My Underwoods and Richards were in Greenbriar.......In 1791 Jahue Underwood the son of George Underwood and Mildred Rucker married Elizabeth (Besty) Richards.....She was kin to John, James, Josiah, and Elijah Richards of Greenbriar.....I believe her father might have been John (James) Anderson Richards of Scott County Virginia.....The Underwoods by 1810 were all in Kentucky......I am mainly trying to locate this Richards family. Joe Jordan

Joyce, The book was published by Waltham Publishing Company with the help of the Greenbrier Heritage Committee, several of whom were members of the historical society. However, the society did not publish or sponsor the book. At the time, the society had two other book projects in the works & didn't have enough staff to publish it. If you need more info on the book, you might contact Waltham Publishing. (Sorry, don't have an e-mail address for them.) Joy Mott ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 12:48 AM Subject: [WVGREENB-L] "Greenbrier Co. Family Heritage 1997" > Help..... > I have had a request for the full bibliography for this book. I know someone > told me about this information before. But, in the crash etc. I seem to have > lost that too. I need the publisher, author etc. for this book. I have a > page, which is copied with a circle and it says Greenbrier Co. and the name, > but does not list the publisher etc. I believe I recall that the Greenbrier > Co. Historical Society published it with the help of the Heritage books? Am I > close? > Thanks, > Joyce in Ca. > <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3231/">Our Extended Family > </A> > > > ==== WVGREENB Mailing List ==== > Have you transcribed a primary source, i.e. marriage bond, land record, wills, cemeteries? Please consider submitting them to the Greenbrier County WVGenWeb Archives. Visit the WVGenWeb Archives at <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/wvfiles.htm> for more information. > >

Joyce, I have an Elihu Ellis (b. ca 1799) m. Elizabeth See (b. ca 1793 in Greenbrier Co, d/o John and Margaret Jarrett See. They went to Indiana ca 1820s with extended See family. Elihu shows up a couple of Indiana Census records and I think dies in Grant Co. Haven't confirmed any of this. Does this fit in with any of your VA Ellis family? Sara Patton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 3:30 PM Subject: Ellis of VA >Hi Eloise, >How are you? I am an Ellis researcher also, but I am "stuck" in Pa. My >earliest Ellis is Benjamin Ellis b. around 1800, where I don't know at this >point. We have him on Pa Census reports. Our Ellis family is from Tioga, >Bradford Co. Pa and surrounding areas. I also have some Ellis from VA in my >files. I have an Andrew Ellis, who married Mary Alderson. >Elizabeth Ellis married Joseph McClung. There are various other Ellis people >in my files from VA, if you are interested. I also know a good Ellis >researcher who exclusively researches Ellis- five lines of them, which are >around PA, NY, NJ. One line comes from England, he says. > >As for "Apprentices of VA", I do not see Edward. I do find a James Ellis, >master of Agnes McComes. His occupation is unspecified. >Beginning date, 1753, ending date is unspecified. It was in Augusta Co. VA. >Agnes's father was David McComes [deceased]. Source was: Augusta Parish >Vestry Book 1746-1780. >You will find my PA Ellis family on the Family Treemaker site. > >Joyce in Ca. > ><A >HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/r/m/Joyce-C-Armstrongcooper/"> Fam >ily Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The Cooper Family ></A> > >______________________________

Morning Folks! I had uploaded a couple of files that you all may be interested in. The FORREN, McELHENNEY, and the Wallace Memorial Cemeteries. The FORREN Cem. file is almost complete...I am still waiting for one more roll of film, and I will be finished. The McElhenney and Wallace are partials. You can access these files by visiting the Greenbrier County Archives page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/greenbri.htm> If anyone has transcribed any headstones from Greenbrier Co. Cemeteries, feel free to submit them and I will get them on-line. Have a great day! Valerie

Family tradition says that Cornelia F. Erwin [Irvin] married John Campbell Woods in Nicholas/ Webster County West Virginia in 1865. Do any of the Erwin [Irvin] family researchers have a record of such a marriage? Juhling McClung

Help..... I have had a request for the full bibliography for this book. I know someone told me about this information before. But, in the crash etc. I seem to have lost that too. I need the publisher, author etc. for this book. I have a page, which is copied with a circle and it says Greenbrier Co. and the name, but does not list the publisher etc. I believe I recall that the Greenbrier Co. Historical Society published it with the help of the Heritage books? Am I close? Thanks, Joyce in Ca. <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3231/">Our Extended Family </A>

