August 1998 Entries

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Name: Norman (MAC) McNutt
E-mail: wolf1901@aol.com
From: VA BEach, VA
Website: Also have message on Scott County web site. Kin from Russell and Scott and Washington ,County
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Comments: Am looking for any information on my great great grandparents,, Robert McNutt And mallissa KatesThere son my great Grandfather was michell Martin McNutt and his wife was Mary Fields. My Grandfather was Henry G, McNutt married to Julia Adams,She married a Bellamy Then Married my Grandfather. We have Castles and Fields and McDavids In our family. Any help anyone could do for me would be appreciated. By the way ,My Grandfather Henry McNutt went by the name of DOC McNutt. My Great Great Grandfather came from Penn, And moved to NC,Where he met my Great Great Grandmother Mary Kates. Then they moved to Russell County,VA
Date: Sat Aug 1 20:27:29 1998
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Name: Pamela Carico
E-mail: pamcarico@mindspring.com
From: Nashville, TN
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Comments: Searching the Carico/Carrico Family. All help is appreciated. Have Many names and will help others.
Date: Sun Aug 2 13:55:43 1998
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Name: Anne Bays
E-mail: inkerbay@aol.com
From: Richmond, Va.
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Comments: I am researching my husband's family that came from Russell County.
Date: Mon Aug 3 18:17:47 1998
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Name: Marie Driskell
E-mail: lmdris@lasal.net
From: Moab, Utah
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Date: Tue Aug 4 05:56:58 1998
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Name: Darren A. Deskin
E-mail: ddeskin@ameritech.net
From: Lockport, IL
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Comments: Looking for my ancestors. Looking for Deskin names.
Date: Tue Aug 4 15:26:11 1998
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Name: JERRY TATE
E-mail: T8TAX@AOL.COM
From: BURBANK, CA
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Comments: Im looking for info on Robert & Mary TATE. Also James & Ruth TATE. In Russell county in late 1700s.
Date: Tue Aug 4 16:45:03 1998
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Name: James Thornsbury
E-mail: rebelsmurf@aol.com
From: Seaside Ca.
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Comments: great site keep up the great work. researching Thornbury,Perry they were in Russell Co. for a while.
Date: Sun Aug 9 01:49:29 1998
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Name: Karl R. Stinson
E-mail: kstinson@strato.net
From: Sebring, Florida
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Comments: My family emigarated to Washington state in 1889. I have information on both the Stinson family and the Thompson family that will add to your database.
Date: Sun Aug 9 18:34:31 1998
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Name: Ginger Senter
E-mail: ginger@compunet.net
From: Dickenson Co., VA
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Comments: This is a really outstanding web page. I appreciate all the effort that has gone into making it such a success.
Date: Sun Aug 9 19:54:29 1998
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Name: Jim Rutherford
E-mail: jrutherford@ee.net
From: Columbus, Oh
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Date: Wed Aug 12 11:30:50 1998
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Name: Gary A. Scott
E-mail: gscott5@earthlink.net
From: Roanoke
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Comments: Enjoyed your site. Looking for information on Shell family. Thanks
Date: Wed Aug 12 17:28:44 1998
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Name: Tim Vance
E-mail: drwho1955@aol.com
From: Orange co. Va.
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Comments: Excellent website. Researching surnames Kiser, Vance and White. Any decendents of Abner Vance b.1759, please contact me.
Date: Thu Aug 13 09:36:11 1998
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Name: Ann Warchol
E-mail: warchol@prodigy.net
From: West Chester, PA
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Comments: Researching James B. ROBINSON, b. 5/26/1810, d. 11/18/1877 (born in Russell Co., VA -- according to cemetery headstone in Huntsville, AL), md. 2/22/1830 to Mary Frances OTEY in Madison Co., AL. Two brothers married two sisters: James B. ROBINSON'S brother, John ROBINSON, md. Mary Frances OTEY's sister, Caroline OTEY. Looking for James B. & John ROBINSON's parents. LDS library shows them as James ROBINSON & Maria ______. Is this correct? My line is through James B.& Mary Frances ROBINSON's son, Walter Berry ROBINSON. Where does the name "Berry" come from? Any help appreciated.
Date: Sat Aug 15 11:32:48 1998
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Name: LORRAINE HIGNIGHT
E-mail: Dhig@swbell.net
From: Lewisville, Texas
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Comments: Searching for info in Virginia and Kentucky on the Goodall Surname and came acroos your page.
