Am looking for Emme, who I think subscribes to this list. If so, please contact me, Emme. I'd like to put you in touch with someone who has information that I think fits in with your Stump line (which you contacted me about awhile back, and I cannot locate your e-mail address). Emma ([email protected])

Is anyone researching ALLENDER; ALDRICH or SPURLING surnames? Thanks Thelma

I Kenneth [email protected] made a big misstake. I offered people on this site not to long ago data on the Hyre / Hire family from Hampshire and Hardy counties. I made copies for a lady in West Virginia and told her that I was going to put this data into the mail to her. Only to find out womehow I delated her e-mail with her address. If you are still interested and still on this list please e-mail me and let me know. THANKS Ken ________________________________________________________________ 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.

Would like to know if anyone on this list is following the NEWELL family. Hybert/Heibert Newell married Mary/Margaret Clif(f)ord in Hardy County in 1795. Valentine Powers performed the marriage. It is likely that Mary was the daughter of James Clifford who arrived in Hampshire County from NJ in 1784. James Clifford lived in Hardy 1786 until his death in 1799. Mary and Hybert Newell were in Randolph County by 1803, in OH by 1812. Hybert had a brother, Isaac Newell, who was already in Randolph County when Hybert arrived. Rose

I am seeking information on Jacob McConkey who possibly emigrated from Scotland in the early 1800's and stopped briefly in Hardy Co. before moving on to Harrison Co. He may have married Clara, a daughter of Valentine Cooper, and was also possibly married to Hester____. By 1808 he and Clara were in the Good Hope area of Harrison Co. Any and all help appreciated. Judy Corrin

Rose, I am interested in your mention of Judy Lewis. One of my "brick walls" for the past ten years has been the Lewis family of Hardy Co . I have data on my gr gr gr grandfather, Thomas Lewis, b. 5 Jan 1788, Hardy Co. He left the county before he was 20, however, moving to Ross Co OH, where he married in 1814 and then moved on to Greene Co OH, and finally to Tippecanoe Co IN where he d. in 1841. I have much info about his descendants and some about his wife, Anna Franklin, but nothing about his parents or siblings. Do you have anything re: the early Lewis's of Hardy, possibly Hampshire Co? Sue [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > WVHARDY-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 20 > > Today's Topics: > #1 CLIFFORD, MULLEN, WEATHERS, DOUD, ["rmcdaniel" <[email protected]>] > #2 Alexander & Samuel [thelma <[email protected]>] > #3 Jacob YOAKUM's WILL, 1780 ["Barbara and Steve Smith" <[email protected]] > #4 Jacob Yoakum Will ["Sara Patton" <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from WVHARDY-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: CLIFFORD, MULLEN, WEATHERS, DOUD, STOUT, JOHNSON, WHITEetc. > Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:43:29 -0500 > From: "rmcdaniel" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hello, > > I am researching the following surnames in Hardy County, 1787 - 1850. > > CLIFFORD: James, Isaac, John, George, White Alexander > DOUD: Michael > JOHNSON: Cornelius, Jacob > LEWIS: Judy > MULLEN: John, William, Abner, John C.B > SMITH: Sally > STOUT: St. Leger > WEATHERS: Margaret > WHITE: Alexander, Samuel > > It is possible that several of these families came to VA from NJ. May have passed through PA and MD. Hope to hear from you. > > Rose > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Alexander & Samuel > Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:38:08 -0500 > From: thelma <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > I am searching for James White's family. He died approx. 1846 and was married to Elizabeth Robinson. That is all I know about > James with the exception at the time he died he lived in South Branch, Hampshire Co. > Do you have any other information about your Alexander & Samuel ? > Thanks and if I have asked this question of you before please accept my apologies. It is called desperate. > Thelma > > rmcdaniel wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am researching the following surnames in Hardy County, 1787 - 1850. > > > > CLIFFORD: James, Isaac, John, George, White Alexander > > DOUD: Michael > > JOHNSON: Cornelius, Jacob > > LEWIS: Judy > > MULLEN: John, William, Abner, John C.B > > SMITH: Sally > > STOUT: St. Leger > > WEATHERS: Margaret > > WHITE: Alexander, Samuel > > > > It is possible that several of these families came to VA from NJ. May have passed through PA and MD. Hope to hear from you. > > > > Rose > > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Jacob YOAKUM's WILL, 1780 > Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:49:52 -0500 > From: "Barbara and Steve Smith" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hello, > Does anyone please have the Last Will and Testament of Jacob YOAKUM, 1780, > of Hardy County? He was a revolutionary war soldier married to Elizabeth > SEE. I would like to get a copy to study the connection of Jacob to other > YOAKUM's/YOKUM's of that time and area. Thanks to anyone who may transcribe > this for me! > > Steve Smith > Researching YOAKUM/SEE > Cumberland Gap, TN. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Jacob Yoakum Will > Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:18:51 -0500 > From: "Sara Patton" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Steve Smith, > > I sent you a transcription of Jacob Yoakum's will by hitting the reply key > to your return e-mail address. But I just got a message that it didn't go > through, address unknown. Please contact me off list with your address. > > Sara Patton > > [email protected]

