This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Del_Groves Surnames: Friend, Groves, King, Lee Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/2750/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can anyone tell me the parents of this John Groves? Am wondering if he was son of John Groves who married Eva Lloyd? Here's some of what I have: John Groves 1820-1860 m. Margareth NoMaidenName Children: William H, 1844-1925 Samuel E, b abt 1840 Judith, b abt 1848 Moses, b abt 1853 Nicholas M, b abt 1855 James C, b abt 1857 -----William H Groves m. Margaret Catherine Lee 1842-1937; her parents Nicholas Lee 1803-1888 and Edna Frances King.----William's children: Brooks Dehaas b 1874, Chauncy K b 1867, Melinda W b 1869, Virginia 1879-1953 m. Michael Andrew Friend, John N 1871-1880, William B 1873-1892. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Del_Groves Surnames: Groves, Hess, Summers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/969.2.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: How funny! I was born 1952 in Dellslow, along the creek on Rural Route 3 in a cabin built by my grandmother Virginia May aka Margaret Virginia Fawley - who's father Noah Edward Fawley lived just up the road. Continue up this road about 2 miles and it connects with Summers School Road. In fact, years later my grandmother bought land on up past her dad's place; from Summers School (on Summers School Road), you can look down the hill and see where my grandmother lived across the road from Jesse and Dolly Hess. Genealogy makes the World smaller! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: emilysnanna172 Surnames: MAYFIELD Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/969.2.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: To whomever might read this: Here is a website about the town of Dellslow in Monongalia, WV. http://westvirginia.hometownlocator.com/wv/monongalia/dellslow.cfm Sincerely Melinda C. Black Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: emilysnanna172 Surnames: MAYFIELD Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/969.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: To whomever might read this: Hello my name is Melinda Clark Black I grew up in Preston County. I remember a community called Dellslow. I believe it is past Preston County and heading towards Monongalia County. Send me your email and we will privately talk. I also went to school with a Karen Mayfield. I graduated in 1975. My email address is: emilysnanna7@comcast.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

The West Virginia Gazatteer lists the location of Dellslow as being in the Morgantown South Quadrangle of Monongalia Co. ------------------------------------------------- Larry Heffner Lewisburg, West Virginia Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Isinghissong2@aol.com> To: <wvpresto@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 9:46 AM Subject: [WVPRESTO] Dellslow > very familiar, > > > In a message dated 12/24/2008 3:16:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > wvpresto-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Anyone familiar with the town of Dellslow WV? > (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:29:48 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [WVPRESTO] Anyone familar with the town of Dellslow WV? > To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1230074989.425232@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: radio2_1 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties > .preston/969.2.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hi, > In one of the community queries you are familar with the Mayfield family. Do > you know anything about the Mayfield Cemetery? My gggrandfather Samuel > Sanders is buried in the Mayfield Cemetery. The cemetery is located on > Mayfield > road. I am trying to locate others buried there. You can email me at > radio2@alltel.net. I was at the cemetery last spring. > Thanks. > C.B. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and > respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the WVPRESTO list administrator, send an email to > WVPRESTO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the WVPRESTO mailing list, send an email to > WVPRESTO@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of WVPRESTO Digest, Vol 3, Issue 168 > **************************************** > > > **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1860 - Release Date: 12/21/2008 3:08 PM -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.8 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 507 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

