At 12:32 PM 13/11/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Rev.Green Pendleton Goode, Wyoming County Historian, writes about the early >settlers of that County, Now Goode's work is very valuable, but like so many of us he did made statements that the records do not substantiate. I am not a descendant of Godfrey or Luck, but these line do tie to lines in my book. This is what I found while researching for my book on SHREWSBURY, GRAHAM, HOWERTON & MCKINNEY. Mr. Goode's states "Eli Lusk and Absalom Godfrey were half," but in fact it was David Lusk, Eli's Father, and Absalm Godfrey. See details and sources below. Doris THOMAS GODFREY was married to Susanna Stephenson. He was listed as indenture servant to Valentine Servier who received a large land grant in the same area that Thomas settled. Thomas� land was on Clear Fork of Wolf Creek. He was listed on Tazewell County, Virginia Personal Property Taxes for 1801, 1802, 1803 and 1806. On 14 January 1802 Thomas Godfrey and wife, Susanna, convey land to Samuel Lusk, Junior and on 11 February 1802 they sold land to Isaac Atkins. On 24 June 1807 it was order that �Thomas Godfrey be exempted from the payment of County levies and poor rates on account of his old age and bodily infirmity.� Children of Thomas and Susanna (Stephenson) Godfrey: I. Absalom^2 Godfrey, (Thomas^1), was on a list, with Samuel and David Lusk, of men who were called upon to defend the settlers on the frontier. He was married 9 July 1811 Tazewell County, Virginia to Mary (Polly) Ellen Bailey, daughter of James Bailey and of Margaret Stinson. He was on Tazewell County, Virginia Personal Property Taxes for 1802, 1803 and 1820. On 1850 census Polly, as a widow, was living next door to her son Thomas in Wyoming County with four children left at home. II. Burgess (Bird)^2 Godfrey, (Thomas^1) who was married 5 February 1811 Giles County, Virginia to Polly Shrewsbury, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Shrewsbury. He was listed on Tazewell County Virginia Personal Property Taxes for 1802, 1803, 1806 and 1820. Bird and his family were listed in Shelby County, Ohio on 1830 census, in Greenup County, Kentucky on 1840 and Auglaize County, Ohio on 1850 census living with his second wife Margaret McVey at the age of 64. Sources Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia by John Newton Harman Senior published 1922 vol. I page 411. Tazewell County, Virginia Marriage Records. Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia by Netti Schreiner-Yantis published 1973 pages 261 & 270. Wyoming County, Virginia 1850 Census. Reference Book of Wyoming County History by Mary Keller Bowman published 1965 pages 392-393. Giles County, Virginia Marriage Records. Giles County, Virginia Wills Book A pages 58. Giles County Virginia Deed Book A page 257-258. Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia by Netti Schreiner-Yantis published 1973 page 270. Shelby County page 26, Greenup County page 239 and Auglaize County, Ohio family #908. DAVID LUSK�S parents were Samuel Lusk and Susanna Stephenson. An Indian attack left Susanna a widow with two young sons, David Lusk and Samuel Lusk, Junior. On 14 January 1802 Thomas Godfrey and wife, Susanna (Stephenson), conveyed land to Samuel Lusk, Junior. Johnston and Harman depict Lieutenant Samuel Lusk, Junior actives in defensive of the frontier and they both tell in great detail the story where he was wound and taken prisoner by the Indians, but later escaped. Yantis� book on Tazewell County finish his story where he is listed on 54 pages. Samuel was married 15 January 1804 Tazewell County, Virginia to Sarah Bailey, daughter of Richard Bailey and of Elizabeth Belsher. On 7 October 1834 in Greenup County, Kentucky Samuel, at the age of 60 years, applied for a war pension. In her book Mrs. Bowman refers to David Lusk as a scout and frontiersman. Johnston has him on a list (1780-1794) which was a company of men who gathered where territories were threatened. Also, he is included with the War of 1812 soldiers. David was a chainman on a survey team for Thomas Wilson, a land speculator, who surveyed 57,000 acres on 20 January 1795. On 24 November 1794 in Wythe County, Virginia, David was recorded with a �treasury warrant� for hundred acres on Clear Fork of Wolf Creek. This Creek starts in what is now Tazewell County, runs through Bland County and ends in Giles County, Virginia at New River just south of the West Virginia state line. He is listed on Wythe County, Virginia Personal Property Tax list for 1800 and on Tazewell County, Virginia for 1801 with one white male over 21 and four horses. On Land Tax list for 1802 he is taxes for hundred acres in Tazewell County, Virginia. By 1814 David is taxed for 172 acres of land on the �waters of Bluestone� 22 miles north east of the court house at Princeton. He is found on 1820 Personal Property Tax list with six horses. On 1 November 1810 one hundred acres of land was surveyed for David �on waters of Bluestone� adjacent to Reuben Bailey, his brother-in-law, and �Lusk�s old line.� Sims lists David in Tazewell County with hundred acres on waters of Bluestone and 146 acres on Brush Creek in 1821. These two parcels of land are in what is now Mercer County, West Virginia. On 15 October 1801 a case, �Commonwealth of Virginia vs. David Lusk and Chole McComas,� was dismissed. Then on 16 August 1804 and 28 June 1809 deeds were ordered made for �David Lusk and Chole, his wife,� to sell land to former John Lawson and the latter to Hugh Tiffany. Cloah (Chole) was first married 11 January 1787 to David McComas in Montgomery County, Virginia. David Lusk is on 1830 census and by February 1833 he �presented in court a declaration for a pension, which was sworn to, examined and ordered to be certified according to Law.