Posted on: Hancock County, WV Query And Surname Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hancock/384 Surname: WILSON, COPESTICK ------------------------- I wonder if I could prevail on someone to look up a death certificate for me,copy the information and send it to me? I don't know the cost of a D.C. and it takes so long to write,get the cost and mail again for the document,that if I could just have the Information it would be great! EMMA MATILDA COPESTICK WILSON DIED: 29 Feb. 1952 Newell,WVa. THANKS FOR ANY HELP. Jean

Here is a new web link that you might find of interest for Northwest Missouri where some of our PA ancestors went to. Hope this helps somebody. http://www.rootsweb.com/~monwmgs/index.htm This web intends to cover nine surrounding counties in Northwest Missouri; to wit: Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway, and Worth. Always Looking: ©¿©¬ Zeta Wilson Peterson zetap@prodigy.net

Hi Everyone, In order that the information you submit can be added immediately, we've changed the pages for Births, Deaths & Marriages. Some additional fields of information have been added, and this should work well. I have not put the links on the main page yet, but will post them here so that you may begin using them. Until the information on the old pages has been integrated into the new ones, I will leave that link active. Births: To View http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/hbirth.htm Submit http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/hancockbirth.htm Deaths: To View http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/hdeath.htm Submit http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/hancockdeath.htm Marriages: To View http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/hmarriage.htm Submit http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/hancockmarriage.htm While viewing, you will need to use the browser's find feature, as these records will not be sorted into alphabetical order. Happy Hunting, Jan

Mark Your Calendars! The next Jefferson County Chapter, OGS Meeting will feature: Diane Davis Darnley who will present a program on "Ghost Stories of the Ohio Valley" which will include the ghost of Martha McCandleless who died in 1831. Diane currently hosts the Ghost Tours of Wheeling by lantern light. She has been an active family historian since 1976 when she discovered a vandalized 1888 mausoleum and reported the destruction to proper authorities. She is presently working on the restoration of Wheeling area's forgotten graveyards and the Fort Henry Project. This is also a book signing opportunity, as her recently published book will be available for purchase. Hope to see you on October 3rd, 2000, 7 to 9 p.m. at Schiappa Memorial Library, Fort Steuben Mall Drive, Steubenville, OH. JEFFERSON COUNTY CHAPTER, OGS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjefogs/ Julia A. Krutilla President

This family may have migrated into Hancock Co., WV. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/bios/biowillsonj.html Monongalia Valley Biography John Willson of Washington Twp, Fayette Co. From: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia, L H Everts and Company, 1882, p810 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Marta Burns - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surnames: Willson In 1771 John Willson landed in Virginia from Ireland and from Virginia in 1788 he removed to Washington township, Fayette County, Penna, to occupy a two hundred acre tract bought for him by his sons Hugh Willson and John Willson, living respectively in Allegheny County and Perry town- ship where they had then been residing for some time. The two hundred acres lying on the line between Westmoreland and Fayette counties were bought for Willson from one Jones and into the house Jones had put up Willson moved with his family. In 1804 Mr Willson replaced the Jones cabin with the log house now standing on the place (1882). Three sons came with him in 1788. They were James Willson, Robert Willson and David Willson. James died in Washington in 1827; Robert moved to Ohio and David Willson, inheriting the homestead, died there in 1863 at the age of ninety years after a residence of seventy five years on the farm. John Willson, the father, died in 1807, aged eighty two years. It is worthy of mention that three of his sons, Hugh Willson, John Willson and Robert Willson, saw service in the Revolution. Of the children of David Willson, the living ones are John R Willson, Mary J Willson and James M Willson. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions? Comments? Have something to contribute to this site? Please contact Mike Donaldson. © Copyright 1999 by Michael A. Donaldson All information submitted to this page remains, to the extent the law allows, the rightful property of the submitter. The submitter agrees that it may be freely copied, but never sold or used in a commercial venture without the knowledge and written permission of its rightful owner. Rootsweb, and the owner of this site, make neither claim nor estimate of the validity or accuracy of any information submitted. All information should be independently researched. Always Looking: ©¿©¬ Zeta Wilson Peterson zetap@prodigy.net Always Looking: ©¿©¬ Zeta Wilson Peterson zetap@prodigy.net

