Are you looking for a Richard Little? Again or yet I'm still looking for info about Elizabeth Little. Elizabeth Little, lived in Hampshire Co. VA in 1850. In 1860 census she was living in Preston County, Virginia. District # 3, with David H. Stewart and his wife Aryan/Airy T. Little Stewart and family. Elizabeth is listed as 75 years old and female. In the space for Occupation Elizabeth is shown as "Widow C". I don't know what that means. I sent for George Little's Rev. War records. Her served as a fifer. They show George was married to an Elizabeth. But considering the dates I doubt George is this Elizabeth's husband. In 1844, Richard Little was a witness for Elizabeth Little to receive a pension from George Little's service. There is a note on the Rev. records suggesting the Little family had lived in Adams County formerly York Co. Pennsylvania. Perhaps someone is looking for info about a Richard Little in Hampshire Co. VA. in 1844. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Looking for information about the ancestors of David H. Stewart, born in 1825, married to Aryan/Airy T. Little. They are listed in the 1860 Preston Co. VA census. District # 3, Portland Post office. Children; William, John H. Lemuel, Nancy. Does anyone know where I could find any info on this family or is this family included in a famiy history or county history? Appreciate any help. Thanks Eve. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hi all, I am new to the list. I am trying to find the father of my gggg/gf Daniel Taylor, who was b. 1758 in Monmouth Co. NJ. He moved to Hampshire (Reese's Mill) about 1783 and died there in 1844. He served in the Rev War. I am trying to put the various NJ Taylor clan together to hopefully find the father of Daniel. I thought that I would post this query in Hampshire in the event that someone there might have a clue or a suggestion that would help. One of Daniel's sons, Edward, m. Margaret Means, and they had 13 children, one of which was my gg/gf Warner T. Taylor, who came to Ohio about 1825. There seems to be a lot of Taylor history in both Monmouth Co. NJ, and Hampshire Co. VA, but so far I haven't been able to link them. Any help would be appreciated. I will share what I have from Daniel to present. Thanks, Phil

Does anyone have access to a list of Hampshire County marriages? I need info on a marriage of Edward Cockrell and Elizabeth Dawson, ca 1789. Would really appreciate the name of Elizabeth's parents, and also confirmation of wedding date. Thank you so much. Pat Pulasky

Hello Anita, So glad I posted a message. I have a William S. Purgit who married Areliah Statton. In other records her name is Elmira, but all are same person as children are the same. Dalton, William, Isaacc, Nashville, Martha(Kate), James, Edgar, and Minnie Bell. William was a postmaster in Kayser, New Creek, in 1865 and one of the enumerators for veterines in 1890. Kate was postmistress of Purgittsville for a long time. Arliah had a brother who was a minister who lived out west.. This is also, part of my line. Williams Grandfather was Henry Purget who founded Purgittsville. Hurrah for mailing lists Will be glad to comumicate direct, too. Diane Kleinke - Purgett

So glad to read all the update on these records. When can we, as family researchers, get info on how to check the index? I have research person in West Virginia. Can I have her go to Court House to check for me? Still researching Purgett line. Thanks to all who have helped so far am busy compiling data and will share soon, I hope. Waiting for Rev. War records. Diane Kleinke - Purgett

Which records are these that are being discussed? I visited the courthouse in Romney last Friday and found little of value. Perhaps the records being discussed may be of help to me. Douglas Armstrong -----Original Message----- From: Patti McDonald [mailto:mcd@access.mountain.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 5:30 PM To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Fwd: Re: Hampshire Records FYI, I received this email today from Dr. Armstrong. Patti >From: "Fredrick Armstrong" <fharmstrong@wvculture.org> >To: "Patti McDonald" <mcd@access.mountain.net> >Subject: Re: Hampshire Records >Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:40:36 -0400 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 > >Ms. McDonald: > I have been able to discuss the Hampshire County records with Ms. Link >and Mr. Rice. It appears a quantity of the records have been process and the >index completed for these. The records are secured in the vault in the >basement in a new filing cabinet. Access to these records is restricted but >arrangements are in place to service public requests for research and >copies. There will be a charge for the copies but I am uncertain as to >whether it includes a research/retrieval fee. > Regarding the microfilming of these records, I have discussed this with >Ms. Link and asked that this be presented to the County Commission. I have >also discussed with Mr. Rice arrangements to include the index he prepared >so as to assist access to the records filmed. Filming the records would >reduce, it could eliminate, handling of the fragile originals thus >indirectly preserving them. It would also provide security by eliminating >access to the originals. It would require removing the records to Charleston >to film them but we would service requests for research and copies while >here. Ms. Link will present this to the commission at its next meeting, if >time on the agenda permits and if not at the following meeting. I will let >you know if this works out. > In any event, the records are in better condition now than they were and >much more accessible because of the index, if everything is working as >described to me. While this may not redress your months of stress and worry >over access to the records and unanswered questions, if it provides a better >future for the records, I hope you will find it an acceptable level of pain. >If you have any questions or additional concerns regarding these records, or >other county public records, let me know and I will do my best within the >limitations of this office, time and resources to assist you. > >Sincerely, > > >Fredrick H. Armstrong

