Thanks. I have one of the Hevener books, had one stolen and have reordered it. I will contact the library. Thanks. Does the south branch of the Potomac head in Pendleton County, WV? 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, 4:20 PM > >There are hundreds of Heveners here in Highland and in neighboring >counties. There are two books of Hevener family history in the Highland >County Public Library, written by Dennis Hevener, from Augusta County, I >think. > >Try requesting specific information from the library at hcpl@cfw.com > >You might also want to contact Jacob Hevener, Hightown, VA 24465. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: HAMRICK,DANIEL <dhamrick@neo.rr.com> >To: <VAHIGHLA-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 10:50 AM >Subject: Re: [VAHIGHLA] Re: Crabbottom (Highland County) Query > > >> 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 >> > >> >> >> ==== 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 >Searchable archives for Rootsweb mail lists can be found at >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >