Hello..there are Ratliffs married into our family and I understand they are from the Mercer co area long ago..I have not researched them.. [email protected] wrote: > In reply to [email protected] re. Mercer Co. history - My mother's family was > from Mercer Co........ Her maiden name was Bjork (my grandfather emigrated > from Sweden) and she and her brothers and sisters attended a school near > Princeton named Carper School. They actually lived in Oney Gap, which I > understand still exists. During my mother's day, there was a post office > there. My grandmother's family name was Ratliff and I still have distant > cousins, etc., in the area. > I am interested in knowing more about the Carper School - does it still > exist, where located, can I get old records. Etc. I wondered it there might > be some info on the school in the books you have. > Sorry to be so long winded. Thanks again in advance for any info you > might locate. You can reply to list or to tree062539aol.com (Joanne E.) > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > SUPPORT RootsWeb! VISIT: > http://www.rootsweb.com

Bill: There is quite a bit of information about Benjamin Fanning but I'm sorry to say none includes his parents. I have included some of the information below. There is more about his children. If you need it please let me know. Linda,Roanoke,VA Concord Church is now known as Athens, WV Submitted by Jack Scott to the Mercer County History 1987 My great-great-grandfather Benjamin Famming was the first postmaster of Concord Church where he served for almost twenty-five years. He served from July 20, 1966 to April 19, 1891. 1860 Mercer Co. Census 642/604 FANNING, Benjamin 50, m, farmer; 2000/855; b. VA Nancy 48, f, wife; Mary H. 20, f, serving; Sarepta J. 17, f, serving; Nancy E. 15, f, serving; Oread T. 12 f, Louisa S., 8, f. PRITCHARD, Thomas 31, master carpenter 1000/900, b. Landashire, England MCWALKER, John 22, m, apprentice carpenter b. Edinburgh, Scotland REGARDING ATHENS Additional pioneer settlers were Benjamin Fanning, Frances Scott and John Martin, Sr. Joseph M. Meador (m) Mattie Burch of Mercer Co., daughter of George W. and Sarepta Fanning Burch. Her people were pioneers in this section of the state. REMINISCING IN ATHENS BY ELLA HOLROYD SCOTT - this white frame house with the white aspen tree in the yard was built by Lundy Nichols' brother. It was later bought by Levi and Charlotte Scott. Levi is a descendant of Uncle Ben Fanning, one of the original five families of Concord Church. Levi and Charlotte have one daughter Marjorie Lee who married Mason Handley and now live in Georgia. FANNING CEMETERY. Cemetery is located in Athens in the northeast corner of the Benjamin Fanning Farm, now the Faulknew property, off West Broadway. Benjamin Fanning 2/18/1809-6/25/1900 Nancy Martin Fanning 1/3/1811-2/3/1876 Susan Fanning Scott no date Sarepta Burch 10/22/1843 George W. Burch 4/1/1838 Isabelle Dove 1847 There are several other graves of descendants of Benjamin and Nancy Fanning in the cemetery. Some of the graves have markers. In 1835 Benjamin Fanning (Fannon, Fannin) bought more than five hundred acres of land from James and Charlotte Hector in the area of Giles County, Virginia, that is now Athens, Mercer County, West Virginia. Benjamin's father-in-law, John Martin Sr., had settled on Laurel Creek, near Athens in 1829. Benjamin (Jeb 18, 1809-June 25, 1900) married Nancy Jane Martin (January 3, 1811-February 3, 1876) on April 20, 1833, in Giles Co. She was the daughter of John Martin Sr., (1780) and Susanna Waggoner Martin. Nancy's grandparents were Daniel Martin (1758-February 24, 1824) and Mary Keatley Martin (17560July 1848). Her maternal grandparents were Adam and Jane Waggoner. Children of Benjamin and Nancy Fanning: 1 Andres Jackson Fanning 1834-1864 (m) Nancy Jane Martin on April 19, 1855 2 Susanna Fanning December 10, 1835 (m) William Brown Scott 3 Sarah C. Fanning 1838 (m) William Waddle 4 Mary Hester Fanning June 10, 1839-March 13, 1934 (m) John Tipton Faulkner 5 Sarepta J. "Tipie" Fanning October 22, 1843 -1928 (m) George William Burch 6 Nancy E. Fanning August 22, 1845) (m) Henderson French Martin 7 Isabelle Fanning 1847 (m) Feerdinand "Foote" Davis

I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for asking for me. Sandy Moten Cocoa, Florida > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy Clay [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 9:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WVMERCER] Tazewel>Mercer? > > If we need to go back farther on Mercer Co records do we go to Tazewell > co., VA records? I know a dumb question..but thought I would ask > anyway.. > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > MESSAGE HINT: Before replying to any message, > take time to delete all unnecesssary material. > DELETE: Taglines, empty lines, greetings, etc.