Hi Nancy, How are you? I have a feeling that what you want to know is : "Is Burns another spelling for BRUNS? BRUNS is another of the names I research on my side of the family. If so, I think they are separate families. I do have some Bruns in Va/Ky etc. but so far find no connection to the Burns that I have. These are the Burns that we connect to. Loura's mother was Delilah Vincent b. 1832. Her father was Andrew McClung. Course they were from the Greenbrier area as well. Are they familiar? My husband seems very related to these Burns. Descendants of Robert Worth Burns 1 Robert Worth Burns .. +Laura McClung d: 1921 . 2 Milton Burns . 2 Thelma Burns ..... +Clarence Warnick .... 3 Margorie Warnick ........ +James Mathney . 2 Earl Burns b: 1889 d: 1947 ..... +Ida Ruth Farrald .... 3 William Richard Burns b: 1915 d: 1974 ........ +Pauline Akers b: 1918 ........ 4 Robert Daniel Burns b: 1949 ............ +Sandra Patricia Starkey b: 1948 n a message dated 6/4/99 12:13:09 AM !!!First Boot!!!, NHPERKINS writes: << JUST A QUICK QUESTION. DO YOU KNOW IF BURNS MIGHT BE ANOTHER SPELLING FOR BURNS OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I HAVE BURNS IN MY FAMILY FROM GREENB.CTY. NANCY IN FL >>

I need to ask for parents, date of birth, clues you may have to help tie these people together. If you don't have it, you don't, but just the best you have. Carolyn Proud member of Rootsweb! Join Now! SURNAMES: Anderson, Light, Flack, Zicafoose, Hull, Lance, Hedrick, Tuckwiller, Persinger, Kimberlin, Humphries, Grissee, Stickleman ,Fink (Old Augusta, Greenbrier Co.(W)Va area); Baughman, Billman, Hoadley, Kerns, Ravenscroft, Clark, Davis, Westlake, Parker, Flenner, Yantis, Yantes, Curtis, Dunlap, Claypool, Coffinberry/Kaufenbaerger, Kniseley, Elliott, Grimm, Riffe (Ohio, through Md.Va. Pa.) View the will of Peter Light Anderson, born 1785, died 1861 or the Greenbrier Co. (W)Va. Anderson Family biography or the Greenbrier Co. (W)Va. Lipps Family biography http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/greenbri.htm Then scroll to desired subject

I want to attempt to document the earliest Andersons in Greenbrier, and see if they are all from 1 family, and see if anyone has a clue as to their previous home, almost certainly somewhere in Augusta County. If you have an Anderson ancestor, found in Greenbrier up to about 1850, I would like to hear from you with that information. Thanks! Carolyn (Anderson) Clark in central Ohio Proud member of Rootsweb! Join Now! SURNAMES: Anderson, Light, Flack, Zicafoose, Hull, Lance, Hedrick, Tuckwiller, Persinger, Kimberlin, Humphries, Grissee, Stickleman ,Fink (Old Augusta, Greenbrier Co.(W)Va area); Baughman, Billman, Hoadley, Kerns, Ravenscroft, Clark, Davis, Westlake, Parker, Flenner, Yantis, Yantes, Curtis, Dunlap, Claypool, Coffinberry/Kaufenbaerger, Kniseley, Elliott, Grimm, Riffe (Ohio, through Md.Va. Pa.) View the will of Peter Light Anderson, born 1785, died 1861 or the Greenbrier Co. (W)Va. Anderson Family biography or the Greenbrier Co. (W)Va. Lipps Family biography http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/greenbri.htm Then scroll to desired subject

Hi, I have a marriage date for my gggrandparents in Greenbrier County. James SCOTT and Elinor SHORT were married April 17, 1844. They are listed on the 1850 Greenbrier County census and then appear on the 1870 Braxton County census. I would like to know if my ggrandfather, William Anderson Scott (b1845), was born in Greenbrier County. I would also like to know who the parents of James and Elinor were. I have reached a stumbling block with this family and hope that someone out there might have some information. Thanks so much. Karen

