I am curious as to who your husband is. I grew up in Dunns and know quite a few of the Okes family. Brenda Farley Bruce -------------- Original message -------------- > 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 >