John B. WILLIS 41 V V V Eveline E. 37 wf V T T Hesikiah O. 5 V V V Nancy J. 3 V V V Sarah C. 1 V V V Rosa A. 1 V V V Nancy GILEY 10 cousins V V V The above is from the 1880 Wise Co Census( and I thank you on the list for it). Would someone please tell me if John B Willis and Eveline E are listed on the 1870 Wise Co Census. They were married in Scott Co in 1867. I am also trying to find the parents of Eveline E Smith. Thank you all on the list for your help in the past.

I would bet that it was. All of the Cress's that I have heard of from Wise co. are descendants of George Cress (b. 1739). Do you have any idea who owned the store? David ---------- >From: pogoat2@webtv.net (paul) >To: VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VAWISE] Cress family reunion this August >Date: Mon, May 21, 2001, 10:40 PM > > David...there was an old Cress store with a big glass front on rte. > 23..about 400 ft. from the Bell Ave intersection in town limits of > Appalachia....I know this because I was run over by a man on a bicycle > in 1933 and knocked unconcious in front of the store..The store may > still be standing today..was this Cress in your line? > > Ole Paul > > the wages of sin is death..repent before payday > >

Dianne, this website it wonderful -- thanks so much for finding it! ann > DianneD@aol.com wrote: >> I've been lurking through this discussion of Appalachia and in searching the >> internet came across this site of photos of Appalachia. <A >> HREF="http://www.appalachia-va.com/appalachia/index2.htm">Appalachia Photos >> </A> >> http://www.appalachia-va.com/appalachia/index2.htm

Thanks Dianne, folks are wonderful. DianneD@aol.com wrote: > Hi > > I've been lurking through this discussion of Appalachia and in searching the > internet came across this site of photos of Appalachia. <A > HREF="http://www.appalachia-va.com/appalachia/index2.htm">Appalachia Photos > </A> > http://www.appalachia-va.com/appalachia/index2.htm > > I hope you enjoy this. > > Dianne

The last time I heard, {which wasn't too long ago} was , they were still working hard on it. Hang in there.we'll get it. I do appreciate their hard work and they have had some trying times during the time they have been working on it. I do believe it will be well worth the wait. Vadna chory@earthlink.net wrote: > Vadna, I also ordered the Reunion 2000 book but haven't heard anything about > it in months. Have you heard anything? Ann > > > Do you suppose the Reunion 2000 book will have some of the pictures? I have > > ordered one, and do hope it will be ready soon. > > Vadna

Thanks, I knew there was nothing friends couldn't do.I will look at the pictures and thanks again. Vadna paul wrote: > HEY ! I found the appy 2000 pictures... > > Go to www.google.com > Type in town of appalachia,VA > scroll down to Appy 2000 > When the screen comes up. click on > Appalachia 2000....WAIT for it to load.. > > Ole Paul > > the wages of sin is death..repent before payday

Hi I've been lurking through this discussion of Appalachia and in searching the internet came across this site of photos of Appalachia. <A HREF="http://www.appalachia-va.com/appalachia/index2.htm">Appalachia Photos </A> http://www.appalachia-va.com/appalachia/index2.htm I hope you enjoy this. Dianne

HEY ! I found the appy 2000 pictures... Go to www.google.com Type in town of appalachia,VA scroll down to Appy 2000 When the screen comes up. click on Appalachia 2000....WAIT for it to load.. Ole Paul the wages of sin is death..repent before payday

Vadna, I also ordered the Reunion 2000 book but haven't heard anything about it in months. Have you heard anything? Ann > Do you suppose the Reunion 2000 book will have some of the pictures? I have > ordered one, and do hope it will be ready soon. > Vadna

Paul, Sorry I don't recall your sister, but have heard the name Masters a lot in BSG. Vadna paul wrote: > Vadna did you know my sister, Ruby who was married to Lester Masters? > she is now deceased..lived in Beamantown later moved over near the > Southern...Paul > > the wages of sin is death..repent before payday