Douglas, I forgot to add that Mr. Rice's index can be seen at the courthouse and at the county library down the street. Also, according to a message that appeared on the list, Mr. Rice resigned from the project before all the records were indexed. Elaine

To make a long story short, some very old records (late18th-early 19th century) were discovered in the Hampshire Co. Courthouse basement last year by Mr. Rice. Mr. Rice, a private individual from another county, was granted sole access to the records and commenced to create an index of the records and place the documents in acid-free sleeves at his expense. Other people were allowed to see his index, but not copy it. A great furor arose over the situation, and Dr. Armstrong (an expert on preservation of old documents from, I believe, WVU) was consulted. Mr. Rice resigned from the project and is publishing his index. Patti's message from Dr. Armstrong explains the current status of the situation. Anyone wishing to read the MANY messages that flew back and forth on the list should check the list archives. Douglas Armstrong wrote: > Which records are these that are being discussed? I visited the courthouse > in Romney last Friday and found little of value. Perhaps the records being > discussed may be of help to me.

Patti, Thanks for keeping us up to date on this subject. Let's just hope that Dr. Armstrong's recommendations are accepted by the County Commissioners. I'm glad that the records are receiving better storage now. Elaine

I'm sorry, you first link onto the View Topographical maps, then add the town etc.

There is a site, www.maptech.com that you can search for topographic and nautical maps and such. You enter the town and state at the bottom. I checked and there is an Alkire Mills that looks to be about latitude 38 longitude 80. There may be more, I just did a quick check. Deborah

FYI, I received this email today from Dr. Armstrong. Patti >From: "Fredrick Armstrong" <fharmstrong@wvculture.org> >To: "Patti McDonald" <mcd@access.mountain.net> >Subject: Re: Hampshire Records >Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:40:36 -0400 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 > >Ms. McDonald: > I have been able to discuss the Hampshire County records with Ms. Link >and Mr. Rice. It appears a quantity of the records have been process and the >index completed for these. The records are secured in the vault in the >basement in a new filing cabinet. Access to these records is restricted but >arrangements are in place to service public requests for research and >copies. There will be a charge for the copies but I am uncertain as to >whether it includes a research/retrieval fee. > Regarding the microfilming of these records, I have discussed this with >Ms. Link and asked that this be presented to the County Commission. I have >also discussed with Mr. Rice arrangements to include the index he prepared >so as to assist access to the records filmed. Filming the records would >reduce, it could eliminate, handling of the fragile originals thus >indirectly preserving them. It would also provide security by eliminating >access to the originals. It would require removing the records to Charleston >to film them but we would service requests for research and copies while >here. Ms. Link will present this to the commission at its next meeting, if >time on the agenda permits and if not at the following meeting. I will let >you know if this works out. > In any event, the records are in better condition now than they were and >much more accessible because of the index, if everything is working as >described to me. While this may not redress your months of stress and worry >over access to the records and unanswered questions, if it provides a better >future for the records, I hope you will find it an acceptable level of pain. >If you have any questions or additional concerns regarding these records, or >other county public records, let me know and I will do my best within the >limitations of this office, time and resources to assist you. > >Sincerely, > > >Fredrick H. Armstrong

If you can find the David Armstrong Correspondence or Letters site on the Web, Alkire is mentioned. I thought it was a town but perhaps not. I did a google.com search recently and couldn't find the site. Maybe his name is Daniel rather than David Armstrong. I had it bookmarked as a favorite but lost it. Gary Radcliffe

In response to my earlier inquiry related to land Maunus Alkire acquired adjacent to land of Jacob Reed and Col. Mercer and asking where Reed and Mercer lived, someone sent me an email saying there is a mountain called Alkire Mountain in Hampshire or Hardy County. This was news to me. Does anyone know where Alkire Mountain is or was located? James Mitts

Message text written by INTERNET:WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com >In a message dated 04/01/2000 6:00:16 PM Central Standard Time, Draines22@aol.com writes Early Records of Hampshire Co,VA NOW W VA pg 1 Alkier, Maunis ( wf Lydia) (of Hampshire Co ( lease & release) to Michael Thorn of Hampshire Co. Wit Christian Bingamon, Peter Cutright, Adam Brown. Hope this is of some help Delores Delores do you have a date or time period on this record? Ann in Oklahoma < Ann, the dates of this Alkire to Thorn land transaction were October 3 and 4, 1765. James Mitts

