Hey,Lee, Did't Uncle Walter HasH have a mine just as you turn to go up Kayro Holler there at Bud,WV. I recall the big truck that Uncle Walter had went I was just a lay befor,My Daddy Expired in 1945. We use to go up to there house all the time. Uncle Walter would take his teeth out and Daddy would do the same and I would be scaro of them. I would be out in the yard and thay would do that. Now were did you all live at from Uncle Walter and Uncle Tom. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From David Dillow Thomas. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:18 PM Subject: [WVWYOMIN] Kayro Holler > STILL HAVEN'T HAD ANY RESPONSE ABLUT "Kayro Holler" in Bud > Lee > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1223 - Release Date: 1/13/2008 8:23 PM > >

Lee, Here you go. Joel THE ROCKCASTLE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH THE FIRST 100 YEARS March 2002 AS TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDS by Lee Hash and Patricia LaBelle EDITED by Lee Hash 624 Lone Tree Court Culpeper, Virginia 22701 Tel: 540/825-7045 Fax: 540/825-7049 E-Mail address [email protected] Green Pendleton Goode, born 12/27/1868, a son of Lemuel years. He was a member of the first graduating class at Goode and Tabitha Ramey, taught school in Wyoming County for forty Concord Normal School. G.P. first married Sarah Elizabeth Cook June 15, 1894. She died a few months later and on October 30, 1895, he married Elishia Cornelia Vandivort. Children by this marriage were: Grace; Howard and Ora. Cornelia died of pneumonia and the children were cared for by relatives until G.P. married Ada Brooks. Children by this marriage were: Virgil; Lettie; Arnold; Bert; and Maggie. Rev. Isaac Bailey preached the funeral services of Elizabeth Goode, the wife of G.P. Goode, on April 13, 1895. At that meeting, Hazeltine Bell, Mary Adams and G.P. Goode were received as candidates for baptism. Green Pendleton Goode was baptized on April 21, 1895. He was elected to serve as clerk March 20, 1897 and signed his first entry in the Church Minute Book on Sunday, March 21, 1897. G.P. Goode was first referred to as a Deacon of the Rockcastle Baptist Church in the minutes at a meeting on April 16, 1910. Rev. Goode served as pastor and secretary for several Churches in the area. He helped to organize the Rockcastle Baptist Association and served the Association throughout the remainder of his life. G.P. Goode was appointed State Historian for southern West Virginia and was appointed Wyoming County Historian in 1924. His writings, papers, documents and notes, many of which have been misplaced or destroyed, were a collection of interviews and early events of his time. G.P. Goode was an excellent speaker attending many family reunions, conventions and anniversaries. At an early age he met and interviewed many of the pioneer settlers and their children. He inspired many with his knowledge of the settlers of the community and the History of Wyoming County. Rev. Goode passed away shortly after 11'oclock on Sunday evening at the home of his daughter. Funeral services were held at the Cook Memorial Baptist Church in Pineville on the following Wednesday January 15, 1957. He is buried in the Sturgill Cemetery near the old Goode homeplace on Bearhole Fork. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WVWYOMIN] Goode Can anyone tell me the date of death of Rev. Green Pendleton Goode ? Thanks Lee **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Lee - According my records Rev. GPG died 13 Jan 1957. I have spent over 45 minutes looking for my source of his death, but so far I haven't found it yet....Barbe In a message dated 1/14/2008 8:35:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Can anyone tell me the date of death of Rev. Green Pendleton Goode ? Thanks Lee **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

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More cures for insomnia, STAN The slingshot was our weapon of choice. It was used to harass the cows, horses, sheep, and most anything else that moved, especially stray cats. I obtained the forks of my “sidearm” from a dogwood tree. The dogwood is the only tree that I know of that has branches with symmetrical forks, a characteristic basic to building a good slingshot. I cut two strips of rubber approximately three-eights inch wide and ten inches long from an old inter tube and tied one end of each to one of the forks. The elastics supplied the energy to hurl the projectile that was held in a rectangular piece of leather attached to the rubber strips on the other end. The leather pocket came from an old boot. I had to be careful to not get my slingshot confiscated, especially after someone told Aunt Ruth that I shot old Kump in the butt with a persimmon, Old Kump was our dog that we named after the governor of West Virginia 1933-1937. Birds were not to be harassed, especially the barnyard fowl. It was perfectly acceptable to go after the snakes and rats that hung out around the barn, but the barn-dwelling cats were protected no matter how much I hated them. I found out early on that shooting one’s little brother with an acorn was frowned upon by all. Most boys, at one time or another tried their hand at making a bow from the limb of a pussy willow bush and using dead stickweeds for arrows. Stickweed arrows were straight and plentiful but always sailed off course during flight. Characteristically they were not very accurate. It was easy to find arrows in season but not so easy to carry a bow around all day. The bow and arrows were used sometimes for target practice, but for everyday use we eventually returned to the faithful slingshot, which, with a hand full of acorns, could be conveniently concealed in a hip pocket.

