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Speers Ferry, Virginia

September 27, 2006 by Patty 10 Comments

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Farm scene, Speers Ferry, Virginia

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  1. Michelle Caldwell Smith says

    December 21, 2006 at 9:37 am

    Searching for a Stapleton Farm in the area. Dates back to 1880’s – 1930’s
    Can any one help ? William Henry Stapleton 1846 married Elsie Bledsoe1870. Thier 6 children also lived and cared for this farm.

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  2. Michelle Caldwell Smith says

    December 11, 2010 at 12:19 pm

    My grandm

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  3. Jerry Smith says

    May 25, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    Is your smith line from that area of Virginia as well ?

    My Great grandfather William Harvey Smith (1866-1962) was from around that area.
    His father William B Smith (1826-1910) also was from Scott County.
    My Grandfather Thomas Jefferson Smith was born in 1892

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  4. sue chappell says

    May 28, 2016 at 3:17 pm

    Looking for a cemetery in Speers ferry by the name of Head. anyone know this cemetery.

    Thanks
    Sue

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    • Lynne Head Geis says

      October 11, 2016 at 9:29 am

      My grandfather’s family were the Head’s in Speers Ferry. His name was Worley Head and he moved to Idaho when young to herd sheep and help support his widowed mother. His father was James Patton Head and grandfather was Levi Head.
      They lived on Copper Ridge near the Clinch river. The family moved to Kingsport later. Some of the family was buried on the land on the ridge and later moved to Kingsport Oak hill Cemetery. We visited family last year and there are a lot of Head’s buried in that cemetery. Haven’t found a Head cemetery in the area but Gilliam was a family name and there is a Gilliam cemetery. There are also gravestones on the old property but since its private land we did not walk there to investigate further. Did find an old rock chimney where there cabin was in the late 1800’s. Fascinating stuff.

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  5. sue ellen chappell says

    November 4, 2016 at 8:07 am

    Hi Lynne, I just saw this, I am looking for a James “SONNY’ Monroe Head who was the son of James and Elizabeth Ann lewis Head. he was suppose to have died in 1934 in Va. but so far have not found his burial place. I have all the info on the family, just curious where and when he died for sure. Cant find a death record for certain folks just keep telling me he died there. I do know the names you mention in your post, but they are not in my direct line of Heads.

    Sue

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  6. Lynne Head Geis says

    November 6, 2016 at 1:19 pm

    geismt@msn.com

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  7. Jeremy Bishop says

    May 16, 2021 at 1:53 pm

    I’m looking for the Speer’s Ferry area associated with Sarah sally Speer 1785-1864 and Silas Ingram-descendants of Joshua Speer 1755-1842 and Ruth Vandeveere. There was supposedly an Inn there ran from 1804-1842

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    • Kimberley Speer says

      July 18, 2021 at 12:08 am

      I am a Descendant of Joshua Speer too! Let me know what you find please! Thanks in Advance!

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      • Denise Molendyk says

        March 2, 2022 at 2:40 pm

        Hello Kimberley,
        I am also a descendant of Joshua. My maternal grandmother was born Julia Cloud Speer in 1894-6 (no birth certificate)She was the second daughter (Lou was the first child) of Robert Speer, Clinchport VA and Anis Calhoun.

        I understand that the Civil War depleted the Speer family, financially. By the time my great grandfather was born there was little left. My grandmother’s mother died either with birthing her of a short time after. Robert Speer remarried quickly and had five more children. In the early 1900’s he moved the family to Montevilla district of Portland, OR.

        I live south of Portland Oregon and would love to connect with someone with more info. I plan on traveling to Charlotte NC late summer and hoping on this trip to get to Virginia.

        Best,

        Denise Molendyk

        Reply

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