Hi Teresa You are talking about my husbands family line. He is Bobby Lee Honaker, b. 1935. We live right outside of Honaker, VA. I do have a lot of info. Send me your email address and I will send it to you. Do you want a GED.com file or a word document? Debbie -----Original Message----- >From: varussel-request@rootsweb.com >Sent: Aug 31, 2009 3:02 AM >To: varussel@rootsweb.com >Subject: VARUSSEL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 242 > > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Hess, Dye, Miller, Ball, Walker, Little, Ray, Plaster, Snead, > Bolling... (Teresa Lane) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:21:10 -0700 (PDT) >From: Teresa Lane <teresalane@yahoo.com> >Subject: [VARUSSEL] Hess, Dye, Miller, Ball, Walker, Little, Ray, > Plaster, Snead, Bolling... >To: VARUSSEL@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <309280.90204.qm@web63404.mail.re1.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >Hello, I am researching my Russell County, VA line. I am interested in any relatives I may still have in Russell County, as I don't know any of them. Any news clippings or obits, especially photos,?anyone can send me would be greatly appreciated. >? >My grandmother is Lucy Ann Hess, b abt Oct 1915, VA or PA >Her father: Thomas G. Hess, b 8/27/1882, Blackford, Russell County, VA >Her mother: Alafair Ray, b 10/20/1889, d 5/1976 >? >Thomas G. Hess was the son of John David Hess, b 9/30/1855, Russell County, VA and Mary A. Dye, b 7/18/1858, Russell County, VA. >? >John David Hess b 1855, died 1/27/1951, Russell County, VA, was the son of Patton H. Hess and Sarah Miller. >Mary A. Dye, b 1858 was the daughter of Pryer Dye and Sarah Hess. >? >Patton H. Hess, b 4/4/1833, RC, VA, d 9/29/1893, was the son of Henry Lee Hess and Mary Catherine Ball. >Sarah L "Sally" Miller, b 6/27/1828, RC VA, d 12/22/1905, RC VA was the daughter of John Henry Miller and Mary Catherine Walker (some conflicting info here) >? >Pryer Dye, b abt 1834, RC VA, was the son of John Dye and Nancy Little. >Sarah A. Hess, b abt 1840 was the daughter of John Hess Jr. and Lucinda Rhea/Ray. >? >Jumping back to Lucy Hess, my grandmother, her mother was Alafair Ray, b 10/20/1889; d. 5/1976. Alafair was the daughter of Unknown Ray (Died in Civil War) and Unknown Mother (Died in Civil War). She was raised by her grandparents Johnson Donte Ray and Cosby Jane Plaster. Any info on these unknown parents greatly appreciated. >? >Johnson Donte Ray b 10/12/1860, d 8/19/1934 was the son of Iradell/Ardell Ray and Rhoda Sargent. >Cosby Jane Plaster b 1871, d 1954, was the daughter of Harvey Lee Plaster and Mary Elizabeth Ray. > >All of the people above were born and died in Russell County VA (RC VA). >? >Henry Lee Hess, b Jan 1793, Surry County NC, d 1/19/1898, Russell County, VA was the son of Jacob Hess and Johanna Elizabeth M Mosier. >I do not have any further info after Johanna. >? >Jacob Hess b 1760/1783 Landau Germany, d after 1818 RC VA or NC >was the son of Valentine Hess and Augustina. No other info on this line. >? >Mary Catherine Polly Ball, b abt 1794/1799 North Carolina, d bef 1870 RC VA, married to Henry Lee Hess. Mary was the daughter of George Ball Sr. and Elizabeth Tunnell. >Elizabeth Tunnell b 1754, Fairfax County, VA, d 1836, RC VA was the daughter of William Tunnell and Lady Ann Fairfax Howard. No other info on this line at this time. >? >George Ball Sr., b 1753 Alexandria VA, d 12/24/1825, RC VA was the son of Moses Ball I and Ann Nancy Brashear. Moses Ball I, b 5/2/1717 VA and d 9/3/1792, VA was the son of John Ball and Winifred Williams. >? >John Ball b 1670 VA and d 1722 VA was the son of Richard Ball and Elizabeth Linton. >Winifred Williams b 1676 MD and d aft 1742 VA was the dau of William Williams and Ann Harrison. >? >John Henry Miller, b 1771/1780 TN or NC (Married to Mary Catherine Walker?) was the son of Nicholas Miller and Sally Griffith. Nothing else on this line. >? >John Dye, b 1797, Halifax County, VA was the son of William Thomas Abraham Dye and Letticia Colson/Coleston. >? >Nancy Little b 1797 NC, dau of David Little and Sarah Snead. >David Little b 1771 Halifax County VA son of William Abraham Little. Mother unknown. No other info on this line. >Sarah Snead, b 1768, Halifax County, VA, dau of Micajah Snead and Sarah Bolling. >Micajah Snead b 1740, d 1779 Halifax County, VA son of William or Christopher Snead. >Line ends. >Sarah Bolling b bef 1750 VA dau of Benjamin Bolling. Line ends. Mother? >? >John Hess Jr. b 1800 Surry County NC m. Lucinda Rhea/Ray son of Jacob B. Hess and Johanna Elizabeth M. Mosier. >No further info on this line. >? >Lucinda Rhea/Ray, b 1804/1805 RC VA, dau of Benjamin Ray. Mother unknown. >Benjamin Ray, b abt 1756 NC, d 1/28/1841, RC VA son of unknown Father and Mother: Edith Wray. >? >Edith Wray dau of John Wray Sr. and Frances Oher Bailey. >John Wray Sr b 1695 Brunswick VA, d 5/23/1774, Brunswick, son of William Wray Sr and Mary Whitson. >Frances Oher Bailey b abt 1720 VA, d abt 1820 dau of Henry Bailey and Avis ? >End of line >? >Johnson Donte Ray >b 10/12/1860, d 8/19/1934 m Cosby Jane Plaster >son of Iradell/Ardell Ray and Rhoda Sargent (dau of Samuel Sargent) (end of line) >Iradell/Ardell Ray, b 1802, RC VA, son of Benjamin Ray and Nancy Sutherland or Wilson??? >Benjamin Ray, b abt 1756 NC, d 1/28/1841 RC VA son of Edith Wray, dau of John Wray Sr and Frances Oher Bailey >? >Cosby Jane Plaster >b 1871 RC VA d 1954 m Johson Donte Ray >dau of Harvey Lee Plaster and Mary Elizabeth Ray >Harvey Lee Plaster b 1854 VA d 1939 VA son of Mark Howell Plaster & Louvenia Sharpe >Louvenia Sharpe b 1815 Patrick County VA dau of William Sharpe & Philipena Fitzgerald >? >Mark Howell Plaster b 1814 Patrick Co VA d abt 1855 VA son of Conrad Plaster and Hannah Howell >? >Conrad Plaster b 1775 PA d 1848 VA son of Michael Plaster and Charity Williams >Hannah Howell d VA dau of Benjamin Howell and Elizabeth Kendall >? >? >Any info greatly appreciated! > > >********* >Teresa Phipps Lane >P O Box 81638 >Pittsburgh PA 15217 >teresalane@yahoo.com > > > > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the VARUSSEL list administrator, send an email to >VARUSSEL-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the VARUSSEL mailing list, send an email to VARUSSEL@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VARUSSEL-request@rootsweb.com >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >email with no additional text. > > >End of VARUSSEL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 242 >**************************************** ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com