I am researching my FERRELL family history .... my line of descent
from John FERRELL + Sally ALLISON FERRELL is their son Nelson; his son
Felix; his son Roy; and his daughter Kathleen (my mother) .... I would
appreciate any information, especially on John and Nelson
I have learned that many of my mother's relatives and ancestors hail
from Roane County .... Her parents were James Frederick THOMAS of Spring
Creek vicinity in Spencer and Hazel Marie STARCHER .... James' parents
were Ellis M THOMAS and Bertha Mae LUKENS .... Hazel's parents were Bert
STARCHER and Mary "Molly" CHAMP .... Bert's parents were
William STARCHER and Malinda MCGRAW .... The LUKENS are somehow tied in
with CONNOLLY'S and GREATHOUSE's .... I am looking for any cousins.
I'm looking for info on Lou Vina BUCKBEE who married Levington
GREATHOUSE in 1897 .... She was born ca 1882 in Mineral County, WV, a
daughter of Elijah BUCKBEE / BUCKLEY and Jaretta HICKLE / HICKLY /
HINKLE .... she may have had an older sister, Susan R BUCKBEE / BUCKLEY
.... Lou Vina died ca 1916 in Linden, WV
Looking for any info on Stephen Vincent HAYES, born ca 1874, a son of
Vincent A and Elizabeth A HAYES .... Believe Stephen married Minnie Mae
DEVERICK .... If you can help. please email me.
Looking for information on Sherman Henry GREATHOUSE (born 1868 in
Roane County), his second wife, Julia Catherine RUNNION, and one of
their sons, Ralph GREATHOUSE, born 1925 .... Will appreciate any info.
I'm searching the William PATTON line .... Trying to obtain info on
his siblings and brother, Col. John PATTON, who served in the Delaware
Infantry 1776-1783 under Gen WASHINGTON .... He and his brother William,
who was born 21 Apr 1761 at Chester County, PA, were school teachers in
the Clarksburg area in 1785 .... William married Susanna LEWIS and they
settled in Duck Creek area .... Their father came to the
Deleware/Chester County, PA area from Scotland .... He was a teacher or
professor. Pat Adams
I am doing my genealogical research on my line of the immense FERRELL
family .... Do you know if there was ever a fort or stockade in Roane
County back in the early 1700's when it was Virginia and named Fort New
Garden or something of that nature? ....
Am looking for information on my great-great grandparents .... They
were Lewis C GRAHAM and Sarah BELCHER who married 13 May 1869 in Roane
County .... Their parents were Edward and Hulda GRAHAM and John and
Nancy BELCHER .... This is all I know .... If you can help in any way,
please email me
Seeking information on the family of Walter GIBBS, born ca 1898,
married to Mary Elizabeth BATTEN on 13 Aug 1921 .... My records show
that Walter died on 05 Sep 1921 .... A son was born to Mary Elizabeth on
22 May 1922 - she named him Richard Elwood GIBBS .... Would like
information on Richard's descendants and on Mary Elizabeth's second
marriage (to a man named JARRETT?) ....