very familiar, In a message dated 12/24/2008 3:16:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, wvpresto-request@rootsweb.com writes: Today's Topics: 1. Re: Anyone familiar with the town of Dellslow WV? (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:29:48 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [WVPRESTO] Anyone familar with the town of Dellslow WV? To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1230074989.425232@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: radio2_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties .preston/969.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, In one of the community queries you are familar with the Mayfield family. Do you know anything about the Mayfield Cemetery? My gggrandfather Samuel Sanders is buried in the Mayfield Cemetery. The cemetery is located on Mayfield road. I am trying to locate others buried there. You can email me at radio2@alltel.net. I was at the cemetery last spring. Thanks. C.B. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------ To contact the WVPRESTO list administrator, send an email to WVPRESTO-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the WVPRESTO mailing list, send an email to WVPRESTO@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of WVPRESTO Digest, Vol 3, Issue 168 **************************************** **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: radio2_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/969.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, In one of the community queries you are familar with the Mayfield family. Do you know anything about the Mayfield Cemetery? My gggrandfather Samuel Sanders is buried in the Mayfield Cemetery. The cemetery is located on Mayfield road. I am trying to locate others buried there. You can email me at radio2@alltel.net. I was at the cemetery last spring. Thanks. C.B. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: barbara55678 Surnames: ROBERTS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/587.621.2.1.1.2.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well,I now know that John S. Roberts,[who bought 200 acres just outside Kingwood,Preston Co,VA.] and the John Roberts [from Washington Co.,PA],who bought 1.5 acre lots in Kingwood are one and the same because of Samuel T. Wiley's book,"HISTORY OF PRESTON CO.,WV".So I'm wondering where he went after the town of Kingwood bought out his store.He doesn't seem to be in any census's even thou he was ther from 1805-1818,unless he was the J.S.Robers in the 1810 census and they just misspelled his name.HELP!Is he my GGG grandfather John Roberts who came to Knox Co.,OH just before 1820? Could John S.Roberts a merchant become a farmer? Cuz that's what he was in Ohio. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: barbara55678 Surnames: Roberts,Trembly Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/587.621.2.1.1.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well,I know Amos Roberts was in the books and Monongalia Courthouse records but i'm looking for my GGG Granfather John Roberts who apparently married a Mary Trembly from Bruceton Mills,Preston Co.,Va[now WV].I found him and her again 1820 census of Knox Co. Ohio but could never connect him to a father or family,unless it was Amos Roberts.I know there were other Roberts families there between 1785-1800[deed records].but they seemed to have disappeared before 1810 and he married Mary & moved to Ohio around 1820.I've tried Wiley and Morten's books and nada,zilch,so if anyone out there has any info or data would appreciate it. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Meadowlark40 Surnames: HAUSER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/1084.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi! I have posted my database at WorldConnect, and Eva Ridenour Hauser is here: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monahouser&id=I6041 I have gathered this data from on-line records, and also from other people who have generously shared their information with me. Have a look at it, and see if you agree, or have questions, or have more information. My email address is HeritageHunt (at) Sandyview (dot) info if you want to contact me directly. Thanks again for writing! Our present-day family is so far removed from Maryland and West Virginai, that we didn't even know our roots were there until just a few years ago. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: barbara55678 Surnames: Jenkins Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/864.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Absalom Jenkins was born in Monongalia Co.,VA.Preston Co.,wasn't formed until 1818,it was formed from part of Monongalia and Randolph Co.and West Virginia wasn't formed before 1862-63.MONGALIA WAS FORMED OUT OF PART of the District of West Augusta.Monongalia used to go way up into PA. BEFORE THE 1820 boundary dispute. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: angleprincess25 Surnames: Hauser Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.preston/1084.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Henry Hauser & Eve (I have also heard Ava) Ridenour are my grand mother's great (or great great) grandparents. I have some information, but much of my information I got from my aunt Marie (my grandmother's aunt), and other I got from FamilySearch.org. I would love to exchange info with you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Is William Harrison Cupp the man who was in the 6th Regiment of the West Virginia Cavalry? My great grandfather's middle name was Harvey. He was born in Dec of 1853. I have wondered if his father might have died in the Civil War. Thanks for your reply and for that of Vana Fessler. There were a number of Cupp children in the 1860 census who were not with their families. Maybe a migration to Indiana or some other place played a role in their circumstances. JoAnn Cupp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Kelly" <vakelly@earthlink.net> To: "JoAnn" <joanncupp15566@att.net>; <wvpresto@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [WVPRESTO] Cupp family research >I have a William H. Cupp whose parents were Jacob Cupp and Clemena Kelley >but I have him born Feb 1840, His wife ia nmes Hannah and one child named >Albert b. 1867, Allin Preston Co.W,Va. Virginia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JoAnn" <joanncupp15566@att.net> > To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 1:46 PM > Subject: [WVPRESTO] Cupp family research > > >> Looking for John and Lucinda CUPP who are listed as parents of my great >> grandfather, William H. CUPP on his Tyler Co. death certificate. He was >> born in Preston Co., WV on Dec 6, 1853. He never was ennumerated with a >> CUPP family in any census. >> >> He was living with James M. CARROLL and family in the 1860 Census. A >> notice was found in a newspaper about him being a runaway at the age of >> 17. >> >> Are there any Cupp researchers who might know about possible parents of >> William? >> JoAnn Cupp >> Grass Valley, CA >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.13/1828 - Release Date: 12/4/2008 > 8:05 AM >

