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ISSN 0739-3482 FALL 2006 Virginia Appalachian Notes Danvill•e Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society Roanoke., Virginia SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY INC Calendar Year 2006 Officers and Executive Board Area Code 540 E-mail Address President Pamela B. Young 342-2367 Pl!!:iQungQO [email protected] Vice-president Elaine Powers 529-2817 elDi!l~pow~rs@ming~mri!!g , com Recording Secretary Susan Hays 884-3497 m~hne43 2l@vah22,com Corresponding Secretary Mickey Prescott 985-0751 mQr~QQtt3 @~x. n~ Treasurer Don Vaughan 989-8645 DQNSVGS~o l . com Membership Jim Nelson 7 25-5303 Jasnelson@~x. n~t VAN Editor Michael Blankenship 989-1469 [email protected] Immediate Past President Gene Swartzell Earlyl;!ir~@in~lQs . n~t VAN Editor Emeritus Babe Fowler 563-1733 [email protected] Committees Computer/Labeler Don Vaughan 989-8645 [email protected] Programs Elaine Powers 529-2817 [email protected] Historian Babe Fowler 563-1733 [email protected] VAN Michael Blankenship 989-1469 [email protected] Exchange Quarterlies Virginia Room Staff Publicity Karen Kappesser 977-0067 gkkaQt>@infionline.net Book Reviews As Signed The SOUTHWESTERN vlRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. is a tax-exempt corporation under section 50l(c)(3) of the Fedcnll Iocomc 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. MEMBERSHIP: Each SVGS member will be mailed a copy of the "Society's" quarterly, the VIRGINIA APPALA CHI.AN NOTES 01 AN). 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: SV GS, ATf: Membership, Post Office Box 12485, Roanoke, VA 240:26-2485. BACK ISSUES of the VAN: 1995 and earlier, are available at a reimbursement cost of $4.00 each, as Jong as the supply lasts. M~ recent issues arc $6.00 each. These prices include postage. Mailed to Virginia addresses please add 4.5% sales tax. A bulk malling of old VANs 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, AIT : .Tun 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. VIRGINIA APPLACHIAN NOTES Published Quarterly By SOUTIIWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. Vol. 30 - No. 4 - . Fall 2006 (October, November, December) CONTENTS Salute to Gene Swartzell 155 New Books in the Virginia Room - Pam Young 156 Jett Frunily Bible - Judith G. Blackwell 159 Witt and Frank(s) Family ·Letter - submitted by Lois Blankenship 162 HIP AA Privacy Rules for Funeral Homes 165 Daniel Rufus Sink and Mary Lydia Catherine Sink- Mary Ann Sink Barnes 166 African American Ancestry - Saw1ders Cemetery, Floyd County - John Edmonds 168 Pinkard Court Family Reunion 171 Adopt An Orphan 172 Montgomery County Obituaries - Continued 174 Death Certificates Not Always Reliable 184 Botetourt County Death Records - Continued 185 Index of 2006 VAN Contents 19()) Correction to the Surname Index Roger W . Ridpath # 428 would like us to note that his listings for REDPATH and RIDPJ.\TH should read that they are located in Putaski-Monigomery Counties rather then in Fairfax-Pittsylvania P. 0. Box 12485 Roanoke, Virginia 24026 Happy Holidays, Fellow Researchers! Holidays and family gatherings are great times to hear about those elusive ancestors and hear family legends. My great aunts and uncles were all school teachers or school principals. My Great uncle Charles was principal at one of the first desegregated schools in Roanoke in the 1960's. What stories they could tell! Researching genealogy has gotten easier with the use of the World Wide Web but lacks good stories. It's the stories that put a human face on our ancestors and make us proud or amused by our sometimes too human relatives. It's the stories that connect us. Members have a wonderful opportunity to contribute to a major undertaking in genealogical research in the Roanoke area. There are years that the Roanoke Times is not indexed. We are starting with 1897 to 1906. The project starts January 3, 2007. If you would like to be part of this project please call Alicia Sell, (Archivist) in the Virginia Room (853-2073). · It has been a great year. It has been a privilege to work with all who have contributed their time and talent to make our Society a great organization. I hope we can keep building