Lynn, So nice to hear about your successful trip to Fayette County. Elijah WOOD, who sold the land to your John TOWNSEND, was my 3rd great-grandfather. Do you have a transcript of this land deed or a copy of the original? I have seen reference to this transaction in the "History of Fayette County West Virginia 1993" pg. 89 but do not have details other than that it was in 1841. Thank you, Cathy great-granddaughter of William Henderson DEMPSEY, who was the son of William A. DEMPSEY and Sarah Ann WOOD, who was the daughter of Elijah WOOD and Rachel HONAKER > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan & Lynn Hudson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 9:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WVFAYETT] I'm Back . . . > > > Hi to Fayette County; > I'm back now, but actually I have been back since the 1st of > Nov. I loved Fayette County, especially Lansing, WVA and Fayette > Station. I am researching the TOWNSEND line and came across so > much history of my family, that I am still in "awe" when I look > back at my trip. The first day that I went to Lansing, I drove > past the road to the cemetery 3 times before I found it. When I > went up that little road and crested into the cemetery, I only > found 1 headstone of my family. Morgan TOWNSEND and 3 foot > stones. The names of the other families there did not mean > anything to me. There were Masons, Rhodes, Colemans, a few Wood > headstones, Shuff's, Fox's . . .etc. The next day I spent at the > Fayetteville County Court House and the Genealogical room at the > Library. The burial index for the Lansing Cemetery states that > there are 25 unmarked graves. Well, I now know half of who they > are. The following day, I drove to Charleston through Hico, > Ansted, Mountain Cove, Victor . . ! > . and met a 3rd cousin on my TOWNSEND line, that I never knew. I > went to the State Archives and learned a great deal about my > Great Grand Uncle Thomas C. TOWNSEND. As I drove back to Eastern > TN where I was staying, I decided to go back the way that I came. > I stopped in Lansing and went up to the Cemetery. I now know > that just about everyone in the Lansing Cemetery . . . are "my" > family. I know that in the very beginning when John TOWNSEND > bought the land from Elijah Wood, that the Cemetery was orginally > the TOWNSEND Cemetery. Half of those "unmarked" graves are of my > TOWNSEND family. I wish that I had had more time to meet Celeste > Arritt instead of just talking to her over the phone. I am > equally sorry that I was not able to meet Becky Shuff . . . yes . > . . we are cousins. I look forward to the day that I can return > to Fayette County. So many good memories. But . . . I am still > looking for family members of John TOWNSEND b. 1803 in Greenbriar, VA. > > Lynn WORRELL Hudson > great granddaughter of Annie TOWNSEND Worrell, who was the > daughter of Benjamin and Julia Rule TOWNSEND, who was the son of > John and Eliza Darnell TOWNSEND. > > > > ==== WVFAYETT Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >