We are trying to find out the names of the 10 women
who died in the July 29th, 1947 Beauty Parlor fire in Harrisonburg. Any
help would be GREATLY appreciated. Email ~
April Craven at: pmcswife@yahoo.com
Thanks!!!!
I am trying to find information on the origins of
the name Seventy Buck Lick Run and Clay Lick in the Fulks
Run area of Rockingham County. Any information on the origin of names of
hollows or mountains in the Bergton/Criders area of Rockingham County
would be helpful. Thanks. Buck Kline Email:
klinee@ns.gemlink.com
My husband is into Civil War History
in this area and would appericate any
stories or information of ancestors of local people in the Fulks Run / Broadway
area. Any help would be greatly appericated and can be emailed to ctshumaker@aol.com
I am looking for any information on the Simmers Valley (or
Simmers Hollow) in Lacey Spring. If anyone could help, I would appreciate
anything at all. Sept. 24, 2000. Thanks in advance. Patty, e-mail me at mepat99@juno.com
Recently purchased "Widow Pence Farm" at Cross
Keys, Va. to preserve the battlefield there. Am trying to collect stories,
pictures, articles,
anything relating to the history around there (Mill Creek, Goods Mill, Port
Republic, etc.,.) during the time of the Civil War, before and after. Want
to put copies in house that is on property for people to enjoy. Would
especially love family stories of relatives! I am new at this, so any
information is appreciated! E-mail .. n134h@aol.com
or write to Nancy Hill
Hess, 6601 New Haven Road, Port Republic, Va. 24471. Thanks!
SEEKING
INFORMATION ABOUT A JOHN LEARY/LARY/LAREY WHO AT ONE TIME EITHER OWNED OR
OPERATED THE LOWER MILL, IN DAYTON, ROCKINGHAM CO., VA. LOOKING FOR
ANY HISTORY ABOUT THE MILL FROM 1760, WHICH IS THE TIME PERIOD THAT JOHN WAS SUPPOSED TO
HAVE OWNED OR OPERATED THE MILL. I AM WONDERING HOW JOHN ENDED UP WITH THE MILL AND
WAS IT BY ANY CHANCE ORIGINALLY THE MILL BELONGING TO DANIEL HARRISON? HE WAS
LOCATED VERY NEAR THIS LOWER MILL. JOHN LARY/LEARY/LAREY WAS KNOWN TO HAVE TAKEN HIS
FAMILY TO DANIEL HARRISON’S FORT FOR PROTECTION WHEN THE INDIANS WOULD RAID THE AREA.
My new e-mail address is glwalls@frontiernet.net.
MASSANUTTEN CAVERNS - Looking for
information about Massanutten Caverns. D. Tompkins Tompkins_D@msn.com
MILITIA COMPANY # 11. CA 1779-1787
Looking for any information on Militia Company # 11. Believe this was in Rockingham Co.,
Our Ancestors appear on a regrouping of Taxpayers by Militia Company. When and where did
these companies start? Did they engage in the Revolutionary War? One record from 1779 we
have states that Daniel Helfry can not testify, as he has to "leave for the
wilderness". Could this have been in conjuction with the Militia? Any information
will be greatly appreciated.
Dee Stamper; Allegan, Michigan the1mother@allegan.net
Rollin, Virginia: Was there ever a
Rollin, Va.? An 1895 map shows a "Ryland" Va. north of
Culpepper, but modern maps show nothing of Rollin or Ryland. A March 1794 marriage of J.
G. Kaylor, who lived near the Peaked Mountain church and Catherine "Haulin"(or
Holland) was supposedly performed at Rollin, Va. Phillip M.
Roseberry philmr@indy.net
SPH Miller & Co. - 1873 -
Does anyone have information on the above company? When it was in operation, what it did,
who were the owners and operators? I know it was in business in 1873 but don't know when
it started or closed. Were any of the Millers involved in this company from Pennsylvania?
Cindy May e-mail me at arthurjh@direcpc.com
Thank you.
Mission Schools: Looking for folks who
attended any of the mission schools, clothing bureaus, clinics, churches in the
mountains--especially the Episcopal schools (1890-1940): Simmons Gap, Pine Grove, Tanner's
Ridge, Blackwell Hollow, Blue Ridge, Mission Home, St. Anne's Preventorium, Pocosan
(Upper, Lower, and the one on South River near McMullen), St. John the Baptist, St.
Paul's, Church of the Good Shepherd at Snicker's Gap, many others. Any remembrances of the
missions are welcome! and missionaries: Rev. Neve, Rev. Robb White, Evelyn Carey, Angeline
Fitzhugh, Florence Towles Meadows, Arthur Meadows, Rev. Dennis Whittles, Carrie Makely,
Sue Jones, Elizabeth Winegar, Susan Preston, H.H. Williams, Josiah Ellis, Margaret Proffe,
George Mayo, many others. July 20, 1997 Dave Nealon Denealon@aol.com
I am looking for information on Henry Millers Iron
Works? Who opened it and children he had. How long did it remain open? Also on
the Brethern (Dunkard) churches of the area? Where were they located? I am planning a trip
to the area in September and would like to know if this would be a good place to start?
Thank you very much. August
21, 1997 Robin Brooks..Asheville, NC TOMBIRD6@aol.com
I am looking for information on Fridley Gap and
Fridley Run. I think they are in the Massanutten Range or George Washington
National Park. Early records I have found indicate that my family went to Peaked Mountain
Church. My Ancester was Ludwig Friedli, Fridley. Also mentioned is Little Calf Pasture,
any information will be greatly appreciated. A.W. Fridley , Aug. 26 1997, Leesburg, AFrid31892@aol.com Thanks
Does anyone have a source for the church history of the Brethern
Church which was located in the Linville Creek area of
Rockingham County. October 15, 1997 Tracy Hunter TH3978@aol.com
I'm interested in the history of the towns of Broadway
and Fulks Run. My husband's family is from there, and I'm interested in the
pre-history as well. I was trained as an archaeologist and I'd like to get back to it.
Thanks for any help you can give me! October 28, 1997 Nancy Kupec email: kupecnl@jmu.edu Rt2., Box 212 Linville, Va. 22834
Seeking information on Woodson's Cavalry, C.S.A.,
which spent the winter of 1864 garrisoned in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County. The unit was
the only Missouri unit to serve in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. The
unit encamped on the property of an Edward T.H. Warren, and members developed a warm
relationship with local residents. After the Battle of New Market, residents had the
bodies of the unit's dead removed to Harrisonburg for burial. Benjamin Caldwell of
Rockingham Co., joined Woodson's Cavalry, and other men from the county may have as
well. Thanks for any help I might receive. January 2, 1998 Tom Curran currantf@slu.edu
Army of Harrisonburg-Revolutionary War.
I am searching for records of members of the Army of Harrisonburg. In particular for
the name Wiant Panebecker or Pannabaker. There are many possible variations of the
given and surname spelling. According to family legend he went to the Great Valley
of Virginia from Upper Hanover Township (now Montgomery Co, PA) prior to 1783 and enlisted
in the Army of Harrisonburg while a teenager. He was awarded a Kentucky land
grant in 1787 by the Commonwealth of Virginia. He was my 3rd
great-grandfather. Thanks for any help. January 29, 1998 Paul E. Pennebaker pepbaker@COMMUNIQUE.NET
I am helping a friend seek others who attended or worked at
the Stoutamyre School near Bridgewater in the 1960s. Any information at
all would be most helpful. She is anxious to locate staff or other residents. Please
contact me, Adair Renning at arenning@aol.com Thanks
in advance.
