I recently received my first "digital microfilm" census from Heritage Quest. These are actual census images on CD (meaning you can zoom in on hard to read spots, print from your computer, etc.). For me they are an incredible find -- I live right across the river from the National Archives in DC but I can never find time to go there, but now I can do census research at 2am! They are $19.95 per CD (which I believe corresponds to the NARA microfilm rolls) or $14.95 if you pay a Heritage Quest "membership fee". http://www.heritagequest.com/genealogy/CD-ROM/ They don't have 1920 yet but it is amazing to me how much they do have. I'm sure the remaining years are in process. -- Julia -- Gene Phares wrote: > > Personally, I found it helpful to simply purchase the census on microfilm. That way I can go back to the original source. One (of many) web site selling them for ~10$ is http://www.censusmicrofilm.com/. Most libraries have a microfilm reader if you don't have one. > > Part of the reason to go back to the original document is that I've found several discrepancies between the published versions out on the net and the original documents. Many letters like "S" and "L", "B" and "P" are difficult to distinguish in the "old" writing and anyone who transcribes them must be extremely careful to bring across only what's on the page. > > Microfilm readers are $500-1500. For what it's worth, I found a microfiche (not microfilm) machine at work that was headed for the dumpster after my company went on-line with their documents. These microfiche readers will read microfilm. It's not a easy to operate as the microfilm readers but a lot less expensive and I can do this all from home. > > Good luck, > Gene Phares > gphares@nilfisk-advance.com > > >>> "Tichenor, Stephanie" <stichenor@tax.state.wv.us> 01/06/00 09:31AM >>> > > My inexperience is showing here, but ...... how do I find Census Records for > Pendleton County other than the ones on the web site? I need a 1920 Census. > > Stephanie Tichenor > 558-8551

Is anybody researching the Waybrights? I am looking for information on Clarance and Ira Waybright. I don't know if they are related. Below is all the information that I have on them Clarance married Mary Ella Wimer b. 1892 d. 1978 They had the following children: Susie, Bessie, Delbert, Martin, and Alvy Ira married Marietta Rexrode b. 1881 They had the following children: Beulah, Emer, Roy and Rita I would also like to take a moment to thank everybody on this list who has so graciously donated their time and research !!! And to those that answered my census question - Thank you!! I have found a copy of my census. Stephanie Tichenor 558-8551

This is very interesting to me because my ancestor was a John Jacob Hevener who married Mary Mallow. I have him born 7 Aug 1744. Could they be one and the same? dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 Phone and fax: 330-454-2376 ---------- >From: "Patricia W. Sheild" <sheildp@cfw.com> >To: VAHIGHLA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VAHIGHLA] Re: Crabbottom (Highland County) Query >Date: Thu, Jan 6, 2000, 8:25 AM > >It's the South Branch of the Potomac. The headwaters of the Potomac are >farther down the Valley. Tradition has it that Dividing Waters Farm (owned >by the Jacob Hevener family) in Hightown has a barn with a roof that sheds >water from one side that runs into the Jackson and then the James River and >out to sea, and from the other side it drains eventually into the Potomac. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: William A. Harrison <mrbil1@juno.com> >To: <VAHIGHLA-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 9:27 PM >Subject: [VAHIGHLA] Re: Crabbottom (Highland County) Query > > >> Greetings, >> >> I'm a bit far away to really know too much about Highland Co geography, >> but I recently bought a copy of the original 1847 Highland CO map, and >> while it does not show a town of Crabbottom, it does show an area of >> Crabbottom. >> >> It is located in the NW portion of the county and lies between the Little >> Mountain and the Back Creek Mountain. There is a waterway running from >> south to north through this valley, and it is called the South Branch. I >> would suppose that there might be more to the name but that's all that >> shows on this map. >> >> Hopefully someone can be more specific with their response to you. >> >> There could have been a town in the area by that name in 1869. ???? >> >> My Sims forefathers lived near Doe Hill, about 12 miles east of the >> Crabbottom (Valley?) from 1801 to 1886. >> >> mrbill William A. "Bill" Harrison <MRBIL1@JUNO.COM> Sponsor of the >> STONER and SCHNORF Family discussion lists on Rootsweb. >> >> >> ==== VAHIGHLA Mailing List ==== >> Highland County, Virginia >> Searchable archives for Rootsweb mail lists can be found at >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> > > >==== VAHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > Highland County, Virginia >Visit Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet >www.cyndislist.com >