Steve Smith, I sent you a transcription of Jacob Yoakum's will by hitting the reply key to your return e-mail address. But I just got a message that it didn't go through, address unknown. Please contact me off list with your address. Sara Patton [email protected]

Hello, Does anyone please have the Last Will and Testament of Jacob YOAKUM, 1780, of Hardy County? He was a revolutionary war soldier married to Elizabeth SEE. I would like to get a copy to study the connection of Jacob to other YOAKUM's/YOKUM's of that time and area. Thanks to anyone who may transcribe this for me! Steve Smith Researching YOAKUM/SEE Cumberland Gap, TN.

I am searching for James White's family. He died approx. 1846 and was married to Elizabeth Robinson. That is all I know about James with the exception at the time he died he lived in South Branch, Hampshire Co. Do you have any other information about your Alexander & Samuel ? Thanks and if I have asked this question of you before please accept my apologies. It is called desperate. Thelma rmcdaniel wrote: > Hello, > > I am researching the following surnames in Hardy County, 1787 - 1850. > > CLIFFORD: James, Isaac, John, George, White Alexander > DOUD: Michael > JOHNSON: Cornelius, Jacob > LEWIS: Judy > MULLEN: John, William, Abner, John C.B > SMITH: Sally > STOUT: St. Leger > WEATHERS: Margaret > WHITE: Alexander, Samuel > > It is possible that several of these families came to VA from NJ. May have passed through PA and MD. Hope to hear from you. > > Rose > [email protected]

Hello, I am researching the following surnames in Hardy County, 1787 - 1850. CLIFFORD: James, Isaac, John, George, White Alexander DOUD: Michael JOHNSON: Cornelius, Jacob LEWIS: Judy MULLEN: John, William, Abner, John C.B SMITH: Sally STOUT: St. Leger WEATHERS: Margaret WHITE: Alexander, Samuel It is possible that several of these families came to VA from NJ. May have passed through PA and MD. Hope to hear from you. Rose [email protected]

I am looking for information regarding the HAMMON/HAMMOND family of Hardy County. Hattie Branson Hammond (1872-1923) married J. Frank Caldwell (1866-1942) about 1892. According to the 1900 census, mother Elizabeth Hammon (b. Feb. 1846, widowed) and brother Joseph W. (b. Jan. 1881) were living with Hattie and J. Frank. Thanks, Amy

