So many of the families mentioned moved out of Wyoming Co into Webster-Nicholas-Clay-Greenbrier Co. Would be interested in any information regarding Mullens-Hammonds-Roberts. Check the following Morgan-Mullens connection: Sanders Mullens b. ca1811 Ky d. Nicholas Co before 1900 m. 2 April 1832 Pike Co Ky Mahala Morgan b. ca1819-21 Ky d.after 1900 Nicholas Co WV Sanders and Mahala were in 1840 Pike Co Ky- 1850-1860 Wyoming Co -1870 Kanawha Co - came to Nicholas Co before 1900 CH: 1. Elizabeth Mullens b.c1833 m. 1854 Anderson Meadows 2. Nancy Mullens b.ca1835 m. Isaac Meadows 3. John Henry Mullens b. ca1838 m. Mary Elizabeth Mandeville 4. Lucinda Mullens b. ca1839 m. 1862 Wyoming Co George Baldwin 5. Solomon Mullens b.ca1845 d.1861-65 WyCo 6. Diadema Mullens b.ca1848 m/1 Wiliam Mullens m/2 James Martin 7. James Whitney Mullens b. 1849 d.1937 NiCoWV m. 4 times Hope this helps someone - somewhere. Millie -----Original Message----- From: LeeHash@aol.com <LeeHash@aol.com> To: WVWYOMIN-L@rootsweb.com <WVWYOMIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 13, 1999 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [WVWYOMIN] Morgan >Rev. Goode wrote a good history of the Indian Fort which i will gather data >later. But to respond to your request, I send the following. It is where he >writes about his early youth and parantage. It is, in part, as follows. > >When I could first remember, my Grandfather "Old Davy Goode" lived on his old >homestead; Thomas J. Laxton lived on the Booker Short place; Calvin >Sizemore lived on the Poor Farm; John Wyatt lived on the Vanhoy place; Rev. >Jas Monroe Wyatt lived on the Dan W. Cook place; Rev. Drury Halsey lived on >the Levi Kelly place; Hampton Evans lived on the Elihu Green place; Ned >Stanley and Bob Mullens lived on the head of Jim’s Branch; and Rev. John S. >Mullens and Geo. J. Sizemore lived on the Guyan River. These were the >nearest neighbors. Other citizens, not far away, were Fields Rutherford, >Hiram Clay, Benj. Short, Wyley Phillips, Charles Workman, A.R. Birchfield, >Adam Brinigar, and Daniel L. Perdew, and a little later, Henry Vanhoy. >Hopew this is a start >Lee > >

Lee, My SPENCER line goes back to James Spencer of Greenbrier vertran of War of 1812, described in military record as "indian" . James second wife was Mary Cook married in 1833 after the death of first wife Elizabeth Hopenstal. Does anybody have this Mary COOK in their records. She was mother of 9 children by James and Elizabeth was mother of 11. James fathered 20 children including 3 sets of twins. Also if you are in Christianburg and have a little extra time. I recieved the entry record of Captain James McDaniel's Copmpany out of there and there may be a clue to the parentage of Meredith Collins b. 1760 d. 1840 Pike Co. KY Any help greatly appreciated. Again thanks for sharing. Brenda LeeHash@aol.com wrote: > Lt. Col. Henry T. Cook, got it right this time.. > Rev Goode brings up something interesting about John Cooke. Seems records > may be found at Christiansburg of his appointment as a JP. If that info > resides in their archives, one should expect additional Cooke files there. > It would worthwhile for a good search. > I looked for early Cook marriages in my database and found MANY Cooks in the > mid to late 1700. Nothing connected his wife. > It was said he was in the Shenandoah as a dentured servant. I'm not far from > Staunton, a potential source. Need to go there anyway. > When visiting my Mother, I always stop in Christiansburg. Should be that way > next month or so and will look for John Cooke then. > Thanks again > Lee

This #2 Armour: 1. Armour^4 L Godfrey (Thomas^3, Absalom^2, Thomas^1) was born about 1851 in VA. found in Wyoming Co. 1860 census. I have no other infomation on him. He was born in 1851. I have him being born 1850 married to Louisa Jane Collins d/o William Collins Jr. and Nancy Lambert. The Collins and Godfrey families both left McDowell Co. about the same time moving into Nicholas Co.WV. about 1902 they formed a large wagontrain and went west to Lewis Co. Washington. Armour followed the lumbering business til his elder years. He then carried the mailpouches by horseback over the mountains to the RR camps and logging camps. Louisa died 1937 Mosseyrock, Wa and Armour followed her in 1940. They are both buried at Doss cemetery, Lewis Co. Wa. Children : Melvin Clark Godfrey b. 1876 McDowell Co. d. 1939 Wash married Emma Jones 1881 Nancy Jane Godfrey b. 1877 McDowell Co. WV d. 1942 Nicholas Co. WV married Simeon Spencer Sylvanus Bailey Godfrey b. 1880 McDowell Co. WV d. 1949 Nicholas Co. WV married Clara Pfalzgraph Lillie Belle Godfrey b. 1883 McDowell Co. WV d. 1955 Nicholas Co. WV married Ira Oldaker Joseph Godfrey b. 1886 McDowell Co. WV d. 1952 Lewis Co. Wa never married but cared for his father til the day Armour died age 90 Margaret Ola b. 1888 McDowell Co. WV d. 1977 Lewis Co. Wa married Hugh Wiseman Vergie Mae Godfrey b. 1890 Nicholas Co. WV d. 1942 WA married Armour Lusk Ella Godfrey b. 1893 Nicholas Co. WV d. 1925 WA married Kelly Baker Hattie Pearl Godfrey b. 1897 Nicholas Co. WV d. 1963 WA married Salem Plant **Godfrey/Plant started the first KOA Campgrounds in the US sold several years ago and are now in the business of growing/selling Christmas Trees Brenda Collins Dillon

I grew up on the site of the Indian Village on Indian Creek in Wyoming County. Descendants of Thomas Morgan were our neighbors. Is there any information in Goode's works on the family of Richard and Sallie Bartley Mullins? Researching in Wyoming Co. area: Mullins, Bartley, Bishop, Beeman, Flanagan Thanks for the interesting readings. Rebecca Beeman Shumaker

Please send Rev. Goode's notes.

Lee you are sooo! cool! We need more People like you on the list. While I was born in Wyo. Co. my parents wer not. Now my husbands family was from the area for ever, Lusk, Bailey, Lester, Godfrey,. Keep posting your info is so good.

Doris, Thanks a millon. Lee , I agree with the others. There are many of us who are disabled and can not travel to places were would like to research. Strolling through the old cemeteries, climbing over fences to reach them or thumbing through the dusty old archived books at courthouses are but a pleasant memory to me and many in nursing homes who do this as a hobby and it works to keep our mind active. Ever try getting research material on interlibrary loan? Most times I have had no success. My children managed to make me computerwise when I could no longer hold a pen or pencil. Now this old granny is surfing the web for info. and getting an new lease on life. You might upload just the right piece of the puzzle to help me figure out this Godfrey line. Thanks for sharing....... Brenda

Lee, I agree with Carrol Ullrich regarding corrections to Goode's works. Never change what he says, but add the corrections. Sally

but I contacted one of their children and this son said >>>>> I contacted a grandson several years ago that lived in Gig Harbor, Washington. I believe it was one of the Wiseman boys who told me the grandmother's name was Margaret not Rebecca. Brenda

