Following this with interest. My John B. Miller came from LOUDOUN co VA. In addition one of my relatives married a HUPP Robinson said to be no relation but named for a Dr. Hupp who came from VA. Not high on my research list but intriguing when you mention Hupps. Margaret Calvin from ohio. >My family went to Newark, Licking Co., OH. I am not sure of the date, >although Mary HUPP m Joseph ENGLISH in 1819 in Newark, so they were >certainly there by then. I show one of Mary's brothers as being born in >Kanawha VA in 1812, but I don't know right offhand where I got that? Joseph >was said to be a soldier in the War of 1812, but somehow the Nat'l Archives >has lost his records. They have a card that says where to find it, but it >has not been there for many years. > >Now that is the HUPP family that went to Newark. I don't know if the WILSON >family went, too. I know families went in groups, and the ENGLISH family had >been in New Market in VA. My great grandmother was named Virginia because >the family remembered that area with so much happiness. She was Sarah >Virginia (or Virginia Sarah, not sure which name came first!) ENGLISH b >1841, Licking Co., OH. > >Joseph ENGLISH was the son of Job ENGLISH and Jane VANCE. They also went to >Newark and are buried there. Samuel HUPP and Margaret WILSON went to Newark >also and died there. Her father had died bef her marriage so I don't know if >any other of her family went. That is something I could research. Frederick >Co. is another place I show in my records that my family lived. > >It would be interesting to know why they all left at that time. > >Joyce > >> Joyce, >> Where did your Wilson family move to in Licking County, Ohio? My >third >> great grandparents were both born and raised in the Shenandoah Valley in >> 1790. They sold out in 1837 moving with all their children to Licking >County, Ohio >> where Stephen and Mary "Polly" Ritter/Rutter helped found the village of >St. >> Louisville. Stephen owned the whole northside of St. Louisville where he >> farmed as well as running a stageline from Mt. Vernon to Zaneville. This >included a >> tavern and inn. >> We were elated to find a sign upon entering St. Louisville on the >#13 >> (north of Newark and on both sides of the village) stating St. Louisville >> Founded by Stephen Ritter and John Bell in 1839 when we first visited this >last >> February. >> I found many of the names in these tax and land records of >Shenandoah >> and Frederick Co., VA in the cemeteries in and around St. Louisville. >> Anyhow, I hope that the information I sent helps to paint a better >> picture of your family. >> Happy Hunting, >> Chocy > > > >==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== >Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html