Personally, I found it helpful to simply purchase the census on microfilm. That way I can go back to the original source. One (of many) web site selling them for ~10$ is http://www.censusmicrofilm.com/. Most libraries have a microfilm reader if you don't have one. Part of the reason to go back to the original document is that I've found several discrepancies between the published versions out on the net and the original documents. Many letters like "S" and "L", "B" and "P" are difficult to distinguish in the "old" writing and anyone who transcribes them must be extremely careful to bring across only what's on the page. Microfilm readers are $500-1500. For what it's worth, I found a microfiche (not microfilm) machine at work that was headed for the dumpster after my company went on-line with their documents. These microfiche readers will read microfilm. It's not a easy to operate as the microfilm readers but a lot less expensive and I can do this all from home. Good luck, Gene Phares gphares@nilfisk-advance.com >>> "Tichenor, Stephanie" <stichenor@tax.state.wv.us> 01/06/00 09:31AM >>> My inexperience is showing here, but ...... how do I find Census Records for Pendleton County other than the ones on the web site? I need a 1920 Census. Stephanie Tichenor 558-8551

My inexperience is showing here, but ...... how do I find Census Records for Pendleton County other than the ones on the web site? I need a 1920 Census. Stephanie Tichenor 558-8551

Crabbottom is now called Blue Grass. My family comes from there. I have a picture of the old Colaw family homestead in crabbottom on my web page. Paul and Glenna Colaw still live there. Check it out here: http://www.colaw.net/gallery/pic03.html I have other historical pictures from the area here: http://www.colaw.net/gallery/ John Colaw III ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "HAMRICK,DANIEL" <dhamrick@neo.rr.com> Reply-To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 23:52:56 -0500 >I live in Ohio now but I am a native of West Virginia, and I seem to >remember that state had a town of Crab Bottom. I will forward this to the >Pendleton list, as someone there may know. > dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 Phone and fax: 330-454-2376 >From: "William A. Harrison" <mrbil1@juno.com> >To: VAHIGHLA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VAHIGHLA] Re: Crabbottom (Highland County) Query >Date: Wed, Jan 5, 2000, 9:27 PM >Greetings, > >I'm a bit far away to really know too much about Highland Co geography, >but I recently bought a copy of the original 1847 Highland CO map, and >while it does not show a town of Crabbottom, it does show an area of >Crabbottom. > >It is located in the NW portion of the county and lies between the Little >Mountain and the Back Creek Mountain. There is a waterway running from >south to north through this valley, and it is called the South Branch. I >would suppose that there might be more to the name but that's all that >shows on this map. > >Hopefully someone can be more specific with their response to you. > >There could have been a town in the area by that name in 1869. ???? > >My Sims forefathers lived near Doe Hill, about 12 miles east of the >Crabbottom (Valley?) from 1801 to 1886. > >mrbill William A. "Bill" Harrison <MRBIL1@JUNO.COM> Sponsor of the >STONER and SCHNORF Family discussion lists on Rootsweb. > > >==== VAHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > Highland County, Virginia >Searchable archives for Rootsweb mail lists can be found at >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

Your state has a National Archive that contains copies of all Census records for the US. If you call your local library and/or LDS Family History Center they might know where they are. You can purchase some of the indexes of the census records at the Archives also. Some libraries ( that have film viewers) allow you to order 2 rolls of film at time through the Public Library system, from the National Archives, to be viewed right there in the library. But in order to know which rolls you need to see, you need the index. Some libraries may have copies of the indexes so you can look up your rolls right there, then order them. The beauty of going to the National Archive is that they also have a special photocopy machine that makes a copy of the actual census page (off the film) for your records. Your state Archive is not necessarily in the state capital, so call around, good luck. If you are in CA I can tell you more.~Stacy

Stephanie, try the Latter Day Saints Family History Center. You can order the films from them. There may be someone on this list who can do a lookup for you. I don't know if the 1920 is in book form yet. Wes Cochran sells lots of the various census books for WV. Kim

