I too would be interested in knowing about purchasing the Cemetery Books, so please if someone answers Kathy, post it to the site so all of us will know. Thanks Sheila in Florida

The Mason County, WV, Cemetery Inscription books can be purchased from the Meigs County, Ohio, Historical Society. A list of their publications and prices can be found at: http://www.meigscohistoricalsociety.com/id20.htm Good luck Herman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Jones Sr." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 4:59 PM Subject: Re: WVMASON-D Digest V01 #93 > I would also like the info information concerning the purchase of the five > cemetary books of Mason County. Dick Jones at Myrtle Beach, SC > > Dick Jones

I would also like the info information concerning the purchase of the five cemetary books of Mason County. Dick Jones at Myrtle Beach, SC Dick Jones

Please can someone tell me where how and how much to purchase the 5 Cemetery Inscription books that Sandra and Debbie are talking about?? Kathy in Covington VA [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

In a message dated 10/21/01 8:40:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > I recommend purchasing the 5 Cemetery books if you have family in Mason Co. > They have been so helpful in my research since I live in California and > can't > visit the courthouse, library or cemeteries in Mason County, West Virginia. > The books are a good price for the information they offer. > do you have the info on how to purchase them, and the cost? Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida Maybe I'll catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010!

1. Peter "Pete"1 MEADOWS [1294], born 1840; buried in Pete Meadows Cem., son of Andrew MEADOWS [110] and Susanna (Susan) HOLLY [111]. He married on 7 Dec 1868 in Mason Co., WV Susannah TAYLOR [1295], born 1851 in Fayette Co., WV, daughter of George W. TAYLOR [147] and Frances (---) [717]. Notes for Peter "Pete" MEADOWS GENERAL: Pete donated the land for the cemetery that now bears his name "Pete Meadows Cemetery" Hope this helps, Bertie [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 10/20/01 7:53:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Have you heard of a cemetery in mason count, around Ashton called the Pete > > Meadows Cemetery? > > no, but they have 5 books on the cemeteries, I copied some pages for my guys > but maybe someone on the list can help you, who is Peter Meadows? Any > relation to mine? > > Thanks for writing. > Sandy in Florida > Maybe I'll catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010! > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

In a message dated 10/20/01, [email protected] writes: << Have you heard of a cemetery in mason count, around Ashton called the Pete Meadows Cemetery? >> Hello Julie, In Mason Co., WV Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume 2, Pages 170-174, it listed: Pete Meadows Cemetery, out Ashton-Upland Road to Palestine Ridge, pass Palestine Church about 1 mile out on Glenwood Road, right side of road, top of hill. (contributed by Machir, Sturgeon; Mr. & Mrs. Dell Plants in Sept. 1970) on page 173 shows: Peter MEADOWS 1840-1919 ; Susan 1852-1943 There are many MEADOWS listed in this cemetery and also several other Meadows Cemeteries in Hannan District shown in Mason Co., WV Cem. Insc., Vol. 2 : Pages 131, Jacob Meadows Cemetery Pages 169-170, Lafe Meadows Cemetery Page 170, John Meadows Cemetery Pages 170-174, Pete Meadows Cemetery Also in the additions & corrections to cemeteries found in Mason Co., WV Cemetery Inscription, Volume 5 : Page 19, Blake Cemetery (aka Jacob Meadows Cemetery ; see v.2,p.131) Pages 138-139, Pete Meadows Cemetery (see v.2,pp.170-174 Addendum Page 9, Lafayette Meadows Cemetery (see v.2,pp.169-170) I recommend purchasing the 5 Cemetery books if you have family in Mason Co. They have been so helpful in my research since I live in California and can't visit the courthouse, library or cemeteries in Mason County, West Virginia. The books are a good price for the information they offer. Hope this helps you... Debbie (:

In a message dated 10/20/01 7:53:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Have you heard of a cemetery in mason count, around Ashton called the Pete > Meadows Cemetery? no, but they have 5 books on the cemeteries, I copied some pages for my guys but maybe someone on the list can help you, who is Peter Meadows? Any relation to mine? Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida Maybe I'll catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010!