I have a William H. Cupp whose parents were Jacob Cupp and Clemena Kelley but I have him born Feb 1840, His wife ia nmes Hannah and one child named Albert b. 1867, Allin Preston Co.W,Va. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "JoAnn" <joanncupp15566@att.net> To: <WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 1:46 PM Subject: [WVPRESTO] Cupp family research > Looking for John and Lucinda CUPP who are listed as parents of my great > grandfather, William H. CUPP on his Tyler Co. death certificate. He was > born in Preston Co., WV on Dec 6, 1853. He never was ennumerated with a > CUPP family in any census. > > He was living with James M. CARROLL and family in the 1860 Census. A > notice was found in a newspaper about him being a runaway at the age of > 17. > > Are there any Cupp researchers who might know about possible parents of > William? > JoAnn Cupp > Grass Valley, CA > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.13/1828 - Release Date: 12/4/2008 8:05 AM

Looking for John and Lucinda CUPP who are listed as parents of my great grandfather, William H. CUPP on his Tyler Co. death certificate. He was born in Preston Co., WV on Dec 6, 1853. He never was ennumerated with a CUPP family in any census. He was living with James M. CARROLL and family in the 1860 Census. A notice was found in a newspaper about him being a runaway at the age of 17. Are there any Cupp researchers who might know about possible parents of William? JoAnn Cupp Grass Valley, CA

It is still called Grant District, Preston County WV.? There are at least 10 TAX DISTRICTS in the county. Gary -----Original Message----- From: Dora Smith <tiggernut24@yahoo.com> To: wvpresto@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 7:36 pm Subject: Re: [WVPRESTO] Correction But what's it called today? Wikipedia doesn't list any Grant in Preston County. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane McCann Walsh" <jmwalsh@hughes.net> To: <wvpresto@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [WVPRESTO] Correction > At 05:47 PM 11/15/2008, Jane wrote: >>He [Wiley] describes Grant as follows on p. 362: >> >>"The territory of Grant was embraced in the First (magisterial) >>District when Preston County was divided in 1852. And in 1863, in >>order of division of the county as then made, it became without any >>change of boundaries >>Pleasant Township. By a change of designation merely, in 1873, it >>became Grant District. it is bounded on the north by Pennsylvania, >>on the east by Maryland, on the south by Pleasant District, and on >>the west by Cheat River, which separates it from Valley District." > > Hi, Folks, > Sorry but there is apparently a typo in Wiley's book. > That second sentence should read: > > "And in 1863, in order of division of the county as then made, it > became without any > change of boundaries Grant Township." > > The simple answer is that District One of Preston Co, VA became Grant > Township of Preston Co., VA and then Grant District of Preston Co. WV. > > Regards, > Jane > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 12:31 PM 11/16/2008, Dora wrote: >I need to find a couple of places. > >One if the "raymond farm", on Deer Lake Rd., a short distance from Rt. 40, >in Chalk Hill - which Google Maps thinks is Chalkhill, several miles from >Uniontown, in Pennsylvania. Hi, Dora, What was once called Chalk Hill is now simply "Chalkhill." Perhaps tourism caused a change in the Deer Lake Road name. It now appears as Ohiopyle Rd in Wharton Twp. and Kentuck Rd in Stewart Twp. Trail - and a small body of water that my guess is is Deer Lake. >Next question; where is Wharton? It's a large township, and that's where >the 1900 to 1920 census finds the Raymond family. Google maps says it's a >tiny hamlet a couple of miles on down the road away from Uniontown, from >Chalk Hill. Wharton is the name for both a very large Twp. and a tiny cross-roads which is actually called Wharton Furnace as there was an old iron furnace there - - - the remains are interesting to visit. There is a Lutheran Church and Cemetery on the Deer Lake Rd aka Ohiopyle Rd. likely near where the Raymond farm was located. Sorry but I cannot help you with the White School House outside of Bruceton Mills unless you can find mention of a stream or "run." Best regards, Jane

