I have read about the story---I believe he came to Princeton Wva and stayed at a hotel across the street from the only house that was not burned during the war---he was to stay at the McNutt home i believe but did not---He left the town and did not rob the bank that he planned to because he thought the town was too POOR not knowing a lot of money as at the home Will check out the story and let you know more later---maybe some others have more info on this story---bob pruett ----- Original Message ----- From: <LeeHash@aol.com> To: <WVWYOMIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 12:08 PM Subject: [WVWYOMIN] Re: Wyoming County > Good Morning Bob Pruett, > The information is from others. I recently received the Ledger of Rev. G.P. > Goode and am transcribing it now. I am very late on the work of the > Guyandotte Baptist Church records, just the first record book completed. > That takes a lot of research to identify the places and people mentioned in > the minuts. I did complete the first 100 years fo the minutes of the > Rockcastle Baptist Church, reserving the last two copies. > My research is of the Old John Hash descendants of which my gtgt grandparents > lived in Ashe county N.C. About finished with that family. > On the Rev. Goode's writings, I need some family stories of the Civil War > era in Wyoming County and lots and lots of pictures of those early settlers. > Pictures I will "add" to the "Picture Gallery" section of his works. > Any help from you or others will be greatly appreciated by future readers and > researchers of Wyoming County. > Thanks a lot for your comments. Do you know the story of Jesse James who > came through Bluefield, Va. ?? > Have a nice day, > Lee Hash > >