There is no official place called High Knob in West Virginia, according to the official State Road County maps. This is published by the State Road Commission in Charleston. There may be 3 or 4 maps per county. If you are doing much genealogy in WV, you should order them for the counties you are working in. They are large, but I have them blinded. I use them several times in a 24 hour period many days. Bill Pyles, Titusville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: john kleinke <kleinke@thesurf.com> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] High Knob > Got to thinking about your question and came up with this idea. There were > several families named High in Hamp. Co. and checking the Gazetteer of > Virginia I find Knob listed 3 times , a right hand branch to Paint Creek,a > branch of Kanawha River in Fayette Co., a right hand fork on Clear Creek > in Wyoming Co., and a left hand branch of Middle Wheeling Creek in Ohio > Co... The reason I thought of this is because I found a Purgat Run in an > area shere my ancesters lived.. > Diane Kleinke - Purgett > > phil cartmille wrote: > > > I am trying to find a place in VA (WV) called High Knob. I think this > > ancestor was from Hamphire Co, but I cannot find High Knob anywhere. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > Thanks, > > Phil Cartmille > > pcartmille@ohiohills.com > >

Thanks for your clues on "High Knob", Bill. This is a real "fishin" expedition, and I appreciate all the help that I can get. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Pyles" <bpyles@goldcrest.com> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] High Knob > There is no official place called High Knob in West Virginia, according to > the official State Road County maps. This is published by the State Road > Commission in Charleston. There may be 3 or 4 maps per county. If you are > doing much genealogy in WV, you should order them for the counties you are > working in. They are large, but I have them blinded. I use them several > times in a 24 hour period many days. > > Bill Pyles, Titusville, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: john kleinke <kleinke@thesurf.com> > To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 9:41 PM > Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] High Knob > > > > Got to thinking about your question and came up with this idea. There were > > several families named High in Hamp. Co. and checking the Gazetteer of > > Virginia I find Knob listed 3 times , a right hand branch to Paint Creek,a > > branch of Kanawha River in Fayette Co., a right hand fork on Clear Creek > > in Wyoming Co., and a left hand branch of Middle Wheeling Creek in Ohio > > Co... The reason I thought of this is because I found a Purgat Run in an > > area shere my ancesters lived.. > > Diane Kleinke - Purgett > > > > phil cartmille wrote: > > > > > I am trying to find a place in VA (WV) called High Knob. I think this > > > ancestor was from Hamphire Co, but I cannot find High Knob anywhere. > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > > Thanks, > > > Phil Cartmille > > > pcartmille@ohiohills.com > > > > >