Shirley and others, The best source of very detailed maps is the United States Geological Survey, National Mapping Program. You can get an index for any state and a Catalog of topographic and other Published Maps from: USGS Map Sales, Box 25286, Federal Center, Bldg. 810, Denver, CO 80225. They probaly even have a net site where you can check out what you want and possibly order it.For genealogical activities I have found the 7.5 Minute Series to be the most useful. Jim Shirley wrote: > > Marguerite has a good question. I would think the Chamber of Commerce > might have something. I would be interested in hearing your responses as > well. > > >Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 18:15:42 -0500 > >From: Marguerite Mathews <pontine@nh.ultranet.com> > >Reply-To: pontine@nh.ultranet.com > >Organization: Pontine Movement Theatre > >X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Macintosh; I; 68K) > >To: toodles@airmail.net > >Subject: County Map > > > >Hello--My family has roots in Maple Fork, Raleigh Co. I had the > >pleasure of travelling around Maple Fork last week finding the graves of > >many ancestors in cemeteries located on roads & paths with no names. I > >am hoping to discover where I can purchase a detailed map of the county > >which will enable me to mark the location of those small family plots. > >Can you advise me where I can purchase such a map? > >Thank you! Marguerite Mathews / pontine@nh.ultranet.com > > > > > > Toodles! > Shirley > toodles@airmail.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Toodlz Page: http://members.xoom.com/Toodlz/ > 4-H in Collin County Texas: http://county.tamu.edu/collin/ > Take It By STORM Volleyball: http://members.xoom.com/TIBS_Vball/ > USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.net/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ==== WVRALEIG Mailing List ==== > http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Hi Everyone, About the map, we have had very good luck in obtaining detailed county maps from the highway department of each county. These maps are usually very clear with all roads clearly marked & usually cemeteries, churches & schools also marked. I'm fairly certain that if one would go to the hometownusa web site or one very much like it they could find an address for the state highway department for the state & then write to them for info on purchasing county maps... Enjoy the posts... Thanks Ellie

Marguerite has a good question. I would think the Chamber of Commerce might have something. I would be interested in hearing your responses as well. >Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 18:15:42 -0500 >From: Marguerite Mathews <pontine@nh.ultranet.com> >Reply-To: pontine@nh.ultranet.com >Organization: Pontine Movement Theatre >X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Macintosh; I; 68K) >To: toodles@airmail.net >Subject: County Map > >Hello--My family has roots in Maple Fork, Raleigh Co. I had the >pleasure of travelling around Maple Fork last week finding the graves of >many ancestors in cemeteries located on roads & paths with no names. I >am hoping to discover where I can purchase a detailed map of the county >which will enable me to mark the location of those small family plots. >Can you advise me where I can purchase such a map? >Thank you! Marguerite Mathews / pontine@nh.ultranet.com > > Toodles! Shirley toodles@airmail.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Toodlz Page: http://members.xoom.com/Toodlz/ 4-H in Collin County Texas: http://county.tamu.edu/collin/ Take It By STORM Volleyball: http://members.xoom.com/TIBS_Vball/ USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hello Terri, I don't have the information you're needing, but I can give you, and everyone else an update on the CLAY CEMETERY and HOMESITE preservation effort underway, here in Mercer County. William Sanders has established a trust fund for the purchase of the property $70,000. For further information contact: 304-425-8125 office If anyone has the answer or suspicions on her family, please post it to all of us on these lists. It'll add a lot to our list archives, OK ====================================================================== Does anyone have information on the parents of Phoebe Belcher? She was b.Bedford CO Va in 1738 and married Mitchell Clay. They had a daughter named Mary Obedience Clay. Terri Mullins >vmullins@intop.net<

