Leonard Rush was a Patriot in Revolutionary War. I have 9 children listed from his will: William, Mary, Rebecca. Sidney, Jacob, Elizabeth, Sarah, Abraham and Susannah. They married into: Carnine, Williamson, Stipp, McQuilkin and Hill families. Anyone researching these families? My Capt. James Mason (War of 1812) Married Mary Rush dtr of William and Sarah Carnine Rush. Evalyn Mason Harris

Planning a research trip to Berkeley County, W. Va. need to get a marriage certificate from 1801. Can anyone tell me if the courthouse has that oh who? What about old wills? Next question how far to Maryland to the Antietam Battlefield site? Thanks, Joan

Was wondering if anyone had any information or knew where I could get information on the following War of 1812 41st Regiment (Bramham's) Virginia Militia... I have done web searches but havent been able to come up with any information... thanks Jayson Myers

----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrell Peter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [WVBERKEL] Berkley during the Civil War > Carla > > Log on to http:\\www.bchs.org > > Click on Journals and select ssue 27 Martinsburg, West Virginia During the > Civil War. > > I have just read this issue and find it very well done (as are all of Don > Woods" works). recommend you obtain it. > > There may be others of interest in the list. > > Pete > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carla and Jeff Leber" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:09 PM > Subject: [WVBERKEL] Berkley during the Civil War > > > > Does anyone have a book or any reading material they would suggest for > Berkley County during the Civil War? My great-grandfather was born there in > 1865. It boggles my mind to think of giving birth in the midst of the > action. > > > > Carla > > > > > > ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== > > BERKELEY County List Administrator: > > <=<[email protected]>=> > > > > > > > ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== > Address your BERKELEY County List > messages to:[email protected] > >

Carla Log on to http:\\www.bchs.org Click on Journals and select ssue 27 Martinsburg, West Virginia During the Civil War. I have just read this issue and find it very well done (as are all of Don Woods" works). recommend you obtain it. There may be others of interest in the list. Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carla and Jeff Leber" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:09 PM Subject: [WVBERKEL] Berkley during the Civil War > Does anyone have a book or any reading material they would suggest for Berkley County during the Civil War? My great-grandfather was born there in 1865. It boggles my mind to think of giving birth in the midst of the action. > > Carla > > > ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== > BERKELEY County List Administrator: > <=<[email protected]>=> > >

Does anyone have a book or any reading material they would suggest for Berkley County during the Civil War? My great-grandfather was born there in 1865. It boggles my mind to think of giving birth in the midst of the action. Carla

Check your local public library or local genealogy library for "Handy Book for Genealogists" published by Everton (even my local library has an early edition, one of their few paltry genealogy resources). The 8th edition, which I keep by my computer for easy reference, has a series of migration trail maps. (An earlier edition I bought 25 years ago has fallen apart from use - Handy Book has state maps showing counties, plus data on county formation - dates, from what counties formed, county seat, etc. - to which I refer frequently.) One of the earliest routes west was from Baltimore across Maryland (close to Berkeley Co. VA) through the Cumberland Gap then up into the NW corner of PA to Pittsburgh. The National Road followed this route, then on to Wheeling WV and across OH and IN. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Fetters" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:13 PM Subject: [WVBERKEL] Migration routes? > Anyone on the list have idea on what the routes west were in the first 1/2 of 1800s? Looking for general routes west through Ohio from Berkeley County mainly. > Dan > > Surnames (Becky:) BURGESS, GRANSDEN, HAVENS, RAY, BISSETT, > MCCUMBER /MACOMBER, POTTER, SMITH, TOMLIN, YOUNG > (Dan:) CARGILL, DRAGOO, ERNST, FETTER (s), FEATHER, > FORTMAN, KATTERMAN, KEESECKER, KNIGHT, LAYMAN, MONROE, > MILLER, ST. JOHN, SLICE-SLISE, SWITZER, VETTER, WILLIAMS, Zeller > NS>NB>MI PA, OH, MD>WV>IN>MI > GERMANY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, > ENGLAND, CANADA, AMERICA > > ______________________________