Thanks for the information on this marriage. The dates seem to match. I did locate James W. Thomas on the 1880 census with wife Mary. James' age was 41 (b. 1839) and Mary age 37 (b. 1843). The information on the marriage of James Wm. Thomas on 24 Dec 1873 in Greenbrier has the groom age 35 (b. 1838) and Mary M. Lewis age 32 (b. 1841). Does anyone have more information on this marriage - who were the parents?? My initial query was for marriage information on: James Woods Thomas, b. 1838 in Greenbrier wife Mary McCreary b. 1843 ??? in 1880 they were in the Union District of Monroe County. Thanks! Karen

In a message dated 99-06-02 19:49:29 EDT, [email protected] writes: << Would anyone have a marriage record on James W. Thomas and Mary McCreary. Their marriage would be between 1871 & 1878 either in Kanawha or Greenbrier Co. Thanks, Karen >> There is a James Wm Thomas m Mary M Lewis 12/24/1873 Groom age 35 b Grbr Bride age 32 born Grbr

Hi Folks, I had a wonderful trip to Greenbrier County during Memorial Weekend! We visited the Greenbrier Historical Society, McElhenney, Wallace Memorial and Forren Cemeteries. For those of you that know me, you know I've been trying to get to the Forren Cemetery on Keeney's Knob for two years. My cousin guided us up the mountain and I was able to take photographs of all of the stones there. I have two sets of Great Grandparents buried there: Henry Charles FORREN and his wife Cynthia HARRAH Forren, and John L. LOWRY and his wife, Elizabeth HUFFMAN Lowry. I will be putting headstone photos and transcriptions of the cemeteries on-line soon. The FORREN cemetery is complete, but I only have partial transcriptions from Wallace and McElhenney. (There are large cemeteries.) We also visited the BOWLES Cemetey in Summers County. I have a complete transcription and photos and will be putting it on-line also. I enjoyed my trip and hope to get back to Greenbrier soon. I am always amazed at how beautiful this area is, and I know that is one of the reasons my ancestors chose to settle there. Have a great day! Valerie

Would anyone have a marriage record on James W. Thomas and Mary McCreary. Their marriage would be between 1871 & 1878 either in Kanawha or Greenbrier Co. Thanks, Karen

Pennie, if you are out there, would you please email me RE: a Zicafoose contact? Carolyn (Anderson) Clark Proud member of Rootsweb! Join Now! SURNAMES: Anderson, Light, Flack, Zicafoose, Hull, Lance, Hedrick, Tuckwiller, Persinger, Kimberlin, Humphries, Grissee, Stickleman ,Fink (Old Augusta, Greenbrier Co.(W)Va area); Baughman, Billman, Hoadley, Kerns, Ravenscroft, Clark, Davis, Westlake, Parker, Flenner, Yantis, Yantes, Curtis, Dunlap, Claypool, Coffinberry/Kaufenbaerger, Kniseley, Elliott, Grimm, Riffe (Ohio, through Md.Va. Pa.) View the will of Peter Light Anderson, born 1785, died 1861 or the Greenbrier Co. (W)Va. Anderson Family biography or the Greenbrier Co. (W)Va. Lipps Family biography http://www.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/greenbri.htm

Hi Eloise, How are you? I am an Ellis researcher also, but I am "stuck" in Pa. My earliest Ellis is Benjamin Ellis b. around 1800, where I don't know at this point. We have him on Pa Census reports. Our Ellis family is from Tioga, Bradford Co. Pa and surrounding areas. I also have some Ellis from VA in my files. I have an Andrew Ellis, who married Mary Alderson. Elizabeth Ellis married Joseph McClung. There are various other Ellis people in my files from VA, if you are interested. I also know a good Ellis researcher who exclusively researches Ellis- five lines of them, which are around PA, NY, NJ. One line comes from England, he says. As for "Apprentices of VA", I do not see Edward. I do find a James Ellis, master of Agnes McComes. His occupation is unspecified. Beginning date, 1753, ending date is unspecified. It was in Augusta Co. VA. Agnes's father was David McComes [deceased]. Source was: Augusta Parish Vestry Book 1746-1780. You will find my PA Ellis family on the Family Treemaker site. Joyce in Ca. <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/r/m/Joyce-C-Armstrongcooper/">Fam ily Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The Cooper Family </A>