Hi! Can anyone help me locate Glenwood in the census images, please? Thanks, Christine Here are my choices: 1)District 72 Arbuckle Magisterial District(part of) Precinct 1. 2)District 73 Arbuckle Magisterial District(part of) Precinct 2. 3)District 74 Arbuckle Magisterial District(part of) Precinct 3. 4)District 75 Clendenin Magisterial District(part of), including Henderson town.Precinct 1. 5)District 76 Clendenin Magisterial District(part of), excluding Henderson town.Precinct 2. 6)District 77 Clendenin Magisterial District(part of), excluding Henderson town, Precinct 5. 7)District 78 Clendenin Magisterial District(part of),excluding Henderson town.Precinct 3. Precinct 4. 8)District 79Cologne Magisterial District(part of),including Leon village. Precinct 1. 9)District 80 Cologne Magisterial District (part of), excluding Leon village. Precinct 2. 10)District 81 Cooper Magisterial District (part of), All north of Old Town Creek. 11)District 82 Cooper Magisterial District (part of), All south of Old Town Creek. 12)District 83 Graham Magisterial District (part of), including that part of Hartford City town, in this district. Precincts 1 and 2. 13)District 84 Graham Magisterial District (part of), excluding Hartford City town. Precincts 3 and 4. 14)District 85 Hannan Magisterial District (part of), Precinct s 1 and 2. 15)District 86 Hannan Magisterial District (part of), Precincts 3 and 4. 16)District 87 Lewis Magisterial District, including Mason County Jail, and Point Pleasant town (part of), Ward 1 (part of), Wards 4 and 5. Hickory Chapel Precinct. 17)District 88 Point Pleasant town (part of), Ward 1 (part of), Ward 2 18)District 89 Point Pleasant town (part of), Ward 3. 19)District 90 Robinson Magisterial District 20)District 91 Union Magisterial District(part of) Precincts 1 and 2. 21)District 92 Union Magisterial District(part of) Precincts 3 and 4. 22)District 93 Waggener Magisterial District (part of), ?? that ?? of ?? town in this district excluding Mason town not incorporated Precincts 1 and 3. Clifton town, town corporated from schedules 4/19/20 D.S. 23)District 94 Waggener Magisterial District (part of) comprising Mason town, not incorporated Precinct 2. 24)District 191 Waggener Magisterial District (part of) not inc excluding Mason town, and Hartford City town (part of) Precinct 4. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Hi! Can anyone tell me which township Glenwood is located in? I am looking for info on my great great grandparents Lucy Hannah Stephenson and Joseph David Morrison. They died sometime around the 1920's in Glenwood. (They moved back and forth across the Ohio river often I am told.) Thank you, Christine Curry _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Hello All, Thanks to so many who took the time to respond to my query regarding lack of mailing list(s) activity. I was fairly certain that my mailbox server was up and running as normal and that I was still subscribed as intended. But the virtual slow down, standstill in the case of some lists, still came as a surprise despite the recent turn of world events. I too, have been distracted by the news reports and feel it would be totally unrealistic to expect otherwise. Please accept my query as it was intended, just an observation or more accurately a query asking for reassurance that everything in fact was indeed "normal" as regards my e-mail delivery system. Luck to All with ALL your searches. Bette in colorful Wisconsin [email protected]

Does anyone know if there are complete Mason Co. Births and Deaths available for 1800-1950? I have Julie Chapin Hesson's Mason County Marriages for 1806-1915. I would love to have the Births and Deaths also. Bertie

Bette, I too have noticed a considerable lack of postings recently but not only on this list.....I truly think most people are preoccupied with world events and present day dangers and simply have put their research aside for a bit. It's hard to be concerned about something that happened back a hundred years ago when you have children and grandchildren going off to war. Be patient, we'll be back when things get back to "normal" whatever that is! Sheila in Florida

Hello All. Lately I have had a noticeable drop-off in posts to my mailbox from both the WV, MASON Co as well as the WV, Kanawha Co. list. Before I resubscribe I thought I would post a query regarding this to the list and see what response, if any, I get back. Has anyone else noticed this apparent lack of list activity? Thanks for your input. Bette [email protected]

I am seeking information on Nathan MORGAN who lived in Mason and Greenup Counties and died in WI. He was married in Boyd county, KY and stated in his marriage certificate that he was born in NC. I find in 1840 a Nathan Morgan, SR aged 83 in Rowan Cnty, NC. Some of his relatives were born in OH and lived along the OH river. Can anyone help me to determine if Nathan Morgan of KY, NC and WI is related to Nathan, SR of NC and Rowan Cnty, NC? Derald Morgan

