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
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 > >