Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society Roanoke, Virginia

'T ISSN 0739-~482 SUMMER 2007 ·Virginia Appalachian Notes eBristol Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society Roanoke, Virginia ... SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY INC Calendar Year 2007 Officers and Executive Board Area Code 540 email address President Karen Kappesser 977-0067 [email protected] Vice-President Pamela B. Young 342-2367 pmyoungOO l @aol.com r Record Secretary Susan Hays 884-3497 arachne4 3 [email protected] Corresponding Secretary Mickey Prescott 985-0751 [email protected] Treasurer Don Vaughan 989-8645 [email protected] Membership Jim Nelson 725-5303 [email protected]. VAN Editor Michael Blankenship 989-1469 [email protected] Immediate Past President Pamela B. Young 342-2367 pmyoungOO l@ aol.com VAN Editor Emeritus Babe Fowler 563-1733 [email protected] Committees Computer/Labeler Don Vaughan 989-8645 [email protected] Program Pamela B. Young 342-2367 pmyoungOO [email protected] Historian Babe Fowler 563-1733 fowlervw@ cox.net VAN Michael Blankenship 989-1469 [email protected] Exchange Quarterlies Virginia Room Staff Publicity Pamela B. Young 342-2367 pmyoungOO [email protected] Book Reviews As Signed The SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. is a tax-exempt corporation under section 50l(c)(3) of the Federal Income Tax Code. Section 170 of the Tax Code provides for the treatment of contributions to the SVGS as a deductible contribution by the donor. Bequests, legacies, devises, transfers, or gifts to the SVGS may be deductible for Federal estate gift tax purposes, if they meet the applicable provisions of sections 2055, 23106, and 2522 of the Tax Code. MEMBERSIDP: Each SVGS member will be mailed a copy of the "Society's" quarterly, the VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES (VAN). The VAN is usually published quarterly. The annual index will be included in the Fall issue of the VAN for that year. Society memberships are on a calendar year basis and those memberships, which are not renewed by January 30, will be deemed as inactive and removed from the VAN mailing list Single or family memberships are $20.00; Organization and Library memberships are $15.00. Members with mailing addresses outside the United States shall add $10.00 to the above fees and all monies are payable in U.S. currency. All payments should be made by check or money order, payable to: Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society, Inc. or to SVGS, Inc. and mailed to: SVGS, A TT: Membership, Post Office Box 12485, Roanoke, VA 24026- 2485. BACK ISSUES of the VAN: 1995 and earlier, are available at a reimbursement cost of $4.00 eac~ as long as the supply lasts. More recent issues are $6.00 each. These prices include postage. Mailed to Virginia addresses please add 4.5% sales tax. A bulk mailing of old V ANs to one address may be eligible for a discount. All payments should be made by check or money order, payable to SVGS and mailed to: SVGS, ATT: Jim Nelson, Post Office Box 12485, Roanoke, VA 24026-2485. BOOKS for REVIEW: Books submitted to the Society will be reviewed and the review printed in a subsequent issue of the VAN. When submitting a book, please include the price of the book, copies of the available advertising material, and information as to where orders for additional copies may be placed. Following their review, all books will be placed in the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Library, Roanoke, Virginia VIR6INIA APPLACHIAN NOTES Published Quarterly By SOUTlIWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. Vol. 31. - No. 3 - Summer 2007 (July, August, September) CONTENTS Hello from the Virginia Room - Pam Young 101 New Books in the Virginia Room - Pam Young 102 Treasures of the Blue Rjdge and Beyond - Laura S. Wickstead 107 African Ame1ican Ancestiy - Descendants of John "Jack" Brown - Toni Smith 113 Brown's Mule Tobacco - Toni Smith 119 New Rjver Valley Bible Records - from the files of the Virginia Room 122 Allison Family Bible 122 Cruier Family Bible 125 Constance Beatty Meredith Family Bible 128 Howard Family Bible 129 King Family Bible 131 Oglesby Family Bible 133 Painter Family Bible 136 Srnith-Robe1ts Records from the Jolm Parkinson Bible 139 Jacob Harrison Family Bible 140 Esther Sayers' Bible 141 Agnes G. Crockett Family Bible 146 Thomas Wood's Family Bible 149 Submissions for future issues are always welcome. If you would like to contribute an article on-line please e-mail it to: [email protected]. The content of the VAN is supplied by its membership. Southwestern 'Vir9inia Geneafu9icaL Society) .'