Dear List Members There have been some additions to the Harrison Co cemetery listings. The unknown cemetery near Boothsville has been identified as the Thomas Cemetery. Cathy did her usual magic, combining and alphabetizing the Enterprise Cemetery. Wyatt Cemetery is also complete. Enjoy! Mariana

Hello, I belong to several myFamily.com sites regarding ancestors of mine and I have found the benefits of this type of family group differ a great deal from subscribing to a list, putting names on boards in hopes that some relative might see it. All serve their purpose, but myFamily narrows it down to members of the family who have information and are willing to share their information in a family setting without it being possibly misconstrued over the lists while it is being rehashed into something verifiable. I realize that there is a lot of information regarding the Straley family and a lot of people are searching. There are new Straley researchers coming along all the time that are trying to document sources, make a connection with their relatives, compare notes, and will be carrying the genealogy forward to a new generation. I would love to see a Straley myFamily started. Any feedback? Dee Randall Shenandoah Valley, Va Descendant of 1 Christian Straley . +Christiana Lantz .2Elizabeth Straley .... +William H. Mitchell (son of John William Mitchell)

Dear List, I can't send this to the HC genweb, but since the Sturm family was also in Harrison Co, I thought some of you might be able to use it. Sturm Cemetery, Tetrick Ridge, Marion County, WV Microfilm #163927 Harrison County, WV Cemeteries Sturm, John died 6/11/04 born 8/28/1834 Sturm, Matilda no death date 10/20/1832 wife of John Sturm Sturm, Edith died 5/23/1859 no birth date wife of John Sturm Sturm, John N died 4/14/1859 no birth date son of John and Edith Sturm Sturm, Henry died 10/21/1865 no birth date son of John and Edith Sturm Sturm, Mary D died 2/20/1875 born 7/8/1842 wife of Isaac Sturm End of reading

Thanks Patti, John and Mary Polly(Humphrey) Shingleton are my John's Uncle and Aunt. I will keep looking, I'm not giving up...Thanks for your time in helping me. Cindy Eagle Pettey

Thanks for looking for me, I appreciate your time in helping me. John and Mary(Humphrey) Shingleton is my John's Uncle and Aunt. Sanford is my John's father, if you wouldn't mind could you send me the listing of Sanford and William, census reference book and page #. I would like that very much... Thanks Cindy Eagle Pettey

Harrison Co WV Marriage Records show: John SHINGLETON to Polly HUMPHREY 10 Apr 1820 (Polly was a nickname for Mary.) Best~~Patti

Hi Cindy, This was the only John Shingleton listed in my marriage book, but it certainly doesn't fit the ages you gave. John Shingleton Polly Humphrey Apr 10 1820 No minister nor parents listed Polly was a fairly common nickname for Mary. I also checked the 1850 Harrison Co Census for John and he wasn't there. The only Shingleton families listed in the 1850 Census are Sanford and William. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Eagle Pettey" <molawcin@inetone.net> To: <WVHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 2:34 PM Subject: [WVHARRIS] Harrison Co. Marriage Look-up > Hello Everyone, > > I hope someone can help me. > I'm looking for the marriage of John Shingleton(Singleton) b. ca 1815 and Mary ?? b. ca 1814, they were probably married 1831-1832, they were married young and had their first child in 1832, her name was Martha. Thank you.... > Cindy Eagle Pettey > > > ==== WVHARRIS Mailing List ==== > Remember to check your mail as often as you can. > After 3 bounces the computers remove an address. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

Hello Everyone, I hope someone can help me. I'm looking for the marriage of John Shingleton(Singleton) b. ca 1815 and Mary ?? b. ca 1814, they were probably married 1831-1832, they were married young and had their first child in 1832, her name was Martha. Thank you.... Cindy Eagle Pettey

