Posted on: Hampshire County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hampshire/1439 Surname: Millslagel, Ullery ------------------------- Hi Pat, This is close to what you are seeking, without including a direct connection: 1 Johan Andreas MUHLSCHLAGEL b: AKA-John Andrew [Mil(l)slagel] +Anna Maria EMMETT b: 28 Jul 1734 AKA-Mary Father: John Phillip EMMETT Mother: Maria Catherina EMMETT-WIFE 2 Jacob MILLSLAGEL b: Bet. 1761 - 1770 +Elizabeth COOPERb: 1772 Father: George COOPER Mother: Mary RUCKMAN 3 Arah Ann MILLSLAGEL b: 1814 d: 29 Jan 1884 +Evan MCDONALD b: Abt. 1805 d: 06 Jan 1882 Father: Benjamin MCDONALD JR Mother: Margaret HIETT Regards, Flo. Link: Discovering Family Histories URL: <http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~northing/>

Thank you so much. Eda -----Original Message----- From: Day <flodon@virginia.usa.com> To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 2:37 PM Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Artifacts Preservation (was Information) > >Hi Eda, > >There are some preservation resources on my web site. > >Genealogy Directory: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~northing/genealogy/ >Click on Preservation. > >Hope this helps, >Flo. > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Information >Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:19:48 -0700 >Resent-From: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com >Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 14:33:43 -0400 >From: "svpi" <svpi@bright.net> > >My Aunt just e-mailed me to request information on preserving the >Family Bible. I have only seen it once in my life. My Great Aunt >just died at the age of 99. She was one of the last children entered >in this great book and will be the last to be entered before it is >sealed. I have no idea how to preserve this item correctly. Can >any of you direct me to the correct guidelines? Thanks. Eda Bobo > > Flo. Day <mailto:flodon@virginia.usa.com> > C.A.S.T.L.E.M.A.N / D.A.Y / D.O.D.D / vdL.I.J.C.K.E > N.O.R.T.H.I.N.G.T.O.N / P.U.G.H. / vdW.O.E.S.T.I.J.N.E > Site Maps for Family Genealogy & Research Resources ><http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~northing/sitemap.html> >

Posted on: Hampshire County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hampshire/1438 Surname: Milslagle, Ulry ------------------------- Am looking for information on Margaret Milslagle. Have been told she was born in Virginia. That area is now West Virginia - possibly Hampshire County. Margaret born in Virginia Margaret's father - Abraham Milslagle - born 1820 Margaret married Lewis Cass Ulry in Illinois Margaret died 1889 in Nebraska

Dan, thanks so much for your detailed descriptions of the area around South Branch-French's Station and the French Neck areas of Hamshire County. With your descriptions, along with the map and aerial photo of the area that I originally posted, I can much better picture the area. My thanks even more, if that is possible, to Dorothy Davis Webb whose posting about the John FRENCH family history seems to confirm that the settlement area of South Branch-French's Station indeed existed in the 1750's. Thanks to all others as well for your contributions to this discussion -- and especially to 'Toots' who initiated the current discussion. I had posted queries about a South Branch settlement several times previously, with no responses. I now know where my ancestor was born when he said in his Rev War pension papers: 'at South Branch, of the Potomac River, on 11 Jan 1760, as told to me by my parents.' Dorothy asked where French Neck is/was located, which Dan described in his posting. Dorothy, you may have seen Dan's posting after posting yours. But just in case, the following link to a topographical map clearly shows French's Neck: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.5133&lon=-78.5888&size=s&s=25 It is the long bend or horseshoe of the South Branch River, just south of the French's Station settlement (north is most always toward the top of a map.) I don't know whether the land initially settled by John FRENCH, and his sons Matthew, James and William, was within (inside) this river loop or whether French Neck was named for them since this river 'neck' was immediately south of their land -- or maybe they had land in both locations. Dan, here is another link to an aerial photo of the South Branch-French's Station area. This photo is 'zoomed' to its greatest extent: http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp?S=10&T=1&X=3542&Y=21887&Z=17&W=0 It appears to me that the road heading northward, toward the Potomac River bank, from what was originally French's Station presently goes through a tunnel under the old B&O Railroad tracks for people to gain access to the area north of the RR tracks. This RR track is apparently built very high for protection from flooding. I'm wondering whether construction of this railroad in the 1800's may have resulted in fill-dirt, rock, gravel and RR tracks now covering part or all of the 'business area' that once was French's Station-South Branch -- and that a new depot building was likely constructed nearby? What do you think from your observations? Can you describe where this building is located, or see a black shadow of it in the aerial photo? Or further describe any other particulars of the area? Now, as to the two names associated with this area, South Branch and French's Station: I'm wondering whether 'South Branch' was possibly used originally to name the Potomac River bank area where there were likely several spots where frontiersmen or families loaded/unloaded their various kinds of 'boats?' Or, possibly 'South Branch' was used to name the general area at the northern tip of the land ridge, while 'French's Station' was used to name the specific business structures and cabins that formed a settlement or community? At any rate, the two names must have been intertwined at an early date, that continued throughout the many years since 1750, or so. Dorothy, you asked about your ancestral connections to the Thomas Cresap family. Following are the two best on-line sources of Cresap info that I know about: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/index.htm http://ezines.firelands.net/MuzzleBlastsOnline/Vol1No3/Articles/Cresap.htm With regard to the on-line topo maps and aerial maps, viewers should allow time for these to load, it will not be immediate and may take 10-60 seconds depending on the speed of your computer and connection. How busy the Internet is can also make a difference in speed, it's always busier in the evening. Taking time to use these maps (for anywhere in the country), along with the aerial photo web site can help a person answer a "Where is..." question, by using the 'Search' tool. I also enjoy these to simply get a better feel for an area, and to find old rural cemeteries, abandoned roads, location and names of ridges, mountains, streams, old towns and settlements, etc. -- some of these names relate to the earliest names of settlers. Who would have thought that South Branch and French's Station are still identified on present day maps? These images can be viewed as large areas to locate a point of interest, then you may 'zoom-in' to find details and names. I know that many of you are probably using these map-aerial photo images, I'm just trying to help those who may not have tried them yet. Thanks again to all, Neil McDonald

Michelle, I don't know Patti personally, but she has donated alot of time and energy to providing many of us with information. Could you please post an address for donations? (St. Thomas Cemetery fund in care of the Church of the Assumption) I would like to send something. Susan Tyson Macon,GA teetyson@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: Michelle R. Staggs <mstaggs@erols.com> To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 12, 2000 9:06 AM Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] With great sadness >It is with great sadness that I must announce that Patti McDonald's >mother, Lillian M. Miller has passed away. Friends will be received at >the Markwood Funeral Home on Friday from 7:00-9:00. The Funeral will >be Saturday at 11:00. She will be buried at St. Thomas' Cemetery. >In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the St. Thomas Cemetery >fund in care of the Church of the Assumption. Please remember Patti >and her family in your thoughts and prayers at this time. >-- >Michelle R. Staggs : Pendleton County Genweb Coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvpendle/ >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvminera/mineral.htm Mineral County Genweb >Co-Coordinator >

It is with great sadness that I must announce that Patti McDonald's mother, Lillian M. Miller has passed away. Friends will be received at the Markwood Funeral Home on Friday from 7:00-9:00. The Funeral will be Saturday at 11:00. She will be buried at St. Thomas' Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the St. Thomas Cemetery fund in care of the Church of the Assumption. Please remember Patti and her family in your thoughts and prayers at this time. -- Michelle R. Staggs : Pendleton County Genweb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvpendle/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvminera/mineral.htm Mineral County Genweb Co-Coordinator

Dan, I noticed the name Kuykendall. Do you have any Creasman's in your line. We are from the same area and for some reason this surname rings a bell with me. Thanks, Susan

for confederate http://www.lva.lib.va.us/dlp/military/ a list of books you'll find the 22nd in http://www.wvcivilwar.com/va_22inf.shtml http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/confeds.html Jeff Weaver's Virginia Conf Miltiary Units http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/vacwhp.htm Also my lib, has a collection of civil war units by state, the series isn't completed yet, the old ones are filed in the basement because of age, but the new ones are easier to use. I will check for you on Purgit in VA/WV. Can't swear Va is there yet, but I'll look. Let me know if that is what you want? Barbara

