Does anyone have copies of the pictures of the Grahams that are in the bedroom on the second floor of the GRAHAM HOUSE? I think it may have been the Col James and his wife. Also Has anyone ever found the military history of COL JAMES GRAHAM? COL OF WHAT MILITARY BRANCH ? My husbands family descend from the David Graham Ballengee line.Any help would be greatly appreciated Margie [email protected]

I doubt they were pictures of the Col as he died well before their was pictures, as they never came into being till around 1860 to 65 around the Civil war time, the Col was at the time of the American Revolutionary war he built the log home somewhere around 1760/65 , I have seen where he was gathering horses and supplies of food, blankets, and things that the Army would need during the war with the British, as far as being in any battles, no I haven't seen that, he was in the Virginia Militia and can be documented by the Daughters and Son's of the American Revolution , I think David Graham Ballengee lived at Clayton for many years and was a postmaster their if I remember right his grandmother was a daughter of Col.James Graham , somewhere I have a newspaper clipping where he had write up as being the oldest are the longest postmaster on record, I don't remember which it was, The Col was my GGGGrandfather also, if I can be of help I will try to do so contact me, Richard Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "marlem" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 7:17 PM Subject: [WVSUMMER] graham family pictures lowell question > Does anyone have copies of the pictures of the Grahams that are in the > bedroom on the second floor of the GRAHAM HOUSE? > I think it may have been the Col James and his wife. > Also > > Has anyone ever found the military history of COL JAMES GRAHAM? > COL OF WHAT MILITARY BRANCH ? > My husbands family descend from the David Graham Ballengee line.Any help > would be greatly appreciated > Margie > [email protected] > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > >

Another thing to consider is that some of the MERCER CO deaths actually ended up buried 'just' across the WV state property line in a cemetery that remained Giles Co, Va. Vernon We are moving and my books are all packed; is your husband in Lonnie Okes book? [Harvey, Richmond, Ball, Cadle, Ellison, Wills, Lilly, Meador, Swope] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 3:39 PM Subject: [WVSUMMER] Re: WVSUMMER-D Digest V05 #44 > The information posted about "Summers County" W V was very informative. > > My husband's family is from Dunns, WV. This is a very small town > (farmland) > and runs along the Summers/Mercer County line. We have 17 acres of > property that is about 70% Mercer and 30% Summers County. This land was > part of a > 150+ acre property that originally belonged to my Mother-in-law's > great-grandparents. My Father-in-law's family originated in Floyd Co. VA > and moved to > Summers County. They walked "down the mountain" to the Dunns Church on > the > river (Mercer County). > > So in my research a neighbor's house could be in the next county. I > wonder > if a birth or death > record might be slightly off because a midwife or who ever filled out the > records where not exactly sure on the county line. Example being our > property > is in both counties and yet one connected piece of land. We pay taxes in > Mercer and records are in Mercer. So if someone was born in a home on > one side > of the property and died in a home on the other side of the property -- > the address would be the same, but in reality the county would be > different. > This area is country and many people were born at home and died at home. > Hospital addresses are not as vague, although they often are a different > county > than the "home address". > > Okes, Hatcher, Moye, Lilly, Cox, Moran, Connaday, Wills, Wood, Meador > > Yours in Genealogy, > > Barbara Roberts Okes > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

The information posted about "Summers County" W V was very informative. My husband's family is from Dunns, WV. This is a very small town (farmland) and runs along the Summers/Mercer County line. We have 17 acres of property that is about 70% Mercer and 30% Summers County. This land was part of a 150+ acre property that originally belonged to my Mother-in-law's great-grandparents. My Father-in-law's family originated in Floyd Co. VA and moved to Summers County. They walked "down the mountain" to the Dunns Church on the river (Mercer County). So in my research a neighbor's house could be in the next county. I wonder if a birth or death record might be slightly off because a midwife or who ever filled out the records where not exactly sure on the county line. Example being our property is in both counties and yet one connected piece of land. We pay taxes in Mercer and records are in Mercer. So if someone was born in a home on one side of the property and died in a home on the other side of the property -- the address would be the same, but in reality the county would be different. This area is country and many people were born at home and died at home. Hospital addresses are not as vague, although they often are a different county than the "home address". Okes, Hatcher, Moye, Lilly, Cox, Moran, Connaday, Wills, Wood, Meador Yours in Genealogy, Barbara Roberts Okes

West Virgina County formation: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/Census/WVAcoun.htm Virgina County formation: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb/county2.htm This should help! Amber

I don't have my hands on the record at the moment, but I recall seeing a record that included Pipestem and Bluestone at the turn of the 1800s and that record was in a Giles County census. Finding records in various counties is always interesting. Botetourt has some Monroe records. Melva Wheelwright

RICHARD & GLENN not to confuse you but do not forget GILES CO in Va. for early records and even possibly MONTGOMERY CO in Va [Have not been there yet myself] as the Hinton area is supposed to have been known as Leatherwood when THAT IT WAS GILES County. The evolution of the acreage that is now Summers seems to have been such a place. Giles Co even has a volunteer in the genealogy room. Funny but it seems that early on you could live and die in the same general area and still have lived in several counties and a couple of different states. Vernon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Graham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their lives? > Ok Glenn, > did you get all that, we are getting educated here on Summers county, I > want > to thank every one, what a mess, then I guess you could have to go into > Fayette and Mercer > county's along with Greenbrier and Monroe to look for descendants of > Summers > County if your family was their very early, if records were kept back that > far,,, > Richard > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cindy g" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:40 PM > Subject: Re: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their lives? > > >> Richard, >> Monroe county's seat is at Union, Greenbrier Co. at Lewisburg. Summers > Co. was formed from Greenbrier, Monroe, Fayette and Mercer counties. >> Cindy >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Richard Graham >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:10 PM >> Subject: Re: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their > lives? >> >> >> Glenn, >> Summers county has been in Virginia now its in West Virginia, has been >> Greenbrier county >> Monroe County and now Summers County, >> so if it's before 1873, I was told in the court house in Hinton, I > would >> have to go to Monroe >> County to look up records, That's at Lewisburg West Virginia, other >> wise >> anything after >> 1873 it would be in Hinton, >> My line of Graham's left their in 1836 and Hinton wasn't their at that > time, >> so it depends on what time frame you are looking at to answer your >> question,,,,,,,, >> >> Richard Graham >> >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Ok Glenn, did you get all that, we are getting educated here on Summers county, I want to thank every one, what a mess, then I guess you could have to go into Fayette and Mercer county's along with Greenbrier and Monroe to look for descendants of Summers County if your family was their very early, if records were kept back that far,,, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "cindy g" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their lives? > Richard, > Monroe county's seat is at Union, Greenbrier Co. at Lewisburg. Summers Co. was formed from Greenbrier, Monroe, Fayette and Mercer counties. > Cindy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Graham > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:10 PM > Subject: Re: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their lives? > > > Glenn, > Summers county has been in Virginia now its in West Virginia, has been > Greenbrier county > Monroe County and now Summers County, > so if it's before 1873, I was told in the court house in Hinton, I would > have to go to Monroe > County to look up records, That's at Lewisburg West Virginia, other wise > anything after > 1873 it would be in Hinton, > My line of Graham's left their in 1836 and Hinton wasn't their at that time, > so it depends on what time frame you are looking at to answer your > question,,,,,,,, > > Richard Graham > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > >

Actually - the county seat of Monroe County is Union and before that it would have been Greenbrier County in Lewisburg. Amber ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Graham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their lives? > Glenn, > Summers county has been in Virginia now its in West Virginia, has been > Greenbrier county > Monroe County and now Summers County, > so if it's before 1873, I was told in the court house in Hinton, I would > have to go to Monroe > County to look up records, That's at Lewisburg West Virginia, other wise > anything after > 1873 it would be in Hinton, > My line of Graham's left their in 1836 and Hinton wasn't their at that > time, > so it depends on what time frame you are looking at to answer your > question,,,,,,,, > > Richard Graham > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "commander" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:48 PM > Subject: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their lives? > > >> Arley, Richard, and all the other list members. I live in Prince- >> ton and originally replied to the question of where documents for >> people's lives would have been recorded. I now know when Summers >> was established, but where would people have recorded deaths, the >> births and marriages inside the Summers County limits. Would this >> have depended on which county they were closest to, or would they >> have went wherever their roads would have taken them. >> >> I realize the New River and Bluestone would have been fordable a >> lot differently than we know today. IF someone lived along those >> rivers, would they have their family lives recorded to wherever >> they could have gotten to? I'm only wondering for future queries >> I might respond to. THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR ME >> >> THANKS very much for anyone's attntion to these life details. >> Glenn in Princeton >> >> Summers county was established 1873, was not chartered till 1897, >> Hinton WV, was and still is the county seat. Richard Graham >> >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Arley, Richard, and all the other list members. I live in Prince- ton and originally replied to the question of where documents for people's lives would have been recorded. I now know when Summers was established, but where would people have recorded deaths, the births and marriages inside the Summers County limits. Would this have depended on which county they were closest to, or would they have went wherever their roads would have taken them. I realize the New River and Bluestone would have been fordable a lot differently than we know today. IF someone lived along those rivers, would they have their family lives recorded to wherever they could have gotten to? I'm only wondering for future queries I might respond to. THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR ME THANKS very much for anyone's attntion to these life details. Glenn in Princeton Summers county was established 1873, was not chartered till 1897, Hinton WV, was and still is the county seat. Richard Graham

1873? I think it was 1871. Arley Meadows Richard Graham wrote: > Summers county was established 1873, was not chartered till 1897, Hinton > West Virginia was and still is the county seat,,,,, > > Richard Graham > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Glenn, Summers county has been in Virginia now its in West Virginia, has been Greenbrier county Monroe County and now Summers County, so if it's before 1873, I was told in the court house in Hinton, I would have to go to Monroe County to look up records, That's at Lewisburg West Virginia, other wise anything after 1873 it would be in Hinton, My line of Graham's left their in 1836 and Hinton wasn't their at that time, so it depends on what time frame you are looking at to answer your question,,,,,,,, Richard Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "commander" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:48 PM Subject: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their lives? > Arley, Richard, and all the other list members. I live in Prince- > ton and originally replied to the question of where documents for > people's lives would have been recorded. I now know when Summers > was established, but where would people have recorded deaths, the > births and marriages inside the Summers County limits. Would this > have depended on which county they were closest to, or would they > have went wherever their roads would have taken them. > > I realize the New River and Bluestone would have been fordable a > lot differently than we know today. IF someone lived along those > rivers, would they have their family lives recorded to wherever > they could have gotten to? I'm only wondering for future queries > I might respond to. THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR ME > > THANKS very much for anyone's attntion to these life details. > Glenn in Princeton > > Summers county was established 1873, was not chartered till 1897, > Hinton WV, was and still is the county seat. Richard Graham > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > >

According to Google and www.newrivergorge.com and Google and Summers county West Virginia it was established 1873 chartered 1897 that's all im going by,,,,, Richard Graham

Richard, Monroe county's seat is at Union, Greenbrier Co. at Lewisburg. Summers Co. was formed from Greenbrier, Monroe, Fayette and Mercer counties. Cindy ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Graham To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [WVSUMMER] Where would the locals have recorded their lives? Glenn, Summers county has been in Virginia now its in West Virginia, has been Greenbrier county Monroe County and now Summers County, so if it's before 1873, I was told in the court house in Hinton, I would have to go to Monroe County to look up records, That's at Lewisburg West Virginia, other wise anything after 1873 it would be in Hinton, My line of Graham's left their in 1836 and Hinton wasn't their at that time, so it depends on what time frame you are looking at to answer your question,,,,,,,, Richard Graham

Anyone know if the Graham House Heritage Festival held the first Sunday in October at Lowell West Virginia at the Col. James Graham log cabin , Will it be held this year I have not heard any thing about it, if anyone knows anything please let me know are post on here so everyone will know, Thank You Richard Graham

Summers county was established 1873, was not chartered till 1897, Hinton West Virginia was and still is the county seat,,,,, Richard Graham

Thank you so much --- Richard Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > Summers county was established 1873, was not > chartered till 1897, Hinton > West Virginia was and still is the county seat,,,,, > > Richard Graham > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hi, listers. I want to know what year started in Summers County. I am looking for William Stoddard born in around 1910 to 1915, maybe little later until 1920. Thanks, Adrienne

Thanks! I'll have to try Greenbrier County for Allan. John