My father was Forest Via born in Free Union, which is just down the road from Earlysville. Michie's Tavern was located very close to Free Union (and Buck Mountain). I am a descendant of Patrick Michie, brother to William Michie who ran the Tavern. My father spoke a lot about the Michie family and the tavern, however, he never told me that there were any Via's in the Michie family. I guess that it is possible. We are related through Patrick's daughter, Martha married a Richard Davis and their daughter Cora Davis, my father's maternal grandmother and the person who raised him. Her first child was born in Michie Tavern. Since, I live in Albemarle County, the next time that I go to the court house I will see what I find. -----Original Message----- From: William B. Kelley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VIA-L] Via Family connection I'm another bystander. There's a description of a long-established Buck Mountain Church in Earlysville, Va., at http://www.us.net/edov/15/bmc/aboutbmc.html, which mentions a Michie family and gives some history of the area. The Buck Mountain in question seems therefore to be in Albemarle County, near Earlysville. However, a quick Internet search does disclose at least two other Buck's Mountains: one in Pocahontas County, east-central W. Va., and one in Grayson County, extreme southwest Va. Bill Kelley, Chicago [email protected] wrote: > Hello all Via researchers. I am a longtime member of this group but I am just > a grateful benefactor of the research that a lot of you have done and > continue to do. > > I have a cousin that recently traveled into Virginia and made an interesting > discovery that I am sure someone out there knows about. I will copy his story > at the end of this email, If some can make the connection I would be > interested in knowing it. > > Thanks again for all the hardwork and time that you put into this research. > As someone who does not have the time to dedicated to doing much, I really > appreciate it. > > Mark Via > > Main reason for the e-mail is that Carol and I were recently on a road trip > to Philadelphia. Spent the first night near Charlottesville, VA and visited > Montecello for the umpteenth time. However, on the way out we stopped for > lunch and a tour of Mitchie's Tavern. In the parlor, I found a frame on the > wall with a baby cap that was the cap of an Anzanetta (spelling is probably > wrong) Via born about 1858. The caption indicated that a Via family lived > at the tavern and in the vicinity for a number of years beginning in the > mid-1800's. The tavern was moved to Carter's Mountain (another > co-incidence) around 1927 from Earlyville Virginia, about 15 miles West of > Charlottesville and about the location of the current day C--- Airport. If > I have the information straight, the property was located in an area > originally called Buck's mountain. The tavern was always called Mitchie's > Tavern but it fell out of disuse as a tavern somewhere in the late 1800's. > Wondered if you have any information on this group or if not, here are some > more to research.