Type-O on my part on the Pocahontas Fuel Co. I need to get some shut eye!! And thank you for your fast reply!! Tiny :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hello, Found info on a family member that says he was born and worked in Worth WV. Anyone able to tell me where that was? And any info on Pocahintas Fuel Co.? Anyone have information on a William Thomas SPEARS and wife Pearl Mae(ADAMS)SPEARS, lived in McDowell Co, in Worth Thanks, Tiny ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi everyone, I am looking for any information about J. Gorden Lane, born apr 15, 1880 in NC. He died Sept 20, 1926 (drowned in McDowell county, WV). He was married to Lake ?? and had three kids--Ester, Shirley and Beatrice. They lived in Iaeger during the 1930s and probably much earlier than that. He had a half brother Charles Guy Lane who lived across the street, route US 52, from the Gorden Family with his wife Viola thomas Lane and five boys and one girl. My line of research includes Lane, Blevins, Sexton, Wagg, Thomas mostly in Grayson county, VA and Ashe County, NC. I would be happy to share information with you. Ralph Lane crlane@erols.com

Hello fellow searchers!!! I am trying to find the tombstone of Curtis and Clarissa Coleman. According to Curtis Coleman's pension records, he was burried in Avondale and died 1 Jul 1908. His wife is also burried there and died 9 Nov 1909. Curtis is a Civil War Veteran and I would like to have a Veterans' tombstone for him. Curtis and Clarissa's children were: Sherman, Sheridan, Adam, Julie and Melvina Catherine who was known as Kate or Catherine. Paris Jones, husband of Catherine along with David Davis & wife Caroline (Clarissa's son from her first marriage to Adam Davis) both took care of her before she died. Clarissa (Charles) was first married to Adam Davis. He died in a prison camp in Saltville, Va during the Civil War. Clarissa and Adam's children were David and Sytha. Sytha married George Washington Rowe. A family story tells of how Clarissa had a trading post during the Civil War. She rode to a fort in KY to get salt for the area when they were out. If anyone has any information, it would be greatly appreciated. Heather

The following URL site has several U.S. maps of territories from 1775 through 1920. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/terr_hp.html

Geneva Beeman Green was my paternal aunt. If anyone is researching this family I have information to trade. Rebecca Beeman-Shumaker

GREEN, Geneva Edna (BEEMAN); 85; Winston Salem NC; Bluefield DT (WV); 1999-1-10. Geneva Edna Green, 85, of Welch-Pineville Road, died Friday 1-8-99 at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem NC Born 6-30-1913 in Caretta, she was the daughter of the late James and Minnie Plemmons Beeman. She had resided on the Welch Pineville Road for the pst 67 years. She was of the Baptist faith and attended the Antioch Regular Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clinton David Green; two sons, Clinton Donald Green and Paul Harley Green; one sister, Hazel Blevins; and four brothers, Charles, Clarennce, Audie and Paul Beeman. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Edward Dorsie Lee Burks of Statesville NC, Mrs. Robert Jean Toothman of Charleston, and Mrs. David Erma Joann Woods of Candler NC; a foster daughter, Drema Carol Bishop of Simon; three sons, Clayton Darrell Green of Harmony NC, Bert Vernon Green of Harmony NC, Lawrence Kenneth Green of Winston-Salem; a foster son, J.D. Mullins of Lennor, Mich; three brothers, Raymond Beeman of Jefferson City TN, Julian Lee Beeman of Blacksburg VA, and Oscar M Beeman of Princeton WV; 28 grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren and one great-great-grand child. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, 1-11-99 at 1 p.m. from Fanning Funeral Home Chapel in Welch with Elders Eddie Cline and Cecil Belcher officiating. Burial will follow at Elkhorn Church Cemeterey, Belcher Mountain, near Maitland. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Pallbearers will be grandsons.