.:Inc. P. 0 . Box 12-185 Roanoke. V1rg1n1 a 24026 Dear Fellow Members, PLEASE READ THIS! If you wonder why the last issy~ of the VAN was a little late and if you wonder what your officers do in their time off.. ..Well , let me tell you. On May 22 as I was leaving on vacation our printer called to say that the VAN had been delivered to the mailer. I expected to see the issue in my mailbox when I returned 12 days later. However, it was not there. I waited several more days and when nothing appeared 1 called several board members and they indicated they had not received theirs either. We went into "action mode". Several out of town members were emailed, no VANs. The mailer was contacted and they said they took th.e VANs to the post office on May 24. The post office issued a receipt for all 200+ copies on the 24th but knew nothing of their where abouts after that!! We were told they probably "went to Greensboro, NC". A call to the Greensboro post office revealed that "flats" like the VAN actually go to Hickory, NC after they pass through Greensboro and the VANs were NOT in Greensboro. And, in fact, only the out of town material moves on to Greensboro. One board member went to the post office for a "face to face" while I spoke to the postmaster on the phone. He indicated that he would personally check but he was "sure" they were not at the Roanoke post office. He offered to refund the postage if we didn't find them. When I informed them that the printing cost, cost of the mailer and the postage came to over $750 and we expected to be reimbursed for all costs he was suddenly more interested in "finding" them. The ''face to face" yielded no results only evasive responses from postal employees. The postmaster called me the next day and asked that we wait a few more days before taking any further action. Stra.ngely. the next day my VAN appeared in the mailbox!! T~e rest of the VANs mad.e their appearance in due course. 25+ days from mailing to delivery!! A new record I think. Remember that the VAN editor is always looking for material. In this issue there are Bible records and family histories. Do you have something you can contribute? If you do, please get in touch with Mike. Happ~unting, nc~ Karen Kappesser, President 514 Scalybark Drive Blue Ridge VA 24064-1328 Telephone: (540) 977-0067 E-mail: [email protected] Page 101 Hello from the Virginia Room Hello from the Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Libraries! Autumn means family history classes, genealogy fairs and conferences. Stop by the Virginia Room booth at the Bedford Genealogy & History Fair on September 8 in Bedford; the Botetourt County Genealogy Fair, October 13 in Fincastle; and at the Virginia Genealogical Society Fall conference "The Road Goes Both Ways", November 2 & 3 in Roanoke. The reception November 2 will be at the 0 . Winston Link Museum and November 3 classes will be at the Dumas Center for Artistic and Cultural Development. The Virginia Room archivist, Alicia Sell will talk about preserving family documents and photos at the Bedford Fair. Laura Wickstead will speak at both Botetourt Fair and the VGS conference about Virginia Room resources for family history research. A new series of classes begins this fall. Offerings include a review of the subscription databases Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest, Researching Civil War Ancestors, and Genealogy "By the Bookn. Last year's "Dead on the Web',, death and cemetery records on the internet, and Late Night in the Virginia Room were such a tremendous success that we will repeat them again on October 26, when the library will be open for genealogy research until 11 :OOpm. We are very pleased to offer Robert Harshbarger's indexes ofBotetourt County Marriages covering 1770-1973 just back from the bindery. They are available only in the Virginia Room~ the Library of Virginia and the Botetourt County Court House. The Virginia Room is experiencing growing pains. We are gaining a part time project archivist to work on the Neighborhood and Veterans History Project and we are in the planning stages to expand our space. You have the opportunity to be a part of the excitement. We welcome your help as a docent, assisting researchers or on a variety of archives and indexing projects. A Volunteer Open House will be held on October 2. For more infonnation and to register for classes contact us at 540-853-2073 or [email protected] VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES l Page 102 New Books in the Virginia Room The books listed a r e new additions to the Virginia Room & S pcdalCollcctio ns o f the Roanoke P ublic l.i br:ir~ and arc not fo r sale or loan to other libraries. 331 . 31 F875KW Kids At Work Lewis Hine a nd t h e Crusade Against Child Labor by Russell Freedman 1995 Scholaslic Inc 398 . 4 M973t The Telltale Lilac Bush & Other Ghost Tales by Ruth Ann Musick 1965 University Press 373 .

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