There is a newly formed Chapter of the Children of the American Revolution which now has 22 members in it's organization and was sponsored by the Wheeling DAR, and Ebenezer Zane Chapter of the S. A. R. Current members are from western PA, northern panhandle WV, and northeastern counties of OH. This chapter, The Joshua Fox Chapter, C. A. R. will be meeting on Saturday, September 30th, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. at the Schiappa Memorial Library, Fort Steuben Mall Drive, Steubenville, OH. Any person under the age of 21, who can trace ancestry to a man or woman who rendered aid to the cause of American Independence are warmly invited by the members of this society to join. C. A. R. offers opportunity for helping conserve land, wildlife and natural resources; Aiding the American Indian and children of the Appalachian Mountains; understanding the values, work and achievements in the continuing development of the U.S.A. . . . and much much more. Local contacts are Mr. Walter E. Kinsey, 126 High Street, St. Clairsville, OH 43950-1611; phone 740-695-3295; Email: kinswalt@juno.com or Mrs. Louise Floyd, 76560 Moorefield Hill Road, Flushing, OH 43977-9640; phone 740-968-4650 Please feel free to pass this information along to other Email groups. STEUBENVILLE CHAPTER, DAR http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~steubdar/ Julia A. Krutilla 1st Vice Regent fkrutill@weir.net

Posted on: Hancock County, WV Query And Surname Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hancock/383 Surname: ------------------------- I'm trying to research also and came upon this site. I have the siblings names of Clarence and who they married. Theirparents were William Dearth and Sarah Elizabeth Lindamood. Also I have that Clarence died in 1969. I believe they were in Hancock Co. If I can help, let me know. Thanks, VERONICA

Worth investigating?? Please distribute this alert. ---- Original Message ----- From: "susan cramer" Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 8:22 AM Subject: BEWARE genealogy scam > Hi , > > I got this from a local genealogy group about a scam not only involving > Lake County, Indiana, but also Washington County, Pennsylvania. Please > read the entire message, where Washington County, is mentioned towards > the bottom of this message. The scam involves The website below > selling subscriptions at $49.95 to view databases. > Sue > > From: "Joy Fisher" > > To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 1:30 PM > Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Possible Genealogy SCAM > About 2 weeeks ago we received a complaint from an Archives > submitter that her materials were found on a genealogy > subscription service: > > www.familydiscovery.com > The submitter was able to do a little digging and found that > they were linking to her files housed on her server, but > shrink-wrapped inside a frame so it appears to be THEIR > work. About 10 days ago, to investigate this, I signed up > with familydiscovery. To date, I have not received a user > id or password to get inside. The registered owners of the web > site gave bogus telephone numbers in their registration. One > number goes to a recorded message line; the other to a carpet > company. Some of the e-mail addys on their web site bounce. > > Standing on the outside and looking through the window, it > appears that several folks' web sites have been prize-mined: > > http://www.familydiscovery.com/whatsnew.htm > > The Storey Co., IA and the Washington Co., PA stuff seem to > come from USGenWeb sites. Some of the other IA and NC > stuff seems to come from non-USGW sites. None of the materials > seem to be housed at either rootsweb or usgennet. > > Permission is granted to forward this message.

Posted on: Hancock Co. WV Wills Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/HancockWill/7 Surname: Johnston ------------------------- John A. O. Johnston was married to Bessie Viola Laughlin around 1898 in Hancock County. 1900 Census show 2 infants died. We would like to find the exact dates of birth, death and names if any. Would also like to find the place of burial for the children and John A. O. Johnston.

Always Looking: ©¿©¬ Zeta Wilson Peterson zetap@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dixie" <dal@redoak.heartland.net> To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 4:52 AM Subject: [WILSON-L] Armstead & Sarah Wilson of Frederick Co., VA > Looking for information of any of these WILSON's who may be parents and > siblings of my g g grandfather, Alexander Wilson. > Dixie A. Laire > Red Oak, Iowa > dal@redoak.heartland.net > > > Descendants of Armstead Wilson > > > Generation No. 1 > > > 1. ARMSTEAD1 WILSON was born Abt. 1788 in Kentucky or Virginia. He married > SARAH SMITHER August 21, 1809 in Franklin Co., Kentucky. She was born Abt. > 1789. > > > Possible Children of Armstead WILSON and Sarah SMITHER are: > > i. ALEXANDER2 WILSON, b. August 04, 1822, Berkeley Co., W VA; d. January 27, > 1911, Henry Co.,IA; buried Bethany Cem,Henry Co.,IA; m. CAROLINE REASON, > January 01, 1843, Western Frederick Co., VA; b. July 12, 1826, Berkeley Co., > W VA; d. September 12, 1911, Kansas City,MO; buried Bethany Cem. Henry > Co.,IA. > > ii. SARAH WILSON, b. Abt. 1820. > > iii. JOHN WILSON, b. Abt. 1826. > > iv. SARAH J. WILSON, b. Abt. 1830. > > v. ELIZA WILSON, b. Abt. 1831. > > vi. MARGARET E. WILSON, b. Abt. 1833. > > vii. ARMSTEAD (JR.) WILSON, b. Abt. 1834. > > viii. JAMES M. WILSON, b. Abt. 1836. > >