========================================================== ========================================================== PLEASE! Direct you replies to Tim at: <timucua@excite.com> This is a repost from the Mercer County List. E-mail him. ========================================================== ========================================================== I'm searching for my Mercer County line for many years and not had much luck. I went in person to the McDowell County where my grandfather was born. The courthouse there said they don't have them. I'm unable to document both my grandfather Abe Peters b.1898, and his father, Luther Peters, born 1870. Right on the back of my mothers birth certificate it states her father was born in Mohawk WV (McDowell CO.) I was able to obtain any death records for the two at the Charleston WV Archives. Godspeed, Tim <timucua@excite.com>

I get the Welch Daily New. Can you give me an approximate date? ============================================================ SissyRZ@aol.com wrote: > > I am looking for an obituary that would have appeared in the last couple of > weeks for a Jimmy Franklin. Do not know much more than that about him. He > was once married to my aunt and I would like to get a copy of this obituary. > If anyone lives in the area and might still have the paper- please could you > cut it out for me. I'd be willing to send you a self addressed stamped > envelope. > SissyRz@aol.com > > ==== WVMCDOWE Mailing List ==== > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > .........................McDOWELL MAILING LIST......................... > Our McDowell Mailin List is sponsored by the RootsWeb Genealogical Data > Cooperative. RootsWeb is funded entirely by you, the genealogical com- > munity. To find out how you can support these and other internet genea- > logy through RootsWeb, why not go ahead and just visit this page: > ........http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html......... > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

I am looking for an obituary that would have appeared in the last couple of weeks for a Jimmy Franklin. Do not know much more than that about him. He was once married to my aunt and I would like to get a copy of this obituary. If anyone lives in the area and might still have the paper- please could you cut it out for me. I'd be willing to send you a self addressed stamped envelope. SissyRz@aol.com

We really do need the 1890 Census, however, this was burned in 1921. At the time, the census schedules were located in the basement of the Commerce Building in Washington, D. C. Even though the fire was contained, it flooded the area. The damage was not assessed until the following day, and it was noted that the census records soaked in the water overnight outside the protected vault area. The schedules were dried out, re-copied. But it was impossible to restore them. So? They should still be intact, yes? In 1932 Congress authorized certain documents to be destroyed, which included the original 1890 schedules. Then, in 1934, the remaining schedules were destroyed by the Department of Commerce. Some of the mid-western census records are still available. For example, the 1890 Illinois schedules were later found, and again in 1953, when some fragmented schedules were discovered. Family History Centers have microfilmed these fragmented schedules which consist mostly of mid-western states, and then, not all counties, or enumeration districts are in tact. Jeannette H. Austin GENEALOGY BOOKS <jha@atl.mindspring.com>

In a message dated 1/3/99 9:32:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, Pearlvjuel@aol.com writes: << I am forwarding your message to a cousin who lives in McDowell County and is helping to compose the 2nd McDowell County history book to see if she can be of any help to you. If I find something out, I will let you know. Heather >> Heather, Thank you very much for the help. I have been in touch with Courthouse and they say they check but from what I hear that place would be like looking for needle in haystack. They referred me to Charleston, Charleston says Welch, then Wech turned around and said Tazewell and so far 20 years later I am still searching. I know this man owned land in McDowell Co. and payed taxes on it. I don't understand why I can't find out where the land was. Census says Dix/Dick's Creek. His brother, William Collins owned & operated a gristmill on the Tug Fork and I know he lived near his brother ( family interview) They floated logs down river. William Collins was also a blacksmith, and primitive preacher. He married Mary Mullins first and Mary Ann Hatfield second. John W. married Lydia Toner first and Mary Roark second. I thank you again and pray for a breakthrough. Brenda

Brenda: I've had the same problem trying to locate death certificates in McDowell County. I ended up going over the Tazewell County, since McD was part of it prior. Ofcourse, there are not many records there too. Most of them, I was told when at the courthouse, are in Richmond Va. I hope this helps you just a little. I am forwarding your message to a cousin who lives in McDowell County and is helping to compose the 2nd McDowell County history book to see if she can be of any help to you. If I find something out, I will let you know. Heather searching the following surnames: Rowe, Asbury, Coleman, Jewell, Smith, White, Davis

Howdy Mountaineers: McDOWELL COUNTY is now available to receive your queries for posting. Please set your bookmarks to reflect the new URL, and come visit us often! Bear with us as some of the dust is flying during the re-outfitting. Key elements are currently in place, and others are in the works. http://www.scioto.org/McDowell/index.html Happy New Year! Allen _____________________________________________________________________ Allen Richmond • sciototrails@usa.net Scioto.org • http://www.scioto.org/ In the asking comes sharing; in sharing comes knowledge; in knowledge comes wisdom which lasts a lifetime. --ar.