Dear listers, Sorry I missed the discussion on Ceemtery Protection but I was headed back to Harrison Co from California on the 18th and just got home last night. Some of my objectives are to preserve these historical burying grounds. I first started with this concern when I could find no stone readings for my lines. I felt that my 5th great grandparents and members of their families could be buried in those hills. The same goes for other generations in different states from PA to KS. My priorities have been to locate the lands that they lived on. For two years now I have been trying to locate the land one of my ancestors lived on even though he did not own the land. Ten days ago - I drove over that land, photographed it and talked with hunters and landowners of that land. About four years ago, I found a tombstone in an overgrown cemetery, the only stone in my line since the immigrant ancestor in four generations. It was not in Harrison Co. as I had suspected, but I found a death of a grandaughter of hers in a river landing on the Ohio in 1843 in Kentucky which led me to locate her daughter's family who she lived with after her husband died. In locating other related burial sites in WV, I have found errors in the stone readings, and misplacement of the cemetery in the right districts. I would suggest that every one become very particular in reseaching their ancestor's burial grounds. The most improtant thing to do would be to locate from the reords who the current owner of the land is and find ntheir deed to determine if there has been an "reserving" of the cemetery land. In one of my ancestors; land the cemetery land was reserved out the deeding of the parcel to his son- in -law, the reserve clause has been continued in every deed since then. I have written, phoned and talked with the current landowner and told him that I know of the cemetery and wish to have it preserved. I don't feel that this is enough and am working on a means to insure that the are is protected. The other thing, is that the cemeteries may include neighbors' families of your ancestor. Getting inforamtion on possible burials in each cemetery is a very important and will help identify those unmarked graves. First, these are "intended" archaeological sites - historical places where artifacts have been purposely left by our ancestorws for us to find, study, contemplate and respect. Chapter 29 of the Code of West Virgnia Prohibits the removal and or destruction or vandalism of a historical burial ground defined as being older than 50 years. The biggest problem is the forgetting and disappearance of old cemeteries - from neglect, being overgrown and forgotten. We really need to thank the WPA and people like John House, Harley Queen, Elaine Post who have documented what they have found. But we need to make sure that his is not wasted but is used as a stepping stone to further the protection of these sites. Another issue - is that we rely on "tombstone readings" to do our research. However there it more to this. First, Tombstones deteriorate. Second, some are removed or moved. There is a trend particularly in PA and MD to line up tombstones in rows edge to edge. This causes the "context" to be lost. If you go to a cemetery relatives are buried near each other. With the movement of stones this context is lost, especailly if the cemetery is not platted out, mapped, or marked and stone locations are recorded. Most tomstones in Central WV seem to start about the 1840's. Prior to that and even later for more poorer families. Field stoens were used, some etcehd with a wrought iron tool some not. I have heard of one cemetery where there are rows of fieldstoens, but somoen knows who they all are - this inforamtion should be preserved. Also, many probably used wooden marked, long ago gone. These may have marked the "unmarked sites of today. The question is - there may be5., 20 or 40 or whatever grav estones - but how many people are actually buried in a a cemetery - unmarked graves probably outnumber the marked graves maybe as much as five to one or more. Crtainly many pioneers and settlers graves are unknown. When I was trying to find a cemetery I knew was between Jane Lew and Last Creek, I was takling with a farmer who had seen the cemetery and he said there were fieldstones of the families slaves. Well they were PA dutch and I doubted that they owned slaves. When I located the cemetery, I found one fieldstone with just two initals. Based on the fact that her son was in the grav e next to her and that it was her father's farm, I immedaitely knew it was the grave of a woman who had died in the 1840's with all her children being young. There is no record of her death no family records. But he memory can be memorialized. If any one has any particular concerns with a cemetery particualry in North Central WV or to Wood CO. Please feel free to contact me. I am developing a means to help protect some cemeteries. Best regards, Paul Pettit

Thanks so much Jane...Lyle Corder

Thanks Patti......can you believe, the only blank page in the book...Lyle

Wvlyle@aol.com wrote: > > Need a lookup for a Charles Cole marriage that should appear on pg 125 of Wes > Cochrans's Harrison marriage book. Would you believe my page 125 is blank???? > > Looking for date, wife's name, ages, and parents of both, also where born. > Thanks so much. Lyle Corder Hi, Lyle, Very pleased to be able to assist you: COLE, Charles M. 25 Loudoun Co. VA; Harrison ANDERSON, Sarah Elizabeth 23 Loudoun Co., VA' res Harrison His parents: Peter and Pleara Her parents: John and Nancy marriage date 2/24/1854. Very best regards, Jane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jane McCann Walsh jmwalsh@hhs.net

