This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roberts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1491 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on William Hamilton Roberts born 1818 in Abingdon, VA and died 1890 in Gilmer, Texas. At an early age, both of his parents died in an epidemic of some kind, and he was raised by an un-married uncle. William Roberts married Sarah Mills Minton and moved to Norfollk, Va about 1850. Any information on who his parents may of been or any information on who his uncle may have been would be greated appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morrow Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1490.4 Message Board Post: Thanks so much, folks -- this is just what I needed! Also you have helped me solve a question I had. I have an old (1918) newspaper article about a Morrow reunion, that published Adam and Isabella's church letter: "Church Letter to Adam Morrow and his wife Isabella That Adam Morrow and his wife, Isabessa, has lived in the congregation these eight years and was admited to the privilege of baptism for their children. His wife was admitted to the Lord's table and they have both behaved themselves soberly and honestly and is free from any publick scandal known to me. Sing. Samuel Edmiston, Ebing Springs, Va. Washington County, March 10, 1788." I had wondered why the name of the church wasn't mentioned. Now that I know that Ebing Springs *was* the name of the church (and probably the community, too) it all makes sense. Incidentally, later children of the family are buried at Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Tusculum in Greene Co., TN. So again it makes sense that they would have moved from a Presbyterian Church. This probably makes them "Scotch-Irish" like the rest of my Greene Co. ancestors. Thanks again, Jim Slone

Hi all, Just wanted to mention two of my websites with Virginia genealogy related information. I have found and transcribed all of the information myself on these two sites. Old Virginia Obituaries, 1790-1940: http://virginiaobits.homestead.com/ and Miscellaneous Virginia Genealogy: http://vagenealogy.homestead.com/ Hope that you find some ancestors on these sites and check out the links if you want to. May God bless, Beth [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1490.3 Message Board Post: At exit 29 on I-81 take St. Rt. 91 (Monroe Rd.) south toward Damascus. About 1 to 1 1/2 miles there is a small wood frame church bldg on the right side of road that was at one time known as the Ebbing Springs Presbyterian Church. It presdently goes by some other name. This is at the intersection of Monroe Rd. & DeBusk Mill Road. The area is agriculture, mostly pasture land.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1490.2 Message Board Post: That should be Ebbing Spring(s), Washington Co. VA. If you search on it, you will probably find several references. Try the USGS site at http://geonames.usgs.gov/ for longitude/latitude. The only thing left using the name may be the old church/graveyard. I don't think it's far from Abingdon.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1490.1 Message Board Post: According to the USGS Place Finder there is an Ebbing Springs Church in, or near, Damascus. They make no reference to a populated place called Ebbing Springs. Regards, Bob Walker http://members.aol.com/rwa5352802

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morrow Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1490 Message Board Post: My ancestor Adam Morrow moved from "Ebing Springs, Washington Co., VA" to Greene Co. TN in 1788. Does anyone know the location of Ebing Springs? Thanks, Jim Slone

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GBC.2ACE/1447.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have no post 1900 information on this family

Go to: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=36.61&lon=-81.945 and http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=36.627&lon=-81.97 for a topographic maps of Denton Valley and vicinity. Click on "large" map size and "update map" You can copy the maps to the clipboard and save and or print them. Bob Ford

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1484.1.1 Message Board Post: Jane Thanks, I went down to the Historical Soc. and looked at the book. Yea I was the one that gave them the information to put in it. I forgot that John A and his wife had unmarked graves but according to relatives a few years ago that was where they were buried Thanks Roy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1489.1 Message Board Post: Ricky Denton's Valley is south of Abingdon, Virginia off of route # 58, between Abingdon and Damascus. You can get to it from Bristol, Va going by the South Holston Lake area. I live near Abingdon and I go via route # 58 and the only news paper that covers it is Washington County news and Bristol Herald Courier. try www.washingtonconews.com and www.bristolnews.com Roy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1489 Message Board Post: Where is Denton's Valley? Any newspapers online that serve this area?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1488 Message Board Post: Looking for anyone related to him from Denton's Valley, Washington Co., VA 5/28/1842-1/1/1928 married: Rachel McBride, Martha Ellen Church, Margaret Bailey. [email protected]

Hello - If anyone is stopping by the Wash. Co courthouse at anytime, I would appreciate it if you could grab me a copy of the Estate inventory for Nancy Thomas Doss. She died in 1899 I believe. I will gladly reimburse you for copy costs. Thanks, Andy Doss