If we need to go back farther on Mercer Co records do we go to Tazewell co., VA records? I know a dumb question..but thought I would ask anyway..

Linda, thanks for the offer but I think it is my brother searching (HBlevs2). If not please give my e-mail address to whoever you are in touch with. Where do you fit in in the Wilbur Blevins line? Eva

Hello, Wondered if there were any Taylors or Hines or Justice(Henry), listed in your books. Thank you for taking the time to look. I appreciate it Isobel -- > From: Charlotte Myers <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 18:38:21 -0500 (EST) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] Mercer County History > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:38:18 -0800 (PST) > > [email protected]

Thank you, anyway. Sandy Moten Cocoa, Florida > -----Original Message----- > From: Arthur Davidson [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] RE: McComas > > Sandra::I don't recall the family name McComas around Montcalm, WV. > There must have been at least one of significance to have the town > named after him. > > Arthur Davidson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Moten, Sandra K" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:34 AM > Subject: [WVMERCER] RE: McComas > > > > You don't happen to remember any Mccomas's do you? The Mcomases married > > into the Lilly family in 1930's. At that time they were living in > Summers > > County, WVA. Apparently migerated there because of the railroad at > Hinton. > > > > > > Sandy Moten > > Cocoa, Florida > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Arthur Davidson [SMTP:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:16 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] Dunford > > > > > > Kim::There are many DUNFORD'S in Mercer County, WV. Several were > > > neighbors of my family, when I was a kid, way back in the early > thirties, > > > in > > > the Montcalm area of Rock Township, about eight miles from Bluefield > or > > > Princeton on State Route #20. The specific location is one mile from > > > Montcalm toward McComas, named Buttermilk Junction. However, I can > > > only remember a few names: Harley, Lucille, Mosey, Bill, Sadie, > Lawrence, > > > and Naomi. I hope this is of some benefit, to you. Have a good time. > > > > > > Arthur Davidson > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 11:20 PM > > > Subject: [WVMERCER] Dunford > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any Dunfords? My husband reminded me tonight that > his > > > > grandmother is from the area and I have only been looking for my own > > > > people...unsuccessfully = )...! > > > > > > > > Kim Carlton > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > > > > SUPPORT RootsWeb! VISIT: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > > > CIVIL WAR MAILING LIST: SPECIFICALLY FOR MERCER VETERANS. > > > http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/flat-top-copperheads > > > > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > > Mercer County List Administrator:<[email protected]> > > Do Not Send Attached Files to this WVMERCER List at all. > > > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > BE SURE YOU'RE CHECKING YOUR MAILBOX > Addresses are automatically deleted > with the third Mercer List bounce.

Sandra::I don't recall the family name McComas around Montcalm, WV. There must have been at least one of significance to have the town named after him. Arthur Davidson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moten, Sandra K" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:34 AM Subject: [WVMERCER] RE: McComas > You don't happen to remember any Mccomas's do you? The Mcomases married > into the Lilly family in 1930's. At that time they were living in Summers > County, WVA. Apparently migerated there because of the railroad at Hinton. > > > Sandy Moten > Cocoa, Florida > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Arthur Davidson [SMTP:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:16 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] Dunford > > > > Kim::There are many DUNFORD'S in Mercer County, WV. Several were > > neighbors of my family, when I was a kid, way back in the early thirties, > > in > > the Montcalm area of Rock Township, about eight miles from Bluefield or > > Princeton on State Route #20. The specific location is one mile from > > Montcalm toward McComas, named Buttermilk Junction. However, I can > > only remember a few names: Harley, Lucille, Mosey, Bill, Sadie, Lawrence, > > and Naomi. I hope this is of some benefit, to you. Have a good time. > > > > Arthur Davidson > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 11:20 PM > > Subject: [WVMERCER] Dunford > > > > > > > Does anyone have any Dunfords? My husband reminded me tonight that his > > > grandmother is from the area and I have only been looking for my own > > > people...unsuccessfully = )...! > > > > > > Kim Carlton > > > > > > > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > > > SUPPORT RootsWeb! VISIT: > > > http://www.rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > > CIVIL WAR MAILING LIST: SPECIFICALLY FOR MERCER VETERANS. > > http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/flat-top-copperheads > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > Mercer County List Administrator:<[email protected]> > Do Not Send Attached Files to this WVMERCER List at all. >

