This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WHEELER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/252.260.2 Message Board Post: Are your Wheelers connected to the following line?Direct Descendants of John William Wheeler 1 WHEELER, John William b: Abt. 1770 in Prince Edward County, Virginia d: Bef. 1850 in Wolf Creek, Rhea County, Tennessee . +IGOU, Jane b: Abt. 1769 in Cherokee Nation, Southside, Virginia m: Abt. 1790 in Cherokee Nation, Virginia d: 1853 in Wolf Creek, Rhea County, Tennessee 2 WHEELER, Ailsey Phoebe b: 1802 in Washington County, Virginia d: Bef. November 1863 in Luce Township, Spencer County, Indiana .... +MEADOWS, David W. b: 27 August 1801 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia m: 10 December 1822 in Washington County, Virginia d: Bef. August 1852 in Spencer County, Indiana ... 3 MEADOWS, John Harper b: Aft. March 1824 in Bristol, Washington County, Virginia d: 26 April 1894 in Preston Township, Richland County, Illinois ....... +WILLIAN, Mary Elizabeth b: 03 September 1830 in Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky m: 02 March 1848 in Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky d: 25 September 1875 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois ...... 4 MEADOWS, John Wheeler b: 18 October 1857 in Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky d: 18 March 1943 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois .......... +BOATMAN, Caroline b: 29 May 1858 in German Township, Richland County, Illinois m: 29 April 1880 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois d: 27 August 1949 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois ......... 5 MEADOWS, Etta E. b: 04 January 1883 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois d: 18 December 1959 in Chatsworth, Livingston County, Illinois ............. +FERREN, Rolla Vernon b: 22 November 1879 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois m: 08 July 1899 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois d: 04 December 1953 in Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois ............ 6 FERREN, Virgil Bernard b: 02 December 1918 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois d: 11 May 1977 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois ................ +WHIGHTSIL, Gail Goldie b: 21 August 1919 in Wheeler, Jasper County, Illinois m: 19 December 1936 in Piper City, Ford County, Illinois d: 09 March 1977 in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona ................ 7 FERREN, Jerry Dean b: 10 April 1939 in Piper City, Ford County, Illinois

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MEADOWS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/470 Message Board Post: Looking for information about any of the folowing:Direct Descendants of Daniel Meador 1 MEADOR, Daniel b: Abt. 1555 in England ... +LEE, Elizabeth b: Abt. 1555 in England 2 MEADOR, Ambrose b: Abt. 1580 in England d: Aft. 24 December 1661 in Virginia ... 3 MEADS, Thomas b: 1615 in Bristol, Avon, England d: Bef. 06 June 1655 in Lancaster County, Virginia ......... +?, Sarah b: Abt. 1612 in England m: in Virginia d: Aft. 1655 in Virginia ...... 4 MEADOR, Thomas b: Abt. 1636 in Lancaster County, Virginia d: Bef. 01 April 1662 in Essex County, Virginia ............ +HOSKINS, Sarah b: 1637 in Virginia m: Abt. 1658 in Virginia d: 1672 in Rappahannock County, Virginia ......... 5 MEADOR, John b: Abt. 1658 in Charles Parish, Essex County, Virginia d: Abt. 23 November 1721 in Essex County, Virginia ............... +AUBREY, Frances b: 1678 m: Aft. 16 December 1694 d: Bef. 17 October 1721 in Essex County, Virginia ............ 6 MEADOR, Joshua b: Abt. 1702 in Essex County, Virginia d: 1774 in Raleigh Parish, Amelia County, Virginia .................. +GREEN, Judith b: 1713 in Cumberland County, Virginia m: Abt. 1735 in Cumberland County, Virginia d: Bef. 1768 in Raleigh Parish, Amelia County, Virginia ................ 7 MEADOWS, Jonas b: Abt. 1738 in Prince Edward County, Virginia d: 16 June 1806 in Prince Edward County, Virginia ...................... +FITZGERALD, Mary b: Abt. 1741 in Cumberland County, Virginia m: in Cumberland County, Virginia d: Aft. 16 June 1806 in Prince Edward County, Virginia ................... 8 MEADOWS, Joel Thomas b: 24 March 1779 in Prince Edward County, Virginia d: 31 October 1850 in Meadowview, Washington County, Virginia ......................... +MCREYNOLDS, Henrietta Porter b: 18 February 1783 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia m: 28 April 1801 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia d: 16 April 1831 in Washington County, Virginia ...................... 9 MEADOWS, David W. b: 27 August 1801 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia d: Bef. August 1852 in Spencer County, Indiana ............................ +WHEELER, Ailsey Phoebe b: 1802 in Washington County, Virginia m: 10 December 1822 in Washington County, Virginia d: Bef. November 1863 in Luce Township, Spencer County, Indiana ......................... 10 MEADOWS, John Harper b: Aft. March 1824 in Bristol, Washington County, Virginia d: 26 April 1894 in Preston Township, Richland County, Illinois ............................... +WILLIAN, Mary Elizabeth b: 03 September 1830 in Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky m: 02 March 1848 in Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky d: 25 September 1875 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois ............................ 11 MEADOWS, John Wheeler b: 18 October 1857 in Hawesville, Hancock County, Kentucky d: 18 March 1943 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois .................................. +BOATMAN, Caroline b: 29 May 1858 in German Township, Richland County, Illinois m: 29 April 1880 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois d: 27 August 1949 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois ............................... 12 MEADOWS, Etta E. b: 04 January 1883 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois d: 18 December 1959 in Chatsworth, Livingston County, Illinois ..................................... +FERREN, Rolla Vernon b: 22 November 1879 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois m: 08 July 1899 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois d: 04 December 1953 in Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois ................................... 13 FERREN, Virgil Bernard b: 02 December 1918 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois d: 11 May 1977 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois ......................................... +WHIGHTSIL, Gail Goldie b: 21 August 1919 in Wheeler, Jasper County, Illinois m: 19 December 1936 in Piper City, Ford County, Illinois d: 09 March 1977 in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona ...................................... 14 FERREN, Jerry Dean b: 10 April 1939 in Piper City, Ford County, Illinois

