Subj: Re: Nestorville and related places ... Date: 10/2/99 4:10:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: MaryHitt To: tarsala@pacbell.net, WVBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com In a message dated 9/6/99 2:53:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tarsala@pacbell.net writes: << 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.>> In the 1850 Barbour Co. census I find the following family: Residence 553-553 CAMPBELL, George G., 22, born in Md., Merchant BEDFORD, 34, Md, Merchant RICHMOND, Anna, 19, VA RICHMOND, Daniel, 8 mos., VA RICHMOND, Levi, 26, VA NOTE: This is the only reference I found to a Daniel Richmond, Richman, Rightsman) In the 1860 Barbour Co., WV census, I found the following: In the Phillippi district: Residence 380-380 RIGHTSMAN, Jesse, 36, VA, farmer Anna E. M. E., 30, VA Andrew J., 10, VA Catherine E., 6, VA Eli, 3, VA Angelany, 1 mo, VA They were residing near: Residnece 381-318 STEMPLE, Isaac, 54, VA, farmer Catherine, 47, PA Ajudgson, 20, Pa, farm laborer Ahab, 11, VA Nancy, 9, VA 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? >> I don't know the location, but here's the census record for 1870: RICHMAN, Jesse L., 46, WV, carpenter and farmer Anna Mary, 39, WV Andrew J., 20, WV Catherine E., 16, WV Eli, 12, WV Angeline, 10, WV Charles W., 7, WV James S., 4, WV Sarah A., 2, WV John D., 1, WV And in 1880 in Barbour county: RIGHMAN, Anna, 48, widow, keeping house, born in WV, as were both her parents Andrew J., 30, son, married, Driller, WV Sarah, 19, daughter-in-law, married, keeping house, WV John L., 1, son, WV Charles, 18, son, WV, farmer Sarah, 13, dau., WV John 10, son, WV Charlotte, 8, dau, WV Eli, 22, married, son, WV Ella, 20, daughter, WV, keeping house In the 1880 WV Census Index, there is a Daniel Richmond in Summers County. Hope this information helps. Mary Hitt Murrysville, PA