Properly maybe this ought to be posted to the Lafayette Co PA list, but it's nearby. I need to find a couple of places. One if the "raymond farm", on Deer Lake Rd., a short distance from Rt. 40, in Chalk Hill - which Google Maps thinks is Chalkhill, several miles from Uniontown, in Pennsylvania. Google Earth and Google Maps find a Deer Lake Trail, which does not interesect with Route 40. Chalk Chill Chlopyle or whatever Rd does, and Old Mill Rd branches off of that toward Deer Lake Trail - and a small body of water that my guess is is Deer Lake. It was in 1960 that the Raymond farm was located on Deer Lake Rd. that intersected wtih Rte 40 - has the name changed? Next question; where is Wharton? It's a large township, and that's where the 1900 to 1920 census finds the Raymond family. Google maps says it's a tiny hamlet a couple of miles on down the road away from Uniontown, from Chalk Hill. County map at Wikipedia depicts Wharton township as huge and covering roughly the area where Chalk Hill would be. Is Chalk Hill (or Chalkhill) in Wharton Township? If that is true, than perhaps teh Raymond farm was always in Chalk Hill; not they lived in Wharton in 1900 to 1920 and then got their farm in Chalk Hill. (Original name of Raymond family was Rayman, family was German, and at one point it was Ranno.) Family is notorious; since 1920 they have shot members of their own family three times and at other people too many times to count. In 1960 one of them holed up in the house and shot everyone coming down the road! This made Time Magazine. At the time his uncle was in jail for shooting his son in law. Time described tehm as mean mountain men. I also need to know the location of the Chalk Hill Lutheran Cemetery, which is close enough to the Raymond farm that someone trying to escape being shot by Dan Raymond in 1960 ran across it on his way to shelter a short distance away. Also a number of the Raymond family are buried there. Then, back in West Virginia, apparently Edward, father of Albert who shot his wife and then himself in 1920/22, had a place in Bruceton Mills. Their grave markers are on what was their farm, "on the farm owned by Jesse Ryan (not now) and near tehhouse of Alva Bryte, about one half mile due south of the White School house northwest of Burceton Mills). Now, I'm not even going to ask Google Earth where's the White School House. OK, I did, and it couldn't find it. Anyone know where the farm was? Or the White School House? Edward had a first cousin named Conrad also living in the area, and maybe a brother named Alexander (though I wodner if that was his son). All originally came from elsewhere. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com

Dora, > Thanks! Makes it look like the family cuold have migrated southward from > Pennsylvania. I didn't know part of Virginia was adjacent to Pennsylvania > west of Maryland. > > Looking at the map bears out that suspicion fast. Wharton, Pennsylvania, > is close to the West Virginia state line. But on Google maps, what > villages are located where Grant was, and what township is it now? If any. > > I'm tracing the family of Daniel C. Raymond, b about 1825, give or take a > year or two. Born in Pennsylvania, married a girl born in Virginia before > 1873, had their first child in 1873 in what looks like Pennsylvania, their > next child or two in Virginia, then in 1870 and 1880 they are found in > Grant, Preston, West Virginia. I understand West Virginia was created about > 1863 and Preston County is much older. > Glad I asked who you were looking for. Daniel Raymond was located on a farm not many miles from the Fayette Co., Pa. border, north Bruceton Mills, which is where I live. Daniel seems to have been a brother of my ancestor, Alexander Raymond. Daniel had a tombstone on the farm, Alexander does not. Difficult to reach the cemetery today. To find them before 1870, you should probably look in Somerset Co., Pa. You probably know that Daniel was married more than once. Have you seen the book "History of the Reiman, Rieman, Reaman and Rayman Clan" by a committee of descendants, printed by Walsworth 1982? That compilation gives the parents of Daniel and Alexander as Charles Rayman and Catherine Meyers. > I cannot find them before 1870. Now, in 1870 the name was spelled "Ranno". > The handwriting is hard to read, but it really does not look at all like > "Raymond", which makes it possible taht they originally had a different > name. > > Janice

Dora: Grant Township became known as Grant District which exists today. I'm sitting in it. It would help to know who you are looking for. Might be able to give you an approximate location. Janice > I'm trying to trace a family taht I find in West Virginia in the census in 1870 and 1880. Specifically both the 1870 and 1880 censuses insist that they are located in Grant Township, Preston County, West Virginia. > > 1880 census adds a Grant Magisterial district and that it was Enumeration District 58. > > Modern discussions of Preston County insist there is no such place. > > Where was it? > > And, even more important. Wehre WAS "Grant Township" in 1860? I gather that Preston County existed but West Virginia did not, for starters, and if geography was ephemeral in this region... > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > tiggernut24@yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVPRESTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >