Would/could someone help me find our GARNER family. I am looking for the parents of Jarrett or Jarred Garner b. about 1793/8 and left Virginia about 1819 as was married in Illinois in 1821 to Martha Maulding. I have their family but who are his parents?? Does he have siblings?? Some one put that Gerrard Garner md. Nancy Hull in Virginia were the parents but no proof and have never found these people with children and no one seems to want our family of Jarrett Garner and Martha Maulding as their child or sibling. Help Thanks.

Peggy, Thank you for letting us know where the site is. It is a great site. I would recommend it to anyone. Even though it is not my line, it is good reading.

Elwood Allen Shrader, Jack Eugene Sizemore, Phyllis Edna Sizemore, Donald Powell Sluss, Imogene James C. Steele, Jo Ella Stevenson, Minnie Grey Stevenson, Donald Ray Sluss, Ruphas Darrel Sluss, William Mathew Stevenson, Barbara Jeane Stone, Clyde S. Smith Mildred Ann Sparks, Sally Mae Sparks, Isabelle Carroll Stamper, Mary Judith Stone, Larry Gordon Tabor, Billy Ray Taylor, Andy Alfred Turner, Richard Houston Turner, Ellen Sue Van Dyke, Constance Maxine Vaughn, Nellis Marie Waddell, Lois Whitt, Richard Whitt, Freddy F. Williams, William Dale Woodall, George Mahanna Wallace, Robert Alfred Webb, Fred Allen White, Nina Bernice White, Judith Allene Wright, Pearl Marie Yates, Mary Katherine Yost, Loretta Virginia Young.

Jann Hyatt Kensinger, Mamie Leigh Kinder, Anna Jo Kiser, Raymond Harold Kiser, George Andrew Lockhart, James Thomas Lockhart, Alfred Lewis Long, Nancy Witten McCall, George Lambert, Lousie Patricia Lambert, Willis Vernon McGrire, Junior Angelo Mastro, William Oliver Larimer, Billie Rae Lawson, Columbus Earl Leftwich, George Cecil Lewis, Ilene Marie Meade, Margaret Lee Melvin, Dorothy Mae Money, Archie Lee Monk, Laura Eudean Monk, Carroll Gibson Morrison, Donna Heath Morrison, Annie Elizabeth Neal, Frances Avalee Puckett, Shirley Rae Puckett, Maraget Florence Quirk, Bernard Lee Riley, Mildred Gwendolyn Mundy, Melster Annette Neese, Barbara Ann Ratcliff, Glenn Archie Riddle, Carol Sue Orender, Lowell Cecil Patrick, John Kenneth Pruett, Betty Jeanne Puckett, Peyton Lee Rowlett, Donald Gene Sargent, Shirley Louise Scott, Mary Ester Senic..................more later

I have some yearbooks from Tazewell. There is only a mix of different years but I thought I would post some of what I have. Regards, Neda in VA 1954 senior class: Sidney Absher, Albert Eugene Akers, Sarah Katherine Akers, Peggy Ruth Altizer, Arthur B. Asbury, Jr, Dosha Viola Asbury, Alford Vergil Baldwin, Dewey Kenneth Bandy, Donald Witten Bandy, Dora Mae Bandy, Shirley Temple Belcher, Erma Gaye Blevins, Manzia Boothe, Dorothy Marie Brewster, Bernard Lee Collins, Kay Hampton Crawford, James Calvin Davis, Nancy Lee Dawson, Richard Clayton Brown, Terry Arnold Bryant, James Carlton Dillow, James Crockett Donithan, Joyce Kathleen Baurton, Ruth Delores Case, Jerry Joe Caudill, Barbara Carole Clifton, Wanda Elizabeth Dudley, John Delano Ernest, George Dennis Erps, Lawrence David Godbey, Norma Goodwin, Vivian Marlene Graybeal, Anita Gail Gregory, Janice Gullett, George T. Harrison, Beatrice Lou Hill, Sidney Dennis Hill, Kenneth Gerald Holbrook, William Russel Hagy, Willian Lee Hall, Billy Joe Hoops, Mamie Rose Howery, Claude C. Hamilton, Victor Abraham Hamilton, David Sayers Harman, Henry Eugene Harris, Dale Edward Hymes, Bobby Keene, Jack Keene, Shirley Ann Keene, more later.

I have a Rebecca Eliza Bolling who mar John Hart. She was b abt 1804 NC, married about 1830 and died aft 1860. Their children were Jane, Leah Adaline, Mary, Henry, John T. and Nancy. Nancy Hart was a Confederate Spy. They lived in Russell, Smyth, Washington, and Roane counties in VA. Any help greatly appreciated with her parents. Julie

John, I have that Lindsey is the son of Jarret Boling and Eleanor Garrison, and that Jarret is the son of Benjamin and Winifred Garrison. Your Lindsey had brothers Benjamin and Henry among other siblings. This Benjamin is the father of my Henry so your Lindsey and his brother Henry would be my Henry's uncles. Ok, I think I just figured out my own question. Benjamin in the article was the son of John II. That Benjamin was married to Mary Latham. They had a son Benjamin who was married to Winifred Garrison who had a son Jarret who was married to Eleanor Garrison, who had a son Benjamin who married Nancy Lockhart who was the father of my Henry. Good grief! My problem was, I was dealing in reality with three Benjamins and only seeing two. The infamous missing link. Ha Ha Thanks for your reply John. And nice to meet you Cuzin. christine On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 15:33:19 -0800 "John Carter" <j.m.carter@comcast.net> writes: > I have a Sarah Bowling born 1829 died June 7, 1879 Powel River Wise > county > and her father Lindsey Bowling born 1803. Sarah married 26 Nov 1850 > Tazewell, Va. Amos Lensey Cowden born 12 Mar 1816 Smyth County, Va. > Died 8 > Dec. 1879. Their daughter, Mary Ann Cowden born 15 May 1864 > Tazewell, Va. > died 1920 in Wise County. She is buried in the Highland cemetery in > Norton > Va.was. She married Geo. Washington Beverly and these are my great > grandparents. Could these Bowlings be the same family as your > Bolling/Boling/etc.? > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christine Hayes [mailto:gabby362@juno.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 1:04 PM > To: VATAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VA-TAZEWELL] Bolen/Bolling/Boling/Bowling > > I need help on the following passages at the end of this e-mail that > I > took from the page that Peggy C Fuller Keen provided a link to on > the > Bollings. Some researchers with online trees have Jerret Bolling in > here > between John II and Benjamin. I'm confused. Can anyone tell me > where I > can find an accurate linage from John II down? > > My Great Grandfather was William Alexander "Dogleg" Boling, born in > Tazewell Co, VA, who married Celia Cook in Morgan Co, KY in 1856. > He is > commonly confused with the William A Bowling who married Elizabeth > Morgan > in the same year in the same county, who was probably a cousin. > The > issue is further complicated by the fact that they both had a > daughter > that same year in Morgan Co in December; Armilda Bolen born to > William A > & Celia at Grassey Creek, and Frances Bolen born to William A and > Elizabeth at Red River. My Great Grandfather's parents were Henry > and > Elender Blankenship Boling, originally of Tazewell Co, who relocated > to > Morgan Co. My Great Grandfather later married my Great Grandmother > Nancy > Jane Mullins about 1866, supposedly in Floyd Co, KY, to whom my > Grandfather Horatio Seymour Boling was born in 1868 in Wayne Co, WV. > > Nancy's parents were Benjamin Mullins and Deborah Hall who were > married > in Tazewell Co. Any cousins on the list or other researchers with > information or pictures would be very much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > christine > > "... To this Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe Bolling, granddaughter > of > Pocahontas, only one child was born, John. ... the first John had > but one > > son, also called John, who, however, ended all anxiety by > fathering > nineteen > sons, ... At least one of the brothers went to North Carolina. His > name > was Benjamin, and among his family of seven sons and three daughters > was > another Benjamin, ..." > > > ==== VATAZEWE Mailing List ==== > TAZEWELL COUNTY LIST PAGES: > Let our list administrator know them! > > > > >

