Hi all, I'm desperately trying to find the location and/or any info on the KERNS Cemetery that's listed in the Pend Co Grave Register book from 1977. The only directions in the book list that the cemetery is located "on the east side of Buffalo Hills Road". I do believe I've searched in the right general area northwest of Franklin, near Ruddle, in the Buffalo Hills area, but I've never been able to locate the cemetery. The families buried there are KERNS, BIBLE and SMITH. If anyone has any info at all, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Karen E. Cresap

Karen: I have no idea where the cemetery is, but am interested in your BIBLE family. My great grandmother was Mary Margaret Bible m. Peter Dilley Yeager in Pocahontas County, WV. Her father was Jacob Bible and her mother was Elizabeth Lightner. I know there are some members of those families in Pendleton, but my research so far has been in Pocahontas. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated as I know that they came from Pendleton. Betty Yeager Root ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen E. Cresap" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:02 PM Subject: [WVPENDLE] Kerns/Bible/Buffalo Run area

Karen, Yesterday at the Confederate Reunion Picnic at Richard Ruddle's home I asked him, his parents and Pauline Harman about the cemetery. They told me that you go, from Franklin, Rt 33 west to Buffalo Hills Road, turn right onto BHRd; after you pass the last house on left, start looking for cemetery on right, on little knoll {easier to see in fall or winter}. I don't know if this will help or not. Ms. Harman said she knew right where it was. She is one of the oldest members of the community, and a local historian. If I can be of further service, let me know. Koren-Fae Rev. Koren-Fae Rawlings 304-358-3261 P.O. Box 887 Franklin, WVa 26807-0887 Order of the Bonnie Blue, Phoebe Warner Chapter [email protected] Pendleton Co. Historical Preservation [email protected] [email protected] William J. Vance Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 7th WVa Infantry Camp 7 [email protected] www.geocities.com/suvcwmdcp7/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen E. Cresap" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:02 PM Subject: [WVPENDLE] Kerns/Bible/Buffalo Run area > Hi all, > > I'm desperately trying to find the location and/or any info on the KERNS > Cemetery that's listed in the Pend Co Grave Register book from 1977. The > only directions in the book list that the cemetery is located "on the east > side of Buffalo Hills Road". I do believe I've searched in the right > general area northwest of Franklin, near Ruddle, in the Buffalo Hills area, > but I've never been able to locate the cemetery. The families buried there > are KERNS, BIBLE and SMITH. > > If anyone has any info at all, it would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > Karen E. Cresap > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > >

Hello Koren-Fae and all on this list, I hope my map info may have helped a little. Only a short distance from Buffalo Hills Road, across Colic Mountain to its east, is Rt. 220 and the South Branch of the Potomac River which parallel BH Road. Route 220 may follow an old bridle path my ancestor or his family took back in the 1740's-1750's when he/they settled the area. Can anyone tell me about the history of this road prior to it being Route 220, or about the oldest roads of Pendleton County? My ancestor, Valentine McDonald (McDaniel/McDonnel were later spelling variants by various clerics), was born 11 Jan 1760 on the South Branch of the Potomac River, Virginia, per his Revolutionary War pension application, "as told to me by my parents." His father, Joseph, apparently came there in the 1740's-1750's, I haven't been able to learn much more about his early life except that he was likely Scotch-Irish. He moved his family from Virginia when Valentine was "quite young" to old-Baltimore County, Maryland, and thence to what was then Westmoreland County in southwestern Pennsylvania sometime between 1773-1777, the latter date being when Valentine first served in the Rev War from that county, at age 17. (They are later found in the Fayette Co. PA area that was developed from Westmoreland in 1783.) The entire family migrated via flatboat down the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers to Mason Co. KY in the fall of 1790, with Valentine moving his family across the Ohio River into Northwest Territory in 1796. So, at this point, I can only imagine what the lives of my ancestral family were like in early Virginia (West Virginia) times. I suspect Joseph may have moved his family from Virginia during the incursions of Chief Pontiac's 'Rebellion' of 1763-64, after surviving defense of the area during the French & Indian War. Does anyone possibly have information about a Joseph McDonald during the 1750's-1760's? I don't know his wife's name. Or, does anyone know of 'any' McDaniel-McDonald records from those early times, as many settlers migrated with their families? Thanks for any help that you may be able to provide. Neil McDonald [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Koren Fae Rawlings" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [WVPENDLE] Kerns/Bible/Buffalo Run area > Karen, > > Yesterday at the Confederate Reunion Picnic at Richard Ruddle's home I asked > him, his parents and Pauline Harman about the cemetery. They told me that > you go, from Franklin, Rt 33 west to Buffalo Hills Road, turn right onto > BHRd; after you pass the last house on left, start looking for cemetery on > right, on little knoll {easier to see in fall or winter}. > > I don't know if this will help or not. Ms. Harman said she knew right > where it was. She is one of the oldest members of the community, and a > local historian. > > If I can be of further service, let me know. > > Koren-Fae > > > Rev. Koren-Fae Rawlings 304-358-3261 > P.O. Box 887 > Franklin, WVa 26807-0887 > Order of the Bonnie Blue, Phoebe Warner Chapter > [email protected] > Pendleton Co. Historical Preservation > [email protected] > [email protected] > William J. Vance > Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, > 7th WVa Infantry Camp 7 > [email protected] > www.geocities.com/suvcwmdcp7/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen E. Cresap" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:02 PM > Subject: [WVPENDLE] Kerns/Bible/Buffalo Run area > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm desperately trying to find the location and/or any info on the KERNS > > Cemetery that's listed in the Pend Co Grave Register book from 1977. The > > only directions in the book list that the cemetery is located "on the east > > side of Buffalo Hills Road". I do believe I've searched in the right > > general area northwest of Franklin, near Ruddle, in the Buffalo Hills > area, > > but I've never been able to locate the cemetery. The families buried > there > > are KERNS, BIBLE and SMITH. > > > > If anyone has any info at all, it would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > Karen E. Cresap > > > > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > > > > > > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! >

