Greetings one and all, I did some traveling around the county today and added a few cemeteries to the list. I left Capon Bridge about 9 in the morning and headed to Junction in the western part of the county. Making a left down Rt 220 and then a left onto Trinity Rd (220/11). I travelled to the end of the road and found the John Pancake home. John was very helpful in find the cemeteries along Trinity. He showed me the Indian mound above his house and told me of the family tradition of it. Also from the road by the Indian mound, you can see off into the distance across the valley/river about 3 or 4 miles away, as the crow flies, the Pancake Cemetery. Does anyone out there know how to identify Indian mounds? I have see mounds covered with dirt and others covered with rocks. Would they be of different tribes or what? Any ideas. Next I was told of the Davy's Cemetery. I never found it, but later in my daily travels I did find out that I passed by it, but just didn't go up the right road. This cemetery was near the Forest Hill School. I will go to this cemetery in the next few day. Next I talked to a Frank McDonald and he told me of the small Taylor Cemetery on the William's farm. I also heard that at one time some individual had stolen the oldest stone from the cemetery, but it was recovered and placed back at the grave site. I was also told of the Sines farm having a cemetery on it. I didn't find that one other, but know where it is. I will also go to this one in the next few days also. Finally, I took a photo and names of the Parker Cemetery along Rt. 50 just west of Romney. Today I only got to a 10th of the cemeteries that I wanted to. I met many people today with nice long stories and plenty of help. I also learned of several unmarked gravesites at "Tom's Cabin", where ever that is. I'm sure I will never be able to find that on my own, but that Frank McDonald might take me there. So let's start a tread on the Indian Mound and how to locate or identify them. Wayne of Capon Bridge Hampshire Co. website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/index.htm My Homepage website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/index.htm

Wayne I wonder if the archeologist at your state historical society could advise you about the Indian mounds. Thanks for the work you are doing and the stories you tell us, makes us whose family moved on feel closer to old sod! Gayle

At 10:01 AM 09/01/2002 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >Wayne >I wonder if the archeologist at your state historical society could advise >you about the Indian mounds. Since the mounds are pre-historic, there is no certainty about their origin or their builders. None of the historically indigenous tribes were mound-builders. At one time they were thought to be burial mounds, but investigation of some of the larger ones did not totally support that theory. (I don't remember exactly why.) The contents of the mounds was too good for it to have been a trash heap, though. I believe WV still has a state archeologist; he'd know where the mounds are. Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal ([email protected]) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)

Many mounds are now preserved as historical sites and have a great deal of educational material associated with them, some online. The mounds at Cahokia, IL are perhaps the best known. West Va. may also have such a site. Interestingly, a local cemetery built on an" Indian" mound in Southeast Mo., called the Mounds Cemetery, is still used, though the mounds themselves are no longer thought to have been burial sites. They are thousands of years old, pre-dating the Native American peoples of "modern" times. singhals wrote:At 10:01 AM 09/01/2002 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >Wayne >I wonder if the archeologist at your state historical society could advise >you about the Indian mounds. Since the mounds are pre-historic, there is no certainty about their origin or their builders. None of the historically indigenous tribes were mound-builders. At one time they were thought to be burial mounds, but investigation of some of the larger ones did not totally support that theory. (I don't remember exactly why.) The contents of the mounds was too good for it to have been a trash heap, though. I believe WV still has a state archeologist; he'd know where the mounds are. Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal ([email protected]) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC) --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes

Wayne - you should look into linking your site to this site. It has links to lots of big cemetery sites. http://www.daddezio.com/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Wayne McGahuey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 9:21 PM Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Cemeterying: Hampshire County 250 Update > Greetings one and all, > > I did some traveling around the county today and added a few cemeteries to > the list. > > I left Capon Bridge about 9 in the morning and headed to Junction in the > western part of the county. Making a left down Rt 220 and then a left > onto Trinity Rd (220/11). I travelled to the end of the road and found > the John Pancake home. John was very helpful in find the cemeteries along > Trinity. He showed me the Indian mound above his house and told me of the > family tradition of it. Also from the road by the Indian mound, you can > see off into the distance across the valley/river about 3 or 4 miles away, > as the crow flies, the Pancake Cemetery. > > Does anyone out there know how to identify Indian mounds? I have see > mounds covered with dirt and others covered with rocks. Would they be of > different tribes or what? Any ideas. > > Next I was told of the Davy's Cemetery. I never found it, but later in my > daily travels I did find out that I passed by it, but just didn't go up the > right road. This cemetery was near the Forest Hill School. I will go to > this cemetery in the next few day. > > Next I talked to a Frank McDonald and he told me of the small Taylor > Cemetery on the William's farm. I also heard that at one time some > individual had stolen the oldest stone from the cemetery, but it was > recovered and placed back at the grave site. > > I was also told of the Sines farm having a cemetery on it. I didn't find > that one other, but know where it is. I will also go to this one in the > next few days also. > > Finally, I took a photo and names of the Parker Cemetery along Rt. 50 just > west of Romney. > > Today I only got to a 10th of the cemeteries that I wanted to. I met many > people today with nice long stories and plenty of help. > > I also learned of several unmarked gravesites at "Tom's Cabin", where ever > that is. I'm sure I will never be able to find that on my own, but that > Frank McDonald might take me there. > > So let's start a tread on the Indian Mound and how to locate or identify them. > > Wayne of Capon Bridge > > > Hampshire Co. website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/hampco/index.htm > My Homepage website: http://members.citynet.net/rwayne/index.htm >

----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Wayne McGahuey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 8:21 PM Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Cemeterying: Hampshire County 250 Update > So let's start a t(h)read on the Indian Mound and how to locate or identify them. Wayne, These mounds built throughout the eastern-southern-midwestern areas of the present United States interest me, too. But not much is apparently known, except that some were built possibly as early as 7,000 years ago, or maybe 2,000 years ago, or maybe a few as recently as 500 years ago (copies by 'modern' American Indians?) I have seen small (8' dia. x 6' high) mounds along the Natchez Trace in MS to much larger mounds in my home state of Illinois (all earthen) -- also very large ones in Ohio where they take the form of animals/reptiles.........or in VA-KY-TN where they take the form of much more recent Civil War batteries. I have never seen a historic man-made mound constructed of rock, only earthern, except for pyramidal structures of apparently very different ancient cultures. The mound at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, WV is a wonderment at the following link: http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:wVnlPibt_DAC:www.wv.nrcs.usda.gov/water shed/water/millcreek.pdf+Romney+West+Virginia+Indian+Mounds+Cemetery&hl=en&i e=UTF-8 Other WV 'Indian Mound' info may be found at: http://www.ibsgwatch.imagedjinn.com/learn/westvirginia.htm including info of the Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney. This isn't pertinent to Hamshire Co. WV genealogy for most of us but there might be one or two listees who had a 'Mound Builder' ancestor living near present Romney a couple of milleniums or so ago... More recently was the large Shawanoe Indian village that encompassed the present South Branch village (early trading post?) just east of the mouth of the South Branch River where it merges with the North Branch to form the 'main' Potomac River, and across the Potomac at this point east of Oldtown, MD. A large Shawanoe village was also located west of Cumberland, MD at the base of the mountains along the west (north) bank of the river, per c1700 maps. These villages were abandoned by the Shawanoe (Shawnee) about 1730 per my readings. Neil McDonald

At 09:52 PM 09/02/2002 -0500, you wrote: >More recently was the large Shawanoe Indian village that encompassed the >present South Branch village (early trading post?) just east of the mouth of >the South Branch River where it merges with the North Branch to form the >'main' Potomac River, and across the Potomac at this point east of Oldtown, >MD. A large Shawanoe village was also located west of Cumberland, MD at the >base of the mountains along the west (north) bank of the river, per c1700 >maps. These villages were abandoned by the Shawanoe (Shawnee) about 1730 >per my readings. > >Neil McDonald FWIW: Probably after 1730. One of my ancestors, Col. Thomas Cresap, owned the trading post at Oldtown (when it was known as Cresap's Oldtown), and entertained G. Washington, surveyor, there; the indigenous AmerInds visited as late as the Revolutionary period. (See Washington's personal diaries.) I do agree with the rest of your post, though, Neil. (g) Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal ([email protected]) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)