Hi! Found your name as a Lewis researcher on the Greenbrier Web site. I am trying to locate the parents of Mary M. Lewis, born about 1846 that married James William Thomas on Dec 24 1873. James had been married once before to Nancy Atkinson and she died in 1871 in Kanawha County. James' father was David Anderson Thomas. In the family records, Mary's name was Mary McCreary! I had seen the marriage of James William Thomas to Mary M. Lewis, and had thought it was a possibility. But this was confirmed when I located the birth record of one of their sons! Mary would have been 32 years old when she married James. Her name on their son's birth record seems to read Mary Mc Thomas. These are my questions: 1) Could her maiden name have been Mary McCreary Lewis? 2) Could she have been married once before? A possibility since she was 32? 3) Was she the daughter of sheriff, John E. Lewis? She and her husband moved to Summers County around 1900. James died in Hinton in 1914 and she died sometime before him. I believe they are both buried at the Hilltop Cemetery in Summers County, which I would also like to find out more about! Any help with this mystery would be greatly appreciated. Karen Florida

Hi Folks, The 1870, 1880, and 1910 Greenbrier County WV Census images are on-line at <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/greenbrier/census/>. These are images from actual microfilm. The 1900 and 1920 census images will be on-line soon. Many thanks to the following people for making this wonderful resouce available to so many: Rock S. Kauser, G. Pinkerton, Lacy Baldwin, Chip Kelly, Sharon McNeeley, Lorna Marks, S-K Publications, and RootsWeb. Enjoy! Valerie Valerie Forren Crook email: [email protected] Monroe, NC CC - Greenbrier Co., WV <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgreenb/> ASC - WVGenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/> Archivist - WV USGenWeb Archives <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/wvfiles.htm> WV Tombstone Project Manager <http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/westvirg.html> PROUD RootsWeb Donor <http://www.rootsweb.com> Member: Greenbrier Historical Society and the Carolinas Genealogical Society

I need some help. I am looking for information on the parents of Mary M. Lewis that married James W. Thomas (son of David Anderson Thomas) on December 24, 1873 in Greenbrier. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Karen

Dear Heather, Your Lain Jones would be a contemporary of my John W. Jones [no sibs known] who was part of a clan in the Greenbrier/Webster/Nicholas County areas of current WV. John Jones and Catherine Donaldson's children were: Elizabeth, Caleb, Richard, William, Franklin, Margaret, Ruth, Catherine, Charles, and John Williams Jones. Family tradition says I'm missing at least 4 children. John's parents were Richard Jones and Nancy Williams [of Indian abduction fame]. They were married in 1792. Richard's father and grandfather were William and Thomas Jones. Does this tie in with any of your family? Juhling McClung At 05:55 AM 7/31/99 PDT, you wrote: >I am now on to searching the Jones of Rockbridge? Thanks to the help of >Celia and Ken, I now have Nancy's parents names and her maternal >grandfather, Lain Jones. Does anyone have info on him? His daughter was >Sally born around 1805. Thank you ! Heather

Could members of the following VA & WV Counties Genealogical Societies contact me please: Kanawha Co., WV; Greenbrier Co., WV; Raleigh Co., WV; Albemarle Co., VA Thank you Tim Spradling Please try my NEW revised web page <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/sprad666/myhomepage/index.html">SPRADLING NEW home page</A> listing five generations of my Ancestors all from VA/WV and a lot of surnames of their Ancestors & Siblings