I have a Sarah Bowling born 1829 died June 7, 1879 Powel River Wise county and her father Lindsey Bowling born 1803. Sarah married 26 Nov 1850 Tazewell, Va. Amos Lensey Cowden born 12 Mar 1816 Smyth County, Va. Died 8 Dec. 1879. Their daughter, Mary Ann Cowden born 15 May 1864 Tazewell, Va. died 1920 in Wise County. She is buried in the Highland cemetery in Norton Va.was. She married Geo. Washington Beverly and these are my great grandparents. Could these Bowlings be the same family as your Bolling/Boling/etc.? John -----Original Message----- From: Christine Hayes [mailto:gabby362@juno.com] Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 1:04 PM To: VATAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VA-TAZEWELL] Bolen/Bolling/Boling/Bowling I need help on the following passages at the end of this e-mail that I took from the page that Peggy C Fuller Keen provided a link to on the Bollings. Some researchers with online trees have Jerret Bolling in here between John II and Benjamin. I'm confused. Can anyone tell me where I can find an accurate linage from John II down? My Great Grandfather was William Alexander "Dogleg" Boling, born in Tazewell Co, VA, who married Celia Cook in Morgan Co, KY in 1856. He is commonly confused with the William A Bowling who married Elizabeth Morgan in the same year in the same county, who was probably a cousin. The issue is further complicated by the fact that they both had a daughter that same year in Morgan Co in December; Armilda Bolen born to William A & Celia at Grassey Creek, and Frances Bolen born to William A and Elizabeth at Red River. My Great Grandfather's parents were Henry and Elender Blankenship Boling, originally of Tazewell Co, who relocated to Morgan Co. My Great Grandfather later married my Great Grandmother Nancy Jane Mullins about 1866, supposedly in Floyd Co, KY, to whom my Grandfather Horatio Seymour Boling was born in 1868 in Wayne Co, WV. Nancy's parents were Benjamin Mullins and Deborah Hall who were married in Tazewell Co. Any cousins on the list or other researchers with information or pictures would be very much appreciated. Thanks, christine "... To this Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe Bolling, granddaughter of Pocahontas, only one child was born, John. ... the first John had but one son, also called John, who, however, ended all anxiety by fathering nineteen sons, ... At least one of the brothers went to North Carolina. His name was Benjamin, and among his family of seven sons and three daughters was another Benjamin, ..." ==== VATAZEWE Mailing List ==== TAZEWELL COUNTY LIST PAGES: Let our list administrator know them!

I need help on the following passages at the end of this e-mail that I took from the page that Peggy C Fuller Keen provided a link to on the Bollings. Some researchers with online trees have Jerret Bolling in here between John II and Benjamin. I'm confused. Can anyone tell me where I can find an accurate linage from John II down? My Great Grandfather was William Alexander "Dogleg" Boling, born in Tazewell Co, VA, who married Celia Cook in Morgan Co, KY in 1856. He is commonly confused with the William A Bowling who married Elizabeth Morgan in the same year in the same county, who was probably a cousin. The issue is further complicated by the fact that they both had a daughter that same year in Morgan Co in December; Armilda Bolen born to William A & Celia at Grassey Creek, and Frances Bolen born to William A and Elizabeth at Red River. My Great Grandfather's parents were Henry and Elender Blankenship Boling, originally of Tazewell Co, who relocated to Morgan Co. My Great Grandfather later married my Great Grandmother Nancy Jane Mullins about 1866, supposedly in Floyd Co, KY, to whom my Grandfather Horatio Seymour Boling was born in 1868 in Wayne Co, WV. Nancy's parents were Benjamin Mullins and Deborah Hall who were married in Tazewell Co. Any cousins on the list or other researchers with information or pictures would be very much appreciated. Thanks, christine "... To this Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe Bolling, granddaughter of Pocahontas, only one child was born, John. ... the first John had but one son, also called John, who, however, ended all anxiety by fathering nineteen sons, ... At least one of the brothers went to North Carolina. His name was Benjamin, and among his family of seven sons and three daughters was another Benjamin, ..."

I was wondering if anyone had acsess to birth/death or obit records for Tazewell Co Va? I am looking for a Mussalow/Masler family that lived mostly in Pocahontas Va. The name is Hungarian and has been changed a few times so it has been very hard to track. But with help from volunteers I have been able to find the family in 1910/1920 and 1930 census all in Pocohantas. I know that at least two children died ina flu epedemic between 1920 and 1930. Possibly three of them died. I was wondering really where these children might have been buried if the family was in Pocahontas. Does anyone know of the cemeteries in Pocahontas? And how I would go about looking ? I am looking for a Julius Masler/Mussalow, Bertha and Steve and also a Joseph and a Henry and a Theresa. I am not certain exactly how they spelled their last names. Plus if anyone knows the names of the schools children would have attended if they had lived in Pocahontas back in the early 1910 and 1920s? Any help or advice greatly appreciated. Kimberly Berkshire