You don't happen to remember any Mccomas's do you? The Mcomases married into the Lilly family in 1930's. At that time they were living in Summers County, WVA. Apparently migerated there because of the railroad at Hinton. Sandy Moten Cocoa, Florida > -----Original Message----- > From: Arthur Davidson [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] Dunford > > Kim::There are many DUNFORD'S in Mercer County, WV. Several were > neighbors of my family, when I was a kid, way back in the early thirties, > in > the Montcalm area of Rock Township, about eight miles from Bluefield or > Princeton on State Route #20. The specific location is one mile from > Montcalm toward McComas, named Buttermilk Junction. However, I can > only remember a few names: Harley, Lucille, Mosey, Bill, Sadie, Lawrence, > and Naomi. I hope this is of some benefit, to you. Have a good time. > > Arthur Davidson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 11:20 PM > Subject: [WVMERCER] Dunford > > > > Does anyone have any Dunfords? My husband reminded me tonight that his > > grandmother is from the area and I have only been looking for my own > > people...unsuccessfully = )...! > > > > Kim Carlton > > > > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > > SUPPORT RootsWeb! VISIT: > > http://www.rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > CIVIL WAR MAILING LIST: SPECIFICALLY FOR MERCER VETERANS. > http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/flat-top-copperheads

Kim:::::::::Correction of Route 20 to Route #71 off of #52 at Bluewell. Arthur Davidson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Davidson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 8:16 AM Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] Dunford > Kim::There are many DUNFORD'S in Mercer County, WV. Several were > neighbors of my family, when I was a kid, way back in the early thirties, in > the Montcalm area of Rock Township, about eight miles from Bluefield or > Princeton on State Route #20. The specific location is one mile from > Montcalm toward McComas, named Buttermilk Junction. However, I can > only remember a few names: Harley, Lucille, Mosey, Bill, Sadie, Lawrence, > and Naomi. I hope this is of some benefit, to you. Have a good time. > > Arthur Davidson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 11:20 PM > Subject: [WVMERCER] Dunford > > > > Does anyone have any Dunfords? My husband reminded me tonight that his > > grandmother is from the area and I have only been looking for my own > > people...unsuccessfully = )...! > > > > Kim Carlton > > > > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > > SUPPORT RootsWeb! VISIT: > > http://www.rootsweb.com > > >

Kim::There are many DUNFORD'S in Mercer County, WV. Several were neighbors of my family, when I was a kid, way back in the early thirties, in the Montcalm area of Rock Township, about eight miles from Bluefield or Princeton on State Route #20. The specific location is one mile from Montcalm toward McComas, named Buttermilk Junction. However, I can only remember a few names: Harley, Lucille, Mosey, Bill, Sadie, Lawrence, and Naomi. I hope this is of some benefit, to you. Have a good time. Arthur Davidson ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 11:20 PM Subject: [WVMERCER] Dunford > Does anyone have any Dunfords? My husband reminded me tonight that his > grandmother is from the area and I have only been looking for my own > people...unsuccessfully = )...! > > Kim Carlton > > > ==== WVMERCER Mailing List ==== > SUPPORT RootsWeb! VISIT: > http://www.rootsweb.com >

My aunt Anna Mae Cooper m Reathie CLin McComas May 20,1929. Her mother was Mariah Elizabeth Lilly Cooper. Doris, Oldsmar, FL.

Hi, Welcome. I am looking for any info on GULLION / CREGGER,CREGER/LAWSON/HYLTON Thanks Glenda Lawson Wehage