Hi Lyle-- Here goes: Pg 125 Harrison Co WV Marriages COLE, Charles M 25 Loudoun Co VA; Harrison s/o Peter/Pleara ANDERSON, Sarah Elizabeth 23 Loudoun Co VA; Harrison d/o John/Nancy married 24 Feb 1854 Harrison Co (W)V Best~~Patti

Need a lookup for a Charles Cole marriage that should appear on pg 125 of Wes Cochrans's Harrison marriage book. Would you believe my page 125 is blank???? Looking for date, wife's name, ages, and parents of both, also where born. Thanks so much. Lyle Corder

Am looking for information on the Cork and McIntyre families.Would like to know the parents , brothers and sisters of below names.Would like to also know where they are buried. They are my G-grandparents. Peter F. Cork..................................................B-4/22/1836.........................D-9/15/1901 Marriet Harriet Hutson Sept. 1871 She died 4/ 21/1930 Raymond C. McIntyre.................................B- about 1857.........................D-??? He married Sara Jane Baker...7/24/1873----Beleive she died in 1890 Then Raymond married Lavena(Laverna)Ash..........3/29/1900 If anyone knows ANY information at all on them would you please let me know. Would sure appriciate it. Thank you Charlotte Zito

Richard, I have been searching for some clue as to a family by the name of Joseph Chapman m Martha Wiley and had children named: M. Nancy Carpenter m James Pritt, Margaret m Robert Pritt (brothers married sisters), John, Jane, Robert, Rebecca, Mary, Elizabeth, William, Sarah, Samuel and Martha. These came from Bath County, VA. Would you have any of these in your data base and if you do would you please email me. Thanks, Ethel RICHARD CARPENTER wrote: > I have a file on Nicholas Carpenter that I have compiled from notes from other Carpenter researchers. I would be glad to share this file. > I have been trying to separate the descendants of this Nicholas Carpenter from the descendants of Jeremiah Carpenter of Braxton County. > My email address is thecarponline2@email.msn.com > > ==== WVHARRIS Mailing List ==== > Harrison County West Virginia Lookup Web Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvharris/lookups.htm > > ============================== > The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family > members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. > http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp

I just found my great grandparents on the Enterprise Cemetery site and have info to add to the site. Who do I contact to give this info to? Judy In Ohio but always a Mountaineer WRIGHT, PELL, FAIRFAX, PHILLIPS, PYLES, PILES, MILLER, MITTER & 200 more WV names

Hi Judy, I just sent Part 4 (the final segment--hurrah!!) to Cathy. I'm so glad you wrote. These reading were done a long time ago and there are, of course, some errors. Why don't you send Cathy what you have as an addendum to which ever part your people are on. Does that make any sense? I honestly don't know how she is going to handle that but the info is so important and does need to be added. If you want to, you can just forward this message on to her with my suggestion. I'm sending these files to her in html. If you want to send me whatever you have, I'll write something up in html and then send it to Cathy. Or you can send it directly to her--whichever works out best for you. As along as you are at it, would you also mind sending it to me anyway? <grin> I keep these files in my computer just in case something would happen to them. That way I can update whatever additions/corrections you have. If you would rather not do that, that's fine and I understand. Thanks again! Mariana ----- Original Message ----- From: <JUDITH712@aol.com> To: <WVHARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 3:31 PM Subject: [WVHARRIS] Re: WVHARRIS-D Digest V00 #197 > I just found my great grandparents on the Enterprise Cemetery site and have > info to add to the site. Who do I contact to give this info to? > Judy In Ohio but always a Mountaineer > WRIGHT, PELL, FAIRFAX, PHILLIPS, PYLES, PILES, MILLER, MITTER & 200 more WV > names > > > ==== WVHARRIS Mailing List ==== > Link for Harrison County Lookups: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvharris/lookups.htm > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > >

I have a file on Nicholas Carpenter that I have compiled from notes from other Carpenter researchers. I would be glad to share this file. I have been trying to separate the descendants of this Nicholas Carpenter from the descendants of Jeremiah Carpenter of Braxton County. My email address is thecarponline2@email.msn.com

Dear List, Cathy put Enterprise Cemetery, Eagle District, transcription Part 3 online tonight on the Harrison Co website. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvharris/ You will find all the cemetery transcriptions under "Harrison Co Records." Enjoy! Mariana