Jim, I don't remember the Weatherlys' btu remember a dump that was where the parking lot{?} for the school is now. I do remember your house, and not sure about the store. Do you remember "Stoker" Mitchell? They were friends of my parents, but I remember them well. Also Lee and Bernice Rowland? They were also friends to them. Sorry about the website. Do you suppose the Reunion 2000 book will have some of the pictures? I have ordered one, and do hope it will be ready soon. Vadna "James S. Huneycutt" wrote: > Vadna, I have the website but it is no longer available on thr Net. Do you > remember the Weatherly's that lived across the road from where the present > High School is? I knew the Fields family in Appalachia. They lived next door > to Eules Honeycutt. We lived on the other side of the Fields. My Dad had a > store there. > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vadna Bush" <mgbernard@naxs.net> > To: <VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 12:38 PM > Subject: [VAWISE] reunion 2000 > > > Does anyone out there have the website for Appy 2000? > > Although I live in BSG I missed the reunion, but would like to see the > > pictures also. > > thanks. > > Vadna > > > > paul wrote: > > > > > Ann.. there was a good turnout for Appy 2000...Snuffy Lovell that Jim > > > mentioned, sang at the High School...Ol' Snuffy must have learned to > > > sing or yodel from running over those hills back then.. > > > There is a website with a lot of pictures of the Appy 2000 reunion..I > > > dont have it handy..if Jim reads this, maybe he has it... > > > > > > Ole Paul > > > > > > the wages of sin is death..repent before payday > >

Vadna, I have the website but it is no longer available on thr Net. Do you remember the Weatherly's that lived across the road from where the present High School is? I knew the Fields family in Appalachia. They lived next door to Eules Honeycutt. We lived on the other side of the Fields. My Dad had a store there. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vadna Bush" <mgbernard@naxs.net> To: <VAWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 12:38 PM Subject: [VAWISE] reunion 2000 > Does anyone out there have the website for Appy 2000? > Although I live in BSG I missed the reunion, but would like to see the > pictures also. > thanks. > Vadna > > paul wrote: > > > Ann.. there was a good turnout for Appy 2000...Snuffy Lovell that Jim > > mentioned, sang at the High School...Ol' Snuffy must have learned to > > sing or yodel from running over those hills back then.. > > There is a website with a lot of pictures of the Appy 2000 reunion..I > > dont have it handy..if Jim reads this, maybe he has it... > > > > Ole Paul > > > > the wages of sin is death..repent before payday >

David, in response to your recent posting about the Cress Line. What we have is: Alfred Tayler Gilley, b. 08-1840 in Lee Co., Va., d. 02-25-1922 in Appalachia, Wise Co., Va., m. Mary Elizabeth Bolling 06-06-1859 in Letcher Co., Ky. Notes on Mary Elizabeth Bolling: Burial: 01-15-1928, American Legion Cemetery, Powell Valley, Wise Co., Va. Children: Synthia Ann Gilley was the 4th of seven children born, 10-1868, Letcher Co., Ky. d. 1958, m. to HENRY CRESS 04-12-1886 at Alfred Tayler Gilley's home in Wise Co., Va. Both buried at American Legion Cemetery, Powell Valley, Wise Co., Va. Notes on Henry Cress: Occupation: Farming. ( one note suggests his being a Baker in a grocery store in 1910.) Children: If any, are unknown. Hope this helps. Regards Robert "Tim" Gilley, Altamonte Springs, Fl.

Vadna did you know my sister, Ruby who was married to Lester Masters? she is now deceased..lived in Beamantown later moved over near the Southern...Paul the wages of sin is death..repent before payday

Does anyone out there have the website for Appy 2000? Although I live in BSG I missed the reunion, but would like to see the pictures also. thanks. Vadna paul wrote: > Ann.. there was a good turnout for Appy 2000...Snuffy Lovell that Jim > mentioned, sang at the High School...Ol' Snuffy must have learned to > sing or yodel from running over those hills back then.. > There is a website with a lot of pictures of the Appy 2000 reunion..I > dont have it handy..if Jim reads this, maybe he has it... > > Ole Paul > > the wages of sin is death..repent before payday