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Don't have the time.r Okay - let's see if I have any brainy friends. Figure this out: This is a test to gauge your mental flexibility and creativity. In the 3 years since it was developed, it has been found that few people could solve more than half in the first day. Many reported getting answers long after the test had been set aside, at unexpected moments when their minds were relaxed and some reported solving it over a period of several days. Scoring: 1-6 questions = average 6-12 = somewhat intelligent 12-18 = intelligent 18+ = Genius! Example: 16 = O in a P Answer: 16 ounces in a pound 1. 26 = L of the A---------Alphabet 2. 7 = D of the W-----days in a week 3. 1001 = AN------Arabian nights 4. 12 = S of the Z-----------signs of the Zodiac 5. 54 = C in a D (with J) cards in a deck/jokers 6. 9 = P in the SS 7. 88 = PK---piano keys 8. 13 = S on the A F---stripes American flag 9. 32 = D F at which W F-------degrees Farenhiet water freezes 10. 18 = H on a G C-----holes in Golf 11. 90 = D in a R A---degrees in a right angle 12. 200 = D for P G in M 13. 8 = S on a SS-------stop sign> > > 14. 3 = B M (S H T R) 15. 4 = Q in a G--------quarts to a gallon 16. 24 = H in a D-------hours in a day 17. 1 = W on a U------------one wheel on a unicycle 18. 5 = D in a Z C-----didgits in zip code 19. 57 = H V-----Hines Variety 20. 11 = P on a F B T---players on a Football Team 21. 1000 = W that a P is W 22. 29 = D in F in a L Y----------days in Feb. in leap year 23. 64 = S on a C B-------checker board squares 24. 40 = D and N of the G F 25. 76 = T in the B P----trombones band players 26. 50 = W to L Y L 27. 99 = B of B on the W------bottles of beer on the wall 28. 60 = S in a M---------seconds in a minute 29. 1 = H on a U 30. 9 = J on the SC 31. 7 = B for SB 32. 21 = D on a D--------dots on a dye 33. 7 = W of the AW> 34. 15 = M on a D M C----------ancient calender?

Okay - let's see if I have any brainy friends. Figure this out: This is a test to gauge your mental flexibility and creativity. In the 3 years since it was developed, it has been found > > > > that few people could solve more than half in the first day. Many > > > > reported getting answers long after the test had been set aside, at > > > > unexpected moments when their minds were relaxed and some reported > > > > solving it over a period of several days. > > > > > > > > Scoring: 1-6 questions = average > > > > 6-12 = somewhat intelligent > > > > 12-18 = intelligent > > > > 18+ = Genius! > > > > > > > > Example: 16 = O in a P > > > > Answer: 16 ounces in a pound > > > > > > > > 1. 26 = L of the A > > > > 2. 7 = D of the W > > > > 3. 1001 = AN > > > > 4. 12 = S of the Z > > > > 5. 54 = C in a D (with J) > > > > 6. 9 = P in the SS > > > > 7. 88 = PK > > > > 8. 13 = S on the A F > > > > 9. 32 = D F at which W F > > > > 10. 18 = H on a G C > > > > 11. 90 = D in a R A > > > > 12. 200 = D for P G in M > > > > 13. 8 = S on a SS > > > > 14. 3 = B M (S H T R) > > > > 15. 4 = Q in a G > > > > 16. 24 = H in a D > > > > 17. 1 = W on a U > > > > 18. 5 = D in a Z C > > > > 19. 57 = H V > > > > 20. 11 = P on a F B T > > > > 21. 1000 = W that a P is W > > > > 22. 29 = D in F in a L Y > > > > 23. 64 = S on a C B > > > > 24. 40 = D and N of the G F > > > > 25. 76 = T in the B P > > > > 26. 50 = W to L Y L > > > > 27. 99 = B of B on the W > > > > 28. 60 = S in a M > > > > 29. 1 = H on a U > > > > 30. 9 = J on the SC > > > > 31. 7 = B for SB > > > > 32. 21 = D on a D > > > > 33. 7 = W of the AW > > > > 34. 15 = M on a D M C > > > > > > > > > > >