It can be found here: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/swva/hssv-9.htm Peggy C Fuller Keen ----- Original Message ----- From: <Co51Ne@aol.com> To: <VATAZEWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 6:41 AM Subject: [VA-TAZEWELL] Boling info > Like a dummy, I did NOT bookmark where I got this info. I am going to TRY > to > find it again and post it. > > I am just passing along this............. > (Not my line) > > THE BOLLINGS OF WISE COUNTY > > By W. S. Rose > Of the sixty-nine pupils enrolled at Flat Gap public school, at the head > of > Pound Valley in Wise County, Virginia, all but one were Bollings of their > mothers were Bollings. Neighboring schools have the name in lesser > proportion. > They do not got to school for nothing either. Their settlement comprises > about one-tenth of the Robertson Civil District, which contains fifteen > schools, > and eight of them were recently taught by Bollings. > The circumstances of the ancestry and early settlement favored a > clean-blooded posterity, and it has been agreeably co-operated with by > choice for nearly > one hundred and twenty-five years. No insanity, epilepsy, idiocy, or > hereditary tuberculosis. The result is a keen-witted, self-reliant people > able to > take care of themselves under any conditions they encounter. They are > great > people to mind their own business and would rather others do the same. > Environment and heredity, the two prime factors in character-molding, are > in > this case given the widest possible play, and yet, the age-old debate on > which of the two has the greater influence is not settled. Heredity was > strong, > as will be seen later, and the community started from one family whose > members > went forth to various Lands of Nod to mate and bring back their mates in > most cases, to settle near the parent roof. > The nest was at the head of the valley that somewhat resembles a > scoop-shovel, except there is a dividing ridge in the middle throughout > the entire > distance of ten miles. All around the outer rim, excepting the > northeastern end, > are mountains. Until very recent times it was greatly isolated from the > rest > of the world. > Amid such natural surroundings heredity began to play its part. It had a > free > hand. The first family of children were large enough to remember when the > mail came as close as sixty miles, and when it finally came within twenty > miles > they began to send and receive letters. > They escaped the conventionalities, shallow forms and hypocrisies > prevailing > in what passed for high society, and the blighting effects of a wasteful > labor system then in vogue elsewhere. > They were taught by their parents to read and had no trashy literature to > waste time on. Providing for their material wants kept them all busy. > Their history goes back to famous ancestry on both sides, and the > temptation > is strong to trace the mother's side, but that seems contrary to the > accepted > custom. Robert Bolling married Jane Rolfe, daughter of Thomas Rolfe, who > was > the son of John Rolfe and the beloved Pocahontas. > Who the Bollings were is not generally known, but all that is necessary > here > to record about them is that they descended from the Welsh Boleyns, who, > in > England became Bollings, the most noted of whom was Anne, whose beauty > captivated the monster, King Henry VIII, who married her despite all > opposition and > thus gave to England Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen, from which the name > Virginia was derived. > To this Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe Bolling, granddaughter of > Pocahontas, > only one child was born, John. The mother died and Robert had other > children > by a later marriage, but the blood of Pocahontas did not course in their > veins. It is interesting to note how long the Pocahontas blood was held > by a > single life because the same thing happened again when the first John had > but one > son, also called John, who, however, ended all anxiety by fathering > nineteen > sons, the eldest of whom was Thomas, who himself had a numerous family. > He, > it was, being prompted by the need for such instruction in his family, > procured a teacher from England, which eventually led to the > establishment of the > first deaf and dumb institution in America. > Under the law of primogeniture then in force, Thomas inherited the entire > forty-thousand acre estate, leaving the other eighteen sons of John to > scatter > or at least, to shift for themselves. > At least one of the brothers went to North Carolina. His name was > Benjamin, > and among his family of seven sons and three daughters was another > Benjamin, > who was born in 1734 and was, therefore, two years younger than > Washington, > with whom he bore arms in the same great conflict, as did his sons by his > first > wife. > Having lost his first wife, Pattie Felts, he married Charity Larrimore, > who > bore him one son, Jeremiah, the father of the family on Pound River. And, > it > was a real family, too, as will be seen later. Other Jeremiahs drop in > from > time to time, but this Jeremiah was Jeremiah I. He already was married to > Sallie Ward of Georgia when he started with his wife and father to the > wilderness. > Perhaps it would be better to say that Benjamin brought them into the > wilderness to found a home. > The son, at least, and the father perhaps also, had scouted the area and > knew > beforehand in a general way about where they would settle. There were > already settlers in the valleys of the Clinch and Powell Rivers. Hannah, > a sister > of Benjamin, had married Solomon Osborne and had come with him into the > wilderness and located at a ford on the Clinch River a short distance > upstream from > where the town of Dungannon now stands. The name Osborne Ford clings to > the > place to the present. > Because of local interest, a digression is here made to record a statement > made by well-informed members of the Bolling family of the upper Pound > Valley > that Benjamin had a younger brother Jessee, who was a primitive Baptist > preacher and came over the mountains bringing with him two boys named > Gilly. After > living for a period of time at the forks of the Powell River, where Big > Stone > Gap now stands, he passed on into Kentucky, leaving his claim and > improvements in the possession of these boys. Whether this be true or > not, one thing is > certain, and that is that the Gillys are very numerous in the locality > mentioned, and that they started somewhere and somehow several > generations ago. > There were several Johns, John the first, John the second, and John this > and > John that, but it is not recorded that there was a John the Baptist. But > Benjamin evidently was of the same faith as Jessee and must have taught it > to > his son Jeremiah, for the one church of the locality is close by and the > title > page of the record book is inscribed "Primitive Baptist Church." The > burying > ground is near and Benjamin was the first tenant. On a rude stone at the > head > is inscribed "B. Bolling 1734-1832." He had several grandsons through the > son > Jeremiah who reached extreme old age, but none quite reached his > ninety-eight years. By his side sleeps Charity who braved the wilderness > with him. Marks > to both graves are the work of Jeremiah.* > It has not to this day been definitely settled just which of the Carolinas > President Jackson was born in, and the descendants of Benjamin and > Jeremiah are > not sure about which their ancestors came from. They talked much of both > states and were, perhaps, so near the line that they spent time in both, > as was > the case with Jackson. They brought with them across the mountains on > their > horses small appleseed sprouts set in gourds, and, after planting, they > grew > and lived long, which might indicate North Carolina was their native > state > because North Carolina is more adapted to that fruit. > History teaches that land-title troubles were responsible for much of the > early migration from western North Carolina, while South Carolina was so > organized as to make life difficult for self-reliant and industrious white > people; > and, from both states there was, in early days, an outwardflowing stream > of > their bravest and best. Be the cause what it may, one or the other or both > states lost when Benjamin brought Jeremiah and Sallie out.