--part1_c69a8767.24d3d78d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_c69a8767.24d3d78d_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: [email protected] From: [email protected] Full-name: SPRAD666 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 23:19:34 EDT Subject: Frank(lin) HUFFMAN To: [email protected] CC: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows sub 11 Trying to find out about a Frank HUFFMAN that died in 1931 in Putnam Co., WV. He wrote a Will in 1921 and named his Wife Harriet, Sons Perry L. & Irvin as well as Laura MCGREW & Fonta Virginia HUFFMAN. I believe he may be related to my Great Great Grandfather Charles McClung HUFFMAN [1826/Greenbrier(?) Co., VA- 1913/Roane Co., VA (State Asylum)] who was married in Kanawha Co., VA in 1849 (marriage bond) to Amy JOHNSON (d/o of William JOHNSON, JR. & Nancy SIMS of Kanawha Co.)]. Charles & Amy named three of their nine Children Franklin (my Great Grandfather shot & killed as a police officer in Kanawha Co. in 1881), (Commodore) Perry & (William) Irvin. In the 1850 VA Census in Kanawha Co., VA there was a Perry (age 27 living with his Family in the household of a Thomas HILL) & a Merryman HUFFMAN (age 26 with Family) & an Efhriam (age 54 with Family) all living next to each other. All stated they had been born in VA. Charles did not live in the same neighborhood with Perry, Merryman and Ephriam. Charles did however live next door to a Phillip HUFFMAN [s/o Reuben HUFFMAN & Caty HUFMAN (one F) of Greenbrier Co., VA. Phillip was age 50 & with a Wife Lucy CURRAN of Greenbrier Co., VA (1840 VA Census info placed them in Greenbrier) and several Children]. In later years Charles named three of his Children after Phillip & Lucy's Children and one after Enos HUFFMAN of Greenbrier Co., VA ,who I also think is related to Charles in some way. I'm still trying to find who Charles' Siblings & Ancestors were and perhaps this Frank HUFFMAN of Putnam is related. He may be a s/o a Farank HUFFMAN who was a Brother of Charles. Thank You. Tim Spradling Please try my NEW revised web page <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/sprad666/myhomepage/index.html">SPRADLING NEW home page</A> listing five generations of my Ancestors all from VA/WV and a lot of surnames of their Ancestors & Siblings --part1_c69a8767.24d3d78d_boundary--

In a message dated 7/30/99 9:41:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Kmb1993 writes: > Gary never gave me a husband's name for Mary...wasn't it Fran who found them > at the LDS site? Maybe she's listed alone with the children in 1850 > Greenbrier? If we still can't find them, maybe I'll give Gary a call I was looking for anyone named Cales, Kails, Kales, I am talking about this one, thought they were in G'brier, but don't see anything in Monroe either, under Mary or Polly or John. Sandy in Fla Descendants of John Cales 1 John Cales . +Mary Polly Cales b: 1811 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: September 1855 in Greenbrier Co., VA Father: Unknown PARTNER .... 2 Ephriam Cales b: 1829 in Greenbrier Co., VA d: 19 September 1894 in Raleigh Co., WV ........ +Rachel Davis b: 1820 in Fayette Co., VA m: 26 April 1848 in Fayette Co., VA d: 16 June 1886 in Raleigh Co., WV Father: Peter DAVIS .... 2 Louisa Emily Cales b: 1830 in Greenbrier Co., VA ........ +Melville Shepherd Johnson b: 1818 m: 02 May 1865 Father: William WS JOHNSON .... 2 Isaac C Cales b: 1831 in Greenbrier Co., VA ........ +Parthena Dick m: 01 June 1854 in Greenbrier Co., VA Father: .... 2 Isabella Elizabeth Cales b: 11 November 1836 in Greenbrier Co., VA .... 2 Sarah Jane Cales b: 10 August 1840 in Greenbrier Co., VA .... 2 Virginia Cales b: 1845 ........ +James Allen Siers b: 1841 in Monroe Co., VA m: 06 October 1870 in Monroe Co., VA d: Bef. 1910 Father: Jesse SIERS .... 2 Mary Jane Frances Cales b: May 1845 in Greenbrier Co., VA ........ +William Harvey Cales m: 24 April 1870 Father: James CALES .... 2 Allen Taylor Cales b: 01 February 1848 ........ +Amanda Alice McClung Father: .... 2 Rachel M Cales b: 1854 d: Bef. 1908 in Summers Co., WV ........ +Isaac Siers b: 1843 in Monroe Co., VA m: 06 March 1876 in Summers Co., WV Father: Jesse SIERS