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DeBusk, Edmondson, McAbee, Aynes, Ball, Helms Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GBC.2ACE/160.168.170.172.237.240.238.277.282.1.1 Message Board Post: Did you ever get an answer about the fur trader George Washington Edmondson? Tom Edmondson has done a lot of work on this line. He gave me the picture of George and the following. "He lived in Kentucky for 5 Years prior to moving to San Saba County, Texas in 1903. They bought a place in the Pecan Grove Community and went into the fur and hide business. His place was just across the Pecan Grove bridge on the San Saba River where he raised skunks and Jerusalem artichokes. It was said that even though he bathed regularly, he always carried the faint scent of skunk. If he paid someone with a check and the teller did not know the bearer he would sniff the check and say "Yep, that's George's check, alright." Eight of his children followed them to Texas. Source is an article written by Lillian Hunt Edmondson in the History of San Saba. He is listed in the 1860 Claiborne County, Tennessee census as the 10 year old son of Elijah and Catherine Edmondson."

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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/468 Message Board Post: Would be interested in making contact with anyone researching ANY Chapman family in Washington and Smyth Co. I am doing an annotated census study of the Chapmans and would like help filling in the blanks. A brief outline include the families of: Andrew Chapman and Catherine Reynolds David Glen Chapman and Sarah Ann Tate Conley Chapman and Jennie Caldwell James Chapman and Teresa James Chapman and Margaret James W Chapman and Nancy C Brown John W Chapman and Louisa Roberts Joseph Chapman and Sarah Phipps Nancy Chapman ?w/o Stephen Chapman Solomon Chapman and Anna Stephen Chapman and Nancy William Chapman and Elizabeth William Chapman and Matilda Caldwell William Chapman and Alice

Billy, That's really interesting, the will of Samuel Kelly written before going off to war. I wonder if that was common practice for the many militia guys. My ggg grandfather Moses Lindsey and his brother John, both left for Alabama in Oct 1813 with E. Tennessee militia out of Knoxville. They both were married about 3 weeks before they left for war. They later re-enlisted in Abraham Fulkersons regiment 5th VA militia. Wonder if either Moses or John Lindsey left a will. Moses came back, but John didn't. Thanks, Katie >From: BJMarkland@aol.com >To: VAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VAWASHIN] Samuel KELLY Will >Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 17:32:14 EST > >Washington County, VA Will Book 4 pg. 44 > >"September 15th, 1813 > >Samuel Kelly of Washington County and state of Virginia is now about to >start >to the War and do consider it my duty to leave my property to those whom I >desire to have it. As I know not that I ever shall Return I leave & >bequeath >to William Lock Junior the son of John Lock one feather Bed & furniture and >all my wearing cloths and one Rifle gun. I also leave my brother James >Kelly >one saddle and saddle bags all my money after my just debts is paid and all >reasonable expences. I also leave William Hicky to collect all my money >and >settle all my business. > >Samuel Kelly > >Attest: > >A[nna?] Hicky >James Hicky > >At a Court held for Washington County the 21st day of December 1813. > >The last Will and Testament of Samuel Kelly dec'd was exhibited in court >and >proved by the oath of...."[sorry, forgot to copy the next page] > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