yes they are at the courthouse. You can no longer get copies of the large books, they won't take them apart any more. but you can hand copy to your hearts content. At 09:18 PM 6/29/98 -0500, you wrote: > > >Can anyone help Marguerite out with this. I've never dealt with the >courthouse in Raleigh. > >>Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:23:12 -0400 >>From: "M. Marguerite Mathews" <pontine@nh.ultranet.com> >>Reply-To: 110@nh.ultranet.com, Union@nh.ultranet.com, St.@nh.ultranet.com, >> Portsmouth@nh.ultranet.com, NH@nh.ultranet.com, 03801@nh.ultranet.com >>Organization: Pontine Movement Theatre >>X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K) >>To: toodles@airmail.net >>Subject: Raleigh Co. Research >>X-URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvraleig/ >> >>Hello--I'm planning to visit Raleigh Co. late in July in order to >>research my family history -- BOWYER, BLYTHE, COPELAND, DAVIS, >>HUMPHREY, KIRBY, MCDANIELS, RAINES, & TYREE. All of these families >>resided in Fayette, Raleigh, & Monroe Co. I would so appreciate >>knowing where I will find county records for Raleigh Co. I know >>Beckley is the County Seat, are public records accessible for research >>there? >>Thank You! Marguerite Mathews / pontine@nh.ultranet.com > >Toodles! >Shirley >toodles@airmail.net >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The Toodlz Page: http://members.xoom.com/Toodlz/ >4-H in Collin County Texas: http://county.tamu.edu/collin/ >Take It By STORM Volleyball: http://members.xoom.com/TIBS_Vball/ >USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.net/ >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >==== WVRALEIG Mailing List ==== >I want to Thank Rootsweb for making this Mailing List Possible. >Are you a Rootweb Supporter? > Reach me by ICQ. My ICQ# is 3826586 or, * Page me online: <http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3826586>http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3826586 (go there and try it!) or, For downloading ICQ at <http://www.icq.com/>http://www.icq.com/ KINCAID PAGE--(Virginia and West Virginia Families) <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7410/>http://www.geocities.com/H eartland/Plains/7410/ Sherranlynn's Place-  <http://www.public.usit.net/skincaid/>http://www.public.usit.net/skincaid/ EMERSON/MITCHELL Reports-(AL Families) <http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/n/i/c/Sherranlynn-K-Nichols/index.htm l>http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/n/i/c/Sherranlynn-K-Nichols/index.html NICHOLS PAGE--(AL Families) <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1282/>http://www.geocities.com/H eartland/Meadows/1282/ GREEN Report--(AL Families) <http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Sherranlynn_Kincaid_Nichols/GREEN/index .htm>http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Sherranlynn_Kincaid_Nichols/GREEN/in dex.htm Listowner:  WVRALEIG-L,  WVFAYETT-L, WVCLAY-L, WVMONROE-L, WVNICHOL-L, CLAYPOOL-L, DURHAM-L, HARRAH-L, KALER-L, OSBORN-L and TINCHER-L

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Hi everyone. This is an announcement that was passed along to me. If you are interested, please feel free to display the "friends" logo on your pages. Also, PLEASE share your success stories as well....I love to read those! >Announcement: >Please share this with your county coordinators. > >By popular demand (as in people were wanting to have a logo that they could >put on their pages to show support for the USGenWeb and to advertise the >project to their friends) a new page has been put up on the National >USGenWeb Site. Please see: >http://www.usgenweb.org/friends/friends.html >Those people who want to display the logo showing that they are a friend of >the USGenWeb, can also register their pages on which the logo will be >displayed. The URL of the logo will then be displayed on the friends list >at: >http://www.usgenweb.org/friends/friendslist.html >We also have a new section for success stories. We have been collecting them >and sharing them amongst ourselves for a little while, but they belong to >you all. > >Donald L. Spidell >Member of the Board, USGenWeb Toodles! Shirley toodles@airmail.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Toodlz Page: http://members.xoom.com/Toodlz/ 4-H in Collin County Texas: http://county.tamu.edu/collin/ Take It By STORM Volleyball: http://members.xoom.com/TIBS_Vball/ USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Gracie, I don't know about Owen Painter and Virgie Stover, but you're right about his previous marriage. In my Webb book, there's Owen Thomas Painter marrying Parthane Webb on Sept 8, 1902--no death dates listed. By the way; your web pages are great and there's always something new and interesting!!....Judy > I am looking for information on Owen Painter and Virgie Stover. They > were md before 1910, as they are listed in the 1910 Raleigh Co Census. > > I beleive Owen may have been md before Virgie - to Parthenia Webb, in > 1902. > > Thank you, > Gracie > -- > Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1322/ > Page for Other Researchers > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1322/research.html > OWNER OF THE STOVER MAILING LISTS AT ROOTSWEB