<< Do you know who the parents of Daniel Whitaker are? I still don't have not proven the parents for my Rachel Whitaker b. abt. 1822, in prob. WC, m. abt. 1838/9 to Campbell Johns(t)on b. 1819 in WC. >> The only marriage for a Whitaker/Whitacre in D.E. Brown's 1781 - 1851 WC marriage book (page 64) was the 06 Feb 1810 marriage of James Whitacre & Betsy Parsley by Nicholas Reagan, a Methodist minister. There was an Isaac Whitiker on page 709 and a Richard & James Whitiker on lines next to each other on page 724 of the 1810 WC census. There was a Richard Whiticar & James Whiticar (page 238), a Moses Whitacre & Arron Whiticar (page 239), and a Isaac Whitacre (page 240) in the 1820 WC census. Bob Ford

Thanks Bob, I firmly believe that my Rachel Whitaker is the d/o Moses but she is not listed in his will. Moses has an unknown daughter listed in the 1830 census which Whitaker researchers have decided died at a young age because she is gone by 1840. My Rachel Whitaker m. abt. 1838/9 so would not be in his household in 1840. Add to that, Moses' wife is Rachel Bentley. It would make sense that they named one of their daughters Rachel. Rachel Whitaker and Campbell Johnston named 3 of their daughters the same names as 3 of Moses Whitaker's daughters, which IF I am correct, would be Rachel's siblings (Lydia, Julina & Eliza). And one of the sons has the same name as one of Moses' sons. Lydia is rare enough for the time but Julina, spelled exactly the same, is very rare. The coincidences are too great to ignore. But actual proof seems to be illusive. I was hoping you might have a clue due to your original post. Thanks for your help. Always appreciated. Corinne Chadderdon Researching Tomlinson, Johnston, Caylor, Keaphart, Whitaker and Bentley in WC, VA. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [VAWASHIN] Have found more info on Samuel P and Nancy Jane Barker Willis ... << Do you know who the parents of Daniel Whitaker are? I still don't have not proven the parents for my Rachel Whitaker b. abt. 1822, in prob. WC, m. abt. 1838/9 to Campbell Johns(t)on b. 1819 in WC. >> The only marriage for a Whitaker/Whitacre in D.E. Brown's 1781 - 1851 WC marriage book (page 64) was the 06 Feb 1810 marriage of James Whitacre & Betsy Parsley by Nicholas Reagan, a Methodist minister. There was an Isaac Whitiker on page 709 and a Richard & James Whitiker on lines next to each other on page 724 of the 1810 WC census. There was a Richard Whiticar & James Whiticar (page 238), a Moses Whitacre & Arron Whiticar (page 239), and a Isaac Whitacre (page 240) in the 1820 WC census. Bob Ford

Bob & Cousin Marguarette; None of these are my line but.................Do you know who the parents of Daniel Whitaker are? I still don't have not proven the parents for my Rachel Whitaker b. abt. 1822, in prob. WC, m. abt. 1838/9 to Campbell Johns(t)on b. 1819 in WC. Corinne ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:04 AM Subject: Re: [VAWASHIN] Have found more info on Samuel P and Nancy Jane Barker Willis ... > You noted that > > "... John, the son of Silas [Barker] is 4 in 1860, he is 22 in the 1880 > census living with his in-law's, had married Anna Elizabeth Moore. > Anna's > parents are shown as Moon in the 1880 free census, Richard and Mentie as > her > parents." > > 1870 census of Kinderbhook Township, Washington County, census page 17 > > Dwelling # 113 > WILSON, > - Lucinda [widow of Abel], 41 keeping house > - Calvin R., 13, laborer > - Amelia A., 12, domestic > - Alfred D., 10 > - Martha A., 9 > - Jeremiah, 8 > - Robt. E. Lee, 1 [or 7] > > Dwelling # 114 > WILSON, > - Samuel, 21, laborer > - Nancy J., 22, keeping house > - Sarah E., 3 > BARKER, > - John B., 12, laborer > - Martha J., 6 > > Dwelling # 115 > MOON, > - Richard H., 45, farming > - Martha, 40, keeping house > - Elizabeth, 12, domestic > - Wm. H., 10 > - Richard H., 9 > - Martha W., 7 > - Mary E., 5 > - Chas. B., 1 > [Source: 1870 census of WC VA transcribed by Jack Hockett, page 89] > > Abel Wilson, 39, Widower, born Franklin Co., VA, resided WC VA, > Occupation: Husbandry (son of Soloman & Rachel Wilson) and > Lucinda Whitaker, 33, single, born Wythe Co., VA, resided WC VA, > (dau. of Daniel & Rachel Whitaker), were married 23 Jun 1856 in > WC VA by John H. Wallace. > [Source: WC VA Marriages 1853-1880, by Thomas Colley, page 417]. > > I could not find a marriage record for Samuel marrying Nancy J. ____. > > Bob Ford > > > ==== VAWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Washington County Webpage! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/ > >