In a message dated 8/25/00 12:25:42 PM, you wrote: <<There is a William Collins page 227 1850 Census Hancock co. could someone give me a little more information.>> I'm sorry, I don't find any Collins in the 1850 Hancock Census. Dale Patterson

Posted on: Hancock County, WV Query And Surname Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/WV/Hancock/382 Surname: Collins ------------------------- There is a William Collins page 227 1850 Census Hancock co. could someone give me a little more information. thank you.

I just update my Cameron surname on my homepage and alot of them are from Hancock County. Some of their spouse's were Campbell, Beall, Wilcoxen, Swearingen, Longstreth, and a few others check it out at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4877 when you get to the page scroll down to the Cameron surname. If anyone can make any connections or add to it please let me know Thanks, Laurie Cameron McGee desaire@infowest.com

Attention Ohio Valley Family Researchers with Civil War Vets, Just bumped into The West Virginia Archives and History site at http://www.wvculture.org/history/ which has provided a brief regimental history of the First West Virginia Infantry which is reprinted from the Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of West Virginia for the Year Ending December 31, 1864 and the entire Roster List for the First West Virginia Infantry Company's A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, & K at: http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh55-3.html These recruits and volunteers are from the panhandle of WV/VA, Western PA, and Northeastern OH. Hope you are successful in finding some collateral lines as well as direct ancestors - if you've worked in the Ohio Valley these names are so familiar and this list provides many sad endings. JEFFERSON COUNTY CHAPTER, OGS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjefogs/index.htm Julia A. Krutilla

Hi Everyone, Recently, I received copies of some letters that were written during the Civil War. These letters were written by Lt. John N. McCarty b. Sept. 14, 1843 in Washington, PA and d. Sept 8, 1870. John was the son of John D. and Julia Marquis McCarty of Hancock County. These letters were written to his sister, Mrs. F.V. Johnston (Elizabeth), his mother and F.V. Johnston, his brother-in-law. The letters were donated to our site by Nancy Need, who is a great-great-granddaughter of Sarah Caroline McCarty Hobbs, John's sister. I hope that you will enjoy them as much as I did. You may view them at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/cwletters.txt Happy Hunting, Janet

Posted on: Hancock County, WV Query And Surname Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hancock/381 Surname: Ralston, Campbell ------------------------- June 25, 1799 Martha & Samuel Ralston sold 104 acres 43 poles of land to Andrew Campbell on Kings creek.. does this Andrew fit in with any of your Campbell's?? Kim

Posted on: Hancock County, WV Query And Surname Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hancock/380 Surname: COLLINS ------------------------- William H. Collins fought in the Civil War 2nd Cav. Co. CWVA. He was born in 1849 in Pa. By the 1850 census he is not in Pa. So I am hoping he moved just across the line to Hancock Co. Can anyone please help me.

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Dean, I have some information on the Green's. What can I help with? Jean

Posted on: Hancock County, WV Query And Surname Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hancock/379 Surname: Hutchinson, Greene, Green ------------------------- Benoni Hutchinson b. 1831 married Elizabeth Greene b. 1826, daughter of Isaac J Greene I 1804-1880 and Nancy (Unknown) ?-1842. Greene family resided in Delaware, Beaver Co., PA; Hancock Co., WV. and many moved on to East Liverpool, OH. This is not my family, but I've done some research on them for a friend, whos line follows Elizabeth's brother, Alfred Holland Greene. If I may prove any additional information, please let me know. I'd be glad to exchange information on the family.