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/1436.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes that is the one. Could you tell more about the family? That would help her alot. Thanks Sharon

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/1436.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Stanley Franklin Nunley??? Died in 1988. Wife Daisy.

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/1443.1 Message Board Post: Bill, Both Claude and Martha are buried at Knollkreg.

There is only one Stanley NUNLEY in the two "High on a Windy Hill" Washington County cemetery books: Stanley F. NUNLEY, born May 30, 1918, died Jul. 3, 1988. He is buried in Knollkreg Memorial Cemetery (Cemetery #477) at East Main Street, Abingdon. Office is on Waldon Road. KnollKreg Memorial Park & Chapel Mausoleum, Larry Davis, 556 Walden Road, Abingdon, VA 24210, 276-628-7387 There are 19 NUNLEY's in the above cemetery.

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/1436.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi could you tell me if the name Stanley Nunley sounds familiar? That is my daughter's g grandfather's name on her father's side. She is doing a family tree for school and she wanted me to try and find any info I could for her. I only know that he was supposed to have lived in the Abingdon Va area. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Sharon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Counts Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1443 Message Board Post: I am looking for the burial location of Claude Edgar Counts and Martha Elizabeth Francisco. Claude died 29 January 1998 and Martha died 16 July 1977.

You might also want to check out the Gordon Aronhime Papers at the Library of VA website. Aronhime was a prolific historian and he has researched many early Washington County residents. Index at: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/bio/aronhime/ John Porterfield at: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/drawerIII/disk8/CC/AR/003/p0042?44 click on +1 to get John's second card, click on +1 or -1 for other Porterfields. Bob

Corinne, Let me know if you have any luck at FHL. I may make another trip to LVA to investigate their reels on Washington Co. reels. Annette

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/1436.2.1 Message Board Post: The Cemetery was on the left side going up the mountain. through a farm and my grandmother and grandfather are buried in a area where there a lot of brush. The mountain is steep and you do burn your brakes going down. There is a very old 1 room school house on leftside going up. Thank you so much for your info.

Dose anyone have any Taylor ancestors from the Alison Gap area? Looking for ancestors/descendants of Thomas C. Taylor b.1839 and his wife Sarah F. Hughes (her family came from NC). I've heard that he died from a gun shot. Donna Pence [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/an/GBC.2ACE/1436.2 Message Board Post: Kim, was the cemetary on the same side of the Mt.as the Lake?My GG-Grandfather was burried on the other side of the Mt.its called Brumley Gap .. some call this Moccasin Gap....the cemetary hes burried in is also on the side of a Mt.I was there 1 time we had to walk a great distance up hill to get there we also had to Tresspass We were very disapointed in my trip because he either didnt have a head stone or it was in underbrush with the snakes I was afraid to go far it was so grown up......Hidden Valley Lake where you speak of is so steep cars burn up theyre brakes just trying to get back out!!Steep place but Very Beautiful after you once get on top.

How wonderful of you to share these letters and to donate the published book form for all to view at the Historical Society...They sound interesting, especially in that time frame Milly Piros*Garfield Heights I have been to the end of the Earth. I have been to the end of the Waters. I have been to the end of the Sky. I have been to the end of the Mountains. I have found NONE that are not my Friends. >>>>>Navajo Proverb<<<<<

In a message dated 9/5/2005 7:39:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << ... "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys" is the site I was trying to find. I had been there in previous years but couldn't remember how to get there. >> On the old site, one had to sift through a zillion card images. It's much nicer on the new site where you can also search for: - creeks ("Baker* Creek") to find various Land Grants on the creek or on the waters of the creek. - number of acres ("320 acres") such as you might find in a deed, then want to see if a Land Grant exists for the same number of acres. - a particular date ("5 january 1830"), that might be mentioned in a deed as when a Land Grant was issued. - in a particular county ("washington county"). - in a particular area ("south side of the south fork") or ("the forks"). etc. You can also find abstracts of all surveys in WC Survey Book 1 at: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/washsurv.htm Correction, the deed book date span on the LDS microfilm should be: 00034370 - Vol. 13-15, 1837-1842 (not 1827-1842). Bob

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kelly Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/933.1 Message Board Post: Hi John, Could you tell me who were Susannah's parents?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kelly Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1196.1 Message Board Post: Dan I don't have the info you need... but I am a direct descendant of James. I can share with you any info I do have. Sundee