Washington County, VA Will Book 4 pg. 44 "September 15th, 1813 Samuel Kelly of Washington County and state of Virginia is now about to start to the War and do consider it my duty to leave my property to those whom I desire to have it. As I know not that I ever shall Return I leave & bequeath to William Lock Junior the son of John Lock one feather Bed & furniture and all my wearing cloths and one Rifle gun. I also leave my brother James Kelly one saddle and saddle bags all my money after my just debts is paid and all reasonable expences. I also leave William Hicky to collect all my money and settle all my business. Samuel Kelly Attest: A[nna?] Hicky James Hicky At a Court held for Washington County the 21st day of December 1813. The last Will and Testament of Samuel Kelly dec'd was exhibited in court and proved by the oath of...."[sorry, forgot to copy the next page]

Is anyone doing research on the FULKERSON family? I found in the Washington county, VA Will Book 4 film an agreement between the heirs of James Fulkerson on splitting up the land inherited dated 1/7/1799. The heirs of James are listed as Peter, James, John, Isaac, Frederick, Thomas, Abraham & Polly Fulkerson and Benjamin & Hannah SHARP & John & Caty HANBY. Thomas & Abraham are mentioned as the youngest of James' children and did not sign the document until 10/14/1813. Another document, also dated 1/7/1799, has the above names (except Thomas & Abraham) and also Mary FULKERSON who I assume to be James' widow. When I either get my scanner working or replaced, I will be glad to forward copies to any interested parties. Best of wishes, Billy

Good afternoon list: I was looking around in the 1810 Washington Co. census today and found a few interesting entries. Hoping there is someone on the list who has some input regarding the following entries. Could this be my John CAYLOR with wife Mary KEAPHART living right next door to Mary's family? John & Mary married 19 Aug 1794. 1810 Washington Co., VA Federal Enumeration Census Page 34A KELLER, John 2 males - under 10 2 males - 10 to 15 1 male - 26 thru 44 2 females - under 10 1 female - 10 to 15 1 female - 26 to 44 Next household: GABERT, Henry 3 males - under 10 1 male - 10 to 15 1 male - 16 to 25 1 male - 26 to 44 1 male - 44 & over 1 female - 10 to 15 1 female - 16 to 25 1 female - 26 to 44 Another entry on the previous page caught my eye. Is anyone researching GARDNERs in Washington Co.? Have long thought that there was a GARDNER connection to my TOMLINSONs. Page 33B GARDNER, William 2 males - under 10 2 males - 10 to 15 1 male - 26 to 44 2 females - under 10 1 female - 10 to 15 1 feamle - 26 to 44 I was told years ago that my James TOMLINSON was not found in the 1810 census even though he purchased land in 1809. I had never bothered to look for him until today and there he was...surprise,surprise, surprise. Page 37B TUMLINSON, James 1 male - under 10 1 male - 26 to 44 1 female - under 10 1 female - 26 to 44 Hoping someone can enlighten me on any of the these families. Corinne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bailey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/467 Message Board Post: I am looking for any info on John Washington and Elizabeth Bailey. He was born in1824 in Wash. Co. Va.His son, Burl is my grandfather. Other siblings are William,Milton H., Edward, Jane, Breckenridge[Brack] and Floyd. Burl married Bina Norris?or Price? 21 June1898 .Any one researching this family e-mail me at -- buko1976@frontiernet.net

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/466 Message Board Post: Does anybody know where I could locate old records from the Sinking Spring Church? Do the records still exist?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fleener/Fleenor Cagle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/465 Message Board Post: Ota/Otis Fleenor married Rebecca Louisa Cagle 10 Feb 1859 in Henderson County, NC. He is listed on the 1860 Henderson County Census with wife and one child, Mary Jane (b. 15 Dec 1859). His birthplace is listed VA. and he is 40 years old (b ca 1820?). The 1870 Census lists Rebecca Louisa Fleener and 2 children living on her father's property in separate house. Was he from Washington Co? Will appreciate any information.

