WOLFE Family Gathering, 1915

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  Jane writes, Pat, I am trying to find out if anyone living recognizes these family members. The picture is made at Harvey Wolfe’s home on Mother’s Day, 1915. My grandmother Frances Maud Wolfe is the girl in the white dress in the foreground of the photo and her parents are on the back row [...]

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Malinda S. BOOHER SHOEMAKER

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Malinda S. BOOHER SHOEMAKER b. 22 Feb. 1806, daughter of William BOOHER and Lydia FREDERICK of Scott Co. Virginia. Married Rev. James SHOEMAKER (related to the Col. SHOEMAKER, founder of the Shoemaker College in Gate City) 25 Feb. 1824 Sullivan Co., TN—only son of Daniel and Mary Easley SHOEMAKER. She moved with her husband to [...]

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Descendants of Sciota R. Crook of Scott County Virginia

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My grandfather, Floyd Sr, was born (1904) and grew up in Ft Blackmore until he was about 20 years old. With the help of Bobbie Johnson, my father and I did a lot of research several years ago in Scott county with several visits to relatives and collecting a great number of stories, pictures, and [...]

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Comment Spam, my apologies

I want to apologize, to all the great folks who come here to visit, about the comment spam that has been sneaking through my spam filters. This site has been online since September of 2006 and since then my spam program, called Akismet, has kept almost 6,800 various spam comments from reaching the site, but [...]

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Wilburn Patton HEAD, Obituary

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Wilburn Patton Head, b. January 27, 1879; d. July 14, 1922 from Scott County, VA Newspaper WILBURN P. HEAD Wilburn P. Head, who was a native of this county, but who has lived several years in Kentucky, was killed by his horse on his farm in Lee County, KY., where he had gone from his [...]

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Sarah Jane “BARNETT” MALICOAT & Family

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Sarah Jane was the daughter of John Barnett and Elizabeth Johnston Barnett of Scott Co., VA lived on Big Ridge. Three of her daughters (Sarah, Mary and Rose) married 3 Davis brothers in Oklahoma. Photo taken before 1900 Indian Territory. Submitted by Jean Brand.

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Hezekiah Patton Head

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Hezekiah Patton Head, b. April 22, 1843; d. June 13, 1912, Scott County, VA. He was son of George and Malinis Gilliam Head. He married (1) Martha E. Wininger in 1864. Martha was born october 3, 1841 and died March 4, 1901. Children of Hezekiah Head and Martha Wininger were: Elbert R. Head, b. July [...]

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Robert H. and Emily Bishop Hale

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Robert Hale was born 1864 in Scott county, VA, and died 1935 in Rockcastle County, KY. He married Emily Bishop in 1885 in Scott County. She was the daughter of _____ and Somia Bishop. Emily was born 1865 in Scott County and died in 1935 in Rockcastle County, KY. Children of Robert Hale and Emily [...]

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Tunnel Hill School near Natural Tunnel, VA

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Submitted by Debbie Hunt

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Haburn and Mary Roberts Hale

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Haburn Hale was son of Robert and Emily Bishop Hale. B. January 13, 1884 in Scott County, VA, d. November 24, 1951, in Scott County, VA. He married Mary Roberts, daughter of William and Rebecca Rhoton Roberts. Mary was born January 4, 1883 and died March 29, 1952. Children of Haburn and Mary Hale: 1. [...]

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Henry Hale

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Henry Hale, b. April 14, 1893 in Scott Co., VA; d. May 5, 1966, Wayne Co., IN. Henry was son of Robert and Emily Bishop Hale. Submitted by Debbie Hunt

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Benjamin Craton Hill

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BENJAMIN C. HILL, b. April 1844, Scott County, VA; d. January 30, 1941. He was the son of Daniel Yancy Hill and Lucy Harris Hill. Benjamin marrried LUCY ANN SHEPARD August 28, 1870 in Scott County, Virginia, daughter of J. SHEPARD and S. SHEPARD. She was born May 1854 in Scott County, VA, and died [...]

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Parilee Head Darter holding son, Elbert Henderson Darter, Sr.

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Parilee Head Darter, b. January 6, 1874; d. September 13, 1933; was daughter of Hezekiah Patton Head and Martha E. Wininger. She married Stephen A. Darter, Jr. in 1893 in Gate City, VA. Stephen was born in Hawkins County, TN, son of Stephen & Rachel Darter. Stephen, Jr., and Parilee Darter had 2 children: Hiram [...]

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Happy New Year Folks!

Well, it’s been a little while since I’ve had time to sit down to this again. I just checked my email for the first time since before Christmas and found 26 new messages containing photos! Wow! It is so wonderful to see all these old photos, and I will start posting them again shortly. In [...]

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The 5 W’s

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We are gathering quite a formidable collection of photographs thanks to your generosity. Every bit of information makes this collection even more valuable. Here is a little tidbit I saw in the Ancestry Daily News: Scrapbookers know the value of “journaling” the story behind a photograph. Choose a photograph from your collection and write down [...]

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Joseph L., Louisa I. DORTON & Charles D. MARRS

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DORTON, Joseph L. b. 16 Jan 1846, Hiltons, Scott Co., VA d. 13 May 1911, Hiltons, Scott Co., VA m. 29 May 1873, FLEENOR, Louise I., Hiltons, Scott Co., VA Joseph L. DORTON, Charles D. MARRS, his grandson, and Louisa I. DORTON nee FLEENOR. Submitted by Joseph Marrs

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Clarence BARKER

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Reverse of photo states, “Vernon Clarence BARKER 3rd or 4th cousin to mother Faye & Mabel, sisters of Clarence & Vernon BARKER have records of SPROLES & GOBBLE Families. History was compiled by Vernon who is deceased. They live in Mendota.” Submitted by Joseph Marrs

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Amos Miller and Mary E. JETT FLEENOR

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Lt. Amos Miller FLEENOR, CSA b. 1 Oct 1834, VA d. 29 Mar 1909, VA m. 21 Nov 1865, “Sarah” Mary E. JETT, VA “Sarah” Mary E. JETT Submitted by Joseph Marrs

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Joseph L. & Louisa I. FLEENOR DORTON

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See another photo of them taken with their grandson. Submitted by Joseph Marrs

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