there and you were gone, now you are there and I am gone!!! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Skeens" <skeens@bellsouth.net> > To: <VARUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:11 PM > Subject: [VARUSSEL] Chat > > >> Anyone want to chat? We are in the Russell Co Chat room. >> >> Cysee >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/chat.html >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 >> >> >> ==== VARUSSEL Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe to the list send an email from the email address you wish >> to have unsubscribed to: VARUSSEL-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains >> the word "unsubscribe" (without quotes) in the body of the message and >> nothing else. If you are subscribed to the digest mode rather then the >> list mode send this message to VARUSSEL-D-request@rootsweb.com >> > > > ==== VARUSSEL Mailing List ==== > Messages of an inflamatory or abusive manner will not be tolerated > on the mailing list. Messages of this type are to be sent in private > either to the person they are directed toward or the list owner. > Complaints should also be sent to the list owner. Violators of this > rule are subject to suspension from the mailing list. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005

I was there and you were gone, now you are there and I am gone!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Skeens" <skeens@bellsouth.net> To: <VARUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:11 PM Subject: [VARUSSEL] Chat > Anyone want to chat? We are in the Russell Co Chat room. > > Cysee > http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/chat.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 > > > ==== VARUSSEL Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe to the list send an email from the email address you wish > to have unsubscribed to: VARUSSEL-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains > the word "unsubscribe" (without quotes) in the body of the message and > nothing else. If you are subscribed to the digest mode rather then the > list mode send this message to VARUSSEL-D-request@rootsweb.com >

I tried no one on the chat. Thanks Cysee. I do read the Skeen family site each day. I am the person who ask the question about a JOSEPHINE BARNETT and J. HENRY SKEEN on the web site. Regenia Campbell Skeens wrote: > Anyone want to chat? We are in the Russell Co Chat room. > > Cysee > http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/chat.html > > >

Anyone want to chat? We are in the Russell Co Chat room. Cysee http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/chat.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005

Family and Friends, Joe Jessee has provided this terrific news. The US Department of Interior, Park Service, has declared Jessee's Mill in Russell County to be a National Historic Monument. This follows similar State of Virginia declaration of same last December. Joe sent the press release below to the Lebanon News on May 5, 2005, and the article appeared in the Lebanon News today, Wednesday, May 11, 2005. We will have more to say about all this later via the Jessee List, and in the next Jessee Family Newsletter. This action opens the way to form a non-profit corporation to seek grants and other funding for the acquisition and restoration of Jessee's Mill perhaps as an anchor for a Mill Creek Historic Community someday. It will open other avenues for recognition and support, too. This was the necessary first step to open those doors. Several Jessee Historical Foundation members, Russell County historians and friends did research and gathered the critical information necessary to document the history of Jessee's Mill used in the applications. Most of this body of knowledge and those who contributed to it have been published in the Jessee Website at www.jessee.org and in the Jessee Newsletters over the last decade. Joe Jessee, President of the Jessee Historical Foundation, with support and help from Sherman Wallace the Jessee's Mill owner, has spearheaded this successful effort with the formal State and Federal applications. These recognitions and declarations are historic moments for the Jessee Family, the Mill Creek Community, and Russell County. I offer Joe congratulations and heartfelt thanks. And I thank all those who helped along the way, Jim PRESS RELEASE May 5, 2005 JESSEE'S MILL, A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK The United States Department of the Interior, Park Service, has declared Jessee's Mill in Russell County, Virginia to be a national historic landmark. Prior to this designation the mill was declared a state historical landmark by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. Historical designation applications are first sent to the state office and then if declared eligible by the state, the application for a national designation may be forwarded for consideration to the federal government. Jessee's Mill began operation over two hundred years ago, predating the census and tax records of 1790. The mill was the primary source for ground agricultural products and other trading in the Mill Creek Area. The mill is located on Jessee's Mill Road, State Route 645, north of Route 71, between Lebanon and Cleveland. John Jessee, a first war of independence infantryman and musician, purchased the mill from William Gilmore in 1794. The mill continued mechanical improvement over the years and around 1890 was made into the three story structure which stands today. All of the milling machineries are still in the mill. The mill ceased operations in 1932 during the Great Depression. The mill property is currently owned by Mr. Sherman Wallace of Cleveland. The application was submitted by Joseph Jessee of Lebanon, in cooperation with Mr. Wallace, and Jim Jessee of Chico, California. An historical marker for Jessee's Mill and John Jessee is located on Route 71 about three miles from Lebanon. The state designation was granted in December of 2004 and the federal designation was granted in January of 2005. "Jessee's Mill-PRESS RELEASE-050205" Joseph Jessee, Lebanon, Virginia, 24266-0001, 889-4199.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/3831.1 Message Board Post: I have a Henry Lewis Proffitt, b. 1870, s/o Anderson Proffitt and Mary Jane ???, married to Angeline Stillwell July 8, 1890 in Russell County, VA. I have them listed with 11 children. Is this who you are looking for? Kim Mohler

http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/cemeteries/samuelhnashcem.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <kovack0387@msn.com> To: <VARUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:33 AM Subject: [VARUSSEL] Re: Nash > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Blevins, Mullins,Ratliff, Hughes, and Nash and James too! > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3823.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi, > I am distantly related to the Nash Family as he was the father to the kids by Melvina Blevins and he was married and had a wife and kids of his own but I have been told all my life, I was suppose to ne a Nash! A Wicklief Nash lived in Wise, Va. and a fanily member told me that he was the father to the three sons of Nelvina Blevins, she being a daughter of Linkhorn Blevins and Sarah belcher. The soms were: > John Blevins > Wick Henry Blevins{My Grandpa} > William Lawrence Blevins > I would be most grateful for the location and any photos from that cemetery too in Russell County,Va. Thanks! > Sue > > > ==== VARUSSEL Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe to the list send an email from the email address you wish > to have unsubscribed to: VARUSSEL-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains > the word "unsubscribe" (without quotes) in the body of the message and > nothing else. If you are subscribed to the digest mode rather then the > list mode send this message to VARUSSEL-D-request@rootsweb.com >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lester Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/1091.1211.2.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jo, This is the only documented info I have for Martha Lester. As I understand it, the LDS is reliable. 1. LDS Internet Web Site, familysearch.com, Abner H. Lester, Pedigree Chart Martha Arthur, daughter of (_______) and Hannah Rebecca (_______) Arthur; born in 1751 in Montgomery Co, VA; married in 1772 Abner Alexander Lester. 2. "Pedigree Resources File", CD #9, LDS, submitted by Stephen Haynes, 10905 Braden Court, Fredericksburg, VA, 22407 on 9 Jan 2000. Martha Rebecca Arthur was daughter of Gabriel and Hannah Rebecca "Nikitie" Cherokee. For Alexander Abner Lester, I have this without a source document: Alexander Abner Lester was one of the early pioneers of Fincastle Co., Virginia. He received land by grant and settled in Montgomery County, VA. Revolutionary War - He was sworn in on September 9, 1777 to Captain Daniel Trigg's Company. Prior to 1801 the family moved to Russell County, VA and settled for a few years. Around 1809 he moved to Floyd County Kentucky and later sold his Russell County property.