You noted that "... John, the son of Silas [Barker] is 4 in 1860, he is 22 in the 1880 census living with his in-law's, had married Anna Elizabeth Moore. Anna's parents are shown as Moon in the 1880 free census, Richard and Mentie as her parents." 1870 census of Kinderbhook Township, Washington County, census page 17 Dwelling # 113 WILSON, - Lucinda [widow of Abel], 41 keeping house - Calvin R., 13, laborer - Amelia A., 12, domestic - Alfred D., 10 - Martha A., 9 - Jeremiah, 8 - Robt. E. Lee, 1 [or 7] Dwelling # 114 WILSON, - Samuel, 21, laborer - Nancy J., 22, keeping house - Sarah E., 3 BARKER, - John B., 12, laborer - Martha J., 6 Dwelling # 115 MOON, - Richard H., 45, farming - Martha, 40, keeping house - Elizabeth, 12, domestic - Wm. H., 10 - Richard H., 9 - Martha W., 7 - Mary E., 5 - Chas. B., 1 [Source: 1870 census of WC VA transcribed by Jack Hockett, page 89] Abel Wilson, 39, Widower, born Franklin Co., VA, resided WC VA, Occupation: Husbandry (son of Soloman & Rachel Wilson) and Lucinda Whitaker, 33, single, born Wythe Co., VA, resided WC VA, (dau. of Daniel & Rachel Whitaker), were married 23 Jun 1856 in WC VA by John H. Wallace. [Source: WC VA Marriages 1853-1880, by Thomas Colley, page 417]. I could not find a marriage record for Samuel marrying Nancy J. ____. Bob Ford

I am still hunting for the parents of Nancy Jane Barker, she was born in Washington Co., VA on 04 Apr, 1847. I now "believe" that Silas and Harriet Hobbs Barker were her parents. The 1850 census has Nancy 3 years old, Rachel 1 year old, parents are Silas and Harriet, they also have Martin 10, Wilson 6, Elizabeth 4 and Stephen [7?]/12. In the 1860 census Rachel is 13 and no Nancy, I now believe that the census taker left Nancy 13 out, Rachel should have been the next line as 11 years old. John, the son of Silas is 4 in 1860, he is 22 in the 1880 census living with his in-law's, had married Anna Elizabeth Moore. Anna's parents are shown as Moon in the 1880 free census, Richard and Mentie as her parents. The Washington Co., VA marriages show Samuel P. Willis, s/o John and Nancy Willis married Nancy Jane Barker, parents not named. Martha Willis Wood, my gg grandmother was the sister of Samuel P. Willis. My ggg grandfather, Rev. Willis Ingle married them. We have now found Samuel P. and Nancy Jane Barker Willis in the 1910 and 1920 census, 11 Dist., Washington Co., TN. They were in Sullivan Co., TN before that, both were born in Washington Co., VA. On the 1910 census Samuel and Nancy have their daughter, Lula E. "Nannie" living with them and husband is James W. Barker. Also living with them are Benjamin F. and David H. Barker and according to 1900 census they are the brothers of James W. Barker. It looks like it has nephews as relationship, (hard to read) this would mean if so, that Lula married her cousin. In the 1900 census 18 Dist, Sullivan Co., TN John B. Barker male white born Feb 1851 49 years old and widowed (that would be 3 ages found for him in census, born 1851, 1852 and 1856): Children of John B. Barker are: 1. Martha E. 21 born in VA (same name and age as child of John and Anna Barker, son-in-law of Richard and Martha (Mintie) Moore (Moon) in 1880 census) There is a notation on page 471 of the "1850 Census of Washington County, Virginai, Annotated" about the marriage of John Barker and Ann Elizabeth Moore, d/o Richard and Martha. 2. Ida M. 15 born in VA 3. James W. born June 1884 15 born VA (husband of Lula Willis, d/o Samuel P. and Nancy Jane Barker Willis) 4. Molly F. 13 born in VA 5. Ben F. 9 born in VA 6. David H. 6 born in VA Living with Samuel P. and Nancy Jane Barker Willis in the 1910 Washington Co., TN census are Benjamin F. Willis 18 and David H. Willis 15. I found these cemetery records, also found the middle name of Samuel which we didn't know. Nancy Barker Willis born 04 April, 1847 died 25 June, 1925, Samuel Perry Willis, born 07 Feb., 1843 died 13 May, 1928. James W. Barker, born 11 June, 1884 and died 28 July, 1927. Lula Willis Barker born 13 Oct, 1879 and died 12 Dec., 1946. All four are buried in the Boones Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Washington Co., TN. Can anyone give me more info on the Barkers that might prove or disprove my "belief" of Nancy Jane Barker being the daughter of Silas and Harriet and missed on the 1860 census. She married in 1866. Marguerette I have a new e-mail address and have lost track of Ann Miller Chory, my e-mail to her bounced. Does anyone have an current e-mail address for her?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GBC.2ACE/1447.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a Wade Ketchum marring an Ella Kate Trent born about 1893. Would you know of this?