** In their new > abode > the population increases with wonderful regularity. Eleven of the thirteen > children of Jeremiah and Sallie reach maturity, and of the two who failed > to do > so one was killed by a falling tree; and there was not a doctor within a > hundred miles. > Of the eleven, eight were given Bible names. They follow the dates of > birth > and death as nearly correct as possible: Jonathan 1806-1866***; Jeremiah > II, > 1809-1894; Ezekiel, 1815-1907; Hosea, 1817-1910; Amos 1819- 1894; James, > 1821 > with no date of death; Sarah, 1823-1862; Dulaney, 1824 with no date of > death; > Jessee, 1826- 1901***; Polly*** who married, became the mother of four > children, and passed away, but the date of birth and death was not > learned. There > has been from the beginning a small migration, mostly to Kentucky, and > the > missing dates are due to those cases. Most all of the departed sleep in > the > churchyard of which Benjamin was the first tenant. It is on a low ridge > just > above the ancestral homestead, an dis well fenced and cared for. It > contains > several times as much standing marble as the average rural burying > ground, all > of which was hauled over very rough mountain roads for distances ranging > from > eighty down to twenty miles, depending on the facilities of > transportation at > the time of purchase. Perhaps names chiseled on it would range in much > the > same ratio as the school pupils mentioned in the beginning of this story, > for > most of these people prefer to live out their lives int he place that > Benjamin selected for their nest and where Jeremiah's fledglings peopled > it. > To bring the genealogy down past Jeremiah's family would need so many > "begats" as to resemble the second chapter of Genesis, and must not be > attempted > here. Their direct descent from Pocahontas and one other incident which > will be > related later are the only romantic elements discovered in their story. > Only > a few of the ninth in descent from the Indian maiden are now living. > Taken > from narrative form and given directly it is as follows: Pocahontas to > Thomas > Rolfe, 1st; Thomas Rolfe to Jane Rolfe Bolling, 2nd; Jane Rolfe Bolling > to > John Bolling I, 3rd; John Bolling I to John Bolling II, 4th; John Bolling > II to > Benjamin Bolling I, he of the large family, 5th; Benjamin Bolling I to > Benjamin Bolling II, 6th; This is the Revolutionary soldier who brought > into the > wilderness his son Jeremiah, who is the 7th, and his children whose names > and > dates are given are 8th in line. The Thomas Bolling mentioned was a > brother of > the first Benjamin and was the sole heir. He was mentioned only because > of > his connection with the first institution for the deaf and dumb in > America. He > has no important connection with the Carolina Bollings, who have not, as > far > as learned, used Pocahontas and John Rolfe in giving names to their > children. Mrs. Edith Galt Bolling Wilson and her brother Rolfe Bolling > are 9th in > descent also, but from another branch of the family, as were the > Randolphs, > Tuckers and others with whom here are not concerned. > This story, long though it has grown, cannot well be closed without > relating > an incident that for disappointment and sadness closely approaches the > theme > in Longfellow's immoral poem of Evangeline's never- faltering search for > Gabriel, which has thrilled the hearts of countless millions in many > languages > and in different lands. > Late in life Sallie Ward, wife of Jeremiah, was seized with a passion to > return to the home of her childhood to visit her kindred. Taking with her > Hosea, > her son, then a lad in his teens, she set out on horseback. This must have > been in the eighteen thirties, for we have seen that Hosea was born in > 1817. > She riding and the lad afoot, over the rough trails they went, fording > rivers > and streams, lodging when possible with the widely scattered settlers, > and > often taking the weather as it came. But, at last, the hardships and > privations > were left behind and with a joyful heart she approached the place she > longed > to see once more, where she could pour out to her kindred the great story > of > her life since their separation. > She found not one living kinsman and none who could give any information > as > to when and where they had gone. The land was still there, but for all > practical purposes for her it was as though the earth had opened and > swallowed them > up. What her feelings were can only be imagined by those who have met > with > overwhelming and crushing disappointment. > It must have been that the one great sustaining comfort to her as she > turned > her face to the wilderness was that she at least had a place to return > where > a welcoming hand would greet her and a friendly roof would shelter her. > A brother of her husband's father had found them as he was outwardly bound > from the old homeland to Missouri, but for her, her husband, sons and > daughters > were all that were left to her. With them she continued to live on until > 1845 when her body was laid near the first tenant, to be later joined by > her > mate, and the twain sleep well in the soil where they labored in the land > they > loved. > NOTES > * The following passage has been omitted from this story for reasons > stated > below: > "We have seen that Jeremiah's wife was Sallie Ward, born in 1773, two > years > before Andrew Jackson, with whom she played as a child, and whom she > always > disliked, not to use a harsher word. After he rose to fame and was > idolized by > the public she always spoke disparagingly of him." > The previous passage was omitted from the rest of the story because there > are > some very obvious errors in it. First, Jackson was born in 1767, not 1765. > Second, if Sallie Ward Bolling was born in 1763 she was about 43 years old > when her first child was born, i.e., Jonathan in 1806 or 1807, and she > was about > 68 years old in 1831 when her last child was born, I, e., Polly in 1831. > This obviously, is impossible. > A more probable date was twenty years later, about 1783, which would have > placed her about the same age as her husband (see*). This, however, would > have > placed her much younger than Andrew Jackson, and it is doubtful that they > were > playmates in childhood. > Third, one historical source, the World Almanac, gives the location of > Jackson's birth as New Lancaster County, South Carolina, but the text of > this > story states that Sallie was born in Georgia. Therefore, it is possible > that > Sallie Ward never heard of Jackson until he was well-known. One can only > speculate, but the editor of this story, after much thought, had decided > that the > incidents related here about Andrew Jackson and Sallie Ward must be mere > folk > tales built up as years passed in the Bolling family, because upon talking > with > present living Bollings in the area, some have said that they can remember > their grandfather or uncle, etc., having related the account to them as it > was > given here. But, as we have seen, it cannot be true. > ** The late Hugh L. Sulfridge in his Columbia University Master's thesis > gives the date of about 1790 to the migration, and the area from which > they came > to be Wilkes County, North Carolina. The date 1790 can be questioned > because, > since this text states that Jeremiah was married at the time of the > migration, it is doubtful that a period of sixteen years would have > elapsed before > his first child was born. Also, Mrs. Margie Bolling Riddle, great- > granddaughter of Jeremiah and granddaughter of Jessee, gives the dates of > Jeremiah's > birth as February 7, 1782. Obviously, an eight-year-old boy would not be > married. > A more probable date would be 1800 to 1804, and then the other statements > would be more logical. > *** Mrs. Margie Bolling Riddle, mentioned above, of RFD Pound, Virginia, > gives these dates for the births of: Jonathan, 1806; Jeremiah II, 1810; > and > Polly, 1831. She also adds the eleventh child, Edmond, born in 1828. > Pages 29 to 34 > > > > ==== VATAZEWE Mailing List ==== > TAZEWELL LIST ADMINISTRATOR > VATazewe-Admin@Rootsweb.com >