on the foundation that has developed over the years and that next year will be even better! I hope the holidays find you well connected. Pam Young, President PMYoungOO [email protected] [email protected] FA.MIL Y TREASURE DAY Members are invited to bring a family treasure for "show and tell" at the January 20th program at 1:3~ p.m. m the Roanoke Public Library. At this post-holiday party refreshments will be served. Bring a special object of hist01ical interest and enjoy everyone else's stories ! · Page 155 G<><Wl bye G~ We'll Miss 401,t, On Septen1ber 17, 2006 Gene Swartzell was honored in a Farewell Luncheon at the Red Lobster in Roanoke. Gene has faithfully served in a number of capacities, including President, during her many years as a member of the Southwest Virginia Genealogical Society. She has relocated to Texas to be near her family. We wish her well in all her future endeavors. Below: Susan Hayes and Gene Swartzell Below: Gene Swartzell and Pam Young VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES Page 156 New Books In The Virginia Room 929.3755 G795mb - Grayson County, VA Marriages 1899 - 1909 Transcript by Ginger Ballard 2004 CafePress 929.3755 G795mb - Grayson County, VA Marriages 1910 - 1923 Transcript by Ginger Ballard 2004 CafePress 929.3755 G795mb - Grayson County, VA Marriages 1924 - 1931 Transcript by Ginger Ballard 2004 CafePress 975.584 Au45 - Augusta County, VA Families & History Edited Jim Presgraves, Bookworm & Silverfish publishing 2005 929.3755 W276c - 1870 Census of Washington County, VA Jack Hockett 2000 Iberian Publishing 929.2 D56 M358s - Some Descendants of the Dickie Family of Nelson County, VA Thomas Marshall, Ill 2006 975.5293 St95v - A View of Falls Church, Virginia including its Western neighbors thru the 1881 -1889 Diaries of Edmund Flaff, Esq. by Connie Pendleton Stuntz 2005 Higher Education Publications Inc. 929.3755 B657m H251c - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 1854- 1866 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwell 2002 -2003 929.3755 B657m H251c- Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 1867- 1874 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A . Caldwel1 2002 -2003 929.3755 B657m H251c - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 1875- 1883 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwel I 2002 -2003 929.3755 B657m H251c - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 1914- 19l9 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwell 2002 -2003 ' 929.3755 B657m H25 lc - Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 1934- 1938 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Cald well 2002 -2003 VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES - - - ~ Page 157 929.3755 8657111 H25 1c- Chronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 1946- 1950 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwell 2002 -1003 929.3755 8657m H25 l c - C hronological Listing of Marriages in Botetourt County, VA 1963- 1968 Prepared by Robert E. Harshbarger, Patricia A. Honts & Loretta A. Caldwell 2002 -2003 929.2 C52 - Highlande r· published by The Clan Campbell Association of America 1937- 1939 929.2Ar36 AL l 4a -Argabright Family of Floyd, Franklin,and Montgomery Counties, Virginia by Sylvia Gearhart Albert and William Harvey Green 2003 975.5723 W379s - Images of America SALTVILLE by Jeffrey C. Weaver 2006 Arcadia Publishing 929.3 755 Sp69d - Spotsylvania County, VA Deed Book Abstracts 1728 - 1730 Transcribed by Lydia Sparacio Bontempo 2002 Antient Press Copyrighted 929.3755 F854sl - Oh, Master: Researchers guide to Slavery in Franklin County, VA Vol S Prepared by Audrey Dudley, Herny Hopkins & Diane Hayes 2002 929.2D928 L266d - The Dupre Trail Volumes 1 & 2 Compiles by E. P. Langley 1965 929.2 R338r - Reynolds and McGuire Ancestors by Wi ll iam W. Reynolds 1978 286.1 75506 B625b - Bicentennial Booklet, 1802-2002 Blue Ridge Baptist Church Hardy Road, Vin ton VA 975.54251 K299j - Jamestown the Buried Truth by William M. Kelso 2006 University of Virginia Press 745.09755 W582g - Great Road Style: The Decorative arts legagacy of Southwest Virginia & Northeast T ennessee by Betsy K.

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