Thanks so much. I have Lusk ancestors. Dorna ____________________________________ How to spot true followers of Jesus Words of Jesus "By this shall all men know that you are my disciples when you love one another" Dorna's Lighthouse http://www.dornaslighthouse.com/ I Love the Word http://home.neo.rr.com/djchamb/ My Genealogy Site http://www.dornaslighthouse.com/genealogy.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <LeeHash@aol.com> To: <WVWYOMIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [WVWYOMIN] Godfrey 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