Hello All, ...And Happy Holidays!! Person looking into finding the Holland or Collins. Hope you found or have your lead. I am still searching the name "Garnet Chester Spears" (a male) He married "Annie Victoria Spears" around mid 1940's to 1947. They had three sons. Both Garnet and Annie are believed dead. Both were born in the 1920's, and both now belived to be dead. Garnet is right now the main search. He spent time either in a jail or prison in Northfork or Welsh...but not sure.We don't know the area. Would have been around 1948 or 49, maybe 1950. He was in the military, but don't know what branch or year. Oh what fun when all you have is names!! grrrr!! We have a Garnet when doing a serch for ss# but that tells us nothing since we don't have a clue who his parents were or anything about him...We have found 3 Garnets in all... The records in McDowell Co. would be the Garnet Spears I'm looking for. Well, if you have any hints...message me!! Thanks!! :) June ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hello All, ...And Happy Holidays!! Person looking into finding the Holland or Collins. Hope you found him, or have your lead. I am still searching the name "Garnet Chester Spears" (a male) He married "Annie Victoria Spears" around mid 1940's to 1947. They had three sons. Both Garnet and Annie are believed dead. Both were born in the 1920's, and both now belived to be dead. Garnet is right now the main search. He spent time either in a jail or prison in Northfork or Welsh...but not sure.We don't know the area. Would have been around 1948 or 49, maybe 1950. He was in the military, but don't know what branch or year. Oh what fun when all you have is names!! grrrr!! We have a Garnet when doing a serch for ss# but that tells us nothing since we don't have a clue who his parents were or anything about him...We have found 3 Garnets in all... and records in McDowell Co. will tell if we could find anything. Well, if you have any hints...message me!! Thanks!! :) June ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hello Brenda and Pam, I have a 1860 Census of McDowell Co. WV (The 1st Census). It lists a John Collins as follows; John Collins, age 63, M, Farmer, bn. VA Lidia " , age 63, F, bn. VA Ira " , age 23, M, bn. VA There is a notation that this family appears in 1850 Tazewell Co. VA Census on page or family #1035. There are 2 more John Collins in this 1860 McDowell Co. VA/WV Census that are adults with wife and children. Thanks, Doug RUCollins2@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 12/28/98 3:33:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, > Fire13cat@aol.com writes: > > << ohn Collins was what he went by in Tennessee Kentucky &West Virginia, also > Pink Collins then he disappeared and family found his records and his birth > name is Holland He also ha >> > > Pam, > > I thought my Collins gang was a rough one to trace but think you have me beat. > > My John W. Collins b. 1797 VA/TN ( census different) d. aft 1870 probably > McDowell Co. WV . Lived on Dix/Dick's Creek. 1 marriage found to Lydia Toner > 1821 Grainger Co. TN 2) record never found Mary Roark. It is possible he left > first and took up with second. I need death records but so far have found > none. > Courthouse at Welsh is no help. If someone has recorded deaths records for > 1860-80 I would appreciate a look up. > > Brenda > > ==== WVMCDOWE Mailing List ==== > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > .........................McDOWELL MAILING LIST......................... > Please do not send attached files to this list. Some systems will not > handle or process them. You're encouraged to privately exchange offlist > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- MZ

ATTENTION McDowell County Mailing Listers! The following announcement was made in connection with the McDowell County GEN WEB site. IF anyone has any knowledge of the current McDowell County Coordinators presence, please let our list know. They need to find this individual ASAP. ---------------------------------------------------------- It is not easy to do but it appears that we need to find a new CC for McDowell County. The page appears to have been abandoned and I am unable to get in touch with the current listed CC, either by two different email addresses or by a telephone. ----------------------------------------------------------

In a message dated 12/28/98 3:33:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, Fire13cat@aol.com writes: << ohn Collins was what he went by in Tennessee Kentucky &West Virginia, also Pink Collins then he disappeared and family found his records and his birth name is Holland He also ha >> Pam, I thought my Collins gang was a rough one to trace but think you have me beat. My John W. Collins b. 1797 VA/TN ( census different) d. aft 1870 probably McDowell Co. WV . Lived on Dix/Dick's Creek. 1 marriage found to Lydia Toner 1821 Grainger Co. TN 2) record never found Mary Roark. It is possible he left first and took up with second. I need death records but so far have found none. Courthouse at Welsh is no help. If someone has recorded deaths records for 1860-80 I would appreciate a look up. Brenda