The Raleigh Register Beckley, West Virginia July 11, 1966 Mrs. Mary Music Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Music, 74, Route 1, Beckley, who died Friday in a Beckley hospital, were held at 2 p.m. in the Guyandotte Baptist Church at Jesse with the Rev. Johnny Burgess in charge. Burial was in the Cook Cemetery at Jesse. Mrs. Music died as a result of injuries suffered July 5 in a car accident near Bradley. Born March 12, 1892, at Beckley, she was a daughter of the late Grant and Buehamia McMillion Allen. Her husband, Edward Music, died in 1964. Survivors include a son, Ted Brinegar of Beckley; four daughters, Mrs. Sadie Stewart of Matheny, Mrs. Goldie Bledsoe of Princeton and Mrs. Julie Stewart and Mrs. Felia Allen, both of Jesse; four brothers, Cleveland McMillion, Albert Allen and John Allen, both of Jesse, and George Allen of Princeton and a sister, Mrs. Laura Bryant of Clear Creek. The Evans Funeral Home in Oceana was in charge of arrangements. (RNS) Note: Buehamia is transcribed correctly. Edward is transcribed correctly. The Raleigh Register Beckley, West Virginia January 3, 1967 12 Fatalities Recorded On County Roads In 1966 Excerpt.....Mrs. Mary Musick, 73, of Clear Creek, died following a two-car accident July 8 at Bradley. Several other were injured in the accident.

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Found in the GRS data base; Joseph Acord was taxed in 1778 in Fredricksburg Md. Andress Lawrence Acord was taxed 1753 in Philidelphia Pa. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Cousins, A new book due out this fall may be of interest to you. http://www.cumberlandpioneers.com/ * Introductory summary of North Carolina Land Grants and how they were awarded * The Administrators and Surveyors involved in granting of the land * Pioneer Grant Holders - Over 700 North Carolina land grants transcribed, complete with surveyor plats * North Carolina designated "Public Lick Areas", Nashborough and Davidson Academy * Maps - Earliest Indian trails, Traces and Jury Roads * Signers of the Cumberland Compact with a biographical sketch of each * Summary and detailed location of all notable Pioneer sites * Maps - detailed location of all grants and public areas on current topographical maps * Pictures of trace segments, fords and like images * All name index Check the names listed in the index of Vol I: Allison, Anderson, Bradford, Baker, Shelby, Bledsoe, Buchanan, Burgess, Carter, Cockrell, Coleman, Cox, Crabtree, Dixon, Drake, Draper, Gibson, Gillespie, Green, Hamilton. Debra --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080109-0, 01/09/2008 Tested on: 1/10/2008 5:17:18 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

Here's another little item about knives and growing up in WV. Every teenage boy was thrilled to have two knives. One was a good knife, which he would not part with for love or money. The other was an “old plug” that was kept in secret for swapping, the uglier and less useful the better. Swapping knives took place in the form of a game called “dropping knives.” To drop knives, an individual extends his hands forward to another with the palm up on one hand while the knife being traded is concealed in the other. The other participant does the same with the closed hand of one participant positioned directly above the open palm of the other. On signal, the knives are released, they drop into the waiting palms and the swap is complete. Naturally, the objective is to come away from the trade with the better knife. If we were really successful we could start with an old plug Barlow and wind up eventually, by repeated swaps, with a good Buck or Old Timer. But this could be accomplished only through devious means. Remember that good knife? Those of us in the know, keeping secret that we also owned a worthless knife, made sure that everyone we associated with saw and would covet our good knife when they compared it to their own. Once one opinioned that theirs was the lesser of two knives, they would suggest a swap, which was usually accepted with much feigned reluctance, Many a neophyte knife swapper, much to his surprise and chagrin, was left with a knife that was worth nothing while his pal walked away with a prize. We all paid our dues. The fun was not so much in getting a more valuable knife, but in being able to put one over on a pal. STAN