All VA Patents and Land Grants are available online for viewing or downloading at the State Library of VA website. This includes West Virginia and Kentucky Patents and Land Grants prior to their statehoods. The Patents and Land Grants are in "Tiff" format and if found, can be viewed or downloaded by anyone with the ability to read "Tiff" format. Microsoft Word & WordPerfect can read that format. All Patents and Land Grants required a survey to be done prior to issuance of the Patent or Land Grant. The survey metes and bounds are included in every Patent or Land Grant. Go to: http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/NBQNNH63M7JMY3HJG3696NH23L39EX28F2PYLAKYD23JUN995B -00324?func=file&file_name=find-m-lva01 Then, to find all references to Whitaker in Washington County in the Patents & Land Grants, Click on "Images, Indexes, etc." in the upper right of the window In the next window, type: "washington county" whit*aker in the "Type word or phrase" box (include the quotes). Then scroll down near the bottom of the window and click on the box near the left margin for "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys" Then click on the "go" button. (Using Whit*aker in the search box, will get all persons in Washington County with the last name of Whitaker or Whittaker. Using "washington county" limits the search to Washington County). The next window that displays will have a list of the hits (if anything is found). I only found 4 Whittaker's (all with Land Grants issued in 1990). (There were 8 hits for Porterfield, the earliest being John Porterfield in 1787). Double clicking on a number near the left margin will bring up another window that has the Patent or Land Grant info including book and page #, number of acres, date of Patent or Land Grant (and at times, location, adjoining neighbors, creeks, rivers, etc.). To view or download the actual Patent or Land Grant images, go to: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO.html and select the Patent or Land Grant volume/book and then the page number. You can then right click on the page number to "open" the file to view it on the screen or "save target as" to download the Tiff file to your computer. (I download and then get rid of the black margin, etc., from the actual document before printing it). There usually is more than one page # for the Patents & early Land Grants. Patent books are listed first and Land Grant books after the Patents. If the original search does not find anything, you will need to do another click on: "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys" to re-check the box as the box resets to blank on a "not found" condition. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Washington County Will Books and Deed Books are all available on LDS Microfilm from Will Book 1 and Deed Book 1 up into the 1860's. Also on Microfilm are Survey Books 1 & 2 from 1781-1890. LDS Microfilm # (WC Will Books) 00034355 - Index 00034356 - Vol. 1-3, 1777-1812 00034357 - Vol. 4-6, 1812-1834 00034358 - Vol. 7-9, 1834-1845 00034359 - Vol. 10-12, 1845-1853 00034360 - Vol. 13-14, 1853-1859 00034361 - Vol. 15-16, 1860-1866 00034362 - WC Wills, Estate appraisements, Accounts, (Circuit Court), 1840-1904. LDS Microfilm # (WC Deed Books) 00034363 - Index Vol 1-2, 1776-1877 00034364 - Vol. 1-2, 1778-1802 00034365 - Vol. 3-4, 1802-1811 00034366 - Vol. 5-6, 1811-1818 00034367 - Vol. 7-8, 1818-1825 00034368 - Vol. 9-10, 1825-1832 00034369 - Vol. 11-12, 1831-1838 00034370 - Vol. 13-15, 1827-1842 00034371 - Vol. 16-18, 1842-1848 00034372 - Vol. 19-21, 1848-1853 00034373 - Vol. 22-23, 1853-1858 00034374 - Vol. 24, 1858-1862 00034375 - Vol. 25-26, 1860-1866 00034377 - WC Surveyor's Records, 1781-1890. WC Survey Book 1 (1781-1797) WC Survey Book 2 (1798-1890) There are plats (drawings of tracts) for every survey in both volumes. 00034387 - WC Chancery Order Books A, B, & C, 1831-1870. 00034389 - Marriages of WC VA, 1785-1902 WC Marriage Register. Thomas & Jane Fleenor Colley have also written two books: "Washington County Virginia District Court Deed Book A, 1789-1801," "Washington County Virginia District Court Deed Book B, 1801-1840" that contain 183 pages & 266 pages and are fully indexed. The books include the survey metes and bounds when given. Jack Hockett is currently writing WC Deed Books starting with Vol. 3 (one book for each deed book). Volumes 3 to 10 are currently for sale. The books do not include the survey metes and bounds. The books have a surname index for only the grantor and grantee. The index is not fully alphabetical by both grantor and grantee surname. Jack Hockett has also recently written WC Will Book 2. Shelby Edwards has abstracted the basic info from WC Deed Book 1 in the "Holston Past Finder," which was a quarterly of the now defunct Holston Territory Genealogy Society, Inc. The deed book abstracts are spread throughout many volumes of the quarterly two abstract pages at a time. Shelby Edwards has also abstracted WC Will Book 1 (in 1984). Volume 2 of Lewis Preston Summers "Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800," pages 1273-1321, has short abstracts of WC Deed Book 1 from page 1 through page 517 (not abstracted are pages 518 to 558). Vol. 2 has an index for both volumes (on pages 1639-1757). Note that the index is incomplete (there are numerous persons missing from the index). Bob Ford