Thanks for sharing this material. It really helps paint a picture of the early settlement period. This is the period where I am stuck in determining the origins of my Dunn family in the Glade Springs area. The oldest information I have confirmed is the marriage of William Dunn to Lydia Musgrove in 1788 by Thomas Woolsey of St. Clair Bottoms. I understand he was a Baptist minister and possibly the first minister in Washington County. William bought 211 acres of land from Moses and Jimima Keewood in 1790. This land was in the Rich Valley and near a fork of the North Fork of the Holston River. A 1787 tax list suggests neighbors included James Florer, Michael Halfacre, James Logan, Edward McNew, and William McNew. Most of these names were included in the text you provided. Do you or anyone on the list have any clues for me to find more about my William Dunn and his background? Bert Dunn ----- Original Message ----- From: Sheila Anderson-Lewis <magickrn@ec.rr.com> To: <VAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:10 PM Subject: [VAWASHIN] EARLY SETTLERS TEXT > > Early Settlers of Washington Co, VA. > > Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Jean Schneider - jeans@primary.net > > > >From the "Historical Sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families" > by > Margaret C. Pilcher. Marshall & Bruce Co. Nashville 1911 > > M. C. P. > page 96 > For "The Virginian" > Old Washington > > "Some account of the first settlers of old Washington County, Virginia, > would, no > doubt, be interesting to many of the readers of the Virginian, and I could > tell them > something on that subject, if I had the resolution to write it down, but on > that > point I have some misgivings. I will, however, try. > > "Hunters visited the county as early as 1745, but no families came and > settled > permanently until about 1767 or 1768. In two years from that time many > emigrated, so > that in 1770 the county was dotted all over with improvements. The first > great migration > was from Augusta County, but the spirit was immediately caught, and large > numbers of > families, and, indeed, whole connections, came from Frederick County and the > Valley - > from the Augusta line to the Potomac - from the upper counties of Maryland > and from > Pennsylvania. Botetourt and the country on each side of it sent members. The > first large > connections were the Edmondsons, of whom there were ten or twelve families > of the same name. > Then the Vances, Newells, Blackburns, and several others of that connection; > the Campbells, > five or six families, the Davises, four brothers - Nathaniel, John, James > and Samuel Davis, > the Craigs, three brothers - David, Robert and James Craig, two or three > families of the > Colvilles, and the same number of Briggses, two families of > > page 97 > Logans, John and Benjamin Logan, a large number of Buchanaus, and several > families of > Beatys and their connections, the Rayburns and Dysarts, also a large > connection of the > Berry family; five or six Lowrey families; the Sharps and Laughlins, a large > connection, > including the Kings and Youngs. These Youngs were not the German family, > they were of > Irish descent. I have named such as occurs to me, but that the reader may > know who were > the heads of families that composed the Rev. Charles Cummings' congregation > at Sinking > Spring, in the Grace Spring neighborhood, I will give a list of their names, > and it must > be remembered that they were all Presbyterians. > > "These families were in the county previous to 1772: > > George Blackburn Robert Edmondson > William Blackburn Thomas Berry > John Vance Robert Trimble > John Casey William Magaughey > Benjamin Logan David Dryden > Nathan McNabb Samuel Briggs > John Davis Wesley White > Halbert McLure James Dorchester > Arthur Blackburn James Fulkerson > Nathaniel Davis Stephen Jordan > Samuel Evans Alexander Laughlin > William Kennedy James English > Andrew McFerran Richard Moore > Samuel Hendrey Thomas Ramsey > John Patterson Samuel Wilson > James Gilmore Joseph Vance > John Lowrey William Young > William Christian William Davidson > Andrew Colville James Young > Robert Craig John Sharp > Joseph Black John Long > Jonathan Douglas Robert Topp > William Berry John Hunt > John Cusick Thomas Bailey > James Piper David Getgood > James Harold Alexander Breckinridge > > page 99 > > Samuel Newell George Clark > David Wilson James Molden > David Craig William Blanton > Robert Gamble Christopher Acklin > Andrew Martin James Craig > Augustus Webb Joseph Gamble > John McNabb Margaret Edmondson > Chris Frankhouser John Edmondson > John Frankhouser, Sr. John Boyd > John Frankhouser, Jr. Robert Kirkman > Thomas Sharp Martin Pruitt > John Berry Nicholas Brabston > James Montgomery Andrew Miller > Samuel Huston Alexander McNutt > Henry Cresswell William