I just wanted to mention that Colic Mountain was named for the Collett family that lived on that mountain untill they moved to Randolph Co. around 1800. It is interesting that Thomas Collett went by the name Thomas Collick on old census's and in the naming of this mountain. I have often wondered why. He is a brick wall that as far as I know, no one has cracked. Perhaps Collick and Collett are interchangeable in an "Old English" way, I just don't know. I sure would like to figure him out. Someone once told me that his name is listed on a payroll as Thomas McCollick, which adds another confusion!! Becky ----- Original Message ----- From: "macbd1" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:41 PM Subject: [WVPENDLE] Re: Buffalo Run area (McDonald) > Hello Koren-Fae and all on this list, > > I hope my map info may have helped a little. Only a short distance from > Buffalo Hills Road, across Colic Mountain to its east, is Rt. 220 and the > South Branch of the Potomac River which parallel BH Road. Route 220 may > follow an old bridle path my ancestor or his family took back in the > 1740's-1750's when he/they settled the area. Can anyone tell me about the > history of this road prior to it being Route 220, or about the oldest roads > of Pendleton County? > > My ancestor, Valentine McDonald (McDaniel/McDonnel were later spelling > variants by various clerics), was born 11 Jan 1760 on the South Branch of > the Potomac River, Virginia, per his Revolutionary War pension application, > "as told to me by my parents." His father, Joseph, apparently came there in > the 1740's-1750's, I haven't been able to learn much more about his early > life except that he was likely Scotch-Irish. He moved his family from > Virginia when Valentine was "quite young" to old-Baltimore County, Maryland, > and thence to what was then Westmoreland County in southwestern Pennsylvania > sometime between 1773-1777, the latter date being when Valentine first > served in the Rev War from that county, at age 17. (They are later found in > the Fayette Co. PA area that was developed from Westmoreland in 1783.) The > entire family migrated via flatboat down the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers to > Mason Co. KY in the fall of 1790, with Valentine moving his family across > the Ohio River into Northwest Territory in 1796. > > So, at this point, I can only imagine what the lives of my ancestral family > were like in early Virginia (West Virginia) times. I suspect Joseph may > have moved his family from Virginia during the incursions of Chief Pontiac's > 'Rebellion' of 1763-64, after surviving defense of the area during the > French & Indian War. > > Does anyone possibly have information about a Joseph McDonald during the > 1750's-1760's? I don't know his wife's name. Or, does anyone know of 'any' > McDaniel-McDonald records from those early times, as many settlers migrated > with their families? > > Thanks for any help that you may be able to provide. > > Neil McDonald > [email protected] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Koren Fae Rawlings" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:15 PM > Subject: Re: [WVPENDLE] Kerns/Bible/Buffalo Run area > > > > Karen, > > > > Yesterday at the Confederate Reunion Picnic at Richard Ruddle's home I > asked > > him, his parents and Pauline Harman about the cemetery. They told me > that > > you go, from Franklin, Rt 33 west to Buffalo Hills Road, turn right onto > > BHRd; after you pass the last house on left, start looking for cemetery on > > right, on little knoll {easier to see in fall or winter}. > > > > I don't know if this will help or not. Ms. Harman said she knew right > > where it was. She is one of the oldest members of the community, and a > > local historian. > > > > If I can be of further service, let me know. > > > > Koren-Fae > > > > > > Rev. Koren-Fae Rawlings 304-358-3261 > > P.O. Box 887 > > Franklin, WVa 26807-0887 > > Order of the Bonnie Blue, Phoebe Warner Chapter > > [email protected] > > Pendleton Co. Historical Preservation > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > William J. Vance > > Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, > > 7th WVa Infantry Camp 7 > > [email protected] > > www.geocities.com/suvcwmdcp7/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Karen E. Cresap" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:02 PM > > Subject: [WVPENDLE] Kerns/Bible/Buffalo Run area > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm desperately trying to find the location and/or any info on the KERNS > > > Cemetery that's listed in the Pend Co Grave Register book from 1977. > The > > > only directions in the book list that the cemetery is located "on the > east > > > side of Buffalo Hills Road". I do believe I've searched in the right > > > general area northwest of Franklin, near Ruddle, in the Buffalo Hills > > area, > > > but I've never been able to locate the cemetery. The families buried > > there > > > are KERNS, BIBLE and SMITH. > > > > > > If anyone has any info at all, it would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Karen E. Cresap > > > > > > > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > > > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > > > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! >