I descend from John and Matthew French, early settlers in Hampshire County. Their move from Westmoreland Co. to Hampshire County is recorded in David E. Johnston's book, "The History of the Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory" published in 1906. "The Frenches. The ancestors of this family lived in Scotland, thence removed to Wales, and from thence, long prior to the American Revolution, came across the Atlantic and settled in the Northern Neck of Virginia--Westmoreland County, within the grant to Lord Fairfax. It was in Westmoreland, about 1735, that John French married a lady of Welsh extraction. Among the children born to them was a son, Matthew, in 1737. Settlers were pressing across the Blue Ridge and on to the South branch of the Potomac, and on and along the Big and Little Cacapon. As information came back from these people of the wonderland they had found, others became interested and made up their minds to go; among them John French and his family in about 1750, made their way up the Rappahannock and over to the South branch of the Potomac; locating at a place since well known as French's Neck, a beautiful and valuable body of land on the South branch of the river mentioned. John lived but a short while after reaching his new home, and his widow shortly after his death married Captain Cresap. The district in which John French settled soon became the County of Hampshire. There were several sons in the family other than Matthew among them William and James and a daughter Esther, who married John Locke." The author then goes on to follow the descendants of John and Matthew as they settled on the New River in Giles County. The book documents early French family settlers in the area being discussed as South Branch and French's Station. Does anyone know where French's Neck is located? I would also like any information about John's wife Martha French who married into the well known Cresap family from Maryland. I have seen her maiden name listed as Upshur and Flint. As far as I know, she remained in Hampshire County after her son, Matthew, migrated to the New River area. Dorothy Davis Webb TNGEN@aol.com Kapolei, Hawaii Researching: DAVIS, HALE, FRENCH, CLAY, PAYNE, TRAVIS, BUTTRAM and others in VA, WVA, TN

That would be it. Points is a town/cross roads SE from FRENCH and Levels WV. FRENCH is surrounded to the N and W by the South Branch and Potomac Rivers, and there is only one way to get down to the location....from Points via Levels. Points and Levels are mostly orchard land today. The old building at FRENCH that still stands is on higher ground, say about 30' above water level. The hills directly behind that are very rugged, steep and a couple hundred feet higher.... Levels and Points sit on top of the hills. The current road follows a gulley down from RUGGLE's Rd (Levels) to FRENCH. There is a very scenic overlook of FRENCH's Neck (top of the cliffs along the E side of the South Branch River). FRENCH's Neck is a very long horseshoe in the river, with the entrance and exit of the river from the valley only about 300 yds apart. Most of the eastern boundary of the 'neck' is cliffs 50-150' high running 1000-1500 yards up the river starting just S of the Potomac. The MCLAUGHLIN Cemetary is located in FRENCH's Neck. Check the topo. Knowing that area -- FRENCH/South Branch -- there is simply not much space for separate towns. Flat land in that area is either on top of the hills or river bottoms. I estimate the flat land at FRENCH to be 3-400 acres. Houses there are either on top the ridges or on the river bottoms. At FRENCH, to the W is the South Branch River, across from Green Springs. To the S are cliffs running along the E of the South Branch. To the N, the Potomac. To the E, more rugged land. The B&O crosses the South Branch River between FRENCH to the E and Green Springs to the W. Towns came with railroads and with river traffic (earlier). The railroads replaced the river traffic -- the C&O and Potawmac Canals no longer used. The next 'neck' up the South Branch River is where the MESSICK Farm is located. This is also where the FRENCH-MURPHY Cemetary is located. GUTHRIE and KUYKENDALL lands were further south, up the South Branch River. FRENCHburg is yet further to the SE (near Augusta). FRENCHburg is where the FRENCH's later had their businesses. One of the buildings is supposed to still be standing, today. The Potomac River was used for travel between Alexandria VA to Westernport (Allegany) MD (many more miles upstream). Yet further up South Branch is Romney. William FRENCH's widow, Mary, married James MURPHY ( JM also received land grants from Lord Fairfax). JM was a Searcher and later a Trustee for Romney. I just posted the VA records to the list. And, FRENCH's Tavern was owned by James MURPHY. John>James>William>William. I understand the FRENCH's came from SCT in the early 1700s. Susan Ann TAYLOR was m to Wm F Jr abt 1825, near a hundred years after the beginnings of FRENCH VA. I understand what the books are saying and you have to see the area to understand. For a long time I knew where FRENCH's Station was and I looked for the remains of South Branch. Now I understand. Dan Harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "macbd1" <macbd1@arthur.k12.il.us> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 11:20 AM Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Re: South Branch and FRENCH's Station (McDonald-French-Guthrie-Shannon-Taylor-Kuykendall-Parker-Blue and others) > Hello to all, > > Recent postings at wvhamsh-l (this is being sent to the Old Frederick list > as well) discuss the community or early settlement known as South Branch > (French's Station), still shown on present day maps in this manner but > apparently consisting of nothing but a couple of building remains today. It > is/was located on the east side of the South Branch of the Potomac River at > its mouth with the Potomac River. In other words, it is/was a short > distance east of the So. Br. mouth on the south side of the Potomac River in > Hampshire Co. WV. Following is an on-line map and aerial view of the area: > http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.5271&lon=-78.5884&size=s&s=25 > http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp?S=11&T=1&X=1772&Y=10943&Z=17&W=0 > > I am theorizing that 'South Branch' or 'French's Station' was an early > (1740's-1750's) settlement, one of those that Maxwell and Swisher speak of > in their "History of Hampshire County West Virginia" (1897), on p. 17: > "Prior to the outbreak of the of the French and Indian war in 1755, there > were settlements all along the Potomac river..." including within present > Hampshire County, WV among others (but few places were named.) Surrounded > on three sides by river waters, this South Branch settlement would have been > a good location for isolation to Indian attack while a road or bridle-path > serviced the area from the southeast, to flatboat, canoe or keel-boat > various mercantile items to/from the downstream eastern ports. The land > ridge at this point would have served construction of cabins and buildings > of trade on high ground for protection from river flooding. Small farms are > known to have existed on this ridge in early times, called 'The Point' for > obvious reasons if you have viewed the map and aerial photo. > > While I am interested in history, a genealogical interest of mine on this > topic concerns my ancestor, Valentine McDaniel-McDonell-McDonald (spelling > variants of various records) who says in his Rev War pension records that he > was born *at* South Branch (I wish there had been a comma here) of the > Potomac River 11 Jan 1760 as told to him by his parents. Possibly I read > too much into this *at* word, but for Val's parents to be so specific about > other matters and then tell him he was born *at* (simply to mean somewhere > within) the very large, multi-settlement South Branch area doesn't make > sense to me. Val was with his parents (father was named Joseph) through the > times of their migration to MD and sw PA by 1774, and after his marriage in > the 1780's the families migrated together (via flatboat down the Ohio River > 1790) to KY>OH so there was plenty of time for them to discuss such matters. > > One lister (Dan Harris) says that a James FRENCH purchased land in this > subject vicinity in 1749 and that this family may have originated 'French's > Station.' Other info (see below) indicates there may have been two > communities or places of business (South Branch and French's Station) at two > separate but very nearby locations at different times, later becoming > identified as a single place. I find only one FRENCH name of significance > here in Dr. Wilmer Kerns' book, "Historical Records of Old Frederick and > Hampshire Counties," Heritage Books 1992, that being Susan Ann FRENCH > 1801-1866, d/o John and Elizabeth TAYLOR, and w/o William FRENCH. > > Another lister, 'Toots,' found from the 1884 West Virginia Gazetteer that > the 'South Branch Depot' was listed at this location, with daily mail on the > B&O RR, W. N. GUTHRIE being postmaster. Another lister, Elaine, says > her gg-f was living in South Branch in 1875 but directing mail be delivered > to him at Springfield, on the west side of the So. Br. of the Potomac River, > about 10 miles south of the Potomac River. A recently posted biography for > James Sloan KUYKENDALL b. 1878, one of the oldest family names in Hampshire > County, states that his grandfather, James KUYKENDALL, was accidentally > killed at South Branch on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. > > >From this on-line source: > http://www.brightok.net/~lguthrie/Booktwo.htm > and scrolling 'way down' to the information about Newton Brown GUTHRIE and > William Newton GUTHRIE (note the latter was the South Branch Postmaster in > 1884), we are told that Newton B. GUTHRIE b. 1813, followed the SHANNON > family to Hampshire County, VA from Mercersburg, PA, and became a business > partner with William Shepard FRENCH sometime prior to 1845, *at South > Branch*, which was sometimes called 'The Point' (obviously from the > landscape portrayed in the maps above.) Information at this web site is > from Lawrence R. Guthrie's book, "American Guthrie and Allied Families" > (publication date unknown but likely written during the early 1900's.) > > This William FRENCH was the husband of Susan Ann TAYLOR FRENCH (described > above from Dr. Wilmer Kerns' book.) The Guthrie book describes this FRENCH > family as being one of the oldest in the community of South Branch. Newton > B. GUTHRIE married the daughter of his business partner, William FRENCH in > 1845, the daughter being Elizabeth Hester FRENCH **born 1826 at South > Branch.** Elizabeth died in 1849 and "Newton Brown Guthrie married, > secondly, June 26, 1855, Mary Ellen Parker, who was born near Springfield, > W. Va., Aug. 22, 1833, a daughter of Solomon Dimmit Parker, who was born at > Parker's Mill, near Springfield, June 6, 1793; married Oct. 7, 1813, Mary > Taylor, a sister of Susan Taylor, wife of William Shepard French." Burning > of the Guthrie-French business, and Guthrie home, by Union soldiers is > described in the Guthrie book, saying that William FRENCH lived about a mile > downstream. > > "Newton Brown Guthrie died at Springfield, W. Va., May 12, 1885; his widow > Mary Ellen, at the same place, Dec. 8, 1902. Children from Newton B. > Guthrie's first marriage, both born at South Branch were Susan Maria > Guthrie, b. Jan. 11, 1847, and William Newton Guthrie, b. Aug. 25, 1849" > (the time of the mother's death.) > > "William Newton Guthrie (Note: Postmaster at South Branch in 1884), second > child of Newton Brown Guthrie and Elizabeth Hester French, was born on the > "Old Point Place" farm **west of French's Station**, West Virginia. He > married April 14, 1876 (one gives 1875L Susan Kuykendall, who was born near > Cumberland, Md., Oct. 1, 1856. She is a daughter of James Kuykendall. (See > the Kuykendalls, Allied Families)." > > William Newton Guthrie died Dec. 25, 1915; his wife Susan, Dec. 10,1916. > Their children were "all born at South Branch" during 1876-1896. > > See http://www.brightok.net/~lguthrie/ for more details, esp the Book Two > link above for more family names in Hampshire Co. WV, with credit to Larry > Guthrie who scanned the Guthrie public domain book and developed the web > pages. The various family names are primarily for the Romney, Springfield > and South Branch areas. > > Does anyone have info that mentions a settlement or community of 'South > Branch' or 'French's Station?' To learn a 'South Branch' settlement > factually existed during pre-1800 times would be of keen interest. > > Thanks for any input. > Neil McDonald > > > > > > > > > >

Elaine, on the Allegany list of 9/26, there was a subject posted: 1850 census John Metz It was from: pat125@erols.com (Pat Thompson) I'm thinking that perhaps you MAY have found our James T. Lease in the Spiker cemetery. James, we believe, had a younger sister named Rebecca who married John F. Metz in Cumberland in Sept 1866, and James married Mary Jane Criss in March 1866 in Cumberland. We also just found another brother of James (we believe) --- Howard Lees, who married a Rachael J. Metz in Cumberland in Sept. 1866. Bill Love is a descendant of John F. Metz and Rebecca Lease, and he was pretty sure that the children referenced on the following information were his Metz ancestors, and if so, that would possibly make the connection for James T. Lease being buried in the Spiker cemetery. The message of 9/26 read: Carol, I hope it's ok to re-post this part of your previous mail. There is a METZ researcher on this Mailing List and I was afraid he might have missed the Metz name below, as it was listed under subject Spiker. I didn't save his email addy. Pat-T p 17B DW#232 FM# 234 William Spiker - 30 - M - Farmer - RE = $153 - Born in MD - can't read or write Elizabeth - 24 - F - Born in MD Louisa - 7 - F - Born in MD John F Metz 8 - M - Born in MD Mary or May Metz - 3 - F - Born in MD We still would like to know what happened to Mary Jane Lease. (No death certificate either.) Thanks for your e-mail. Kathy Lease

Couple tidbits I found today at the Fairfax County History Library, Fairfax VA. ___________________ Calendar of Virginia State Papers, pg 487, 20 Sep 1788. "And. WODROW to Governor RANDOLPH. Informs him that James MURPHY, who was appointed Searcher for this place (Romney) is about to remove to the Western Waters, and begs leave to recommend a Mr. William JACOB to be appointed in his place. Will readily undertake to be responsible for his conduct, as he has every reason to believe him to be a person of strict integrity, &c. Is of opinion that such an officer is necessary here, and is pretty certain the duty will be strictly attended to by Mr JACOB." Enclosed is the commision of MURPHY, as Searcher, on which his resignation is endorsed. ___________________ Henings Vol XIII, pg 90, Laws of Virginia, Chap LXXI, Passed the 4th of December 1789. "An act for appointing trustees to the town of Romney, in the county of Hampshire and for adding trustees to the town of Louisville, in the county of Jeffferson. Sect 1. Be it enacted by the Gneral Assembly, That Isaac PARSONS, Isaac MILLER, Andrew WODROW, Stephen COLVIN, Jonathan PURSELL, Nicholas CASEY, WIlliam MCGUIRE, Perez DREW and James MURPHY, gentlemen, shall be and they are hereby constituted and appointed trustees of the town of Romney, in the county of Hampshire; and that they or any five of them shall have the power and authority to settle all disputes relative to the lots in the said town, and also to open and clear the streets and lanes in the said town, agreeable to the original plan and survey thereof." Goes on to Sect 2 for Louisville. Dan Harris

Hi All, Need some help in finding a listing for the 77th Unit of Virginia Militia, Co. A. Have checked Cyndis list and many other Civil War sites to no avail. On one though I did find the name Corporal McDonald who was the non-com for a unit called the Fourth Independent Company of the Co. A Ohio Independent Cavalry (Unio Light Guard). and also listed in charge of the 77th. Looking for a David G. Purgit (ref. Civil War Muster Rolls, Va) who I think also is the David Pergat listed in Ohio. He was a brother to the William S. Purgitt who was postmaster of Kayser and wrote the Diary that is on the net. He is reffered to as writting to his brother in the Diary. Don't want to send for records from NARA until I have the info I need to fill in the blanks on the form. If anyone could just point me in the right direction to get a listing of those who served in the 77th, I think I could find the missing info there. I I want to thank those who have helped me get this far in looking up this person. Each clue help in th ultimate find. Diane Kleinke nee Purgett

Hi Eda, There are some preservation resources on my web site. Genealogy Directory: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~northing/genealogy/ Click on Preservation. Hope this helps, Flo. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Information Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:19:48 -0700 Resent-From: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 14:33:43 -0400 From: "svpi" <svpi@bright.net> My Aunt just e-mailed me to request information on preserving the Family Bible. I have only seen it once in my life. My Great Aunt just died at the age of 99. She was one of the last children entered in this great book and will be the last to be entered before it is sealed. I have no idea how to preserve this item correctly. Can any of you direct me to the correct guidelines? Thanks. Eda Bobo Flo. Day <mailto:flodon@virginia.usa.com> C.A.S.T.L.E.M.A.N / D.A.Y / D.O.D.D / vdL.I.J.C.K.E N.O.R.T.H.I.N.G.T.O.N / P.U.G.H. / vdW.O.E.S.T.I.J.N.E Site Maps for Family Genealogy & Research Resources <http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~northing/sitemap.html>

My Aunt just e-mailed me to request information on preserving the Family Bible. I have only seen it once in my life. My Great Aunt just died at the age of 99. She was one of the last children entered in this great book and will be the last to be entered before it is sealed. I have no idea how to preserve this item correctly. Can any of you direct me to the correct guidelines? Thanks. Eda Bobo

Yes, I should have mentioned that Tootsie has been searching for the community named 'South Branch' for quite some time. Tootsie, click on this hyperlink: http://www.brightok.net/~lguthrie/Booktwo.htm and scroll liberally (about 80% down the page) to find information about Newton Brown GUTHRIE and William Newton GUTHRIE (note the latter was the South Branch Postmaster in 1884, re: the WV Gazetteer info you found.) You will find all of the available info on the TAYLOR family and other families of Romney, Springfield and South Branch within these writings. I have no personal files or known connections to these families. Neil McDonald -----Original Message----- From: Toots <thelma1@ameritech.net> To: OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L@rootsweb.com <OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 1:31 PM Subject: [OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA] South Branch and Taylor's Neil, I am so glad we have at least determined there was a South Branch that three years of looking make it worth while. My learning of South Branch came from my ggrandfather's civil war papers where a friend of his wrote they grew up together and went to school in South Branch. Now to me in those times didn't mean they lived next door to school but he didn't say about or near he said at South Branch. Just noticed the surname Taylor.........Do you have a William S. Taylor ??? This is important and if the Taylor's were one of the first families it may be even more important to me and maybe you. James White d. 1846 and I got a copy of a deed after he died and Elizabeth was a relict but to know where this property was I have to find the deed from William S. Taylor to James White. I had thought maybe my ggrandmother was a first marriage for James but I don't believe that now although no proof. Just one of those things you learn after doing this for awhile. Hoping to hear you know a William S. Taylor and could that deed be in MD for some dumb reason...? Tootsie Shoemaker Tomlinson