This is what I could find about Eli Thompson: William Sanders "A New River Heritage" Volume II. One of the most prominent families in this wide area, was that of Thompson, who married into the other oldest settlement families. John Thompson (son of Thomas Thompson), was born in Englad about 1700, and came first to Philadelphia and then relocated to what is now Monroe County on the upper branch of Rich Creek. His sons were John, Robert, and William, with Robert being the funder of the Island Creek Thompson's. His famous son, James O. Thompson, was born in 1756, and died in 1840. He served in the Revoluntion at the Battle of Point Pleasant. He settled in Monroe County with his second wife, Elizabeth Shantafner After living for a few years in Charleston, he moved to Mercer County on the New River to the place later known as the Jim Dickinson Place. (Dickinson Cemetery is located there on the original James McClaughtery-Anderson Shumate plantation). Later, he moved near Elgood along Powell's Ridge, which connects Elgood to the area of Hatcher. Mr. Sanders researched out the grave of this first James Thompson of Revolutionary fame along Powell's Ridge beside the road that runs from the New Zion Church toward Hatcher. The fieldstones are unreadable, and the place is almost lost in the undergrowth. The only readable stone, which may or may not be family related is Eliza Edwards, wife of M. W. Edwards (1878-1928). Children of this family included Andrew Jackson Thompson (1809-1903), who married Elizabeth French, the daughter of Isaac French, who was the son of Matthrew French: Capt., James Thompson (1810-1865), who married Lucy Allen; Phillip Thompson (1820), who married Mary Jane Risk; Eli Thompson (1829), who married Sally Shrewsbury; Elizabeth Thompson, who married Johnathan Bailey; Polly Thompson, who married Billy Miller; Charlotte, who married a Shrewsbury; Ellen, who married Squire Wiley; John, who married Elizabeth White; and Jennie, who married John Spangler Page 14: George Washington Thompson was the son of Eli Thompson, who was a brother of Phillip Thompson, and Confederate captain, James Thompson. Eli was married to Sally Shrewsbury, of the Spanishburg and Flat Top area. A sister of Eli, Elizabeth, was married to Johnathan Bailey of the same area. George Washington Thompson's wife was Susan Frances Meadows, a daughter of Sampson Gilbert Meadows and Mary Skeens of the Willowton-Christian Ridge area. .....Raymond Thompson was raised by his grandfather, Raleigh Ballard Thompson (son of George Washington Thompson, and his grandmother, Mettie Davis. Mettie was raised by Susan Meadows, the widow of George Washington, after George Washington was killed and robbed in 1916. Boys who were working for him as field hands took $1800 in gold George carried in a money belt. This left Susan Shrewsbury Meadows with the tremendous task of raising her large family. From: Mercer County History 1984 submitted by Susan Thompson Raleigh Ballard Thompson Born August 9, 1885, Raleigh Ballard Thompson was the third of nine children born to George Washington Thompson (January 21, 1858) and Susan Frances Thompson (b. February 3, 1959) daughter of Sampson G. Meadows and Mary Skeens Meadows. Their other children were Buren Grant, Vergia Delaney, Sarah Elizabeth, Delphia Florence, Beulah Estaline, Mary Gertrude, Nina Winifred and Porter Thompson. The family resided on a farm near Elgood, West, Virginia, where George's parents Eli Thompson (b) 1829) and Sarah Shrewsberry Thompson (b. 1833), daughter of Phillip Shrewsberry and Elizabeth Bailey Shrewsberry, had lived. Eli Thompson was a descendant of James O. Thompson, the Revolutionary War soldier. James wa a lieutenant under Captain Matthew Arbuckle and was stationed at the Fort at Point Pleasant, Virginia, in 1775. He was Captain of the Militia of Monroe County, Virginia, prior to 1784. George Washington Thompson was robbed and killed September 28, 1916. He is buried in the family cemetery on the farm. His wife, Susan, continued to reside on the farm unti her death February 3, 1935,. She is also buried in the family cemetery.

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EVA, I have a Wilburn Blevins (m) Rosa Farmer in my line. I have his parents as Washington Hart and Elizabeth Blevins (they never married). Some of their children went by Hart and some by Blevins. I am in touch with a Blevins from their line that is also working on his family tree. With you permission I will give him your e-mail address. He has more information than I have since they are not a direct line to me. Linda,Roanoke,VA

Hi Linda, I would appreciate it if you would look for anything on John Washington King and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Maxey King. Their 5 childred were born in Mercer Co: Benjamin Frank, Edgar Blaine, William Otis, Effie, and Mary Lucy. I was told that John W. King owned a grocery store in Bluefield in the early 1900's before migrating to Colorado to claim land under the Homestead Act about 1917. Thank you. Mary Ellen King Scrivner

Greetings, I'm "opening" a new webpage off of the Mercer Co WVGenWeb site, for posting URLs of researchers' webpages on their families. htttp://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmercer/merc-web.htm If you want your page(s) posted, I need to know the surname(s), Your name, the URL It's a bit unorganized right now and may change its design over time. Regards, Freddie S.

I need to be removed from this email list, I thought I was only on Giles. How do I do it?

Hi Bill, We've gotten them back in the late 1850's. They probably go back to when the county was formed. We have gotten them in Tazewell Co., VA back as far as 1802. Don't know what the fee is in Tazewell Co. We were there at the time & they let you copy the page right out of the book for the copy fee. Hope this helps. Barb & Bill in FL