I thought this site was for genealogy research, not entertaining the mentally challenged. How about that site owner? Larry Subj: Re: Figure it out Date: 2/6/00 10:32:25 AM Central Standard Time From: [email protected] (Roland Elliott) To: [email protected] Okay - let's see if I have any brainy friends. Figure this out: This is a test to gauge your mental flexibility and creativity. In the 3 years since it was developed, it has been found > > > > that few people could solve more than half in the first day. Many > > > > reported getting answers long after the test had been set aside, at > > > > unexpected moments when their minds were relaxed and some reported > > > > solving it over a period of several days. > > > > > > > > Scoring: 1-6 questions = average > > > > 6-12 = somewhat intelligent > > > > 12-18 = intelligent > > > > 18+ = Genius! > > > > > > > > Example: 16 = O in a P > > > > Answer: 16 ounces in a pound > > > > > > > > 1. 26 = L of the A > > > > 2. 7 = D of the W > > > > 3. 1001 = AN > > > > 4. 12 = S of the Z > > > > 5. 54 = C in a D (with J) > > > > 6. 9 = P in the SS > > > > 7. 88 = PK > > > > 8. 13 = S on the A F > > > > 9. 32 = D F at which W F > > > > 10. 18 = H on a G C > > > > 11. 90 = D in a R A > > > > 12. 200 = D for P G in M > > > > 13. 8 = S on a SS > > > > 14. 3 = B M (S H T R) > > > > 15. 4 = Q in a G > > > > 16. 24 = H in a D > > > > 17. 1 = W on a U > > > > 18. 5 = D in a Z C > > > > 19. 57 = H V > > > > 20. 11 = P on a F B T > > > > 21. 1000 = W that a P is W > > > > 22. 29 = D in F in a L Y > > > > 23. 64 = S on a C B > > > > 24. 40 = D and N of the G F > > > > 25. 76 = T in the B P > > > > 26. 50 = W to L Y L > > > > 27. 99 = B of B on the W > > > > 28. 60 = S in a M > > > > 29. 1 = H on a U > > > > 30. 9 = J on the SC > > > > 31. 7 = B for SB > > > > 32. 21 = D on a D > > > > 33. 7 = W of the AW > > > > 34. 15 = M on a D M C > > > >

I have a picture of Harvey address to Olive Rebert and it is taken in Hampshire Co. He is standing up on a hill with a barn with half of a new roof and next to it a much older building. Beyond Harvey you can see down below a road. I have this picture scanned and I think I have more pictures of him. If anyone is interested getting this picture email me at [email protected] Hope I can find out who he is. Thelma

Is anyone researching the Bare/Bear/Bair surname in Hardy Co.? I am looking for the family of Philip and Barbara Gochenour Bare, Mennonites, who migrated to Westmoreland Co., PA before 1815 when Philip died there. According to a grandson's published statement in Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Compiled, Edited and Published by John M. Gresham & Co., Reprint of 1980, "Of the settlers who came into Westmoreland county just before the War of 1812 was Philip Bair, who was a native of Hardy county, VA. (now West Virginia)." I have found no evidence to substantiate this statement. According to Philips' burial records he was born 26 Sep 1767 and died 12 Jun 1815. Census records of his children indicate he was born in VA, but I do not know the place, nor the names of his parents. Any help will be greatly appreciated. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I believe I saw a copy of these in a book in Moorefield, or it was in one of the libraries of the surrounding counties. Last year I made a trip through WV and hit all the libraries in the county seats. I think that was one of the things of which they were very proud. Jeff Carr of TX ________________________________________________________________ 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.