Pruitt > George Adams John McCucheon > George Buchanan James Berry > James Dysart James Trimble > Willliam Miller William Berry > Andrew Leeper Moses Buchanan > David Snodgrass David Carson > Daniel McCormick Samuel Buchanan > Francis Kincannon William Bates > Joseph Snodgrass William mcMillin > James Thompson John Kennedy > Robert Denniston Robert Lamb > William Edmondson Thomas Raferty > Samuel Edmondson Thomas Baker > Andrew Kincannon John Groce > John Kelley Robert Buchanan > John Robinson Thomas Evans > > James Kincannon William Marlor > William Edmondson Hugh Johnston > Thomas Edmondson Edward Pharis > John Beaty Joseph Lester > George Tutor William White > Michael Halfacre Samuel White > Stephen Cawood William Lester > James Garvell Willilam Pogue > Robert Buchanan, Jr. Samuel Buchanan > Edward Jamison Thomas Montgomery > Richard Heggon Samuel Bell > John Lester John Campbell > > page 100 > > "This is quite a long list of members of only one church, and when they came > together > from both congregations, as sometimes they did, they exhibited a formidable > appearance. > High up on the South Fork there were scattering settlements of Baptists, and > a large > portion of the country for twenty miles down from about seven miles of the > town of > Abingdon, almost the whole population were Germans. Many of them came from > Germany to > Pennsylvania, thence to what forms Shenandoah and Rockingham, and from there > to Holston. > Some came to Holston direct from Germany. Jacob Young, who lived in the land > afterwards > the residence of John Campbell, I think came direct from Germany with a > large household. > He was a wealthy man, and lived and ruled his household and tenentry like a > lord. The > other German families, as far as I can now call their names to mind, were > the Fleenors, > a large family, the Gobblers, Mungles, Sydars, Huntsuckers, Kaylors, > Whisenands, Davaults, > Funkhousers, Kniceleys, Lindamoods, Statyers, Zimerlies, Teetors, Goodmans, > Shelleys, > Munfours, Jinks and Droakes, who came to the county some years afterwards. > There are > others, whose names I cannot just now recollect. > > "The rich valley about the salt works was settled early by the Crabtrees, > McNews, Falbuths, > and Cawoods, and lower down, by the McCulloughs, Watsons, Dunns, Logans, > McReynolds, and > many others. Several families began to settle north of the Clinch Mountain. > Among them, > William and Reece Bowen, and in Castle Woods, William Russell. All were > distinguished men > in the Revolution. The Gilmores, Carrells and Dickensons, settled early in > that part of the > country; also the Brownings, Bickleys, and others, all most respectable > people. > > "Of the above long list, how many remained in the county? Not one family in > twenty, I > believe. Holston seemed to be a point from which the restless settler could > survey, in > his mind, at least, the great and beautiful West, the lands of Kentucky and > Cumberland, > and as soon as each one thought it would be safe for his family, he packed > up his wife > and children and put off for those fascinating countries. We have a fine > country here, > possessing some of the highest recommendations, yet is is a real pleasure to > travel through > Tennessee and Kentucky, and see the thrift and prosperity of the men and > their families who > went from Holston in early times, to those countries. Should you be > traveling and call at > a fine farm house, you might almost conclude the original proprietor and > ancestor of the > family came from Holston, and by a little conversation you would soon trace > them back to > old Augusta. Many of the men whose names I have mentioned, and others from > Old Washington, > participated in the battle of Point Pleasant, in 1774, and principally > fought the battle of > the Long Island Flats, in 1776, and also participated in the memorable > battle of Kings > Mountain, distinguishing themselves in each battle. Yet there are some men > and historians > found who have been endeavoring to disparage them and throw them out of > view in each battle." > > > "A SUBSCRIBER" > (Gov. David Campbell) > > ********************************************************************* > > USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in > any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or > persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for > other than private research, must obtain the written consent of the > contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and > contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. > > ********************************************************************* > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+8727136886400 > +F > > posted to the list by Sheila Anderson-Lewis > EDMONDSON, ANDERSON, STAMPER, DEBUSK, ROUSE, WIDENER, BLEVINS, etc >

