Sand Branch Road, Raleigh Co WV - 2002

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My Raleigh County, WV, Surnames

ATHA or ATHEY	The Lorenzo D. ATHA and Mary Jane (WISEMAN) ATHA family came to Raleigh County from Monroe County just after the Civil War.
CLAY	Many of the early Raleigh County families descended through Mitchell CLAY and his wife Phoebe (BELCHER)CLAY. Obituary of James Mandville Clay. Obituary of Rebecca Jane (Clay) Cantley.
DANIEL or DANIELS	The DANIEL or DANIELS family is not one of my own surnames; however, I have DANIEL cousins.
DICKENS	The DICKENS family settled in the Peach Tree area of Raleigh County (then called Logan County) ca 1837. Obituary of Jehu Dickens. Written by Captain William Turner.
HENDRICKS or HENDRIX	My connection to the HENDRIX family is through Daniel HENDRIX and Margaret (STEWART) Hendrix's daughter Nellie HENDRIX who married John DICKENS.
STEWART	I am a descendant of Ralph Stewart and Mary (Clay) Stewart through their daughter Margaret who married Daniel Hendrix.
STEWART/STUART FAMILY FROM MISSISSIPPI	Stewart/Stuart Family DNA Project links known descendants of James and Mary (Lafferty) Stewart to Mississippi Stewart Family
THOMAS MILAM (spouse of Parthenia Stewart)	A 1960 newspaper article concerning the life of Thomas Milam. Many surnames mentioned in this interesting article.
STOVER	Although I am not a STOVER descendant, members of the STOVER family married into all of my maternal lines.  Read Captain Will TURNER's Description of the Early STOVER and WILLIAMS families.
TURNER List of Raleigh Co Home Guards Letter Cemetery	The John Burnett TURNER and Naomi (VIA) TURNER family came from Patrick County, Virginia, ca 1857. List of Captain William TURNER's Home Guards Company. Letter from William TURNER to his brother John Burnett TURNER, Jr. My Trip to the TURNER-DICKENS Cemetery.
WILLIAMS Other Williams and Toney Pictures	Jeremiah "Jerry" WILLIAMS was listed in the 1840 census of Fayette County. Frances Albertine (WILLIAMS) and John Newton "Flint Rock" TONEY
WISEMAN	Henry Taylor WISEMAN and Nancy (WEIKLE) WISEMAN came from Monroe County to Raleigh County shortly after the Civil War.

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Some Raleigh County, WV, First Families

Tracking Raleigh County First Families	A chart listing all the families who were living in Raleigh County, Virginia, when the county's first census was taken in 1850.  Information on many families from as early as 1824 through 1880.  I created this chart based on my own research.  Feel free to use the chart for your own personal research.  However, it is not to be sold or published in any other format.  All rights belong to me.
Franklin County Migration Pattern	Read Mike Peters' information on Families who left Franklin County, Virginia, and moved West.
Fayette Co, VA (now WV) Marriages - 1830-1850	This is an alphabetical listing of brides and grooms, as well as the person performing the marriage.
Raleigh County, WV 1850 - 1911 by Ronald Turner	This is an alphabetical listing of brides and grooms. In 1984, Mr. Turner first published his transcripts of Raleigh County Marriages. Mr. Turner recently provided a copy of his transcripts to be used on the Raleigh County sites. Thank you, Ron.