"THE ELUSIVE ANCESTOR" I went searching for an ancestor ... I cannot find him still, He moved around from place to place And did not leave a will. He married where a courthouse burned, He mended all his fences; He avoided any man Who came to take the U.S. Census. > He always kept his luggage packed, This man who had no fame; And every 20 years or so, Tthis rascal changed his name. His parents came from Europe ... They should be upon some list Of passengers to U.S.A., But somehow they got missed. > And no one else in this world Is searching for this man; So, I play geneasolitaire To find him if I can. I'm told he's buried in a plot, With tombstone he was blessed; But the weather took engraving, And some vandals took the rest. > He died before the county clerks Decided to keep records; No Family Bible has emerged, In spite of all my efforts. To top it off this ancestor, Who caused me many groans, Just to give me one more pain, Betrothed a girl named JONES! ~ Merrell Kenworthy ~

This was taken from the Harrison Co., List I belong to, and Capt. Arbuckle is mentioned quite a few times. Interesting reading. Bev Craig >From Howe's "History of Ohio", 1888. pg 270     Montgomery County was named from Gen. Richard Montgomery, of the American Revolutionary army; he was born in Ireland, in 1737, and was killed in the assault upon Quebec, Dec. 31, 1775.  This county was created May 1, 1803, from Hamilton and Ross, and the temporary seat of justice appointed at the house of George Newcom, in Dayton.  About one-half of the county is tolling and the rest level; the soil of an exellent limestone quarries, of a greyish-white hue. Large quantities are ezported to Cincinnati, wehre it is used in constructing the most elegant edifices; nearly all the canal locks from Cincinnati to Toledo are built with it.  This is a great manufacturing county, and abundance of water power is furnished by its various streams, and it is very wealthy, with a dense agricultural populataion.  The principal products are corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, flaxseed, potatoes, pork, wool and tobacco.     Area about 470 square miles.  In 1887 the acres cultivated were 167,779; in pasture, 18,402; woodland, 34,134; lying waste, 9,624; produced in wheat, 639,886 bushels; rye, 4,655; buckwheat, 171; oats, 415,084; barley, 55,960; corn, 1,523,796; broom-corn, 67,759 lbs. brush; meadow hay, 15,104 tons; clover hay, 8,628; flax, 176,477 lbs. fibre; potatoes, 85,200 bushels; tobacco, 4,717,558 lbs. (largest in the State); butter, 829,943; cheese, 2,715; sorghum, 5,872 gallons; maple syrup, 13,934; honey, 4,018lbs; eggs, 34,473 dozen; grapes, 132,780 lbs.; wine, 6,301 gallons; sweet potatoes, 3,648 bushels; apples, 563; peaches, 15; pears, 1,725; wool, 15,747 lbs.; milch cows owned, 10,497.  Ohio Mining Statistics, 1888: Limestone, 5, 062 tons burned for lime; 195,537 cubic feet of dimension stone; 33,977 cubic yards of building stone; 422,558 square feet of flagging; 9,750 square feet of paving; 48,586 lineal feet of curbing; 1,352 cubic yards of ballast or macadam.  School census, 1888, 26,797; teachers, 402.  Miles of railroad track, 165. Townships and Census        1840        1880 Butler                1,897        2,196 Clay                1,633        3,063 Dayton (city and twp)        10,334        38,678 German                2,629        3,451 Harrison            -        2,667 Jackson                1,688        2,451 Jefferson            1,895        6,096 Madison                1,594        2,306 Mad River            -        2,091 Miami                3,249        5,024 Perry                1,883        2,272 Randolph            1,774        2,327 Van Buren            -        2,953 Washington            2,259        1,784 Wayne                1,045        1,191     Population of Montgomery in 1820 was 16,061; 1830, 24,374; 1840, 31,879; 1860, 52,230; 1880, 78,550; of whom 54,396 where born in Ohio; 4,059 Pennsylvania; 1,197 Indiana; 1,114 New York; 1,037 Virginia; 813 Kentucky; 7,894 German Empire; 2,574 Ireland; 664 England and Wales; 270 France; 207 British America; 159 Scotland, and 11 Norway and Sweden.     Census, 1890, 100,852.     Among the early settlers of Montgomery county was Col. Robert Patterson. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1753, and emigrated to Kentucky in 1775.  In 1804 he removed from Kentucky and settled about a mile below Dayton.  He was the original proprietor of Lexington, Ky., and one-third owner of Cincinnati, when it was laid out.  He was with Col. George Rogers Clarke in 1778, i his celebrated Illinois campaign; in the following year he was in Bowman's expedition against old Chillicothe.  In this expedition, according to Patterson's memoranda, Bowman had 400 men.  In August, 1780, he was also a captain under [pg 271] Clarke, in his expidition against the Shawnees, on the Little Miami and Mad river; was second in command to Col. Boone, August 19, 1782, at the battle of the Lower Blue Licks; was colonel on the second expedition of Gen. Clarke, in the following September, into the Miami country; held the same office in 1786, under Col. Logan, in his expedition against the Shawnees.  He died, August 5, 1827.  His early life was full of incidents, one of the most remarkable of which we give in his own language, as origianally published in the Ohio National Journal:     Canoe Journey up the Ohio.-In the fall of 1776 I started from McClellan's station (now Georgetown, Ky.) in company with Jos. McNutt, David Perry, James Wernock, James Templeton, Edward Mitchell and Isaac Greer, to go to Pittsburg.  