Lee, Thanks for the reply. Going backwardhere is what I have: Sylvanus Bailey Godfrey b. 6-17-1880 McDowell Co. WV d. 12-5-1949 Nicholas Co. WV Nickname "Dock" was an engineer on the logging train that ran through the mountains. married Clara Pfalzgraff 7-13-1907Parkersburg, WV (german war bride) son of Armour Lawson Godfrey Jr. Armour Lawson Godfrey Jr. b. 1850 Virginia Territory d. 1940 Mosseyrock, Wa.Lewis Co. married Louisa "Eliza" Jane COLLINS d/o Wm CollinsJr. and Nancy Lambert. I always thought that Amour Jr. was s/o of Armour L. Godfrey Sr. and Rebecca Lester but I contacted one of their children and this son said that Armour's mother 's first name was Margaret. Since this info differs from what I have I have had this line on hold. I joined this list to see if anybody can straighten these Armours out. I noticed in the census there are several. Brenda LeeHash@aol.com wrote: > Rev.Green Pendleton Goode, Wyoming County Historian, writes about the early > settlers of that County, among which are found the following: This is not > complete as only about ¼ of his notes have been transcribed. > Hope this will help some. > Lee Hash > > The next settlers on Little Huffs Creek were Eli Lusk and Absalom Godfrey. > They were half brothers. Lusk settled on Little Huff about a mile above > Joseph Lester. Godfrey settled on the head of Little Huff, near the mouth of > Buffalo Creek. The maiden name of the mother of Lusk and Godfrey was Susan > Stephenson. She had first married old Samuel Lusk, the old Indian scout and > fighter on the Tazwell frontier, and to them were born five sons. Samuel > Lusk Sr. and the three older sons were captured and killed by the Indians > leaving Susan with two younger sons, Eli and Samuel Jr. Samuel Lusk Jr. was > no doubt the young Samuel Lusk who was wounded and captured by the Indians > when Joseph Gilbert was killed on Gilbert Creek in 1792. Susan, the widow of > Samuel Lusk, afterwards married Thomas Godfrey who probably was a son of old > Absalom Godfrey, the Indian scout and fighter. To this union, two children > were born; Absalom Godfrey and Bird Godfrey. Absaolom Jr. was the third > settler on Little Huff Creek. He had several children all of whom became > prominent citizens in that section: (1) James; (2) John; and (3) > Thomas..All left Little Huff when young men and went to Mercer County. James > and Thomas settled near Matoka where they raised large families. Thomas > afterward came back to the upper end of Wyoming Cpounty and married Clarissa > Lusk, daughter of Eli Lusk. They settled on McCajahs Ridge. Thomas Godfrey > was a captain of West Virginia Union Home Guards during the Civil War. (4) > Armor Lawson Godfrey married Rebecca Lester. A.L. Godfrey taught school and > served two terms as Assessor of Wyoming County. (5 Lewis Jerome Godfrey > married Susan Cornett and settled at the mouth of Pads Fork. (6) Osker > Parris Godfrey married Elizabeth Lester and lived on the old Joe Lester home > place. (7) Julina Godfrey married Hugh Reinhart and moved to Toledo, Ohio. > (8) Juliana Godfrey married Rufus Bailey and settled on Tug River. (9) > Margaret married Jesse Davis and settled on Little Huff Creek. (10) Cashie > Godfrey married Gordon C. Lusk and lived on McCajahs Ridge > Armor Lawson Godfrey, a pioneer, had a fine cold spring at the foot of a hill > near Northspring branch from which gave the name to the first post office > established in that section

In a message dated 11/14/1999 3:15:25 AM !!!First Boot!!!, LeeHash@aol.com writes: > Sally, you asked about Rev. Goode's files on the Morgan Families. Here are > some early ref. The family file is hugh and, if you wish will lated send > attachment. > This is what I find. Thomas Morgan and Rachel Blankenship are my direct ancestors. I would appreciate anything else you have also. Jerry Jones

Hi Lee, I agree with Carrol. Corrections could be put in brackets or in footnotes. Also, let me say "Thank you" for your hard work in transcribing this genealogical treasure. Doris At 05:55 PM 13/11/1999 -0500, you wrote: >My suggestion would be to go ahead and transcribe Rev. G. P. Goode's records >exactly as he wrote them. Then in brackets [put the correct information and >the source of that information]. I believe it is always a good idea to keep >intact any information left by a researcher, whether it is correct or >incorrect. The add the correct information. > >Carrol Hurley Ullrich >

Rev. Goode wrote a good history of the Indian Fort which i will gather data later. But to respond to your request, I send the following. It is where he writes about his early youth and parantage. It is, in part, as follows. When I could first remember, my Grandfather "Old Davy Goode" lived on his old homestead; Thomas J. Laxton lived on the Booker Short place; Calvin Sizemore lived on the Poor Farm; John Wyatt lived on the Vanhoy place; Rev. Jas Monroe Wyatt lived on the Dan W. Cook place; Rev. Drury Halsey lived on the Levi Kelly place; Hampton Evans lived on the Elihu Green place; Ned Stanley and Bob Mullens lived on the head of Jim�s Branch; and Rev. John S. Mullens and Geo. J. Sizemore lived on the Guyan River. These were the nearest neighbors. Other citizens, not far away, were Fields Rutherford, Hiram Clay, Benj. Short, Wyley Phillips, Charles Workman, A.R. Birchfield, Adam Brinigar, and Daniel L. Perdew, and a little later, Henry Vanhoy. Hopew this is a start Lee

Please feel free to e-mail me at chetgtr@bellsouth.net My husband is from the line of Lusk, Lester, Bailey, Hatfield, Godfrey, etc.