� No marriage record has been found for David Lusk and Cloah (Bailey) McComas, but records do show they had a lest one son, Eli Lusk. ELI^3 LUSK, (DAVID^2, SAMUEL^1), was born 1798 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He was first married 23 November 1817 to ELIZABETH BAILEY, daughter of Macajah Bailey and of Naomi Belcher. He was second married 2 June 1859 to OLLY (OLLIE) STANLY and was third married 10 March 1868 to NANCY AKERS, daughter of Jacob Akers and of Lucinda Duncan. In 1850 he was appointed school commissioner for Huff Creek District, Wyoming County, Virginia. Eli was living in Huff Creek area in 1832 and moved to Barker�s Fork area by 1856. Sims lists him in Logan County with twenty acres recorded in 1832, with thirty five acres recorded in 1845. Also, recorded in 1852, thirty eighty acres on Huff Creek and two hundred and sixteen acres on Nelson�s Branch Creek. In 1856 fifty seven acres at Barker�s Fork in Wyoming County is recorded. Eli is listed on 1820 census in Tazewell County and in Logan County on 1830 census, but he may not have moved because Logan County was formed from a part of Tazewell County and then Wyoming County was formed from Logan County. On 1850 census Eli is listed as a widower with five children. On 1860 census Eli is living with his second wife and living with his third wife on 1870 census, but no children by Ollie or Nancy. Sources Family information complied by Tollison Lusk before he died in 1911 and published in THE MULLENS ADVOCATE in 1927 by Reverend G P Goode Secretary of the Wyoming County Historical Society. Some family information given to Mr. Goode in the early 1900�s states that Samuel�s brother was Eli Lusk, but this was not possible because of the age difference. Samuel was born in 1774 and Eli was born in 1798 a twenty four years differences. Also, Eli states on marriage records that he was �son of David and Chole Lusk.� Tazewell County Virginia Order Book 1 pages 51. Deed Book 1 page 75. History of the Middle New River Settlement and Contiguous Territory by David E Johnston published 1969 pages 102-11 & 149. Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia by John Newton Harman, Senior published 1923 pages 177, 180, 181, 183, 190, 265, 411 & 434. Also, Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800 by Lewis Preston Summers. published 1929 vol. II Page 1505 Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia by Netti Schreiner-Yantis published 1973 page 274. GBIP, 6818 Lois Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22150 Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia by Netti Schreiner-Yantis published 1973 page 257. Reference Book of Wyoming County History by Mary Keller Bowman published 1965 pages 393-394. A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory by David E Johnston published in 1906 pages 144 & 152. Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800 by Lewis Preston Summers. published 1929 vol. II Pages 1481 &1483. Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia by Netti Schreiner-Yantis 6818 Lois Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22150 copyright 1973 pages 13, 44, 137,98, 108, 116, 146, 155, 171, 257, 261, 273 & 274. Wythe County, Virginia Survey Book 1 page 154. Early Adventurers On the Western Waters by Mary B Kegley published 1995 vol. III part I page 120. Recorded in Wythe County Entry Book 1 page 204. Tazewell County, Virginia Land Patent Book 62 page 70 recorded 14 August 1811. Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia by Edgar B Sims State Auditor published in 1952 page 828. Recorded in Deed Book 1 page 39 in 1811 & recorded in Deed Book 1 page 65. Tazewell County, Virginia Order Book 1 page 45. Tazewell County, Virginia Order Book 1 page 335 recorded in Deed Book 1 page 172. Tazewell County, Virginia Order Book 1 page 145 recorded in Deed Book 1 page 441. Montgomery County, Virginia Marriage Records. Tazewell County, Virginia Census 1830. Annals of Tazewell County Virginia by John Newton Harman, Sr. published in 1922 pages 233, 293, 297, 304, 413. Reference Book of Wyoming County History by Mary Keller Bowman published 1963 pages 27, 271 & 471. Family information given in this book states that Eli Lusk married a �Nancy Lambert,� but I never found a marriage record to verity this. It is possible that Nancy (Akers) Lusk married a Lambert after Eli died so the family would have know her as �Mrs. Lambert.� Tazewell County, Virginia Marriage Records. Aubrey O Smith and Judge Winton A Riffe Collection on micro-film in LDS Library. Wyoming County, Virginia Marriage Records Eli was a widower when he married Ollie. She was the widow of John Stanley as per her son�s ( Robert Stanley) marriage record. Wyoming County, West Virginia Records. Listed as son of David and Chole Lusk. Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia by Edgar B Sims published 1952 pages 409 & 769. Logan County, Virginia Deed Book 2 page 135. Logan County, Virginia Deed Book 2 page 214. Logan County, Virginia Deed Book 3 page 451 & 452. Wyoming County, Virginia in Deed Book 1 page 315. Tazewell County, Virginia Census 1830. Logan County, Virginia Census 1840. Wyoming County, Virginia Census 1850 #106 widower with 5 children and Mary Buchanon age 36 living in the household. Wyoming County, Virginia Census 1860 with second wife Ollie. Wyoming County, Virginia Census 1870 Barker�s Ridge #29 with his young wife Nancy Akers.