I'm not aware of a town called Crab Bottom, but the town of Crab Orchard is just south of Beckley in Raleigh Co. Curt in VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "HAMRICK,DANIEL" <dhamrick@neo.rr.com> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 11:52 PM Subject: FW: [VAHIGHLA] Re: Crabbottom (Highland County) Query > > > >I live in Ohio now but I am a native of West Virginia, and I seem to > >remember that state had a town of Crab Bottom. I will forward this to the > >Pendleton list, as someone there may know. > > > dhamrick@neo.rr.com > Dan Hamrick > 402 23rd Street NW > Canton OH 44709 > Phone and fax: 330-454-2376 > > > >From: "William A. Harrison" <mrbil1@juno.com> > >To: VAHIGHLA-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [VAHIGHLA] Re: Crabbottom (Highland County) Query > >Date: Wed, Jan 5, 2000, 9:27 PM > > >Greetings, > > > >I'm a bit far away to really know too much about Highland Co geography, > >but I recently bought a copy of the original 1847 Highland CO map, and > >while it does not show a town of Crabbottom, it does show an area of > >Crabbottom. > > > >It is located in the NW portion of the county and lies between the Little > >Mountain and the Back Creek Mountain. There is a waterway running from > >south to north through this valley, and it is called the South Branch. I > >would suppose that there might be more to the name but that's all that > >shows on this map. > > > >Hopefully someone can be more specific with their response to you. > > > >There could have been a town in the area by that name in 1869. ???? > > > >My Sims forefathers lived near Doe Hill, about 12 miles east of the > >Crabbottom (Valley?) from 1801 to 1886. > > > >mrbill William A. "Bill" Harrison <MRBIL1@JUNO.COM> Sponsor of the > >STONER and SCHNORF Family discussion lists on Rootsweb. > > > > > >==== VAHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > > Highland County, Virginia > >Searchable archives for Rootsweb mail lists can be found at > >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >

>I live in Ohio now but I am a native of West Virginia, and I seem to >remember that state had a town of Crab Bottom. I will forward this to the >Pendleton list, as someone there may know. > dhamrick@neo.rr.com Dan Hamrick 402 23rd Street NW Canton OH 44709 Phone and fax: 330-454-2376 >From: "William A. Harrison" <mrbil1@juno.com> >To: VAHIGHLA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VAHIGHLA] Re: Crabbottom (Highland County) Query >Date: Wed, Jan 5, 2000, 9:27 PM >Greetings, > >I'm a bit far away to really know too much about Highland Co geography, >but I recently bought a copy of the original 1847 Highland CO map, and >while it does not show a town of Crabbottom, it does show an area of >Crabbottom. > >It is located in the NW portion of the county and lies between the Little >Mountain and the Back Creek Mountain. There is a waterway running from >south to north through this valley, and it is called the South Branch. I >would suppose that there might be more to the name but that's all that >shows on this map. > >Hopefully someone can be more specific with their response to you. > >There could have been a town in the area by that name in 1869. ???? > >My Sims forefathers lived near Doe Hill, about 12 miles east of the >Crabbottom (Valley?) from 1801 to 1886. > >mrbill William A. "Bill" Harrison <MRBIL1@JUNO.COM> Sponsor of the >STONER and SCHNORF Family discussion lists on Rootsweb. > > >==== VAHIGHLA Mailing List ==== > Highland County, Virginia >Searchable archives for Rootsweb mail lists can be found at >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

I am searching for any information on the Jacob Full Family. My gr gr gr gr grandfather was Jacob Full, born abt. 1800. He was the son of George Full, Sr. and Catherine Steels. They lived in Pendleton County in the late 1700's through the mid-1800's. I have found Jacob in the marriages of Pendleton 1788-1853 twice. He is listed as marrying Christena SMITH in November of 1836 and Mary Ann HELMICK in January of 1846. I have not found a death record for Christena Smith FULL or anything else other than her name on the death record of their son William FULL. I am positive that this is the same Jacob FULL, I just need someone to confirm it for me. Also, is there any other book out there with deaths from the early 1800s? I did not find any Jacob or either of his wives listed in the Grave Registers. Does anyone know if this family stayed in Pendleton or where they may have gone? I have read in another Pendleton publication that no one seems to know what happened to them. I feel like I am a story on Unsolved Mysteries. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Kim Fairbanks kfairbnks@aol.com