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/464 Message Board Post: searching for my grandfather,i believe his name was john watkins ,married to mary ann rhodes.either washington county or wilkes county,n.c.

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/332.3.1 Message Board Post: Sherry, I would be interested in discussing your Allen Riley from (Connaught), Ireland. Is that a town or parish? Refer to cousins Samuel&Kathy Riley and Michael A. Ports response on 'Riley family in Scott, Russell and Washington Counties, Virginia' as there is a manuscript on Daniel Riley by Michael A. Ports on file at the Russell County Public Library, Lebanon, Va. that reflects family members. We may have a match? Please email me direct. Thanks and good hunting.

Early Settlers of Washington Co, VA. Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Jean Schneider - jeans@primary.net >From the "Historical Sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families" by Margaret C. Pilcher. Marshall & Bruce Co. Nashville 1911 M. C. P. page 96 For "The Virginian" Old Washington "Some account of the first settlers of old Washington County, Virginia, would, no doubt, be interesting to many of the readers of the Virginian, and I could tell them something on that subject, if I had the resolution to write it down, but on that point I have some misgivings. I will, however, try. "Hunters visited the county as early as 1745, but no families came and settled permanently until about 1767 or 1768. In two years from that time many emigrated, so that in 1770 the county was dotted all over with improvements. The first great migration was from Augusta County, but the spirit was immediately caught, and large numbers of families, and, indeed, whole connections, came from Frederick County and the Valley - from the Augusta line to the Potomac - from the upper counties of Maryland and from Pennsylvania. Botetourt and the country on each side of it sent members. The first large connections were the Edmondsons, of whom there were ten or twelve families of the same name. Then the Vances, Newells, Blackburns, and several others of that connection; the Campbells, five or six families, the Davises, four brothers - Nathaniel, John, James and Samuel Davis, the Craigs, three brothers - David, Robert and James Craig, two or three families of the Colvilles, and the same number of Briggses, two families of page 97 Logans, John and Benjamin Logan, a large number of Buchanaus, and several families of Beatys and their connections, the Rayburns and Dysarts, also a large connection of the Berry family; five or six Lowrey families; the Sharps and Laughlins, a large connection, including the Kings and Youngs. These Youngs were not the German family, they were of Irish descent. I have named such as occurs to me, but that the reader may know who were the heads of families that composed the Rev. Charles Cummings' congregation at Sinking Spring, in the Grace Spring neighborhood, I will give a list of their names, and it must be remembered that they were all Presbyterians. "These families were in the county previous to 1772: George Blackburn Robert Edmondson William Blackburn Thomas Berry John Vance Robert Trimble John Casey William Magaughey Benjamin Logan David Dryden Nathan McNabb Samuel Briggs John Davis Wesley White Halbert McLure James Dorchester Arthur Blackburn James Fulkerson Nathaniel Davis Stephen Jordan Samuel Evans Alexander Laughlin William Kennedy James English Andrew McFerran Richard Moore Samuel Hendrey Thomas Ramsey John Patterson Samuel Wilson James Gilmore Joseph Vance John Lowrey William Young William Christian William Davidson Andrew Colville James Young Robert Craig John Sharp Joseph Black John Long Jonathan Douglas Robert Topp William Berry John Hunt John Cusick Thomas Bailey James Piper David Getgood James Harold Alexander Breckinridge page 99 Samuel Newell George Clark David Wilson James Molden David Craig William Blanton Robert Gamble Christopher Acklin Andrew Martin James Craig Augustus Webb Joseph Gamble John McNabb Margaret Edmondson Chris Frankhouser John Edmondson John Frankhouser, Sr. John Boyd John Frankhouser, Jr. Robert Kirkman Thomas Sharp Martin Pruitt John Berry Nicholas Brabston James Montgomery Andrew Miller Samuel Huston Alexander McNutt Henry Cresswell William Pruitt George Adams John McCucheon George Buchanan James Berry James Dysart James Trimble Willliam Miller William Berry Andrew Leeper Moses Buchanan David Snodgrass David Carson Daniel McCormick Samuel Buchanan Francis Kincannon William Bates Joseph Snodgrass William mcMillin James Thompson John Kennedy Robert Denniston Robert Lamb William Edmondson Thomas Raferty Samuel Edmondson Thomas Baker Andrew Kincannon John Groce John Kelley Robert Buchanan John Robinson Thomas Evans James Kincannon William Marlor William Edmondson Hugh Johnston Thomas Edmondson Edward Pharis John Beaty Joseph Lester George Tutor William White Michael Halfacre Samuel White Stephen Cawood William Lester James Garvell Willilam Pogue Robert Buchanan, Jr. Samuel