Date: Sat Aug 15 12:03:07 1998
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Name: Frances M. Brooks-Johnson
E-mail: FBJ777@aol.com
From: I live in Georgia/orginally from IL
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Comments: It was fabulous to read more detailed stories about my ancestor & the counties namesake, Wm. Russell. Some I had heard/read & others were new. Thank you so much for this informative site.
Date: Sat Aug 15 21:33:28 1998
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Name: Sylvia Ryder
E-mail: sgryder@worldnet.att.net
From: Portsmouth, VA
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Comments: Just about the best GenWeb site I have found!
Date: Sun Aug 16 12:33:31 1998
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Name: Sylvia Ryder
E-mail: sgryder@worldnet.att.net
From: Portsmouth, VA
Website:
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Comments: Just about the best GenWeb site I have found! I am researching Nichodemous Hackney, son of John and Jane V. Hackney.
Date: Sun Aug 16 12:36:56 1998
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Name: Sharon Begley
E-mail: sbegley@aol.com
From: California
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Comments: Can't figure out how to post a query on your page. Please help me out, I'm kinda dumb, computer-wise.
Date: Sun Aug 16 16:21:00 1998
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Name: Judy Harrison Cheatham
E-mail: judyc@vvm.com
From: Temple,TX
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Comments: I found this site through a link on my County Homepage. I really like what I see so far. Thanks.
Date: Mon Aug 17 14:46:42 1998
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Name: Richard Compton
E-mail: RCOMP48359@aol.com
From: Buchanan County VA
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Comments: Great Web Site!!
Date: Wed Aug 19 14:15:57 1998
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Name: DAVID FOwler
E-mail: PAP1116
From: orlando,fl.
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Comments: geneology first time. lookng for sutherland.
Date: Thu Aug 20 13:08:47 1998
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Name: pap1116
E-mail: orlando,fl.
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Website: webtv
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Comments: YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL WEBSITE .SO MUCH TO SEE SO EASY TO FIND. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I AM A VIRGININ , I AM ALSO VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. KEEP UP THE WONDERFUL WORK.
Date: Fri Aug 21 05:28:40 1998
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Name: {DAVID L> FOWLER,pap1116}
E-mail: orlando,fl.
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Website: webtv
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Comments: YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL WEBSITE .SO MUCH TO SEE SO EASY TO FIND. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I AM A VIRGININ , I AM ALSO VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. KEEP UP THE WONDERFUL WORK.
Date: Fri Aug 21 05:35:24 1998
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Name: Robert D. Cron
E-mail: fpslug33@aol.com
From: Bowling Green Kentucky,USA.
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Comments: I am glad to find a place I can research my family Tree. Thank you for the work that you do.
Date: Fri Aug 21 11:32:47 1998
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Name: David Blair
E-mail: blair@wesnet.com
From: Piqua, Ohio
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Comments: What I see so far looks exceptional.
Date: Sun Aug 23 07:17:55 1998
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Name: Duane Risse
E-mail: dewey@ptialaska.net
From: Anchorage, Alaska
Website: www.familytree.com
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Comments: I was pleased to find information on my ggg grandparents from Scott County (originally Russell County). I hope to make contact with others tracking down the same family lines. The quality and quantity of your site is superb! Thanks, Duane Risse
Date: Sun Aug 23 12:10:42 1998
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Name: Karl Stinson
E-mail: kstinson@strato.net
From: Washinton--now Florida
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Comments: I am a descendant of John STINSON, Sr. and Jane STEWART. John died in Russell County on May 23, 1820. Jane was from Antrim, Ireland and died on September 27, 1838. Their Grandchildren moved to Southwest Washington State in the late 1880s. Any information about John and Jane would be appreciated. Also looking for Russell County information about THOMPSON, NELSON, LESTER, DRAKE.
Date: Sun Aug 23 18:46:30 1998
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Name: James Oliver Counts
E-mail: jcounts@preferred.com
From: Dickenson County, VA
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Comments: Heard from you via John Counts Family Reunion site.