Ken, I am also looking at this family as it also interferes with my George MILLER who m. Catherine ________. They have both been attributed to Thomas MILLER of Washington Co, MD. Thomas married a DIETZ, d/o Adam DIETZ. I think it is the will of Adam DIETZ that names the MILLER children. The problem is, which George is his? If you are able to do so, I would be eternally grateful! Jeff Carr of TX On Tue, 04 Jan 2000 15:19:49 PST "ken price" <bkprice70@hotmail.com> writes: >I am researching a MILLER family that came from Pendleton Co., W.Va., >to >Fayette Co. Ohio in 1811. The emigrants name was George Miller. He >first >married a Miss Negley, then Susan Hagler (Haigler) in 1814. They had 8 > >children. The first child was named Henry (b1815), who married Mary >Burnett, >daughter of Robert Burnett. They had 5 children. When she died, he >married >Rebecca Blue in 1851, and they had 2 children. My gg grandfather was >their >first child and his name was George W. Miller. > >I would be most grateful if anyone out there could put me on the trail >of >the ancestors of this family. Where were they before coming to W.Va. >From >where did the family emigrate to this country and when? > >Any info would be appreciate and would be glad to provide what >additional >data I have to anyone interested. > >Ken Price >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ________________________________________________________________ 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.

--part1_0.add19e43.25a3e5a8_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry Pendleton - I put in the wrong email address on my original send. --part1_0.add19e43.25a3e5a8_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Kfairbnks@aol.com From: Kfairbnks@aol.com Full-name: Kfairbnks Message-ID: <0.9f9cdf45.25a3e40b@aol.com> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 19:02:19 EST Subject: Adam Fisher Helmick To: helmick-l@rootsweb.com, shreve-l@rootsweb.com, wvpendleton-l@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 39 I am new to this list and would like any help I can get with my Helmick line. I just recently began researching this piece of my family. Here is the only info I have at this time. Anyone who may know anything about this line can contact me. I would love to hear from you. 1. Adam Fisher HELMICK, born abt. 1845, I believe in Pendleton County, WV. Parents were Mary FULL and ___________ HELMICK (according to the Pendleton County Death Register). He married Edith Jane SHREVE abt. September 1865. His death in the Death Register listed him as dying September 1881 in Pendleton County, WV. I believe this date is wrong because his last child, my gr gr grandmother was born in September 1884. Their children: 2. Amby Helmick, born abt. Sept. 1866, married Mary Ellen Kimble July 1907. Died August 30, 1946. 2. Levina Helmick, born abt. March 1868, appears she never married. 2. Mary Magdelena Helmick, born abt. June 1871, died August 19, 1947, appears she never married. 2. Rebecca J. Helmick, born abt. January 1874, died March 2, 1957, appears she never married. 2. Anna F. Helmick, born abt. July 1876, married Joe Kimble. 2. George E. Helmick, born abt. February 1879, appears he never married. 2. Alice Helmick, born September 8, 1884, died November 28, 1931. She married Elmer Landes in April 1902. Their children were: 3. Bertha Landes 3. Lenoria Landes 3. Mabel Landes 3. Virgie Landes 3. Adam Landes 3. Amby Landes 3. Edna J. Landes 3. Nellie Rae Landes, born October 11, 1911, married Owen Ralph Aronhalt, June 15, 1930, died March 22, 1990 in Leesburg, VA. Thanks! Kim Fairbanks kfairbnks@aol.com --part1_0.add19e43.25a3e5a8_boundary--

Following is a web address for some old photos from Pendleton County (probably Onego). Does anyone have any idea as to who would be in the pics? They are all mounted on cardboard so were important to the original owners. I am a descendent of the John & Mary Adamson line so the pics may be from this lineage. http://members.xoom.com/giltay/pendco/ Thanks, Julie Brandenburg Taylor Grandaughter of Beulah Adamson Sites and Bert Sites dac@msda.com or jbtinmd@aol.com

I am sending this to all the lists I originally sent to as have had so many queries as to what would be the correct way. I never started these ROLL CALLS, but have gained things from them. Thought the following might be more explanatory. My way serves the same purpose as a ROLL CALL, but I think fits in with the purpose of the mail lists which do not allow ROLL CALL. I sure didn't envision all these questions I have been receiving from new members wondering what is correct. I am not an expert, but am giving hints to help all of us. You can still participate in a ROLL CALL. The idea was for the members to get the names they are researching out on the Internet again and they called it a ROLL CALL. I think you should put the surname of the person you are researching in the subject line with perhaps even an approximate date. Example BROWN early 1800s. Then in the letter you could be more specific if you choose. I would also send an e-mail for each name. This way each name you are searching gets undivided attention. I don't think that a ROLL CALL with just a list of names serves much purpose as we never know what years are involved or anything else. The ones I benefited from were the ones who had a list of surnames in the subject line and then a few more details in the body of the message. Roil Call tells us nothing and when you are rushed or as busy as many of us are, we tend to delete and never look and you are cheating yourselves as well as others because the answer might be there, but no one opens it to find out. There is room to do 2 or 4 names in the subject line. Perhaps Brown, Jones, Smith 1800s. This tells everyone a lot. As has been pointed out to me, this is also a problem for the Archives. Can you imagine going into the Archives and checking to see if in the past several years someone was searching your name so you can contact them, and there you find 1000 queries titled ROLL CALL.? Would you open those or skip them? Just think you might miss that connection you have been searching for for years. Hope this clarifies my thoughts and does serve everyone's purpose. Jerilyn

I am researching a MILLER family that came from Pendleton Co., W.Va., to Fayette Co. Ohio in 1811. The emigrants name was George Miller. He first married a Miss Negley, then Susan Hagler (Haigler) in 1814. They had 8 children. The first child was named Henry (b1815), who married Mary Burnett, daughter of Robert Burnett. They had 5 children. When she died, he married Rebecca Blue in 1851, and they had 2 children. My gg grandfather was their first child and his name was George W. Miller. I would be most grateful if anyone out there could put me on the trail of the ancestors of this family. Where were they before coming to W.Va. From where did the family emigrate to this country and when? Any info would be appreciate and would be glad to provide what additional data I have to anyone interested. Ken Price ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Folks, I am pleased to announce that author Tim McKinney (Robert E. Lee at Sewell Mountain, The Civil War in Fayette County, and West Virginia Civil War Almanac) will be our guest in the Greenbrier County Chat Room on Tuesday, January 25th at 8:00 PM. The Chat Room is located at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgreenb/chatroom.htm>. It is Java-based so there's no special software to download. Mark your calenders and plan to attend! Valerie Valerie Forren Crook email: vfcrook@trellis.net Greenbrier Co., WV <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgreenb/> ASC for the WVGenWeb Project <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/> Archivist - USGenWeb WV Archives <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/wvfiles.htm> WV Tombstone Project Manager <http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/westvirg.html> PROUD RootsWeb Donor <http://www.rootsweb.com> ==== WVGEN Mailing List ====

Karen - I have posted this both to the West Virginia page and the Puffenbarger page with no results. My husband's great grandmother was Jennie Oats born March 1875 in Lewis Co., West Virginia. She died in Hall Co., Nebraska in 1931. The dilemma is that in 1880 she is listed as adopted with Samuel and Mary Ann McCluster family in Lewis Co., W. Virginia under the name of S. E. Puffenbarger, age 6. She and her parents all being born in West Virginia. They are living in the Freeman's Creek area. When she got married she listed her name as Jennie Oats and her parents were Benjamin Oates and Elizabeth M. Puffenbarger. She came to Kansas with the McCluster family. They had a Rhimer boy adopted in 1880 and in 1900 they had a new adopted boy by the name of Guy Moffet. My husband's grandmother knew nothing of her mother's background other than who raised her and her being adopted. I have tried Puffenbarger and Oates to try and find a marriage, but getting absolutely no where. It makes me wonder if she was illegitimate as went by two different last names. Any help would be appreciated. Jerilyn

I'm trying again with additional information. Someone HAS TO BE RELATED to this line!! Please can someone break down this BRICK WALL for me. My Sara D. WILSON was born on July 17, 1824 in Pendleton County, VA and married there on May 14, 1848 to Charles Beckwith FOWLER, born March 28, 1825 in Rockingham County, VA a son of Wilson W. and Lucinda (NICKOLS) FOWLER. Sara's death certificate says that she is a daughter of James WILSON but no mother is given. To my knowledge, her and Charles's marriage license does not list parents. Below is all I have to go on as far as a mother for Sara. Can anyone help???? A James WILSON married Sarah SMALLRIDGE in Pendleton County, Va., on March 8, 1823. Ceremony performed by Otho Wade, Can anyone give me a list of children of this couple?? Also, a James WILSON married Rachel BLIZARD in Pendleton County on June 15, 1819. Ceremony performed by F. Lair. Is this the SAME James WILSON with two different wives. Does anyone have a list of the children of this couple. Any help greatly appreciated. Will answer all responses. I also have the following information: the 1850 Pendleton Census record shows: Unit 103-103 James WILSON,a ge 56, Farmer (This is the only James WILSON in the Census) Martha R., age 21 James K., age 16 Rachael B., age 14 Noah R., age 13 George B., age 4 (I don't want to speculate, but I am most sure that Martha R. is a daughter and not a spouse, because of age, and also because very close to their home is a listing for: Unit 85-85 Charles FOWLER, age 25, Farmer Sarah, age 25 Wilson, age 1 (I KNOW this family to be my Sarah D. (WILSON) FOWLER and her husband Charles Beckwith FOWLER. I am almost sure also that this James WILSON in unit # 103 is a son of James WILSON and Elizabeth (HEMPINSTALL) WILSON who was born either Sept. or Nov. 7, 1794, and I know also that this particular James WILSON married Sarah SMALLRIDGE on March 8, 1823. So the age is correct for the 1850 Census. What I desperately need is someone who can give me a list of he children of this James and Sarah (SMALLRIDGE) WILSON. The 1860 Pendleton Census shows that James has taken a second wife by the name of "Amelia" shown as age 56. They are in Unit # 52-52 and James is shown as being 67. son Noah is still in the house but his initial has changed from "R." to "E." and living next door in unit # 53 is another son "Kennison" WILSON--obviously the James K. of the 1850 record, now with wife Irene S. and two children William C. and Mary M. 1870 Shows James W. WILSON age 77 and wife Amelia age 65 with the son James K. still living next door with his wife Irene and 5 children. ANY HELP you can give me on this WILSON/SMALLRIDGE, James WILSON/Amelia ?, or James Kennison WILSON/Irene S. ? would be more than greatly appreciated. Carlisle Bowling Zarvon@aol.com P. O. Box 1177 Flagler Beach, FL 32136-1177

Good Point - that happened with my last name ALL the time ! Mark J. See -----Original Message----- From: firebird [mailto:pamrooney@prodigy.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 9:07 AM To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Straight Creek Mary, There is a ridge called LONG Ridge. Maybe the transciber mis-read the "S" for a "L". Welcome to my family web page! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~firebird/ pamrooney@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Beechie" <mbeechie@email.msn.com> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: December 28, 1999 4:07 PM Subject: Straight Creek > Can anyone tell me where Song ridge is or was in Pendleton County. I > recently received a copy of the deed of the property that my 5th great > grandfather, Charles Halterman, owned in Pendleton County. In the > description it reads: > > "James Wood Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia to all to whom > these present shall come greeting know ye that by virture of part of a Land > office treasury Warrant number four hundred and sixty two, issued the > fourteenth day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety one, There > is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Charles Halterman a certain tract > or parcel of Land containing two hundred acres, by survey bearing date the > twenty fourth day of November one thousand seved hundred and ninety five, > lying and being in the County of Pendleton on the head water of Straight > Creek on Song ridge including a large spring and his own improvement and > bounded as followith to Wit beginning at a large white oak and red > oaks......................." > > On a very new map I located Strait Creek northwest of Monterey, Pendleton > County, WV. I also found there are two Strait Creeks one is called West > Strait Creek. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Mary Halterman Beechie > mbeechie@msn.com > > >