Thank you Bob!! "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys" is the site I was trying to find. I had been there in previous years but couldn't remember how to get there. Corinne this is the site I was trying to find. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [VAWASHIN] Land records > All VA Patents and Land Grants are available online for viewing or > downloading at the State Library of VA website. > > This includes West Virginia and Kentucky Patents and Land Grants > prior to their statehoods. > > The Patents and Land Grants are in "Tiff" format and if found, can be > viewed or downloaded by anyone with the ability to read "Tiff" format. > Microsoft Word & WordPerfect can read that format. > > All Patents and Land Grants required a survey to be done prior to issuance > of the Patent or Land Grant. The survey metes and bounds are included > in every Patent or Land Grant. > > Go to: > > http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/NBQNNH63M7JMY3HJG3696NH23L39EX28F2PYLAKYD23JUN995B > -00324?func=file&file_name=find-m-lva01 > > Then, to find all references to Whitaker in Washington County in the > Patents & Land Grants, > > Click on "Images, Indexes, etc." in the upper right of the window > > In the next window, type: > > "washington county" whit*aker > > in the "Type word or phrase" box (include the quotes). > > Then scroll down near the bottom of the window and click on the box > near the left margin for > > "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and > Surveys" > > Then click on the "go" button. > > (Using Whit*aker in the search box, will get all persons in > Washington County with the last name of Whitaker or Whittaker. > Using "washington county" limits the search to Washington County). > > The next window that displays will have a list of the hits (if anything > is > found). > I only found 4 Whittaker's (all with Land Grants issued in 1990). > > (There were 8 hits for Porterfield, the earliest being John Porterfield in > 1787). > > Double clicking on a number near the left margin will bring up another > window that has the Patent or Land Grant info including book and page #, > number of acres, date of Patent or Land Grant (and at times, location, > adjoining neighbors, creeks, rivers, etc.). > > To view or download the actual Patent or Land Grant images, go to: > > http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/LONN/LO.html > > and select the Patent or Land Grant volume/book and then the page > number. You can then right click on the page number to "open" the > file to view it on the screen or "save target as" to download the Tiff > file > to your computer. (I download and then get rid of the black margin, > etc., > from the actual document before printing it). > > There usually is more than one page # for the Patents & early Land > Grants. > > Patent books are listed first and Land Grant books after the Patents. > > If the original search does not find anything, you will need to do > another > click on: > "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and > Surveys" > to re-check the box as the box resets to blank on a "not found" > condition. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Washington County Will Books and Deed Books are all available on > LDS Microfilm from Will Book 1 and Deed Book 1 up into the 1860's. > Also on Microfilm are Survey Books 1 & 2 from 1781-1890. > > LDS Microfilm # (WC Will Books) > 00034355 - Index > 00034356 - Vol. 1-3, 1777-1812 > 00034357 - Vol. 4-6, 1812-1834 > 00034358 - Vol. 7-9, 1834-1845 > 00034359 - Vol. 10-12, 1845-1853 > 00034360 - Vol. 13-14, 1853-1859 > 00034361 - Vol. 15-16, 1860-1866 > > 00034362 - WC Wills, Estate appraisements, Accounts, > (Circuit Court), 1840-1904. > > LDS Microfilm # (WC Deed Books) > 00034363 - Index Vol 1-2, 1776-1877 > 00034364 - Vol. 1-2, 1778-1802 > 00034365 - Vol. 3-4, 1802-1811 > 00034366 - Vol. 5-6, 1811-1818 > 00034367 - Vol. 7-8, 1818-1825 > 00034368 - Vol. 9-10, 1825-1832 > 00034369 - Vol. 11-12, 1831-1838 > 00034370 - Vol. 13-15, 1827-1842 > 00034371 - Vol. 16-18, 1842-1848 > 00034372 - Vol. 19-21, 1848-1853 > 00034373 - Vol. 22-23, 1853-1858 > 00034374 - Vol. 24, 1858-1862 > 00034375 - Vol. 25-26, 1860-1866 > > 00034377 - WC Surveyor's Records, 1781-1890. > WC Survey Book 1 (1781-1797) > WC Survey Book 2 (1798-1890) > There are plats (drawings of tracts) for every survey in both volumes. > > 00034387 - WC Chancery Order Books A, B, & C, 1831-1870. > > 00034389 - Marriages of WC VA, 1785-1902 WC Marriage Register. > > Thomas & Jane Fleenor Colley have also written two books: > "Washington County Virginia District Court Deed Book A, 1789-1801," > "Washington County Virginia District Court Deed Book B, 1801-1840" > that contain 183 pages & 266 pages and are fully indexed. > The books include the survey metes and bounds when given. > > Jack Hockett is currently writing WC Deed Books starting with Vol. 3 > (one book for each deed book). Volumes 3 to 10 are currently for sale. > The books do not include the survey metes and bounds. > The books have a surname index for only the grantor and grantee. > The index is not fully alphabetical by both grantor and grantee surname. > > Jack Hockett has also recently written WC Will Book 2. > > Shelby Edwards has abstracted the basic info from WC Deed Book 1 > in the "Holston Past Finder," which was a quarterly of the now defunct > Holston Territory Genealogy Society, Inc. The deed book abstracts are > spread throughout many volumes of the quarterly two abstract pages at > a time. > > Shelby Edwards has also abstracted WC Will Book 1 (in 1984). > > Volume 2 of Lewis Preston Summers "Annals of Southwest Virginia, > 1769-1800," pages 1273-1321, has short abstracts of WC Deed Book 1 > from page 1 through page 517 (not abstracted are pages 518 to 558). > Vol. 2 has an index for both volumes (on pages 1639-1757). Note that the > index is incomplete (there are numerous persons missing from the index). > > Bob Ford > >

I have about 45 1860-1906 letters that have been found. The person who received the letters was born in Abingdon & moved to KS in abt 1860. So some of these letters are from relatives & friends in Abingdon some are about people she met in Leavenworth, KS & Easton, MO. If you have a relative on this list I would be happy to share with you. I am going to publish them & a copy will be available at the Abingdon Historical society for you to use. Lesley Some of the names are: Mary E, Houston, Wm. Scott Newland, Martha Bruce Deadmore Newland, Llewllyn Newland, Lee Newland, David Newland, Cousin will Newland, Rufus Newland [1st speaker of the House in WA] Jane Day Newland his wife, Cordelia Newland, Addie Newland,Mrs. Briggs, John Kimball, Aunt Keller, Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. Hartler, Jane Worley, Adaline Hartler,Molly Worley, John Stanfield, Fountain Keller, Molly Moore, Mrs Hidds/Kidds, Rebecca Cardwell, Miss Hutchinson Smith, Dr. Day, JH Day [founder of Dayton, WA, Tanner, Marshall, Edward Fraser, Marton Fallis, Cassie Pierce, Ellah Mcintosh, Riley Russell, Will Medill [brother to the owner of the Chicago Tribune, Moliie Hutchinson, Laura Chamberlain, Samuel Newland Some of them wrote letters but most are mentioned in the letters. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Is there no other source for land records in Washington County? I have asked before and I was told that they were burned during the Civil War. I am trying to establish a relationship (real proof) that John Porterfield (1751-1832) is the son of John Porterfield (1724-1788). DAR does not accept the genealogy, THE PORTERFIELDS, as proof. The older John's will made in Cumberland Co., PA does not mention his son John. Any help will be appreciated. Annette

Woops. I thought there were images during my quick entry to the website. No images. Sorry. Corinne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Taylor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 8:42 AM Subject: [VAWASHIN] Land records > Is there no other source for land records in Washington County? I have > asked before and I was told that they were burned during the Civil War. I > am trying to establish a relationship (real proof) that John Porterfield > (1751-1832) is the son of John Porterfield (1724-1788). DAR does not > accept > the genealogy, THE PORTERFIELDS, as proof. The older John's will made in > Cumberland Co., PA does not mention his son John. Any help will be > appreciated. > > Annette > > > ==== VAWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Washington County Historical Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/historic.htm > >