Hi Carol, and List, [ I am sending this to lists and will offer the same info to anyone on the list.] How are you? Well I may have a bit more information for you, today. I really have a lot of Osborn/Osbornes in my files. They married into a bunch of the families that my husband connects to or is related to. He relates, I think to families where the Osborn/Osbornes married Brown, Legg, Renick, Cart/Carte, Jarrett, Backhouse, Livesay, Shamblin, and Taylor to name the main ones, as well as the one who married a Hammersley. Do you have the information from the World Family Tree, vol 3, on the Osbornes which includes your George and Susannah Fleshman? I made an FTW out of that information and would gladly send you an attachment, if you don't have the information. I am not sure how many of the Osbornes that I have are actually connected. George is the last one in his line, which connects to our Jarrett line, which of course connects way back to the Vincents. Would be happy to send a gedcom, FTW, RTF, doc or whatever, if you want any of the information. Think I have seen the name Fleshman in the Greenbrier Book [ p. 48, but don't have that page] There are some Osbornes mentioned in the Greenbrier Heritage 97 book, [some copies] that I have, but nothing looked familiar. Vol 7 of the KVGS book [Kanawha Co. lists a Julia Ann Osborne lineage, but there is no info on her directly, though a descendent line is given. Happy hunting. BTW, this message is an example of what happens if you contact me again. Sometimes I will rethink what I have told you and find other information that I did not have time to look up or couldn't find at that moment. :-) Joyce in CA. <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3231/">Our Extended Family</A> In a message dated 7/30/99 3:20:45 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [email protected] writes: << Subj: Re: [WVKANAWH-L] Ties to Oregon Date: 7/30/99 3:20:45 AM !!!First Boot!!! From: [email protected] (Carol Rose) To: [email protected] > MANY THANKS for the information. I find researching Osbornes is a tad confusing because (I believe) they liked two names so much that every son was named the same---George or John. According to my research my George Osborne was born in Greenbrier County (W)VA then moved to Kanawha and then to Roane County (W) VA. His birthdate, 1792 /m. Susanna Fleshman b. 1794 in. Monroe Co. (W) VA. Who George's parents were, I do not know. There is some indication Osbornes were of Norse origin, then to England etc. My Osbornes came to America ( three brothers) or at least that has been handed down generation to generation. >>

I have not heard of the Hendrickson name since I saw it in correspondence years ago. There was a brief story you may be interested in and perhaps others could elaborate on it. Jennie Williams Dye [1866-1949] told the story that a Mr. Hendrickson used to come to her house when she was a little girl [?1870's]. He would walk over from Nicholas County and spend the evenings talking to her parents [Albert Gallatin Williams and Elizabeth Adelaide Donnally of Duo, Greenbrier County.] He may have been an ex-school teacher and was depressed about a self defense killing he had been involved in. Her story was that he had very poor sight and he was the butt of local bullies' abuse. One night he was attacked by a drunken man and used his pocket knife to defend himself. Apparently the court did not believe there was anything but self-defense, but he was disheartened by it, and carried the guilt for the rest of his life. Is this any of your kin? Juhling McClung At 09:55 AM 7/28/99 -0400, you wrote: >Thank you very much Evelyn for the information about the Hendricksons and Heslips. I would appreciate it if you would check at the courthouse for any marriage records, especially for Henry and Herbert Hendrickson. >Lana Self >Jacksonville, FL > FL > > >==== WVNICHOL Mailing List ==== >Visit Richwood, WV Homepage >http://www.richwoodwv.com > > >

Hi Bill, You can request a copy of the bond from the WV State Archives in Charleston. The Archives will not answer e-mail research requests. All research requests must be submitted in writing to the Archives and History Library; The Cultural Center; 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, E.; Charleston, WV 25305-0300. Requests from outside West Virginia must be accompanied by a $10 research fee (checks made payable to Division of Culture and History). Please read the Archives' listing of services available for more details on research correspondence at <http://www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/history/services.html#research> I have used their service several times. It helps to be *very* specific. Good Luck! Valerie At 02:48 PM 7/29/99 -0500, bill fenimore wrote: >Can anyone tell me how I may obtain a copy of a marriage bond from the Greenbrier County clerk's office? I called and asked for one that I'm pretty sure they have, but I was told that all they could send me would be a typed statement of marriage, with bride, groom, and preacher's names. When I pressed, I was told that this is what they do in all cases. I expected more from such an historic county. > Anyway: Help!! > Bill Fenimore > [email protected] > > >==== WVGREENB Mailing List ==== >Join and support RootsWeb, home of the WVGREENB-L list and many >other genealogy lists and resources - go to ><http://www.rootsweb.com/> > > > Valerie Forren Crook email: [email protected] Monroe, NC CC - Greenbrier Co., WV <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgreenb/> ASC - WVGenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/> Archivist - WV USGenWeb Archives <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/wvfiles.htm> WV Tombstone Project Manager <http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/westvirg.html> PROUD RootsWeb Donor <http://www.rootsweb.com> Member: Greenbrier Historical Society and the Carolinas Genealogical Society

Can anyone tell me how I may obtain a copy of a marriage bond from the Greenbrier County clerk's office? I called and asked for one that I'm pretty sure they have, but I was told that all they could send me would be a typed statement of marriage, with bride, groom, and preacher's names. When I pressed, I was told that this is what they do in all cases. I expected more from such an historic county. Anyway: Help!! Bill Fenimore [email protected]