RE: > Anyone on the list have idea on what the routes west were in the first 1/2 of 1800s? Looking for general routes west through Ohio from Berkeley County mainly. > Dan I am also curious about this. My CRONISTER ancestors lived in Gerardstown, Mill Creek, Darkesville in the 1860-1870s. Sometime around 1873 they decided to pack it up and head west. They wound up in a small town outside of Springfield, IL called Athens. Looking at the map, it looks like they headed straight west. I am sure the Civil War had an impact on their decision to move, but I find myself wondering what their life was like during that time. Carla

All- Many researchers don't know the value of a small book published by Ancestry, Inc. title "Ancestry's Guide To Research" - Case Studies in American Genealogy by Johni Cerny & Arlene Eakle. Read Chapter 14 - Colonial Ancestors which describes in detail the Migration Routes of our early country. Also in this chapter are excellent maps showing time frames with canals, highways (of the time), etc. and should not be overlooked - excellent source! Ann M. Osisek Maitland, FL > Does anyone know of a similar web site for migration routes for VA/WV? > Millie > > -----Original Message----- > From: marilynandmonty [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WVBERKEL] Migration routes? > > > Dan, > > Check out this website - > http://www.mcn.org/2/noel/Westmoreland/MigrationTrails.htm > > It refers to migration through Pennsylvania, but since Berkeley Co. is so > close to the southern PA border, it might shed some light on your question. > > You might be able to trace the paths to current-day roads by comparing > today's map to the one on this site. > Good luck, > Marilyn G. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Fetters > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:13 PM > Subject: [WVBERKEL] Migration routes? > > > Anyone on the list have idea on what the routes west were in the first 1/2 > of 1800s? Looking for general routes west through Ohio from Berkeley > County mainly. > Dan > > Surnames (Becky:) BURGESS, GRANSDEN, HAVENS, RAY, BISSETT, > MCCUMBER /MACOMBER, POTTER, SMITH, TOMLIN, YOUNG > (Dan:) CARGILL, DRAGOO, ERNST, FETTER (s), FEATHER, > FORTMAN, KATTERMAN, KEESECKER, KNIGHT, LAYMAN, MONROE, > MILLER, ST. JOHN, SLICE-SLISE, SWITZER, VETTER, WILLIAMS, Zeller > NS>NB>MI PA, OH, MD>WV>IN>MI > GERMANY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, > ENGLAND, CANADA, AMERICA > > > ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== > Berkeley County Unsubscription Directions > [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE [in body of message] > [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE [in body of message] > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.324 / Virus Database: 181 - Release Date: 2/14/02 > > > ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== > BERKELEY County List Administrator: > <=<[email protected]>=> > > > > > > > ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== > Address your BERKELEY County List > messages to:[email protected] >

Does anyone know of a similar web site for migration routes for VA/WV? Millie -----Original Message----- From: marilynandmonty [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WVBERKEL] Migration routes? Dan, Check out this website - http://www.mcn.org/2/noel/Westmoreland/MigrationTrails.htm It refers to migration through Pennsylvania, but since Berkeley Co. is so close to the southern PA border, it might shed some light on your question. You might be able to trace the paths to current-day roads by comparing today's map to the one on this site. Good luck, Marilyn G. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Fetters To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:13 PM Subject: [WVBERKEL] Migration routes? Anyone on the list have idea on what the routes west were in the first 1/2 of 1800s? Looking for general routes west through Ohio from Berkeley County mainly. Dan Surnames (Becky:) BURGESS, GRANSDEN, HAVENS, RAY, BISSETT, MCCUMBER /MACOMBER, POTTER, SMITH, TOMLIN, YOUNG (Dan:) CARGILL, DRAGOO, ERNST, FETTER (s), FEATHER, FORTMAN, KATTERMAN, KEESECKER, KNIGHT, LAYMAN, MONROE, MILLER, ST. JOHN, SLICE-SLISE, SWITZER, VETTER, WILLIAMS, Zeller NS>NB>MI PA, OH, MD>WV>IN>MI GERMANY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, CANADA, AMERICA ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== Berkeley County Unsubscription Directions [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE [in body of message] [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE [in body of message] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.324 / Virus Database: 181 - Release Date: 2/14/02 ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== BERKELEY County List Administrator: <=<[email protected]>=>