Like a dummy, I did NOT bookmark where I got this info. I am going to TRY to find it again and post it. I am just passing along this............. (Not my line) THE BOLLINGS OF WISE COUNTY By W. S. Rose Of the sixty-nine pupils enrolled at Flat Gap public school, at the head of Pound Valley in Wise County, Virginia, all but one were Bollings of their mothers were Bollings. Neighboring schools have the name in lesser proportion. They do not got to school for nothing either. Their settlement comprises about one-tenth of the Robertson Civil District, which contains fifteen schools, and eight of them were recently taught by Bollings. The circumstances of the ancestry and early settlement favored a clean-blooded posterity, and it has been agreeably co-operated with by choice for nearly one hundred and twenty-five years. No insanity, epilepsy, idiocy, or hereditary tuberculosis. The result is a keen-witted, self-reliant people able to take care of themselves under any conditions they encounter. They are great people to mind their own business and would rather others do the same. Environment and heredity, the two prime factors in character-molding, are in this case given the widest possible play, and yet, the age-old debate on which of the two has the greater influence is not settled. Heredity was strong, as will be seen later, and the community started from one family whose members went forth to various Lands of Nod to mate and bring back their mates in most cases, to settle near the parent roof. The nest was at the head of the valley that somewhat resembles a scoop-shovel, except there is a dividing ridge in the middle throughout the entire distance of ten miles. All around the outer rim, excepting the northeastern end, are mountains. Until very recent times it was greatly isolated from the rest of the world. Amid such natural surroundings heredity began to play its part. It had a free hand. The first family of children were large enough to remember when the mail came as close as sixty miles, and when it finally came within twenty miles they began to send and receive letters. They escaped the conventionalities, shallow forms and hypocrisies prevailing in what passed for high society, and the blighting effects of a wasteful labor system then in vogue elsewhere. They were taught by their parents to read and had no trashy literature to waste time on. Providing for their material wants kept them all busy. Their history goes back to famous ancestry on both sides, and the temptation is strong to trace the mother's side, but that seems contrary to the accepted custom. Robert Bolling married Jane Rolfe, daughter of Thomas Rolfe, who was the son of John Rolfe and the beloved Pocahontas. Who the Bollings were is not generally known, but all that is necessary here to record about them is that they descended from the Welsh Boleyns, who, in England became Bollings, the most noted of whom was Anne, whose beauty captivated the monster, King Henry VIII, who married her despite all opposition and thus gave to England Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen, from which the name Virginia was derived. To this Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe Bolling, granddaughter of Pocahontas, only one child was born, John. The mother died and Robert had other children by a later marriage, but the blood of Pocahontas did not course in their veins. It is interesting to note how long the Pocahontas blood was held by a single life because the same thing happened again when the first John had but one son, also called John, who, however, ended all anxiety by fathering nineteen sons, the eldest of whom was Thomas, who himself had a numerous family. He, it was, being prompted by the need for such instruction in his family, procured a teacher from England, which eventually led to the establishment of the first deaf and dumb institution in America. Under the law of primogeniture then in force, Thomas inherited the entire forty-thousand acre estate, leaving the other eighteen sons of John to scatter or at least, to shift for themselves. At least one of the brothers went to North Carolina. His name was Benjamin, and among his family of seven sons and three daughters was another Benjamin, who was born in 1734 and was, therefore, two years younger than Washington, with whom he bore arms in the same great conflict, as did his sons by his first wife. Having lost his first wife, Pattie Felts, he married Charity Larrimore, who bore him one son, Jeremiah, the father of the family on Pound River. And, it was a real family, too, as will be seen later. Other Jeremiahs drop in from time to time, but this Jeremiah was Jeremiah I. He already was married to Sallie Ward of Georgia when he started with his wife and father to the wilderness. Perhaps it would be better to say that Benjamin brought them into the wilderness to found a home. The son, at least, and the father perhaps also, had scouted the area and knew beforehand in a general way about where they would settle. There were already settlers in the valleys of the Clinch and Powell Rivers. Hannah, a sister of Benjamin, had married Solomon Osborne and had come with him into the wilderness and located at a ford on the Clinch River a short distance upstream from where the town of Dungannon now stands. The name Osborne Ford clings to the place to the present. Because of local interest, a digression is here made to record a statement made by well-informed members of the Bolling family of the upper Pound Valley that Benjamin had a younger brother Jessee, who was a primitive Baptist preacher and came over the mountains bringing with him two boys named Gilly. After living for a period of time at the forks of the Powell River, where Big Stone Gap now stands, he passed on into Kentucky, leaving his claim and improvements in the possession of these boys. Whether this be true or not, one thing is certain, and that is that the Gillys are very numerous in the locality mentioned, and that they started somewhere and somehow several generations ago. There were several Johns, John the first, John the second, and John this and John that, but it is not recorded that there was a John the Baptist. But Benjamin evidently was of the same faith as Jessee and must have taught it to his son Jeremiah, for the one church of the locality is close by and the title page of the record book is inscribed "Primitive Baptist Church." The burying ground is near and Benjamin was the first tenant. On a rude stone at the head is inscribed "B. Bolling 1734-1832." He had several grandsons through the son Jeremiah who reached extreme old age, but none quite reached his ninety-eight years. By his side sleeps Charity who braved the wilderness with him. Marks to both graves are the work of Jeremiah.* It has not to this day been definitely settled just which of the Carolinas President Jackson was born in, and the descendants of Benjamin and Jeremiah are not sure about which their ancestors came from. They talked much of both states and were, perhaps, so near the line that they spent time in both, as was the case with Jackson. They brought with them across the mountains on their horses small appleseed sprouts set in gourds, and, after planting, they grew and lived long, which might indicate North Carolina was their native state because North Carolina is more adapted to that fruit. History teaches that land-title troubles were responsible for much of the early migration from western North Carolina, while South Carolina was so organized as to make life difficult for self-reliant and industrious white people; and, from both states there was, in early days, an outwardflowing stream of their bravest and best. Be the cause what it may, one or the other or both states lost when Benjamin brought Jeremiah and Sallie out.** In their new abode the population increases with wonderful regularity. Eleven of the thirteen children of Jeremiah and Sallie reach maturity, and of the two who failed to do so one was killed by a falling tree; and there was not a doctor within a hundred miles. Of the eleven, eight were given Bible names. They follow the dates of birth and death as nearly correct as possible: Jonathan 1806-1866***; Jeremiah II, 1809-1894; Ezekiel, 1815-1907; Hosea, 1817-1910; Amos 1819- 1894; James, 1821 with no date of death; Sarah, 1823-1862; Dulaney, 1824 with no date of death; Jessee, 1826- 1901***; Polly*** who married, became the mother of four children, and passed away, but the date of birth and death was not learned. There has been from the beginning a small migration, mostly to Kentucky, and the missing dates are due to those cases. Most all of the departed sleep in the churchyard of which Benjamin was the first tenant. It is on a low ridge just above the ancestral homestead, an dis well fenced and cared for. It contains several times as much standing marble as the average rural burying ground, all of which was hauled over very rough mountain roads for distances ranging from eighty down to twenty miles, depending on the facilities of transportation at the time of purchase. Perhaps names chiseled on it would range in much the same ratio as the school pupils mentioned in the beginning of this story, for most of these people prefer to live out their lives int he place that Benjamin selected for their nest and where Jeremiah's fledglings peopled it. To bring the genealogy down past Jeremiah's family would need so many "begats" as to resemble the second chapter of Genesis, and must not be attempted here. Their direct descent from Pocahontas and one other incident which will be related later are the only romantic elements discovered in their story. Only a few of the ninth in descent from the Indian maiden are now living. Taken from narrative form and given directly it is as follows: Pocahontas to Thomas Rolfe, 1st; Thomas Rolfe to Jane Rolfe Bolling, 2nd; Jane Rolfe Bolling to John Bolling I, 3rd; John Bolling I to John Bolling II, 4th; John Bolling II to Benjamin Bolling I, he of the large family, 5th; Benjamin Bolling I to Benjamin Bolling II, 6th; This is the Revolutionary soldier who brought into the wilderness his son Jeremiah, who is the 7th, and his children whose names and dates are given are 8th in line. The Thomas Bolling mentioned was a brother of the first Benjamin and was the sole heir. He was mentioned only because of his connection with the first institution for the deaf and dumb in America. He has no important connection with the Carolina Bollings, who have not, as far as learned, used Pocahontas and John Rolfe in giving names to their children. Mrs. Edith Galt Bolling Wilson and her brother Rolfe Bolling are 9th in descent also, but from another branch of the family, as were the Randolphs, Tuckers and others with whom here are not concerned. This story, long though it has grown, cannot well be closed without relating an incident that for disappointment and sadness closely approaches the theme in Longfellow's immoral poem of Evangeline's never- faltering search for Gabriel, which has thrilled the hearts of countless millions in many languages and in different lands. Late in life Sallie Ward, wife of Jeremiah, was seized with a passion to return to the home of her childhood to visit her kindred. Taking with her Hosea, her son, then a lad in his teens, she set out on horseback. This must have been in the eighteen thirties, for we have seen that Hosea was born in 1817. She riding and the lad afoot, over the rough trails they went, fording rivers and streams, lodging when possible with the widely scattered settlers, and often taking the weather as it came. But, at last, the hardships and privations were left behind and with a joyful heart she approached the place she longed to see once more, where she could pour out to her kindred the great story of her life since their separation. She found not one living kinsman and none who could give any information as to when and where they had gone. The land was still there, but for all practical purposes for her it was as though the earth had opened and swallowed them up. What her feelings were can only be imagined by those who have met with overwhelming and crushing disappointment. It must have been that the one great sustaining comfort to her as she turned her face to the wilderness was that she at least had a place to return where a welcoming hand would greet her and a friendly roof would shelter her. A brother of her husband's father had found them as he was outwardly bound from the old homeland to Missouri, but for her, her husband, sons and daughters were all that were left to her. With them she continued to live on until 1845 when her body was laid near the first tenant, to be later joined by her mate, and the twain sleep well in the soil where they labored in the land they loved. NOTES * The following passage has been omitted from this story for reasons stated below: "We have seen that Jeremiah's wife was Sallie Ward, born in 1773, two years before Andrew Jackson, with whom she played as a child, and whom she always disliked, not to use a harsher word. After he rose to fame and was idolized by the public she always spoke disparagingly of him." The previous passage was omitted from the rest of the story because there are some very obvious errors in it. First, Jackson was born in 1767, not 1765. Second, if Sallie Ward Bolling was born in 1763 she was about 43 years old when her first child was born, i.e., Jonathan in 1806 or 1807, and she was about 68 years old in 1831 when her last child was born, I, e., Polly in 1831. This obviously, is impossible. A more probable date was twenty years later, about 1783, which would have placed her about the same age as her husband (see*). This, however, would have placed her much younger than Andrew Jackson, and it is doubtful that they were playmates in childhood. Third, one historical source, the World Almanac, gives the location of Jackson's birth as New Lancaster County, South Carolina, but the text of this story states that Sallie was born in Georgia. Therefore, it is possible that Sallie Ward never heard of Jackson until he was well-known. One can only speculate, but the editor of this story, after much thought, had decided that the incidents related here about Andrew Jackson and Sallie Ward must be mere folk tales built up as years passed in the Bolling family, because upon talking with present living Bollings in the area, some have said that they can remember their grandfather or uncle, etc., having related the account to them as it was given here. But, as we have seen, it cannot be true. ** The late Hugh L. Sulfridge in his Columbia University Master's thesis gives the date of about 1790 to the migration, and the area from which they came to be Wilkes County, North Carolina. The date 1790 can be questioned because, since this text states that Jeremiah was married at the time of the migration, it is doubtful that a period of sixteen years would have elapsed before his first child was born. Also, Mrs. Margie Bolling Riddle, great- granddaughter of Jeremiah and granddaughter of Jessee, gives the dates of Jeremiah's birth as February 7, 1782. Obviously, an eight-year-old boy would not be married. A more probable date would be 1800 to 1804, and then the other statements would be more logical. *** Mrs. Margie Bolling Riddle, mentioned above, of RFD Pound, Virginia, gives these dates for the births of: Jonathan, 1806; Jeremiah II, 1810; and Polly, 1831. She also adds the eleventh child, Edmond, born in 1828. Pages 29 to 34