Date: Tue Aug 25 08:14:19 1998
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Name: Wayne Barber
E-mail: waydel@gte.net
From: New Port Richey, Fl 34653
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Comments: My wife's grandfather was born in Russell Co. 1875, we know very little of his background. I have been searching every thing that you have and can not find the Patton name except in 1810 tax roll a William Patton. We will continue to look. I appreciate all the work that all the people have done on this project. Thank you Wayne Barber
Date: Tue Aug 25 13:48:38 1998
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Name: Riley Renner White
E-mail: bccs@airmail.net
From: Plano, Tx.
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Comments: I have a Kyle Connection. Robert Kyle of Kyles Ford Any cousins out there?
Date: Wed Aug 26 15:54:19 1998
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Name: Jerry C. Harris
E-mail: jch21440@gte.net
From: Between Honaker and Drill,Va.
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Comments: My family, Harris and Boyd are from the Russell Co. area of Virginia. I am interested in linking with anyone who has information regarding either side of the family
Date: Fri Aug 28 00:34:29 1998
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Name: Marie Robinson
E-mail: DOOGWOOD@AOL.com
From: Tazwell Co, VA
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Comments: I've been here several times and enjoy coming back. I'm still trying to figure out my g-grandmother Martha E Cloud married to Albert Robinson 20 July 1875. Her mother was listed as Elizabeth Cloud, no fathers name listed. My sister remembers her being called Ellen McCloud. She died in Russell Co sometime in the early 1900's. Any info would be appreciated. Your site is great wish there were more counties like yours.
Date: Sat Aug 29 12:49:02 1998
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Name: Susan Litton Haslet
E-mail: shaslet@longwood.lwc.edu
From: Farmville, VA
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Comments: Found this website by sheer luck in my search for information on my ancestors - descended from Solomon Litton, Sr. and Martha Sharpe Duncan Litton, and their son Caleb Litton (born 2 March 1797). Thanks for putting this site together - it is a tremendous resource!! I will visit again!
Date: Sat Aug 29 14:31:27 1998
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Name: Kathy Welder
E-mail: conch@softcom.net
From: California
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Comments: Great information found on this web page, a real time saver! Thanks to my cousin, Mike Dye for his hard work.
Date: Sat Aug 29 18:29:10 1998
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Name: Charles C. Causby
E-mail: causby@tds.net
From: Hendersonville, N. C.
Website:
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Comments: I have been searching the web for the surname Causby and have only found it in this county in 1860. Would like information.
Date: Sun Aug 30 00:18:50 1998
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Name: James R. Taylor
E-mail: jtaylor48@juno.com
From: Roane Co., WV
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Comments: I enjoy your page and use it almost daily.-Thanks
Date: Sun Aug 30 02:26:46 1998
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Name: James R. Taylor
E-mail: jtaylor48@juno.com
From: Roane Co., WV
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Comments: I enjoy your page and use it almost daily.-Thanks
Date: Sun Aug 30 02:27:39 1998
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Name: Phyllis Duncan
E-mail: tld@sat.net
From: Norton,Virginia
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Comments: I am related to the Huff Family from Castlewood,Virginia...My grandparents were Vonder and Ammie Huff.
Date: Sun Aug 30 11:37:57 1998
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Name: Clinton Beriah Lee
E-mail: clintlee@kiva.net
From: Mohawk, McDowell, WV
Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~inor ange
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Comments: I was looking for the John Justice Will and it said to click back to the Russell County VA page, I did, and I couldn't find the Will there. I guess it's in a sub-folder, or something?
Date: Sun Aug 30 11:41:18 1998
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Name: Doris Bond
E-mail: gmb007@c-zone.net
From: Redding, CA
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Comments: Researching Osborne and Alley surnames
Date: Sun Aug 30 18:39:15 1998
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Name: lora carr chafin
E-mail: itots@hotmail.com
From: russell co, virginia
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Comments: Has anyone heard of William Carr, "The Long Hunter". He was born in Albemarle Co., VA and died in 1782 in Russell County, VA? What do you know of him?
Date: Mon Aug 31 16:14:10 1998
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Name: Wanda Moran
E-mail: VaMts42@aol.com
From: Lockport, IL.
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Comments: Doing a family search on a Martha Jane McGhee born 5-4-1870,I understand she was from Sword Creek, Va. Area.Moved to Mayberry, Va. and never went back home. I know she married a George Light and had nine kids.I am most interested in her childhood.
Date: Mon Aug 31 17:42:49 1998


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