fyi. There has been lots of discussion about barges of coal, lumber, grains, furs, goods, etc down the Potomac to Alexandria. And, about NS CAN immigration to both counties. Dan Harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob gillis" <rpgillis@bellatlantic.net> To: <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [NS-L] THE ACADIAN RECORDER RE: JOHN CLARK MERCHANT of HALIFAX > j.david clark wrote: > > > > Hello Rooters, > > With reference to shipping news, The Acadian Recorder, April 21st, 1821, > > > > I would like our Rooters assistance in helping me to establish the > > geographical > > location of the shipping port of ALEXANDRIA as mentioned in the > > following > > documentation. > > > > Ship News - Port of Halifax, N.S. > > > > Schooner, Susan, Master Baxter, from Alexandria, with flour and bread to > > > > John Clark. > > > > Schooner, Morning Star, Master Bizbee, from Alexandria, 22 days flour to > > > > John Clark. > > > Probably Alexandria Virginia. It is on the Potomac River opposite > Washington DC. > > bob gillis > > > > ==== NOVA-SCOTIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe > LIST mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the > message) the command: unsubscribe > and no additional text. > DIGEST mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the > message) the command: unsubscribe and no additional text. >

Hello to all, Recent postings at wvhamsh-l (this is being sent to the Old Frederick list as well) discuss the community or early settlement known as South Branch (French's Station), still shown on present day maps in this manner but apparently consisting of nothing but a couple of building remains today. It is/was located on the east side of the South Branch of the Potomac River at its mouth with the Potomac River. In other words, it is/was a short distance east of the So. Br. mouth on the south side of the Potomac River in Hampshire Co. WV. Following is an on-line map and aerial view of the area: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.5271&lon=-78.5884&size=s&s=25 http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp?S=11&T=1&X=1772&Y=10943&Z=17&W=0 I am theorizing that 'South Branch' or 'French's Station' was an early (1740's-1750's) settlement, one of those that Maxwell and Swisher speak of in their "History of Hampshire County West Virginia" (1897), on p. 17: "Prior to the outbreak of the of the French and Indian war in 1755, there were settlements all along the Potomac river..." including within present Hampshire County, WV among others (but few places were named.) Surrounded on three sides by river waters, this South Branch settlement would have been a good location for isolation to Indian attack while a road or bridle-path serviced the area from the southeast, to flatboat, canoe or keel-boat various mercantile items to/from the downstream eastern ports. The land ridge at this point would have served construction of cabins and buildings of trade on high ground for protection from river flooding. Small farms are known to have existed on this ridge in early times, called 'The Point' for obvious reasons if you have viewed the map and aerial photo. While I am interested in history, a genealogical interest of mine on this topic concerns my ancestor, Valentine McDaniel-McDonell-McDonald (spelling variants of various records) who says in his Rev War pension records that he was born *at* South Branch (I wish there had been a comma here) of the Potomac River 11 Jan 1760 as told to him by his parents. Possibly I read too much into this *at* word, but for Val's parents to be so specific about other matters and then tell him he was born *at* (simply to mean somewhere within) the very large, multi-settlement South Branch area doesn't make sense to me. Val was with his parents (father was named Joseph) through the times of their migration to MD and sw PA by 1774, and after his marriage in the 1780's the families migrated together (via flatboat down the Ohio River 1790) to KY>OH so there was plenty of time for them to discuss such matters. One lister (Dan Harris) says that a James FRENCH purchased land in this subject vicinity in 1749 and that this family may have originated 'French's Station.' Other info (see below) indicates there may have been two communities or places of business (South Branch and French's Station) at two separate but very nearby locations at different times, later becoming identified as a single place. I find only one FRENCH name of significance here in Dr. Wilmer Kerns' book, "Historical Records of Old Frederick and Hampshire Counties," Heritage Books 1992, that being Susan Ann FRENCH 1801-1866, d/o John and Elizabeth TAYLOR, and w/o William FRENCH. Another lister, 'Toots,' found from the 1884 West Virginia Gazetteer that the 'South Branch Depot' was listed at this location, with daily mail on the B&O RR, W. N. GUTHRIE being postmaster. Another lister, Elaine, says her gg-f was living in South Branch in 1875 but directing mail be delivered to him at Springfield, on the west side of the So. Br. of the Potomac River, about 10 miles south of the Potomac River. A recently posted biography for James Sloan KUYKENDALL b. 1878, one of the oldest family names in Hampshire County, states that his grandfather, James KUYKENDALL, was accidentally killed at South Branch on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. >From this on-line source: http://www.brightok.net/~lguthrie/Booktwo.htm and scrolling 'way down' to the information about Newton Brown GUTHRIE and William Newton GUTHRIE (note the latter was the South Branch Postmaster in 1884), we are told that Newton B. GUTHRIE b. 1813, followed the SHANNON family to Hampshire County, VA from Mercersburg, PA, and became a business partner with William Shepard FRENCH sometime prior to 1845, *at South Branch*, which was sometimes called 'The Point' (obviously from the landscape portrayed in the maps above.) Information at this web site is from Lawrence R. Guthrie's book, "American Guthrie and Allied Families" (publication date unknown but likely written during the early 1900's.) This William FRENCH was the husband of Susan Ann TAYLOR FRENCH (described above from Dr. Wilmer Kerns' book.) The Guthrie book describes this FRENCH family as being one of the oldest in the community of South Branch. Newton B. GUTHRIE married the daughter of his business partner, William FRENCH in 1845, the daughter being Elizabeth Hester FRENCH **born 1826 at South Branch.** Elizabeth died in 1849 and "Newton Brown Guthrie married, secondly, June 26, 1855, Mary Ellen Parker, who was born near Springfield, W. Va., Aug. 22, 1833, a daughter of Solomon Dimmit Parker, who was born at Parker's Mill, near Springfield, June 6, 1793; married Oct. 7, 1813, Mary Taylor, a sister of Susan Taylor, wife of William Shepard French." Burning of the Guthrie-French business, and Guthrie home, by Union soldiers is described in the Guthrie book, saying that William FRENCH lived about a mile downstream. "Newton Brown Guthrie died at Springfield, W. Va., May 12, 1885; his widow Mary Ellen, at the same place, Dec. 8, 1902. Children from Newton B. Guthrie's first marriage, both born at South Branch were Susan Maria Guthrie, b. Jan. 11, 1847, and William Newton Guthrie, b. Aug. 25, 1849" (the time of the mother's death.) "William Newton Guthrie (Note: Postmaster at South Branch in 1884), second child of Newton Brown Guthrie and Elizabeth Hester French, was born on the "Old Point Place" farm **west of French's Station**, West Virginia. He married April 14, 1876 (one gives 1875L Susan Kuykendall, who was born near Cumberland, Md., Oct. 1, 1856. She is a daughter of James Kuykendall. (See the Kuykendalls, Allied Families)." William Newton Guthrie died Dec. 25, 1915; his wife Susan, Dec. 10,1916. Their children were "all born at South Branch" during 1876-1896. See http://www.brightok.net/~lguthrie/ for more details, esp the Book Two link above for more family names in Hampshire Co. WV, with credit to Larry Guthrie who scanned the Guthrie public domain book and developed the web pages. The various family names are primarily for the Romney, Springfield and South Branch areas. Does anyone have info that mentions a settlement or community of 'South Branch' or 'French's Station?' To learn a 'South Branch' settlement factually existed during pre-1800 times would be of keen interest. Thanks for any input. Neil McDonald

Posted on: Hampshire County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hampshire/1437 Surname: ------------------------- Was Cessna her maiden or married name? Also, do you have any idea what part of Hampshire Co. she lived in?

Posted on: Hampshire County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hampshire/1435 Surname: Cessna ------------------------- I am hunting for a Rachel Cessna born Feb.15, 1836 and died Oct. 31, 1921 in Hampshire Co. Does any one know who she was ? Thank you, Virginia