I am looking for information on Owen Painter and Virgie Stover. They were md before 1910, as they are listed in the 1910 Raleigh Co Census. I beleive Owen may have been md before Virgie - to Parthenia Webb, in 1902. Thank you, Gracie -- Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1322/ Page for Other Researchers http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1322/research.html OWNER OF THE STOVER MAILING LISTS AT ROOTSWEB

Thanks! That's my Nancy! I'll add the info to my list. :) Pat -----Original Message----- From: NANNIE2011@aol.com [SMTP:NANNIE2011@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 11:57 AM To: WVRALEIG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVRALEIG-L] Re:Sweeney Family I have a Nancy E. Sweeny born 1840 Monroe d/o Martin Newton Sweeny born 1797 Monroe (sorry don't know his parents) but he married Nancy Meador bor 20 Jan 1799 died 11 Apr 1862 Mercer (have more on her line) Nancy was d/o Josiah Meador born 10 Feb 1758 died 1845 and Judith "Juda' Lilly (have more on her) born 1764-1846 Nancy Sweeny married 27 Aug 1857 Mercer County James H. Wood born 1832 Patrick County, Va ==== WVRALEIG Mailing List ==== New-- Sherranlynn's Place http://www.public.usit.net/skincaid/ You can register your linages for the surnames mentioned there and also join the surname lists.

Hi! I have a Nancy Ellis Sweeney that married into my husband's line in the 1800's. If she is part of your line I'd appreciate any info you have. She was married to James Nelson Wood who was born May 17, 1830 and died in May 1882. My husband's maternal Grandmother was a Wood. All Raleigh Co. Thanks, Pat Oxley (patoxley@texas.net) P.S. I'd be glad to share what info I have from Nancy forward if this helps you! -----Original Message----- From: Shirley [SMTP:toodles@airmail.net] Sent: Monday, June 29, 1998 9:25 PM To: WVRALEIG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVRALEIG-L] Re:Sweeney Family >From: <Ndeane@aol.com> >Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 22:50:46 EDT >To: toodles@airmail.net >Subject: Re:Sweeney Family >X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 41 > >I have been researching Sweeney (spelling varies) family in VA for several >years. I have some info on a William H. Sweeney who married Ida Renton,, and >owned successful business in Hinton, WV. Raised a family there too. Do you >know of anyone researching that name or allied families, or have any >suggestions as to how I might locate them, or information about them? Any help >you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. Norma >Skinner > > Toodles! Shirley toodles@airmail.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Toodlz Page: http://members.xoom.com/Toodlz/ 4-H in Collin County Texas: http://county.tamu.edu/collin/ Take It By STORM Volleyball: http://members.xoom.com/TIBS_Vball/ USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ==== WVRALEIG Mailing List ==== New-- Sherranlynn's Place http://www.public.usit.net/skincaid/ You can register your linages for the surnames mentioned there and also join the surname lists.

Some of my dates came from census and could be off a few years. Also I have found these rascals change middle initials to suit themself

I have a Nancy E. Sweeny born 1840 Monroe d/o Martin Newton Sweeny born 1797 Monroe (sorry don't know his parents) but he married Nancy Meador bor 20 Jan 1799 died 11 Apr 1862 Mercer (have more on her line) Nancy was d/o Josiah Meador born 10 Feb 1758 died 1845 and Judith "Juda' Lilly (have more on her) born 1764-1846 Nancy Sweeny married 27 Aug 1857 Mercer County James H. Wood born 1832 Patrick County, Va

Sweeny is not one of my direct lines but I have quite a bit on them where they have intermarried with my lines. Write to me at NANNIE2011@aol.com and I will send you what I have.