Buchanan Edward Jamison Thomas Montgomery Richard Heggon Samuel Bell John Lester John Campbell page 100 "This is quite a long list of members of only one church, and when they came together from both congregations, as sometimes they did, they exhibited a formidable appearance. High up on the South Fork there were scattering settlements of Baptists, and a large portion of the country for twenty miles down from about seven miles of the town of Abingdon, almost the whole population were Germans. Many of them came from Germany to Pennsylvania, thence to what forms Shenandoah and Rockingham, and from there to Holston. Some came to Holston direct from Germany. Jacob Young, who lived in the land afterwards the residence of John Campbell, I think came direct from Germany with a large household. He was a wealthy man, and lived and ruled his household and tenentry like a lord. The other German families, as far as I can now call their names to mind, were the Fleenors, a large family, the Gobblers, Mungles, Sydars, Huntsuckers, Kaylors, Whisenands, Davaults, Funkhousers, Kniceleys, Lindamoods, Statyers, Zimerlies, Teetors, Goodmans, Shelleys, Munfours, Jinks and Droakes, who came to the county some years afterwards. There are others, whose names I cannot just now recollect. "The rich valley about the salt works was settled early by the Crabtrees, McNews, Falbuths, and Cawoods, and lower down, by the McCulloughs, Watsons, Dunns, Logans, McReynolds, and many others. Several families began to settle north of the Clinch Mountain. Among them, William and Reece Bowen, and in Castle Woods, William Russell. All were distinguished men in the Revolution. The Gilmores, Carrells and Dickensons, settled early in that part of the country; also the Brownings, Bickleys, and others, all most respectable people. "Of the above long list, how many remained in the county? Not one family in twenty, I believe. Holston seemed to be a point from which the restless settler could survey, in his mind, at least, the great and beautiful West, the lands of Kentucky and Cumberland, and as soon as each one thought it would be safe for his family, he packed up his wife and children and put off for those fascinating countries. We have a fine country here, possessing some of the highest recommendations, yet is is a real pleasure to travel through Tennessee and Kentucky, and see the thrift and prosperity of the men and their families who went from Holston in early times, to those countries. Should you be traveling and call at a fine farm house, you might almost conclude the original proprietor and ancestor of the family came from Holston, and by a little conversation you would soon trace them back to old Augusta. Many of the men whose names I have mentioned, and others from Old Washington, participated in the battle of Point Pleasant, in 1774, and principally fought the battle of the Long Island Flats, in 1776, and also participated in the memorable battle of Kings Mountain, distinguishing themselves in each battle. Yet there are some men and historians found who have been endeavoring to disparage them and throw them out of view in each battle." "A SUBSCRIBER" (Gov. 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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/447.4.2.1 Message Board Post: I'll send you an invitation to the AfterImage website. Plans for saving the church have been changed. The sole trustee of the church last using it, has now reactivated the use of the church for religious services and they are maintaining it once again. Our family organization will look for other projects. More info will be coming out soon on the website. The reunion is June 21st through June 23rd, 2002 at Delaney Park in rural Washington Co., IN near Salem. The big family day and picnic is on Sat. June 22nd. Friday is for genealogy activities and Sunday is a prayer breakfast.

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/447.4.2 Message Board Post: I am a descendant of Michael Fleenor and would like to know about your planed reunion,also aboutyur plans for the church.I was there this summer when they held the dedication for Michael and the other vetrans and I would like to help in any way I can.Pleas let me know about your web site,thank you. Grace Fleenor Morrell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: long Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/463 Message Board Post: looking foy Henry Long b. 1782 went to washington co.n.c.to get land grant, he got grant for tn. in marion co. tn. married a zilpha stephens* in1808. would like any information. thank you. Bill Long

I'm looking for help in locating descendants of Charles Lilly, who lived in Washington Co in 1830 & 1840. I don't find him after that. His daughter,Elizabeth, married Anderson Ramsey in Rockbridge Co in 1840 & moved to Ritchie Co WV prior to 1870. In 1830 census Charles had a wife, 2 sons, 4 daughters, a female age 60-70 & another male age 20-30 living with him. Can anyone supply names for any of them? Thanks for your help, Carolyn