Hi Ron, I believe your friend's Pat Church was a son of John and Nancy Sturgill Church. Descendants of John Church 1 John Church b: Bet. 1835 - 1837 in VA or KY . +Nancy Sturgill b: 1837 m: March 08, 1855 Letcher Co KY .... 2 Pat Church ....... +Mary Boggs .... 2 James Franklin Church b: March 29, 1856 in Wise Co VA ....... +Drucilla Stidham b: April 18, 1859 in Lee Co VA d: March 07, 1953 m: February 09, 1875 Wise Co VA .... 2 Wilson Church b: 1858 ....... +Katherine Roberts .... 2 William Church b: 1861 in Wise Co,VA ....... +Cynthia Sturgill b: 1868 in Wise Co,VA m: February 01, 1883 Wise Co,VA .... 2 John W. Church b: 1865 .... 2 Rebecca Church b: 1866 .... 2 Kelly Church b: 1872 ....... +Rebecca Maggard .... 2 George Church b: 1876 .... 2 Thomas Church b: 1878 ....... +Mary Boggs Mary Boggs, wife of Pat Church was the daughter of : Descendants of Phillip Boggs 1 Phillip Boggs . +Katherine Roberts .... 2 Mary Boggs ....... +Pat Church Since I have Roberts and Boggs lines I'm interested in how they tie in. I have never tried looking up anything on this couple in my Wise Co references, will try to do so later tonight. Deborah Thompson Clarkston -----Original Message----- From: R. Black descendant of the cumberland <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 11:28 PM Subject: [VAWISE-L] Boggs,Church and Shrot familiies >Greetings cousins, > I am writing this for an old friend here where I live in WA. he is a >Short(tt) and knows very little about his Wise county ancestors, I would >like to help him figure out from what Boggs,Church, and Short(tt) families >(any or all) he came from..for his peace of mind and so I can document him >here in WA. and who his Wise co. people were. >As far as I know these people came from Wise Co. and or Neary- By KY> to >include Charlie himself. I believe he may have a few relatives , possibly >sister still living in or around Wise co. VA. > >I got very little info out of him this evening and am posting what little I >know.. I will try to get more info from him later should this not ring any >ones memory.. it is kind of hard to get the info from him, so I did not >press my luck, also am not sure as to his memory of first names which he >gave .. but this is what he said.. > >Keep in mind, my friend is about 75-80 > >his line starting with the farthest back, > >1.John R. Boggs - no mention of a wife >2.daughter/Mary Boggs-Possibly Polly, married Pat Church ? >3.Norma Church married Milfred Short(tt) ? Church (not sure about his >spelling. > >Then my friend \ relative Charlie > >Will try to send more later if I can get it but maybe someone will know this >family group, thank you all.. cousin Ron in WA. > >Also, If any of you have not checked out my web pages, please do when you >have time. If any of you have any thing you can share, especially photos >please do share what you can.. > >My Mountain Heritage / http://www.willapabay.org/~semperfi > > >==== VAWISE Mailing List ==== >Please post your family lines to the list perodically, so that newcomers know who is on the list. >[email protected] Phyllis Morefield > > >