Sorry Guys - I haven't forgot you! I will start posting some CVN stuff soon and will get to all of you who asked me to do a lookup. I just suddenly got waylaid with a number of things, and having a hard time finding the time! Should get things under control soon. I'm not sure if I sent the following new items for 3 March 1905 yet. If I did, sorry for the dup! March 3, 1905 GENERAL NEWS Judge OWENS of Pocahontas, was a witness in court this week. Dr. R.B. GILLESPIE was called to Bluefield on Monday to the bedside of Mrs. Dr. EASLEY, who is ill. W. Terry BOWLING, of Norton, was in town Tuesday on business. G.W. COX, of Gratton, was in the city Wednesday on business. Rev. O.E. ELMORE, of Graham, was in the city on yesterday. Mr. ELMORE has a large pamphlet now going through the press in this office. Mrs. A.M. BLACK, who is visiting at her home in Prince Edward county, is expected home about Tuesday. W.L. BURTON, of Graham, a leading candidate for appointment as postmaster in his town, was serving his county as juror last week. Mr. BURTON paid us a pleasant call. Rev. H.M. FUGATE, pastor of the Baptist church, will hold services in the Christian church next Sunday morning and evening. The public is cordially invited. Col. and Mrs. James HARRISON have moved into the house with their daughter, Mrs. H.G. MCCALL, having sold their home and farm to Buston and Sons, some time ago. Mrs. VERMILLION, wife of W.I. VERMILLION, the well known rockmason, has been confined to her room several days of the past week with a severe cold. Mr. A.M. BLACK has just received a trio of black Langshan chickens. The chickens came from the seretary of the National Langshans Club, at Greencastle, Ind. Mr. BLACK'S former home. Rev. R.E. ELMORE will preach at Pounding Mill next Sunday. Rev. R.E. ELMORE addressed a foreign Mission Ralley in Bluefield Thursday night. Mr. E.W. DODD, formerly of this place, but now of Galax, Va. was in town this week. Judge HENSON last week re-appointed T.A. LYNCH a member of the county Electrial Board for a term of three years from March 1st. H.G. PEERY of the Tazewell Supply Company, was absent from his store at North Tazewell the first of the week, caused by grip. Fielding RUTHERFORD has been appointed deputy commissioner under Joseph CROCKETT for Jeffersonville district. A.J. MCGUIRE, of Avondale, West Virginia, was in town Tuesday and called at the News office. He ordered the News sent to his sister in Arkansas and his brother in Texas. The News enjoys a large circulation among Tazewell people who have moved to the Western states. Mr. Henry STOWERS called in a day or two ago, to have his paper changed from Cove Creek to Pocahontas, where he is now engaged in business. J.W. WHITLEY and wife left Wednesday for Baltimore, New York, and other Northern markets, where Mr. WHITLEY will purchase his spring stock of merchandise for his store at North Tazewell. While away they will attend the inauguration. Mr. Daniel BAUMGARDNER and Mrs. Pearl BUCHANAN, aged 35 and 25 respectively of Smythe County, were married at the home of Rev. H.M. FUGATE Wednesday afternoon. Captain T.W. FUGATE was here yesterday and called on his son, Rev. H.M. FUGATE. Paul BRITTS, son of Mr. BRITTS, of North Tazewell, who has been a student of the Virginia College, Lynchburg, is at home. Mr. R.C. CHAPMAN returned this week from the northern markets, where he purchased his spring line of dry goods. Miss Annie PECK, daughter of Mr. A.M. PECK of this place, visited relatives in Bluefield last Saturday and Sunday. There is much sickness reported in the family of W.H. ROSENBAUM at his home in Burkes Garden. Jessee PORTER, son of Robert PARTER, is ill at his home on Cavitts Creek with typhoid fever. Mrs. Jennie KITTS and family desire to thank the people of the community for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of husband and father J.M. KITTS. S.R. ST. CLAIR and J.W. BATES, of the Clinch Valley Produce Company, of North Tazewell, called to see us yesterday. The Produce Company is doing a fine business in the coal fields. They pay the best cash prices for all country produce. We failed to mention in the last issue of the News that Miss Mary COOLEY was awarded the prize by the Wanego Medicine Company as being the most popular young lady in town, and Master Harrisson HARMAN, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. HARMAN, the prize as the prettiest baby in town. FALLS MILLS Mr. and A.K. BROWN, spent Saturday night and Sunday with H.D. DUDLEY. Mrs. Andy TABOR, who has been spending several months with her son, Mr. W.C. TABOR, near Crump's Bottoms, West Virginia, has returned to her daughter, Mrs. W.W. SADDLER, at this place. Mr. John Will FINK went to Gary Saturday to spend a few days. Misses Sarah ALBERTY and Maggie DUDLEY and Mrs. J.C. FINK, spent Friday at the home of Mrs. Eliza DUDLEY on Mud Fork. Mr. Charles CARTER of Wilco, West Virginia, was calling on friends and relatives here Sunday. Mrs. Cliff BUTTS who lived on the head of Mud Fork and who died Thursday night of Pnenmonia was buried Saturday afternoon at Mr. H.D. DUDLEY'S. Mr. J.C. FINK and wife and son Raleigh, are complaining with something like Grip. Mr. J.C. MEADOWS, of West Virginia, passed through here Sunday enroute to Tazewell where he had a bill of Sprays for distribution. Miss Nannie BROWN who has been teaching music on Crane has been visiting her Uncle A.K. BROWN, and friends in the neighborhood. She is trying to get up a music class for this place.

Hi, This is advance notice of a Barrett Family Reunion(All descendants of Thomas Barrett & Mary "Polly" McIntosh of Baptist Valley, related families and friends). It will be held Saturday, 2 July 2005, at the Southwest Virginia Community College, off Route 19 between Claypool Hill and Lebanon, Virginia. Tentative plans include a catered lunch (small fee) to facilitate those distant travelers. I have included a link for the Super 8 Motel which has locations in Lebanon, Claypool Hill/Richlands, Abingdon etc. I contacted the Lebanon location and there are plenty of rooms at the moment(no races). Would you please pass this information on to anyone you are aware of that is not a recipient of this email. For additional information please contact: Linda/John Barrett 1675 Fire Tower Road Chester, SC 29706 803-377-1676 esmal@InfoAve.Net Nancy Arrington 8388 Briarmont Ln. Manassas, VA 20112 703-368-8431 arringtonandsons@erols.com Super 8 Motels http://www.super8.com/Super8/control/home Thanks Bruce Barrett 535 Kensington Drive Heath, OH 740-522-6993

Hello List, My Great Grandfather James B Stanley was born in the Western District of Tazewell Co in 1850, that part which is now McDowell Co, WV. His parents were George B Stanley and Lucinda Unknown. George 23 & Lucinda 18 appear on the 1850 Tazewell Co Western Dist census with James' older brother Avary age 2. The families living around them are Cline, Lambert, and Rose. Does anyone have any information about Lucinda and who her parents might be? George & Lucinda appear on the 1860 Wyoming Co, VA census with Avy 12, James 10, Catherine 7, Nancy 4 and William 2. James 18, appears on the 1870 McDowell Co, WV census living in the home of Bartley Rose. James named my grandfather William Bartley Stanley, so either he really liked Bartley Rose a lot or he may have been Lucinda's father? James appears on the McDowell Co, WV census in 1880 with wife Amanda M Harman. Amanda's parents were Henry A Harman and Christina Harman. George's parents were William & Sarah Stanley. Some researchers list William's parents as Joseph Stanley and Mary Polly Redding but I doubt Mary was his mother. Does anyone have any documentation that Joseph was William's father? Or any other information about the ancestry of James Stanley? Thanks for any help. christine hayes washington state gabby362@juno.com

The old Whitt/Lowe Cemetery in Tazewell County Virginia is badly in need of having a fence built around it and needs cleaned up. The thorn bushes need removed. We have discussed creating a fund to help maintain the cemetery and Jean Hankins has agreed to administer the fund for the maintenance of the cemetery. She lives near the cemetery. Ron Hutchison is going to work on the cemetery this weekend to get the fence back up enough to keep the livestock out until something more permanent can be done. If anyone is close enough to help him please contact him at hutchisonron@yahoo.com Ron needs money to buy post and wire. He will need to hire labor to help with getting the holes dug for the post and to clear out the wild roses so he can work on the fence. Please send contributions to: Jean Hankins 253 Bailey Road Cedar Bluff, VA 24609 Traci Crawford sent the following list of known people buried in the cemetery. For those of you who aren't aware of who is buried there these are the names on the stones as listed on the Tazewell Genweb site and my notes. Just to help put names to the stones... Whitt, Hezekiah - * father of Rebecca Whitt and my 5th great grandfather b. 1761 departed this life march 1849"This is a hand carved stone' Lowe , Fernandez * son of James W. Lowe and Ruth Christian b. march 8-1858 d. dec.18-1934 Lowe, Sarepta Ann Wife of Fernandez feb.5-1865 d. July 10-1950 Lowe, William Blake * son of Fernandez and Serepta Lowe aug. 2-1900 d July 13-1939 Lowe, James W. * my 3rd great grandfather Co. E 8 Va. Inf. 1828-1897 Lowe, Lawrence Va.S2 U S Navy WW 1 April 30-1896 dec. 25-1954 Lowe, David C. 1865-1932 * son of James Lowe and Ruth Christian Lowe Mary M. Wife of David C. 1875-1934 * was Mary Melissa Lambert Lowe, James M. 1861-1931 * son of James Lowe and Ruth Christian and my 2nd great grand parents Lowe, Mollie H. Wife of James M. 1870-1936 * Mollie Ruth Hankins Lowe, Carl David infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Lowe May 27-1930 *grandson of James and Mollie Lowe Johnson, James B. Sept. 8-1877 Oct. 21-1937 Johnson, Laura Feb. 25-1880 Nov. 1-1949 Whitt, James all I could read was b. oct. d. sept. "Whitt James d. Sept.19-1855 Tazewell Co. age 73 Parents Hezekiah and Rachel Whitt