One account I've read, contained in a book called "Chronicles of Old Berkeley County" (I think that title's accurate) has a diary from a prominent early 1800's trader from Berkeley Co., who made regular trips to Kentucky by traveling through the extreme SW corner of PA and thence into the SE portion of Ohio, traveling mostly along the Ohio river until about Cincinatti before moving South down into KY. This appears to be a fairly logical route of travel for the time (ie following the route of the Ohio river).... Pat Ventura Researching, in Berkeley Co., STANLEY, RUSH, MILLER, LOWRY, and BRANNON

Anyone on the list have idea on what the routes west were in the first 1/2 of 1800s? Looking for general routes west through Ohio from Berkeley County mainly. Dan Surnames (Becky:) BURGESS, GRANSDEN, HAVENS, RAY, BISSETT, MCCUMBER /MACOMBER, POTTER, SMITH, TOMLIN, YOUNG (Dan:) CARGILL, DRAGOO, ERNST, FETTER (s), FEATHER, FORTMAN, KATTERMAN, KEESECKER, KNIGHT, LAYMAN, MONROE, MILLER, ST. JOHN, SLICE-SLISE, SWITZER, VETTER, WILLIAMS, Zeller NS>NB>MI PA, OH, MD>WV>IN>MI GERMANY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, CANADA, AMERICA

Curious of Elias Gilpin whom was married to Susanna (Keesecker) Fetter in 1840 in Dekalb, Indiana. Apparently they married after death in 1838 of her first husband. Susanna had married in 1828 to John Fetter in Berkeley County. Family letter indicates she and Elias then moved to Virginia, where things did not work out, so she and Fetter children left for Indiana once again. Doubtful there were any children. Dan Surnames (Becky:) BURGESS, GRANSDEN, HAVENS, RAY, BISSETT, MCCUMBER /MACOMBER, POTTER, SMITH, TOMLIN, YOUNG (Dan:) CARGILL, DRAGOO, ERNST, FETTER (s), FEATHER, FORTMAN, KATTERMAN, KEESECKER, KNIGHT, LAYMAN, MONROE, MILLER, ST. JOHN, SLICE-SLISE, SWITZER, VETTER, WILLIAMS, Zeller NS>NB>MI PA, OH, MD>WV>IN>MI GERMANY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, CANADA, AMERICA

Dan, Check out this website - http://www.mcn.org/2/noel/Westmoreland/MigrationTrails.htm It refers to migration through Pennsylvania, but since Berkeley Co. is so close to the southern PA border, it might shed some light on your question. You might be able to trace the paths to current-day roads by comparing today's map to the one on this site. Good luck, Marilyn G. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Fetters To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:13 PM Subject: [WVBERKEL] Migration routes? Anyone on the list have idea on what the routes west were in the first 1/2 of 1800s? Looking for general routes west through Ohio from Berkeley County mainly. Dan Surnames (Becky:) BURGESS, GRANSDEN, HAVENS, RAY, BISSETT, MCCUMBER /MACOMBER, POTTER, SMITH, TOMLIN, YOUNG (Dan:) CARGILL, DRAGOO, ERNST, FETTER (s), FEATHER, FORTMAN, KATTERMAN, KEESECKER, KNIGHT, LAYMAN, MONROE, MILLER, ST. JOHN, SLICE-SLISE, SWITZER, VETTER, WILLIAMS, Zeller NS>NB>MI PA, OH, MD>WV>IN>MI GERMANY, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, CANADA, AMERICA ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== Berkeley County Unsubscription Directions [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE [in body of message] [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE [in body of message] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.324 / Virus Database: 181 - Release Date: 2/14/02