Hermon & Gary-- I have a Jemima REED. I wonder if you know anything of her. She was b. c1774, m. 28 Oct 1792 inFrederick Co., VA to Thomas SHORES who was b. c1767 probably in Fairfax Co., VA, d. about 29 Dec 1818 in Hampshire. They had 2 sons I know of: James & Thomas. There was a John Reed in Frederick & Hampshire. Could he be the father of our REEDs? Donna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hermon wrote: Jacob Reed had a mill on the s Fork. Waterpowered mill. Likely the creek made a horseshoe across which a mill-race could be built to power the mill. ================================ Was he related to Elizabeth Reed born abt. 1769, Hampshire County? Gary Radcliffe West Covina, CA glradcliffe@aol.com °º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°` Every time I find an ancestor I need to find two more! °º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`

Still seeking ANY information on the following: Caleb Evans and wife, Eve Wadel, settled in Hampshire County, VA (now in WV) circa 1800. Thye had sons Peter, David, Abel and Alexander. Also had daughters but names unknown. Caleb and Eve were married in Frederick, MD. In the 1830;s Caleb and Eve went to Ohio to live with a daughter and they died there. Sons remained in VA. Where was Caleb from? Who were his parents? Who were his siblings? Benjamin Evans was in Hampshire County also by 1810-1815. Lived near Caleb. He married Priscilla Bosley. Their children: Abraham, Jacob, Edward (aka Ned), Nancy and Elinor. By 1830, they were in Hardy County, VA (now WV). Benjamin stated on 1850 census he was born in PA and his birth date would be circa 1778. Who were Benjamin's parents? Who were his siblings? This is a 20 year search that so far has been one of invincible futility.

Thanks Bill Bill Pyles wrote: > I don't have Godfrey Peters in my database. You might contract Greg Hott. > Greg has a bigger database of Peters and he has done a very professional job > with it. His email address is: gahott@neumedia.net > > He gave me what he had on Branson Peters. Don't know if he goes back any > farther. > > Bill Pyles, Titusville, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Diane Zimmerman <zimmermand@earthlink.net> > To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 4:13 PM > Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] PETERS > > > Hi Bill, > > Could you check your data base for a Godfrey Peters, born abt 1770 who > > married Nancy (?). Their daughter, Mary "Polly" Peters, born abt 1810, > married > > John F. Bice on 1 Mar 1828 in Harrison County. He was born 6 Sep 1808 in > Marion > > County, WV and died there 12 Jul 1883. > > I appreciate your help. I'll check in the Hampshire County library when > I'm > > there. > > Thanks, > > Diane Hill Zimmerman > > > > Bill Pyles wrote: > > > > > I only wish that I had made a copy of the first page. I have a lot of > > > information dating back to Prodigy days in 1991. I don't remember the > book, > > > but might be able to help with some Peters, either the descendants of > Broson > > > Peters or others. I just found a paper from M.J. Campbell, 414 > > > Gordon,Liberty, MO 64068, called Peter's Bibliography. It lists many > > > sources of Peters information. The Hampshire Co. book is not > mentioned.There > > > is another list from that person called, "Other Peters". These are old > > > Peters Families from across the US. > > > Bill Pyles, Titusville, FL > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Diane Zimmerman <zimmermand@earthlink.net> > > > To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 11:22 AM > > > Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] PETERS > > > > > > > Bill, > > > > I'd like to know the name of the book also. I'm planning a research > > > trip to > > > > that area and I have a Peters ancestor. > > > > Thanks, Diane Hill Zimmerman > > > > > > > > Nancy Lohbrunner wrote: > > > > > > > > > Bill Pyles: > > > > > Do you happen to know the name of the book about the Peters family? > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > Nancy Lohbrunner > > > > > lohbrunner@prodigy.net > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: Bill Pyles <bpyles@goldcrest.com> > > > > > To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 1:09 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] WARD MCCOLLOUGH INSKEEP ZANE CHEW ELDRIDGE > > > > > > > > > > > I don't have William Davis Peters. There is a good book in the > Romney > > > > > > (Hampshire Co.) library on Peters. Some of my Starkey's left > > > Hampshire > > > > > Co. > > > > > > and ended up at Eckart. I was surprised of this. Many of my > Sarkey's > > > > > went > > > > > > to Ohio and if I hadn't met cousins who provide me that > information, I > > > > > > wouldn't have believed it. Also surprised they made it to Deer > Park. > > > Yet > > > > > my > > > > > > Friends left Hampshire Co. and ended up in the far western corner > of > > > > > > Maryland (Friendsville). > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill Pyles > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Hermon wrote: Jacob Reed had a mill on the s Fork. Waterpowered mill. Likely the creek made a horseshoe across which a mill-race could be built to power the mill. ================================ Was he related to Elizabeth Reed born abt. 1769, Hampshire County? Gary Radcliffe West Covina, CA glradcliffe@aol.com