Download or read book The Copenhaver Family of Smyth County Virginia written by Robert Madison Copenhaver and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johann Thomas Copenhaver (d.ca. 1758/1760) immigrated from Germany to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1728, and Woolf (Wolfgang) Copenhaver (d.ca. 1763)--probably his father--immigrated in 1732. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Nebraska, Florida and elsewhere.
Download or read book The Copenhaver Family in the Revolutionary War written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfgang Koppenheffer was born in about 1685 in Rüblingen, Württemberg, Germany. He married Anna Maria Haffner and they had five children. They emigrated in 1732 and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Documents the military service of Wolfgang's descendants in the American Revolution. Also includes the family of Johann Jacob Copenhaver, who may or may not be a relative.
Download or read book Virginia Genealogies and Family Histories written by Donald Odell Virdin and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists about 2500 books found in major libraries throughout the U. S. containing genealogies of families from Virginia and West Virginia. The books listed deal with families of Virginia origins but often follow their descendants far and wide across the continent. Each book is listed under the surname of the primary Virginia family covered in it. Many of the titles listed deal with several families, not all of which may have Virginia roots. Citations to all these allied families are listed in a cross-reference table, regardless of the geographic focus of the family, making this bibliography of use to researchers with interests outside Virginia also.
Download or read book The Human Tradition in the New South written by James C. Klotter and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2005-09-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Human Tradition in the New South, historian James C. Klotter brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political, economic, and social development since the Civil War. Like all books in this series, these essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives and contributions help to highlight the great transformations that occurred in the South. With profiles ranging from Winnie Davis to Dizzy Dean, from Ralph David Abernathy to Harland Sanders, The Human Tradition in the New South brings to life this dynamic and vibrant region and is an excellent resource for courses in Southern history, race relations, social history, and the American history survey.
Download or read book The Meek Family of Washington County Virginia written by Danny Morris Fluhart and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some descendants of Joseph Meek, Sr.
Download or read book The Scotts of Southwest Virginia written by LaVerne Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rosenbaum Rosenbalm Family of Southwest Virginia written by Clifford Robert Canfield and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pioneer Settlers of Grayson County Virginia written by Benjamin Floyd Nuckolls and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1975 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grayson County is famous in southwestern Virginia as the cradle of the New River settlements--perhaps the first settlements beyond the Alleghanies. The Nuckolls book is equally famous for its genealogies of the pioneer settlers of the county, which, typically, provide the names of the progenitors of the Grayson County line and their dates and places of migration and settlement, and then, in fluid progression, the names of all offspring in the direct and sometimes collateral lines of descent. Altogether somewhere in the neighborhood of 4,000 persons are named in the genealogies and indexed for ready reference.
Download or read book The Burdett Family of Virginia and West Virginia written by Howard William Burdett and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Burdett, Sr. was born in about 1755 in Prince William, Virginia. His father was John Burdett, Sr. He married Sarah Cornwell (1762-1817). They had fourteen children. William died in 1839 in Flat Top, Monroe, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia and West Virginia.
Download or read book Families in 1850 of Clay Nicholas and Webster Counties West Virginia written by John W. Bobbitt and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clay and Webster counties were part of Nicholas County, Virginia in 1850. In 1863, Nicholas County became part of West Virginia. Clay County was formed in 1858 and Webster County was formed in 1860.
Download or read book Dodging and Burning written by John Copenhaver and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lurid crime scene photo of a beautiful woman arrives on mystery writer Bunny Prescott's doorstep with no return address—and it's not the first time she's seen it.Fifty-five years earlier, in the summer of 1945, Ceola Bliss is a lonely twelve-year-old tomboy, mourning the loss of her brother, Robbie, who was declared missing in the Pacific. She tries to piece together his life by rereading his favorite pulp detective story “A Date with Death” and spending time with his best friend, Jay Greenwood. One unforgettable August day, Jay leads Ceola and Bunny to a stretch of woods where he found a dead woman, but when they arrive, the body is gone. They soon discover a local woman named Lily Vellum is missing and begin to piece together the threads of her murder, starting with the photograph Jay took of her abandoned body.As Ceola gets swept up playing girl detective, Bunny becomes increasingly skeptical of Jay. She discovers a series of clues that place doubt on the identity of the corpse and Jay’s story of how he found it, and journeys to Washington, D.C. in search of Lily. In D.C., Bunny is forced to recognize the brutal truth about her dear friend, and sets off a series of events that will bring tragedy to Jay and decades of estrangement between her and Ceola.
Download or read book Pioneers of the Virginia Bluegrass and Their Descendants written by George B. Gose and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genealogies of Virginia Families written by and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1981 with total page 3680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine.
Download or read book The Hounshell Family of Southwest Virginia written by Clifford Robert Canfield and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Hounshell Jr. died 11 August 1826 in Wythe County and is buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, near Crocket, Virginia.
Download or read book Whitt Johnson Family History written by J. B. Whitt and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kettenring Family written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Virginia Genealogies written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