Judy, Have you seen Cecil O'Dell's book "Pioneers of Old Frederick Co. VA"? There is much info in the book about your Wrights and allied families. Copyright prevents posting info to list. I'm not a Wright desc. but I think the info in the book will help you. Ann In a message dated 2/12/02 3:07:57 AM, [email protected] writes: >I need help locating information on William Wright, whose wife was >Martha ?. I believe this William had children named Mary, William, >Robert, John, James, Hannah, Samuel, Thomas, Hugh, Margaret, Elizabeth, >Sally, and Jane. The only thing I know about this William Wright of >Berkeley Co., VA / WVA was his daughter, Mary, was most likely born in >Berkeley County, VA, south of Shepherdstown where William owned 200 >acres along the Potomac river (land grant date of May 1, 1754). This is >all I know about William of Berkeley County, and I'm trying to discover >if he is the same William Wright who moved to Bourbon Co., KY in the >late 1700s, and who died in that county in 1802. Any information at >this point would be most appreciated. > >Judy Harvey >[email protected] > >

I need help locating information on William Wright, whose wife was Martha ?. I believe this William had children named Mary, William, Robert, John, James, Hannah, Samuel, Thomas, Hugh, Margaret, Elizabeth, Sally, and Jane. The only thing I know about this William Wright of Berkeley Co., VA / WVA was his daughter, Mary, was most likely born in Berkeley County, VA, south of Shepherdstown where William owned 200 acres along the Potomac river (land grant date of May 1, 1754). This is all I know about William of Berkeley County, and I'm trying to discover if he is the same William Wright who moved to Bourbon Co., KY in the late 1700s, and who died in that county in 1802. Any information at this point would be most appreciated. Judy Harvey [email protected]

In case anybody is interested here is the URL for COB history and genealogy. http://www.cob-net.org/genhis.htm United Brethern Historical Center: Contains records of the United Brethren Church from 1800-1889 http://www.huntington.edu/library/ubhc.html Shenandoah University Libraries Evangelical United Brethren Collection The University is located in Winchester, Frederick Co., VA. It is near Berkeley Co. Contains church records. http://www.su.edu/library/eub.htm Dunkers http://157.182.176.39/Academics/humanities/Oldaker/about_the_dunkers.htm Locating Church Records by Val D. Greenwood http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/5_grnwd.html?Welcome=1012543819 This is a great source of information about where to find ancestors in church records. All of the states are listed. Ann

Dunkers or Dunkards are terms referring to what was sometimes called "German Baptist Brethren." There have been splits in this group. Grace Brethren is indeed one of the offshoots. The Church of the Brethren is the one I am most familiar with. The United Brethren are a totally different group. Carolyn

In a message dated 1/30/02 12:04:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Was wondering if anyone has any information on the Mountain Grove Church > located on Goosneck road at North Mountain...It was torn down at > somewhere along the way and someone told me it is now on the corner of > 3rd St and Moler Ave. in Martinsburg...I was told the church use to be a > Dunket ( not sure of the spelling or meaning of this word) and later > changed to Grace Brethern... > Any information would be greatly appreciated... > Jayson Myers Hi Jason, According to Ancestry's CONCISE GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY, Compiled by Maurice & Glen Harris, 1989. No DUNKET listed, BUT... DUNKERS [also DUNKARDS]: German-American Baptists, who administer baptism only to adults by dunking them three times. Hope this helps. Terri

Hello Jayson, Make that DUNKER instead of Dunket. The Dunkers were German Protestants who practiced baptism by immersion. They had similar beliefs in common with other Calvinist groups. The Brethern would be a good mix. Do a search on Google for the United Brethern's web page. I believe they have pretty good historical records. There is also a Brethern mailing list on RootsWeb run by the church historian. I hope it is still active. Hope this helps, Ann In a message dated 1/30/02 9:04:40 AM, [email protected] writes: >Was wondering if anyone has any information on the Mountain Grove Church >located on Goosneck road at North Mountain...It was torn down at >somewhere along the way and someone told me it is now on the corner of >3rd St and Moler Ave. in Martinsburg...I was told the church use to be >a >Dunket ( not sure of the spelling or meaning of this word) and later >changed to Grace Brethern... >Any information would be greatly appreciated... >Jayson Myers > >