Paul, Did you ever pull a snake out while graveling for horney heads? My brother did and that is why I never tried it on my on. Did you ever make a pair of stilts, beat the cream cans in the middle and nail them on the stilts for footrests? They would also pull the soles off our shoes. My grandpa also had a "last" that he resoled our shoes with,. I wish I could locate it. Did you ever play a game of Kick the cream can? while one gathered them to set them back up, the rest of the kids scattered and hid. Whoever was caught last, was the "kicker" next time. Sort of like "hide and go seek". Antne Over{the way we said it} was another special game for us. Hopscotch was another. Does anyone know what the name of the object was called that was used in the game of hopscotch? One day last year my sister and me were trying to think what we called it. Never could. Vadna paul wrote: > Vadna, speaking of potatoes, my Dad was so frugal that when my Mom > peeled potatoes, he fussed that she was peeling the peelings too thick > and by so doing, was wasting potatoes...when we were kids, (even small > ones)Dad would gather up the whole family and we would go into the hills > to pick huckleberries..he made us wrap our legs with old rags and put > turpentine on the rags to keep away rattlesnakes..we would pick about > half of a day, and when we came home, we emptied the berries into a no. > 2 washtub and it would be running over with berries..those hucklebrries > grew on bushes so high, we would have to pull them down to pick > them..Big, black, and sweet as could be. > My dad had a "last and stand" for mending shoes and he half-soled all > our shoes.he would not let us sharpen our pencils in the sharpener at > school, said it ground them all away, so every day he would sharpen them > with his pocket knife..we would pick up empty tin cans and stomp our > shoes in the center of them and then take a rock and beat them over the > soles and walk, sounding like horses walking until the cans dropped off > our shoes. (Dad would have killed us) always got a new pair of "long > johns" underwear in winter with the "trap-door" in the rear..my Mom &Dad > both chewed Browns Mule tobacco and when they ran out, they borrowed > from one another..Once I was butted by our old cow and started > crying..Mom ran out and grabbed me up and took me in the house and kised > me SMACK DAB in the mouth with a chew in her mouth..that was my first > experience with tobacco! > My Mom fell dead while taking biscuits out of the stove in 1941...it was > really hard to eat those biscuits, but we were raised poor and it was > eat them or go hungry...I was 14 years old at that time.. > We used to make our own sling-shots from the forks of laurel bushes and > old red rubber inner-tubes..we would go up on the steep hill behind our > house and shoot down the other boys kites that were flying up there > (while the boys were down in the valley)..we would "Gravel" for fish in > Powell River (feel under big rocks with our hands and catch them)..... > > More later, > > Ole Paul > > the wages of sin is death..repent before payday

Paul thank you so much for posting your "tales" to the list. it brings back memories that are so very precious to me. I too had to wrap the cloths about my legs and soak them with terpentine to keep the snakes away, and picking those luscious berries and "sneaking" a few as I picked sure were tasty. The tin cans tapped onto the shoes is another good memory that I had forgotten about. Thanks again Twanda

Paul, My grandmothers name was Mary Margaret Mulwee. Her parents were Frank and Lizzie (I think short for Elizabeth). Mary had a sister (Cassie), and 2 brothers. (Clyde and I can't think of the other 1's name). From what I hae been told, they had became wards of the state. They were split up into differant counties. Grandma ended up in Hanover Co., VA. It seems that Cassie stayed down there. She married a Johnson man. I found their marriage down there. I can't think of his first name. A couple of my aunts and uncles remember going down there to visit 1 of my great uncles who had moved back down there. They had to park the car and follow a path and cross a creek to get to his house, that was a little way from the road. That is all I know. My aunts and uncle are up in age, and don't remeber to much. My grandmother didn't even know her own birthday, except that she was born in 1903. We lost her in 1959. A year before I was born. Thank you for asking. Sorry that I got long winded. I hope that someone knows of my Mulwee family. This has been the hardest to trace. Theresa Richmond, VA

Thanks, Paul. I'll do a search and try to find the pictures. Ann > > There is a website with a lot of pictures of the Appy 2000 reunion..I > dont have it handy..if Jim reads this, maybe he has it... > > Ole Paul

Ann.. there was a good turnout for Appy 2000...Snuffy Lovell that Jim mentioned, sang at the High School...Ol' Snuffy must have learned to sing or yodel from running over those hills back then.. There is a website with a lot of pictures of the Appy 2000 reunion..I dont have it handy..if Jim reads this, maybe he has it... Ole Paul the wages of sin is death..repent before payday