Cheryl or Jan Tarsala wrote: > > I would be deeply grateful if someone out there could share their local > knowledge about VA/WV geography with me. I am absolutely clueless about > these place names. I look at maps and just don't get it: > > I have an ancestor: Daniel RICHMON, b. 1822 in Nestorville. > What VA county was Nestorville in at that time? > > He had a brother Jesse I. or L., who in later life called himself > RIGHMAN, b. ca. 1824??? > There's a marriage record floating around that a Jesse RIGHMAN married > an Anna Maria STEMPLE whose family was from Aurora, WV. Is that near > Nestorville at all? Jesse was definitely living in Nestorville during > the Civil War, so he hadn't moved out of the area. > > Finally, the AIS W. Va. 1870 census index has a > RICHMAN, Jesse L. age 46, in Cove twp., Barbour County > Is Cove twp. anywhere near Nestorville? > > Finally, I just read the Nestor obituary and noted the EUB church in > Nestorville. Can anyone give the full name of this denomination? > > Lots of questions, I'm totally out of my league here. > > Cheryl Tarsala > Los Angeles Cheryl, I can tell you that Nestorville is in Barbour County, West Virginia which borders Randolph, Tucker, and I believe Harrison counties. I live in Randolph Co. and have been researching my husband's Phillips line. I have been going into that area. I know where the EUB church is but do not know the correct denomination. Hope this helps. Cathy