Joyce, I have written to you before re: Jarrett family (I'm descended from David, brother of James) through the Sees but have recently found out that a totally unrelated side of the family is also from Greenbrier or Kanawha. This is Andrew Hayzlett and Elizabeth Hughart. Info I have (though NOT proven) is that this Elizabeth is daughter of Andrew Hughart and Catherine Black. Andrew MAY be son of James Hughart "Hugart" and Agnes whose will is dated 31 Dec 1789. Do you have any infor on an Andrew Hughart m. Catherine Black? I found an Andrew Hughart in Cabell Co in 1820 VA census index ( a number of others in Greenbrier also-but no Andrew.) 1810 VA census index listed only Hugharts in Bath Co--none in Greenbrier. What goes? Sara Patton in VA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 12:27 PM Subject: Hughart >Hello Nancy, >Did I ever mention to you, that I did check the Greenbrier book for >information about James C. Hughart and his family? Unfortunately, I don't >seem to have all the pages, that would have info about hugharts. I just have >some copies of the book, and a lot of it pertains more to the McClungs than >it does to other branches, though there are lots of misc. people on these >pages. :-) >I found a James Hughart who married an Elizabeth Williams, on p. 182. Would >you happen to know which James that would be? He is found in a list of David >William's second wife, Elizabeth Margaret McMillion. >She was the mother of Elizabeth. >Course, I have p. 249, which has a write up about Legon Hughart's family. I >am pretty sure that I sent you what I had on his line, before. >The index shows that there are Hugharts mentioned on p. >25,32,100,109,111,182, and 249. >Sorry that I could not help more. >Joyce in CA. > <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3231/">Our Extended Family ></A> >

Hi Lorna, Thanks so much for the information about Lavolette Livesay/Livesey's family, and the census info. I hope you don't mind my forwarding it to some people who might also be interested in this information. I am still questioning whether Lavolett' first name was Elizabeth or Lavolett. One information has it Elizabeth and another has it Lavolett as the first name. It is interesting that she went by Lavolett in the 1880 Census. With a name like that, I would have thought she would have gone by Elizabeth. :-) I am assuming that Frankford is in Greenbrier Co. That is where she was apparently born. Lavolette Livesay line goes back to our Peter Livesay/Livesey and Mary Legg. Some of the McClintics also marry into the McClungs, so am forwarding this there, in case someone there is interested. Joyce in Ca. (See message below this one) <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3231/">Our Extended Family </A> In a message dated 7/23/99 7:03:48 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [email protected] writes: << Joyce - see how the following from the 1880 Greenbrier census looks to you - Lorna Falling Creek District: McClintic, Jno. A (m=married) WM 35 shoemaker (all in family from WV) Maria (m) WF 30 wife keeping house Lavolett WF 12 daughter at school Henry WM 10 son at school Homer WM 6 at school Walter WM 4 -----Original Message----- From: Lorna Marks <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [WVGREENB-L] (L E McClintic) >Hi Joyce - Shuck's 1853-1899 Birth Records do not show her birth; >his1782-1900 Greenbrier Marriages shows the marriage but no parents are >cited: > >Livesey, Jno M & L E McClintic 25 Oct 1885; (V.1B) Groom: age 27 born Grbr >Bride: age 17 born Grbr > >Lorna Marks >>

Hello Nancy, Did I ever mention to you, that I did check the Greenbrier book for information about James C. Hughart and his family? Unfortunately, I don't seem to have all the pages, that would have info about hugharts. I just have some copies of the book, and a lot of it pertains more to the McClungs than it does to other branches, though there are lots of misc. people on these pages. :-) I found a James Hughart who married an Elizabeth Williams, on p. 182. Would you happen to know which James that would be? He is found in a list of David William's second wife, Elizabeth Margaret McMillion. She was the mother of Elizabeth. Course, I have p. 249, which has a write up about Legon Hughart's family. I am pretty sure that I sent you what I had on his line, before. The index shows that there are Hugharts mentioned on p. 25,32,100,109,111,182, and 249. Sorry that I could not help more. Joyce in CA. <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3231/">Our Extended Family </A>

Wanting to know the Siblings and Parents of Benjamin COTTON & his Wife Frances KNOX. They were married ~ 1760 in Augusta (?) Co., VA. They were in Bath Co., VA in the 1790s and Greenbrier Co., VA in the early 1800s. Thank you. Tim Spradling Please try my NEW revised web page <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/sprad666/myhomepage/index.html">SPRADLING NEW home page </A> listing five generations of my Ancestors all from VA/WV and a lot of surnames of their Ancestors & Siblings