I'd like to see that photo, just out of the curiosity over being able to see the place that's been the subject of so much fuss over the last few days. -- Douglas Flummer Carbondale, Illinois researching Samuel Flummer and his various descendents "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." -- Mark Twain

List, Below is an email I received today,that I think the entire list should read. Especially since a few on it were VERY quick to jump to conclusions---the wrong ones. It is my opinion that our old cemeteries are a treasure, however, there are proper ways to handle things--you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. I hope we have learned to "stop and think" before we start making a lot of unnecessary phone calls, etc. Bev did nothing wrong by posting her concern to the list. She was asking for suggestions on how to handle a situation. It was the "call to arms" that got out of hand. Also, I hope we have learned a section of the "Code of Virginia" don't always pertain to every situation. That is why we have courts of law. If you read the Code sections posted to this list, with an open mind, you see there is nothing in them about private cemeteries--which are cemeteries NOT excepted out of a deed. As I read the section on "Access to Cemeteries" it, in many ways, protects the landowner. And after the "call to arms" on this list, I can see why. Put yourself in Mr. Finney's shoes---Here he is trying to preserve something and gets accused of trying to destroy it. How you would feel if it was done to you. Peggy C Fuller Keen, Organizing Regent Sandy Basin Chapter, NSDAR President Buchanan County Historical Society ----- Original Message ----- From: Susie Shrader Hey Friends, Attached is a picture of me taken this morning in the Hezekiah Whitt/Lowe Cemetery. Bob McGraw, representing the SAR and the SCV and me, representing the DAR, UDC, The Tazewell County Historical Society, and the C.A.R. Bob and I talked to Mr. Finney about this cemetery and folks, I 'm here to tell all of you all that this man deserves an apology from all of us. Phone calls to the Commonwealth Attorney, Sherriff's office, Commission of Revenue, and different organizations on behalf of you , all were made and some to the Newspaper office. Someone jumped the gun a little and now Mr. Finney is having to deal with this. In fact, he actually has improved the cemetery. The original fence is not in good shape and he has put a temporary fence of barbed wire around 3/4 of it. It can be walked though, but has those wild rambling rose thorns in it and they need to be cleaned out. I suggest all you realatives come together on some kind of agreement and arrangement ! and cut the wild growth and make a better fence. Mr. Finney told Bob McGraw and myself that he has no problem whatsoever with a clean up and new marker for Hezekiah Whitt (Revolutionary War) ordered and placed there with a nice ceremony with the descendants of H. Whitt and the interested organizations such as the DAR , SAR, SCV, UDC, C.A.R. and the Tazewell County Historical all involved. There is also a Confederate Veteran, James Lowe of the 8th Virgina, buried there with a nice Government marker that could stand a good cleaning and marked with the Southern Cross or whatever marker the SCV uses. Now, whichever, you Whitt/Lowe descendants would like to jump in and take charge of your 2 families involved here, the organizations that have been named will help and guide you all with this project. In the meantime, I am Sincerely Yours, Susie Shrader, Regent of the Fort Maiden Spring DAR President of the Tazewell County Historical Society member of UDC Chapter 173 Senior President of the C.A.R.\ Queen Mother of the Scarlett O'Hatters Red Hat Society This should tell you that I can laugh or cry.

Please forgive the multiple postings. This is important. All of you are to be highly commended for your valiant efforts to step up and do what was within your power to further prevent the destruction/desecration of this cemetery. It has taken center stage in our lives this week, and I am cognizant of the difficulty, sacrifice, and hardship many of you faced; being such a sudden call to arms. I want to thank each and every person who has called, emailed, and took time out of their day/s to show up on the steps of the Tazewell County courthouse. Your efforts were not in vain. The current landowners have willingly spoken with a few of you brave souls who called and visited. Only time and the materialization of peaceful ingress to our sacred family burial ground will prove their sincerity and acquiescence to the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia. While the crisis is by no means over, there is still more heartening news that has come by way of the deed to the Lowe property; and I quote: Tazewell County Deed Book 332, Page 472 THIS DEED made this 6th day of October, 1966 WITNESSETH: THAT for Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), cash in hand paid by the party of the second part, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties of the first part do hereby grant, sell and convey, WITH COVENANTS OF GENERAL WARRANTY OF TITLE, but subject to the exceptions and/or reservations hereinafter set forth, unto the said Walter F. FINNEY ... [father of the current owner] sic Tazewell County Deed Book 332, Page 473 EXCEPTING AND RESERVING, HOWEVER, unto the said W. Grant LOWE, David C. LOWE Jr., Alice L. BREWSTER and Ruth L. JOHNSTON, and their descendants, the LOWE Cemetery, located on the above described lands as the same is now enclosed by fence, and which is approximately 150 x 200 ft. in size, as a burial place for them, their descendants, relatives and any others who may be entitled to be buried therein, together with all necessary and convenient rights of ingress and egress from the public road to said cemetery and the right to repair, maintain and/or replace said fence. WITNESS to following signatures and seals: W. Grant LOWE His signature Lucille M. LOWE Her signature Ralph L. LOWE His signature T S S Luffen Barger? [This one was tough, and I am sure wrong] His signature Attorney in fact Anita M. LOWE Her signature T S S Luffen Barger (again) His signature Attorney in fact This painful exercise proves what a good legal document can provide for your family, (and descendants), many decades hence. I wish to encourage everyone to review the exact wording of your deeds and Wills. Hopefully, you have also made provision or attached codicils for the preservation and/or distribution of your genealogical efforts. Now we wait, Debra Rookard Forsyth Co, GA 5th great granddaughter of Hezekiah Whitt Revolutionary soldier buried Whitt - Lowe Cemetery I hear their whispers; etherial, soft, and still. Daughter, if you don't remember us, who will?

This is an exception to Mr. Finney's deed found in deed book 332, page 473. I can send a scan of the full deed to anyone who requests it. Excepting And Reserving, However, unto the said W. Grant Lowe, Ralph L. Lowe, David C. Lowe, Jr., Alice L. Brewster and Ruth L. Johnston, and their descendants, the Lowe Cemetery, located on the above described lands, as the same is now enclosed by fence, and which is approximately 150 ft. x 200 ft. in size, as a burial place for them, their descendants, relatives and any others who may be entitled to be buried therein, together with all necessary and convenient rights of ingress and egress from the public road to said cemetery, and the right to repair, maintain and/or replace said fence.