If anyone knows where these articles can be found, please let me know. I have a copy of one of "The Old Timer" articles. Actually, I have two versions of it. The first version was clipped from the Moorefield Examiner of Thursday, April 28, 1927, S.A. McCoy, Publisher. The introduction to that version says: "The following is the contents of a clipping cut from our county paper during the year of 1874, and was contributed by Mrs. James Ward Wood, of Lost River, having been found in an old Bible which had belonged to her father, the late Moses W Hutton." The second version has no date but was probably about 1939 as the information was updated to that year. The Old Timer (Ed Note: Miss Virginia Wood kindly let us copy the following from her scrap book. It appeared in the Moorefield paper of 1874 which was the Courier & Advertiser, edited by Samuel D. Gordon and gives a picture of Moorefield in 1817. Evidently the people of Moorefield were interested in the past even then.) Moorefield Fifty-Seven Years Ago By An Old Boy I first saw Moorefield on the 28th of February, 1817, now nearly fifty-seven years ago. I rode on horseback that day from Romney, through snow which in many places had drifted into heaps high as the fence, and cold, stiff and weary, reached the comfortable hotel then kept by Col. Neville, and now occupied by R. H. Long. At that time the town contained only about twenty-five houses and perhaps two hundred inhabitants. There were no pavements then, and in April following "the bottoms fell out" of all the streets. When you went out of doors you must climb a fence or "go under". Below are the houses then standing. First the occupants in 1874; in parenthesis the occupants in 1939; and last, the owner in 1817: Mrs. Emily Friddle (Curtis Mongold), Thomas Simmons, grandfather of S.Y. Simmons, our county surveyor. D. O. Maupin (E. O. Harwood), Dr. Charles A. Turley. R. B. Sherrard, (M. A. Bean), Benjamin Fawcett, merchant. H. G. Maslin, (H. G. Muntzing), John Bishop, father of Mrs. Nancy Burch. W. W. Harness, (Coffman-Fisher Store), James Russel, as a store. Alfred Taylor, (Dr. O.V. Brooks), David Spohr. Mullin's Hotel, (Hotel McNeill), Mrs. Rebecca Harness, grandmother of Col. W. H. Harness. On the corner of this lot stood the store of Harness and Turley. Court House, (Half-Price Store and Grafton's Pharmacy), Mrs. Hays and the store of John and Adam Bishop. P. T. Shearer, (Friddle's Pharmacy), Hester Updegraff's Hotel.. G. S. Hutter, (Mrs. S. A. McCoy), Jas A. Newhouse. P. D. Turley, (Arno Friddle), Philip Carthrae. D. L. Wilson, (B. A. Helman), David Carson, a merchant. Louis Brown, (Dr. H. C. Baker), Jacob Fisher, hatter. J. B. Gilkeson, (C. L. Friddle), Val Simmons. Presbyterian Church lot, store of Samuel McMechen, Esq., father of our famous pedestrian. S. H. Alexander and Sons store, (Bennett Hardware), store of John Hopewell. Bet. B'k and S. A. McM, (Pool room), old Uncle Mack's blacksmith shop. S. A. McMechen, (Miss Carrie McMechen), Samuel McMechen's residence. Dr. M. D. Williams, (McCoy's Grand), John Mullin, postmaster. W. H. Heltzel, (Hollomoore Hotel building), Dr. Joseph Berry's office and by James Carr Gamble law office. R. H. Long - Duffey's old hotel, (P.E. Thrush and Mrs. W. B. Bowen), was the principal hotel of the town and kept by Col. Jethro Neville. Mrs. Eliza Gamble, (Paige Weese), Mrs. Charlotte Miller. Frederick Bierkamp, (Mrs. Mary Fisher), school house- Alexander Wallace- teacher, owned by Masonic lodge. S. H. Alexander, (Miss Mamie Alexander), John Hopewell. Mrs. Carlton, ( ), John Peters. Methodist Parsonage, ( ), Jas. Russell. Misses Forrer, (Mrs. Rachael Chipley), Old Court House, now greatly improved. Behind it stood the stocks and whipping post. Charles Lobb, (G. Tom Williams), Chas. Lobb, Sr., clerk of the county court. John Fetzer, (Moab Simmons), Widow Howey. There were then no buildings on the "Island" and I think no other residents in the town than those above mentioned. Some have given place to new and handsome ones and very few retain their original appearance. I have given you these rough notes in the hope that they may be interesting to your readers. I may, in compliance with your request, in a future number, give you my recollections of the prominent men of that period.

My m. father JULIUS MARIAN CLARK was born 1850 in the BIG RIDGE area of HARDY CTY. JULIUS saw his father JOHN HENRY CLARK killed when he was 10 or 11 years old while he (JOHN) was chopping wood on the wood pile by renegade soldiers. I would like to find an obit or article or anything about it. Will pay expense. Anything anyone may have on that branch of my family would help me a lot. My e-mail address is [email protected] Thank you sincerely. irmadel