We procured provision for our journey at the Blue Licks,from the well-known stone house, the Buffalo.  At Limestone we procured a canoe, and started up te Ohio river by water.  Nothing material transpired during sevearl of the first days of our journey.  We landed at Point Pleasant, where was a fort commanded by Capt. Arbuckle.  After remaining thre a short time, and receiving despatches from Capt. Arbuckle to the commandant at Wheeling, we again proceeded.  Aware that Indians were lurking along the bank of the river, we travelled with the utmost caution.  We usually landed an hour before sunset, cooked and eat our supper, and went on until after dark.  At night we lay without fire, ans convenient ot our canoe as possible, and started again in the morning at daybreak.   We had all agreed that if any disaster should befall us by day or by night that we should stand by each other, as long as any help could be afforded.     Attacked by Inidan.-At lenght the memorable 12th of  October arrived. During the day we passed several new improvements, which occasioned us to be less watchful and careful than we had been before.  Late in the evening we landed opposite the island {on the Ohio side of the river, in what is now Athens county}, then caleld the Hockhocking, and were beginning to flatter ourselves that we should reach some inhabitants the next day.  Having eaten nothing that day, contrary to our usual preactice, we kindled a fire and cooked supper. After we had eaten and made the last of our flour into a loaf of bread, and put it into an old brass kettle to bake, so that we might be ready to start again in the morning at daybreak, we lay down to rest, keeping the same clothes on at night that we wore during the day.  For the want of a better, I had on a hunting-shirt and britch clout (so called), and flannel leggins.  I had my powder-horn and shot-pouch on my side, and placed the butt of my gun under my head.  Five of our company lay on the east side of the fire, and James Templeton and myself on the west; we were lying on our left sides, myself in front, with my right hand hold of my gun.  Templeton was lying close behind me.  This was our position, and asleep, when we were fired upon by a party of Indians.  Immediately after the fire they rushed upon us with tomahawks, as if determined to finish the work of death they had begun.  It appeared that one Indian had shot on my side of the fire.  I saw the flash of the gun and felt the ball pass through me, but whre I could not tell, nor was it at first painful. I sprang to take up my gun, but my right shoulder came to the ground.  I made another effort, and was half bent in getting up, when an Indian sprang past the fire with svage fierceness, and struck me with his tomahawk.  From the position I was in, it went betwwen two ribs, just behingd the backbone, a little below the kidney, and penetrated the cavity of the body.  He then immediately turned to Templeton (who by this time had got to his feet with his gun in hand), and seized his gun.  A desperate scuffle ensued, but Templeton held on, and finally bore off the gun.     A Forlorn Condition.-In the meantime I made from the light, and in my attempt to get out of sight, I was delayed for a monet by getting my right arm fast between a tree and a sapling, but having got clear and away fromthe light of the fire, and finding that I had lost the use of my right arm, I made a shift to keep it up by drawing it throuthg the straps of my shot-pouch.  I could see the crowd about the fire, but the firing had ceased and the strife seemed to be over.  I had reason to believe that the other were all shot and tomahawked.  Hearing no one coming towards me, I resolved to go to the river, and, if possible, to get into the canoe and float down, thinking by that means I might possible reach Point Pleasant, supposed to be about 100 miles distant. Just as I got on the beach a little below the canoe, and Indian in the canoe gave a whoop, which gave me to understand that it was best ot withdraw.  I did so; and with much difficulty got to an old log, and being very thirsty, faint and exhausted, I was glad to sit down.  I felt the blood running, and heard it dropping on the leaves all around me.  Presently I heard the Indians board the canoe and float past.  All was now silent, and I felt myself in a most forlorn conditiion.  I could not see the fire, but determined to find it and see if any of my comrades were alive.  I steered the course which I supposed the fire to be, and having reached it, I found Templeton alive, but wounded in nearly the same manner that I was.  James Wernock was also dangerously wounded, two balls having passed through his body; Jos. McNutt was dead and scalped; D. Perry was wounded, but not badly, and Isaac Greer was missing.  The miseries of that hour cannot well be described.     Wernock's Resignation.-When daylight appeared [pg 272] we held a council, and concluded taht inasmuch as one gun and some ammunition was saved, Perry would furnish us with meat, and we would proceed up the river by slow marches to the nearest settlements, supposed to be on hundred miles.  A small quantity of provisions which was found scattered around the fire was picked up and distributed among us, and a piece of blanket, which was saved from the fire, was geven to me to cover a wound on my back.  On examination, it was found that two balls had passed through my right arm, and that the bone was broken; to dress this, splinters were taken from a tree near the fire that had been shivered from lightning, and placed on the outside of my hunting shirt and bound with a string.  And now, being in readiness to move, Perry took the gun and ammunition, and we all got to our feet except Wernock, who, on attempting to get up, fell back to the ground.  He refused to try again, said that he could not live, and at the same time desired us to tdo the best we could for ourselves.  Perry then tood hold of his arm and told him if he would get up he would carry him; upon this he made another effort to get up, but falling back as before, he begged us in the most solemn manner to leave him.  At his request the old kettle was fileld with water and placed at this side, which he said was the last and only favor required of us, and then conjured us to leave him and try to save ourselves, assuring us that should he live to see us again, he would cast no reflections of unkindness upon us.  Thus we left him.  When we had got a little distance I looked back, and distressed and hopless as Wernock's condition really was, I felt to envy it.  After going about 100 poles, we were obliged to stop and rest, and found ourselves too sick and weak to proceed.  Another consultation being held, it was agreed that Templeton and myself should remain there with Edward Mitchell, and Perry should take the gun and go tot he nearest settlement and seek relief.  Perry promised that if he could not procure assistance he would be back in four days.  he then returned to the camp and found Wernock in the same state of mind as when we left, perfectly rational and sensible of his condition, replenished his kettle with water, broght us some fire and started for the settlement.     Wernock's Death.-Alike unable to go back or forward, and being very thirsty, we set about getting water from a small stream that happened to be near us, our only drinking vessel an old wool hat, which was so broken that it was with great difficulty made to hold water; but by stuffing leaves in it, we made it hold so that each one could drink from once filling it.  Nothing could have been a greater luxury to us than a cold drink of water from the old hat.  Just at night Mitchell returned to see if Wernock was still lving, intending if he was dead to get the kettle for us.  He arrived just in time to see him expire; but not  choosing to leave him until he should be certian that he was dead, he stayed with him until darkness came on, and when he attempted to return to us, he got lost and lay from us all night.  We suffered much that night for the want of fire, and through fear that he was  either killed or that he had run off; but happily  for us our fears were groundless, for next morning at sunrise he found his way to our camp.  That day we moved about 200 yards farther upa deep ravine, and farther from the river.  The weather, which had been cold and frosty, now became a little warmer, and commenced raining.  Those that were with me could set up, but I had no alternative but to lie on my back on the ground, with my right arm over my body.  The rain continuing next day, Mitchell took an excursion to examine the hills, and not far distant he found a rock projecting fromt he cliff sufficient to shelter us from the rain, to which place we very gladly removed.  He also gathered pawpaws for us, which were our only food, except perhaps a few grapes.     Rescuers Arrive.-Time moved slowly on until Saturday.  In the meantime we talked over the danger to which Perry was exposed, the distance he had to go and the improbability of his returning.  When the time had expired which he had allowed himself, we concluded that we would, if alive, wait for him until Monday, and if he did not come then, and no relief should be afforded, we would attempt to travel to Point Pleasant.  The third day after our defeat my arm became very painful.  The splinters and leaves and my shirt were cemented together with blood, and stuck so fast to my arm that it required the application of warm water for nearly a whole day to loosen them so that they could be taken off; when this was done, I had my arm dressed with white oad leaves, which had a very good effect.  On Saturday about twelve o'clock, Mitchell came with his bosom full of pawpaws, and placed them convenient to us, and returned to his station on the river.  He had been gone about an hour, when to our great joy we behld him coming with a company of men.  When they approahed us, we found that our trusty friend and companion, David Perry, had returned to our assistance with Captain John Walls, his officers and most of his company.  Our feelings of gratitude may possibly be concieved, but works can never describe them.  Suffice to say taht these eyes flowed down plenteously with tears, and I was so completely overwhelmed with joy that I fell to the ground.  On my recovery, we were taken to the river and refreshed plentifully with provisions, which the captain had brought, and had our wounds dressed by an experienced man, who came for taht purpose.  We were afterwards described by the captain to be in a most forgorn and pitiable condition, more like corpses beginning to purify than living beings.     While we were at the cliff which sheltered us from the rain, the howling of the wolves in the direction of the fatal spos whence we had so narrowly escaped with our lives, left no doubt that they were feasting on the [pg 273] bodies of our much-lamented friend, McNutt and Wernock.  While we were refreshing ourselves at the river, and having our wounds dressed, Captain Walls went with some of his men to the place of our defeat and collected the bondes of our late companions, and buried them with the utmost expedition and care.  We were then conducted by water to Captain Wall's station, at Grave Creek.