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Pictures

Military 1 Military 2	Family pictures of our Military. Additional pictures will be added as received.
Coal Mining	This is an article I wrote for the West Virginia Coal Mining Page.  Some pictures of a coal mining town, Cranberry, Raleigh County, WV.
Turner Cemetery Home Coming	Picture of some Dickens and Turners who attended the Turner Cemetery Home Coming ca 1925, Mattsville, Raleigh Co WV.
William Turner Cemetery	Pictures taken at the cemetery where Captain William Turner, his wife Martha, and daughter Louise were buried, near Washington, DC.
The Second Atha-Williams Reunion (1996)	Every two years in July, the Atha-Williams Family Reunion is held at Stevens Lake, Raleigh Co, WV.  The pictures on this page are from Cousin B. L. Bostick.
The Third Atha-Williams Reunion (1998)	The pictures on these three pages are from Cousin Ann PIOTROWSKI  Lowry. Page 1  |  Page 2 |  Page 3
The Fifth Atha-Williams Reunion	These pictures were taken by Cousin Bill Wagner.
Breakfast and Other Pictures taken during 1998	A group of Raleigh Co, WV, researchers got together for breakfast in July.  This was the first time most of us had met.  Some Descendants of Elbert and Leota (DICKENS) WILLIAMS had breakfast  together before we went to the Atha-Williams Reunion.  Other friends and family pictures.
Pictures taken at Stella Ann's Luncheon at Connie and Sande's Home	What a great day this was for descendants of Wirt Williams and their families, and their cousin who descends through Elbert Williams.
The 43rd Annual Ramp Dinner	Every spring, a Ramp Dinner is held at Drews Creek at Naoma, Raleigh County, West Virginia. These pictures show the volunteers preparing for the dinner.

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My Tazewell County, VA, Surnames

CREED Newsletters Pictures	Bennett and Mary (JONES)CREED were listed in the 1850 Tazewell County, Virginia, census. Some of the CREED Genealogy Newsletters that I published from June 1986 through October 1993. These Newsletters contain information about CREEDs from all over the United States. Pictures taken in March 2002 when Ocie CREED visited San Diego.
SPARKS	Joseph Sparks was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina.  He moved to Tazewell County, Virginia.  He died while serving as a Confederate soldier.

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Places I Like To Visit

The USGENWEB Project	This is the home of The USGenWeb Project, staffed by volunteers working together to provide free Internet web sites for non-commercial genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States for everyone.
Raleigh Co, WV GenWeb Page	This is one part of the USGenWebProject.  Please share your Raleigh County Research.
Raleigh County Genealogical Researchers	These individuals subscribe to the Raleigh County List.  If you want to exchange genealogy information, you may want to visit the Raleigh County GenWeb site listed above, where you can subscribe to the Raleigh County List.
Archives of the Raleigh County List	All the correspondence on the Raleigh County List can be viewed at this site.
1880 Raleigh County Census Transcript	Deanna, Deidre, Gracie, Rita, Ruth, Tammy and I transcribed the 1880 Raleigh County Census.   A complete index by surnames is included.
1890 Raleigh County Special Schedule	The only part of the 1890 Raleigh County Census that still exists is the 1890 Special Schedule of Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Widows.
Raleigh County Biographies	This is part of the U.S. Biographies Project.  I am the coordinator for this site.
West Virginia Coal Mining	This is part of the USGenWeb Project.  See OTHER SITES for my article on Cranberry, Raleigh County, WV.
Mt. Tabor Cemetery Listing, Raleigh County, WV	This is a listing of those buried at Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Raleigh County, WV.
Chris Gaunt's Home Page	All the compilations and digests for the Burnett-Turner-Ross-Via-Etc (BTRVETC-L) group are stored here and are available for searching and downloading.  If you are interested in learning about the BTRVETC-L mailing list, you can find information about that, too.
Gracie Stover's Home Page	Gracie has information on Raleigh County, West Virginia, families on this Web Site.
Julia Kodak's Home Page	Julie's Roots and Branches of Southwest Virginia and Surry County, NC has a lot of CREED information.
Mike's Meandering	Wander with Mike as he remembers his ancestors, events of his childhood, and happenings of not so long ago.
Oakey King's West Virginia Home Page	Okey King is from Wild Wonderful West Virginia.  He's got a lot of nice pictures and music.
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter	This is a free genealogy newsletter. Dick Eastman, the author, tells it like it is--no sugar coating to make the vendors happy. This is the site to visit if you want to know what is happening in genealogy.

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Please come back and visit soon.

Nyla CREED DePauk.  

Email me at ncreed1@aol.com. Nyla CREED DePauk