HELLO RALEIGH LIST MEMBERS I'd like to introduce myself in my own unique way to the list. I'm not looking for any particular surname; I'm looking for lots of men from 138 years ago. I just joined the General Alfred Beckley SCV Camp Saturday. It is a group for those who like to honor and remember the veterans from the WBTS/CW. We'll be looking for gravesites to clean (any help is appreciated), markers to order and install, and hundreds of gravesites to record for our Raleigh County Veterans Database we're also prepared to perform a period veterans ceremony at the gravesite to honor and remember his military service, we'll also give educational programs for schools, scouting groups, churches and civic groups, as well as Living History presentations. I've got a database of 1700 veterans from Mercer County. We'll be accumulating the same information on Raleigh County everytime it becomes available. Veterans from surrounding counties will be recorded too, as that information becomes available Thanks for looking this message over. Thanks again to our list owner for making this Raleigh List available to us all. glenn

Hi Shirley, Marguerite and all, I have been to the Raleigh County court many times. The first thing you will need is coins for the long term parking meters which is about 2 blocks from the courthouse building. The courthouse staff is limited, but they will show you the location of marriage, death, birth and deed books. It is help your self, but they expect each person to return books to the shelf. Raliegh County Court records start with 1850. and these books are keep in order with very good index books. All of these books are very large with the old sewn binding so they will not put them on the copy machine. Be prepared to do lots of hand writing. When I was there last July there was talk about a local historical group who were trying to get a grant to have the book rebound so each page could be remove and copied. Also, this information on Raleigh County would be a big help in finding records about ancestors of that area and I quote from my book:"In 1850 Raleigh County was formed from the southwest part of Fayette County. In 1871 Raleigh County annexed 168 square mile (107,520 acres) from Wyoming County. This section of land is now called Slab Fork District. Records in Raleigh County Land Book shows that William A Fink asked for a boundary adjustment because he owned land in both counties, but lived only twenty miles from Raleigh County Court House. He only owned three hundred and forty five and a half acres on Tommie Creek so what was the reason for the large land grab, approved by the West Virginia State Legislature? In her book, Mary Keller Bowman states that Historian G P Goode wrote, that the annexation was to strengthen each county's political majority-Democrat in Raleigh and Republican in Wyoming. Of course, Raleigh County gained the rich coal fields of Winding Gulf." So if you find your people on Raleigh County 1880 census, but don't find them on then on the 1870 census check the Wyoming County 1870 census. Hope this will help, Doris At 09:18 PM 6/29/98 -0500, you wrote: > > >Can anyone help Marguerite out with this. I've never dealt with the >courthouse in Raleigh. > >>Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:23:12 -0400 >>From: "M. Marguerite Mathews" <pontine@nh.ultranet.com> >>Reply-To: 110@nh.ultranet.com, Union@nh.ultranet.com, St.@nh.ultranet.com, >> Portsmouth@nh.ultranet.com, NH@nh.ultranet.com, 03801@nh.ultranet.com >>Organization: Pontine Movement Theatre >>X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K) >>To: toodles@airmail.net >>Subject: Raleigh Co. Research >>X-URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvraleig/ >> >>Hello--I'm planning to visit Raleigh Co. late in July in order to >>research my family history -- BOWYER, BLYTHE, COPELAND, DAVIS, >>HUMPHREY, KIRBY, MCDANIELS, RAINES, & TYREE. All of these families >>resided in Fayette, Raleigh, & Monroe Co. I would so appreciate >>knowing where I will find county records for Raleigh Co. I know >>Beckley is the County Seat, are public records accessible for research >>there? >>Thank You! Marguerite Mathews / pontine@nh.ultranet.com > >Toodles! >Shirley >toodles@airmail.net >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The Toodlz Page: http://members.xoom.com/Toodlz/ >4-H in Collin County Texas: http://county.tamu.edu/collin/ >Take It By STORM Volleyball: http://members.xoom.com/TIBS_Vball/ >USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.net/ >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >==== WVRALEIG Mailing List ==== >I want to Thank Rootsweb for making this Mailing List Possible. >Are you a Rootweb Supporter? > > > >

