looking for families of Preston Co., WV with these surnames. I am also trying to find the parents of Arthelia HOLLIFIELD/HOLLOWFIELD/HOLYFIELD, etc. Arthelia HOLLIFIELD [b.c.1828 ] married [10, Sept 1857 Preston Co., VA] Alexander HOLLIFIELD. This is the info I have from marriage info on microfilm & Roy Lockart's book. 10 Sept 1857 - Alexander HOLLYFIELD, single, age 36, born Frederick Co., MD, parents- Joseph & Ruth HOLLYFIELD & Arthelia A. MENEAR, single, age 28, born Preston Co., parents- John & Mary MENEAR. This is a brick wall for me. Who were the siblings of Arthelia & who were her parents, John & Mary? What was the maiden name of Mary? Any help will be appreciated. Barb Kelley in FL ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

Barb, Oops! Mary was born ca 1825 instead of ca 1817 when she married Jacob Ervin. Math is not one of my strong points. Roy Lockhart My note: Mary was born ca 1817 instead of 1801 according to her age at remarriage to Jacob Ervin in Preston Co on Apr 12, 1858. Mayfield should be Holyfield. (Holyfield is the spelling Morton uses for this surname.) On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:39:07 -0500 Barbara M Kelley <wvmountain2@juno.com> writes: >looking for families of Preston Co., WV with these surnames. I am >also >trying to find the parents of Arthelia >HOLLIFIELD/HOLLOWFIELD/HOLYFIELD, >etc. >Arthelia HOLLIFIELD [b.c.1828 ] married [10, Sept 1857 Preston Co., >VA] >Alexander HOLLIFIELD. >This is the info I have from marriage info on microfilm & Roy >Lockart's >book. >10 Sept 1857 - Alexander HOLLYFIELD, single, age 36, born Frederick >Co., >MD, parents- Joseph & Ruth HOLLYFIELD & Arthelia A. MENEAR, single, >age >28, born Preston Co., parents- John & Mary MENEAR. > >This is a brick wall for me. Who were the siblings of Arthelia & who >were her parents, John & Mary? What was the maiden name of Mary? Any >help will be appreciated. >Barb Kelley in FL >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > >==== WVPRESTO Mailing List ==== >Preston County West Virginia Genealogy Junction >http://rootsweb.com/~wvpresto/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

Also in the book it says that Thomas Martin was the same man as Charles Martin who lived at Fort Martin in Monongalia Co. I have proven that to be wrong. Thomas and Olive Van Meter Martin are both brick walls of mine. I think there must be some connection with Charles Martin for such a bizarre story to be told, but I do not know what it is. Jean

Jean, There was a Henry Luther Van Meter family in the St. George, WV area in the 1880. I have no other information.