Carol, 1820 is not alphabetized. The actual families at Isabella are Benjamin Blackford (the iron master) Robert Cochran Andrew Holtzman Jacob Shealor (the founder) John Shuff Jonathan Shuff John Divier John Lamerson Henry Shealor Joseph Peterson James Stern Frederick Holtzman George Ferral John Glenn William Peterson Mary Batman Elijah Ramey Jeremiah Lamerson Snowden Brewer Jacob McDonald John Batman Benjamin Cubbage Carol Digby wrote: >I find it very odd that the entire population of a town is comprised >entirely of only A ' s and B's of the alphabet. Sure you are not missing >some pages? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tom Pierce" <tvpierce@infionline.net> >To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 7:35 PM >Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] ISABELLA FURNACE > > >Louise, >Isabella Furnace was located about a mile north of Luray, Page Co., VA >If you look on a map, you'll see State Rte 652 (Old Furnace Road) on the >west side of Hawksbill Creek, going north from Luray. After about a >mile, the road makes a sharp bend to the west and goes toward Hamburg. >If you were to turn east at that point you would be at the furnace >site. If you have a better map, you might find Yeager's Spring which >provided the power for the air blower at the furnace. > >Your ancestor, John Jennings, is listed in the 1820 census just prior to >Charles Beggarly and not far after Moses Henry. Those names suggest he >lived in the Bentonville-Browntown area. > >I assume you may have looked at a transcribed 1820 census because at >least one of those erroneously shows lots and lots of people at >Isabella. The actual census shows only 22 families on p. 159, starting >with Benjamin Blackford and ending with Benjamin Cubbage. > >Hope this helps. >Tom > >RUTH HENRY wrote: > > > >>Hi, >>I am wondering if anyone can tell me the exact location of Isabella >> >> >Furnace. My ancestor john Jennings was listed in 1820 census for Isabella >Furnace, however he lived at Browntown area. Would this area of Browntown >be called Isabella furnace. > > >>Regards, Louise >> >> >>--------------------------------- >>Do you Yahoo!? >>Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard >> >> >>==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== >>Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or >VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. > > > > >==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== >Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html > > > >