Marguerite, Have you ever visited the cemetery where Mary Jane Tyree Bailey is buried? George W. Tyree and his wife Nancy G. are also buried there. Let me know if you need directions. A word also about the courthouse: If you need a lot of records, plan to allow enough time there to handcopy. The clerks are nice about pointing out where the records are, but frown on asking to photocopy pages from the records books. You either have to handcopy them or let them type an abstract of each document, which is not cheap! The Raleigh Co. Library is excellent - there is a large number of books, history and transcribed records. Hope this helps! Melissa Bailey Duggins "Melissa's Family Vine" http://home.att.net/~mduggins/index.html Shirley wrote: > Can anyone help Marguerite out with this. I've never dealt with the > courthouse in Raleigh. > > >Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:23:12 -0400 > >From: "M. Marguerite Mathews" <pontine@nh.ultranet.com> > >Reply-To: 110@nh.ultranet.com, Union@nh.ultranet.com, St.@nh.ultranet.com, > > Portsmouth@nh.ultranet.com, NH@nh.ultranet.com, 03801@nh.ultranet.com > >Organization: Pontine Movement Theatre > >X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K) > >To: toodles@airmail.net > >Subject: Raleigh Co. Research > >X-URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvraleig/ > > > >Hello--I'm planning to visit Raleigh Co. late in July in order to > >research my family history -- BOWYER, BLYTHE, COPELAND, DAVIS, > >HUMPHREY, KIRBY, MCDANIELS, RAINES, & TYREE. All of these families > >resided in Fayette, Raleigh, & Monroe Co. I would so appreciate > >knowing where I will find county records for Raleigh Co. I know > >Beckley is the County Seat, are public records accessible for research > >there? > >Thank You! Marguerite Mathews / pontine@nh.ultranet.com > > Toodles! > Shirley > toodles@airmail.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Toodlz Page: http://members.xoom.com/Toodlz/ > 4-H in Collin County Texas: http://county.tamu.edu/collin/ > Take It By STORM Volleyball: http://members.xoom.com/TIBS_Vball/ > USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.net/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ==== WVRALEIG Mailing List ==== > I want to Thank Rootsweb for making this Mailing List Possible. > Are you a Rootweb Supporter?

>From: <Ndeane@aol.com> >Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 22:50:46 EDT >To: toodles@airmail.net >Subject: Re:Sweeney Family >X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 41 > >I have been researching Sweeney (spelling varies) family in VA for several >years. I have some info on a William H. Sweeney who married Ida Renton,, and >owned successful business in Hinton, WV. Raised a family there too. Do you >know of anyone researching that name or allied families, or have any >suggestions as to how I might locate them, or information about them? Any help >you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. Norma >Skinner > > Toodles! Shirley toodles@airmail.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Toodlz Page: http://members.xoom.com/Toodlz/ 4-H in Collin County Texas: http://county.tamu.edu/collin/ Take It By STORM Volleyball: http://members.xoom.com/TIBS_Vball/ USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Can anyone help Marguerite out with this. I've never dealt with the courthouse in Raleigh. >Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:23:12 -0400 >From: "M. Marguerite Mathews" <pontine@nh.ultranet.com> >Reply-To: 110@nh.ultranet.com, Union@nh.ultranet.com, St.@nh.ultranet.com, > Portsmouth@nh.ultranet.com, NH@nh.ultranet.com, 03801@nh.ultranet.com >Organization: Pontine Movement Theatre >X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K) >To: toodles@airmail.net >Subject: Raleigh Co. Research >X-URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvraleig/ > >Hello--I'm planning to visit Raleigh Co. late in July in order to >research my family history -- BOWYER, BLYTHE, COPELAND, DAVIS, >HUMPHREY, KIRBY, MCDANIELS, RAINES, & TYREE. All of these families >resided in Fayette, Raleigh, & Monroe Co. I would so appreciate >knowing where I will find county records for Raleigh Co. I know >Beckley is the County Seat, are public records accessible for research >there? >Thank You! Marguerite Mathews / pontine@nh.ultranet.com Toodles! Shirley toodles@airmail.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Toodlz Page: http://members.xoom.com/Toodlz/ 4-H in Collin County Texas: http://county.tamu.edu/collin/ Take It By STORM Volleyball: http://members.xoom.com/TIBS_Vball/ USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There are records at the Raleigh county court house and lots of information at the Beckley library too....Katie