Brenda and All, I have more than one "Armour L(awson) Godfrey" 1. Armour^4 L Godfrey (Thomas^3, Absalom^2, Thomas^1) was born about 1851 in VA. found in Wyoming Co. 1860 census. I have no other infomation on him. 2. Armour L^4 Godfrey (John D^3, Absalom^2, Thomas^1) was born about 1865 in WV. He was married 18 July 1889 in Wyoming County, WV to Margaret Lester. found in Mercer County Census 1870 & 1880 & Wyoming County Marriage records 2. Armour Lawson^3 Godfrey ( Absalom^2, Thomas^1) was born 1827 in VA. He was married to Rebecca Lester, d/o Joseph & Dicy (Bailey) Lester. found in Wyoiming County 1860 Census Hope this helps. Doris At 04:40 PM 13/11/1999 -0800, you wrote: >Lee, Thanks for the reply. > >Going backwardhere is what I have: >Sylvanus Bailey Godfrey b. 6-17-1880 McDowell Co. WV > d. 12-5-1949 Nicholas Co. WV >Nickname "Dock" was an engineer on the logging train that ran through the >mountains. married Clara Pfalzgraff 7-13-1907Parkersburg, WV (german war bride) >son of Armour Lawson Godfrey Jr. > >Armour Lawson Godfrey Jr. b. 1850 Virginia Territory d. 1940 Mosseyrock, Wa.Lewis >Co. married Louisa "Eliza" Jane COLLINS d/o Wm CollinsJr. and Nancy Lambert. > >I always thought that Amour Jr. was s/o of Armour L. Godfrey Sr. and Rebecca >Lester but I contacted one of their children and this son said that Armour's >mother 's first name was Margaret. Since this info differs from what I have I >have had this line on hold. >I joined this list to see if anybody can straighten these Armours out. I noticed >in the census there are several. > >Brenda > >LeeHash@aol.com wrote: > >> Rev.Green Pendleton Goode, Wyoming County Historian, writes about the early >> settlers of that County, among which are found the following: This is not >> complete as only about ¼ of his notes have been transcribed. >> Hope this will help some. >> Lee Hash >> >> The next settlers on Little Huffs Creek were Eli Lusk and Absalom Godfrey. >> They were half brothers. Lusk settled on Little Huff about a mile above >> Joseph Lester. Godfrey settled on the head of Little Huff, near the mouth of >> Buffalo Creek. The maiden name of the mother of Lusk and Godfrey was Susan >> Stephenson. She had first married old Samuel Lusk, the old Indian scout and >> fighter on the Tazwell frontier, and to them were born five sons. Samuel >> Lusk Sr. and the three older sons were captured and killed by the Indians >> leaving Susan with two younger sons, Eli and Samuel Jr. Samuel Lusk Jr. was >> no doubt the young Samuel Lusk who was wounded and captured by the Indians >> when Joseph Gilbert was killed on Gilbert Creek in 1792. Susan, the widow of >> Samuel Lusk, afterwards married Thomas Godfrey who probably was a son of old >> Absalom Godfrey, the Indian scout and fighter. To this union, two children >> were born; Absalom Godfrey and Bird Godfrey. Absaolom Jr. was the third >> settler on Little Huff Creek. He had several children all of whom became >> prominent citizens in that section: (1) James; (2) John; and (3) >> Thomas..All left Little Huff when young men and went to Mercer County. James >> and Thomas settled near Matoka where they raised large families. Thomas >> afterward came back to the upper end of Wyoming Cpounty and married Clarissa >> Lusk, daughter of Eli Lusk. They settled on McCajahs Ridge. Thomas Godfrey >> was a captain of West Virginia Union Home Guards during the Civil War. (4) >> Armor Lawson Godfrey married Rebecca Lester. A.L. Godfrey taught school and >> served two terms as Assessor of Wyoming County. (5 Lewis Jerome Godfrey >> married Susan Cornett and settled at the mouth of Pads Fork. (6) Osker >> Parris Godfrey married Elizabeth Lester and lived on the old Joe Lester home >> place. (7) Julina Godfrey married Hugh Reinhart and moved to Toledo, Ohio. >> (8) Juliana Godfrey married Rufus Bailey and settled on Tug River. (9) >> Margaret married Jesse Davis and settled on Little Huff Creek. (10) Cashie >> Godfrey married Gordon C. Lusk and lived on McCajahs Ridge >> Armor Lawson Godfrey, a pioneer, had a fine cold spring at the foot of a hill >> near Northspring branch from which gave the name to the first post office >> established in that section >

Thanks Doug, I'll check into that Volume. I have a copy of Richard's death certificate. He died in Capels, McDowell Co. Thanks, Rebecca Beeman Shumaker

For Connie Browning Sally Williams has part of the orig work but the minutes transcribed were from November 8, 1858 through Jan. 7, 1959. In front, and not part of the Church records, is an introduction of pioneering Baptist activity and comments of the Wyoming County activities. At the end there is a Brief Biography of several principal members of the Church inc: Isaac Bailey, Brooks, Edmund Browning, Clay. Sylvester Cook and others. There are several pictures of some families in this section. Had about 200 printed and they went fast. Thanks for your inquirey. Lee

Lt. Col. Henry T. Cook, got it right this time.. Rev Goode brings up something interesting about John Cooke. Seems records may be found at Christiansburg of his appointment as a JP. If that info resides in their archives, one should expect additional Cooke files there. It would worthwhile for a good search. I looked for early Cook marriages in my database and found MANY Cooks in the mid to late 1700. Nothing connected his wife. It was said he was in the Shenandoah as a dentured servant. I'm not far from Staunton, a potential source. Need to go there anyway. When visiting my Mother, I always stop in Christiansburg. Should be that way next month or so and will look for John Cooke then. Thanks again Lee

Sally, you asked about Rev. Goode's files on the Morgan Families. Here are some early ref. The family file is hugh and, if you wish will lated send attachment. This is what I find. There was a nice open space in a gap between Little Cub creek and Little Huff which looked like a garden. They called it Garden Gap from which this gap at the branch got it�s name. Rev. Floyd Morgan, a Primitive Baptist minister built his home near Garden Gap. Armor Lawson Godfrey, a pioneer, had a fine cold spring at the foot of a hill near Northspring branch from which gave the name to the first post office established in that section. In the year 1800 to 1802, Thomas Morgan and his brothers Sam and David, built a pole cabin or hunting lodge on the Guyandotte River at the mouth of a creek from which this stream got the name, Cabin Creek. Thomas Morgan became one of the first settlers in this County and settled just above Cabin Creek. Our fifth settler was Thomas Morgan who was married to Rachel Blankenship in Tazwell County and first settled on Bluestone River but sold out and came and settled on Indian Creek in1804, just above the site of Indian Village. Thos Morgan was a son of Abraham Morgan who was born in England and married Elizabeth Early and came to America and settled prior to the breaking out of the Revolutionary War 1n1775. They landed at Old Point Comfort and came and settled in Buford County where they reared theire children whose names were: Jonathan; David; Samuel; Thomas; Polly and Betsey. Thomas, David and Samuel settled in Wyoming County. Samuel settled below Thomas where the Indian Village stood. David Morgan settled on the mouth of Daves Branch where Baileysville is now located.

OK Sally Williams, sounds good. When will you have out your next pub of Families of Wyoming County. Looking forward to that. As you know MANY families of Grayson County,Va., Ashe and Yancy North Carolina Counties migrated to Wyoming County after the Civil War. Reading Goodes notes I was surprised that so many went before like the Sizemores, Perdue, Rose and others. Looking around where they lived in Va. & NC and seeing the area of Wyoming County, I can wonder why they chose to migrate in that era. all the wildlife and fertle land. Pretty Ridge is beautiful Take care Lee