How can obtain a copy of Rev. Goode Ledger > From: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:40:48 -0500> To: [email protected]> Subject: [WVWYOMIN] Goode> > This transcribed Ledger of Rev. Goode is a history of Wyoming County. The > geological formation, it’s boundaries, the Pioneers and their early settlements > and the routs they took when entering the areas. The following is an Index to > the chapters of his writings.> > Contents of this Record> > 1. Early Life and recollections of G. Pendleton Goode* (per his writings) > 2. Creation and Organization of Wyoming County > 3. Geography, Geology, Relief and Strain Area > 1. Names of Streams, Mountains, How they were formed > 2. Exploration, Scouts and First Settlers > 3. Lane Blankenship Letter, Re: John Cooke > 4. Edward McDonald & David Hughes, > 5. Archeology, Indian Trails and Forts > 6. Capt. James Shannon, Our Fourth Settler > 7. Thomas Morgan, Our Fifth Settler > 8. Absalom Godfrey, Eli Lusk, (Roffes) Davis, Rev. Floyd Morgan > 9. Conservation-CC Camps-Fire Towers, Trails & Rainbow Trout > 10. Natural Resources > 11. Building Stone, Mineral Springs, Artesian Wells, Natural Gas > 12. The Four Sons of John Cooke > 13. Timber, Timbering > 14. Wyoming County Created and Organized. Oceana - County Seat > 15. Flora and Trees,-Reforesting by Mrs. Canterbury and GPG > 16. Transportation (April1, 1936) > 17. Craft Bus Line, Coal Trucks, Plows > 18. Laurel Fork Settlers > 19. Acord Family > 20. John Allen Family > 21. Good Roads-McGraws, Lusk, Tice Lester > 22. Milam Fork Settlement > 23. Journalism. Wyoming County Newspapers > 24. Charles Russell, Poet “The Mountain Bard” > 25. I. E. Christian. Philosopher and Astronomer > 26. John Rush Cook > 27. Green Pendleton Goode. Historian > 28. The Minstrel of the Mountains. William Grant Burleigh in 1931 > 29. Natural Gas > 30. Animals and Bird Life > 31. Settlement of Barkers Ridge > 32. Town of Pineville > 33. Town of Mullens > 34. Road No. 5 and Road No. 10 > 35. Soldiers and Battles > 36. Churches and Preachers > > > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008

This transcribed Ledger of Rev. Goode is a history of Wyoming County. The geological formation, it’s boundaries, the Pioneers and their early settlements and the routs they took when entering the areas. The following is an Index to the chapters of his writings. Contents of this Record 1. Early Life and recollections of G. Pendleton Goode* (per his writings) 2. Creation and Organization of Wyoming County 3. Geography, Geology, Relief and Strain Area 1. Names of Streams, Mountains, How they were formed 2. Exploration, Scouts and First Settlers 3. Lane Blankenship Letter, Re: John Cooke 4. Edward McDonald & David Hughes, 5. Archeology, Indian Trails and Forts 6. Capt. James Shannon, Our Fourth Settler 7. Thomas Morgan, Our Fifth Settler 8. Absalom Godfrey, Eli Lusk, (Roffes) Davis, Rev. Floyd Morgan 9. Conservation-CC Camps-Fire Towers, Trails & Rainbow Trout 10. Natural Resources 11. Building Stone, Mineral Springs, Artesian Wells, Natural Gas 12. The Four Sons of John Cooke 13. Timber, Timbering 14. Wyoming County Created and Organized. Oceana - County Seat 15. Flora and Trees,-Reforesting by Mrs. Canterbury and GPG 16. Transportation (April1, 1936) 17. Craft Bus Line, Coal Trucks, Plows 18. Laurel Fork Settlers 19. Acord Family 20. John Allen Family 21. Good Roads-McGraws, Lusk, Tice Lester 22. Milam Fork Settlement 23. Journalism. Wyoming County Newspapers 24. Charles Russell, Poet “The Mountain Bard” 25. I. E. Christian. Philosopher and Astronomer 26. John Rush Cook 27. Green Pendleton Goode. Historian 28. The Minstrel of the Mountains. William Grant Burleigh in 1931 29. Natural Gas 30. Animals and Bird Life 31. Settlement of Barkers Ridge 32. Town of Pineville 33. Town of Mullens 34. Road No. 5 and Road No. 10 35. Soldiers and Battles 36. Churches and Preachers **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Jane, It’s funny that you ask that question. When I first posted this little tid bit, one reader responded that she had played mumblety peg with her brothers, but she used a term that I could not associate with the game I knew. So having been burned before when I thought I knew everything, I did a little research. Wow! I found several different versions of mumblety peg and none of them was the one I was familiar with. My version is similar to, but not exactly the same as, the way Shelby described it in a separate post. Moreover, one official version was as complex and had as many rules as any game I know of. Seeing my ignorance on the subject, I think I'll seriously consider calling my version "Humble Peg." First of all, consider the name. Mumblety peg, mumble peg, mumble the peg, mumble de peg, or mumbety peg; pay your money and take your choice; they are all acceptable. You gotta like the dictionary definition because it can be construed to include any of the versions: “A game in which players toss a jackknife in various prescribed ways, with the object being to make the blade stick firmly into the ground.” Unless you plan on going on Jeapordy sometime soon, that may be all you want to know, in which case you should stop reading now. Otherwise contact me directly and I will give you more details. We will walk together through Mumblety Peg 101. Alternatively, go to google and enter “mumblety peg” STAN

