Does anyone know WHICH Jacob Miller this would have been? Was he the son of William Miller the potter, and was he married to Elizabeth Kellar? Was he born about 1798/99? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 3:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 206 Today's Topics: 1. The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock (Don Silvius) 2. Re: The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock ([email protected]) 3. Re: The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock (Pat Shelton) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:39:46 -0500 From: "Don Silvius" <[email protected]> Subject: [VASHENAN] The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello all, Reading through "Pages from newspapers past" from one of Shenandoah County's newspapers I found the following from Feb. 15, 1906... "The old oak tree on the river road, which has been standing for centuries and has been one of the corners of the town since Jacob Miller, nearly a hundred and fifty years ago divided two farms into town lots, has fallen a victim to the axemen's touch. On last Tuesday, Messrs. Edward McInturff, John Cooley and Jos. Smoots cut down this grand old relic. The tree was hollow and there was danger of its being blown down. During the war, when Woodstock was in the possession of the enemy, it was used as a Post Office. There fair maidens deposited letters intended for their gallant beaux in the Confederate army, and in turn received tender missives placed in the inner recesses of this faithful sentinel." Thought this was interesting and amusing - NOT a story you hear every day, to be sure. If you are watching the website, I have been updating some pictures and adding bits of data that has been sent to me. My book project is now complete. Don Silvius coordinator Shenandoah County GenWeb Project ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:52:06 EST From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Thanks Don for sharing such a great story. We truly love the old stories..... Russell and Gloria Bushong ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:59:49 -0500 From: "Pat Shelton" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Don, Thank you for sharing this sort of information. I'm never sure what we're allowed to share on this site, so I never want to offend, but I do love reading local history and stories. Pat Shelton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Silvius" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:39 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock > Hello all, > > Reading through "Pages from newspapers past" from one of Shenandoah > County's > newspapers I found the following from Feb. 15, 1906... > > > "The old oak tree on the river road, which has been standing for centuries > and has been one of the corners of the town since Jacob Miller, nearly a > hundred and fifty years ago divided two farms into town lots, has fallen a > victim to the axemen's touch. On last Tuesday, Messrs. Edward McInturff, > John Cooley and Jos. Smoots cut down this grand old relic. The tree was > hollow and there was danger of its being blown down. During the war, when > Woodstock was in the possession of the enemy, it was used as a Post > Office. > There fair maidens deposited letters intended for their gallant beaux in > the > Confederate army, and in turn received tender missives placed in the inner > recesses of this faithful sentinel." > > > Thought this was interesting and amusing - NOT a story you hear every day, > to be sure. > > If you are watching the website, I have been updating some pictures and > adding bits of data that has been sent to me. My book project is now > complete. > > Don Silvius > coordinator > Shenandoah County GenWeb Project > > ------------------------------- > 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 contact the VASHENAN list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the VASHENAN mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of VASHENAN Digest, Vol 2, Issue 206 **************************************** No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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