-----Original Message----- From: Joyce Dever [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: FW: Cemeteries -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Dever [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Cemeteries Hello to all. I have a very difficult problem that my cousin and I have been trying to solve for 13 years collectively. Here is who I am looking for: Charles LUCAS b 1866 in OH, but spent a great deal of his childhood in Wood County WV. He also spent a great deal of his adult life in OH. We have no death date on him, and have no place of burial for him. Charles LUCAS (the above's father), b. abt 1830 in Marshall County VA. No He also spent a great deal of time in OH and in later years, WV. I can tell you, that most of the info I have on the above father and son, has their lives right along the OH river. So I am concentrating this search in OH and WV, in counties right along the OH river. Here is what I would like to know: Does anyone know of a specific "LUCAS" cemetery? Can anyone with any list of occupants of cemeteries find either of these two Charles LUCAS' on them? Does anyone researching famlies in the countied along the OH river, recognize these names? I also apologize for the extreme vagueness....but it is all I know. I would be most grateful for any and all information and or suggestions as to where to turn next. Thanks so much, Joyce in Seattle

In a message dated 9/21/01 9:26:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > I agree regarding the ages. That is the main reason that I believe that the > Catherine who married Levi Rawson was most likely a granddaughter of > Edmund. If you look at the dates of Edmund and James Births, if their > Catherine was the one who married Levi, she would have been VERY old when > she had Edwin R. W. Rawson in 1805. Highly unlikely. If she were the > daughter of Edmund (only way she could have been Catherine Rawson and come > from that family) and a contemporary of Frances, she'd still be much older > than Levi and old when she had Edwin J. W. Rawson. Therefore, I believe > the most likely scenario is that Frances had at least 1 sibling and > possibly more (family history indicates that the Jacob Wolfe of Edwin's > middle name was an uncle). Thus, one of Frances's brothers could have had the Catherine who married Levi Rawson and > the other could have been a Jacob Rawson. > Hi, good to hear from you. In the above you have different names for Edwin, J W is right, correct? Who is Jacob Rawson? Here is a chart based on Catherine being a grand daughter of Edmund Wolfe. can you send any dates that you have and children for Catherine? I found Edwin JW in Mason Co. in 1850 and 1870, he was born in NY or Penna. wife born in MD, children in Ohio. one of his children is prob. named for Catherine's father, John, Edward, Charles, or Joseph, or the Edwin JW junior. I bet her dad was Jacob Wolfe. Descendants of Edmund Wolfe 1 Edmund WOLFE b: Bet. 1700 - 1720 .... 2 Male WOLFE b: Bet. 1720 - 1750 .......... 3 Catherine WOLFE b: 1782 .............. +Levi RAWSON b: 1781 .... 2 Frances WOLFE b: Abt. 1742 in Prince William Co., VA ........ +Edward CORNWELL b: 1735 in Virginia m: Abt. 1760 in Virginia d: 1808 in Monroe Co., VA Father: Father CORNWELL Thanks for writing. Sandy in Florida Maybe I'll catch up with my mail when I retire, in 2010!

Hi All! I am new to the Mason County site. I am researching the Loves, Dabneys, and Bechtles of Mason County, WV. i was wondering is anyone else is too? Another question I have is where is the Mason County, VA info? You know, before Mason was in WV, where are those records kept? Please let me know. Thanks, Lisa Shaffer