Thank you for you help. Would you know how I would go about getting the obit. for Lillie Miller from Wyoming county? **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

correct address for Lillie Miller death certificate _http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx_ (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx) **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

In the death records for Lillie Miller who died 2/22/1923 as a widowed American?. Parents and husband unknown. Re: Henry Workman of Clycone. Burial date 2/24/1923 at Caloric, Wyoming County, W.Va.. CHECK Records at: _http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_ (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va) **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Hi, Looking for obit. for a Lillie Miller or Lillie Williams Miller of Wyoming Co. possibly in old town of Caloric WVa. Was married to William C. Miller. Approx. birthdate of 1884. Possibly native american. (cherokee). Thank you, Chris **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Just talked with Sally Williams. She is much better. HOWEVER the big storm destroyed her fence and a lage tree fell and damaged a large part of the roof of her house. Men from the Church came over and cut and removed the tree and will return when things dry out and replace some roof. She is in the dry side of the house and doing great. Said a big storm had just passed and winds were above 60 mph. Has power failures but it comes back on in a couple of hours, Said they were responsive to those on Oxygen and she is not afraid of loosing power. She sends regards to those of Wyoming County heritage and gives a big Hello. Lee **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

So,what did you do when you weren't in church? My granddaughter Emily asks. So I had to tell her. I don't like to disappoint the women in my life. Tune in. Every red-blooded boy in Appalachia when I was growing up yearned for a pocketknife. We thought a pocketknife and slingshot were vital to our very existence. Our parents or guardians did not always agree and permission to own a pocketknife was one of those coveted rights that was a “given” in “coming of age.” The pocketknife was needed to trim or clean under our nails (ha!), playing mumbley peg (correct hillbilly pronounciation: “mumble peg”) for cleaning fish or for just plain whittling. Don’t laugh! Whittling was very much a part of a young man’s routine in the forties. We came by it naturally. Even grown men spent hours, just whittling. On a Sunday morning, one could gather enough shavings from the porch in front of Mr. Thomas’ store to start cook- stove fires for a week. Whittling was an art form the value of which only we sons of Appalachia can fully appreciate. You have to learn to do it right. First, you have to have a lot of time on your hands; successful whittling cannot be interrupted. Your mind must be free to go wherever it wants to take you as you and your companion(s) simply whittle away and talk about nothing in particular. Next you must have the right kind of wood, Our favorite was poplar or chestnut that could be taken from any old discarded fence rail or from someone’s lumber pile. Oak was out of the question, unless there was a particular end item in mind, It quickly dulled the blades of knives that already looked more like awls than knives due to repeated honing with whet-rocks, which were also standard inventory for the well- equipped, adventurous teenager. You first whittle on one end of your stick, and then turn it around and whittle on the other. This is repeated until all the wood has been whittled away except for a small toothpick-like remnant that can no longer be held firmly enough to be of further service. By that time it will be suppertime and you can go home and prepare for another busy day ….. whittling. If one expects more than the simple relaxation and conversation that comes with whittling, it is suggested that they not take it up as a regular sport.

Hey Gang, One of the responses that I got relative to my post about So WV revivals and associated potluck dinners was amusing and I think we should share it. "I understand that most people have a favorite dream that ends badly signifying some frustration that they are having in their waking hours. Mine takes place at a potluck dinner. It is astounding how much incredible food is laid out. I can hardly wait. I want to get some of everything there. I have piled up food on my plate, I sit down and then WAKE UP!" STAN