For more on Ebbing Spring, try these sites. First one is on Jeff Weaver's New River Site (thanks Jeff), other is the Pres. Church site in Abingdon. You may find some help from someone at the Abingdon church. Ebbing Spring, I believe is the same as Glade Spring. Someone tell me if I'm wrong. I may have LINDSEY, BRECKENRIDGE ancestors in that early graveyard, so am also interested in what may come of your search. Katie http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/abpres1.htm HISTORY OF ABINGDON PRESBYTERY http://www.sinkingspring.org/briefhistory.htm History Sinking Spring and Ebbing Spring/Glade Spring Pres Church --------from Barb in Ohio Original Message ----------------------- I'm wondering if anyone has any info about this cemetery other than is in the High on the Windy Hill book. I understand that some think that some of the earliest settlers were buried there. Does anyone have a list of those suspected to be buried there and is it true that the tombstones actually are or have disappeared in the swampy area of the cemetery? Thanks, Barb Jones in Ohio ---------------------------------------- >From: Congs@aol.com >To: VAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VAWASHIN] Ebbing Spring >Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:29:50 EST > >I find listings for EBBING SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, which may likely be >also the location of the Cemetery of the same name, in Summers book, >History of Southwest Virginia 1746-1786 Washington County 1777 -1870. >On pages 138,139 the following give some description of the location in >1773. > >"A considerable number of people had settled in the immediate vicinity of >Abingdon, and eastward to the head waters of the Holston, and in the >beginning of this year two congregations of Presbyterians had organized in >the county --one at Sinking Spring (now Abingdon) and another at Ebbing >Spring, on the Middle Fork of the Holston river, near the James Byars farm; >and in the month of April 1773, Samuel Edmiston was commissioned by the two >congregations above mentioned to present a call to the Rev. Charles >Cummings >at the Reverend Presbytery of Hanover when sitting at the Tinkling Springs >in >Augusta county. This call ws reduced to writing and signed by the members >of >the Sinking Springs and Ebbing Spring congregations. It was presented to >the >Presbytery by Samuel Edmiston for the services of Mr. Cummings at Brown's >meeting-house, in Augusta county, on June 2, 1773. The call with the >signatures thereto is as follows: > >A call from the united congregations of Ebbing, and Sinking springs, on >Holston's river, Fincastle County, to be presented to the Rev. Charles >Cummings, minister of the gospel, at he Reverend Presbytery of Hanover when >sitting at the Tinkling Spring: "................................. > >I didn't look to be sure, bur wasn't Washington County taken from >Fincastle?? >I'm sure it is in this book with the date and line division, etc. I just >didn't look (( >Jane >A Virginian living in Florida >(Saltvillian) _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com