Hi Denise, Thanks for your comment about this subject. We are certainly gaining perspective about this tradition and seeing again how the past still affects the present, and future though there are some changes in the tradition. Happy hunting, Joyce in CA. <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3231/">Our Extended Family </A> In a message dated 6/1/99 1:13:44 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [email protected] writes: << Just a 20th century note on your conversation; I worked in a firefighter apprenticeship program which indeed placed me in a permanent full time job once I completed my training commitment of 1 year. Currently this program takes up to 3 years to complete but you still get a job out of it when you are finished. I did not think there was such a thing anymore but I recieved a certificate from the Bureau of Labor indicating I had completed my apprenticeship and was now a journeyman firefighter. Obviously the apprentice laws still exist but probably aren't taken advantage of very often. ...Denise Blankenship >>

Yes, Joyce, Pennie was on the Greenbrier List, and I have the same address for her that Dick has, and no snail. Carolyn Proud member of Rootsweb! Join Now! SURNAMES: Anderson, Light, Flack, Zicafoose, Hull, Lance, Hedrick, Tuckwiller, Persinger, Kimberlin, Humphries, Grissee, Stickleman ,Fink (Old Augusta, Greenbrier Co.(W)Va area); Baughman, Billman, Hoadley, Kerns, Ravenscroft, Clark, Davis, Westlake, Parker, Flenner, Yantis, Yantes, Curtis, Dunlap, Claypool, Coffinberry/Kaufenbaerger, Kniseley, Elliott, Grimm, Riffe (Ohio, through Md.Va. Pa.) View the will of Peter Light Anderson, born 1785, died 1861 or the Greenbrier Co. (W)Va. Anderson Family biography or the Greenbrier Co. (W)Va. Lipps Family biography http://www.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/greenbri.htm

Searching for data concerning Joseph Eagle b. abt 1808 and wife Harriett Rohr b. Sep 24, 1814 and their son John Emory Eagle b. abt 1843 and his wife Susan Rader of Greenbrier Co. and their daughter, Jeanette Daisy Eagle b. 1881 in Wirt Co., WV married Richard Starr1899 in Wood Co. WV. John Emory Eagle's siblings: David N, Joseph T., Deljra E., William K. (Bud), Leroy McDonald, Melinda, Alfred Clinton, Charles C. and George Dillman. Any clues welcome. Ray Starr

I haven't posted to this list in awhile but since I've seen 2 messages on Memucan Walker lately, I thought I would post what I have. All Counties are West Virginia unless otherwise listed. 1 Memucan Walker b. 22 Sep 1764 Lunenberg Va d. 2 May 1836 Greenbrier m. Molly Dorman 29 Mar 1800 Somerset Co, MD m. Rachel Lewis 8 May 1808 Greenbrier 2 Jane Walker b. 22 May 1810 Greenbrier d. 21 Jun 1862 Greenbrier m. John Hix 1837 2 Hezekiah Walker b. 17 May 1813 d. 1890 m. Nancy Spencer 18 May 1835 2 John B. Walker b. 1816 m. Mary Ann Taylor 2 Joel Walker b. 8 May 1809 d. 1889 Braxton Co m. Lucinda Fewell abt 1840 3 Mary Walker m. Willie Brock 3 Marion Walker 3 John S. Walker 3 James Mack Walker b. 1837 3 Martha Walker b. 1839 Greenbrier m. Andrew Balinger 20 Oct 1868 3 Benjamin H. Walker b. 6 May 1843 d. 11 Dec 1894 m. Frances G. Matheny 3 Virginia Catherine Walker b. 1845 Greenbrier m. Enoch C. Richmond 24 Jan 1867 Greenbrier 3 William Washington Walker b. 10 Oct 1847 d. Sep 1928 3 Smith Walker b. 1849 3 Joel McFerson Walker b. 5 Nov 1855 Greenbrier d.1939 Nicholas m. Rosanna Boggs 21 Sep 1878 Nicholas Co 3 Sylvanis Walker b. May 1858 Greenbrier d. 11 Aug 1941 m. Rebeccan Boggs m. Rebecca Davis 3 Lewis Marshall Walker b. Mar 1861 Greenbrier m. Minnie McAvoy 1885 Nicholas Co m. Luverna Krantz 1901 Nicholas Co I have alot more on the children of Lewis Marshall Walker. Lewis was my great grandfather. Most of what is listed here is unconfirmed. I would love to exchange information and sources with anyone interested. Thanks, Cathy