--part1_6c638309.24cb7e16_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please try my NEW revised web page <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/sprad666/myhomepage/index.html">SPRADLING NEW home page </A> listing five generations of my Ancestors all from VA/WV and a lot of surnames of their Ancestors & Siblings --part1_6c638309.24cb7e16_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from aol.com (rly-yh03.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.35]) by air-yh05.mail.aol.com (v60.18) with ESMTP; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 23:48:55 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yh03.mx.aol.com (v60.18) with ESMTP; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 23:48:49 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA20637; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 20:47:36 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 20:47:36 -0700 (PDT) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 23:44:31 EDT Old-To: [email protected] Old-CC: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows sub 11 Subject: [WVGREENB-L] HUFFMANs/Kanawha Co., VA/1850 Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2841 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Looking for descendants of the following Kanawha Co., VA HUFFMANs in the 1850 VA Census: Perry, age 27, laborer, b. VA [Wife - Frances - Age 21,b. VA, Child Thomas - age1 (All living in the household of a Thomas HILL, perhaps a Father - In - Law to Perry since he named a Child after him)] William, age 23, laborer, b. VA [Wife Saforona, age 27, Child Denis, age 3 months] Other HUFFMANs are William, age 41- laborer, b. VA Ephriam, age 54,b. VA, farmer, real estate 650 acres, b. VA and family Merryman, age 26, laborer, b. VA & Family Phillip, farmer, age 50 & Family, b. VA John, age 60, farmer, b. VA & Family, real estate 325 Acres Charles McClung [my Great Great Grandfather who is undoubtably related to some of these HUFFMANs. Perhaps Phillip (s/o Reuben HUFFMAN & Catherine HUFMANof Greenbrier Co., VA) for one that lives a household away from Charles & who Charles later names four of his Children after. Perhaps Perry, who Charles names a Son after], age 23, farmer, b. VA, & Wife Amy (d/o William JOHNSON, JR. & Nancy SIMS of Kanawha Co., VA) & Franklin Webster, age 1 month Mary, age 16, b. VA (living with the Johnathan YOUNG Family). Thank You. Tim Spradling <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/sprad666/myhomepage/index.html">SPRADLING NEW home page</A> ==== WVGREENB Mailing List ==== Join and support RootsWeb, home of the WVGREENB-L list and many other genealogy lists and resources - go to <http://www.rootsweb.com/> --part1_6c638309.24cb7e16_boundary--

I have updated and uploaded these 4 charts to my new site. http://home.att.net/~skincaid/ The old site is still up at GeoCities, but not for long. If you can add to these charts or correct anything in them, please let me know. Sherranlynn

Hello, I am looking for information on the family of Margaret Osborn Brown Harvey. Okay, I know that is quite a long list of surnames, but Margaret Osborn m. John Brown ca, 1823 in Charlotte County VA, then in 1843, she married Frederick Harvey in Greenbrier County. Fred & Margaret had children: Elwood Harvey, Henry Clinton Harvey, and one other son. Henry Clinton Harvey's daughter, Blanche, married a Zickafoose. It is believed descendants of Henry Clinton still reside in Greenbrier County. If you have any info on this family, I would appreciate it if you shared. Thanks, Betty Allen

In a message dated 99-07-19 10:39:22 EDT, [email protected] writes: << I am trying to confirm a marriage between Susannah Cooper and James McDaniel on 21 June, 1789, in Greenbrier County. Susannah was reportedly the sister of Bailes Cooper (b. 1776 Botetourt [?] Co.) whom I have been researching for quite a while. I am stuck in identifying Bailes' parents or siblings, and I will appreciate any leads. Do any of you have anything in your files which might help? Thanks for your time. Bill Fenimore Fenimore >> Bill, THere is one marriage record that may fit. Susannah Cooper m James McDonald 6/21/1789 taken from Greenbrier County Marriages 1782-1900 , by Larry Shuck

Sandy - Welch, Robert A & Margaret A Nickell 1 Apr 1858, (V.1B) GROOM: age 25 single born Grbr s-Thos Welch & Phoebe Welch BRIDE: age 17 single born Missouri d-Wm N Nickell & Mary M Nickell Source: page 375, Larry Shuck's "Greenbrier County (W) Virginia Marriage Records 1782-1900" Lorna Marks, Cols, OH >> There is a Robert Welch marriage in 1858 in Shuck's >> > 1782-1900 marriage records but that doesn't sound like the time you are looking for.> >I have a Robert A Welch b 1833, his parents are from Rockbridge Co., VA, who did this one marry? >Sandy in Fla